magic eye doctor

Chapter 3743 Dress Up

Le's father and Zhou Qiufeng were very open with their children, telling them what work they did at Zhang Haizi's house, who was helping out there, and how many tables they expected to have the next day.

While cooking, Le Yun listened to the patriarch rambling on about the Zhang family, occasionally responding with a few words, managing to chat and work at the same time.

After preparing the regular home-style dishes, it's time to cook the final dish: a mixed seafood stir-fry.

Seafood is best cooked and eaten immediately. Once cooked, it should be plated and then transferred to a pot that was used for stewing pork ribs. Place a rack inside the pot and arrange the seafood and other stir-fried dishes on it.

All the dishes are ready, time to eat!

Xiao Shao quickly grabbed his chopsticks, Lan San and Hei Jiu served rice, and the Le family couple went to the kitchen to get a small jar of wine. They poured a cup for Yi Lao and Yan Lao, and the four of them drank the health-preserving wine.

Lan San served the rice, then took the big wolfhound's food bowl and served it.

The little girl gave the dog a spoonful of seafood, then two large spoonfuls of pork ribs, and shared a little of each of the other dishes with him.

The big wolfhound, pampered by a young lady, guards its food bowl, its ears almost drooping with happiness.

After the meal began, the guests and hosts first ate seafood, and the more they ate, the more intoxicated they became.

Old Man Yi and Old Man Yan were the happiest. The little girl's cooking skills were too good. Their palates had become too picky. They felt that if they didn't have to protect the Le family anymore, it would probably take them a long time to get used to it after they went back.

The Le family had just started their meal, while the employees of Sanyi Pharmaceutical had already finished their dinner.

After parting ways with Le Dong, Meng Weisheng, Li Heng, and others wandered the streets until it was almost dark before returning to the industrial park and having dinner in the canteen that night.

After dinner, everyone rested for a while before returning to their dormitories to collect the quilt covers and sheets that had been drying in the sun, put on new quilt covers, and then make their beds.

They went out early in the morning to buy quilts, mats, beds, washing machines, and other supplies. Because they bought a lot, the store delivered the goods to their door.

While General Manager Meng and his team went to the municipal government to handle official business, another group purchased some items and returned to the industrial park first to receive the goods delivered by the shopkeepers, together with the security team.

The staff left behind matched the items delivered by the shopkeeper to their respective homes, then removed the quilt covers, washed the sheets and mats, and aired them out.

The newly hired white-collar workers were especially grateful for their good fortune. They were lucky enough to successfully sign contracts to become employees of Sanyi Pharmaceutical. The boss, Chairman Le, was very generous, giving each senior executive a settlement allowance of 10,000 yuan, and each ordinary white-collar worker a settlement allowance of 5,000 yuan.

If you don't pursue luxury, that settling-in allowance is enough to buy the most basic necessities, such as an essential piece of furniture like a bed, washing machine, and wardrobe.

For two or more people sharing a house, they only need to buy a washing machine, and their settlement allowance is enough to buy all their living necessities.

Due to time constraints, Accountant Chen, along with Brother Zhang and Brother Lü, only purchased large furniture and clothes racks in the morning, and then went to buy personal necessities in the afternoon.

General Manager Meng, Supervisor Fu, and others had official business in the morning and afternoon, so Accountant Chen, Brother Zhang, Brother Lü, and others helped their superiors wash and dry the sheets and mats.

In the afternoon, Meng Weisheng and others visited several furniture stores and purchased personal necessities to take back to the company before finishing work.

After purchasing necessities during the day, Meng Weisheng and the others no longer needed to stay in a hotel. Filled with boundless anticipation for the future, they moved into their "new home" with just their bags.

The employees of the Third Pharmaceutical Company were in a good mood, and Qin Jiang was also in a good mood. His subordinate who was going to join the Third Pharmaceutical Company as the deputy canteen manager had already embarked on his journey and was expected to arrive in Shishi tomorrow morning.

The little girl returned to Mei Village, equally happy.

She returned home because the village had its first centenarian, and she needed to attend the celebration. She also wanted to spend time with her parents and give her capable assistants a few days to prepare their accommodations.

As the saying goes, "To repel external aggression, one must first secure internal stability." If one wants to carry out various tasks, one must first settle the generals, arrange their accommodations, and provide them with a place to stay. Once they have a place to stay, everything else will be easier to handle.

It's often said that there's no place like home, and while hotels are nice, they always make you feel a bit insecure, unlike your own home or dormitory where you can feel safe and secure.

Before going home, Le Xiaotong had already explained to the employees that they would have a few days to purchase items for their homes/dormitories, so she had no worries and happily acted as their good little girl.

The baby is back, and Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, is happy. After dinner, she talks to the baby again.

Unfortunately, the couple only had less than an hour of precious time together before Grandma Zhou came to visit, and their eldest child was no longer theirs.

Grandma Zhou only returned home on the day of the Lunar New Year. During the first month of the year, she was so busy with Xiao Lele that she hardly had time to talk to her properly. This time, with Xiao Lele back and no one else around, she finally had a chance to chat.

