My mother's cooking is not as good as the heavy oil and salt dishes in restaurants, and the seasoning is also light and simple.
But after a long time of eating home-cooked meals, Ningchu's appetite has suddenly opened up. After a bowl of rice, she is obviously full, but she still picks up a piece of meat or vegetable every now and then.
She propped her chin and looked at the black beans, who had buried their heads in the rice bowl, and then looked at Wen Yang, who was trying hard to restrain his appetite and eating slowly.
“It's hard to come back here, so eat more.“
”When your brother comes back, I'll go to the market and buy you two hairy crabs."
While saying this, my mother kept adding food to Ningchu's bowl. ”Do you think your classmates will say things behind your back because you wear women's clothes at school? Don't let what those people say get to you, just focus on living our own lives.”
“Mmm-hmm.“ Ning Chu's bowl of food never got any smaller as she shared the interesting things she had encountered at school with her mother. ‘Mom, earlier, when I was studying in the school's study room, a classmate of mine was being confessed to.’
”There was even a circle of LED lights and a loudspeaker being used to shout it from the rooftops."
The mother was intrigued and asked, ”And then what happened?”
“My classmate, who usually seems quite aloof, didn't say a word, but just grabbed a bucket of water and splashed it all over the guy downstairs, leaving him soaking wet.“
”And there's more~ I have a classmate who's in love with the teacher!“
”Oh?” The mother's interest was piqued.
There were quite a few interesting things that had happened throughout the semester, but there were only so many that could be told.
Ning Chu's mouth never stopped at the dinner table, talking and eating at the same time, while her mother chimed in occasionally, smiling and nodding.
Wen Yang ate his meal, occasionally looking up to gauge the expressions of the others.
It was rare for him to see Ning Chu in such a chatty mood, beaming with joy. Compared to her usual smile, Ning Chu looked even cuter and more obedient.
The harmonious family atmosphere at the table made him feel both unfamiliar and yearning.
From time to time, he opened his lips, wanting to chime in with something, but due to his status as the future mother-in-law's dislike, he honestly ate his meal.
He really just ate, and he didn't even dare touch the bok choy in front of him...
Not only did he have to eat gracefully, he also dared not eat much, for fear of being disliked in every way.
“Are you still eating?”
“No, I can't eat anymore.” Ning Chu waved his hands, covered his stomach and burped, “I'm so full~ I feel like my stomach is getting bigger.”
"Really? Let me feel?”
“Eh, no.“
The mother laughed, turned her head to look at the reserved Wen Yang, and put a few pieces of meat in Wen Yang's bowl: ‘Is that enough to eat?
There's still rice in the pot.’
”That's enough.“
”You're such a big guy and you're only eating so little? Ningchu used to eat more than you.”
She looked doubtfully at the palm-sized ceramic bowl in Wen Yang's hands and looked up at Ning Chu.
After exchanging glances with her daughter, she helplessly got up, took an iron basin for soup from the cupboard, and filled another basin with rice for Wen Yang.
“Eat more, you're here, treat me like your host, don't be too formal.”
The mother placed several bowls of meat dishes in front of Wen Yang's table: “You and Hei Dou are responsible for finishing them, Ning Chu and I are full.”
“Okay.“
”Eat it all up... Ningxin! Eat less! Girls eat more than anyone else, what if you become a little fat later?“
Heidou looked up innocently and burped: ‘Oh~’
It seems that her mother controls Heidou's diet.
I'm just afraid she can't control it.
Ningchu looked at Heidou's bulging little stomach sadly: ‘You're going to become a pig.’
”Didn't my sister used to tell me to eat more every day, saying that it's good if I'm a bit chubby?”
“Back then you were a cat, weren't you? A little weight gain made you cute.“
”I'm still cute now!“
”Right, right, right...“
Although Black Bean has already shed the habits of a cat, and is also more well-behaved and sensible than an ordinary child of ten who is considered too young to be seen with a dog... But sooner or later, this cat will have to evolve into a tangerine pig.
