It is July now, and the temperature outside is 40 degrees Celsius at noon. The house is like a steamer. Su Yan is afraid of heat, not to mention that she is pregnant.
She was sweating profusely after sitting on the sofa for a while. After Lu Ting went to work, she closed the door and went straight into the space.
She had an exam tomorrow, so she had to pull herself together and take out the exam collection she had compiled and quickly look through it.
In the previous mock exams, she always ranked among the top three in the school, so getting into university was not difficult for her. However, she wanted to do better in the exams and get into her ideal university.
Su Yan stopped reviewing at five in the afternoon. She checked the stationery and admission ticket for the exam again, confirmed that they were correct, and put them back into her schoolbag.
No longer thinking about the exam, now was the time to relax. Su Yan went to the vegetable garden and picked two melons and a Qilin melon.
I went to the kitchen with a watermelon in my arms, wanting to make myself a cup of watermelon ice, but I was worried that it would be bad for the baby in my belly if it ate too much ice.
I cut the watermelon in half with a knife and started scooping it up with a big spoon. Although the watermelon was not chilled, it was sweet.
Su Yan had a big appetite and actually ate half of the watermelon. After eating the watermelon, she left the space and started cooking.
If you didn’t finish the pig-killing dish at noon, just reheat it. Then you fried a sea bass and stir-fried a plate of water spinach. Three dishes were more than enough for two people.
But I didn't expect that Lu Ting would bring his parents over in the evening.
"Yan Yan, how did you prepare the meal? Sit down and take a rest."
"Mom, you guys sit down. I'm going to go to the bathroom. Lu Ting, please prepare two more dishes!"
After eating too much watermelon, Su Yan always wanted to go to the toilet. If her parents-in-law didn’t come, she would go directly to the space to relieve herself.
"Yan Yan, run slower."
"knew."
Su Yan went to the bathroom, and Lu Ting took out a few eggs from the cupboard, chopped the green peppers into small pieces, and made a pepper omelet.
Four dishes should be enough for four people. Lu Fengnian looked at the row of jars under the cupboard and said, "Lu Ting, use a small bowl to pick up some pickles and eat."
"What do you want to eat? Kimchi or pickled beans?"
"Pick up some pickled beans, pickled cucumbers, wild rice stems, and pickled peppers."
Lu Ting opened a small jar and used chopsticks to pick up two handfuls of sour beans, and also scooped out some sour peppers and sour茭头.
Hua Min looked at the mountain of kimchi in the bowl and asked Lu Ting, "How did you guys finish the kimchi so quickly? We haven't even started yet this year."
"Yan Yan wants to eat sour food because she's pregnant, so I made some kimchi in advance."
Su Yan came back from the bathroom, washed her hands and sat down. Lu Ting filled a bowl of rice for her and put a piece of sea bass and a piece of water spinach in her bowl.
Su Yan picked up a pickled bean and started eating it. Although she was no longer vomiting, eating some kimchi in the summer could help relieve the greasiness.
She only ate half a bowl of rice and couldn't eat anymore. Hua Min looked at Su Yan with some concern, "Yan Yan, why are you eating so little when you're pregnant?"
Su Yan was a little embarrassed. More than an hour ago, she greedily ate half a watermelon, so it was considered good enough that she could eat half a bowl of rice now.
"Mom, I ate a few pieces of watermelon earlier, so I'm not hungry yet. You guys can eat slowly."
While eating, Lu Fengnian asked Su Yan, "I heard that you did very well in the mock exams these past few times. With your current level, getting into university shouldn't be a problem.
Don't be nervous during the exam, just read the questions carefully and answer them carefully."
"I see, Dad. Didn't Lu Jin come back today?"
"No, your mom and I plan to stay at the Siheyuan tonight and go there after dinner. Your mom is worried that you're nervous, so we came here specially to see you."
So that's how it is. She asked why her parents-in-law came over for dinner tonight without even greeting them.
Su Yan got up and went back to her room, picked a dozen black-skinned watermelons from the space, and more than twenty small melons and packed them separately in bags.
Su Yan opened the door and saw Lu Ting put down his bowl and chopsticks and waved at him, "Lu Ting, come in."
"What's up?"
Su Yan whispered in his ear, "We can't finish the watermelons in the space. Aren't your parents going back to the courtyard tonight? I picked some watermelons for Lu Jin and the others."
"Summer vacation will be here soon, and they might come back to live here, so they won't be able to eat so many melons."
My great aunt left my aunt's house and finally went to live with my second uncle. During the one or two months of summer vacation, it wouldn't be a big deal if Lu Jin and the others were not there to look after the courtyard.
"Oh, then you can ask Dad to carry this bag of watermelons back first."
Su Yan planned to go back to her parents' home after taking the exam to bring some food and fruit to her parents. Anyway, her parents knew that she had space, so she could just go there empty-handed.
Lu Ting took a watermelon out of the bag and cut it into pieces with a basin.
Lu Fengnian finished his meal and saw his son had cut up a whole watermelon. He said in a somewhat blaming tone, "Lu Ting, your mother and I are still full after just eating. Just cut the watermelon in half. We can't finish it if you cut it all up. Why not save half for tomorrow?"
"Dad, don't worry about not being able to finish this basin of watermelon. I asked someone to buy a lot of watermelon. You can take a few over when you leave later."
"We're going back to the city to see Jin'er. He's going to take the exam tomorrow, and I don't know if he's nervous or not. Your mom and I want to go see him."
The college entrance examination is a big event. Lu Fengnian plans to send his son to the examination venue in person early tomorrow morning. He hopes that Lu Jin can pass the college entrance examination smoothly without any trouble.
Lu Ting asked Lu Fengnian, "Dad, are you and Mom coming back tonight?"
Lu Fengnian shook his head. "No, we'll come back tomorrow morning after we send Jin'er to school. Xiaoyan, you're going to take the college entrance exam tomorrow too. Ask Lu Ting to take you there. Mom and Dad wish you all the best."
"Thank you, Dad."
Lu Fengnian and Hua Min ate several pieces of watermelon in a row and were almost full. When they stood up and were about to leave, Lu Ting quickly brought out another large watermelon from the room, gently placed it on the table, and said:
"Dad, this watermelon is for Lu Jin. Please tell him to take the exam well and not to be nervous. Yanyan and I wish him good luck in getting into his ideal university."
"I know. I'll tell him. Now that Xiaoyan is pregnant, you have to take good care of her. Go wash the dishes and sweep the floor. Your mother and I are leaving first."
Lu Ting suspected that he was not his biological son. When did his father become so nagging? Even if his father didn't tell him, he would still clean the house honestly.
"Dad, tell Xiao Li to drive slower so the watermelons don't explode before they reach the destination. I'll take the rest of the watermelons home for you later."
Anyway, they have the key to Lu's house. I will take Yanyan out for a walk later and give them the watermelons and melons.
As soon as Hua Min and Lu Fengnian left, Lu Ting sat down and finished the remaining watermelon. He stood up, washed the dishes, swept the floor, and took Su Yan downstairs for a walk.
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