Chapter 16 Osmanthus Hawthorn Cake
After hearing this, Chen Qi pretended to be angry, turned her head away, and tried to hide the blush on her face.
When Xie Yuduo saw his wife's cute and innocent look, his heart was moved. He smiled softly and moved closer to her.
"I'll be back in the evening. If you're hungry in the afternoon, there are some freshly bought osmanthus and hawthorn cakes on the table outside. You can help yourself."
Chen Qi was just trying to get away from her husband.
"This is my favorite. I'm a little hungry right now, so why not try it now?"
Just as she was about to stand up, Xie Yuduo held her down, stretched out his long legs, and moved even faster than her.
"Don't move, just wait here, I'll get it."
“…”
I’m afraid I won’t be able to get out of this bed.
As expected, Xie Yuduo brought a pack of snacks wrapped in oil paper. When Chen Qi opened it, she was surprised by the rich aroma. The small red dot on the palm-sized round cake was very cute.
Chen Qi picked up a piece and put it into his mouth.
"Well, this cake also has osmanthus flowers in it, and it's really delicious. It's a little sweet, I think it's because they added a lot of rock sugar, so the hawthorn flavor doesn't show through. There's a bakery across from my house that uses honey from a nearby farm. It's sweet and sour and delicious too."
Chen Qi was busy talking about the hawthorn cakes next to her house, and didn't notice the hint of satisfaction in Xie Yuduo's eyes.
"I've been to that bakery. Next time I go back to your house, I'll buy you some."
Chen Qi didn't pay attention to the vague hint of the past in his words, picked up another piece and handed it to her husband beside her.
"You eat too."
Xie Yuduo looked at the pastry in her hand and did not reach out to take it. Instead, he suddenly leaned over, opened his mouth and bit the half-eaten piece in Chen Qi's hand.
Chen Qi saw that he was very close to her, his straight and handsome face almost touching her arms, and her face began to heat up again.
Xie Yuduo chewed the half piece of cake as if nothing had happened, with a satisfied smile on his face.
"It's delicious, you keep it. This one bite is enough for me."
Being so close, she thought of last night again, her cheeks turned red and she couldn't help but feel hot.
Fortunately, the man stood up at the right time and gently pinched Chen Qi's cheek with a gentle tone.
"I have to go check on the shop. If you need anything, have Chunliu tell me to go up front. No matter how busy I am, I will come back."
Shen Qi nodded.
Watching his back as he walked away, she felt a little melancholy. At one moment she wanted him to leave quickly, and at another moment she wanted him to come back to her as soon as possible.
At noon, it turned out that only the women in the family were eating.
Because the old lady is old, she never eats lunch. She only drinks a bowl of porridge in the afternoon, and sometimes she even skips dinner.
Seeing that the old lady was not there, Second Aunt became the oldest elder at the table.
She sat in the main seat and asked Sun to serve the dishes, Chen Qi to carry the bowls, Yu Zhong to serve the soup, and Yu Jing to hold the chopsticks. Everyone was busy for a moment.
Only Xie Yujin sat on the chair, eating by himself, motionless.
Second Aunt was quite proud and pointed with her chopsticks.
"Look, marrying into someone else's family is no match for being in your own. You always keep your hands off the horizontal lines and don't move the vertical lines. What do you think of me?"
Yu Zhong served the soup, wiped his hands, glanced at Second Aunt, and said nothing.
Sun, who had just finished her work and sat down, spoke leisurely.
"Third sister isn't married yet, so why does she have to do these things?"
Sun's name was Xueyi. She was in her early twenties, with a slim figure and pretty appearance. However, her skin was not as fair as Chenqi's, and had a yellowish, sickly color. Although she looked fragile and weak, she had a tough personality.
Her family runs a rice and flour shop in the east of the city. I heard that she has been married here for five or six years.
Second Aunt was scolded by her own daughter-in-law, and in front of several people, she could only suppress her anger.
"I'm doing this for her own good. If I don't teach her how to serve tea and water now, she'll be laughed at when she goes out in the future."
