The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 573 Find Something to Do
Since there were only a few family members in the group, and none of them had set their phones to "Do Not Disturb," I was repeatedly woken up in the middle of the night.

After squinting to see what was going on, they were all so angry that they couldn't sleep!

The second brother felt okay. His daughter, Jia Ning, was only seven years old. His wife was pregnant not too long ago, and he could still remember some of it. Lu Weichen was already fourteen this year. The old man Lu was so angry that he cursed loudly.

After scolding him, I was afraid that my younger brother would be upset, so I sent him a red envelope and went back to sleep.

As it turned out, the younger brother was quick; he took the red envelope as soon as he saw it, then pretended to be dead and ignored him.

Old Man Lu doesn't need much sleep, and he didn't go to bed until 1 a.m. He still hadn't slept soundly, and when he saw the news, it felt like the sky had fallen.

He has three sons, the eldest is almost 43 years old and the youngest is 23. If you ask him now what his wife liked to eat or do when she was pregnant, how could he remember?
I wanted to pretend I didn't see it, but I couldn't bear to, so I simply woke up my wife. The two of us sat in front of the phone, thought seriously, discussed for another half hour, and carefully prepared a pretty good answer before sending it over.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no response.

Seeing that it was already 3:30, and that unfilial son was probably already asleep, I was immediately furious!

When Lu Nanting woke up the next day and saw the message, no matter how he replied, his father ignored him. He called his mother and subtly asked if his father was angry, but his mother didn't answer him either, only saying that she was busy pickling kimchi.

The organic cabbages that just arrived from the farm are so white and tender; they'd be perfect for making spicy pickled cabbage!

Gu Lanxi rubbed her eyes and got up. While washing up, she noticed that her eyelids were a little swollen, which made her feel a bit down.

As soon as I went downstairs, I heard my mother-in-law say that she was pickling spicy cabbage. My mouth watered instantly, and for some reason, I insisted on having a bite.

Aunt Xiao had already prepared breakfast. Seeing that Gu Lanxi wanted to eat but there wasn't any at home, she took the car keys and said she would go out to buy some. When she turned around, she saw that Gu Lanxi had already changed her shoes.

"It's okay, I'll go eat at my mom's."

"Breakfast is ready. I made potato pancakes. You said you wanted to eat these last night, didn't you?"

As a result, this person, with his mind full of spicy cabbage, casually gave a few instructions and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lu Nanting had to go out this morning, and time was tight, so he couldn't accompany her. He could only arrange for a driver and bodyguard before she left.

But she didn't want to wait for anyone, so she just drove off.

It wasn't far from the old house, and it was still early with no traffic. Helpless, Lu Nanting had no choice but to call his mother and ask her to arrange for someone to prepare kimchi.

Early in the morning, my daughter-in-law came over as soon as she said she wanted to eat spicy cabbage. In the end, the spicy cabbage was still regular cabbage, with each head standing upright and neatly arranged in a basket, crowded together. There were six baskets in the back of the pickup truck.

The old house had a cook who was good at making all sorts of side dishes, like pickled cucumbers, pickled vegetables, spicy cabbage, pickled radishes, pickled perilla...

She knows how to make anything available on the market, and she has also invented many things that are not available on the market. She is an indispensable and golden supporting role on the Lu family's dining table.

These frost-bitten cabbages are especially crisp and sweet. The farm has grown them exceptionally well this year. Mrs. Lu was planning to pickle several jars to send to relatives and friends, but she didn't expect that just making a phone call would provoke such a craving.

The key is that this glutton is the one you absolutely can't mess with in the family.

I was immediately overwhelmed!
She didn't trust the food she bought from outside, and she hadn't even had a chance to cook her own food yet. The thought of facing her daughter-in-law's disappointed eyes later made her feel terrible!
Wearing slippers, I stomped my feet on the spot for thirty seconds and came up with a new idea.

"Quickly, get the aprons and gloves ready!"

So, when Gu Lanxi arrived, she was first pulled to the table laden with breakfast, coaxed to eat, and then, before she could even speak, she was given a look that said, "I'm finally saved."
"We need to pickle a lot of kimchi at home today, and we're too busy to manage. Mom is probably getting old and can't do it anymore. It's good that you're here to help her out."

Gu Lanxi, being such a clever person, immediately understood what her mother-in-law meant: "Do you want to eat now?"

