Chapter 86: Fried Egg and Rice Dumplings with Fermented Rice Wine
The man's voice was always careful and gentle, asking for her opinion:
"From behind, okay?"
Xue Qi's face was burning hot, and his whole body was pressed against the wardrobe door, as if he was restrained by something and couldn't move.
Her whole body was numb and her breathing gradually became heavy.
Cao Feng thought she was unwilling, so he put his other hand around her slender waist and moved it down along her firm abdomen: "If you don't want to, forget it."
Xue Qi was speechless for a while, then complained, "But your hands don't seem to be giving up."
Just as the two were in a stalemate, Sun Shaoqi's voice came from outside the door: "7 Mom! What are you doing? It's almost midnight, the fireworks are about to start, come out quickly! 7 Mom——"
Sun Shaoqi pushed the door open and walked in. With a creaky sound, Cao Feng held Xue Qi in his arms, wrapped her with his strong body, and then took the petite and thin woman into the closet in the cloakroom.
Xue Qi’s dressing room is very large and the space inside the wardrobe is also spacious.
There was a soft summer blanket inside. Xue Qi was lying face down, with the man pressing her tightly.
The man's strong body pressed against her bare back, and she could even feel his heartbeat.
The cabinet door was tightly closed, not a single ray of light could get through, and the wardrobe was completely dark.
Xue Qi lay in the closet, unable to see anything, but could feel the man's constant breathing above her head.
Outside the cloakroom, Sun Shaoqi's voice came: "Seventh Mom? Uncle Cao?"
After searching around, he pushed open the cloakroom door, but found that although the light was on, there was no one inside.
After the boy left the cloakroom, he grumbled quietly, "That's weird, where are the people..."
Xue Qi's accelerated heartbeat didn't slow down until Sun Shaoqi's voice disappeared from outside. She whispered, "Butler Cao, why do I feel like a thief?"
The man did not answer, his breathing became more rapid, and she could clearly feel the changes in his body.
Xue Qi said speechlessly: "Manager Cao, I think we can go to the bed, the wardrobe is not suitable."
Cao Feng's voice almost changed: "Changing places and looking for some excitement seems not bad."
Xue Qi: "No, Manager Cao, why didn't I think you were so shameless before? This is a wardrobe!"
Cao Feng: "With you, I can be anywhere. The living room, the balcony, the kitchen, the closet are all fine."
Xue Qi: "Damn! What kind of lewd words are these!"
Cao Feng: "I found the emojis from your phone."
Xue Qi blushed and quickly explained, "Ahhhh, that emoticon about the kitchen, living room, and balcony isn't mine! It was posted by that old, naive Chen Weiwei! I'm pure!"
Cao Feng pressed her into the closet and, without any light, kissed her ear: "77, after the wedding, we will give Pipi a brother or sister. What do you think?"
Xue Qi: "That's no problem, but——"
Cao Feng interrupted her: "I'll take it."
Xue Qi: “Woo——”
At the final moment, Xue Qi had only one thought in his mind:
——Fortunately, it’s dark here, otherwise, as the heroine, she and Cao Feng’s wardrobe py would definitely be seen by readers!
…
Around 12:30 in the morning, the two finished and came out of the room.
Sun Shaoqi saw the two people coming out of the room and said, "Fuck! Uncle Cao, why did you come out of the room? I was clearly in your bedroom just now, and you weren't there! Fuck, are you two trying to pull off a trick?"
Xue Qi did not answer her question, but just felt sore in the waist and weak in the legs.
She came out to arrange rooms for Sun Fugui and Sun Shaoqi, father and son.
She currently lives in a large flat with four bedrooms, plus a nanny room outside the kitchen, for a total of five rooms.
She and Cao Feng slept in the master bedroom, Grandma Liu, Qin Tiantian, and Little Pixiu each slept in the second bedroom. Cao Yue was the only young man in the family and chose to sleep in the slightly smaller nanny room.
She looked at Sun Fugui with a tired face and said, "You and Sun Shaoqi will sleep in the living room tonight. Cao Yue, go get the bedding."
Sun Fugui said with a melancholy look on his face: "77, you are so rich now, why don't you buy a villa?"
Xue Qi has been living in a villa in Wencheng County. After a long time, he found that a large flat is more convenient as he doesn't have to go up and down the stairs.
When she bought this large flat, she didn't expect that there would be so many people coming to her house in the future.
Xue Qi learned from the community property management that the flat next door was going to be sold. She planned to inquire about it after the New Year and buy it if the price was right. After all, she had a big family and having more rooms would make it convenient for friends to come over.
