【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Xiangyun raised her hand impatiently: "Let me confess first: I like our Art Research Society very much, and I really want to help you, but I really don't have the time and energy. Not only will I not participate in the positions you mentioned, I may not even have time for the activities. I have a lot of rehearsals, studies, and performances to do later. However, I support you spiritually, and I can occasionally work part-time in the planning department when I have time, but don't pin your hopes on me, it's better to find someone else."

Tanchun saw that the atmosphere was going downhill. What if everyone lost their enthusiasm? She quickly replied, "That's OK. You have the most ideas. If you have any ideas, just say them in the group. It's also good to squeeze out some time when you're busy."

Li Wan snorted in her heart, "I didn't expect you to do that! You said all these words and expressed your feelings. Does expressing your feelings mean you can contribute with effort or money?"

Pin'er secretly admired Xiangyun. She had just listened to what Li Wan and Tanchun said. She was most worried that Xiangyun would get too excited and take on too many responsibilities, and then she would have to help her. It didn't matter. What she was most afraid of was that she would not have time to do good things and would be blamed.

Pin'er understood Shui Rong's intention just now, and she didn't want to get involved in this matter. She just looked at Xichun's expression, not knowing what she was thinking.

When Li Wan encouraged everyone to nominate themselves again, Xichun spoke up: "I am young, so it is good that you don't care about me. How can I care about the things here? You choose, I will only participate in the voting and occasionally be the host. I still have a lot of painting homework to finish."

Lin Pin'er was relieved now. She was still thinking about Xichun helping her design the image of her work. This was just some fun and not a serious matter.

After Xichun finished speaking, Shui Rong continued, "It's not convenient for me to participate in any position. The main reason is that I'm too busy. It's already a stretch for me to attend activities every week. I even declined Pin'er's invitation on her behalf. She has a lot of things to do with me. She needs to help me choose products and look at designs. She is also learning two instruments and vocal music. Weekends happen to be our class time, so it's not good for her to take leave every time. Besides, we can't delay our studies, so those who are capable should do more work. We will try our best to cooperate with you."

It would be best if he helped Pin'er to refuse such things, so that they would think that Pin'er had no opinion of her own and that they could only blame him. It didn't matter.

Baoyu saw that the meeting was about to end, so he stepped forward and said, "I can get sponsorship. I know a lot of people and have a lot of dinner parties. As for planning, I can also give some ideas. I have an idea right now. You just mentioned recyclable tools. Why don't we go find my second sister-in-law this afternoon? She has tables, chairs and utensils. We can pick and choose, and then set up a small warehouse for us to store these things. But where should we set up the warehouse?"

Tanchun quickly followed up and said, "I can go with Brother Bao to get sponsorship. You can take me with you and I will cooperate with you."

Baoyu suddenly had an idea: it would be better to take Tanchun with him, so that he could get rid of Xiren who was sticking to him. There was no reason for him to have so many people following him when he went out.

"Okay, okay, you are so eloquent and have a good personality. The two of us will definitely work together perfectly."

Baoyu immediately started chatting with Tanchun, and the more they talked, the more excited they became. They couldn't wait to start running around tomorrow. Li Wan looked at Yingchun who was silent over there and shook her head, and had to look at Li Wen and Li Qi again.

"Do you two have any ideas?"

Li Wen and Li Qi were confused. Didn't they just ask them to support her? They thought she was just here to support them, so why was she asking like that? What could they think? Didn't they agree that they were just here to have fun?

“Ah… this…”

Li Wan was furious when she saw them being so shy. What a waste! They are worse than abacus beads. They won't move even if you push them!

On the other hand, the cute Jia Lan quietly raised his hand. Shui Rong saw it with his sharp eyes and called out to him: "Lan'er, do you have anything to say?"

Jia Lan stood up and said, "I can help you keep your things. I suggest we build a house in our yard to store these things." In fact, what he was thinking was: He happened to be planning to make some models recently, and if there was a warehouse, he could hide some of his little inventions.

