Chapter 81 Routines, all routines
Cheng smiled and said:
"It's just a little food, what's the point? There's no need to be so polite, sister-in-law.
I have been married to Youliang for more than ten years, but until now, I have only had Liulang and Zaohua. Since Daohua saved Liulang's life, she saved our fifth family!
I know that you and Fourth Brother are both kind people, so naturally you would do a favor without expecting anything in return. But I actually have nothing to repay you with, so if you give me a little more food from the rice flowers, I would feel better.
Besides, although we live in separate houses, Youliang has liked playing with his fourth brother since he was little. Now, the younger ones also like to play together and miss each other, and are closer to each other than with others.
This involves two generations, so they have good fate.
Seeing these little ones being so close to each other, my heart feels sweeter than drinking honey and happier than picking up silver."
Cheng's words made Jiang's eyes red:
"Sister-in-law!"
She was moved and held Cheng's hand.
Cheng smiled and didn't struggle. She let Jiang hold her hand and turned to Xia Daohua and said, "Good child, try Aunt Wu's cooking. If it's too salty or too bland, at least tell me!"
Xia Daohua smiled and said:
"Don't I know Aunt Wu's cooking skills? How many delicious things have I eaten from Aunt Wu?"
She picked up her chopsticks, picked up a dumpling and put it in her mouth:
"Mmm, so fresh! The dumpling filling is really well seasoned, even better than the ones my grandma used to make!"
Xia Daohua found a small basin, emptied the large bowl that Cheng had brought, and gave each of the children a pair of chopsticks: "Aunt Wu's dumplings are delicious, let's eat together!"
She reserved a portion for Jiang and Xia Youtian, and let the children eat the rest.
Lihua and Wulang stopped after tasting two. Linghua's cheeks were bulging from eating so much, and Zaohua and Liulang's mouths were also greasy, with faces full of excitement and satisfaction.
Xia Daohua watched them eat happily. Cheng and Jiang had a heart-to-heart talk with each other, and now they looked at the children eating happily with loving faces.
While they were eating, there was another knock on the door. Xia Daohua walked over and saw that it was Xia Yujiao.
Xia Yujiao nodded to Jiang and Cheng: "Fourth sister-in-law, Fifth sister-in-law."
Then he said to Xia Daohua, "Daohua, have you rested yet? My mother is calling you over!"
Xia Daohua quickly agreed, put down her chopsticks, stood up and left with Xia Yujiao.
When they arrived at the old couple's room, Grandpa Xia and Mrs. Zhou carefully examined Xia Daohua from head to toe: "Daohua, you've suffered. Your little face has become thinner!"
Xia Daohua smiled and said, "No, I just grew taller. Do you think I have grown a lot taller?"
Xia Daohua did not sleep well these days. After all, she could not sleep well when she was away from home. But when it comes to food, she ate well these days.
Xia Daohua’s three meals a day plus snacks and midnight snacks are basically all eaten in the Space Supermarket.
Self-heating hot pot, self-heating rice, eight-treasure porridge, milk cereal, sushi rice balls, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, fried dough sticks and tofu pudding, and even butter-fried steak, stone-roasted chicken steak, deep-fried tenderloin, braised lamb meatballs...
Summer rice flowers are basically eaten in different ways.
Over the past month, whenever she entered the storage area of the Space Supermarket, the area would be filled with the aroma of hot meals and dishes. The combination of meat and vegetables was nutritious and tasted great.
It’s not that Xia Daohua was too self-indulgent, it’s just that these days, Sun had been living frugally to an outrageous degree!
On the way there, they ate the dry food that Sun brought with him and drank cold water in bamboo tubes;
On the way back, they ate the dry food that Sun asked for from Grandma Qu's house and drank cold boiled water in bamboo tubes.
Granny Qu's family is quite particular about their diet. At least the water has to be boiled and cooled to the right temperature before drinking.
Unlike Sun, who gave everyone raw water to drink, as for whether they would get sick or not, that was like a stupid boy sleeping on a cold kang - it all depended on their fire power!
Xia Daohua was "sensible" and gave her dry food to Taohua and Sanlang.
Peach blossoms don't eat them, but Sanlang is not polite at all.
In his opinion, Xia Daohua is a burden.
He can't do any work, and has to keep an eye on Sun's money. Maybe the reason he eats so badly is because Xia Daohua is around and it's not convenient for Sun to prepare special meals for him!
So every time Xia Daohua was "modest", Sanlang would accept it, and it was no use for Taohua to glare at him again and again.
Xia Daohua couldn't help but smile when she thought of these things.
Seeing that Xia Daohua was smiling sincerely, the old couple accepted her explanation with some doubt. Xia Daohua had indeed grown taller.
But my hair still grows faster. In less than a month, my hair has grown another three inches.
Old lady Zhou smiled and said to Xia Daohua:
"I'm relieved that you're fine. You can keep the silver for yourself, and you don't have to report it to me. Your second aunt treated you harshly along the way, didn't she?"
"Second Auntie is just a little harsh in her words. In fact, what she feeds me is the same as what she feeds Erlang, Taohua and Sanlang. It's even better than what Second Auntie feeds herself!"
The old couple nodded, asked Xia Daohua to calculate the approximate expenses that Sun would incur on the road, and then let her go back.
As Xia Daohua walked out of the old couple's room, Sun arrived right after.
She had just had a quarrel with Xia Yougui and was feeling very aggrieved. When she saw the old couple, she couldn't help herself and spoke in a bad tone.
The old couple said to Sun:
"Old Second Brother, thank you for your hard work in taking care of Erlang this time."
These words almost made Sun cry.
However, the next sentence almost made Sun jump up:
"Erlang is the eldest son of your second wife after all. It is your second wife's responsibility to take care of him. We have prepared ten taels of silver for Erlang. When you need it, just come and get it."
Sun was stunned by this thunderbolt. After a long while, she asked in a daze:
"What about the silver? What about the ten taels of silver that we agreed on?"
"As for the silver, I'm afraid you'll embezzle it, so I can't give it to you directly.
If you need any medicine or food, just send one of the children to tell us. Until Erlang recovers, we old couple will take care of the money."
Sun felt her head buzzing. How could this be possible!
If it wasn't for the ten taels of silver, why would I bring Xia Daohua with me? And why would I save money along the way and spend all the money on buying medicine for Erlang to treat his injuries?
These old couple simply don’t keep their word!
Sun's bewildered expression seemed to have touched the old couple's sympathy, and Zhou gently comforted her:
"Don't be afraid. Mom will protect you. If the second brother dares to do something stupid, tell him to come find me!"
Sun didn’t know whether the second son Xia Yougui would do something stupid, she just felt that she wanted to do something stupid at this moment.
She was actually tricked by the old couple!
Could it be that these two old guys did it on purpose from the beginning?
Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow. (づ￣3￣)づ╭～(づ￣ 3￣)づ
(End of this chapter)
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