Chapter 474 The Best Dowry
After drinking the sweet soup, they sat and chatted for a while. Liu Nanshan asked them what they wanted to eat for dinner.
In fact, when they held the sweet soup in their hands just now, the four of them already felt hungry.
I only had breakfast and lunch that day, and I was keeping an eye on what was happening on the Internet on the way. I didn't feel hungry, and I didn't even think of getting off the bus to buy something to eat. Now, after drinking a bowl and a half of sweet soup, I felt even hungrier.
The weather was cold, so everyone wanted to eat something soupy. Liu Wangxue took out some snacks from the cupboard and shared them with everyone. She suggested, "How about cooking some noodle soup? It's quick to make."
Xu Qingsong and the other two nodded in agreement while tearing open the packaging of snacks. They were indeed hungry, so they ate as quickly as possible.
Gu Xuelan understood what they meant as soon as she saw their expressions. She stood up to get her apron and said with a smile, "I just made some bone soup this morning, so let's cook some bone soup pork noodles and sprinkle some greens in it."
This is great! Liu Wangxue felt that she was greedy all of a sudden, and immediately raised her hand: "Mom, Qingsong and I also want poached eggs, and we want them to be fried crispy on the edges!"
Xu Qingsong turned around and smiled at Liu Wangxue. He stuffed the peeled pistachios into her hands and said to Gu Xuelan, "Thank you, Auntie!"
Wenxi also raised her hand: "Auntie, I want one too!"
Du Yunkai: "And me, please help me, auntie!"
"Okay, we have them all!" Gu Xuelan turned and walked towards the refrigerator to get the ingredients.
Liu Nanshan had already put the dishes away and put them in the sink. He said to Gu Xuelan, "Okay, you cook, and I'll go finish the last bit of cleaning."
As he walked out, Xu Qingsong stood up and followed him: "Uncle, I'll go with you. More people means faster work."
Du Yunkai also went there to see what it looked like after the renovation.
Only the large living room and bedroom downstairs were left to be mopped. With three mops, they finished quickly. Liu Nanshan took the two of them to check upstairs and downstairs again. The original furniture in the sun room on the second floor had been put back in.
Du Yunkai looked so happy: "If it's sunny tomorrow, come over for afternoon tea."
Xu Qingsong said, "I don't mean to spoil the fun, but the forecast for the next few days is either rain or snow."
Du Yunkai's mouth straightened.
Liu Nanshan laughed: "It doesn't matter. I can come anytime no matter what the weather is. If you think it's too cold, I'll let a little sun in tomorrow. It just so happened that your aunt went to the town supermarket yesterday and saw that the fan was on sale, so she bought one."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Liu Wangxue standing at the kitchen door calling them, the noodles are ready, let's eat.
When going downstairs, Xu Qingsong was still thinking that the view from the sunroom was so good. Drinking tea in it, listening to the rain or watching the snow would be so romantic. He really didn't want Du Yunkai to come. He just wanted to be with Liu Wangxue, just the two of them.
The noodle soup was served on the table, along with a plate of golden fried eggs. Then Gu Xuelan went to get two plates of side dishes, drizzled them with sesame oil and brought them over. One plate was spicy pickled radish, and the other was sour and fragrant peanuts soaked in vinegar.
Liu Wangxue picked up a radish strip and ate it with the noodles. It had a slightly spicy taste, and was fragrant and crispy. After finishing one, she wanted a second one.
Xu Qingsong and the other two also said that it was delicious. Each of them picked up two pieces and the plates were quickly empty.
Seeing that they all liked it, Gu Xuelan went to mix another plate and brought it over.
Liu Wangxue asked: "Mom, when did you make this? Your craftsmanship has improved a lot!"
This kind of side dish is usually made by Liu Nanshan in their family. Gu Xuelan can also make it, but the taste is not as good as Liu Nanshan's. Liu Wangxue has been eating Liu Nanshan's cooking since she was a child. She can taste whether it is made by her father at one bite.
Today's pickled radish obviously doesn't taste like dad's, but it tastes much better than mom's. Liu Wangxue thought that Gu Xuelan's cooking skills had improved.
Liu Nanshan laughed when he heard this.
"No way," Gu Xuelan picked up a peanut and smiled, saying, "I can't learn your father's cooking skills. This dried radish was made by Qinglei's mother, and the pickled peanuts were made by Huayu's father. After lunch, the brothers Qingxin and Qinglei came over, as well as Xiangrong, and they brought it to me."
