magic eye doctor

Chapter 3852 Birthday
In rural areas, middle-aged and elderly people rarely sleep in; most get up early. Zhou Qiufeng, Leba's father, has an even more regular schedule, going to bed early and getting up early every day.

That day, the couple got up early, more than half an hour earlier than usual, before 4:30 a.m. After washing up, they went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Lan Sanhei Jiu, Yi Laoyan Lao, and the three handsome young men stayed up all night last night, and they were all in high spirits.

After the Le family got up, Lan San and Hei Jiu went to the kitchen to help. Seeing the Le couple kneading dough, they guessed that the Le couple were making longevity noodles for the little girl.

A large earthenware pot sits on the hearth, simmering chicken soup.

The two brothers were both clever. They asked Uncle Le and Aunt Le what kind of noodles they wanted for breakfast. After the chicken soup boiled, they moved it to the fire pit to simmer. Then they boiled water, scalded a batch of noodles, scooped them out and put them in cold water, and fried soybeans.

Soak soybeans, drain them, and then fry them in oil to make fragrant soybeans, which are also a favorite topping for little girls when eating noodles.

After frying the beans, put the large earthenware pot back on the fire pit to continue simmering.

Lan San and Hei Jiu are quick and efficient, preparing other ingredients while the chicken soup is simmering.

Leba Zhou Qiufeng kneaded the dough, divided most of it into buns, and rolled out a long longevity noodle from a lump of dough.

Old Man Yi and the three young men were in charge of roasting duck, steaming bamboo tube chicken, and braised meat, and they also supervised the fire for stewing lamb in a stone pot.

Everyone, young and old, thought that the Le family's little girl might get up a little later, but to their surprise, just after six o'clock, the little girl who used to stay in bed all the time actually showed up.

Early riser Yueyun, accompanied by her black dragon companion which she used as a leg accessory, slipped downstairs and ran to her patriarch to act cute.

When Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, heard a noise coming from the stairs, he ran to the main room and was overjoyed to see his clean-cut son popping up with a smile brighter than the sun.

Happy birthday, Lele!

Zhou Qiufeng's father jogged a few steps, hugged the children who ran over, and handed each of them a large red envelope.

Lan San and Hei Jiu also ran from the kitchen to the main room. Seeing the heartwarming scene of the Le family of three embracing, they didn't try to sabotage it.

"I'm so old and I still get red envelopes! I'm so happy!" Le Yun said, grabbing a red envelope with one little paw and grinning from ear to ear.

“In the hearts of the elders, no matter how old Lele is, he is still a little kid.” Zhou Qiufeng patted little Lele’s head with a gentle smile.

Le Yun stood on tiptoe and gave Aunt Feng a big kiss on the cheek, grinning from ear to ear: "Aunt Feng, your little boy loves you!"

She didn't give the other patriarch a chance to be jealous, and leaned over to give her father a quick kiss: "Dad, your son loves you."

Just moments ago, Dad felt a pang of jealousy because the baby was closer to his wife than to him, but then he was overjoyed by a kiss from the baby.

"Yes, Daddy loves Lele too."

After pleasing both parents with her sweet talk, Le Yun, holding a red envelope, beamed with joy: "I get a red envelope when I'm at the parents' doorstep, so I'll try my best to stay at the doorstep every year."

“Okay, Lele will have a tail every year when she comes home, and we’ll give you a red envelope every year.”

Lele's father, Zhou Qiufeng, was also overjoyed. Lele is very capable and has a lot of responsibilities. She has many things to do and is rarely at home. They don't expect her to be home all the time; they just hope she can come back to visit when she has time.

"Mmm-hmm." Le Yun nodded her little head repeatedly. No matter how nice it is outside, nothing beats home.

There's no place like home.

No matter how good things are outside, nothing beats the beauty of your own little plot of land.

In order to be able to go home whenever she wants in the future, she needs to work hard and try to collect enough plant seeds and animal seedlings as soon as possible. Instead of running around the world, she can just stay home and be a freeloader.

