This dish is not only beautiful but also delicious, especially the braised pork, which won her heart. Ning Xi had just shown off a large piece and was about to take another one when a piece of meat fell accurately into her bowl.
"Eat more." After Zhao Huaiyan scooped up the meat, he put the spoon back in its place.
"Thank you." Ning Xi also returned the favor and picked up some steamed wild vegetables for him with the serving chopsticks.
This braised pork is not only not greasy, but also has a fruity aroma. It is delicious even without rice.
The taste is completely different from what Ning Zhisong brought home last time.
It was also her first time to eat braised pork with this flavor.
Zhao Zhengrong stood up and moved the prawns to a new position, placing them in front of Ning Xi. "These are sea-caught prawns. They're very fresh."
"I'm done eating. I want to go out and play!" Zhao Tianhao put down the bowl, climbed down from the chair, and ran out happily.
"Don't run outside!" Liao Qingyue didn't want to leave the table immediately. She looked outside and saw that the iron gate of the yard was closed, so she casually said this.
No one was drinking at the table, and there was no atmosphere for chatting, so the party soon ended.
Zhao Zhengrong glanced at the time on his watch and said, "You young people are more likely to get along. Why don't you go to the backyard? Didn't Xiaoyu transplant a few new peonies last time?"
Guan Yulan wanted to laugh as she watched from the side. Xiaoyu's father would say anything to create opportunities for his son.
It's not April or May now, so why look at the peonies? It's better to just look at the green leaves.
Ning Xi thought that it was still early and going back to the office would disturb her colleagues' lunch break, so she decided to just take a walk in the garden to digest the food, and then she started pushing Zhao Huaiyan.
"Thank you for keeping it confidential and for the medicine." Zhao Huaiyan is now following the rehabilitation plan given by Doctor Hu, but he's trying to keep it a secret just in case.
The fewer people who know, the safer it is.
"As you should, you helped me a lot."
There were many green plants in the backyard. Ning Xi pushed him from behind and walked under the shade of the trees. The summer breeze brought a magical coolness.
It feels soft and itchy, like a cat's tail scratching the palm of your hand.
Zhao Huaiyan smelled a fresh scent from the flowers. When they sat together during dinner, he could tell that it was from Ning Xi.
A unique, clean, and very comfortable smell that makes you want to get close to it.
Zhao Huaiyan curled his fingers, which were spread out on his knees, and asked what he wanted to ask: "I heard that you've been on a blind date recently? Have you settled down?"
Ning Xi chuckled. This guy was still pretending to be nice to her. "How could you not know whether I've made up my mind or not?"
After Xu Junda's last plan failed, Aunt Wang introduced two more families to Ning Xi.
There was a family whose other conditions were good, except that their house was too small and they had many brothers and sisters, eight in total, and four of them were still unmarried.
The only request was that after marriage, the whole family, young and old, move into Ningxi's house, but Liu Chunmei directly refused.
It would be fine if the newlyweds could live there, but what about letting unmarried brothers and sisters live there together?
The second family is good in every way. There are only two brothers in the family. The eldest brother is the one who wants to get married, and the younger one is serving in the army. The boy's parents are not retired yet and have nice personalities.
The only flaw is that the man himself is a bit short, only 165cm.
Mingjiang City is in the north, and people there are generally taller. Even if they don't have enough to eat, it's not uncommon to see people over 1.8 meters tall.
People with the same conditions looked down on his height, and he didn't want to find someone with worse conditions, so this delayed his relationship.
Liu Chunmei was quite satisfied after the inspection and felt that height was not a problem.
In addition, although Ning Xi has grown taller now, about 162cm, she is still not tall.
In Liu Chunmei's words, a big height difference would create disharmony in every way.
She also used her and Uncle Ning as an example. Liu Chunmei is about 165 cm tall, and Uncle Ning is now 190 cm tall without hunchback. He usually feels sore in the neck when standing to talk to him.
As a result, we made an appointment to meet each other at home, but the man didn't show up several times. It was said that he either lost his bag on the way and had to go look for it, or his bicycle broke down and had to be repaired.
Come on, I fell flat on my face in public, and my new pants were torn. Fortunately, I got some unexpected money and didn't suffer any loss.
He gets unlucky when he goes on a blind date, and picks up money when he returns home. These two disparities make people suspicious, and they feel like God is telling them that they shouldn't get married.
However, that family was quite particular. Although they didn't meet the girl in person, they asked the matchmaker, Aunt Wang Er, to send a bag of fruit candies, saying that it was an apology for not being able to visit the girl as agreed.
After seeing Uncle Zhang hiring people to keep an eye on the He and Lin families in the alley last time, Ning Xi took the time to gossip with Aunt Lin and learned about the various unfortunate deeds of these two families.
With such a familiar method, what could she not guess?
"He is not suitable for you." Zhao Huaiyan did not feel embarrassed at all about being exposed, because he was indeed the one who did it.
He had no grudge against the other person, but he tripped him up out of selfish motives and paid double the money back.
"Then who is right for me, you?" Ning Xi didn't want to play tricks with guessing and asked directly.
"Yes, I am more suitable for you than any of them." Zhao Huaiyan turned his head and looked up at her, his eyes firm and serious.
"Materially speaking, my family has a big house and good living conditions. I can give all of my 38.5 yuan monthly salary to you as pocket money. My father covers all the living expenses at home."
Ning Xi: Are you going to take her with you to live off your parents?
Zhao Huaiyan continued, "Besides that, although my daily life is inconvenient now, I have Uncle Sun to take care of me, so I don't need you to take care of me.
Even if we get married, I won't ask you to fulfill your marital obligations until you develop feelings for me. Alternatively, I can serve you unilaterally if you need me to."
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