Chapter 265 Bitter Gourd Feast

What Jiang Si couldn't understand was that she usually suffered from backaches and pains.

This time, I clearly didn't contribute anything and the two of us didn't have any in-depth communication.

How... can you still be this tired?

This is not scientific!

However, Jiang Si was so tired that even her hair was exhausted, and she didn't have the energy to think about these things.

I slept soundly.

When she woke up again, it was already broad daylight outside. Jiang Si took out her watch from under her pillow.

I glanced at the time.

Oh no!

I overslept!

It's almost 10 o'clock!

The two little ones usually need to drink milk before 7 a.m., I don't know if they fussed today.

Jiang Si only found out in the middle of the night.

The two babies really gave us a hard time yesterday.

Jiang Si slept until late morning and looked exhausted when she came out.

Having been through similar experiences, Huo's mother naturally saw through the deception at a glance.

She said that the third child looked refreshed when he woke up in the morning.

Before leaving, he reminded her to stew some bird's nest for her daughter-in-law.

That means Huo Tingzhou isn't home right now.

Otherwise, Huo's mother would definitely slap him a few times.

Ugh, what a shameless bastard!

They've already had their tubes tied, and they still won't stop causing trouble.

All she does all day long is harass her daughter-in-law!

"Sisi, quickly drink this bird's nest."

Knowing that her daughter-in-law was shy, Mrs. Huo didn't say a word and went straight to the kitchen to bring out the stewed bird's nest.

As for the son, he can go eat shit.

Although her mother-in-law didn't say anything, Jiang Si's face was still burning hot.

"Mom, did Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao have a fight this morning?"

No, no.

His two grandsons are much more sensible than their father.

"They ate their milk well this morning, and I took them out for a walk. They're sleeping soundly now."

The more Huo's mother talked, the angrier she became.

I simply picked all the bitter melons from the vegetable garden.

When Huo Tingzhou returned at noon, he was stunned to see the table full of dishes.

Stir-fried bitter melon slices, cold bitter melon salad, stir-fried bitter melon with eggs, bitter melon and mung bean soup...

In short, the table was covered in green, it was practically a meeting of bitter gourds.

"Mom, why did you make so much bitter melon today?"

"There are plenty of bitter melons in the vegetable garden; they'll get too old if we don't eat them soon."

As she spoke, Huo's mother expressionlessly scooped most of a plate of stir-fried bitter melon into his bowl.

"Mom made this especially for you, so eat more."

After saying that, she served him a bowl of bitter melon and mung bean soup. "You've been feeling hot lately, so eat more bitter melon. It'll help clear heat and reduce internal fire, and it'll be good for your health!"

Upon hearing Huo's mother's tone, and then looking at his daughter-in-law's earlobes, which were so red they looked like they were about to bleed, he realized that...

Is there anything Huo Tingzhou doesn't understand?

At this point, saying anything more would only make things worse, so he could only pick up a piece of bitter melon with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

Huo Tingzhou is not a picky eater and often eats bitter melon.

But for some reason, this bitter melon was so bitter today that I couldn't even put it in my mouth.

There was also a faint smell of Chinese medicinal herbs at the entrance.

"Mom, this bitter melon..."

"What's wrong? Is it not good?"

Huo Tingzhou: "..."

Would he dare say it wasn't tasty? He wouldn't.

Before Huo Tingzhou could speak, Huo's mother looked over with a deep gaze.

"Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. These are all for you, so please eat more."

As for her and her daughter-in-law, of course they wouldn't eat bitter melon.

"Come on, Sisi, drink this pig's trotter soup. Mom has been stewing it for several hours. Also, try the shrimp that Mom stir-fried."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ate heartily during the meal, while Huo Tingzhou was so disgusted by the taste that he questioned the meaning of life.

After he had finally finished eating most of the bitter melon on the table, Huo's mother let him go.

