Lunch was steamed rice, stir-fried pickled vegetables with pork, stewed fish, Spicy Lamb Head Meat, and scrambled eggs.
There were only four dishes, but the portions were generous, served steaming hot in enamel basins. Just looking at them was satisfying.
Accustomed to eating Sister Yang's cooking every day, Gu Xiaoxia found that this occasional meal cooked by her elder sister-in-law really whetted her appetite. She normally ate one bowl of rice, but today she ate a bowl and a half.
If her stomach hadn't been too full, she felt she could have eaten more.
"Your cooking is so good, Sister-in-Law," Gu Xiaoxia praised sincerely. "I haven't had such a delicious meal in ages."
Seeing Gu Xiaoxia enjoy the food reflected well on Liang Yuemei too. She smiled and said:
"Oh, it's just home cooking. It's really because the fish is fresh, and the lamb head meat Xiao Long brought was cleaned well. If you like it, have Xiao Long bring you back every Sunday, and I'll cook for you!"
Liang Yuemei had never treated Gu Xiaoxia as an outsider, and now they were even more clearly family. Looking at the pregnant Gu Xiaoxia, she felt rather as though the next generation had already grown up.
It was very gratifying.
"Did you sweep out the courtyard over there?" Li Jianguo asked Li Long as he ate.
"Yes, and I got the stove going too. That house hadn't had a fire going for ages, so it's very damp. I'm planning to add another stoveful of coal this afternoon, then ask Daqiang to get a fire going every day to dry the house out."
"Why trouble Daqiang?" Li Jianguo waved a hand. "His child's so young, and he has to catch fish every day. He's busy. I can go over at noon every