Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 188 - 188 188 Relatives Have Arrived_1

Chapter 188: Chapter 188 Relatives Have Arrived_1 Chapter 188: Chapter 188 Relatives Have Arrived_1 The dinner consisted of the leftover steamed buns from lunch; she also made a fresh dish: spicy and sour shredded potatoes, and stir-fried cabbage.

Since Xia Zheng and Liuzi had not left yet, Lin Yuan, recalling Xia Zheng’s chat with dad earlier in the day, made an extra dish of egg and tofu soup to treat him.

Upon hearing that the dish was made specially for him, Young Master Xia hugged the bowl and ate with such gusto that even Xiao Linshuang was a bit taken aback by his manner of eating.

In the following days, Aunt Wang and Sister Gui Zhi didn’t come to Lin Yuan’s house to help out anymore, as Loudmouth and Lan Hua were enough.

Ever since Lin Yuan gave Aunt Wang the formula for making pickles, Aunt Wang had been studying how to make them.

She also took Lin Yuan’s advice to make the pickles in several batches, so they wouldn’t run out of stock in the future.

And so, on this day, the first batch of pickles was ready, and Aunt Wang couldn’t wait to send a jar to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan tasted them earnestly and praised Aunt Wang’s skills, happily accepting the pickles.

With all these pickles to sell, Aunt Wang no longer had time to help out Lin Yuan; every day, she had to follow her husband’s ox cart to the market with a jar of pickles.

Although business was tough at the start, Aunt Wang was reliable and enthusiastic, and her pickles were exceptional—soon enough, she had repeat customers, many of whom were brought in by regulars.

Today, while Lin Yuan was busy preparing lunch in the kitchen, she suddenly heard Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang shouting as they ran back home.

Bursting through the door, Xiao Linshuang’s chubby cheeks were full of wonder as she exclaimed, “Big sister, we have visitors, we have visitors!”

Visitors?

What kind of visitors would excite her so much?

Lin Yuan then looked towards Lin Wei who followed in after.

Lin Wei’s cheeks were also flushed, but even redder were her eyes.

The young girl spoke in a mix of laughter and tears, “It’s, it’s Grandpa and Grandma, and Uncle and Auntie are here too!”

Lin Yuan was taken aback, suddenly feeling a lump in her throat as she stroked Xiao Linshuang’s head, choked up, “It’s not just visitors who have come, but family.”

Xiao Linshuang was young and had few memories of her grandparents because they lived far away and seldom visited.

However, Lin Yuan and Lin Wei had a deep impression of them.

These were their true relatives!

She quickly instructed Lin Wei to inform their parents inside the house, then Lin Yuan, holding Xiao Linshuang’s hand, ran out to greet them.

The grandparents had come in their own ox cart, and it just so happened that Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang were playing not far from the main road near their home.

Even though it had been a long time since they last saw each other, they recognized them from a distance.

Excited, Lin Wei ran to greet them but then remembered her parents back home and turned around to report to them.

Thus, when Lin Yuan stepped out to greet them, the grandparents’ ox cart had just reached the doorstep.

Seeing her grandparents’ kind faces, Lin Yuan’s eyes suddenly reddened, without even realizing that she had started to consider herself a true Lin Yuan after spending so much time with the Lin family.

“Grandpa, Grandma,” Lin Yuan couldn’t wait and ran towards the ox cart.

Uncle Liu Siliang, who was driving the cart, fearing that he might hit Lin Yuan, quickly grabbed the reins to stop the ox cart, shouting, “Hey, Yuanyuan, be careful!”

But before the ox cart could come to a complete stop, a graceful figure jumped down, pulling Lin Yuan into an embrace.

She vigorously rubbed Lin Yuan’s somewhat rough hair, then switched to squeezing her slightly chubby cheeks, laughing gleefully all the while, “Silly girl, you’ve grown taller again, almost catching up with Auntie!

Oh, just look at these chubby cheeks, you’re getting plump.

Be careful, or you might have trouble finding someone to marry!”

Lin Yuan’s face grew hot and taut from Liu Limin’s pinching, and the tears that had been swirling in her eyes suddenly came streaming down.

However, seeing the laughter mixed with tears in her aunt’s eyes, she ultimately couldn’t bear to push away the mischievous hands.

“You naughty girl, you’ve hurt Yuanyuan!

Let go of her this instant!” Lady Fan, supported by Aunt Zhao Suxin as she got off the oxcart, scolded her youngest daughter while rescuing Lin Yuan.

Her coarse but warm hands tenderly stroked Lin Yuan’s reddened cheeks as she cried and laughed at the same time, “You’ve gained weight, your cheeks are chubby now, that’s good, that’s really good.

Don’t listen to your aunt’s nonsense!

Eat more, put on weight, don’t be like your mother, it’s not good to be too skinny and frail.”

Listening to her grandmother ramble on, Lin Yuan didn’t find it annoying in the slightest; instead, she felt quite happy.

Aunt Zhao used her sleeve to wipe away the tears from her mother’s eyes and her own, urging her, “Mother, didn’t we agree?

No one is allowed to cry, so why couldn’t you help it the moment you saw Yuanyuan?”

Liu Limin also secretly wiped away her tears, pouting at Lady Fan and then picking up Xiao Linshuang, who was stunned by all the affection.

She kissed her chubby little cheeks and chuckled as she entered the yard, “Let’s go!

We won’t bother with grandma, the crybaby!

Let your aunt give you a kiss, oh my, how sweet!

Auntie likes you!

Let’s go find your mother and play!”

Having never experienced such warmth from anyone but her parents and two older sisters, Xiao Linshuang was a little overwhelmed at first.

But she quite liked this beautiful and smiling aunt.

Feeling a rare shyness, Xiao Linshuang wrapped her arms around Liu Limin’s neck and kissed her face, saying with a laugh, “Auntie also smells nice; Shuanger likes auntie too!”

This remark set Liu Limin off into another fit of joyous laughter.

Over there, Uncle Liu Siliang parked the oxcart and helped his father, Liu Huaiqing, down.

Lin Yuan sweetly called out, “Grandpa, Uncle,” to which Liu Siliang immediately responded loudly and took three large strides towards her.

Just like when she was little, he grabbed her under the armpits and lifted her high into the air.

But now that Lin Yuan had grown up and gained weight, it was not possible to spin her around as before.

After lifting her a bit, her uncle had to set her back down.

“Yuanyuan’s grown up now, Uncle can hardly hold you anymore.”

Lin Yuan giggled, and turning her head, she saw her grandfather, Liu Huaiqing, who had been smiling at her all this time.

She opened her arms and dove into them.

Considering her grandfather’s age, she didn’t bump into him headlong as she did when she was a child, but gently burrowed into his embrace, rubbing her head against him like a little kitten.

Liu Huaiqing immediately felt a warm sensation in his heart, affectionately stroking his granddaughter’s hair.

Though he didn’t say a word, the smile on his face grew even broader.

When Lady Liu and Lin Jiaxin received the news, they first were startled, and then tears welled up in their eyes.

They hurried out to greet the family without a second thought.

Lin Jiaxin even forgot to use his wheelchair, and if Xia Zheng hadn’t been attentively watching, he probably would have tried to walk on his own.

As soon as she entered the yard and saw her younger sister, Lady Liu could no longer hold back her tears.

The two sisters embraced each other and burst into loud sobs.

While wiping her sister’s tears, Liu Limin, with reddened eyes, pretended to scold her, “Really now, you’re the mother of three children and still such a crybaby.

Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at by the kids?”