Soon the dishes were served. Seeing Wang Erping carrying a tray of meat dishes to the table, Zeng's mother frowned and said, "Erping, why are you cooking so many meat dishes? Just make some vegetables."

"Mom, you know, I worked in the warehouse this morning. These dishes were made by Minfang and her sister at home. I was only responsible for serving them."

When Wang Erping first came, he was the same as them, but now he has gotten used to it. His sister-in-law and Ji Luo never save on food and drink. There must be meat dishes on the table for lunch and dinner, and they cook chicken, duck, fish, meat and eggs in turn. They live a very comfortable life.

Peng Jinsong just went to the house to get a bottle of wine and said, "Dad, Mom, just eat and drink well, don't worry about anything else."

"Jinsong, it's not easy for you to make money. Your salary and allowances are all earned through hard work. Now you are about to have a child, and the expenses are very high. Try to save as much as you can." Zeng's mother thought that it was not easy for them to be outside, and they had to buy everything, so she didn't want to add too much burden to them.

"Mom, please listen to Jinsong. Don't think about anything else. Just eat and drink well. We can make money and I guarantee you will enjoy a good life in the future." Zeng Minfang came over with the dishes and chopsticks.

Zeng's mother clapped her hands and took the opportunity to teach her a lesson: "You, it's not easy for Jinsong to make money, you have to be considerate and caring about him."

"Mom, he's my own man, of course I understand and care about him."

"He trains hard and often gets injured and needs to recuperate. Kangzi is also growing up, and I need to supplement my nutrition while I'm pregnant, so of course I have to eat better."

"Besides, you have come from afar. If I treat you with some radishes and cabbages, I will be laughed at later."

Zeng Minfang pulled her to sit down and said with a smile, "Dad, Mom, you don't have to worry about us. We are living well in Kyoto. We have comrades and friends to help us. I don't have a job, but I have a source of income. I make a lot every month. We can't bankrupt our family even if we eat a lot of delicious food every day."

Zeng's mother smiled as she looked at Ji Luo who was leading Tuan Tuan into the house, and asked her, "Is it Xiao Ji who helped you make money?"

She had just looked around the courtyard. Such a spacious and grand house was not something that rich people could afford. Her daughter had such a good friend, so she must have some way to make money. Otherwise, with her son-in-law's salary, it would be impossible for him to buy a big house in Kyoto within a year.

"Yes, she is the top scholar in Peking University and is very smart. I am a blockhead and don't think about anything. I can pick up money as long as I follow her." Zeng Minfang said with a smile.

Ji Luo sat down at the table holding his son and chuckled, "Stop bragging."

After all the dishes were served, Peng Jinsong poured wine for the elders and his eldest brother-in-law and brother-in-law. Seeing that there was still one person missing, he hurriedly asked, "Where's Minghui?"

"Minghui is not at home today. He went to the bookstore to check the account books with the accountant."

Zeng Minfang was eating with the children at the next table and said, "Brother-in-law, you should drink a few more glasses with Dad and my father-in-law, and drink more with my eldest brother, and drink less with Jinsong, because we have to move and drive in the afternoon."

"These two glasses of wine are harmless. The smell of alcohol will dissipate when the cold wind blows."

Peng Jinsong picked up the wine glass and toasted his father and mother-in-law. He also clinked glasses with his eldest brother-in-law and brother-in-law. He said in a good mood: "Let's drink less today. We will have a few more drinks at home tomorrow when we move to a new house. The bottles of wine that my boss rewarded me last time are still unopened. I will open them tomorrow on the day of the new house."

Ji Luo and her son sat at the same table with them. She also invited the guests to eat the dishes and took a big spoon to scoop a spoonful of stewed beef brisket for each of them.

"Uncle, aunt, Brother Zeng, sister-in-law, this is beef brisket. It has been slow-cooked over charcoal for an hour. It tastes pretty good. You can all try it."

"Okay, Xiao Ji, you eat too, and Tuantuan should eat more too." Zeng's mother hurriedly picked up some food for Tuantuan.

Tuantuan was eating with a spoon. When he saw the elders picking up food for him, he grinned and said, "Thank you, grandma. You should eat quickly too."

"Xiao Ji, you are such a well-behaved child. You are also good-looking. You are about three or four years old, right?"

Zeng's mother had never asked this before, but she saw Tuantuan playing with her grandson. He was only slightly shorter than the five or six-year-old grandson in the family, so she thought Tuantuan was three or four years old.

"Aunt, he's not even two years old yet." Ji Luo told her with a smile.

"Huh? Not even two years old?"

Zeng's family members were obviously unconvinced. Zeng's mother was slightly surprised: "A two-year-old is this tall? He speaks very fluently, and sounds like a big kid."

"Mom, his parents are both top scorers in the college entrance examination. A child born to two top scorers is definitely not an ordinary child. Tuantuan has been smarter than other children since he was young."

Zeng Minfang took over the conversation and served food to her sister-in-law and the children. She continued, "Tuantuan is not yet two years old. He was born on Chinese New Year's Eve and will be two years old in half a month. He is very smart and went to nursery school when he was one and a half years old. He was well taught at home and by his teachers. He can recite poems and read radio programs, and now he can do simple arithmetic."

"My mother taught me. I can do arithmetic now."

Tuantuan likes to learn math and arithmetic. Now he can count addition and subtraction within ten correctly by counting on his fingers, and he always gets the answers right when his elders test him.

"Oh my, he can recite poems and do math at such a young age, he's a child prodigy."

Zeng's mother thought about the grandchildren in the family, who were all older than him, and they probably couldn't even recite poems and do arithmetic as well as this one-year-old child.

"Aunt, you're flattering me. Tuantuan is not a child prodigy, he just started to learn early. We started teaching him early, and the elders took turns to teach him patiently, so he showed some intelligence."

In Ji Luo's previous life, he had read a news report about child prodigies. It seemed that in the last few years, those children who showed great intelligence since childhood were greatly praised, and a child prodigy fever swept across the country. Many universities and colleges rushed to recruit and train child prodigies, but as they grew older, these children gradually became mediocre and some even became tools for their parents to make money.

Ji Luo understands her child. Tuan Tuan is not a child prodigy, and she doesn't want him to become one of those child prodigies who are deliberately hyped up. She doesn't want him to be paid too much attention by too many people, and she doesn't want external factors to affect his normal life and growth.

"They started teaching them at such a young age. They are worthy of being the two top scorers. When our child was over one year old, he was still rolling on the ground and playing in the mud every day." Zeng's mother said with a smile.

Ji Luo chuckled: "Tuantuan is the same. He rolls around in the snow with Kangzi every day. They are at a carefree age now. It's time for them to play happily."

They were eating and chatting at their table, and the children at the next table were eating happily. Zeng Minfang kept serving food to them and also invited her sister-in-law and elder sister to eat. The three aunts and sisters-in-law had a good relationship and had endless topics to talk about.

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