There is a small garden in the backyard of Chu Qingning's house, surrounded by a flower bed, a wooden pavilion on the left, and a fish pond next to it. Now there are four kinds of carps, all caught by Old Chu.
Chu Qingning sat in the pavilion peeling garlic.
"Uncle Chu is quite good at fishing, Uncle Chu! Come and eat the whole fish." Lin Can shouted into the house.
"Catch whichever fish you like and I'll make braised fish for you." Lao Chu's voice came from the kitchen.
Lin Can unceremoniously scooped up a three-pound grass carp, slammed it to the ground, and carried it directly to the kitchen, wanting to help kill the fish. Lao Chu said, "No, no, just put it in the sink. I'll do it. Go peel some more garlic to suppress the fishy smell."
"All right."
Lin Can returned to the pavilion and chatted with Chu Qingning while peeling garlic. Soon, Ye Fanzhi changed into home clothes, came to the pavilion with her computer, sat down and typed on the keyboard to write documents.
Ye Fanzhi doesn't cook. In Chengdu, men cook in the kitchen.
Beep, beep—
Ye Fanzhi's phone rang, and she spoke in Sichuan dialect: "Okay, we're short one person. Fine, I'll be there after dinner. Hang up."
"Mom, have you been lucky lately?"
Chu Qingning asked, mahjong is a sport suitable for all ages in Chengdu. No matter how tired you are, as long as you get off work and there is someone missing, you will immediately be full of energy.
"It doesn't matter whether you win or lose." Ye Fanzhi said calmly.
"Oh... that means losing." Chu Qingning directly exposed it, smiled, and said: "My mother said that there is no such thing as winning or losing, it is almost losing. If you say losing, then you lost a lot."
Lin Can: "What will you say if you win?"
Chu Qingning: "No need to tell, just look at her expression when she came back so happily."
Ye Fanzhi said in Sichuan dialect: "You understand everything!"
"That's right." When Chu Qingning returned to Chengdu, she spoke Sichuan dialect except Mandarin with Lin Can. In fact, Lin Can could understand Sichuan dialect.
"Oh, I remembered something." Ye Fanzhi said as she tapped on the keyboard, "The house in Lushan International is being renovated these past two days. I'll go check it out tomorrow to see if there's anything that needs to be changed."
"Ah, why didn't you tell me about the house renovation? I didn't even participate in the design." Chu Qingning said dissatisfiedly.
"I just won't tell you about all that messy stuff of yours. Don't come here. At most I'll leave your room for you to participate in."
Ye Fanzhi knew that Chu Qingning liked Chinese style, and it was not a mess. It was just that if his daughter got involved, it would all depend on his preference. He could get a Chinese screen here and a Chinese landscape there. It would be very expensive. Chinese style was the most expensive. Ye Fanzhi would not spend that money. It was good to inherit Chinese style, but the main reason for her loneliness was that she could not afford it. Chinese style was too expensive.
"Do you still have a house in Lushan International?" Lin Can asked.
Chu Qingning: "It's been almost ten years. The villa we bought back then was only three or four million. Now it's quite expensive, starting at over ten million. Mom, didn't you say you wanted to sell it? Why are you renovating it again?"
Lushan International is a top-level real estate community in Chengdu, with villa groups, townhouse groups, high-rise main groups, etc. Each group is equivalent to a community, and the entire Lushan International is equivalent to the size of a small town.
Ye Fanzhi: "After thinking about it, I decided not to sell it. I didn't need the money urgently, so I installed it."
Chu Qingning: "Why are you pretending? Are you going to move in?"
Ye Fanzhi: "I'm not selling it. I'm furnishing it and giving it to you. It will take about a year to furnish and half a year to keep it open. When you graduate, you can move in."
Villa decoration is a systematic project, and it is normal to take one or two years.
"Me?" Chu Qingning was stunned. After thinking for a moment, she said, "As a dowry?"
Ye Fanzhi didn't say anything.
Lin Can leaned his hands on the table, looked at Ye Fanzhi who was typing seriously, and said, "China is a good mother-in-law."
"You are also a good Chinese son-in-law. You are loyal, innocent, warm-hearted, and take good care of my daughter. I even boast about how good Mr. Yunchuan Lin is everywhere."
“…”
Lin Can was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, because Ye Fanzhi's words were actually labeling Lin Can. "Mr. Lin, you don't want your label to be destroyed by yourself, right? Let me first praise you for how good and excellent you are, and see if you dare to be greedy." This is probably what the mother-in-law meant.
"Although you are telling the truth, there is no need to show off. It's enough for Qing Ning to know how good I am."
There must be a response.
Chu Qingning pinched Lin Can under the table and said, "How dare you say that?"
…
After a while, Lao Chu finished cooking the braised fish and came to the backyard door and said, "Let's clear the pavilion and eat in the yard. Xiaolin, would you like white or red wine?"
"Red, lower alcohol content. He can't drink." Chu Qingning spoke on behalf of Lin Can.
Lin Can smiled and thought to himself that his alcohol tolerance was indeed poor, but there were many advantages and benefits to being poor in alcohol tolerance.
…
The afterglow of the setting sun spread across East Lake Park. Outside the wall, the lake was a vibrant orange sunset, while inside, a garden filled with flowers. In the wooden pavilion, Chu Qingning and Lin Can served dishes to the table while Old Chu poured wine. While Ye Fanzhi was cleaning up her computer, she snuck a bite of braised fish. It was so hot that she stuck out her tongue. She then retorted to Old Chu, "Why did you put so much starch on it? It doesn't look like it's smoking, but it's scalding hot inside."
"Yes, yes, yes." Old Chu said casually, "Xiao Lin, come here, sit down."
Lao Chu never quarreled with Ye Fanzhi. No matter what Ye Fanzhi said, Lao Chu would always say "Okay, okay, yes, yes, you are right". He never talked back and was too lazy to talk back. Women are annoying, so fishing is good.
The four of them sat down.
"Wait a minute!" Chu Qingning stopped everyone. "Before we eat, let's take a picture and post it on WeChat Moments. Cancan, help me take the picture. You take a good one. I'm too lazy to edit it."
Lin Can: "Okay, I'm just a photo editor, right?"
Lao Chu: "Xiao Lin, I've seen your photography, it's really good. I want to learn photography too."
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