Chapter 100 Master, have you ever eaten Malatang?
In the blink of an eye, Shi Huai was five months pregnant.
Recently, Changjing has been covered in snow, and the manor is covered in a blanket of white. Just standing outside, the cold wind blowing on your face makes you shiver all over.
As the year draws to a close, Zhou Jibai is busy with work.
In the past, he would rush back before dinner, but now the sky was dyed with a faint blue hue, and he would rush to the restaurant just as the family started eating or when they were halfway through the meal.
Even when he was busy, he would always take time to have dinner with Shihuai, and never missed a meal.
Today Zhou Jibai rushed to the restaurant, but did not see Shi Huai.
Ask her where she has gone.
The servant said, "The Second Young Madam didn't come downstairs for dinner today."
Didn’t have dinner?
Thinking of this, Zhou Jibai couldn't help but frown, and turned around and walked towards his and Shi Huai's residence.
When he opened the door, the noise made Shi Huai, who had just woken up and was sitting on the bed in a daze, move.
His eyes fell towards the door. Zhou Jibai's black hair was slightly wet. The snow on the ends of his hair melted immediately after he stepped into the warm room. The snow on the shoulders of his coat had not melted completely yet.
Shi Huai blinked and wondered, "Why did you come back so early today?"
Zhou Jibai noticed that Shi Huai was drowsy and lazy after waking up, so he teased her, "It's time to have breakfast."
Shi Huai was stunned and asked in surprise: "Huh??"
He quickly picked up the phone next to his pillow, and when he saw that it was already 6:30 in the evening, Shi Huai curled his lips.
"If you lie, you'll turn into a puppy!"
But he reacted immediately.
"It's already half past six?"
Zhou Jibai walked up to her bedside and asked, "Let's go eat?"
Shi Huai moved slowly and tried to get off the bed.
Just as he was about to put on his shoes while sitting on the bed, Zhou Jibai knelt on one knee, gently held Shi Huai's feet, which had not yet touched the ground, in his palm, and then picked up the plush cotton slippers on the carpet and put them on Shi Huai himself.
Shi Huai stared at the top of Zhou Jibai's head with a smile in his eyes, and suddenly thought of the time when he was reborn.
She arrogantly asked Zhou Jibai to put on her shoes himself, but after they were done, Zhou Jibai went to wash his hands immediately in disgust.
After putting on his shoes, Zhou Jibai looked up and met Shang Shihuai's beautiful smiling eyes. "Little fool, what are you laughing at?"
Shi Huai immediately became serious and said deliberately solemnly: "Hmm? Not washing hands this time?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Jibai looked as if he had just realized something. "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about it. I'll go now."
Shi Huai: “…”
Shi Huai can't stop Zhou Jibai from quitting his job, right?
But she was not convinced in her heart, and angrily kicked off the two slippers on her feet in front of Zhou Jibai.
Seeing his wife was annoyed, Zhou Jibai raised his left eyebrow for a moment, "Are you angry?"
Shi Huai ignored him and walked forward on his own.
Although the house was heated and the whole room was cozy, Zhou Jibai was still worried about letting Shi Huai walk around barefoot on the cold, hard floor.
He bent down to pick up the slippers that Shi Huai had kicked to the east and the west, took her two slippers, and followed behind her, coaxing: "Mother, don't be angry."
Shi Huai glared at him sideways and ignored him.
Zhou Jimaibai was tall and had long legs. He could easily keep up with Shi Huai in just two or three steps and stood in front of her.
The petite person in front of me was wearing a nightgown. The soft silk fabric was close to her skin, outlining her already bulging pregnant belly.
Whenever he saw Shi Huai's bulging belly, Zhou Jibai couldn't help but feel tenderness in his eyes.
He wanted to touch Shi Huai's belly, but Shi Huai dodged.
Zhou Jibai chuckled: "You won't let me touch you?"
Shi Huai puffed up his cheeks and glanced at Zhou Jibai's coat, which he hadn't taken off yet. Seeing the snow still hanging on his shoulders, he couldn't help but raise his hand to pat him, "I didn't say that..."
Zhou Jibai did not take the next step, but quietly watched Shi Huai brush off the snow water for him.
After clapping twice to end the action, Shi Huai tugged at his sleeve: "I'm hungry."
