Chapter 8
It's summer vacation, the children don't have to get up early, they are still sleeping late.The housewives are unshakable, still busy in the kitchen.

The smell of food wafts from the windows of every household.This fragrance floats into the nostrils and stimulates people's taste buds.

Ding Fang woke up from hunger with a "gurgling" sound in her stomach.

Ding Fang woke up, her eldest brother Ding Dong was eating, and her mother was still busy in the kitchen. She saw her father Ding Junsheng reading a newspaper on the balcony.

At this point in the past, my father had already left.Today, it's really rare to be free.

At the end of the 60s, Ding Junsheng was a college graduate who contributed to the coal industry and came to Yuancheng. From a coal mining technician to the chief engineer of the mine, he devoted his youth to the Takamachi Mine.

Not surprisingly, he was able to retire smoothly and enjoy a happy old age.

He and Tan Shufen have four children, Ding Dong, Ding Fang, Ding Liang, and Ding Na, referred to as 'Dongfang Liangle'.Children are his pride and motivation to fight for.

"Fangzi, why are you standing there?" Tan Shufen came out of the kitchen and saw that Ding Fang was still in a daze, so she hurriedly urged her, "It's time to eat, go get some food!"

Tan Shufen went to wake Ding Liang and Ding Na to wake up.

Ding Fang nodded, filled a bowl of porridge and sat down at the table.

"Steamed buns, how about?" Ding Dong, who was eating, brought over the porcelain basin containing the steamed buns.

"Thanks," Ding Fang curled her lips, "I can't chew it in the morning!"

Not everyone likes steamed buns that are not dry.Ding Fang felt that it was hard to swallow.

Ding Dong refused to let her, and took a steamed bun by himself, poked a hole with his chopsticks, stuffed pickled vegetables with a chopstick, and started to chew.

Ding Dong is a technician in a thermal power plant. The power plant has been overhauled these days. It is very exhausting to go into the boiler room for inspection and testing in hot weather. He must eat enough to work hard.

"Dongzi, what time do you go to work?" Ding Junsheng came back from the balcony, took a few banknotes from his wallet and put them by the table, "It's hot, buy some cold drinks at noon, and pay attention to heatstroke prevention!"

"Dad, I have it myself." Ding Dong swallowed the last mouthful of steamed buns, drank the porridge in the bowl, and stuffed the few banknotes back into Ding Junsheng's trouser pocket, "I'm done eating, you guys use it later."

Ding Dong put down the bowl and chopsticks, put on overalls and went out.

Ding Junsheng watched his son go out.

Looking back, Ding Junsheng nodded when his daughter came with a bowl of porridge and rice, picked up chopsticks and ate slowly.

"Ding Fang, have you handed in your college entrance examination volunteers?" Ding Junsheng remembered, and asked again, "How is the estimated score? Have you passed the cut-off mark for a key university?"

"The estimated score is almost on the key line." Ding Fang took a bite of the rice and said in a low voice, "Dad, I have filled in a few universities that are similar."

"That's good!" The eldest daughter's academic performance reassured Ding Junsheng.

Tan Shufen lifted Ding Liang and Ding Na from the bed and urged them to wash their faces and eat.

After Ding Fang had finished eating, she put away the bowls and chopsticks to make way for her seat.

"Fangzi," Tan Shufen called to stop her, "that classmate of yours, where does Zhao Anning live now?"

"She?... temporarily living in a hostel," Ding Fang stopped in her tracks and whispered, "her father is gone, so she can no longer live in the staff dormitory..."

"Mom prepared something for her, you take it to her."

Tan Shufang took out two lunch boxes from the kitchen as if conjuring, "What can I eat at the reception? It's time to grow up. Mom made two dishes and gave them to her!"

"Mom...," Ding Fang couldn't believe it, and asked, "This is all for her?"

"Well, her father is gone, the girl is so pitiful! You get along well, please invite her to play at home!" Tan Shufang finished eating in twos and turned and went into the kitchen.

She has to pack up and go to work.

"Mom, I thank you on behalf of An Ning!"

Ding Fang carried two lunch boxes, happily went downstairs, carefully put them into the bicycle basket, and rode towards the guest house.

……

"Are you okay?" Ding Fang looked at her carefully with her eyes, for fear that she would be shocked by her father's sudden death.

"Me?" An Ning smiled sweetly, "It's pretty good, I can eat and sleep well!"

She thought to herself, at last no one was guarding her, she didn't know how comfortable and secure she was.

"My mother made two dishes for you,"

Seeing that she was in good condition, Ding Fang was relieved, took out the lunch box and put it on the table, "Here for you, come on!"

"what?!"

As soon as the lunch box was opened, the aroma hit people's taste buds directly, and An Ning was so greedy that he salivated, "Tamaled pork? Wow, there is also dried fish!"

There is nothing to eat in the hostel, my mouth is very pale, and my stomach is full of water.

Seeing a big piece of meat, how could she bear it? An Ning grabbed a big piece of tamales and stuffed it into her mouth, puffed out her cheeks while chewing and yelling, "It's... delicious!"

"Greedy cat!" Ding Fang took out her handkerchief, wiped her greasy mouth that was stained with rice flour, and said angrily, "It's all yours! No one will snatch it from you!"

"Thank you!" After eating a few pieces of meat, An Ning's face lit up.

She smacked her lips, feeling very satisfied.

"Your mother is so nice,"

An Ning clung to Ding Fang's ear, and whispered, "Your mother's cooking is delicious! It's not as cold as you said before, but very warm-hearted, which is really enviable..." Tan Shufen is quite humane, and she is not cold.

"My mother, she...she sympathizes with you," Tan Shufen said politely to others, even outsiders.

Ding Fang paused, "Live in a hostel, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it anymore, if your mother is by your side, you won't sit idly by."

"My mother?" An Ning pouted.

Zhao Xiu'e has such a big heart.She was the one who wanted to exchange her daughter. She received thousands of yuan in compensation, but did she ever think of her daughter?
An Ning has no hope for Zhao Xiu'e.

"Fangfang, Auntie cooked all these delicious food. When is she here? I have to thank her personally!" She really wanted to get close to the Ding family, which is the ancestral home of her inner soul.

"My mother will come home after get off work," Ding Fang warmly held An Ning's arm, "It's better to hit the sun than to choose another day, let's go today!"

"Okay!" An Ning couldn't wait for it.

Ding Fang rode An Ning back downstairs, parked the bicycle, and the two girls bounced upstairs.

Ding Junsheng was not there, Ding Liang and Ding Na were there, one was reading and the other was sleeping.

Ding Fang dragged An Ning into her room and whispered.

After Tan Shufen got off work, she got into the kitchen and got busy.

Tan Shufen has a pair of skillful hands, and she is good at cooking. She can make ordinary dishes into flowers, and she can work quickly. In less than half an hour, four dishes and one soup are placed on the table.

Five people sat down, and several children gathered around a table with their meals, bowed their heads and ate vigorously.

"Wow, it's really delicious!" An Ning Youqi eats deliciously, admiring while eating.

"Eat more if you like it!" Tan Shufen gave her a large piece of meat, and said with a smile, "Auntie doesn't have anything to entertain you, but that's enough! Feel free!"

"It's nothing to say that there are so many dishes?" Anning Bar smacked her lips, "If Auntie treats you seriously, can't you serve more than a dozen dishes?"

"You child, you have such a sweet mouth! When did your mouth become so sharp?" Who doesn't like to hear good words, some people praise her for cooking well, and Tan Shufen is happy in her heart.

 The Ding family is a big happy family and a well-off family.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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