Thinking about staying at home, petting panda cubs, and happily being a couch potato, Le Yun smiled so much that her eyes curved into beautiful crescent moons.

The little girl was grinning like she'd found money. Dad Zhou Qiufeng was happy too. She patted the little girl's head and told her to wait a moment, that breakfast would be ready soon. They hurried back to the kitchen to cook longevity noodles.

After the Le family finished speaking with the little girl, Lan San and Hei Jiu quickly walked up to her, handed her a large red envelope, and a blessing: "Little beauty, I wish you all the best in the new year."

"Thank you." After receiving two more red envelopes, Le Yun couldn't stop smiling.

Taking advantage of the little girl's happiness, Lan Sanhei Jiu quietly reached out and patted her head before quickly disappearing.

In a great mood, Yueyun didn't mind the head pat and went to the backyard to find her handsome brother.

As soon as she opened the door to the back room, she was pulled into the arms of a handsome young man who had been waiting for her, and enjoyed a warm bear hug.

"Happy little Lele, wishing you joy every day and happiness every season." The handsome young man stuffed his red envelope into the little cutie's paw, gently rubbed her head, and sighed, "Time flies! In the blink of an eye, our lovely little princess has grown up so much!"

Whenever he thinks about how Lele, our little dumpling, is growing up and will soon be looking for a boyfriend, his heart aches. "Our smart, beautiful, and adorable little princess... I wonder which rich kid will end up with her."

"To avoid letting other people benefit, we'll tighten the fence and keep the cabbages in our own garden." Le Yun peeked her little head out from her handsome older brother's fragrant embrace, grinning smugly.

"Although I really want to do this, if the fence is too tight, it won't give other people's pigs any chance, and I'm afraid it will ruin Lele's good marriage."

The handsome young man and the little girl were talking nonsense, and Wu Shao couldn't stand it anymore: "Young Master Chao, that's enough! Don't forget that in the eyes of someone with a daughter, you're just a pig."

"Even if my brother Chao were a pig, he would be the most beautiful pig in the world. Parents who have cabbages at home would definitely be 200% happy to see my beautiful brother visit their vegetable garden."

Yue Yun chuckled: "Young Master, you're a fake pretty boy. You're trying to covet someone else's daughter and ruin her life. Be careful you don't get beaten up."

Wu Shao glared at him: "Little cutie, you can't be this biased. You can doubt my abilities, but you can't doubt my aesthetic sense and character."

Honestly, if it weren't for your birthday today, I definitely wouldn't be able to control my pent-up energy and would beat you up.

"You can do it." Yue Yun gave the fake pretty boy a provocative smile.

"Tch, give me a break. Don't try to flatter me. I'm perfectly clear-headed. If I lay a finger on you, your brother, who's a fiercely protective brother, will definitely chase me down for thirty miles."

Wu Shao rolled his eyes, stuffed his red envelope into the adorable little girl's hand, and reached out to pat her little head: "Happy birthday! I wish you will be even cuter next year than this year."

Wu Shao stopped arguing with the little girl and took the opportunity to hand over his red envelope: "Happy birthday, little beauty. May you have good fortune and happiness every year."

"Thank you." Receiving red envelopes brings joy, and Yueyun's little hands held two more red envelopes, her smile as bright as a spring breeze.

The little girl was tiny, but her smile was as alluring as her little head. Even Ren Shao couldn't resist touching her head.

The music was well received.

Chao Yubo was leading a cute little dog towards the tent set up in the backyard when he was intercepted by Ant Elder and Rock Elder before he could even enter the tent.

The two elders each slipped a red envelope into the child's hand, and then patted the top of her head with their big hands. They hadn't been able to touch the child's head during the first month of the lunar year, so this time they could finally happily pat her head!

With a bunch of red envelopes in her hands, Yueyun didn't care about being patted on the head. She slipped into the tent, sat down next to the handsome man, and happily opened the red envelopes.