”Black Bean, remember to wash the dishes later.“
”I know~”
The mother stood up, rubbed her shoulders and neck, and walked towards the bedroom: “Ouch, I'm getting old, even cooking a meal makes my back ache.”
“Mom, let me give you a massage!”
Ning Chu followed after her, flattering: “Mom, Wen Yang can stay at home tonight, right? He can sleep on the floor, he hasn't found a place to live yet.”
“Is he really not going back for the New Year?”
"Of course, if he goes back, he'll be spending the New Year with his uncles.”
The mother gave Wen Yang a noncommittal glance in the direction of the dining table. As soon as she left, Wen Yang immediately began to let loose, eating with a manner only slightly better than that of Black Bean.
She felt quite sorry for Wen Yang's background, but that didn't mean she was willing to let her own daughter suffer by following Wen Yang.
“Mom, when my brother comes back, can the three of us share one room at night?”
The mother and daughter went to the master bedroom, where Ning Chu attentively helped her mother massage her shoulders.
“Your boyfriend can sleep on the floor in the living room, and your brother is also a man, let him sleep on the floor.“
Her eyes lit up, and she kneaded her mother's shoulders even harder: ‘Then I'll sleep in the same room as Black Bean~’
”Right, Mom, you were still talking about Wen Yang, where is your boyfriend? You said you were going to meet him during the winter vacation.”
“Is he a tall, handsome man? And is he especially rich?“
Her mother turned her head and pinched her daughter's plump, smooth cheeks, saying viciously, ‘You dare to make fun of me, even me?’
”Ouch~“
”Tomorrow, tomorrow is good, your brother is also here.“
Her face flushed a little, and then she continued, ‘You don't have to worry too much about renting a place.’
”Huh?”
“Your grandfather owns two buildings in the city village, which have been converted into a shared housing complex.” Her mother looked down and sent a message to her grandfather, ‘Ask him to give your boyfriend a discount for a month.’
Ning Chu was extremely shocked. She had no idea that her grandfather was so rich, in either his past or present life: ‘Two buildings?!’
Even though she knew that her grandfather had been quite wealthy when he ran a business in the past, she had never had any idea. Thinking back to the image of her grandfather, wearing flip-flops and a vest, doing nothing but playing mahjong all day, she really couldn't associate him with being a local tyrant.
“You didn't know?“ Her mother paused, as if to show off, and continued, ‘The demolition was more than ten years ago, and your grandfather still has more than ten apartments in the new city area.’
”So the local tyrant is me!“
”What does that have to do with you?“ Her mother gave Ning Chu a cold stare, ‘My household registration was moved a long time ago, and our family didn't get any of the compensation for the demolition.’
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She thought her family was really rich.
She was so happy for no reason.
Ning Chu's hand grew tired of massaging her mother's shoulders, and she muttered listlessly, “So our family really only relies on my brother to make money? He's not much better than Wen Yang, and you still don't look down on him.”
“Uncle will give me some living expenses every month, and besides, we at least have a house.”
“Oh~”
Ning Chu guessed that her mother's financial situation was quite good, at least much better than when she was a child, as evidenced by the fact that Black Bean had put on weight.
“Mom, why are you looking at me all the time?“
She saw her mother turn her head back and stare at her, taking her in from top to bottom, and she felt awkward and touched her head.
”There's no trace of the old you left at all,”
Her mother looked at Ning Chu, who was kneeling on the bed, tilting her head with a loveable tail as she tried to give her mother a shoulder massage. Looking at the mature charm that had gradually developed between her daughter's brows, she sighed, “My son has also become a qualified charm demon~”
Before leaving home in September, he was still a little boy with a round face.
”...
Stop it! Stop it!
Ning Chu was too embarrassed to lift her head.
I haven't completely feminized for nothing!
How is that qualified!