Chapter 100 Family Status and Happiness
"Dad, has Mom been spoiled by you?"
"Nonsense. How could your mother be bad!"
Pippi's chubby little hand, which was pulling the champagne rose, suddenly stopped, and then looked at his father with a strange expression.
She sighed, then turned around and continued to pull the champagne roses and sprinkle the fragrant petals into them.
The little chubby girl seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. She said in a mature tone, a little impatiently: "Okay, go and bring mom in to take a bath."
Cao Feng checked the water temperature and felt it was suitable, then he walked out, carried his wife in, and put her in the bathtub.
The woman's body was covered by dense pink petals, with only the area above her collarbone exposed.
Xue Qi's hair is casually pinned with a pink shark hairpin, making her hair slightly fluffy, with a casual and messy beauty.
As soon as she soaked in the water, her skin began to turn slightly red.
Only then did Cao Feng notice that his wife's skin was visibly delicate, as if she had put on makeup, but there was no visible flaw.
The little Pixiu was also stunned by his mother's beauty and temperament and stared at her in amazement.
However, her focus was not on her mother's face, but on a red mark below her collarbone.
She pointed at Xue Qi's left breast and asked, "Mom, is this a birthmark?"
Xue Qi nodded: "Yeah."
Strangely enough, her body before she was reborn also had this birthmark, and so did the body of the original owner, Xue Qi.
Pipi thought of something and said, "In Pipi's hometown, this is a symbol only for the Dragon God. Sister Taoti said that Pipi's dragon father also has it, but Pipi has never seen it."
Xue Qi joked, "Maybe in her previous life, 77's mother was the Dragon Mother who gave birth to little Pipi?"
Pipi felt a warm feeling in her heart. She leaned over the edge of the bathtub and asked Xue Qi, "Mom, do you need Pipi to give you a bath?"
Xue Qi: "No, how can we let Pipi do such dirty and tiring work?"
As she spoke, she lifted her legs and placed them on the edge of the bathtub: "Pipi, just help mommy massage my calves."
Pipi: “…”
Didn’t you say you wouldn’t let her do any work?
Immediately afterwards, Xue Qi raised her arms again: "Hubby, my hands are sore too, please massage them for me."
Cao Feng worked tirelessly and even asked her, "Is the severity appropriate?"
Xue Qi praised: "Not bad. You have a talent for massage. From now on, you will be the best masseur in my house."
Cao Feng seemed to be praised and massaged more vigorously.
After the father and daughter finished massaging Xue Qi, Cao Feng and Pippi, one big and one small, began to help Xue Qi fold clothes.
Pipi looked at Cao Feng and said, "Dad, do you feel that Mom has changed?"
"Um."
Pipi sighed. "I knew it! Dad's so smart, he must have noticed Mom's changes! Have you also noticed that Mom has become more spoiled?"
Cao Feng corrected him: "Nonsense, how can your mother be called spoiled? This is called cute."
Pipi: “…”
Yes. As if she didn't say it!
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The summer vacation for the senior high school students soon arrived. After the college entrance examination, the youth group was finally liberated and returned to Yanjing City from Wencheng County.
Xue Qi gave up the lease of his villa in Wencheng County.
She originally wanted to use another large flat she had bought as a studio, but Cao Feng said, "Wife, our family has three villas within the second ring road of Yanjing City. You can choose one to use as a studio."
Xue Qi: “?”
I almost forgot that my husband is a big shot.
The three villas are all in the same community, which is the only community with single-family villas within the second ring road of Yanjing City.
Finally, Xue Qi, following Grandma Liu's suggestion, chose the most prosperous unit as his studio and the smallest unit as his residence.
After all, the couple was married, and Grandma Liu felt embarrassed to live with them anymore, so she planned to live in the studio villa with the young people in the team.
Firstly, she really liked the young people in the studio, and secondly, she didn't want to disturb the couple's lives. In addition, the villas were very close, so it would not affect their relationship and mutual care.
After Xue Qi moved his studio and home to the villa, he joined the owners' group.
Only then did I know that Tian Xin's family and Shi Yuanbao's family both lived in this community.
When Mrs. Shi learned that Xue Qi had moved in, she invited her to the community club to drink tea and play mahjong.
This is a good opportunity to enter the circle of wealthy wives.
Xue Qi wanted to expand her anti-trafficking video account and help more vulnerable women, so she had to attract more "investment." And this group of wealthy wives was Xue Qi's primary target.