However, Grandma Zhou only chatted with Xiao Lele for about half an hour. After having dinner at Zhang Haizi's house, Zhou Ge, Zhou Cheng, Youde, and others also went to visit Lele's family.

When Zhou Ge and the others heard that Xiao Lele would be staying at home for a few days, they sat at Lele's house for about an hour before going home to rest early.

The neighbors went home, and the guests and hosts of the Le family also dispersed.

Lan San and Hei Jiu still lived in their private bedroom, and Xiao Shao also lived on the second floor of the North Building, in the room behind Lan Shuai's bedroom.

Before going to bed at night, Le Yun quietly hid the nine-colored lotus where the egg babies were staying on the clothesline under the eaves. She neither went out in the middle of the night nor entered the space, and slept peacefully.

She slept soundly until she naturally woke up. Since it was only five o'clock, she didn't go out after getting ready. Instead, she stayed in the study, filling soil into Yan Shuai's spiritual plant space.

Perhaps because the baby was back, Zhou Qiufeng's father slept soundly. He got up promptly at 5:30, quietly washed up, and then prepared breakfast.

Old Man Yan and Old Man Yi would get up early to practice their morning meditation, and then go to the North Building.

Lan San and Hei Jiu didn't get up until six o'clock. After getting ready, they went to the kitchen to help out.

Xiao Shao woke up before 5:30 a.m. He did his morning exercise until 6:30 a.m. before washing up.

The little girl, who had clearly woken up long ago, didn't show up until seven o'clock. After washing up, she went downstairs with her leg accessory on and started shouting and yelling outside the kitchen.

"Dad, what's for breakfast?"

"Aunt Feng, do you have any sour soup noodles?"

"There's sour soup noodles, and lots of beans too!" Hearing the child's shouts, Zhou Qiufeng perked up and smiled broadly.

Xiao Shao quickly put the small chair away.

Le Yun kept asking what side dishes she wanted to add to her noodles. She walked over to the empty chair next to Brother Xiao and sat down. She even gave a delicate yawn: "Ah, it's so good to be at home. I can sleep in until the sun is high in the sky and no one will say anything. When I wake up, there are delicious things to eat. I can just sit there and have food served to me."

"Look at what you're saying, as if you've never slept in except when you're at home," Old Ant chimed in.

"Don't even mention it, I've never slept in anywhere else except when I'm at home." Le Yun grinned at the old ant.

"You've never slept in late even in the capital?"

"No."

"Impossible, right? Paradise is your own too. You didn't sleep in Paradise either?" Whether others believed it or not, Old Ant didn't know, but he didn't really believe it.

"The amusement park is mine, and to bring good luck, when I first moved in, I followed the schedule, going to bed early and waking up early, and didn't dare to sleep in. Later, when I had a bunch of little ones, to set a good example, I was too embarrassed to sleep in."

"..." The old and young all stared at the girl, their eyes filled with suspicion.

Xiao Shao looked surprised: "Little dumpling, you really never sleep in at the amusement park?"

"Really." Le Yun nodded: "Except for those special days when I was so exhausted that I fainted, I've never slept in under normal circumstances."

"You're amazing." Xiao Shao was impressed. He had to get up early every day when he was working and didn't have a chance to sleep in. On weekends, if he had nothing to do, he had to sleep in, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable.

"That's why it's still the happiest time to be at home. You can sleep until you naturally wake up and then eat the food cooked by your dad and Aunt Feng."

Xiao Shaolan, Sanhei, Jiuyi, Laoyan, and Lao: "..." They realized! This brat was actually just trying to fool his parents!
When Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, heard his daughter say that she had never slept in late while away from home, he felt sorry for her. But when he heard her say that she was happiest at home, he was overjoyed.

The couple quickly blanched the vegetables, then placed a large pot on top, filled it with hot water, put on a rack, and put the heated vegetables and the stir-fried vegetables from the morning into the pot.

Then each person gets a bowl of sour noodles, along with steamed buns and side dishes.

Everyone else's sour soup noodles were the normal sour soup noodles, but the little girl's bowl was different. There was only a small amount of noodles, while the amount of beans, vegetables, and braised meat was twice that of the noodles.

Le Yun laughed heartily, happily finished her bowl of noodles, and was full.

Old Ant and Young Master Xiao and the others had big appetites. Each of them ate two bowls of sour noodles, plus six to eight steamed buns, and finished all the vegetables.

The big wolfhound's breakfast consisted of half noodles, along with steamed buns and meat.

After Zhou Qiufeng and Le's father finished breakfast, they didn't bother with housework. They brushed their teeth, washed their faces, and rushed to Zhang Haizi's house to help with the work.

Blue Three and Black Nine wash dishes and help feed the pigs, chickens, and ducks.

Le changed into a short-sleeved shirt, carried a basket on his back, and took a sickle, hoe, and small shovel with him. He let the cattle out of the pen and happily went to herd them.

Xiao Shao followed the little dumpling like a little tail, enjoying the same joy as the big wolfhound.

Old Yi and Old Yan also went for a walk together.

At the end of the first month of the lunar calendar, the rural areas have not yet entered the spring planting season. The fields and land are mostly empty, with only a few villagers planting seed potatoes or some early corn.

