At 7 p.m., Ji Wanqiu finally got home from get off work, exhausted. She planned to just reheat the leftovers from lunch and have a quick meal, but when she opened the door, she was greeted by a table full of delicious food.
There was fish-flavored eggplant, hot and sour shredded potatoes, tofu ball soup, steamed fish with fermented black beans, and cold shredded chicken. They also specially made scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Xiaoman's favorite dish.
Looking at the delicious dishes in front of her, she was slightly stunned. When did her daughter become a chef? In her memory, all she could make was fried rice.
Could it have been made by my son-in-law? It looks pretty good, but I wonder how it tastes.
"Aunt Ji, dinner is ready." Jiang Xia wiped her hands on her apron and said with a smile.
"Oh, oh, oh."
Ji Wanqiu quickly went to the kitchen to wash her hands and saw her daughter serving rice to each bowl.
"Mom, have you been very busy lately?" Lin Yanwan asked casually.
"Hmm... sort of." She forced a smile. "Let's not talk about work at home, let's eat."
Lin Yanwan remained silent, realizing that the factory's situation was likely getting worse.
"Did Xia cook dinner tonight?"
"Otherwise, he saw that you were working hard, so he thought of cooking a meal and waiting for you to come home. I wanted to help, so he asked me to steam some rice, and then he spent almost two hours in the kitchen by himself. In the afternoon, he also played with Xiaoman, taught her to draw, and told her stories that were not in the books."
Ji Wanqiu nodded gently. Although she knew that he did all this to impress his mother-in-law, she had to admit that she was very satisfied with him in every way so far.
Now that he can even cook, if Yanwan were to follow him, wouldn't she be pampered like a fairy?
The family happily sat down to eat, and Ji Wanqiu tasted each dish, finding them quite delicious.
"Xia, your cooking is pretty good. Anyone who didn't know better would think your family owns a restaurant," she joked.
“I’ve loved watching my mom cook since I was little. The more I watched, the more I learned.” Jiang Xia naturally put a meatball on his wife’s plate. Lin Yanwan blushed and gently kicked his foot.
Seeing this, Ji Wanqiu smiled. Although her daughter hadn't officially introduced her as her boyfriend yet, it seemed unnecessary now. Anyone with eyes could tell.
To be honest, she really liked Jiang Xia's natural and generous personality, his unpretentious and unaffected nature. He was just being himself, and that was good enough.
"By the way, how are your college applications coming along? Are you applying to the same university, or different universities in the same city?" the mother-in-law asked with concern.
Jiang Xia swallowed the food in her mouth: "Yes, it's all decided. We'll both go to Tsinghua University. I'll go to the Academy of Fine Arts, and she'll study humanities."
"Tsinghua University's admission scores are quite high. Is it possible to get into all of them?" Ji Wanqiu frowned slightly.
"I'm an art student, so the academic requirements are relatively lower. My score for Yanwan is just above the cutoff, so it should be fine."
"Okay, okay."
Ji Wanqiu smiled and said "good" three times in a row. Before, she thought that when the two of them filled out college applications, one of them might have to sacrifice their own interests in order to be together, or they would be in the same city but different schools and see each other every week.
Now their daughter and son-in-law have both been admitted to Tsinghua University, one of the top universities in China. They are both good-looking and academically excellent, and their relationship is considered a fairytale couple.
Jiang Xia's rating in her heart immediately reached the maximum!
The two went to university together, so they could look after each other and didn't have to worry about the emotional problems that arise from a long-distance relationship.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they are destined to walk down the aisle together in this lifetime.
It all depends on whether Yanwan can seize the opportunity.
After dinner, Jiang Xia chatted with his mother-in-law in the living room for a while before reluctantly kissing his wife goodbye in the room.
He said he was reluctant to part, but he wouldn't stop until he had kissed Lin Yanwan's lips until they were swollen. He also left a light hickey on her collarbone to assert his ownership.
When I got home, it was already dark. My parents had finished dinner early and were lying on the sofa watching the recently aired Chinese Paladin 3.
The couple glanced at him indifferently, knowing that Jiang Xia had spent the whole day at his daughter-in-law's house. Was this kid really not ashamed at all?
However, they shouldn't interfere in matters of the heart. Besides, Yan Wan is indeed a lovable child, not because she called them Mom and Dad months ago.
"How did your college application go?" Xia Shanshan coughed lightly.
"Guess."
Jiang Xia chuckled, poured himself a glass of water, and sat down on the sofa to watch Chinese Paladin 3.
The new manager of Yong'an Pawnshop was grinning as he said that classic line to the eldest daughter of the Tang family: "My name is Jing Tian, Jing Tian of Jing Tian, Tian of Jing Tian."
"Guess what? I've already paid you and let you have your fun today. Be honest and confess now. If you make me anxious now, I'll make sure you don't have time to be anxious later." Xia Shanshan glared at him.
"Alright, alright, Yanwan and I both applied to Tsinghua University. Two Tsinghuas in one student, are you satisfied now?" Jiang Xia said helplessly.
"Really?"
Xia Shanshan was skeptical. Could one really get into the country's top university so easily?
"How about I call her and you ask her yourself?"
"Is it really Tsinghua University?"
Xia Shanshan swallowed hard, her breathing a little rapid. As both a teacher and a mother, she had worried endlessly about Jiang Xia's grades since he was a child.
Watching my son slowly go astray in high school, choosing to become an art student, I thought his life would be like this forever. I never expected that he would bring glory to our family one day.
What does this show? It shows that she is a good teacher!
Even though Ms. Xia teaches first grade, her class is naturally considered an honors class, and she might even be promoted to grade head after the start of the new semester.
Why would I lie to you for no reason? Do you want to get punished?
Seeing her mother's excitement, Xia Shanshan would probably have been showing off on social media the day the results came out, if this were in a future era.
"Alright, alright! Since that's the case..." Xia Shanshan shook Jiang Wende's arm vigorously, "Old Jiang, we need to find an opportunity to properly thank Yanwan."
"Yes, we should thank you." Jiang Wende nodded in agreement.
Jiang Xia was a little confused: "Why should I thank her?"
"Without Yanwan's constant supervision, could you have gone from a second-rate student to a top-rate student in the country in just three months? Your progress is all thanks to Yanwan. You're just so-so."
Xia Shanshan very "stingily" stretched out one finger, and then used her other hand to cut off a long section, leaving only a tiny bit.
"Uh... alright, you're right, we should thank her properly." He shrugged helplessly, finished his water and went straight back to his room, leaving the happy old couple to continue their discussion.
The door closed, and all sound returned to silence.
Jiang Xia closed his eyes briefly, then took out some drawing paper from the drawer and continued working on the storyboard for episode 13.
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