Chapter 199: Dinner with the Jiang

"Oh my..what a beautiful kitchen." Cheng Qiao praise. Even when they have money they don't have kitchen like this.

"I love cooking so I put some effort in renovating it." Bai Yi Yang said as she open the fridge.

"What are you planning to cook? We all are not picky, we can try some vegetables from your farm." Cheng Qiao said when Bai Yi Yang open the fridge and start taking out all kinds of meat and seafood. Actually, they are fine with eating vegetables, no need to cook meat for them.

"Let's have barbecue, what do you think eldest aunt? The children will love it." Bai Yi Yang said.

"We can't eat too much of your food." Cheng Qiao said. Their family can be said to be saving as much as possible. They rarely have meat, what more barbecue. It has been too long.

"What are you talking about eldest aunt. This is Ah Rui first time coming to our house, he should have delicious food. Take this as our welcome dinner bah." Bai Yi Yang smile. She took out big prawns, beef steak, pork belly, chicken wings, one big fish and some jumbo sausages.

Cheng Qiao didn't say anything anymore when Bai Yi Yang mentioned Jiang Rui. That child grow up with their family being in financial problem, he never have this kind of meal when he can start eating properly. They can just repay this Bai siblings later, let Jiang Rui enjoy bah.

Bai Yi Yang look out of the window and saw Bai Yi Chen chatting with Jiang Yu Zan while looking around their vegetables farm.

"Ge, pick some vegetables for barbecue, bell peppers, leek, some cucumber too." Bai Yi Yang said and Bai Yi Chen reply with an OK sign. He went to the storage house to take some basket and start picking vegetables while walking around with Jiang Yu Zan.

"Eldest aunt, can grandma eat barbecue?" Bai Yi Yang ask.

"Can, but not too much. Just give her more rice and vegetables later." Cheng Qiao feel touched that Bai Yi Yang remember her old mother. She even let her rest in the room, these children are really good children. She like them the longer she see them.

"Then, I will make ginger vegetables congee for Grandma Shen, that should be okay. Let it cook while the meat is being marinated." Bai Yi Yang said. This is a vegetarian dish, healthy and delicious. She can have some meat and eat this congee.

Bai Yi Yang start making the congee first, it's very simple, she took some vegetables stock to be cook with the rice, then add ginger and vegetables, then season it and let it cook slowly.

Cheng Qiao was amazed with Bai Yi Yang knife skill, she almost thought that she was watching a professional chef cooking in TV.

Bai Yi Yang then prepare the ingredients for barbecue, then prepare the kebabs. Bai Yi Chen and Jiang Yu Zan is already lighting up fire at the fire pit while the children is running around the yard playing with the puppies. Jiang Rui is not as shy as before too, he is playing crazily with the children.

Bai Yi Yang and Cheng Qiao mainly stay in the kitchen. Bai Yi Chen is the king of barbecue, so he do it outside with Jiang Yu Zan. The children only stop playing by 6.30 pm.

"Eldest aunt, let Ah Rui bath here, Xiao Mo's clothes should fit him." Bai Yi Yang said.

"Is that alright? It will be late when we return later." Cheng Qiao said.

"Yes. You can use the bathroom here, there are towels at the shelves." Bai Yi Yang said, pointing at the bathroom in West house that Bai Yi Chen usually use.

"Alright." Cheng Qiao nod with a smile.

"Ah Rui, Ah Rui. Come here, mom will help you take a bath." Cheng Qiao call the kid who is sitting at the yard with his dad now. The three Bai siblings has went inside to take a bath too.

"Oh." Jiang Rui is very obedient, he ran to his mother. When the mother and child enter the bathroom, Bai Yi Yang join Bai Yi Chen and Jiang Yu Zan outside.

"No matter how, I don't think I will be able to produce the same quality as the one in your farm. There is no wonder Natural Grocery already reserve it." Jiang Yu Zan said.

"No problem. Eldest uncle, we are not aiming to Natural Grocery level." Bai Yi Yang smile.

"You are right, you are right." Jiang Yu Zan nod. He then ask a lot of questions regarding farming which Bai Yi Yang answer patiently. Have to say, he is quite shock with Bai Yi Yang knowledge, her knowledge is like someone who have been farming for a long time, but she is still just a high school kid ah.

They finished the barbecue before 7.00 pm. Jiang Rui went to the Main house to wake his grandma up. When he returned to the kitchen, Grandma Shen is walking behind him.

[7 points earned. Total points: 2,180]

"Let's eat." Bai Yi Chen said when all food is served. Grandma Shen mainly eat her congee but she also eat a lot of meat and seafood.

