Chapter 668: Caring Niece
Most of my mother's shoes cost hundreds or thousands of yuan. It is not easy to polish the soles to this level of quality. Could it be that she doesn't sleep at night and just does handicrafts in the room?
Although my mother has a lot of shoes, she has a habit of putting the shoes on the outside when she wears them. So she often wears a pair of shoes for several days in a row until the style of the clothes and the shoes no longer match, then she will remember to change a pair.
I quickly moved these pairs of shoes to the corner of the shoe cabinet, found a pair of flat shoes that matched my mother's clothes today, and put them where I could see them as soon as I opened the door.
I found a pair of shoes that I hadn't worn for a long time and put them outside, pretending that these were the shoes I had been looking for.
All this had just been done, and the elders had almost finished chatting, so everyone got up and prepared to go to the Imperial Banquet Hall for dinner together.
Deng Sisi also followed us out, and I stopped her: "Deng Sisi, aren't you going to eat at home?"
Deng Sisi looked at me with some doubt, not sure what I meant. "Cousin, what do you mean?"
Xiao Shiqiu said slowly on the side: "Mengmeng means that today is a meal for the two elders to have together, and it is not convenient for outsiders to participate."
Deng Sisi's eyes immediately turned red, "But I'm also a member of the family."
I was almost unable to suppress my dislike for Deng Sisi. I didn't want to be nice to her at all. "My last name is Xia and yours is Deng. How can you be considered a member? When did you ever contribute to my family's affairs?"
She looked at my mother for help. Just as my mother was about to speak, Xiao Shiru smiled faintly and said, "Yes, we only booked six seats when we made the reservation, so it's really inconvenient for Miss Deng to go over.
Oh, by the way, Xiaoqiu, when you came to Mengmeng's house last time, did Miss Deng have dinner with you? "
"Last time she ate with Xiaoyan and the others." A smile flashed in Xiao Shiqiu's eyes.
His sister understood everything and said to Deng Sisi with a forced smile, "Then Miss Deng, why don't you dine with the others? Four of them came here with Xiao Qiu last time, so you should know them."
Deng Sisi's face turned pale instantly. I didn't give her any face in front of the Xiao family. Even my father frowned and couldn't stand it anymore. She bit her lip, with a broken strength: "No need, I have a friend to meet up with, so I won't bother you."
After saying that, she looked at my mother who was about to change her shoes with a guilty look on her face.
After hearing her say this, my mother didn't say anything else. However, there was a hint of amusement in Xiao's father's eyes, but he curled the corners of his mouth and said nothing.
"Hey, I didn't wear these shoes yesterday. Where are my shoes?" my mother muttered to herself.
I quickly explained, "Mom, when I was looking for shoes just now, I saw that several of your shoes were worn out, so I picked out a pair of shoes that you don't wear often. The color of this pair matches your clothes today. Why don't you wear this pair?"
My mother hesitated and was about to agree when Deng Sisi immediately came out and said kindly, "Auntie, didn't you say before that new shoes hurt your feet? I'll find you the pair you wore yesterday. You're pregnant now, so it's important to wear comfortable shoes."
As she spoke, she quickly found the pair of shoes, put them in front of my mother, and considerately squatted down to change the shoes for my mother. My mother was a little confused by her sudden action. Her niece's thoughtfulness has always been all talk, but suddenly she put it into action, and my mother was a little overwhelmed by her.
"Sisi, I can put on my shoes by myself. My belly isn't so big that you can't see my feet." My mother looked a little unnatural. If outsiders saw Deng Sisi squatting down to help her put on her shoes, they would probably think we were mistreating her and that she had to do this to please us.
However, Xiao's father and Xiao Shiru just raised their eyebrows, smiled meaningfully, and said nothing.
But I couldn't let Deng Sisi give those shoes to my mother.
"Wait a minute." I spoke to stop Deng Sisisi and held her arm to prevent her from putting shoes on my mother. She cried out "ouch" and sat down on the ground.
Before she could open her mouth to complain, I preemptively said, "How come your chassis is so low and unstable? It falls over easily when touched. If someone didn't know you, they would think you were trying to scam me."
Seeing how frustrated she was about me, I think I've found the secret to dealing with the Green Tea Spirit! As long as I'm quick enough, the Green Tea Spirit won't have time to cause trouble, and its power will be significantly reduced!
Deng Sisi sat on the ground, her face turning pale and blue. She probably didn't expect that I would take the initiative, instead of being speechless like before after she complained, while my mother had a preconceived notion that the one who complained first was right.
She acted like a young wife and said, "Cousin, I was just worried that my aunt would be inconvenient to bend over because of her pregnancy, so I wanted to help her put on her shoes. How could you push me down?"
I sneered, "The time my mom twisted her waist, I didn't even see you helping her put on her shoes. You're being so attentive for no reason. You're either a traitor or a thief. Who knows what you're up to?"
Seeing this, my mother quickly tried to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, Mengmeng, Sisi was kind enough to help me put on my shoes. You don't have to pick on her like this."
She bent down and reached out to help Deng Sisi, "Sisi, get up quickly, the ground is cold."
I rolled my eyes at her. "After I gently touched you, you can't even stand up on your own? Since you think my mom is pregnant and even wants you to put on her shoes for her, how can you still wait for my mom to help you, a grown man weighing over 100 pounds."
Deng Sisi's face flushed immediately, and she blurted out: "I don't weigh 100 pounds!"
"Mom, you see, she really cares more about her weight than your health." I complained without feeling guilty at all.
Xiao Shiqiu put his fist to his lips and laughed. The corners of Xiao's father's mouth curled up slightly, but when he saw me glance at him, he quickly lowered the corners of his lips.
My father rubbed his forehead and said to Xiao's father apologetically, "I'm sorry, dear relatives. The little girl just likes to fight like this. She has been used to it since she was a child. In fact, the two sisters have a good relationship."
I was too lazy to play along with Deng Sisi, so I just told my mom, "Mom, check your shoes before you put them on next time. The soles are worn out. If you slip and fall, who's going to be held responsible?
She clearly glanced at the soles of the shoes when she took them, and yet she still wanted you to wear them. I don't know what her intentions were."
My mother was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the shoes and found that the pattern on the forefoot of the soles was almost worn out.
She frowned and said puzzledly, "I remember I only bought these shoes not long ago. I usually drive when I go out. Even if I wear them every day, I don't walk much in a day. How could they be worn like this?"
Deng Sisi said with a guilty conscience: "Auntie, I didn't notice that the soles of my shoes were worn like this. Maybe the quality of these shoes is not good."
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