amaotonovel Chapter 310 Before the One-Year-Old Banquet
Chapter 310 Before the One-Year-Old Banquet
After thanking the netizen, she clicked on both duvets: one was light blue with a cloud pattern on it, which looked milky, and the other was pink with a flower pattern on it, which looked very beautiful.
Probably because they took into consideration that Lin Hai was relatively small, the quilts they sent were all 1.2 meters long and 1.2 meters wide.
The soap issue had been resolved, and Lin Hai's gift had also been decided. After resting for another night in Fuzhou, Shen Wanning set off for the village. Just like before, they first returned to the county town, had lunch there, and then waited until the milk tea shop closed before returning to the village with Lin Jingce.
On the way, Lin Jingce said, "Xiaoshu has already gone to Baocheng County to talk to my third brother. He estimates that he will be back tomorrow. If he rides a horse, he can go home for lunch at noon."
"Well, that's perfect. Mom, do you mean to hold Xiaohai's one-year-old birthday banquet tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?" Shen Wanning asked.
"Tomorrow, let's say. After lunch tomorrow, my third brother can stay at home a little longer. If it's the day after tomorrow, I'm afraid it will be too late to eat, and my third brother won't have time to rush back to Baocheng County." Lin Jingce replied.
"Has Xiaohai prepared everything he wants for his first birthday? Do we need to buy anything else?"
"Mom has bought everything. We can go to town to buy some meat tomorrow." Lin Jingce replied.
When I got home, it was dinner time, just like before.
During dinner, Aunt Zhang mentioned that she was going to town to buy eggs tomorrow. Last time she went to town, she bought so many things that she forgot about the eggs.
Apart from this, everything else is ready.
When Shen Wanning got up the next day, Lin Jingcheng and Aunt Zhang had already gone to town to buy things.
Today was Lin Hai's one-year-old celebration, so naturally, no one from the family was absent. The three little ones had already asked their teacher for a day off yesterday to attend Lin Hai's celebration.
After breakfast, Wen came out carrying Lin Hai, who was wearing a festive red bellyband. Shen Wanning was helping to wash and pick vegetables, so she didn't go to pick him up.
He said teasingly, "From today on, our Xiao Hai is one year old. Time flies so fast. With just a little bit of care, Xiao Hai can even walk on his own now."
Wen put Lin Hai down and let him walk on his own, but she was still not completely at ease and had to follow behind to prevent him from falling.
"Yes, ever since he learned to walk, he won't let anyone hold him. He will struggle if someone holds him and wants to get down and walk on his own. This kid will have plenty of opportunities to walk in the future, but he insists on getting down on his own." Mrs. Wen smiled gently and shook her head helplessly.
"If he wants to walk, let him walk. When he gets tired, he will naturally want to be hugged. But I have to help wash the vegetables. There are a lot of vegetables today, and my mother has gone to town. Otherwise, she will be too busy later." Shen Wanning said.
Xu took the fish and chickens to the pond outside to kill them. Shen Wanning didn't know how to do these things, so she could only help with some simple chores.
The three little ones were very obedient today, especially Lin He. In the past, he always wanted to go out to catch fish and shrimps, but today he sat obediently by the well and helped wash the vegetables.
Shen Wanning had just finished washing the vegetables and was carrying them to the kitchen when Aunt Zhang came back.
Lin Jingce jumped off the horse and took out a basket of eggs from the carriage.
"Hurry up and boil these eggs, otherwise it will be too late to give them to them later." Aunt Zhang hurried to the kitchen.
As she said this, Aunt Zhang went into the kitchen, quickly put water in the pot, put all the eggs in, and then added some sumac and cooked them together.
"Grandma, let me help you light the fire." Lin He said as he ran into the kitchen.
Aunt Zhang drove them away, "Go away, go away, kids, go play somewhere else, don't burn down the kitchen later."
Lin He retorted, "I'm grown up now and can help with some things at home."
"Okay, then you light the fire. Don't keep stuffing firewood in. Put it in slowly." Aunt Zhang instructed.
The eggs were cooked quickly. Shen Wanning brought a basket and Aunt Zhang put the eggs into the basket one by one.
"Okay, let's wash the pot and start cooking. Wan Ning, you and the three boys go distribute the eggs. Xu and I will cook at home." Aunt Zhang said.
"Okay." Shen Wanning responded and walked out with the basket.
Because there were so many eggs, they were divided into two baskets. Hundreds of eggs were quite heavy.
Lin Jiang saw that Shen Wanning was having difficulty carrying the basket, so he hurried over to help.
"I'm going too." Yue Mingzhu stood up and followed them.
Just as they reached the gate, they heard the sound of horse hooves. They looked forward and saw that it was Lin Jingyou who had returned.
"Third brother, why are you back so early? Mom and the others haven't started cooking yet!" Shen Wanning spoke first.
"I was afraid of delaying Xiaohai's one-year-old birthday ceremony, so I left as soon as the city gate opened. I rode faster on the way, so I got home early today." Lin Jingyou said happily.
Lin Jingce stepped forward and helped lead the horse to the backyard.
"Are you going to deliver the eggs?" Lin Jingyou said, pointing to the eggs in the basket.
Shen Wanning nodded. "Yes, mother said the weather is too hot, so we won't hold a banquet. We'll give each family two red eggs to bring them some good luck."
"Wait a moment, I'll tell my parents and I'll go with you to deliver the red eggs." After saying that, Lin Jingyou entered the yard, said hello to Lin Dashan and the others, and immediately went out of the yard to deliver the red eggs with Shen Wanning.
Lin Jingyou originally thought that he and Shen Wanning hadn't seen each other for a long time and were just expressing their feelings to each other. However, the reality was...
Lin Hu tilted his head and asked, "Uncle San, is it fun to be an official? Are the people afraid of you? What if you make a wrong judgment when you judge a case?"
Lin Jingyou could only answer Lin Hu's questions patiently.
After a while, Lin He said again, "My eldest brother has become an official. If Xiao Hu becomes an official like Third Uncle in the future, then my brothers and I will all be officials, and I can walk around freely."
Lin He became more and more excited as he spoke, and even started dancing.
Yue Mingzhu broke his thoughts, "No, even if all the family members are officials, they can't act arbitrarily. There are many high-ranking officials in the capital, and the situation is complicated. Moreover, the emperor is a wise ruler. Even if an official does something wrong or breaks the law, he will punish him."
Lin He was discouraged. After a while, he raised his head again and said, "It doesn't matter. I will stay in Qinghe County. Then I can walk sideways."
"But if we want to expand our business, we must move beyond Qinghe County. Xiaohe, do you only want to guard Mingyue Tower for the rest of your life?" Shen Wanning asked.
Lin He shook his head frantically, "No, then I want to travel all over the world and expand my business to every part of the country."
Everyone chatted along the way and soon all the eggs were delivered.
After each family gave two eggs, there were still some left. Shen Wanning gave one to each of the three little ones and Yue Mingzhu, and asked them to eat them first to fill their stomachs.