Jiang Rui eyes will brighten every time he tasted something, his favourite is of course the jumbo sausage. He didn't even touch the vegetables, he only eat meat and seafood. But, when Bai Yi Mo told him about TongTong, a cat who like eating vegetables, Jiang Rui also end up eating some vegetables because he don't want to lose.

After dinner, they slice the watermelon, as for the children, they wanted to eat ice cream as a dessert so Bai Yi Yang let them choose the one they want and help to scoop it out for them.

"Jiejie, can I come here again next time?" Jiang Rui loves the video games, playing in the yard with the kids and eating delicious food so much that he forgot being shy in front of strangers.

"Of course, the door is always open for Ah Rui. You can even come for sleepover with Xiao Mo." Bai Yi Yang said.

"Then we can sleep in my room." Bai Yi Mo said to Jiang Rui. They are the same age, they click with each other.

"Okay ah." Jiang Rui cheers.

"When you grow up a bit you can come. What if you wet Xiao Mo's bed." Cheng Qiao said.

"I won't." Jiang Rui blush. Jiang Rui is a very fair kid, he looks like one of the Bai when they are together like this. He will grow up into a pretty boy in the future.

"Okay, okay. Then wait until you go to school, you can study with Xiao Mo." Cheng Qiao said. Hearing this, the two boys chat again, they ask each other when they are going to school. They immediately become happy knowing that they will enter school together next semester.

Everyone chat a while more at the dinner table. When the Jiang was about to leave, Bai Yi Yang saw that she made a lot of food and they can't finish it. Bai Yi Yang find some empty containers and put all the food that haven't been touch inside.

"Eldest aunt, there are too much food. We won't be able to eat it, you bring this home bah." Bai Yi Yang said, handing over the neatly arranged containers in the plastic bags.

"You all eat it." Cheng Qiao said.

"We can't finish eating this. I already leave some for us." Bai Yi Yang said. They end up bringing the food back in the end. The Bai siblings send the Jiang outside the gate.

"Be careful driving." Bai Yi Chen said. The Jiang then leave with their car and the children noisily wave at each other.

When the Jiang family arrived home, their house is dark. They planned to just come over to say hi for a while only but they ended up staying until dinner.

"The Bai siblings is good, you and son-in-law treat them better in the future." Grandma Shen told her daughter when she was sending her to the bedroom.

"I know mom, don't worry. Me and my husband is not like before." Cheng Qiao said with a small smile.

"Knowing our family is in difficulties, the kind children even wanted to help. With how their house look like, do you think they need the small money that you will be making in the future? They just say that in order to not embarrass the two of you." Grandma Shen said.

"En, you are right." Cheng Qiao also think so. Just looking at the house, the children most probably is earning much more than they think. In the name of doing business together, it was actually just to help them, their maternal uncle's family.

"Me and my husband know what to do. Mom, you rest first." Cheng Qiao said and come out of the room.

After that, she went to wash up then watch TV with her son before putting him to sleep. Jiang Yu Zan has been writing something since he returned, he is seriously making business proposal.

"Husband, what do you think about the siblings?" Cheng Qiao ask.

"They are very good. My younger sister taught them well." Jiang Yu Zan said.

"That's what I am saying. I feel thankful that they treat my old mother and Ah Rui very well." Cheng Qiao said. She don't mind if they are treated coldly, but not with Ah Rui and her mother. The two are innocent. She is very thankful that the Bai siblings are very kind to Ah Rui and her mother. She even think that she and her husband deserve cold treatment from the children, they were too narrow minded and foolishly before.

"We need to be patient, they are children after all." Jiang Yu Zan said, he is talking about some of the children's distant treatment towards them.

"En." Cheng Qiao nod.

"This business proposal, I will do it well and won't be greedy again. Wife, in this life, I won be able to give you vast richness, but in 2-3 years, we won't fare badly. You won't have to worry about food, clothes and roof to stay in." Jiang Yu Zan said.

"I know. I also like it like this. The village is quite good, the people is kind and we have family here." Cheng Qiao eyes reddened a bit, she suddenly remember her family who abandoned her and her old mother.

"En. What's important is we have each other. Ah Rui and mother-in-law, we won't let them suffer again." Jiang Yu Zan said.

After a long time, the husband and wife have a touching conversation. When they were in City Shan, their topic is all about money. No money but need to pay these and that, life was a bit stressful. One week here, they were worried about money but after today, with the Bai's twins proposal, their life may finally change for the better.