The New Year's fireworks continued until one in the morning.
Sun Shaoqi and his son Sun Fugui, one slept on the sofa and the other on the floor.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the sound of fireworks exploding and the dazzling lights made the two of them unable to sleep.
Sun Shaoqi asked his father: "Dad, don't you feel heartbroken when you see the woman you love marrying another man?"
"Heartache?"
Sun Fugui thought for a moment and replied, "I'm not heartbroken, but I do feel a little pity. Tell me, your mother, such an outstanding and perfect woman, how could she choose Cao Feng? She doesn't want someone as charming and dashing as me. What on earth was she thinking? However, I can also see that your mother truly loves Cao Feng. Since she loves him, I will definitely support her wholeheartedly. "Mom" is more important than anything else. She's your mother, and after all, she's my family. If she finds happiness, we wish her well. If she's in trouble, we must support her wholeheartedly, understand?"
Sun Shaoqi was completely confused: "Dad, why do I feel this relationship is so complicated? Aren't you jealous of Cao Feng?"
"Jealous! Which man in the world wouldn't be jealous of Cao Feng?"
Sun Fugui closed his eyes and yawned. "So what if I'm jealous? 77's final choice wasn't me. As overbearing CEOs, we should behave like them. We can't ruin other people's relationships, right? As the saying goes, it's better to demolish ten temples than a marriage. There's a reason for that."
Sun Shaoqi was shocked by his father's vision and gave him a thumbs up in his heart.
However, he never believed that Cao Feng and Xue Qi could last long. This combination of a weak man and a strong woman was bound to be short-lived.
Seeing his father in such a good mood, he couldn't help but feel happy for him.
It would also be a good choice to wait for Xue Qi and Cao Feng to divorce and then let his father be the substitute.
Master bedroom.
Xue Qi couldn't sleep because of the sound of fireworks outside, so he turned sideways to play with his mobile phone and turned the screen to the darkest setting.
As soon as she opened Weibo, the man behind her came over, took her into his arms, and wrapped her up in the shape of a big spoon.
Xue Qi felt that the man's hand was not honest again, and warned: "Be careful or everyone will die!"
Cao Feng: "It's okay, I'm strong and healthy, so I don't mind taking your yang to replenish your yin."
Xue Qi thought to himself, "You've drained me dry. What good will that do you?"
Cao Feng: "Since ancient times, only oxen died from exhaustion, but never fields were left barren."
Xue Qi: "Butler Cao, I never thought you were this kind of person! Don't judge a person by their appearance!"
Cao Feng laughed out loud and teased: "Yes, don't you like it?"
Xue Qi threw away her phone, turned over, and took over, straddling him. She placed her hands on his chest and curled her lips. "Oh, man, you're playing with fire. Don't blame me for being ruthless! I'm going to avenge the wardrobe stunt right now!"
Cao Feng relaxed and said, "Please, Queen 7, attack me. Show no mercy."
Xue Qi: “…”
When men start to act naughty, what role do women have?
…
In the second bedroom next door, Qin Tiantian couldn't fall asleep and was chatting in bed with Wang Huang, a college student she met at the airport that day.
Through chatting, Qin Tiantian learned that Wang Huang was admitted to Yanjing Graduate School with excellent grades.
However, his family background was poor, and both his parents were ill in the hospital. He could only help his family pay off debts and pay for his parents' medical treatment by starting a business and working part-time while at school.
The reason he flew first class when he returned from the United States that day was simply because he won a first-class ticket in a lottery.
Wang Huang sent Qin Tiantian a red envelope of 52 yuan, wishing her a happy new year.
After Qin Tiantian learned about Wang Huang's tragic life story, she immediately sent him a 520 message. However, Wang Huang confiscated it, tapped her WeChat profile picture, and said:
"You're only in high school, don't spend money so lavishly. It's not easy for your parents to earn money. By the way, Tiantian, there's something I've been wondering about for a long time, but I haven't dared to confirm it with you."
Qin Tiantian asked back: "What?"
Wang Huang said, "I saw your parents at the airport that day and they looked familiar. After I came back, I checked my social media and realized your mother is Xue 77. Did I make a mistake?"
Qin Tiantian smiled and said, "You're not mistaken. Xue 77 is indeed my stepmother."
Wang Huang looked as if he had suddenly realized something. "So, you're Xue 77, the skier who made the national team?"
Qin Tiantian: "Yes."
The two chatted a lot, and Qin Tiantian felt that she had found a soulmate.
This Wang Huang seemed to understand her very well, from interests and hobbies to life values, all of them coincided with hers.
