Since Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei handed over most of the management of the discount supermarket to Xiao Wu and Xia Xiaomei, they have spent most of their time in the city except for accounting. They also opened a small convenience store near their neighborhood, which is just a way to pass the time.
"Dad, can you please not come pick me up?" As a fourth-grade elementary school student, Xia Minmin felt embarrassed that her parents still picked her up and dropped her off every day.
"Xiaomin, you're only seven years old and you're already starting to dislike your dad?" Xia Jianguo looked sad, as if he was about to cry.
Xia Minmin rolled her eyes helplessly and said, "Dad, stop acting! Your eyes betray you."
"Xiaomin, you're a girl. You shouldn't roll your eyes so often; it's impolite."
"Okay! Okay! Got it."
Xia Minmin stopped immediately as she passed the fried food stall, looking at Xia Jianguo with longing. She really loved the old-fashioned fried bananas and fried starch sausages; none of the fried skewers she had since had tasted as good as the ones she had now.
The fried skewer shop owner's special sauce is very fragrant. Nowadays, the sauces are completely natural, and each shop's sauce is different, unlike later fried skewer shops that buy their sauces online, and they all taste the same.
"Dad, I want to eat fried bananas and fried sausages."
“No, you don’t want to. Your mom won’t let you eat it. I bought it for you last time, but you betrayed me as soon as you got home.” Xia Jianguo finished speaking and started to drag Xia Minmin away.
"Dad, my dear Dad. Your precious daughter promises you, I will never betray you today! I promise!" Xia Minmin raised her hand and swore.
Xia Jianguo was furious. "Do you think I still trust you? You've betrayed me too many times!"
He had a lot of his allowance deducted for this. The poor kid loved to eat and couldn't hide it. His mother tricked him, and he immediately gave himself away, which also caused him to suffer.
Although he's in fourth grade and usually seems quite sensible, he acts like any other child his age when it comes to food.
Xia Minmin squatted on the ground and acted like a brat. Xia Jianguo had no choice but to pull her away, and the father and daughter remained locked in a stalemate at the fried food stall.
Seeing this, the fried skewer vendor said, "Brother, why don't you buy one for your daughter to try? Don't worry, the oil I use for frying my skewers is absolutely clean, and I change it every day. The sauce is also all-natural."
Xia Jianguo looked at the oil pot used for frying the skewers and confirmed that it was indeed as the stall owner had said.
"It's Daddy, it's very clean, just buy two skewers, please! Please!" Xia Minmin widened her eyes and clasped her hands together in a pleading expression.
Okay! Xia Jianguo wavered, "Boss..."
Xia Jianguo was interrupted by the neighbor who was picking up the child before he could finish speaking.
"Xiaomin's dad, are you here to pick up Xiaomin today too?"
"Yeah. Are you guys getting ready to go home?" Xia Jianguo asked, seeing the chubby boy next door.
Xia Jianguo actually knew that the chubby boy next door would visit the snack stall outside the school every day, rain or shine.
"Isn't it because he wants to eat fried skewers? I'll buy him some. Xiaomin also wants to eat fried skewers?" the neighbor said.
"Yes, yes! I was just about to buy it for her."
The chubby boy said, "Uncle Xia, I saw it a long time ago! You don't want to buy fried skewers for Xiaomin! Uncle Xia, please buy Xiaomin some fried skewers! I saw her drooling, or maybe you picked Xiaomin out of the trash can..."
Before the chubby boy could finish speaking, his mother covered his mouth, and he struggled desperately.
The neighbor was quite embarrassed. "Xiaomin's dad, please don't mind what the child said! We won't bother you any longer, we'll be leaving now."
After saying that, the neighbor pulled his chubby son away from the scene of the incident.
Xia Jianguo complained, "How did we become stepparents? It's all because that chubby boy is so fat that your mom doesn't dare let you eat anything!"
Xia Minmin emphasized earnestly, "Dad, I only eat a little bit occasionally, I won't get fat!"
Xia Jianguo glanced at Xia Minmin and said to the fried food stall owner, "Boss, one skewer of bananas and one skewer of ham sausage."
"Boss, boss! I'd like two skewers of ham sausage and one skewer of bananas."
Xia Minmin gave Xia Jianguo a fawning smile.
The fried food stall owner said, "Brother, your family is really interesting. I envy you for having a daughter. I have a son, and I'm getting annoyed every day."
"They're all the same, I'm even more mischievous than boys."
The fried skewers were ready in no time.
"You! You're satisfied now, but your mother will definitely scold me later!" Xia Jianguo already knew his fate.
The school was so close to home that Xia Minmin hadn't even finished eating her skewers before she arrived.
Xia Minmin happily ate her grilled skewers as she walked into the convenience store outside her residential compound.
Xia Jianguo walked in slowly and hesitantly.
Sure enough, Li Chunmei's roar came from inside the shop, "Xia Jianguo!"
"I told you not to take her out for fried skewers, but you just wouldn't listen. Every time she throws a tantrum, you buy them for her. Can't you be a little more firm?"
Xia Jianguo immediately retorted, "You're always talking about me! You're the same way. As soon as she acts cute, you buy more than I do."
“That was before; for the past month, you've been the one buying for her.”
"I wasn't planning to buy her anything today, it's all that chubby kid's fault in the neighborhood."
"Is that the chubby kid who comes to buy snacks every day?"
"Yes, yes, that's him!"
“I only stopped Xiaomin from eating fried skewers because I saw that he loved eating snacks and street food and that he was so fat.”
"He also said today that Xiaomin was picked up from a trash can. He said that we are his stepparents."
“I’ve met his parents and grandparents. There’s not a single fat person in his family. How come he’s a genetic mutation?”
Who knows!
Li Chunmei was also helpless. She had never seen such a naughty child. He started throwing a tantrum when she didn't get to buy him snacks.
After finishing her fried skewers, Xia Minmin said, "Mom, I'm not fat. My coach said I'm actually on the thin side!"
Since enrolling in the Sanda training class, Xia Minmin has been very active every day. In addition, after her rebirth, Xia Minmin drinks milk like water, and she is taller than her peers. She has also lost the chubby weight she had as a child.
“Yes, yes, you’re not fat now, but if you eat street food every day like that chubby kid, you’ll end up like him!” Li Chunmei threatened.
"Okay! Okay!" Xia Minmin said nonchalantly. She was in control; she only indulged in it occasionally.
Li Chunmei planned to go home to cook dinner, while Xia Jianguo waited at the shop for dinner to be ready and then brought it to the convenience store to eat.
"Xiaomin, are you coming home with me to do your homework, or are you staying here with your dad to help him at the shop?"
"Go home and do your homework!"
Li Chunmei led Xia Minmin home.
There wasn't too much homework, and I finished it in no time. I also practiced five pages of calligraphy. The results of practicing calligraphy diligently were quite good.
Li Chunmei came out of the kitchen carrying several lunch boxes. "Let's go, Xiaomin, let's eat at the restaurant."
It was Xia Minmin's strong insistence that the family of three have dinner together. Although it was a bit of a hassle, the couple still fulfilled their daughter's small request.
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