Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 189 - 189 189 Pinching Face_1

Chapter 189: Chapter 189 Pinching Face_1 Chapter 189: Chapter 189 Pinching Face_1 Lady Liu, hearing her younger sister’s tone so similar to their mother’s, let out a chuckle.

She playfully patted her sister’s shoulder and scolded with mock seriousness, “Look who’s talking.

Yuanyuan is already reaching the age to discuss marriage, yet here you are, her little aunt, still unwed.

Aren’t you afraid she’ll laugh at you?”

Seeing her sister bring up her own marital affairs upon their meeting, Liu Limin rolled her eyes and ignored her, holding her two little nieces by their hands.

As if by magic, she produced a package of sweet cakes and, just like when they were young, teased them into calling her auntie again.

What hadn’t Lin Wei and her sister tried before?

However, seeing the affection and enthusiasm from their little aunt, they called out to her joyfully, making Liu Limin burst with happiness.

Lady Liu knew her little sister’s temperament like the back of her hand and hummed at her with a smile.

As the sisters were talking, Lin Jiaxin was wheeled out by Xia Zheng.

The couple exchanged smiles and quickly headed out to greet father and mother.

Before they could reach the door, they saw Lin Yuan leading their grandparents inside.

“Father, mother,” Lady Liu called out with a choked voice.

The tears she’d just held back started flowing again as she flung herself into Lady Fan’s arms and burst into tears like a little girl.

The eyes of everyone else grew red, too, and Lin Jiaxin repeatedly called out for father, mother, big brother, and sister-in-law.

In his heart, these titles were as dear as his own parents’, for it was his in-laws who had helped them during their hardest times and given them hope to carry on.

Liu Siliang patted Lin Jiaxin’s shoulder in a muted manner, gazing at his still immobile legs and sighing in his heart in pity, yet he said nothing, “Not bad, not bad.

You look spirited and have even gained some weight.”

Seeing her parents start to cry upon meeting each other, Liu Limin’s eyes darted around and landed on the wheelchair her brother-in-law was sitting in.

She asked with surprise, “Hey, brother-in-law, what a strange chair you have here.

Why does it have wheels on it?”

Her question drew everyone else’s attention to the wheelchair Lin Jiaxin was sitting in.

Liu Siliang even walked around it and gave it a push himself.

Lin Yuan knew her aunt was diverting everyone’s attention and smiled while patting her mother’s back, saying to her grandparents, “Grandfather, you’ve come a bit late.

If you’d arrived yesterday, you could have seen the firecrackers!”

Firecrackers?

Indeed, this rarely seen item successfully captured everyone’s interest.

Until now, everyone had been preoccupied with greeting each other and had not noticed that there were many other people present in the courtyard.

Besides those people, there was also a well and a foundation that was halfway constructed.

Zhao Suxin looked at her sister-in-law in surprise and said happily, “Elder sister, are you building a new house?”

With tear-stained cheeks, Lady Liu nodded at her sister-in-law and, seeing that the workers had stopped to watch them, she quickly invited everyone into the house.

Liu Limin, remembering the many things brought for her sister and brother-in-law on the ox cart, wanted to help Big Brother with moving them.

This work, naturally, was done by others.

Chief Sun called out, and immediately three men went to unload the goods and tether the ox cart.

Watching them carry the items into the courtyard one trip after another, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but feel the difference between her maternal home and her marital home.

Speaking of which, her maternal grandfather’s family wasn’t well-off, except for her second uncle’s mother’s family, who owned a small dyeing workshop, and now her second uncle was helping out there—everyone else was a genuine farmer.

But even when they came to visit their daughter’s family this time, they still brought so many things, including three bags of grain, fearing their daughter and son-in-law might go hungry.

In the kitchen, with Lan Hua and Loudmouth helping out, Lin Yuan left the cooking of lunch to the two of them.

Loudmouth, being a married daughter herself, knew the happiness of meeting one’s family, and so from the bottom of her heart, she was happy for Lady Liu, quickly lighting up the fire and boiling a large pot of hot water.

Lin Jiaxin, pushed along by Liu Siliang, and Xia Zheng, walking at the rear, whispered some instructions to Liuzi, who quickly agreed and dashed out to drive the horse cart to town.

Lin Jiaxin and the first uncle-in-law went to the eastern room for a chat, while Lady Liu ushered her mother and sisters into the western room, where they settled down for a thorough catch-up.

From family splits to severed relationships, from Lin Yuan making mooncakes to planning for her new shop, they discussed everything in great detail.

Lady Fan and the others were both surprised and pleased; they had not expected this little girl, who had not been highly regarded since childhood, to have so many ingenious ideas.

Liu Limin couldn’t help but pinch her little cheeks, doting on her with a smile, “Not bad, she’s as clever as her auntie!”

Since the moment she entered the door, Lin Yuan’s little cheeks had been pinched countless times by this particular aunt, and with a sense of grievance, she rubbed at her reddened cheeks and nuzzled into Lady Fan’s embrace, acting coquettishly.

Lady Fan, referring to her endearingly as “my treasure,” hugged her tightly, showering her with kisses.

Aunt Zhao Suxin also doted on her three nieces immensely.

Seeing her younger sister let go of Lin Yuan, she was about to pinch the cheeks of the two little ones when she quickly waved them over, “Come to auntie, your cousin sent gifts for you too.”

Zhao Suxin, having given birth to sons in two consecutive pregnancies, adored the three daughters of her eldest sister’s family tremendously.

When Xiao Linshuang was born, since she was not favored by her grandmother Lady Yang, Zhao Suxin had once suggested adopting Xiao Linshuang as her own daughter.

Mr.

and Mrs.

Liu, though knowing their sister-in-law would indeed take good care of their little daughter, ultimately couldn’t bear to part with her, so the adoption did not happen.

Lady Yang, angry that they had kept this financial burden, would curse at her son and daughter-in-law three times a day.

During Lady Liu’s month of postnatal care, she never showed a kind face to Lady Liu.

She even made her cook and work during her confinement.

If it weren’t for Lin Jiaxin’s staunch protection, Lady Liu’s health would have been even worse by now.

Hearing her sister-in-law talk about her two sons, Lady Liu then asked why her two little nephews didn’t come along, and also about her second brother and his wife, wondering why they hadn’t come together.

Smiling while holding a niece in each arm, Zhao Suxin explained to her eldest sister, “Dad did say the boys should come, but they still have school.

After the New Year, the younger one has to take the examination for the school in town, so they really can’t afford to slack.

Alas, the eldest didn’t pass, so the younger one has to make it.”

The school in town is the one Lin Yongcheng and Lin Yongle attend, which must be the best school in Zhuma Town.

Being the best, it also had the highest entry standards—you either had to pay a large sum of money or get in with your own merit.

As for Lin Yongcheng’s brothers, don’t even mention it—the Lin family spent nearly all their earnings on those two sons.

However, the Liu family didn’t have that kind of money, so their sons had to rely on their own hard work.

Lady Liu nodded gently, “Zhiyang has a sharp mind; he will surely pass.

It’s such a pity for Zhiguang.

If our family had the money, we could definitely send him to school too.”