This perfect illusion made her think that she had found her destined person, and her heart was pounding.
The next morning.
Xue Qi cooked fermented glutinous rice dumplings for everyone.
When the soup pot boiled, Xue Qi threw the hand-kneaded glutinous rice balls into it, and added fermented glutinous rice into the soup and mixed it together.
Domestic glutinous rice balls come in four colors and look festive. After the round glutinous rice balls floated up, Xue Qi slid a few boiled eggs into the soup pot according to the number of people.
The eggs are beaten into an iron soup spoon, and the temperature of the boiling water is transmitted through the iron spoon, causing the eggs inside to solidify quickly. The poached eggs that slide into the water are complete and round, and they roll in the boiling soup with the round glutinous rice balls, which looks very cute.
The glutinous rice balls each person received were served with a poached egg, which had a pleasant aroma.
In the past, when Sun Shaoqi's grandmother was alive, she would cook fried egg dumplings for him every Chinese New Year. The dumplings were sweet and the fried eggs were big, and he would get sick of them after just two bites.
But today, when I ate Xue Qi’s fried egg dumplings, they tasted different.
The fillings of each color of glutinous rice balls are different. The emerald green ones are filled with black sesame filling, the white ones are filled with rose filling, the black ones are filled with red bean paste, and the purple ones are filled with almond and hawthorn filling.
One bite and the juice overflows.
The skin of the glutinous rice balls is chewy and soft, the filling is lightly sweet, and the mouth is filled with mellow aroma. Then take a sip of the fermented glutinous rice soup, and the aroma of rice wine instantly makes the taste take a qualitative leap.
Sun Shaoqi ate all the glutinous rice balls and fried eggs, and drank all the fermented glutinous rice soup without leaving a drop. He was extremely satisfied on the first day of the new year.
He sighed, "The divine dumplings are so delicious."
The little Pixiu also held his own small bowl and sat obediently in the baby chair to eat glutinous rice balls. He drank a mouthful of soup, and his lips were covered with fermented glutinous rice grains.
She also looked very satisfied, stretching out her chubby little paws towards Cao Feng: "Daddy, these dumplings are so delicious! Pipi feels so satisfied! I can even eat fifty more!"
Cao Feng wiped her mouth clean and said, "Don't be greedy. Drink some milk later."
The little Pixiu was a little disappointed: "Okay."
She worked really hard to be a human cub!
After Cao Yue finished a bowl of glutinous rice balls, he was planning to serve Qin Tiantian a bowl as well, but he saw that the glutinous rice balls in the girl's bowl were almost untouched. She was staring at her phone and smiling foolishly, as if she was chatting with someone.
Cao Yue knocked her head. "Who are you chatting with? Why are you laughing like that? Are you still eating your glutinous rice balls?"
Qin Tiantian quickly put away her phone and buried her head in eating the dumplings: "No, no one."
Cao Yue felt it was strange, but he didn't ask any more questions.
In the afternoon, Qin Tiantian dressed up and hurried out: "Mom, Dad, I'm going out to meet a classmate. I won't be back for dinner tonight."
Sun Fugui was eating his afternoon dessert. He looked at Qin Tiantian who slammed the door and left, and whispered, "What is this girl doing? She's not at home during the New Year. She's out meeting her classmates?"
Sun Shaoqi whispered, "I just heard her on the phone. It seems to be a male classmate. The girl is in love. I just asked her about it. She met him on the plane on the way back. She felt that we were destined to be together. It felt like we were from another world, like a long-lost brother and sister. So, she can't wait to go see her brother."
Cao Yue was puzzled: "She's only been back for a short time, and she's already chatting with someone to the point of wanting to meet up alone? What kind of relationship does she have to have to go over during Chinese New Year?"
He immediately stood up and pulled Sun Shaoqi up from the sofa: "Come with me to Fengkai Square."
Sun Shaoqi looked at the table of desserts made by Xue Qi with an unhappy look on his face: "What are you doing? Isn't it nice to be at home during the New Year? Why go to the mall?"
Cao Yue: "I always feel that something is not right."
In fact, Qin Tiantian and Wang Huang were not in Fengkai Square, but went to the ice rink.
Cao Yue and Sun Shaoqi tried in vain and called Qin Tiantian, but she was on the ice rink and the call could not be connected.
Based on the known information, Cao Yue asked Tang Xiong to check Wang Huang's background.
Because of the Spring Festival, this check was done after the New Year, in early March.
Qin Tiantian returned to the team for training, Cao Yue started school, and Xue Qi and Cao Feng, the little Pixiu, were also preparing to appear on a variety show.
