HCB Chapter 203 Birthday Celebration
Chapter 203 Birthday Celebration
Lin Hu pouted, about to cry, "Auntie, but rabbits are just as cute as puppies, why do you want to eat rabbits?"
Shen Wanning quickly comforted her, "Auntie didn't say we were going to eat these two rabbits. What she said was that when they give birth to lots of little rabbits, we can eat their little rabbits."
Lin He's eyes lit up. He looked up at Shen Wanning and asked, "Aunt, I haven't eaten rabbit yet. Is rabbit really delicious?"
At this moment, Lin Hu cried out, "But the little rabbit is also very cute. Can you please not eat the little rabbit?"
Shen Wanning was stunned. It was over. It seemed that she was a real foodie. When she saw the rabbit, the first thing she thought of was that rabbit legs were delicious. She used to buy them often to eat.
She hurriedly tried to comfort him, "Okay, okay, auntie won't eat these two little rabbits. Don't cry, I won't eat them. Our mountain is so big. When the weather warms up, we can fence off a small piece of land and raise rabbits there, okay?"
Lin Hu stopped crying and nodded, "Okay, I won't eat the rabbits, I'll just keep them well."
At this time, Lin Jingce and Lin Jingcheng led out another horse from the backyard, and the horse was equipped with a saddle.
"Wan Ning, this is a gift from your eldest and second brothers. Didn't you say before that you wanted to learn how to ride a horse? So my eldest brother and I bought this horse." Lin Jingcheng said, pointing at the horse.
"Thank you, big brother and second brother. I like it very much. I must learn to ride a horse someday." Shen Wanning walked forward and touched it. "Big brother and second brother, does this horse have a name?"
"Not yet! Wan Ning, do you want to give it a name?" Lin Jingcheng asked.
"Horses need speed, so why not call it Zhuifeng? It sounds like it's very fast." Shen Wanning said excitedly.
In modern times, she longed for the prairie and always wanted to go horseback riding in Xinjiang or Mongolia. However, she had too many things to do at home and needed to study, so she never found the opportunity.
Now that she has this horse, after the Chinese New Year, she can have someone teach her how to ride when she has time.
"What a nice name!" Lin Jingyou praised.
"Thank you all for giving me birthday gifts today. I'm really happy." Shen Wanning said to everyone.
"As long as you are happy, take the gift back and clean up first. Xu and I will cook a large table of dishes later. We should eat and drink well at noon to celebrate Wan Ning getting one year older." Although Aunt Zhang looked tired, she was still cheerful.
"No need, Mom, you take a nap first, I'll go help my sister-in-law later. You didn't sleep all night last night, so you should go and have some rest!" Shen Wanning said.
"It's okay, you can sleep after lunch. I'm so happy today, how can I sleep? Besides, you are the birthday girl, how can you let the birthday girl cook? Go and clean up!" Aunt Zhang gently pushed her into the room.
Shen Wanning had no choice but to put the rabbit and the puppy on the ground and walked into the room with the comb that Lin Jiang had given her.
Lin Jingyou followed her into the room.
Shen Wanning had just put her comb away and turned around when Lin Jingyou blocked her path and pulled out a scroll of paintings from behind.
The scroll slowly opened, revealing a picture of Shen Wanning sitting in the yard, her face supported by her hands in a daze.
Even though she was wearing a coarse linen shirt, it couldn't hide her stunning beauty. Her dazed look was adorable, with her little mouth slightly turned up, making her look very lively.
"When did Third Brother draw this? It's so lifelike!" Shen Wanning immediately took the scroll and looked at it again and again.
"I painted it a long time ago. From now on, I will give Wan Ning a portrait on every birthday. When we are old, we can take it out and look at it."
"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you from now on, Third Brother!" Shen Wanning rolled up the painting, put it away, and placed it on the table.
When Lin Jingyou was not around, she planned to put the scroll back into the express station.
"How can it be hard to paint a portrait for you? When I paint, my heart and eyes are full of you, and I only feel happiness. How can it be hard?" Lin Jingyou said lovingly.
There were so many people waiting for them in the yard, but Lin Jingyou was still quite restrained today.
After packing up their things, the two of them left the room. All that remained was to follow the routine. Only Shen Wanning remained, clinging to the puppy and petting it while sitting on a chair.
Lin Hu was afraid that the two rabbits would be eaten by them, so he walked up to Shen Wanning with the cage and said, "Aunt, I will help you raise the rabbits from now on! I can pick some grass to feed the rabbits every day."
"Hmm? Xiaohu also likes rabbits, right? Okay, from now on, Xiaohu will raise aunt's rabbits." Thinking that Lin Hu was still young and at the age to like these small animals, she agreed without saying a word.
Lin Hu grinned, picked up the cage and ran out, ready to pick some grass for the rabbit.
Lin Jingyou had been sitting in the yard, playing with Shen Wanning and the puppy. To be more precise, he had been watching Shen Wanning playing with the puppy, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Seeing that the food in the kitchen was almost ready, Lin Jingyou got up and walked into the kitchen.
"Third brother, why are you here?" Xu had just opened the lid of the pot and looked at the hot food inside. (In rural areas, in order to prevent the food from getting cold, the fried food would be placed on the rice to heat it together.)
"Tonight is Ning's birthday. I'm going to cook a bowl of longevity noodles for her." Lin Jingyou rolled up his sleeves and prepared to pour water into the pot.
Aunt Zhang didn't quite believe him and looked at him suspiciously, "You've never been in the kitchen since you were a child. Can you cook noodles?"
"Don't worry, Mom. I've already learned it in the county. I heard about Wan Ning's birthday before, so I deliberately hid it from her and learned it with Zhang San and the others."
Lin Jingyou moved smoothly as he scooped a ladle of water into the pot, put in the noodles, and then added oil, salt and other seasonings.
"It looks quite prepared, I wonder how it tastes." Aunt Zhang took a look and saw that there was nothing wrong with his cooking steps, so she called Mrs. Xu to bring the food to the table together.
Seeing this, Shen Wanning put the puppy down and said, "Snowball, play by yourself. I want to eat!"
Snowball was the name she just thought of. Since the puppy was snow-white and round like a ball, she simply named it Snowball.
After walking to the well and washing her hands, Shen Wanning went to the kitchen and helped them serve the dishes on the table.
"Hey, why is Third Brother in the kitchen too? This is the first time I've seen Third Brother enter the kitchen."
Shen Wanning just saw Lin Jingyou in the kitchen, but didn't see clearly what Lin Jingyou was doing, so she asked curiously.
"I'm here to see how today's meal is prepared. Please take the food out first! I'll be there soon." Lin Jingyou turned around and responded, then took out a bowl from the cupboard and put the noodles into the bowl.
Shen Wanning didn't suspect anything and served the dishes.
The three little ones came in to help and soon put all the food on the table.
"Wow! Today's meal is so rich! I haven't been able to eat so many delicious things during the Chinese New Year before." Lin He sighed.