Yu Tangxing never touched water, whether at home or when he was working in City C. Apart from boiling water for instant noodles and making soy milk, he hardly ever entered the kitchen.
One time, she had a sudden urge to make sweet and sour pork ribs for her son by following an online tutorial. However, she ended up making a plate of pitch-black stuff, leaving the whole family speechless.
Grandma comforted her and said: Even though it looks ugly and tastes bad, at least the kitchen didn’t explode!
Grandpa glared at her and scolded her: "What kind of thing did you make? How dare you give it to Xixi? What if Xixi gets sick from it!"
Nanny Xiaole said that there were still ingredients in the kitchen and she would go to make a new dish.
Yu Tangxing was devastated and never entered the kitchen again.
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Yu Tangxing and Xiao Ning have to go to work. Even if they don't work overtime, they don't get off work until six o'clock at the earliest. They almost never consider cooking for themselves. Most of the time they eat out, and sometimes they have dinner at their grandparents' house.
On weekends, Yu Tangxing would take the initiative to say, "Why don't we go out for dinner?"
Although it’s easy to get tired of eating in restaurants outside, it’s still much better than her dark cuisine.
Xiao Ning thought she simply wanted to eat out, and since Zaizai liked fried chicken, milk tea and Coke, he didn't think much of it until one day Yu Tangxing discussed with him about hiring an aunt to come back to clean and cook.
Xiao Ning said, "Have you ever thought that our housekeeping service comes to clean our house twice a week?"
Three times to be exact.
I used to visit twice a week, but now there is a naughty child who likes to run around barefoot and sit on the floor at every turn, so I visit almost every other day to clean the floor.
Oh, by the way, Yu Tangxing not only can’t cook, but also can’t do housework.
After hearing what Xiao Ning said, Yu Tangxing asked, "Then why don't you ask Auntie to come over and cook dinner for us?"
Xiao Ning understood that she didn't want to cook.
He asked, "What do you and Xixi want to eat? I'll go buy it and come back to cook it for you."
Yu Tangxing was a little surprised, but more worried and apprehensive. What if his cooking skills were on par with hers? What if Xixi got an upset stomach?
Seeing that she seemed to be hesitant to speak, Xiao Ning turned around and asked Zizi: "Yu Xi, what do you want to eat?"
Zizi's eyes were bright and he said, "I want to eat fried chicken!"
Xiao Ning: "I can't do this."
Zizi was extremely disappointed.
The reason for not making fried chicken is that the frying process will produce fumes, which will easily make the kitchen dirty, but seeing Zizi's face full of disappointment, Xiao Ning ordered fried chicken takeout for Zizi.
The kid is getting more and more demanding and wants milk tea to be delivered.
Xiao Ning: "Go find your mother."
So, the little girl went to find her mother and acted coquettishly, asking her to order fried chicken takeout for her.
Yu Tangxing glanced at the man who was about to go out to buy ingredients. She was really worried about tonight's dinner, so she agreed to Zizi's request without hesitation.
The baby let out a "Wuhu" sound and was very happy.
Half an hour later, Xiao Ning came back with a big plastic bag and bought some fruits. When Zizi saw his favorite cherries, he volunteered to wash the fruits.
She moved a small stool to the kitchen, stood on it, and worked hard.
Xiao Ning felt that the child was causing some trouble, but he still brought a fruit plate over and placed it next to her to put the washed cherries on.
After finally washing the cherries, Zizi held the fruit plate in both hands, squatted on a small stool, carefully put down his left leg, stepped on the ground, and then slowly came down.
Seeing this, Xiao Ning thought: You have finished washing the cherries, right? It's time to go out, right?
He was going to start preparing dinner.
Zizi really wanted to go out to ask her mother for credit and then eat cherries together, but when she saw her stinky father staring at her, she felt a little hesitant.
She picked up two ordinary cherries from the plate, held them high, and said with pained expression, "Okay, this is for Dad."
Xiao Ning had an unpredictable expression on his face and reached out to take the cherries that Zizi handed over to him.
Look at the plump cherries in the fruit plate. Why did you pick two small ones for him?
It was intentional, absolutely intentional.
Except for Zaizai's fried chicken and milk tea, Xiao Ning was responsible for preparing dinner alone. Perhaps Yu Tangxing didn't have any expectations, so he was very surprised to see the good-looking food on the table; and he was also very pleasantly surprised to find that the good-looking food tasted good too.
Thank God, I don’t have to eat out or order takeout every day anymore.