At this point, Gu Xuelan remembered, "Xu Xu, they came over as if they wanted to talk to you about something, but when they saw you were not here, they all went back. I asked them what it was, but they refused to tell me."
Liu Wangxue guessed it immediately, and her heart suddenly felt warm. At the same time, she said calmly, "It's okay, Mom. My brother-in-law called me on the way back. It's not a big deal. He just has a new product, so he asked me to go over and help take pictures. It just so happens that the things Huayu bought are still in Qingsong's car. We'll deliver them after dinner and discuss it later."
Xu Qingsong's leg under the table touched Liu Wangxue, and Liu Wangxue immediately touched him back, with both of them understanding.
Gu Xuelan groaned, "I thought it was something else. What's so bad about it?"
Wenxi interrupted and said to Liu Wangxue with a greedy look, "I'll go with you later. I have to go and see my brother-in-law's new product. It's better to taste it, otherwise I will leave with regret tomorrow."
Gu Xuelan laughed at her: "It's late at night, even if you go, you may not be able to get it."
"Let's try our luck." Wenxi reached out for the dried radish with his chopsticks again.
Du Yunkai took the opportunity to express his request: "Why don't you just stay and eat every day."
"No way," Wenxi refused, exaggerating, "The studio is my lifeblood!"
The topic changed again, and Gu Xuelan and Liu Nanshan both reminded her many times to take good care of herself.
Wenxi agreed to all of them.
After dinner, Liu Wangxue and the other three went to Tao Huayu's house together.
Seeing that they were about to go out again, the three hurried to catch up. Peng Peng followed closely beside Xu Qingsong's legs, Xiao Ci nestled in Liu Wangxue's arms, and Gua Gua, the little guy, went directly into Xu Qingsong's coat pocket, resting his head on the edge of the pocket, so that he could see clearly and stay warm.
Everyone laughed when they saw it, and Liu Wangxue quickly took out her phone to record a video. The account "My Three Little Ones" hadn't been updated for a long time, so she wanted to save some videos and edit them when she had time.
Liu Wangxue guessed correctly that Qiu Xiangrong, Tao Qingxin and Tao Qinglei came here just because of the things happening on the Internet.
Tao Qingxin and Tao Qinglei are brothers. The elder brother is a game live streamer and a night owl. The younger brother just had a holiday but also came back with homework. After staying up all night, he woke up at almost noon. As soon as he went online, he saw those hot searches and discussions.
After they found out, they didn't tell their families. Tao Qinglei was a friend of Liu Wangxue and sent her a message, but she didn't reply yet, so the child was very worried. It happened that the jars of radishes pickled by Qinglei's mother were ready to eat, so Tao Qinglei found an excuse, saying that Sister Xuxu liked to eat this, so he wanted to bring a jar over. The main purpose was to see if Liu Wangxue had come back and if she was okay.
When Qinglei's mother heard this, she thought it was a great idea and immediately picked out the largest glass jar and asked Tao Qinglei to hold it.
When the two brothers passed by the gate of Tao Huayu's house, they happened to meet Qiu Xiangrong. After Qiu Xiangrong asked, he ran back to the kitchen to get a can of peanuts soaked by his father-in-law, and left together - originally, Tao's father was also thinking of sending a can to Liu Nanshan.
When they got there, they found out that the person hadn't come back yet. They sat for a while and chatted for a while, but it seemed that Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan didn't know, so the three of them felt relieved. It wasn't until that afternoon when Liu Wangxue responded to messages that they learned that everything was fine, and they felt relieved.
Tao Huaxin had been following the developments online. Even though he felt relieved in the end, he still couldn't help but worry. He found an excuse to pull Liu Wangxue into the room and asked her again quietly. Seeing that she really didn't have any bad emotions, he comforted her with a few words, which really put him at ease.
Qiu Xiangrong made some cupcakes today, and gave some to the children of the neighbors, kept some for his family, and reserved some for Liu Wangxue and the others. They ate some while sitting and chatting, and filled the rest for them before leaving.
The four of them returned to the courtyard and went to Xu Qingsong's place.