"I asked the servants to cook."
Shi Huai shook his head: "I want to eat spicy hot pot."
Zhou Jibai paused.
Shi Huai thought Zhou Jibai disagreed, and a worried look appeared on his face. "Ever since I got pregnant, I've been eating too healthy every day. I can't even change my taste?"
Zhou Jibai was amused by Shi Huai's illogical and twisted words, "Eating healthy seems like I'm wronging you."
"You don't understand." Shi Huai coquettishly stretched out his arms, passed them through Zhou Jibai's open coat, and pressed against him. "I know there's a spicy hot pot restaurant on Laocheng Street that's delicious!"
Zhou Jibai still looked at her with raised eyebrows, without saying anything.
Seeing that Zhou Jibai still refused to give in, Shi Huai's little hand reached into Zhou Jibai's pocket again, took out his cell phone, flashed it in front of Zhou Jibai's eyes, and shook it twice.
"I'll treat you!" Shi Huai acted like a nouveau riche, patted his chest proudly, and spoke in a particularly arrogant and domineering manner.
Zhou Jibai was impressed. He really couldn't refuse Shi Huai's cute appearance.
"Okay, then please let Mr. Shi show you the way."
…
This was the first time the couple went out on a date to have dinner alone.
Zhou Jibai drove himself and took Shihuai to eat spicy hot pot.
Shi Huai thought that Zhou Jibai had been pampered since childhood, and he must have never eaten a 15-yuan spicy hot pot!
"Master, have you ever tried spicy hot pot?"
Zhou Jibai glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, "...Rich people can't eat spicy hot pot?"
Shi Huai raised an eyebrow at him: "I'm just asking~~Who did you go to eat spicy hot pot with before?"
"Not with my boyfriend anyway."
Shi Huai: “…”
She shut up.
Afraid that there would be a bloody storm.
Seeing Shi Huai fall silent for a moment, Zhou Jibai raised the corners of his lips and said deliberately in a servile manner: "Why are you silent? Have you eaten with your boyfriend before?"
Shi Huai glared at him angrily. You want to hurt me, right?
"Yeah, there's more than one."
Zhou Jibai: "..."
The car stopped in front of the Malatang restaurant, and neither of them said a word.
Zhou Jibai got out of the car first to help Shi Huai open the passenger door.
Shi Huai got off the car.
There was a thick layer of frost on the stone brick road under his feet. Zhou Jibai was afraid that Shi Huai would slip, so he held her hand the whole time.
When they arrived at the Malatang restaurant, the proprietress recognized Shi Huai at a glance.
Shi Huai is the type of person who will keep eating at any restaurant that has good food and is too lazy to change the flavor until he gets tired of it.
It is fresh and beautiful, and it is easy to be familiar and remembered.
The proprietress smiled at Shi Huai and said, "You brought your boyfriend here again."
Shi Huai's mouth twitched awkwardly, but he didn't dare to say anything. He noticed that the hand holding his had tightened a bit.
I caught a glimpse of Zhou Jibai's expression, which seemed calm.
The meal was served quickly. Shi Huai and Zhou Jibai sat face to face, both eating the spicy hot pot in their bowls without saying a word.
Shi Huai had the tomato flavor, and Zhou Jibai had the spicy flavor.
While eating, Shi Huai would glance at Zhou Jibai from time to time, but he didn't seem to want to talk to him and kept eating the steaming hot spicy hot pot in his bowl.
Shi Huai had only taken two bites of the spicy hot pot when Zhou Jibai had already finished his whole bowl.
Seeing that Zhou Jibai only had the soup base left of the spicy hot pot, Shi Huai was shocked for a moment: "So fast?"
"Eat slowly, don't eat too fast."
Shi Huai nodded slightly.
When picking up the food, Shi Huai noticed that there were a few coriander leaves at the bottom of his soup.
Maybe the boss lady didn't pay attention when she was washing the vegetables and put a piece in her bowl.
Shi Huai curled her lips in dissatisfaction and was about to pick it out, but the person opposite her was one step faster than her and picked out the coriander in her bowl first.
After making sure that the bowl was clean and there were no dishes that Shi Huai disliked, he put his chopsticks back on the table.