Sun Xueyi snorted coldly.
"My second sister is still single, why don't you teach her?"
Second Aunt was so angry that she put down her chopsticks.
"Why didn't I teach her? You just didn't see it! Now that the second girl is grown up, she has to be raised well. Otherwise, when she gets married, she will be so busy and troubled by her husband's family. What will she become?"
Perhaps she also discovered the loophole in her words, and Second Aunt's voice became weaker as she spoke.
Sun sneered.
"If you don't want to teach, fine. If you want to teach, then teach together. Even if you are a wealthy lady, there is no such distinction between the two."
"you……"
Second Aunt was so angry that her face turned red and she wanted to throw her chopsticks, but she saw that there were so many people around, including the new daughter-in-law, Chen Qi, who had just arrived, at the table. She couldn't get angry because her own daughter-in-law was talking back to her.
With a "bang", Xie Yujin dropped the chopsticks on the bowl.
"I'm full."
Without waiting for anyone to answer, he turned and left.
Sun drank two mouthfuls of porridge slowly and went back to her room.
The second aunt probably wanted to take advantage of the old lady's absence to show off her seniority in front of the new daughter-in-law, but she didn't expect her own daughter to be so disrespectful and even leave in anger.
Now she was in no mood to order her three sisters-in-law to do this or that. She forced herself to save face and hurriedly ate her meal before going her separate ways.
Back in the East Courtyard, Yu Zhong found an excuse and asked the maid Chun Liu to take her sister Yu Jing to the yard to find something. She pulled Chen Qi into the house to talk to her and told her everything about the family.
Daddy Xie Yan has always been down-to-earth and a down-to-earth honest man. He suffers some losses when doing business, but fortunately he has a good reputation and is patient, so the shop's income is decent.
I didn't talk much to begin with, and I talk even less since my mother passed away.
My second uncle Xie Ang was the most cowardly. When he was a child, he was afraid of his father. After his father passed away, he was afraid of his mother. After he got married, he was afraid of his wife.
Therefore, Second Aunt has always been the one in charge of the second house in the west courtyard, and Second Uncle just follows her lead.
When she was young, Second Aunt gave birth to a son as her first child. She felt that she was superior to her mother who gave birth to Yu Zhong, so she became more domineering at home.
Later, Xie Yuduo was born into the first wife's family, and Second Aunt's arrogance subsided for a while, and life became peaceful.
Later, after my mother gave birth to Yujing, her health was not good and she passed away after two years.
Seeing that the children of the first wife were all young, Xie Yan did not want to remarry, and the old lady was old, so Feng was in charge of the household affairs.
Feng had always been bossy towards the children of the first wife, and the children of the second wife were spoiled, to the point that the eldest brother only wanted to play, and the second sister was arrogant and self-righteous.
On the contrary, Sun Xueyi, who was married into the family, often dared to go against her mother-in-law, which often made her second aunt very angry.
The eldest sister Yu Zhong got married eight or nine years ago, and Yu Duo left home for many years after growing up. Fortunately, Yu Jing was smart and hardworking, and was a rare sensible child.
Because of his understanding, he suffered a lot of torture at Feng's hands.
"Even though I don't like Second Aunt's behavior, I can only endure it for a while so that my younger sister can suffer less at home."
Yu Zhong sighed and continued, "It will be fine once Yu Jing gets married."
"If I keep enduring these days, there will be no hope." Chen Qi felt heavy in her heart and patted her elder sister's hand. "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will definitely not leave my younger sister without support."
"Erlang was also thoughtful. Whenever he returned home, he would often tell his sister how to protect herself, and he also bought a maid, Chunliu, to look after her personally.
"Over the past few years, Yujing has become more clever. I will be back in a few days, and I don't know when I will be back next time. Now that I have you at home, I feel at ease."
The two talked for a while, and Chen Qi suddenly thought of something and wanted to ask, but she felt something was wrong.
It was the eldest sister who noticed it and told her to ask.
"I wonder, since Second Aunt is so powerful, why does Second Uncle have Aunt Yun and a little cousin in his room?"
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