Du Yunkai will sleep here tonight, and he will send Wenxi to the airport tomorrow morning. Now whenever he thinks of this, he feels very reluctant to part with her. How can you be in a long-distance relationship just after you start dating? After entering the house, he pulled Wenxi towards the bedroom without saying a word. He couldn't do anything, but he could always kiss, hug and say sweet words.
Xu Qingsong looked at the closed bedroom door and said, "Forget it. For his poor sake, I won't bother with it."
Liu Wangxue laughed immediately and raised her hand to point over there: "Speak softly, don't let the person who is suffering from missing you hear it."
She told Xu Qingsong not to speak so loudly, and she also lowered her own volume, even raising it on purpose.
As expected, Du Yunkai's voice came from the door. It sounded a little muffled through the wall, but it did not hide the jealousy and anger in it: "I heard everything!"
Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong laughed together without any restraint.
After laughing, Liu Wangxue pulled Xu Qingsong into his bedroom, and Pengpeng followed them in. Liu Wangxue put Xiaoci on Xu Qingsong's bed - its paws were wiped by Liu Wangxue after drinking the sweet soup, and it has not gotten off the bed since then.
Xu Qingsong also took out Guagua from his pocket. The little parrot had fallen asleep comfortably. When he was put on the bed, he woke up instantly, flapped his wings and started flying around: "It's dawn! It's dawn!"
When he flew in front of Liu Wangxue, she grabbed him and laughed non-stop: "Baby, are you confused after sleeping?"
Gu Gua blinked and tilted his head: "Chiu Chi! Confused! Confused!"
Pengpeng lay at the foot of the bed, looking up at Guagua, as if smiling, and wagging his tail leisurely. Xiaoci walked gracefully to Xu Qingsong's pillow, jumped up to occupy the territory, and glanced at Guagua with disdain.
Xu Qingsong hugged Liu Wangxue from behind and raised his hand to tap Gua Gua's head: "Is it because the weather is cold? I feel like its brain is not as sharp as before."
"Are you saying it's frozen stupid?" Liu Wangxue translated automatically. She bent down and picked up one of Xiaoci's paws, stuffed Guagua into its arms, and patted the cat's head. "Take good care of your brother and keep him warm, okay?"
Gua Gua instantly nestled inside, clinging to Xiao Ci. Xiao Ci's unhappy brows immediately lowered, but she didn't push the bird away.
Xu Qingsong closed the door, turned on the air conditioner with the remote control, and raised the temperature a little. Then he put his arm around Liu Wangxue and sat on the bed. He raised his hand to pinch her dimple: "Are you pulling me in here to tell me you miss me too?"
Liu Wangxue took his hand away: "Where does this conclusion come from?"
Xu Qingsong raised his finger and pointed at the door: "Isn't there a control group next door?"
Liu Wangxue put her hand in his palm and he held it. She smiled and said, "Even if the comparison is established, we should not draw this conclusion."
"Why?" Xu Qingsong asked.
Liu Wangxue replied: "It's not like we're going to be separated anytime soon."
Xu Qingsong smiled and put his face close to hers: "When you say that, I suddenly feel a sense of superiority."
Liu Wangxue was amused by him, but she thought of what was in her heart, so she held back her laughter for the time being and looked into his eyes: "Hey, let me ask you something."
Xu Qingsong was dissatisfied: "What did you call me?"
Liu Wangxue couldn't help laughing this time, "Don't interrupt."
Xu Qingsong pretended to be upset: "I don't care, I'm just unhappy. What does 'Hey' mean? How can you ask me to say 'Hey'? It's too hurtful."
Liu Wangxue held his hand and couldn't stop laughing; "I didn't, I'm not."
Xu Qingsong turned his face to the other side, not looking at her: "You have it, you are."
Liu Wangxue explained: "'Hey' is just an interjection here. It only serves to attract the other person's attention in a conversation. It is not a name."
Xu Qingsong was deeply immersed in the role: "You didn't call my name when you spoke to me, but used 'Hey' to get my attention. My God, how long have we been in a relationship, and you're already not cherishing it?"
Liu Wangxue laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. She stood up and sat on Xu Qingsong's legs. She held his face with both hands and began to coax him with a series of names: "Mr. Xu~boyfriend~baby~sweetheart~dear~Xiao Qingsong~"
With each name, Xu Qingsong's mouth corners lifted up. When he heard the last "Xiao Qingsong", he could no longer hold back. He put one hand around her waist and tickled her with the other hand: "What 'Xiao Qingsong'? What are you yelling about?"
