"How did your wife punish you?" Xia Guiguo asked with a hint of schadenfreude, as if he could see Mei's father kneeling in the snow in his vest and shorts, being punished.
"My wife just scolded me a few times," said Mr. Mei, standing tall with an air of pride.
“To be honest, if you lie, then this conversation is over.” Zheng Chenggang didn’t believe that Mei’s mother would let Mei’s father off the hook.
"Really, my wife is so good to me!" Mr. Mei was very happy, thinking that Mrs. Mei was the best daughter-in-law in the world.
"Impossible! It doesn't hurt here? What about here?" Zheng Cheng began searching for injuries on Mei's father, pressing hard on his hamstring and knee.
"Oh dear, it doesn't hurt anywhere. Okay, time's up, time to get to work." Mei's father pushed away Zheng Chenggang's hands that were pressing around and walked straight to the workshop.
That evening, when Grandma Mei got home, she told Mei's mother that she had managed to borrow the cloth coupons, so that Mei's mother could rest assured.
"Mom, I'm so sorry to trouble you. I think you should keep these tickets from now on and lock them up. You can't leave them in our room anymore." Mei's mother took out the box containing the tickets and pushed it towards Mei's grandmother.
"It's the same no matter who has it. Isn't this more convenient? If it were locked up, you'd have to tell them in advance to get the ticket."
"It is convenient, but it's more convenient for others. Let's lock it up," said Mei's mother, glaring at Mei's father.
"Yes, yes, lock it up, so I won't make a mistake again." Dad Mei quickly nodded in support of Mom Mei.
"Alright then, I'll leave it here for now. I'll go cook. Jianjian didn't eat much this afternoon, so keep an eye on him. He's about to wake up. Why is your milk supply so low today? I'll make you some bone broth!"
"I was so angry yesterday, I need to have some soup. Thank you, Mom." Grandma Mei nodded to Grandma Mei and got up to go into the inner room to check on her youngest son.
"No need to thank me, it's no trouble at all." Grandma Mei put the ticket box on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and went to the kitchen to cook, planning to put the box away after she finished eating.
"Why is it so smelly?" As soon as Mei Si entered the room, she felt that something was wrong with the smell; there was a strong, unpleasant odor.
"Doesn't it smell like this every day?" Mei Liang took several deep breaths, but couldn't smell anything wrong.
Actually, ever since the little devil was born, the house has smelled off. Mei Si always feels there's a smell of poop and pee, it's stinky.
The smell in the main house seems particularly strong today. Could it be that the little devil has been up to no good in this house?
Mei sniffed and started looking for the source of the smell; she didn't want to sleep with the smell of urine all night.
Meis wasn't always this spoiled; it was all a habit she developed on this planet. She changed her clothes as soon as they got dirty, took a shower before she even smelled bad, brushed her teeth and washed her face every morning, and washed her hands after using the toilet...
Mei Si finally discovered where the smell was coming from: the box that used to be placed by the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Did the little devil change his potty?" Mei Si asked, picking up the warm box that had been heated by the kang (heated brick bed).
"Shh! Be careful Dad hears us." Mei Liang quickly signaled his sister to be quiet when calling their brother "little devil." Last time, he had accidentally called him that in front of their father and got kicked by him several times.
"Click!" Mays opened the box.
"Ugh! This smell! Cover it up!" Mei Liang felt a strong, pungent odor coming straight into his nose, so he quickly covered his nose and backed away.
"Mom, Mei Jian did something bad! He peed on the meat coupons!" Mei Si panicked when she saw that the meat coupons in the box were a bit smudged. Could they still be used?
"Huh? He didn't just... Oh! You mean that ticket box? He peed on it a few days ago. Don't worry, it's okay to spend a little money, it'll still work!"
"Mother Mei replied from the inner room."
When it was time for dinner, Mei's mother brought her younger brother to the table with her.
The little devil just finished his milk and is full of energy right now.
"Daddy!" Little Mei got excited when he saw Mei Si sitting next to him, and sat on Mei's mother's lap, waving his arms and legs excitedly.
"Behave yourself! If you keep this up, I'll put you on the kang (heated brick bed)!" Mei's mother was holding her youngest son with one arm and eating with the other. Her son's movements almost caused him to roll onto the floor.
“Jianjian, look at me! I’m the father, I can’t call your sister ‘Dad’!” Mei’s father tapped the bowl, gesturing for his son to look at him.
"Daddy!" Little Mei called out to his father perfunctorily, then turned to look at Mei Si again.
Mei Si remained unmoved, pretending not to hear. She scooped up a spoonful of steamed egg custard and was about to put it in her mouth...
"Bang bang bang!" Little Brother Mei excitedly slapped the table, attracting Mei Si's attention.
"Daddy! Ah~!" When Little Brother Mei saw Mei Si looking at him, he quickly opened his mouth happily, waiting to be fed.
"..." Mei Si looked on expressionlessly, without moving.
Mei's mother looked back and forth, knowing that the two siblings were at odds. One just watched and refused to feed them, while the other stubbornly waited with his mouth open, drool dripping down his face.
"Pfft! Quickly give your brother a sip, his drool is dripping onto my hand, just like you were when you were little!" Mei's mother couldn't help but laugh.
Mei hesitated. She had never given away the food she was about to eat. On Buyao Star, anyone who tried to take food from your mouth could be killed on the spot.
"Sisi, give your brother a bite. If that's not enough, Grandma will steam another egg custard for you later." Grandma Mei knew how possessive her granddaughter was of her food, so she decided that if he still didn't have enough, she would steam another egg custard for him later.
Meis glanced at the others at the table, reminding herself that this was no longer Buyao Star, and that there was plenty of food here, so she no longer needed to guard her food.
Through conversations with her classmates, Mei Si learned that other people's children don't get to eat meat every day.
Even Little Brother Mei, who can now eat porridge, doesn't have meat in his porridge every day.
Mei Si: Only I was able to eat meat paste almost every day when I first arrived.
Mei Si's hands trembled slightly, but she still forced herself to feed the steamed egg custard to her little brother.
"Mia~mia~mia~!" Little Mei smacked her lips happily.
"I'll steam another egg custard for you." Grandma Mei got up, intending to steam another egg custard for her granddaughter.
"Grandma, no need, we have enough to eat." Mei Si quickly pulled Grandma Mei back.
"Is this enough? Okay, I'll make more if you don't have enough later." Grandma Mei looked around and saw that there was still more than half a bowl of steamed egg custard left, so she thought it was about enough for her granddaughter.
Mei Si regretted it soon after. She shouldn't have stopped Grandma Mei from making steamed egg custard. This little devil kept letting her feed him, and he only ate a few bites of the custard.
From that day on, the little devil seemed to have taken to the game of eating his sister's food; whatever Mei Si ate, he wanted to eat too.
Mei Si wanted to discipline him several times, but seeing his fragile little body, she decided to give up and wait until he was older!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com