But she was quite happy because only her mother-in-law still treated her like a normal person and didn't treat her like a pampered princess.

I immediately put on an apron and gloves, and happily asked the aunt in charge of pickling vegetables what she could do for me.

The aunt, sensing Mrs. Lu's mood, arranged relatively easy tasks for her.

Several aunties carried the trimmed cabbage up to her, and after she cut it in the middle, another carried it down.

The six baskets of cabbage weighed a little over 200 jin (approximately 100 kg), and were chopped up before eight o'clock.

After cutting, don't wash it; you have to rub it with salt to remove the water.

Then a group of people sat around a table, each with a bowl of salt next to them.

Gu Lanxi sat down next to him, lifting the cabbage leaves with one hand and sprinkling salt into it with the other.

After finishing their work, the group busied themselves making snacks. "It's the end of the year, so we give each other small gifts to maintain relationships."

Mrs. Lu smiled and pulled her over to rub peanuts.

Freshly roasted peanuts are left to cool slightly until they are no longer too hot to handle. The peanut skins are then rubbed off, and then an auntie takes them to be pounded into granules of varying sizes.

Peanut candy, peanut brittle, jujubes, donkey rolls...

Gu Lanxi sat to the side, keeping busy with her work while eating the freshly cooked snacks.

After we had eaten most of our food, it was lunchtime.

After lunch, the cabbage was almost ready to be blanched.

The aunties deftly washed the salt off the cabbages, squeezed out the water, and then a group of people sat around the table and began to spread the prepared sauce on the cabbages.

The sour and spicy sauce didn't make me feel nauseous at all.

Gu Lanxi slowly finished cleaning several large vats of kimchi with everyone else. She was so tired that she yawned. Her mother-in-law coaxed her upstairs to sleep for less than an hour. Then, she smelled a new aroma.

"Want a bowl of non-spicy hot and sour noodles?"

He's a typical person who's bad at cooking but has a huge addiction to it.

Mrs. Lu loves hot and sour noodles but can't handle spicy food, so she came up with a super, super mild version that's very friendly to Cantonese people.

There's a reason why the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can eat and play together so well.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Taichao happily slurped up a small bowl of homemade sweet potato noodles, providing emotional support:
"Did you roll these peanuts? Don't they smell especially good?"

Gu Lanxi nodded vigorously.

After finishing her noodles, Mrs. Lu sighed again: "A bunch of bastards, taking advantage of my kind heart, trying to swindle my money. Manman, can you take a look at this project and see if there are any problems? Sigh, without you, I'm probably destined to be scammed!"

Gu Lanxi immediately raised her eyebrows: "Who is it? Always taking the wrong path! Let me see."

Then I looked and saw it was 6:30.

The workers who were off work came home, and the men who were picking up their wives also arrived.

Lu Nanting had been busy all day and rushed back anxiously. He saw his wife sitting at the big round table in the old house, eating voraciously with a bowl in her hand. He felt like he didn't even recognize her anymore.

Lately, at home, no matter what he eats, if he's offered a bite, he just waves it off and refuses it. He's really worried sick!

So, once we got here, we suddenly had a huge appetite?

"Mom, what delicious food did you make for her?"

Lu Nanting craned his neck to look, but there didn't seem to be anything special about it.

Stir-fried lotus root, stir-fried pork with vinegar, sweet and sour pork with pineapple...

"Thanks to Manman today, she helped me a lot. I'm exhausted."

After speaking with her youngest son, she didn't forget to remind her daughter-in-law: "Manman, don't forget to move around. If you sit still after eating, you'll easily gain weight. I'll take you out for a walk later. Old Li's family in the east end got a myna bird a while ago. It can sing very well. I'll take you to see it later."

Gu Lanxi's eyes lit up, and she didn't even want to go home.

"Brother, you go back and pack your bags. We'll stay at home for a while!"

Gu Lanxi was exceptionally bright; with a quick glance at the aunties' work schedules, she knew that they hadn't originally planned to make desserts today.

Her mother-in-law racked her brains, wanting nothing more than for her to live a comfortable life.

Instead of living in constant fear, it's better to come and live with the experienced mother-in-law.

The reason she was constantly anxious and irritable was not only because she had nothing to do, but also because she was inexperienced during her first pregnancy, her husband was often away from home due to work, and she had no elders around.

Move here for a while, and you'll get used to it.