Liu Wangxue dodged while laughing: "That big green pine, how about that, hahahaha..."
She leaned back so much that Xu Qingsong was afraid that she would fall if he didn't hold her tightly, so he stopped holding her, put his arm around her waist and pulled her towards him, fitting them tightly together. He raised his hand to wipe the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes, and kissed her on the lips.
Liu Wangxue laughed so happily that her heart was still beating fast. She held Xu Qingsong's face with both hands, still remembering her question, and said softly, "When I read Mu Jingsheng's post to you in the car, were you angry?"
Xu Qingsong shook his head at that time, but now he nodded: "I am quite angry."
Liu Wangxue quickly explained: "He and I really didn't..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Qingsong took her hands and pulled them to his side, then kissed her on the lips.
Liu Wangxue added: "All those are over..."
Xu Qingsong kissed her again.
Liu Wangxue smiled and said, "Don't..."
Xu Qingsong kissed her again.
Liu Wangxue raised her hands to support his shoulders, moved a little further away from him, and asked with a smile: "What are you doing? Can you let me finish my words?"
Xu Qingsong hugged her tightly, leaned close to her ear and said, "I'm not angry because of you. You don't have to explain to me. I understand. I'm angry because when things were over, there was only a light apology from him, and he apologized because he thought it was over."
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got: "Why does he do that?" What does he think of the girl in his arms!
Why does he have the right? - Liu Wangxue also asked this question, but he felt that there was no answer to this question. The simplest and most direct explanation was that he didn't love her.
If you don’t love, you don’t have to care.
If you don’t love, you can treat it casually.
In her previous life, after she figured this out, her heart felt like it was being fried in bitter melon juice.
Time really is the best medicine to heal everything. After so many years, if she is still holding on to love or not, then she has made no progress and it is ridiculous.
Liu Wangxue's heart was filled with all kinds of emotions at the moment, and finally rushed to the tip of her nose, turning into a touch of sourness, and her eyes became moist. She put her arms around Xu Qingsong's neck, put her hands on the back of his head, and rubbed it gently: "Don't be angry, we won't be angry, okay?"
Xu Qingsong heard something wrong with her voice, and panicked. He looked up at her and wiped her eyes, his eyes full of heartache: "Okay, I'm not angry anymore."
Liu Wangxue smiled again, blinked, trying to blink back the tears, and said jokingly: "Think about Jialin——"
She pointed to her head and said, "Eight green hats, dyed a piece of green grassland. What can I do after I've gotten over my hatred and anger? I finally let it go. He said that I have to move forward and look forward."
She touched Xu Qingsong's face and continued, "In life, it is inevitable to get hurt sometimes. When you get over it, you will look back and find that the things that hurt you so much in the beginning are nothing."
It would have been fine if she hadn't said that. Once she said that, Xu Qingsong felt even more uncomfortable. He didn't know what to do, so he hugged her and kissed her on the cheek again and again.
Liu Wangxue also reacted. She shouldn't have said that. She originally wanted to tell him about the changes in his heart, but she didn't expect that his attention was elsewhere.
She waited for Xu Qingsong to calm down, then made a joke to ease the atmosphere: "Don't be sad, if you think so, you should be thankful. If he is with me, will I still quit the Internet and leave Hai City? If I didn't quit the Internet and leave Hai City, would I still come to Qiushui Town to meet you? Will you have a chance to pursue me and fall in love with me?"
Liu Wangxue laughed as she spoke. Tsk, what a shameless statement. It seemed like it was Xu Qingsong's great luck to meet her.
Xu Qingsong finally smiled and said what she was thinking directly, but in a positive way: "That's right, but you should replace 'fortunately' with 'lucky'. Meeting you is indeed my great luck."
Finally, he sighed again: "Tell me, why do I like you so much?"
Liu Wangxue said without any modesty: "I am very charming."
Xu Qingsong laughed loudly and rubbed noses with hers: "So how much do you like me?"
Liu Wangxue kissed him: "That depends on how charming you are."
Xu Qingsong raised his hand and pinched her face: "Woman, can you please choose to say nice things? If one day my charm decreases, will your love for me disappear as well?"
Liu Wangxue's smile deepened, and she spoke a twisted theory: "Try to keep it up, Mr. Xu~ Charm is a man's best dowry!"
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