Mrs. Shi had witnessed and heard firsthand the stories of abducted women, and she also intended to support Xue Qi's anti-trafficking video account. However, the power of just the two of them was still a drop in the bucket.
Mrs. Shi suggested that they could unite the wealthy wives in the rich families to set up an "anti-trafficking foundation."
Xue Qi thought this was a good suggestion. Under the leadership of Mrs. Shi, Xue Qi planned to play mahjong and drink tea with this group of ladies.
At the same time, Xue Qi put the gold ingots given by the little Pixiu back in the wealth position, so that he could try his luck in playing cards.
The famous wealthy ladies in Yanjing all like to play mahjong in this club. Tian Xin is one of the shareholders of this club.
The club is decorated in Chinese style, with water visible as you enter, giving people a very comfortable and cool feeling.
Xue Qi was taken upstairs by the waiter.
The Zhuya private room is over 200 square meters. The card table is placed in the main hall. There is a karaoke room, a lounge and a massage room inside.
There were already four ladies at the poker table, and Mrs. Shi was one of them.
Tian Xin picked up Xue Qi and whispered, "Do you want to go to the poker table right away, or do you want to rest first? Our massage therapists are very skilled. You've been moving house and studio recently, so it must have been hard work. You must try a relaxing massage. I highly recommend it to you."
Xue Qi: "I'm going to play cards."
When Xue Qi walked behind his wife, he looked at the cards and sighed in his heart that this was a really bad hand.
While playing cards, Mrs. Shi joked with Xue Qi: "Pipi's mom, how is your little Pipi doing lately? After the show ended, my little Yuanbao kept talking about his little sister Pipi. Now that your family has moved in, little Yuanbao can play with his little sister from now on."
It's strange to say, Mrs. Shi's luck was terrible before, but now Xue Qi stood behind her and drew several good cards in a row.
Mrs. Shi made a big mistake and said jokingly, "Pipi's mom, you are really good. My luck has improved since you came. Come on, come on, let's do it together."
Another Mrs. Wang, knowing she wasn't a prominent figure among the other ladies, immediately stood up and said, "Then you guys play, I'm going to get a massage. My waist is so bad, I can't sit for too long."
Xue Qi sat down at the card table, rubbed his hands, and started playing with the ladies.
Xue Qi had pretty good luck, with consecutive losses, and they were betting big, so Xue Qi kept receiving payment messages on his Alipay account.
In just three hours, Xue Qi won millions.
Mrs. Liu lost more than three million yuan, so she was naturally a little unhappy and always felt that Xue Qi was trying to bring bad luck to her.
Whether it’s money or not is a small issue. What’s important is that losing cards is really unpleasant.
Especially Mrs. Liu, who is considered a top-notch person in the circle of wealthy families. Usually everyone gives in to her, and Mrs. Shi sometimes deliberately gives her some leeway.
As the newly-wed wife of a wealthy family, Xue Qi has no sense of teamwork and is really short-sighted.
Mrs. Liu played a three-tube card and asked Xue Qi with a smile, "77, I heard you had a hard life before you married your ex-husband. I've heard that girls who have been through hard times have a strong desire for money and are very calculating with their spending. Is that true for you?"
Mrs. Shi coughed, reminding Xue Qi that the rich ladies were setting a trap for her, and reminded her that she was here today to persuade the rich ladies to donate money to set up an "anti-trafficking fund", not to really win money.
But Xue Qi didn't want to win again. She was just lucky and could win even if she let the opponent win.
Xue Qi smiled and said, "Of course. Girls like us who have lived through hard times don't really know how to spend money. The pocket money my husband gives me, plus the little I earn, is never enough to spend. So, I'm planning to set up an anti-trafficking fund with my sisters to help abducted women escape their suffering. This way, we can spend the money, and it will be prestigious if we spread the word, and we can also gain a good reputation."
Mrs. Bu had some acquaintance with Ms. Wan. When she heard her mention Xue Qi, she had a preconceived notion and didn't like her very much, nor did she really want her to join their circle of wives.
She played a card and said, "77, you're a cook after all. There's a kitchen here. Can you cook us a meal later? I really envy you for being able to cook delicious food. We're used to being idle. Our husbands never let us go into the kitchen at home, so we don't even have a chance to show off. We're really curious about what kind of cooking skills you have that could capture Mr. Cao's heart."