When Zizi saw the table full of dishes made by Xiao Ning, he couldn't help but look at him with admiration. He felt that this stinky father was even better than the nanny at his grandparents' house, and the food he cooked was better than the nanny's.
Most importantly, there are no pesky carrots, celery, or cilantro on the table.
This made Zizi very happy.
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Zizi originally had two kittens, but the two kittens were "socially anxious" and liked to hide. They would hide in the room and would not come out.
Xiao Ning also has two kittens at home. They have put a lot of effort into making the four kittens live in peace.
It’s strange to say, but the two kittens of Zizi were not afraid of strangers when they came to their new home. They followed the two native residents of the house to parkour every day and night, making a lot of noise.
The two natives were very friendly to the new little guys and would even steal cat food for them. Xiao Ning found more than once that the cat food bags in the cabinet had been bitten open and the cat food was scattered all over the floor. The crime scene would make anyone's blood pressure rise at a glance.
After living with his stinky dad, Zizi still likes to catch kittens.
The difference is that in the past, if she wanted to catch kittens, she had to find a way to hide it from her grandparents and also try her best to get her mother to take her out to catch kittens.
Now I don’t have to sneak out without telling my grandparents, nor do I have to act like a spoiled child to my mom and rack my brains to come up with excuses.
When Zizi sees that a stray cat rescue group needs "helpers" or sees a message from Sister Manman about rescuing cats, she can now ask her mother to take her out, or she can ask her father to take her out.
However, what troubled Zizi was that his father was also very good at catching kittens, so everyone gradually forgot that Zizi was an expert at catching cats.
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When Chen Xing learned that Xiao Ning and Yu Tangxing were together, he sent a long ellipsis. When he learned that his beloved goddaughter's biological father was really Xiao Ning, he had an expression of "I knew it" on his face.
When the Spring Festival of the following year came, Chen Xing returned to China.
The first thing Chen Xing did when she came back was to hastily organize a family reunion party for her and her son, and she finally had the legitimate identity of "godmother".
In September, Zaizai went to elementary school.
Zaizai and Jiang Linlin are from the same area and naturally go to the same primary school. The two children are luckily assigned to the same class.
It was the first day of school, a sunny day.
Zaizai's name is Yu Xi, but the character "Xi" is really too difficult to write, so Zaizai gave himself a new name, - Yu 22.
The English word for 2 is “two”, which sounds like “rabbit”, so sending is also called “Yu Tutu”.
Zizi wrote his nickname, "Yu Tutu", on the cover of the book.
Jiang Linlin thought the character "琳" (Lin) was equally difficult to write. When she saw her friend's operation, she was stunned and quickly leaned over to ask, "Xixi, why do you write your name like this?"
Zizi explained it in detail to his little friend.
Jiang Linlin was greatly shocked, and then followed suit and gave herself a new name, Jiang 33.
When the head teacher saw the names written by the two children, he was speechless and thought to himself: You two really are good friends. Even your names are so similar.
She ordered them to write their names properly.
The two children cried and took half a day to write their names.
Zaizai has the same surname as his mother, so many people thought that he came from a single-parent family with divorced parents. Even when Xiao Ning came to the school to pick up Zaizai after school, people still thought that Xiao Ning was Zaizai's stepfather.
A classmate in the class heard some gossip from somewhere and came over to ask Zizi if the uncle who picked her up yesterday was her stepfather and whether he didn't give her food at home.
The little classmate looked at Zaizai with sympathy and pity.
After hearing this, Zizi looked down at the pair of chubby little arms and thought that this little classmate either had poor eyesight or was blind!
Zizi told the little classmate very seriously, "He is not my stepfather, he is my father."
Even though the stinky dad doesn't let mom and baby sleep anymore, he is still so annoying.
But, he is indeed the father of the baby.
He would make many delicious foods for Zizi, including sweet yogurt, and even bought an air fryer to make fried chicken. He would play games with Zizi, patiently take care of the kittens at home, and even go with Zizi to catch kittens.
Zizi no longer hates him as much.
Okay, Zizi does like his stinky dad a little bit.
The one that cub loves most is still his mother.
The baby will live happily with mom and dad forever.
The author has something to say:
Ever since I passed away at the end of December last year, I haven't been able to muster the energy to write. To be honest, the second half of the article went off topic, but I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and don't want to leave any holes. This article is 300,000 words, and it took me more than half a year to write it. I'm really a slacker.
The story ends here. This chapter will have a thank you red envelope. I bow and thank you for your company. The mountains are high and the rivers are long. Jinjiang is big. See you again if we are lucky.
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