On the day Cao Feng and Xue Qi left, Cao Yue had just finished class when he received a WeChat message from Tang Xiong.
Tang Xiong sent a simple document with a text description:
"Because of the Lunar New Year, there was a delay. We found out that Miss Tiantian did meet a man named Wang Huang that day. His information shows that he is a student at Yanjing University. He comes from a poor family and is in debt. To survive, he started his own business and works outside. However, his company is in the United States. Strangely, even our people can't find out what he does there.
But we found out that he is abroad
s account has long been following 77's account and is a long-time fan. Therefore, she already knew Miss Tiantian's identity and approached Miss Tiantian, which was most likely a deliberate plot.
After reading the information, Cao Yue fell silent.
The most worrying thing is that he cannot find any flaws, but his sixth intuition tells him that Wang Huang approached Qin Tiantian for a purpose.
He instructed Tang Xiong: "Please help find someone to keep an eye on her. Tiantian is my uncle's daughter and my sister. You must protect her well."
Xue Qi and Cao Feng just got on the plane with the little Pixiu.
After sitting down, he opened his phone and saw the message from Cao Yue, and fell into deep thought.
She recalled the boy named Wang Huang, who was ordinary and nothing special. But Cao Yue was an awakened villain, and her instincts and sharpness could not be ignored.
Xue Qi took note of this matter and planned to visit the little girl at the training camp in the United States after the recording of the program was completed.
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"Baby's Cooking" started live broadcast at 7 pm, and only four families participated in the recording of the program.
Four groups of families have been announced online, and netizens are looking forward to these four groups of families entering the live broadcast hotel.
The first group of families:
Movie star Liu Yu and his wife, with their 5-year-old child Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu inherited his father's intelligence, coldness and introversion, and doesn't like to talk to others.
The second group of families:
Comedian Shi Wen and his wife, with their 6-year-old child Yuanbao.
Yuanbao was the oldest, tall, strong, and a bit chubby. He was a chatterbox and kept chatting with the photographer all the way, almost annoying the staff.
The third group of families:
Well-known director Yuan Ting and his wife, with their 3 and a half year old child Mengbao.
This child is the youngest, and her public image is that of a well-behaved, cute, and talented little girl.
The fourth group of families:
Internet celebrity couple Xue Qi and Cao Feng take care of their 3 and a half year old adopted daughter Pippi.
Judging from the information published online, the fourth group of families has the least information about their children.
The first three families entered the hotel's live broadcast room one after another. Among the three children, Yuan Meng was the youngest and the smartest.
Less than ten minutes after she came in, she had made the parents of other families and netizens laugh.
The originally quiet barrage suddenly surged in number due to Yuan Meng's appearance:
"Mengbao is so adorable! What a genius little girl! She seems to know everything at such a young age! Not only did she hand in her toys by herself, she also handed in her bottle! So cute, hahahaha!"
"It's so cute! Wow, what kind of magical baby is this? I love it!"
"I'm curious about the babies in group four. There's the least information online about Xue Qi and Cao Feng's babies. I guess they don't have much to offer, right?"
"The babies from the first three groups of families all performed their own talents. Xiao Mengbao sang in French, English and Japanese. I'm curious what talents the babies from the fourth group of families will perform."
"Don't forget, this variety show is called 'Baby's Cooking', and Xue Qi is an internet-famous chef. Maybe they'll let the kids perform a cooking demonstration?"
"No way? It can't be that unsophisticated, right? How can a child that young cook? He really does what he wants."
…
Just as the barrage of comments was making noise, the door of the live broadcast room was pushed open, and a small head with a bun poked its head in.
The little Pixiu blinked its eyes and walked in cautiously, its entire small body coming into everyone's sight.
She wore a red, chest-length skirt and a headdress with her hair tied up in a bun, looking like a little princess who had traveled from ancient times.
Even Emperor Liu, who had just been slapped in the face by Yuan Mengmeng with blood, was now deeply moved by the cute appearance of the little Pixiu.
Liu Yu, who always had a cool and aloof personality, couldn't help but smile when he saw the little Pixiu, and his tone was unusually gentle: "Little girl, whose doll are you?"
The little Pixiu showed no fear at all. He smiled sweetly and introduced himself: "Hello everyone, I'm Cao Pipi, you can call me Pipi!"
As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Cao Feng and Xue Qi came in. They greeted everyone and sat down in the guest seats.
They were the last to arrive and were obviously at a loss, looking at each other.
