After saying that, he ran to the kitchen again.

"Bai Lu is a very enthusiastic classmate!" exclaimed my aunt.

"Well, he's a good student too. He's also the sports commissioner of the class." Teacher Song nodded.

"Huh?" It was my turn to be surprised. I originally thought that this little girl should be even weaker than me.

"Sister, are you thinking about something impolite again?" Xiaoling looked at me with strange eyes.

"Xiao Meng, don't underestimate her. She is very good at running. The sports students in the next class are on par with her!" Teacher Song added.

"So you think I'm a weakling?" I was a little angry. This is looking at people with tinted glasses.

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and nodded at me at the same time.

I:"……"

"Braised Wangchao!" Bai Lu opened the door and walked in. She brought a plate of braised octopus and placed it on the table.

"Wangchao?" Tang Xin tilted her head and asked curiously, "What is Wangchao?"

"Wangchao is baby octopus," Bai Lu explained, "This dish is also one of our family's specialties!"

"Xiao Meng, open your mouth and I'll feed you." Tang Xin picked up a small octopus with chopsticks and brought it to my mouth.

"Ah..." I opened my mouth happily and bit the whole thing in one bite.

"How is it?" Tang Xin asked impatiently as she watched me swallow the whole octopus.

"It's delicious! It's tasty and fresh." I was very satisfied, and of course it was also because Tang Xin fed me. This action has at least a 30% delicious bonus buff.

Seeing us showing our affection, my aunt also picked up one and put it into Teacher Song’s mouth.

Seeing us like this, Xiaoling was a little unhappy, "No one feeds me!"

"Pfft, let me do it!" Bai Lu on the side rolled her eyes and ran over happily, picked one up for Xiaoling and fed it to her.

After eating one, Xiao Ling said with emotion: "Lulu is still the best."

"Hehe, if you want to eat it later, I can bring you more." Bai Lu did not hide her liking for it at all, but Xiaoling seemed not to have noticed the gradual deterioration of their friendship.

……

Xiaoling and Bailu ordered all seafood for us, including fried rice cake with white crab, fried hairtail, stewed crab with potatoes, steamed stone crab, drunken shrimp, drunken crab, etc. We couldn't waste it, so in the end, everyone left the box after eating too much.

"Teacher Song, are our dishes delicious?" Bai Lu followed us shyly and looked up to ask Teacher Song.

"It's delicious! But you ordered too much for us, and we can't finish it and it's going to be wasted." Teacher Song touched Bai Lu's little head.

Bai Lu smiled, showing her white teeth: "If Teacher Song likes it, I will give you a box of seafood, so that you can have fish and shrimp every day during the New Year."

"No, no, that would be so embarrassing." Teacher Song waved her hands repeatedly. She was most afraid of students' parents giving her gifts.

"Then can I give some to Xiaoling? She likes fish very much."

"This..." There is essentially no difference between sending Xiaoling and sending Teacher Song off. Bai Lu must have known this.

"Then give less. It will be embarrassing if you give too much." Teacher Song sighed. She probably saw some clues from our words, so she had no choice but to accept it.

Xiao Ling came from the front desk after paying the bill and obviously didn't know what happened. "The bill is paid, you can go home now!"

"Well, go home." Auntie nodded, but she was very sensitive to the difference in Xiaoling's words, "You guys?"

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that I will be staying at Bailu's house before the New Year. We agreed to visit each other's house for a few days during the holidays." Xiaoling explained.

The four of us were very surprised. I walked over to my sister and hugged her gently. "Sister, you've grown up. If you want to go out and play for a few days, it's your freedom, but remember not to cause trouble to others outside. You must protect the safety of both of you, okay?"

"I got it, sister!" Xiaoling seemed a little impatient, probably because she was annoyed by my nagging.

"Can I have a word with Bai Lu alone?"

"Of course!" Xiao Ling nodded, turned around and waved at Bai Lu, "Bai Lu, my sister has something to say to you, and she will definitely be very long-winded."

"How can you say that to your teacher Li?" Bai Lu was a little embarrassed and walked to my side.

I pulled Bai Lu to the corner of the lobby and asked quietly, "Bai Lu, you like Xiao Ling, right?"

Bai Lu did not deny it. She looked back at Xiaoling, bit her lip and nodded shyly.

"I respect your choice, but Xiaoling may be a straight girl, so your confession may fail. But promise the teacher that no matter what happens, you must learn to accept it. Love is not a momentary impulse, it takes time to settle. Maybe Xiaoling doesn't like you at first, but she will gradually accept you."

Bai Lu opened her eyes wide when she heard this, "Thank you, Teacher Li. I will definitely treat Xiao Ling well."

"Be careful, don't fall into the water when playing at the beach in winter."