Shi Huai felt warm in his heart and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
Halfway through the meal, Shi Huai stared at Zhou Jibai's face again.
Zhou Jibai noticed that Shi Huai was staring at him. He looked away from the phone screen and stared at Shi Huai from a distance: "What's wrong?"
"Husband, let's make three rules, shall we?"
Zhou Jibai: "Hmm?"
"From now on, whoever mentions the other person's ex is a dog."
Zhou Jibai raised his eyebrows slightly: "I don't have an ex."
Shi Huai: “…”
Forget about this.
Who would have thought that Master Zhou Er’s title of dandy was just a name, and that he was actually a pure-hearted person at heart!
Shi Huai hummed: "I don't care."
"Do you agree or not?!"
Seeing his wife getting anxious, Zhou Jibai curled his lips and smiled, picked up a piece of fish tofu, blew it cool, and handed it to Shihuai's mouth: "Eat well and I will agree."
Although Shi Huai didn't have any major pregnancy reactions, she did have a small appetite. Watching her eat was like watching a kitten eat cat food.
Shi Huai bit the piece of fish tofu Zhou Jibai had fed him personally, as if to vent his anger, "I ate well."
"Then I promise you I won't mention it again."
Shi Huai chewed and chewed: "That's more like it."
After dinner, it wasn’t too late.
Zhou Jibai took the initiative to suggest taking a walk with Shi Huai, wandering outside for a while before going home.
Shi Huai agreed.
It was cold in Changjing, so both of them wore long down jackets. Zhou Jibai was still dressed in black, while Shi Huai wore a long pink coat and tied her hair into a bun.
The loose down jacket covered her slightly bulging pregnant belly, and she looked no different from a college student.
"When I was in school, Xu Wen and I often came to the night market here." Shi Huai said as they walked.
Zhou Jibai listened carefully.
Shi Huai looked up at him and asked, "Where did you go to college? Did you go to Changjing University like my brother?"
Zhou Jibai: "No."
Shi Huai touched his chin and said, "If you were studying at Changjing University, I would definitely have known you earlier."
"Why do you say that?" Zhou Jibai asked.
Shi Huai deliberately teased Zhou Jibai: "Because you're handsome! Who wouldn't want to meet a handsome guy?"
As it turned out, Zhou Jibai was very much attracted by Shi Huai's flattery.
He laughed out loud.
"I went abroad to study when I was nineteen. I wasn't in Changjing for the past few years and only came back last year."
Shi Huai's eyes blinked. Sometimes she almost forgot that Zhou Jibai was only three years older than her.
"Is it fun abroad?" Shi Huai muttered, "I haven't been abroad yet."
Zhou Jibai's gaze involuntarily fell on Shi Huai's lower abdomen, "Let's go?"
Since Shi Huai is not in the late stage of pregnancy yet, it would be good to take her out for a walk to relax her.
Shi Huai was stunned for a moment.
Zhou Jibai is really a man of action. As long as she says something casually, he will take it to heart and do what he says, almost immediately.
"No need!" Shi Huai didn't really want to travel abroad right now, but hearing about Zhou Jibai's initiative really made her happier.
"We'll go after we have the baby."
Zhou Jibai's eyes showed deep love and affection, "Okay."
"Then can you tell me about your experience abroad?" Shi Huai lowered his head and said a little unconfidently, "You seem to know me very well, but I don't know you at all."
Zhou Jibai's eyes followed her lowered head. "My first year abroad wasn't easy, but the next few years were okay. I played with friends every day."
"Is it here?" Shi Huai asked.
Zhou Jibai: "Or?"
Shi Huai said angrily, "You are being too perfunctory."
Zhou Jibai said seriously, "I'm not being perfunctory. I really can't remember. When I was a kid, I traveled every now and then, and occasionally settled abroad for a while. Life abroad and life at home are no different to me."
Shi Huai: "...Okay, stop talking, I'm getting jealous."
She grew up in a well-off family, so it was a great privilege for her to travel to other provinces and cities during holidays.
Comparing yourself to others is always frightening.
Walking through the night market, all kinds of fragrant smells linger around your nose.
Shi Huai stopped in front of a stinky tofu shop. She winked at Zhou Jibai and teased him, "Master, have you ever eaten gutter oil?"