Before the staff could speak, Yuan Meng was the first to speak: "Sister Pipi, hello! I'm Mengmeng. The uncle outside just said that every child who comes here must perform. Can you perform for everyone?"
Xue Qi looked at Yuan Meng coldly, laughing in his heart.
Although the little Pixiu has no scheming or cunning mind, it is not a vegetarian.
She scratched her head with her chubby hands: "Ah, but I can't perform... I can't sing well, and dancing is even worse! Sister said that glutinous rice dumplings dancing is very funny, Pipi, don't be a funny girl!"
Barrage:
"Ahhhh Pipi is so cute!! What a cute little fairy ahhhh!"
"Fuck! This little chubby girl is actually kind of cute! No wonder Xue Qi adopted her. Just think, who wouldn't love a little cutie like this?"
"Am I the only one who thinks this kid is useless? Xiaoyu performed an English recitation, Yuanbao performed clapperboard for everyone. Mengbao, only three and a half years old, sang in three languages for everyone. These kids are amazing! Why is it that when she gets to Cao Pipi, she's incompetent at everything? And she doesn't even want to be the comedian. I think she looks like a joke. She's so fat, she's definitely going to be ugly when she grows up!"
"Fuck, the guy in front, you're being too harsh!"
"That's right. Which kid on 'Baby Cooking' doesn't have talent? If she has no talent, why would she be on this variety show? Because her adoptive parents are just internet celebrities? Hehehe."
“…”
Yuan Meng knows the rules of the program and also knows what the audience hates and likes.
Today's audiences are not easy to fool. If a child who knows nothing is chosen to be on this show, it will definitely anger the audience.
As soon as Cao Pipi came on the show, she firmly established her image as a naive and innocent person who knows nothing. Especially when she was compared with others, she would be more easily criticized.
And this is exactly one of Yuan Meng's strategies.
Mrs. Liu liked the little Pixiu very much and had a liking for the little girl. She immediately tried to smooth things over by saying, "The little girl is only three and a half years old. It's normal that she can't recite or memorize anything. There's no need for her to perform."
The little Pixiu uttered "Huh?", tilted its head, and asked in a baby voice, "Is reciting it enough?"
Mrs. Liu smiled and said softly, "Yes, what does Little Pippi want to recite for everyone?"
The little Pixiu lowered his head, staring at his watermelon belly in deep thought for a moment, then suddenly looked up at everyone, his face full of confusion: "Then can Pipi recite the 'Doctrine of the Mean' for everyone? Pipi is a good-for-nothing and can't even babble a single word in English. Dad only taught me to recite the Four Books and the Five Classics. If uncles and aunties are bored and don't want to hear Pipi recite the 'Doctrine of the Mean', then the 'Book of History' or the 'Book of Changes' will also do!"
She blinked her big eyes and spoke seriously.
All the adults present were stunned, and Yuan Meng also felt gloating.
It is a big taboo for children to lie, and it is what the audience hates to see the most!
Since Cao Pipi lied, Xue Qi and Cao Feng, the child's parents, will inevitably be criticized.
Barrage:
"...This kid may be young, but he's a master at boasting."
"Oh my god, does she know what the Four Books and Five Classics are?"
"So, which four books and which five classics are the Four Books and Five Classics?"
"Children are taught to lie by their parents, right? Hey, children can reflect their parents' character very well, so celebrity parents with bad morals should not bring their children to this kind of variety show, right? Don't you think the car isn't turning over fast enough?"
There was silence. Xue Qi smiled and said, "Pipi, let's recite The Doctrine of the Mean to everyone."
The little Pixiu didn't know why everyone was silent. When he heard Xue Qi say that, he immediately put his hands behind his back.
She confidently puffed out her watermelon belly, her big eyes staring straight ahead, her bright eyes gleaming with energy, and her milky voice suddenly boomed:
"Heavenly work is supreme. The laws of nature change, ebb and flow, and all things are in harmony with the power of the earth. Only then can this be accomplished. Heaven is noble, while earth is humble. Heaven moves, while earth is still. The noble one mobilizes the forces, while the humble one works. The movement of the heavens descends upon the earth. Therefore, we know that the earth's influence over heaven is not exclusive, but that the earth's response to heaven is constant. When life moves, it responds with life; when qi moves, it responds with qi. ... Therefore, heaven must borrow the power of the earth to mobilize the four qi and regulate life and death; the noble must borrow the power of the humble to establish its fundamental merit and build a kingdom."
The little Pixiu recited for ten minutes with clear pronunciation, loud voice and powerful momentum.
Small body, bursting with huge energy.
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