Mrs. Shi subconsciously glanced at Xue Qi.
Tian Xin, who was helping everyone add tea, also subconsciously looked at Xue Qi.
In her impression, Xue Qi is a girl with a very strong personality, and she is not someone who can tolerate being humiliated by others, either openly or covertly.
To her surprise, Xue Qi nodded and agreed: "Sure, no problem for me. What do you want to eat? You can order."
Mrs. Bu looked at her hand and the valuable wedding ring on it and said, "I'd like to have a bowl of beef noodles, the kind that are hand-pulled."
This beef noodle is difficult to order and hard to make, and it is easy to stain Xue Qi's clothes.
Mrs. Bu wanted to make her look "awkward" at the party, and secondly, if Xue Qi really cooked this meal for them, it would be difficult for her to hold her head up in the circle of rich wives in the future.
Even if she is Cao Feng's wife, doing this will only lower Cao Feng's status and she will become very low in everyone's eyes.
The wealthy wives all have a scale in their hearts to judge who can really hang out with them and who can only be their followers and cannot really enter their circle.
In this circle, it’s not only the husbands who matter, but also the women themselves.
Many celebrities and internet celebrities who marry into wealthy families want to really squeeze into this circle, but in fact they are just "followers" who cannot truly integrate into this small group.
Mrs. Bu asked Xue Qi to cook right away, which obviously had bad intentions. She wanted to use this method to embarrass Xue Qi in this circle.
Mrs. Shi and Tian Xin both knew about this unspoken rule, but they didn't want to tell her directly.
Tian Xin came to the rescue and said, "77, this is your job. Wouldn't you be uncomfortable cooking for others in private?"
Xue Qi smiled and said, "Not really. I'm happy to cook for beautiful ladies. That's all for today. I'm going to make beef noodles for everyone. Please help me prepare the ingredients, Zhao Zhao's mother."
Seeing that she took the initiative to offer to make beef noodles, Tian Xin stopped "persuading" her and nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go have some tea first, I'll go and take care of it for you."
While waiting for tea, Xue Qi raised her slender white hand and looked at it carefully.
Mrs. Shi praised her, "77, your hands are so beautiful. You can maintain them like this even after years of cooking. Wow."
Xue Qi nodded: "There's nothing I can do. It's hard to give up one's natural beauty."
She seemed to remember something and looked up at Mrs. Bu: "Mrs. Bu, I remember your shop sells hand cream for hand care? I happen to have your products here, why don't you give me a hand care? I really envy you for selling hand cream and having mastered a set of excellent hand massage techniques.
I'm usually very meticulous, always doing a hand massage before cooking. But I'm clumsy, so I just slap on some hand cream. At home, my husband always does it for me; he never lets me do it myself, so I don't even have the chance to learn. I'm really curious about what kind of massage techniques are needed for hand massage.
Mrs. Bu wanted to say that she didn't know how to do it, but she soon remembered that when she received a princess from a Western country a few years ago, she personally gave the princess a hand massage, and it was even reported in the news.
Seeing her silence, Xue Qi deliberately asked, "Huh? Mrs. Bu, your family's business is so big. As the president's wife, don't you know the massage technique that's the selling point of hand cream? That's a shame. I thought you knew it."
Mrs. Bu was suddenly put on the fire and felt a little uncomfortable, but at the same time she had no way to get down.
If she said no, she would not only lose face in front of herself, but also her husband.
As a well-known good wife, how could she not know the core things of the company?
After all, Bhutan hand cream is an internationally renowned luxury hand cream.
Her biggest selling point is not the hand cream, but the free hand massage from the cashier. It is rumored that a massage with Bhutanese hand cream can make your hands five years younger!
Among the ladies here, Mrs. Liu was the most senior and had the most say. But Mrs. Liu didn't intend to help her out at this time, and just lowered her head to drink tea.
Mrs. Bu could only bite the bullet and say, "How could I not know how to do the things that made my husband rich?"
Tian Xin immediately asked someone to bring the hand care tools over, which made Mrs. Bu even more embarrassed.
There was no other choice but to bite the bullet and protect Xue Qi.
Mrs. Bu applied the hand cream evenly on Xue Qi's hands. Although she was unhappy, she didn't want to ruin her reputation, so she began to massage Xue Qi's hands carefully.
Xue Qi frowned: "Ah, no wonder Mrs. Bu asked me to make beef noodles, it seems I didn't have enough food, the massage makes me feel itchy and numb, and I don't have much strength."
