Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 729: Chapter 729: Who Are the New Neighbors?

Yunyi heard this and couldn’t help but interrupt, ”The Lu Family lent out the fish?”

Huo Jiayuan waved her hand and said, ”It was thanks to Wang Qingliu’s stepmother, who managed to talk them around, otherwise the Qi Family would have borrowed it all. Instead, both families ended up with half a fish each.”

After saying that, she laughed.

Once she had laughed enough, she continued, ”Then they went to the Zhuang Family next door to borrow vegetables. Our family was last, and I think the Qi Family probably scouted things out in the afternoon. They likely already knew the situation with nearby houses, and only hadn’t come to our house because Brother Lu San was busy in the yard, and his stern face scared them away.

Once he stepped out, that Auntie Qi came over saying she wanted to borrow some spices. I saw that they were new here and didn’t want you guys to have tough relations later, so I agreed. But I didn’t expect Auntie Qi to want me to give her portions of all the spices in the kitchen.

Luckily you guys came back. I was getting worried.”

Yunyi turned to look at Huo Jingrui, who was preparing to cook dumplings. ”Who are the new arrivals?”

Huo Jingrui said blandly, ”Workshop supervisor of the third workshop, previously from the City Mechanical Factory. I heard his hometown is in the township under Zeyang County and came back to take care of his parents, so he transferred here.”

After hearing her brother, Huo Jiayuan quickly commented, ”He probably couldn’t make it outside, so he thought of moving back here. Sounds nice, doesn’t it?”

Yunyi had the same thought as Jiayuan. If it’s really like Jiayuan said, regardless of other things, having such an eccentric mom would surely make it hard to have good relations in the factory, right?

While they were chatting, Lu Licheng returned with the packed food.

Huo Jingrui glanced at him, ”What’s this? So many dumplings aren’t enough for you, and you had to go out for more food?”

Lu Licheng ignored him and directly placed the packed food on the table. ”Jiayuan likes the fish from the state-owned restaurant at the entrance, and since they happened to have some, I bought it.

I thought since we rarely meet, we should feast a bit. I saw they had five-spice pig liver, so I bought some back.”

Huo Jiayuan brought out the prepared cold dish. ”This cold dish has fried peanuts; you can make do with it as drinking snack.”

Yunyi glanced at Huo Jingrui and used her tote bag as cover to sneak out a piece of braised beef from her space. ”Jiayuan, cut this braised beef up; they can have it as drinking snacks.”

Huo Jiayuan perked up at the mention of braised beef. ”Where’s it from?”

Yunyi replied vaguely, ”A colleague had some beef at home, made some themselves, and gave me a piece for tasting.”

Huo Jiayuan looked at Lu Licheng. ”Brother Lu San, you’re lucky; you’ve got a treat.”

Lu Licheng laughed, hinting with his tone, ”Indeed, I’m quite lucky.”

Huo Jingrui saw the dumplings rising and poured out the water, ”Stop jibbering, come grab the dumplings, I’ll get the wine.”

Huo Jingrui had realized that his sister was swayed by Brother Lu San but couldn’t tell if it was a good or bad thing?

Anyway, it’s better than endlessly entangling with Du Shujian.

Although he wasn’t very satisfied with Lu Licheng as his sister’s husband—since being a Military Wife is tough, and his sister’s delicate nature wasn’t suitable for it.

But Lu Licheng is excellent in many aspects, and most importantly, he knows this guy has always liked his sister. If Jiayuan is willing to be with him, he wouldn’t oppose it. After all, as Yi’er said, rather than finding someone you love, find someone who loves you. He believes Lu Licheng would be devoted to his sister.