Chapter 37
The man frowned slightly and glanced at Yao Yi's hand that was holding his.
"Ye Fuyue," Yao Yi said arrogantly, "This is my girlfriend."
Ye Fuyue was puzzled: What does your partner have to do with me? I am not interested in your affairs!
Yao Yi was just about to introduce Lei Xiao in detail, but Ye Fuyue said "Oh" and turned around and walked home.
Yao Yi was extremely depressed and muttered, "How rude!"
Lei Xiao also felt that Ye Fuyue was not polite at all.
He shook his head secretly and looked at his and Yao Yi's hands, which were still clasped together. "I told you not to hold hands like this outside. It has a bad influence."
Yao Yi's face paled, and she quickly let go of his hand: "I'm sorry, I forgot just now."
"Be more careful next time." Lei Xiao said.
"Um."
Seeing Yao Yi's good attitude in admitting her mistake, Lei Xiao relaxed his expression and said, "Let's go to your house quickly. Don't keep your parents waiting too long."
Hearing that Lei Xiao cared so much about her parents, Yao Yi's expression softened a lot: "Okay."
She told her parents in advance yesterday that she would bring her boyfriend back for dinner today.
Yao Yi and Lei Xiao returned to her home. Before they even entered, Yao Yi deliberately shouted loudly: "Dad - Mom - my boyfriend is here -"
Seeing this, Lei Xiao frowned again, feeling that Yao Yi was being a little rude.
But when he saw Aunt Xie and Father Yao coming out of the house, Lei Xiao finally held back and said nothing.
"You are your partner?" Aunt Xie looked Lei Xiao up and down excitedly.
"Yes." Yao Yi said proudly, "His name is Lei Xiao, and he's a high school teacher."
"Hello, uncle and aunt." Lei Xiao greeted them politely and handed over the gift in his hand: "It's just a small gift, I hope you don't mind."
The things Lei Xiao handed over included a bag of canned fruit, a pound of peach cakes, and a pound of brown sugar.
When Aunt Xie and Father Yao saw that Lei Xiao brought so many good things, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Aunt Xie answered while saying, "Just come here, why bring so many things? Come in and sit down."
Yao Yi felt proud when she saw the things Lei Xiao handed over. The amount of these things at least reflected how much Lei Xiao valued her and her family.
"Come in." Yao Yi smiled at Lei Xiao and took Lei Xiao in.
"Zhong Lan, quickly pour Comrade Lei a glass of brown sugar water." Aunt Xie shouted towards the kitchen.
"Okay." Zhong Lan responded.
After a while, Zhong Lan brought out the brown sugar water.
"Comrade Lei, please drink." Zhong Lan handed the bowl to Lei Xiao and said with a smile.
Lei Xiao saw black ash on Zhong Lan's fingers. He took the bowl and put it on the table next to him without drinking it.
Father Yao asked about Lei Xiao's family situation.
Yao Yi rushed to say, "His parents are both teachers, and his brother is also a teacher."
Father Yao nodded with satisfaction: "A family of scholars!"
Aunt Xie asked, "Are your parents okay?"
During this special period, many knowledgeable people ended up in trouble. On the contrary, people like Yao Yi, who were just doing a job and had no real skills, were able to get by peacefully.
"My family is lucky, everything is fine." Lei Xiao said.
Aunt Xie nodded and roughly understood the situation of Lei Xiao's family.
Lei Xiao looked at Aunt Xie's expression and always felt that Aunt Xie looked down on him a little, and he felt uncomfortable.
He deliberately said: "I heard from Yiyi that you are unemployed, but your uncle is still working."
"Yes." said Aunt Xie.
"My parents are still working. Even though the situation is special now and many students are not studying seriously, they still take their work seriously and teach me to do the same and be worthy of the profession of teacher." Lei Xiao said.
Neither Aunt Xie nor Father Yao understood the deeper meaning of Lei Xiao's words, but instead nodded in agreement.
"Your parents are right. Since you have received this salary, you must work hard and have no regrets." said Yao's father.
Lei Xiao: "Exactly."
Father Yao and Lei Xiao continued talking, while Aunt Xie went to the kitchen to prepare food with Zhong Lan.
It didn't take long before Aunt Xie called them to the table for dinner.
The main meat dishes on the table are braised pork and pork rib soup, and the others are some side dishes.
Lei Xiao felt a little dissatisfied when he saw that there were only these two meat dishes.
He brought so many things, and they only served him these two meat dishes?
Yao Yi didn't notice Lei Xiao's little trick, and thought the dishes her mother and Zhong Lan prepared were delicious. Her family hadn't eaten meat in over a week.
Yao Yi picked up a piece of braised pork and a piece of spare ribs for Lei Xiao.
Lei Xiao took just one bite and stopped eating.
It’s not tasty, not as good as the ones made there.
But Aunt Xie and Father Yao still said to him enthusiastically: "Eat more meat."
Lei Xiao smiled at them and said, "Okay."
But his chopsticks never reached for the meat again. He only took a few bites of vegetables and a few mouthfuls of rice, then made the excuse that he was full and stopped eating.
When he saw that Yao Yi's family were scrambling to eat the braised pork and spare ribs, and rarely reached for the dishes of vegetables with their chopsticks, a hint of contempt flashed across his eyes.
After dinner, Lei Xiao sat for a while and Yao Yi sent him out.
Zhong Lan and Aunt Xie cleaned up the dishes together.
Aunt Xie saw that Lei Xiao hadn't finished the meat in his bowl and said regretfully, "Such good meat, why didn't you eat it?"
"I see that Comrade Lei not only eats less meat, but also less rice. Does he think our cooking is not tasty?" Zhong Lan said.
"Nonsense! Is Comrade Lei that kind of person? We made it so delicious!" Aunt Xie glared at Zhong Lan, thinking that her eldest daughter-in-law was too bad at talking.
Aunt Xie stuffed the remaining meat from Lei Xiao's bowl into her mouth and said while chewing, "Comrade Lei is visiting our house for the first time. I'm sorry, that's why he ate so little."
Zhong Lan added, "But he didn't drink the brown sugar water I offered him."
"If he's not thirsty, of course he won't drink." Aunt Xie said.
Yao Yi came back at this time.
When Aunt Xie saw her, she smiled and asked, "Is Comrade Lei gone?"
"Well, let's go." Yao Yi said, "Dad, Mom, what do you think of him?"
"Yes! He's a good match!" Aunt Xie was the first to speak. "Although his parents are both teachers and can't compare to workers, they are salaried after all. They are both rich and don't need you to take care of them. They might even be able to help you. If you marry him, your life should be much easier."
Yao Yi nodded, she felt the same way.
Yao's father agreed with Aunt Xie and added, "But he's a bit arrogant. He didn't drink a single sip of the brown sugar water we gave him. He didn't eat much of the food we prepared."
"What do you know?" Aunt Xie rolled her eyes at Father Yao: "Comrade Lei came to our house on the first day and couldn't let go, so he couldn't drink or eat. I think Comrade Lei is very good, better than Shen Yao!"
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