Li Wan was a little annoyed. She hadn't had time to assign this troublesome matter, but he picked it up again. But it was understandable. Her son was a simple-minded person. He was the kind of person who would treat a stick as a needle. He was usually enthusiastic to everyone. If someone wanted to play with him, he would take them into the room. He would also tell others about his own affairs casually. At school, he liked to take on many things that were thankless.

Look at Qiaojie, she is just sitting there motionless. After all, she is a child brought up by Wang Xifeng, and she looks as if she doesn’t care about anything. It’s as if she won’t listen to anything you adults say and she doesn’t care. She just comes here to play.

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Li Wan had no choice but to clear her throat and stand up to conclude her speech:

"Then from today on, I will officially become the president of our Family Art Research Society, and Tanchun will be the vice president. Yingchun will be the meeting recorder and voting recorder. She will also help us with some clerical work. Jia Lan is the warehouse manager, and he will go back today to start building the warehouse. Baoyu is the director of the public relations department, and Tanchun will work part-time as his assistant. Xiangyun will also do some work in the planning department, and the planning still requires everyone to brainstorm. The others will temporarily participate in discussions and meetings as organizers, or help where they can. What do you think?" Li Wan said as Yingchun quickly took notes.

"I agree." Baoyu and Tanchun said in unison, Li Wen and Li Qi followed, and Pin'er and the others had no choice but to follow...

The meeting was finally over. Maybe because she had eaten too little in the morning and had used her brain all morning, Xiangyun felt dizzy now.

"Go back and eat quickly. I feel I can eat a whole pot of rice." Xiangyun began to urge as soon as they left Tanchun's yard.

"Did you ask Zijuan to cook rice?" Pin'er asked slowly.

"No….."

"Then you can only eat the air in the rice cooker..." In the morning, Pin'er discussed with Zijuan about making pasta for lunch, so she knew that the rice cooker must be empty.

Xiangyun refused to obey her and reached out to tickle her. Pin'er dodged and begged for mercy, and they fought and made a lot of noise all the way back to the yard.

After seeing the large and small packages of things in the kitchen, Pin'er felt that she was loved by many people at this moment. In the morning, after Shui Rong asked her grandmother for the baking recipe, Mrs. Li packed up a bunch of baking tools she had stored and had them delivered. As for Jia's mother, she heard that Zijuan asked Wang Xifeng for cake powder last night, and she sent her a bunch of various ingredients for making desserts in large and small bags.

Pin'er looked at this, then that. Everything was new to her and she liked everything.

Then he turned to Qiao Jie and said, "We have something to do this afternoon. I'm wondering what to do with you. How about we make dessert this afternoon?"

Qiaojie clapped her hands and said, "Great! When I saw them making dumplings, I liked to have a piece of dough to play with, but my mother wouldn't let me go into the kitchen. Now that she's gone, there's no one to nag me anymore."

Xiangyun pouted at the side: "I have to rehearse in the afternoon, please leave me some work to do, and I will come back early to join you in the evening."

"Of course. I see Xing Xiuyan and the others need a long time to ferment the bread, so it's just right for you to come back in the evening. You can go to rehearsal with peace of mind. We'll be waiting for you at home."

Zijuan was just about to cook pasta when she heard some noise outside. It turned out that Lady Jia had arrived.

"I heard that you have grown up now and have learned to make cookies. I came here specially to ask for some cookies." Grandmother Jia joked as they walked.

"Grandma, let's eat here at noon. In the afternoon, you can direct us to make desserts. You will definitely be able to do it." Lin Pin'er quickly pulled Grandmother Jia to sit on the sofa, then leaned on her shoulder and acted coquettishly.

After hearing this, Jia's mother laughed and said, "I can't cook, but I can eat."

Pin'er quickly arranged for Zijuan to prepare some food for Lady Jia, and then quickly found the biscuits she had made in the morning, put two pieces on a small plate and gave them to Lady Jia to taste.

Grandmother Jia broke off a small piece and tasted it: "It's not very sweet, just the way a skilled cook would make it. If it were too sweet, it would be unpalatable and greasy, and it would overpower the fragrance."