The red envelopes were all filled with red bills. Her patriarch, her handsome brother, and Old Man Yan each received 1,999 bills, while the handsome Lan and handsome Hong, and Young Master Ren each received 999 bills.

It's not about how much money is in the red envelope, but about the meaning. Yueyun happily counted the red envelopes, put them in her pocket, and hurried back to the North Building. She took them to the study on the second floor and put them into the box that was used to store birthday red envelopes and New Year's money.

Put away the red envelope carefully before going downstairs.

Zhou Qiufeng and Le's father also cooked a longevity meal and set it out.

Breakfast was eaten in the main room of the north building, and everyone received a bowl of noodles.

The little girl has a long tail, and the noodles in her bowl are a whole longevity noodles. The bowl is only half full, and it is topped with beans, braised meat, chicken leg, steamed pork, green vegetables and pickled vegetables, making it a huge bowl.

I ate bamboo tube chicken earlier, but not roast duck.

Noodles and steamed buns are staple foods.

Whether it was Old Man Yi or Old Man Yan, or the handsome young men, they would pick out all the food that the little girl from the Le family liked and put it in her bowl before they would start eating.

The little girl ate noodles and a steamed bun.

Zhou Qiufeng's father saw this and was overjoyed.

After breakfast, Old Man Yi and the young people went to the backyard to watch over the preparation of medicinal cuisine.

Wu Shao and Ren Shao, along with Chao Shao, mixed mud together and wrapped several chickens in it to make mud-roasted chicken.

After finishing her housework, Zhou Qiufeng, Le's father, tidied up and then made dumplings in the main room.

Grandma Zhou and her son and daughter-in-law finished their chores at home and cooked the pig feed before going to the Le family's house.

They arrived at the Le family's house before nine o'clock. Grandma Zhou and Ms. Li washed their hands and helped make dumplings.

Brother Zhou didn't do the delicate work. He and his brother-in-law washed the rice, soaked it first, then brought out some bowls and chopsticks, boiled water to rinse them, and then brought out the tables and chairs to wipe them clean.

Less than half an hour after they set up the table, Village Chief Zhou Manna and Aunt Zhou the Skinflint arrived.

Neither Village Chief Zhou nor Zhou Bapi's family came empty-handed; each carried a chicken, a dozen or so chicken and duck eggs, plus fish.

The fish are all wild river fish, bought from the street yesterday.

When Grandma Zhou and Aunt Ba arrived at the Le family's house, they started helping to make dumplings. Village Chief Zhou and Zhou Bapi took their tools, moved the fish to the water press, and sat down to gut the fish.

The two cousins ​​had just killed more than a dozen fish when Yang Dayantong and his youngest son, Yang Sanpao, and his chubby sister came to visit the Le family, carrying some things.

Village Chief Zhou hosted a dinner for the Yang family, father and son.

Hearing guests talking outside, Yueyun slipped out to the front of the house to greet them.

When Yang Da Yantong and Pang Mei saw the eldest son of the Le family, they each handed him a red envelope with big smiles.

Le Yun accepted the red envelope without hesitation and said sweetly, "Thank you."

Village Chief Zhou wouldn't let Xiao Lele do any work, let alone any dirty work. He told her to go back to the backyard to work. He accompanied the Yang family father and son into the Le family's house and invited the guests to sit down.

Yang Dayantong entered the Le family's main room, greeted the Le couple and everyone else, but didn't sit down. Instead, he carried a small chair and went with Zhou Changcun back to the open space to kill fish.

Grandma Zhou, Aunt Ba, and others remained calm about the arrival of Yang Dayantong and his son.

Little Lele helped Pang Mei deliver her baby and perform surgery without charging any medical fees. Yang Sanpao and his wife always remembered the kindness of Lele's child, and when they worked in southern Xinjiang, they would send a New Year's gift every year before the Lunar New Year.