The rice grown by the Le family is a variety of seed that they saved themselves. Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, sowed the rice seeds after the Lantern Festival, and also planted a batch of early corn and seed potatoes.

The fields planted with potatoes and corn in the Le family and the village were fenced off, preventing cattle and sheep from entering.

The villagers' cattle and sheep can still graze freely. In about one or two weeks, around the beginning of the second month of the lunar calendar, the village will begin to plant corn or sow rice, and the families raising cattle and sheep will no longer be able to graze freely.

Le Xiaotong took the cow to the fields at the foot of the mountain, and then ran to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots.

Young Master Xiao followed the little dumpling everywhere, even wilder than a big wolfhound.

Old Man Yi and Old Man Yan rarely had the opportunity to go out with the little girl, and they enjoyed it just as much.

The little girl was in charge of finding bamboo shoots, and she was incredibly accurate in finding them.

Young Master Xiao and Old Man Yan were strong and were in charge of digging bamboo shoots, digging wherever the little girl pointed.

The group ran around in the bamboo forest for a while, dug up a small basket full of bamboo shoots, and then went to look for wild vegetables.

In the latter half of the first lunar month, it's not yet the season for wild vegetables to grow freely, but they are not uncommon. Vegetables like cudweed and shepherd's purse are particularly tender.

The little girl and her helpers picked some cudweed, dug up a lot of shepherd's purse, and also gathered a handful of bracken, returning home with a bountiful harvest.

The four people and one dog who went to herd cattle wandered around for more than three hours before heading back home. They arrived back in Meicun at around eleven o'clock.

Nearly half of the villagers in Meicun have gone to Zhang Haizi's house, and some villagers are on their way.

The Zhang Haizi family was bustling with activity.

As Yan Laoyi and Xiao Shao walked along the village road, they heard the commotion from the Zhang family's side. Upon returning to the Le family, they repeatedly urged the little girl/little dumpling to change her clothes and hurry to the Zhang family's banquet.

Le Xiaotong wasn't in a hurry. She put down her basket, picked out the bamboo shoots that could be stored for a few days, and then went to take a shower and change her clothes.

Lan San and Hei Jiu had already gotten ready. When the little girl came downstairs, they hesitated for a moment. The little girl's hair was still in a high ponytail, but she had added a jeweled hair crown.

The dress was a light purple waist-length ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with a brown, open-front, half-sleeved outer robe over it, giving it a very understated overall look.

When Xiao Shao saw the little dumpling, he exclaimed, "Little dumpling, you should at least dress up a little! Comb your hair into a pretty bun, wear a phoenix hairpin or something. With such good natural features, it's such a waste to be so plain!"

Old Man Yi Yan also agreed: "Little girl, it's her 100th birthday, you really need to dress up a bit to look dignified."

Le Yun glanced silently at the two elders and the three handsome men, then turned and went upstairs to return to the study to get ready. To be honest, she didn't want to wear heavy makeup, but the elders and the handsome men thought she needed to, so she decided to listen to their advice.

She sat down at the dressing table again, let her hair down, combed it into a bun, and put on her jewelry.

After getting dressed again, I went downstairs.

The two older men and three handsome men who were waiting to check the little girl's makeup were immediately impressed when they saw her reappear—the little girl had her hair styled in a high bun, with a golden, jewel-encrusted nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on the front, and a few pearl flowers adorning her temples.

She wasn't wearing a headband, but had a floral ornament on her forehead and a gold necklace with gemstones around her neck. The necklace was adorned with some jewelry, and a gold and jade lock hung directly below it.

Although she was wearing the same clothes, with only a slight makeover, the little girl seemed to be bathed in light, radiant as the sun, dazzling and captivating.

Seeing the pretty little girl, Xiao Shao was extremely pleased: "That's right. When the little dumpling goes to someone's house, everyone can feel how much she values ​​the host family."

Old Man Yan and Old Man Yi nodded repeatedly. The young girl usually didn't dress up, but after dressing up like this, others could naturally feel her respect for the host family.

Le Yun didn't want to talk, she just waved her little paw at Brother Xiao, picked up the small box in her hand, and leisurely left the main room.

Lan San and Hei Jiu quickly caught up with the little girl. They were both wearing black trench coats and carrying a men's backpack with essentials on their shoulders.

As bodyguards, they naturally had to go to the banquet with the little girl. Young Master Xiao didn't go; he, along with Old Man Yi and Old Man Yan, stayed home.

The big wolfhound trotted ahead, leading the way. After a few steps, it would turn back and dart to the young lady's side to nuzzle her before continuing to run.

When Ant Elder and the others returned to the Le family, it was not yet eleven o'clock. The little girl hadn't washed her hair, so even if she had to redo her makeup, it would probably only take about half an hour.

In rural areas, lunch usually doesn't start until around 12:30 PM, and neighbors from nearby Mei Village and some villagers from Mei Village only then get up to go to Zhang Haizi's house.

The Zhang family wasn't too far from the Le family's house. Le and the two handsome guys quickly arrived at Zhang Haizi's house, along with several other groups of villagers.