Before Zhou Jibai could say anything, the boss opposite him seemed to have super hearing and directly picked up a barrel of freshly opened soybean oil.
"Sister, we are a small business and conscientious sellers! Gutter oil is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Shi Huai took two steps back embarrassedly and scratched his cheek.
Zhou Jibai turned sideways to suppress his laughter.
Shi Huai caught him trying to hold back his laughter.
Shi Huai asked coquettishly, "Is it funny?"
Zhou Jibai shook his head: "I have undergone rigorous training."
"You were clearly laughing just now! I saw it all!" Shi Huai frowned.
"Unless it's too funny." Zhou Jibai added slowly.
Shi Huai: “…………”
Shi Huai was also so angry that he laughed.
Zhou Jibai's careless look made her feel uncomfortable.
Shi Huai did not linger in front of the stinky tofu vendor, nor did he say hello to Zhou Jibai. He turned around and left.
Zhou Jibai followed her closely like a clingy puppy.
"Zhizhi, wait for me." Zhou Jibai called her from behind in a long tone.
Shi Huai slowly stopped, turned around and looked at him, pointing to a small stall selling pig's trotters not far behind him: "I want to eat pig's trotters, sour plum ones."
Zhou Jibai was stunned for a moment: "There are sour plum flavored pig's trotters?"
"You don't understand this, you country bumpkin." Shi Huai said deliberately.
Zhou Jibai smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go buy some pig's trotters for my country bumpkin wife."
Shi Huai: “…”
Why do I feel like I'm being scolded by Zhou Jibai again?
This pig's trotter shop has a good reputation, and you have to wait in line for a while to buy the sour plum-flavored pig's trotter that Shi Huai wants to eat.
Can sour plum-flavored pig's trotters be delicious? Zhou Jibai wondered.
Afraid that Shi Huai was saying this out of anger, he simply bought a few of all flavors.
Shi Huai can eat whatever flavor he wants.
The boss specially brought a large red plastic bag for Zhou Jibai. When he handed it to Zhou Jibai, he smiled and said, "Young man, you like eating pig's trotters so much."
Zhou Jibai said calmly: "My wife loves to eat it."
"Oh, this guy really loves his wife. He came over specially in such a cold weather to buy her pig's trotters."
Zhou Jibai raised the corners of his lips: "I am blessed to have her."
Without exchanging too many pleasantries with the boss, Zhou Jibai went to find Shi Huai with the pig's trotters.
Shi Huai sat on a public chair nearby waiting for Zhou Jibai.
When he saw Zhou Jibai walking towards him carrying a big bag of pig's trotters, he was stunned.
"You, why did you buy so many pig's trotters?"
Zhou Jibai specially picked out the sour plum flavored pig's trotters and handed them to Shi Huai: "Do you only eat sour plum flavored pig's trotters?"
Shi Huai nodded heavily, took the pig's trotter and started chewing it, not forgetting to respond to Zhou Jibai: "Hmm! I want to eat something sweet and sour."
The young couple had already eaten spicy hot pot. Shi Huai was already full after eating a sour plum-flavored pig's trotter, and Zhou Jibai couldn't eat any more after eating two spicy ones.
Shi Huai looked at the remaining half of the pig's trotter and rubbed the tired Bangzi: "What should I do with so many pig's trotters left?"
Zhou Jibai didn't hesitate and thought about it. He must have thought about it long ago: "Mom, Dad, Big Brother, Sister-in-law, and Grandma are in for a treat."
Shi Huai silently gave Zhou Jibai a thumbs up, "When it comes to social etiquette, our Young Master Zhou Er has done a truly perfect job."
Zhou Jibai held the hand she held in front of him and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Madam Zhou Er."
He deliberately emphasized the four words "Second Young Madam".
Including his past life and this life, Shi Huai still couldn't stand the sound of this name.
But she didn't say much. She raised her hand and patted Zhou Jibai's waist. "That's all for today's experience of ordinary people's life. Go home and sleep, Master."
"I am obviously a good citizen."
"Okay, okay, you are a good citizen, a very good citizen."
"Just because I like you."
"Yes, yes, I just rely on the fact that you like me. Having love is great."
Zhou Jibai and Shi Huai looked at each other, and Zhou Jibai couldn't help but lean down and kiss Shi Huai's forehead.
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