Chapter 351 Mid-Autumn Festival
Xin Lu forced an awkward smile on her face: "Li Luo, look, can you invite me in to sit for a while? Look, I brought some gifts for the children."
"If you have anything to say, just say it here. I don't think we are familiar enough with each other to sit down and have a good talk." Li Luo turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xin Lu again.
"I know what you want to do. You want to develop an embroidery village. I can help you. I used to do a lot of business with my ex-husband in Suicheng, but there were no good opportunities."
"If you need someone to raise awareness in other provinces, I'd be a good chess piece, Li Luo. You won't lose out if you use me."
"But you have to know that if you want to increase your popularity, money is essential, so I need you to give me 5,000 yuan. I can guarantee that I can get you all the resources you have in Suicheng."
"Not only that, you also want to earn foreign currency. I can help you with that. I can speak foreign languages. You should know that there are very few people who can speak foreign languages nowadays. I also know quite a few foreign businessmen, so I am your best choice."
Li Luo listened to Xin Lu's chattering expressionlessly, and finally said lightly: "And then? You let me be the scapegoat. You didn't do anything, and you want five thousand yuan from me?"
"Xin Lu, don't treat others as fools. Also, you may not know that I already have connections in Suicheng. I don't need you at all, so you don't need to think too hard. Let me give you a chance."
"If you have the time, you might as well try your luck in the city. It's better than waiting in the village. After all, the Xin family's merits cannot be completely destroyed by you."
Seeing that Li Luo was actually lecturing her, Xin Lu's face drooped immediately: "Li Luo, since when did you become qualified to teach me a lesson?"
"From childhood to adulthood, no one has ever been able to compete with me for what I want. Who are you? Aren't you just luckier than me? You have Brother Ling to help you in front of you?"
"If you didn't have Brother Ling, what could you accomplish? In the final analysis, you are still just relying on men."
"Ling Zhuoqun is my man, why can't I rely on him? I think you are saying the grapes are sour because you can't eat them. You want something and you want to fight for it with proper means. You also want to snatch something that is in someone else's mouth? I think you are really hungry."
"Li Luo! If it weren't for you, Brother Ling should have been mine. When would it be your turn to get involved? Brother Ling must be angry with me because I left without saying goodbye, so he refused to talk to me."
"Xin Lu, you should be self-aware. Not everyone will wait for you. Why? When you despised Brother Ling for being poor and ran away with a rich man, why didn't you think of Brother Ling?"
"When a rich man fell into poverty, you dumped him the next second. Now you want to come back and curry favor with the rich and powerful. Do you really think you are so popular? Even if I wasn't there, Brother Ling wouldn't even look at you."
Li Luo rolled her eyes helplessly. Xin Lu still thought she was a little princess? She had to be held in the palm of someone's hand wherever she went? Since she had the ability, she should use it!
He clamors all day long and stirs up trouble everywhere. Such useless work harms others and does not benefit himself. Li Luo really doesn't know what the point of such a person's life is?
Xin Lu saw that she couldn't get any advantage from Li Luo, so she shouted towards the door: "Brother Ling, I'm Xin Lu, come out and see me, I have something to tell you!"
"You can shout, but it's no use even if your throat is hoarse. Ling Zhuoqun won't see you. Just give up on this idea." Having said that, Li Luo turned around and went back into the house, leaving Xin Lu to shout outside.
But Xin Lu's shouting made Ling Xiaoguang and the other two unable to bear it any longer: "Mom, who is that person outside? He keeps calling Dad's name?"
"We have to take care of people with poor brains, so just ignore it." Li Luo continued to fill the mooncake skin with stuffing.
Ling Zhuoqun had been gone for nine days. Today was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Li Luo sincerely hoped that she could see Ling Zhuoqun in person. If Xin Lu could call Ling Zhuoqun back, she wouldn't mind Xin Lu calling him a few more times.
Xin Lu outside was shouting so hard that her throat was about to smoke, but Ling Zhuoqun didn't show up, so she went back unwillingly. Otherwise, the looks from the neighbors around her would make her want to find a hole to crawl into.
It finally quieted down, and Li Luo's ears were finally much quieter, and even making mooncakes became easier.
Soon, Li Luo made a tray of mooncakes. Using a special mold, he turned the mooncakes upside down. Then, round and beautiful mooncakes took shape.
Then Li Luo brushed the mooncake skin with egg liquid and put it into the oven.
Soon, the sweet aroma of mooncakes came from the kitchen. Ling Xiaolei and Yaya had already been waiting in front of the oven, waiting for the mooncakes to come out of the oven.
It’s not that the three siblings haven’t eaten mooncakes in previous years, but ever since Aunt Wang came to visit them, all the mooncake gift boxes were taken away by Aunt Wang, and the number of times they had been able to eat mooncakes was very few and far between.
Now, they not only have mooncakes to eat, but also those made by their mother. If you ask who are the happiest children in the world, they must be the ones who raise their hands the loudest!
The sky was getting darker and the mooncakes were freshly baked. Li Luo also made some desserts, including snow-skin mooncakes with taro paste filling, salty fried dough twists, and some dumplings.
The children ate with great pleasure and only stopped when their stomachs were about to burst.
"Mom, this is the most delicious mooncake I have ever eaten! There are no red or green strips inside, and my mouth is full of fragrance when I take a bite!" Ling Xiaolei said excitedly, shaking the mooncake with a bite taken out of it in his hand.
Li Luo's eyes were curved with a smile, and she was holding a mooncake in her hand. This was her first Mid-Autumn Festival since she came to this strange world. Although the most important person was not around, she was not lonely with her three children by her side.
But there was only one person beside that person. Could it be that he was also missing them? Could it be that he was also looking at the same bright moon as me?
The moonlight today is exceptionally bright, illuminating the entire village and allowing the road to be clearly seen. After eating and drinking, several children found other children and ran to catch fireflies.
The whole way was filled with the laughter of children.
Li Luo also watched the children laughing and making noises, but he felt more and more lonely in his heart.
Suddenly, a figure came slowly from afar under the moonlight. He seemed to be holding something in his hand and walked with a limp.
Li Luo looked at the figure, but felt that he could not see clearly, so he did not dare to recognize it. Until the figure got closer and closer, he called out softly: "Luoluo."
Li Luo's expression changed from shock to joy, and then to heartache. Tears welled up in her eyes: "What happened to you? You're covered in mud! And you even broke it!"
Then, without further ado, he pulled Ling Zhuoqun back into the house.