Later, because Lele's private project was completed, everyone stopped sending New Year's gifts. Yang Sanpao couldn't make an exception for himself, but he didn't become distant and often visited the Le and Zhou families.

The Le family built a storage room last year without hiring anyone to do the work, which made it convenient for Yang Sanpao to come over. This time, with Lele being the last child in the family, it's perfectly reasonable for them to visit the Le family.

Yang Sanpao handed the gifts he brought to Yueqing and Zhou Xialong, who had helped him, and asked, "Is there any other work? Please arrange things for me and my husband."

"You little brats with tails, why are you being so polite? What are we supposed to say?"

Lele's father felt embarrassed. Lele is still a child, and he's only at the end of the family line. It's one thing for the Zhou family elders to come, but even the Yang family father and son came. It's a bit of a commotion.

"Don't say anything, just go about your business." Brother Zhou didn't stand on ceremony. He told his brother-in-law to get to work and then arranged for Yang Sanpao to join in as well: "My Uncle Man and Uncle Ba brought some fish and shrimp. You two go and help clean the shrimp, then marinate them before frying them."

"Okay." Yang Sanpao and Fatty agreed, asked Zhou Xialong for a basin and a bucket, went to the pool to fill it with water, and took away the small bucket for holding the shrimp.

The small bucket contained dried shrimp, very small fish, and river worms.

Yang Sanpao and Pangmei cleared away the water plants and sorted out the small shrimp, small fish, and river worms. Regardless of size, they squeezed out the internal organs of the small fish.

Chen Da-lian and his wife walked to the outside of the Le family's north building and saw Village Chief Zhou and a few others cleaning fish and small shrimp. They laughed heartily, "Oh, you brought fish too? I took some too. Luckily, I had the foresight to prepare them at home."

Mrs. He felt rather helpless. Her husband's tone was too arrogant. Not to mention others, even she couldn't help but want to retort when she heard it.

Village Chief Zhou remained calm and composed: "You're quite clever, getting more and more quick-witted."

"That's right." Chen Da-lian had a hint of pride as he carried his things across the ground and into the Le family's north building.

Because she had a brother, Zhou Qiufeng didn't make dumplings anymore. When she saw Chen Dalian arrive, she invited her friend to sit down and have some tea.

Yueyun slipped away from the backyard to the main room.

Chen Da-lian and Aunt He stuffed red envelopes into Xiao Lele's hands, patted the child's head, and told her to play happily. They then handed the gifts to Zhou Qiufeng.

The couple didn't sit idly by drinking tea. Chen Dalian went to find Zhou Xialong and Yue Qing to help move the stove, start the fire, and prepare to steam rice.

With not much work to do at home, Sister He noticed that the Le family didn't have many vegetables, so she went to the vegetable garden to pick some.

Soon, Liu Lu and his wife with their parents, Zhang Pozhuo and his wife with their parents, Cheng Youde and his wife with Cheng Wu, and Cheng Liu and his wife also arrived together.

Cheng Youliang's wife's brothers were building a house, and Cheng Youliang and his wife went back to her parents' home to help, leaving only Cheng Liu and his wife at home.

Every household carried chickens, ducks, pig's trotters, fish, or eggs.

Liu Lu's family also brought a large basket of wild mushrooms, and Zhang Poshu and Cheng Youde's families made glutinous rice cakes and also brought a large basket of them.

Zhou Qiufeng didn't say anything formal and accepted all the gifts from her neighbor.

As the birthday girl, Le Yun received a bunch of red envelopes, and her little face was even brighter than the sun's smile.

Liu Lu and the others treated Zhou Qiufeng's family in Yueqing like brothers, showing no formality. The men helped steam rice and went to the backyard to help prepare medicinal meals.

After the women finished making dumplings, they divided into groups: one group steamed the dumplings, while the other group marinated small fish, shrimp, and river worms, prepared the batter, and then deep-fried them.