Mrs. Bu was a little annoyed, but she had to increase the strength: "Is this strength okay?"
Xue Qi exclaimed softly, "Ah, Mrs. Bu, you're so strong! If you didn't know, you'd think you were unhappy with me. You're so strong, your fingers are going to break. My husband doesn't dare to massage me so vigorously. If he hurts me at home, she'll be punished by having to carry my son Pipi and do frog jumps."
This sentence translates to:
"Old witch, are you mad at me? Why are you causing me this pain? If my husband gave me a massage like this, I would have beaten him to death long ago."
Mrs. Bu could no longer tolerate it, but because of the other ladies' restraint, she continued to endure it.
"No wonder some people used to call Mr. Cao a gigolo. Isn't his behavior a bit too humble? No one would say he's unmanly, would they? 77, you better be careful and don't let others misunderstand you."
After translation:
Is your husband sick? Is he a sissy? He doesn't look like a man at all.
Xue Qi's eyebrows curved and she continued, "No one will misunderstand me. My husband is a businessman, but he has the qualities of a special forces soldier, and he's a hero. If he can be misunderstood as unmanly, how can other men dare to say they are masculine?"
Are you blind? My husband is unmanly. What's your husband? Is it impossible to regain virility after long-term treatment of impotence?
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Shi did not join in the discussion, but just drank their tea in silence.
Xue Qi was very sharp-tongued, and he used this method to make things difficult for Mrs. Bu. This little cleverness made Mrs. Liu like him even more, and the unhappiness she had felt about losing the game just now disappeared in an instant.
Although Mrs. Shi didn't say anything, she kept praising Xue Qi in her heart.
This is the art of speaking. It is not very aggressive but extremely insulting.
Finally, it was time to cook. Mrs. Bu was waiting for revenge. When Xue Qi was kneading the dough, she even took out her mobile phone to take a short video.
The dough worked quickly and became soft after resting. She divided the dough into more than ten pieces, and each piece of dough was plump and lovely.
After Xue Qi finished all this, she called out to the three wives: "Everyone, come and try making ramen. It's a great sense of accomplishment to eat something you personally helped make."
Mrs. Shi was the first to walk over, rolled up her sleeves, held up a plump dough in her palm, and asked Xue Qi, "How do I make it?"
Xue Qi slowed down his technique of pulling noodles, and the dough became noodles as thick as udon noodles.
Mrs. Shi did as she was told.
The dough was kneaded to be soft and chewy. Even as a novice, she pulled it easily and not only succeeded, but also felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Mrs. Liu also found it interesting and joined in. After pulling two noodles, she became addicted. She also liked the seemingly complicated ramen and the sense of accomplishment of pulling it out easily by herself.
The happiness of having accomplished a difficult task arose spontaneously in their hearts.
The two of them were addicted to masturbation. When Xue Qi turned around, he saw the same subtitles appear above the two ladies' heads:
【Happy dough makes people feel happy and joyful.】
Mrs. Liu went down to make ramen, and Mrs. Bu, who was filming the video, had to put away her phone and reluctantly walked over to join them in making ramen.
With this interactive session, the ramen can be considered as made by them themselves.
If this gets out, it will become that Xue Qi is teaching everyone how to make ramen, instead of Xue Qi making ramen for them.
The difference between them is huge!
While the noodles were boiling in water, Xue Qi was stir-frying the ingredients at the same time.
First, use the beef leg to make a pot of broth, then remove the large pieces of beef from the broth, slice them and set aside.
Then stir-fry the sauerkraut ingredients in a frying pan.
Cut the roasted ginger into thin strips, almost enough to fit through a needle hole. Cut the sauerkraut and wild pepper into cubes. When the oil is hot, pour all into the hot pan and stir-fry.
A burst of hot smoke rose from the oil pan, and the aroma immediately overflowed. The sour and spicy aroma stimulated people's taste buds to secrete saliva.
When the sauerkraut is fried until it turns white and the aroma comes out, add the beef and stir-fry for a few times. Finally, pour in the beef broth and bring to a boil over high heat.
At the same time, the beef noodles in the clear water soup pot were cooked, and Xue Qi quickly scooped out five bowls.
Then, a generous amount of beef and sauerkraut sauce is poured over the noodles and sprinkled with chopped green onions and cilantro. The large slices of beef and cilantro complement each other, making one's appetite very hungry.