When Huo Tingzhou finished cleaning up the dishes and returned to his room, Jiang Si was already asleep in bed.

The two little darlings were now lying side by side on the bed.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, falling on the faces of the mother and her two children.

Looking at their peaceful sleeping faces, Huo Tingzhou felt his heart swell with joy.

Jiang Si wasn't sleeping soundly. She felt a movement beside her and groggily opened her eyes.

Huo Tingzhou was supporting himself on the edge of the bed with both hands, looking at her and the child with tender eyes.

She asked instinctively, "Do you want to take a nap too?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Tingzhou suddenly leaned down and quickly kissed her on the lips.

A strong, bitter taste, reminiscent of Coptis chinensis, instantly filled Jiang Si's lips.

Jiang Si immediately regained most of her senses.

Knowing that her two children were still sleeping, she could only lower her voice and scold him, "It's so painful! Stay away from me!"

After a pause, she asked again, "It's so bitter, why didn't you rinse your mouth after eating?"

Huo Tingzhou grasped her hand. "I've already rinsed my mouth with salt water, more than ten times."

Unfortunately, my own mother was too generous with the ingredients, adding Coptis chinensis to every dish.

At this moment, Huo's mother's voice came from the doorway, her tone clearly displeased.

"Third brother, come out here for a second!"

Huo Tingzhou's smile froze, and he helplessly released Jiang Si's hand.

"Wait for me a moment."

After saying this, he tiptoed out of the room.

Although Huo's mother lowered her voice, Jiang Si still managed to hear some of it intermittently.

"What's wrong with you? I've told you so many times, Si Si gave birth to twins, and her body is very weak!"

"She just gave birth two months ago, how can she withstand your nonsense?"

"You feel good now, but can't you see how much she's suffering?"

"How old are you? You don't even know how to be considerate!"

"I think you just have too much energy. Starting today, you're sleeping on the floor tonight!"

"Let me tell you, if I see you behaving so recklessly again, I'll make you eat bitter melon for a month, you hear me?"

Huo Tingzhou didn't utter a single word of rebuttal and obediently agreed.

After a while, Huo Tingzhou touched his nose and walked over with a helpless expression.

Jiang Si had regained her senses by now. Suppressing a laugh, she deliberately asked him, "What did Mom say to you?"

Huo Tingzhou had an expression that said he couldn't do anything about her.

Finally, he could only ruffle her hair forcefully. "Didn't you hear everything?"

He can accept anything else.

The only thing that happened was sleeping on the floor.

Moreover, Huo's mother said that he should sleep on the floor in the living room tonight.

Huo's mother wasn't saying this to scare him.

As soon as she finished dinner, she took her bedding and went to the living room.

In the end, it was Jiang Si who pleaded on Huo's behalf, and Huo's mother reluctantly agreed to let Huo Tingzhou go back to his room and sleep on the floor.

However, in the following days, she still treated her son like a thief.

Only when she saw her daughter-in-law's complexion getting rosier day by day did Mrs. Huo feel relieved.

After a few days of rest, Jiang Si threw herself back into her work.

For Jiang Si, the difficulty was not in the design aspect.

After all, there weren't many requirements for the appearance or design of high-rise buildings in this era.

The problem is that all these designs need to be hand-drawn, and there's only one month to complete them.

This means that once the plan is finalized...

She could only continue drawing along this line of thought, with absolutely no opportunity to change the plan a second time.

Fortunately, Jiang Si had a solid foundation, coupled with some experience accumulated in later generations.

Therefore, the design draft was originally planned to take about 25 days to complete.

It arrived two days earlier than expected.

During this time, Jiang Si also took the time to attend the full moon banquets of Aunt Lu and Sister Xu.

Otherwise, it might have taken even longer.

That evening, the whole family enjoyed a sumptuous meal together.

Firstly, it was to celebrate Jiang Si's successful completion of the project, and secondly, it was to bid farewell to Huo's mother.