Charlie and his family next door started preparing New Year's Eve dinner after noon.
All kinds of ingredients were piled up on the entire kitchen counter. 1
Charlie was the best cook in the family, so he did not decline to shoulder the responsibility and became the main chef for New Year's Eve dinner. 2
Due to her leg injury, Elaine sat on the floor prepping the vegetables. Claire helped Charlie wash and cut the vegetables and prepare other ingredients, while Jacob chopped the dumpling fillings manually with a kitchen knife. 3
It was such a rare and harmonious atmosphere as the four of them were helping out in the kitchen. 2
As the sky gradually darkened, dishes one after another were served on the dining table. 1
At villa A04, Jennifer, Yara, and Yulia were getting busy in the kitchen as well.
The three ladies lived quite a modest life. In addition t 0 the preparation of dumpling dough and meat fillings, they also bought a chicken, a fish, and two pounds of ribs to cook a few home-cooked dishes with a combination of meat and vegetables, s
Jennifer felt that it was a blessing for the three of
them to have the opportunity to live in such a nice villa, so she dedicatedly bought an incense burner, a handful of incense, and a cheap Goddess of Mercy portrait to set up a small shrine. 2
Before dinner, Jennifer took Yulia and Yara to kneel i n front of the shrine.
Holding three incense sticks with both hands, Jennifer said with immense devotion, "Oh, Goddess of Mercy. Thank you for blessing the three of us who had lived a bitter life, for being able to stay in such a good villa in this lifetime and live a good life that we could not even dare to dream of before. Rest assured that we will work hard and will never be lazy. Please kindly oversee our lives! Also, please bless us with a better life in the future!" 1
On either side behind her were Yulia and Yara.
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