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?"


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