Mrs. Liu had eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, but she had never tasted such delicious beef noodles.
She couldn't wait: "Can I eat it now?"
Xue Qi nodded: "Okay, one bowl per person, don't be greedy."
Mrs. Bu felt a tightness and discomfort in her chest.
She made an excuse and said, "Oh, it's sauerkraut beef noodles. Sorry, I'm allergic to sauerkraut. You guys eat it, and I'll just have some fruit on the side."
The others didn't try to persuade her because they couldn't help themselves after smelling the smell.
Mrs. Bu was actually almost unable to bear it, but her damn self-esteem made her prefer death to surrender.
When she said that just now, she swallowed a few times inadvertently.
Mrs. Liu put a spoonful of noodles into her mouth. The taste of pickled cabbage first entered her mouth, but it could not cover up the mellow fragrance of the noodles itself.
This noodle is thick, like udon noodles, but it tastes chewier and more elastic than any other noodles, as if some kind of food additives were added, yet it is so natural and mellow.
One bite is not enough, then the second bite, the third bite...
mouth.
There was no noodles left in the bowl, but Mrs. Liu still picked up the soup bowl and gulped down all the sauerkraut beef soup.
There was not a drop of soup left at the bottom of the bowl, only a little soup residue. Mrs. Liu scooped it up with a spoon and put it carefully into her mouth.
Still not satisfied after finishing the meal, he looked at the bowl that Mrs. Bu didn't want and asked her, "You really don't want to eat it?"
Mrs. Bu could have tolerated it at first, but seeing how deliciously Mrs. Liu was eating, she didn't want to tolerate it anymore.
Just as she was about to take the bowl, Mrs. Liu took the noodles away before her: "No need for you, I can take it myself."
As he said that, he snatched the bowl of noodles and started to eat it with relish.
Mrs. Bu felt as if something was stuck in her heart, making her feel very uncomfortable and a little uneasy.
It was obvious that the intention was to exclude Xue Qi, but why did it feel like she was the one who was excluded in the end?
When afternoon tea was over and the ladies were about to leave, Mrs. Liu took Xue Qi's hand and extended an olive branch to her:
"77, I just heard you say you're going to use your anti-trafficking video account to set up an anti-trafficking fund? That's a great idea. I heard Mrs. Shi has joined, and I'd like to join too. What are your thoughts?"
Xue Qi smiled and said, "I don't have any ideas. I'm just a little girl who hasn't seen much of the world. I wonder what Mrs. Liu thinks? You have experience and you're our older sister. I hope you can help me come up with an idea."
"That's a good thing," Mrs. Liu volunteered. "I have a few good friends who also like to do charity work. I'll talk to them about it someday. By the way, when you're free again, come and teach us some other dishes."
This is a very high EQ line of speech.
It’s not “cook for us” but “teach us how to cook”, which immediately makes the relationship between the two equal and makes people feel very comfortable.
When the ladies walked to the door to wait for the car, they saw from afar a tall, long-legged man in casual clothes, holding the hand of a four-year-old girl.
As she came closer, the little girl called out to several aunties in a crisp voice and greeted them politely.
Cao Feng looked at Xue Qi and said simply, "We are here to take you home."
Before Xue Qi could say anything, Mrs. Bu, who had been unhappy the entire time, had already lost her temper. She laughed and teased, "Mr. Cao is such a good husband. He has to come pick me up even though it's so close. I feel like he has no status in the family."
It may seem like flattery, but how can a man with such a net worth be a good husband? He must be a male chauvinist.
Hearing this, Cao Feng felt uncomfortable.
Mrs. Bu just thought she could get back on track when she heard Cao Feng whisper, "Nonsense! My family status is very high."
Mrs. Bu didn't expect that a person of Cao Feng's level would actually refute her, and thought he would just laugh it off.
Just when she was feeling proud, she heard Cao Feng say again:
"I can do whatever I want at home, and she never interferes with me. I can wash the dishes if I want to, mop the floor if I want to, and if I'm unhappy, I can carry her to take a bath. I can let her take a flower bath, but she can't take a bubble bath."
Pipi also raised his head and shouted confidently, "That's right! Fenfen's father and I have a very high status in the family! When we massage her legs, she doesn't dare let us massage her feet! We are the elite ones! At the top of the food chain!"
Mrs. Bu: “…”
She's quite prestigious. (She's quite impressive!)
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