Xu Nuo slept until dusk. When she woke up, Li Xian had already left. The door to the house was closed, and Xue Ping was cooking outside. The aroma of scrambled eggs wafted in through the crack in the door.
Xu Nuo rolled over in bed, lazily kicked her little feet a couple of times, and was stretching when Xue Ping opened the door and saw that she was awake: "Nuo, time to eat."
Having just woken up, Xu Nuo especially wanted to act cute with Xue Ping, stretching out her little hand and calling out to her in a childish voice, "Mommy."
Xue Ping walked over, her heart melting. She gently pulled her hand and said, "Get up and eat. Mom made your favorite food."
Xu Nuo hooked her arm around hers and said with a little guilt, "I'm such a lazybones."
Xue Ping and Xu Jin'an work outside and have to cook for her when they get home, while she stays at home every day, supposedly to study for the college entrance examination, but she's actually very idle.
Xue Ping was amused by her, tapped her little head, and said disdainfully, "You're just a little lazybones."
"Hmph." Xu Nuo hummed sweetly, rubbed her head against Xue Ping's arm, and said in a soft voice, "I want to learn to cook. When I learn, I'll cook delicious food for you and Dad."
"Oh, really?" Xu Jin'an, wearing shorts and light blue flip-flops, stood outside the door holding a large bowl with a big red flower printed on it. He was shoveling rice into his mouth and said indistinctly, "Get up quickly, your mom made your favorite braised pork. Hurry up, or it will get cold."
It was obvious that she didn't take what she said seriously. Xu Nuo raised her eyebrows and said confidently, "Once I learn it, I will cook delicious food for you every day, such as sweet and sour pork ribs, braised pork, and stir-fried potatoes, green peppers, and eggplant, a different dish every day."
Xu Jinan couldn't stop laughing at her. Looking at his precious daughter, he thought she was beautiful and cute no matter how he looked at her: "Okay, then you can make Dad a meat bun. The kind from the state-run restaurant will do. It's so delicious."
Xu Nuo had eaten meat buns from a state-run restaurant that afternoon, and she thought the taste was just so-so. She was sure she could make them better if she made them herself.
She got out of bed and walked to the dining table, saying, "No problem, I'll make you meat buns and sweet and sour pork ribs for Mom."
Xue Ping's favorite food is sweet and sour pork ribs, and she smiled broadly upon hearing this.
These days, Xu Nuo adds herbal water to the food every day and also makes moisturizing oil for Xue Ping. Xue Ping's skin is visibly smoother and more delicate, and she looks several years younger.
With that smile, the lines at the corners of her eyes didn't deepen at all.
While the Xu family was enjoying a harmonious atmosphere, another place was in complete chaos.
The Su family.
The servants had finished preparing dinner quite some time ago: a dish of pickled vegetables, a dish of stir-fried cabbage with meat, and a dish of braised tofu. Although it wasn't much, it was considered quite good for that era.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was heavy, and no one picked up their chopsticks; the oil on the red tofu had solidified into a white paste.
Two days ago, Old Master Chen moved to his eldest son Chen Lei's house and was not here. Chen Qingxia glanced at Su Minxiong and said angrily, "Chen Bo is my brother after all. Are you really not going to help him?"
Su Minxiong glanced at her coldly and said disdainfully, "Help? Help like this? Wasn't it enough that you cleaned up the mess for him before?"
Old Master Chen was a cadre in his early years. He had two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Chen Lei, and second daughter, Chen Qingxia, were both promising and held minor leadership positions in the local area. However, his youngest son, Chen Bo, was truly a hopeless case.
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