"Yes, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will definitely return the jade intact." Bai Lu patted his chest and promised.

"Good girl, it's okay if it's not perfect!" I winked at her.

Bai Lu's smiling face suddenly turned red, as red as the sunset.

"Then, shall we go? Xiaoling is in your care!"

"it is good…"

……

On the way home, the snow outside the window was falling even harder. But as Teacher Song said, the ground was too hot, so the snow melted as soon as it hit the ground and didn't accumulate, which was a bit regrettable.

"Bai Lu likes our Xiao Ling, right?" Auntie finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Well, what do you think? I think so." Teacher Song nodded.

"Xiao Meng, what did you say to Bai Lu just now?" Tang Xin asked.

"I didn't say anything, just told them to be safe and have fun."

"Really?" Tang Xin looked amused.

"Really...really."

Chapter 68 Dumplings

"I'm back!" Xiaoling opened the door on the morning of New Year's Eve. "Wow, it's so cold outside. It's still warm at home."

"Oh, the eldest daughter is going back to her parents' home?" I joked.

"What...what about going back to my mother's house?" Xiaoling's face suddenly turned red.

"Aren't you happy now and don't want to leave?" Tang Xin also joined in the fun.

"Sister!" She ran over with a pout, "What are you doing?"

Xiaoling looked at the pile of noodles on our table with some curiosity.

"Make dumplings. We'll have dumplings for supper tonight!" Teacher Song waved a nearly finished dumpling in front of Xiaoling.

"Dumplings? What's the filling?" When Xiaoling heard that it was delicious, she ran over to look.

"There are all kinds of fillings, but you can only eat it at night!" The aunt scratched Xiaoling's nose, causing her nose to turn pink.

"aunt!"

"Go wash your hands and come with us to make some. We need to send some to the neighborhood committee!"

"Oh!"

……

"Tang Xin, be moderate when pinching the dumpling skin. Don't use too much force, or the skin will break." I looked at Tang Xin's progress.

"I got it..." This was Tang Xin's first time making dumplings. It was obvious that she tried very hard to make them well, but without enough experience, the dumplings looked a bit ugly.

"Come, watch me make it again. After you finish pinching the left side, switch to the right side and use the palm of your other hand to support the dumpling... That's right..." I demonstrated it to her again and placed the finished dumplings next to the dumplings she made.

"Well, I'll try again." Tang Xin nodded vigorously. This time she seemed to have found some of the tricks and made a fairly exquisite dumpling in front of me.

"How is it?" She happily picked up her dumplings and compared them with mine. Although there was still a lot of gap, at least I had gotten started.

"Not bad, not bad!" I leaned over gently, forehead touching forehead, rubbing against hers affectionately, "Tang Xin is amazing."

"Sister, I want to learn too..." Xiaoling looked at us with some envy.

"Okay, come, sister will teach you."

……

Half an hour later, a large iron basin full of dumplings was ready. We selected some more delicate dumplings and packed them into three boxes to send to the community director.

Tang Xin said with some resentment: "The things Xiaomeng made are going to be given away!"

"Hahaha!" I felt a little happy when I saw her face full of envy and jealousy, "But I can eat what you cook."

Tang Xin's face turned slightly red: "What I made doesn't look good..."

"But it must taste delicious. Besides, this is Tang Xin's first time making it, so it's normal that it doesn't look good!" I finally could touch Tang Xin's head with my washed hands.

"Um…"

"What I cooked is delicious too!" Xiaoling unexpectedly started to act coquettishly with me.

"Okay, okay, they're all delicious."

"Okay, the three of you, stop being so cheesy!" Teacher Song put the packaged dumplings in a plastic bag and handed it to us, "Hurry up, give it to the auntie, the sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."

"Oh!" x3

……

The subdistrict office is next to the community. It is a three-story independent building. I remember it was a relic of the old city. It was originally a vocational school, so the layout of the office is very much like a classroom.

Since we had no destination, we had to look for the doorplates one by one. Fortunately, in addition to the name, the doorplates also had the position and work photo, and even marked whether the person was out or in a meeting.

"Ah, here it is!" Tang Xin said, pointing at the photo in front of her.

The aunt in the photo looked much younger, and even had some charm: "Xie Caiyun, ah, so your name is Caiyun."

"Yes, I never asked before." Tang Xin nodded.

Xiaoling walked forward and knocked on the door three times.

"Please come in~" The familiar voice made the three of us feel relieved.

"Is this the subsidy for the upcoming holiday? Wait a moment, I'll sort out this form first..." As soon as I entered the door, the aunt with glasses on was working with her head down, so busy that she didn't even have time to look up.

"Auntie, it's me." I walked up to her and said happily, "Happy New Year! We are here to wish you a happy new year in advance."

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