In the kitchen on the first floor, Grandma Fang Lanyun was stir-frying vegetables amidst the rumbling of the range hood, creating a crackling and popping sound.
As she wielded the spatula, she instructed her grandfather, Lu Ming, who was leisurely scrolling through Douyin videos in the dining room:
"Go and tell your grandson and granddaughter-in-law to come down for dinner."
Why aren't you going?
Grandma activated her "Flawless" card, and he rolled his eyes.
"Then you'll cook the dishes?"
Grandpa didn't have this skill in his talent tree, so he could only reluctantly move his butt.
He's not lazy.
Yi Bei had been upstairs with his girlfriend for some time, and under normal circumstances, they should have come downstairs long ago.
Grandpa, having been through it all, understands.
If the couple is still cuddling and kissing upstairs, wouldn't he be disturbing them if he went up?
Since it's already a disturbance, there's nothing to worry about.
But when he looked out from the second-floor balcony, he could see clearly that his future granddaughter-in-law had a cold and aloof expression, as if she were someone you didn't want to approach.
She seems to have a terrible temper.
If he's not careful and someone holds a grudge against him... then things will get complicated later.
After thinking about all this, Lu Ming glared angrily at his wife, who always assigned him such difficult tasks!
However, Grandpa had seen a lot, and after a little thought, he came up with a solution that satisfied both sides.
He opened WeChat and sent a voice message:
"Come down for dinner—"
It really works!
He had just finished posting when his grandson came downstairs with his girlfriend and appeared at the restaurant entrance.
Grandma had finished cooking the last cabbage dish and was placing the plate on the table.
Lu Yibei had just entered the restaurant when his phone vibrated.
He opened WeChat, tapped on the voice message, and heard his grandfather calling him for dinner.
Grandma muttered under her breath:
"You old bastard, you act like you're going to die just asking me to go upstairs! And what's with all the WeChat messages you're sending from home!"
"You don't know anything!"
"Isn't this all for the sake of family harmony later?!" Grandpa retorted, "These things were invented to be used by people!"
Grandma ignored her husband and turned to her grandson with a kind and gentle expression.
"You're down now~ It's time to eat."
Lu Yibei rolled up his sleeves with a hearty laugh and said, "It's been so long since I've had Grandma's cooking. I've been looking forward to it ever since the holiday started!"
Grandma rolled her eyes again:
"Who's talking to you? Get out of here!"
Lu Yibei: ...
So, your kind and gentle demeanor has nothing to do with his grandson, huh?
He only deserves to stand with his grandfather.
"Come, come, take a seat."
Grandma wanted to hold the little girl's hand as she visited for the first time and invite her to sit down, but after wiping her hands on her apron three or four times, she still felt they were a bit oily, so she didn't extend her arm. She smiled and said, "Don't be shy, make yourself at home."
Ji Qingqian replied with an "Mm".
Lu Yibei casually pointed and said, "Qingqian, you can sit there."
"good."
Just as Ji Qingqian was about to sit down, her grandfather on the other side suddenly stood up.
He stretched as he walked into the kitchen:
"I'll help."
Does Grandpa not like me?
Ji Qingqian quietly asked Lu Yibei, "I always feel that my grandfather is a bit distant, but it could also be due to the contrast caused by my grandmother's overly enthusiastic attitude."
"No." Lu Yibei shook his head with a smile.
Then the two heard their grandmother scolding from the kitchen:
"When I asked you to help pick the vegetables, you acted like you were dead. Now that it's all done, you're finally here to help? Are you out of your mind?"
"Isn't helping to serve the dishes helping?" Grandpa said.
"There are only two dishes in total, I can carry them out by myself! Get out of here!" Grandma said.
Grandma carried a dish in each hand, and Grandpa could only follow behind her dejectedly.
Grandma smiled faintly at Ji Qing again:
"We came in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare. There's not much food, so please make do with this. I'll cook you a big meal another day."
Ji Qingqian quickly shook her head:
"That's quite a lot."
One dish of braised pork with egg, one dish of braised prawns, one dish of stir-fried cabbage, one dish of cold tofu with garlic, and one dish of tomato and egg yolk soup.
With such abundant resources, it's more than enough to handle a four-player game.
Grandma smiled, but then put on a stern face when facing Grandpa:
What are you standing there for? Why don't you sit down?
"Please sit down first," Grandpa said.
"When did you become so polite?"
Grandma laughed and scolded, and after she sat down, Grandpa sat down in the seat next to her.
The family rule is that when guests arrive, they must be waited for to start eating first.
Judging from Ms. Ji's expression, she probably wouldn't dare to eat first.
A strange bug occurred at the dinner table. The genius programmer Lu Yibei stepped in, picking up a prawn, removing its head and tail, and then placing it in Ji Qingqian's bowl.
"Qingqian, try Grandma's cooking."
Ji Qingqian hummed in agreement and picked up her chopsticks. Her grandmother and grandfather then started eating as well.
Grandma first picked out a piece of lean meat for Ji Qingqian, then ate a couple of bites of rice, and then asked:
"Oh, it's all because Grandma is getting old and her memory isn't good. I kept forgetting to ask you what your name is... I heard Yi Bei call you Qing Qian. What's your surname?"
Ji Qingqian quickly stopped eating and obediently answered:
"His surname is Ji, Ji Qingqian. Ji means the four seasons, Qing means green, and Qian means shallow water."
Grandma could remember the first two characters, but the last one, the "shallow" in "shallow water"... Grandma asked her husband:
How to write it?
Grandpa sneered and returned the insult he had just received with interest:
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