Qiao Xiufen glared at Qiao Chen as he walked in and began to scold him: "When did I become a cat's grandma! I don't know what you're thinking, you'd rather be a cat's parents than have your own child."
Qiao Chen couldn't help but laugh when he saw how serious she was.
"Look at you like this, come on, let me help you."
Qiao Xiufen shoved him ungratefully, "Get lost, you're just making things worse!"
Qiao Chen smiled and stepped aside, leaning against the cabinet as she watched Qiao Xiufen skillfully stir-fry the dishes.
Qiao Xiufen turned her head and glanced at Duan Sisi, who was still playing with the cat, and her expression immediately turned a little unpleasant.
"What's wrong with Sisi? I work so hard cooking and taking care of you, and as soon as she comes home, she doesn't even say hello, let alone help me. Does she even care about me as her mother anymore?!"
Qiao Chen said helplessly, "Mom, even if I wanted to come, you'd say I'd only make things worse, let alone Sisi, she's not even as good as me. She said she wanted to help, but you actually let her?"
Qiao Xiufen pursed her lips, "I don't know what you were thinking back then, insisting on marrying someone who never lifts a finger. Now look what happened, you've brought back a queen to serve."
Qiao Chen leaned closer and said, "Then I'm willing too."
Qiao Xiufen kicked him hard in the leg and scolded, "How could I have given birth to such a money-loser! What a terrible thing I've done!"
Qiao Chen walked out of the kitchen with a grin, "Wife, dinner's ready."
Qiao Xiufen served the dishes and then brought them out as well.
Duan Sisi stopped petting the cat and ran excitedly to the dining table, looking at the tempting food.
"Wow, Mom made so much delicious food! You've worked so hard, Mom. Please sit down, I'll go get some rice!"
When Qiao Chen saw her skipping into the kitchen, he immediately went up to Qiao Xiufen and whispered, "Look, Sisi still cares about you."
Qiao Xiufen sneered, "I'm supposed to be grateful for just serving you some rice?"
She looked away and her gaze suddenly stopped on the bowl where Miao was eating not far away.
What is it eating?
Qiao Chen glanced at it and casually replied, "Oh, cat food. Meow is spoiled rotten and only eats this kind of food."
Qiao Xiufen's face immediately turned cold. "The people haven't even had their canned food yet, but the cat has already started eating it."
Seeing that her anger flared up unusually quickly, Qiao Chen hurriedly said, "Why can't people eat? If you want to eat, I'll go to the supermarket tomorrow and buy you fish, meat, everything, so you won't be envious when you see the cat eating canned food."
"Is this a matter of canned goods?!" Qiao Xiufen raised her voice.
Duan Sisi came out of the kitchen with a bowl of rice. Seeing Qiao Xiufen's not-so-good expression, she turned to Qiao Chen and asked, "What's wrong with Mom again?"
Qiao Chen glanced at Qiao Xiufen and quickly laughed, "I made you angry."
Duan Sisi had heard everything clearly in the kitchen. She glared at Qiao Chen and slowly sat down.
"Mom, why are you picking on the cat? It makes you seem petty."
Qiao Xiufen: "Me, petty and narrow-minded?"
Duan Sisi immediately smiled and said, "Mom, I was just joking! Don't be angry, I'll apologize right away, I'm sorry Mom."
Listening to her flimsy apology, Qiao Xiufen felt as if she had punched a cotton ball, her chest tight with discomfort.
Qiao Chen sensed the strange atmosphere and immediately changed the subject.
"Mom, please get me a bowl of soup."
Qiao Xiufen turned her head, picked up the soup bowl, scooped up a full bowl of pork ribs with a soup spoon, and served it to Qiao Chen.
After serving herself, she didn't stop, and served herself another full bowl of pork rib soup.
When I put down the soup spoon, all the ribs in the bowl were gone, leaving only a few pieces of corn and carrots.
Duan Sisi looked at the bland soup, then turned to look at the ribs filling the mother and son's bowls, and her eyes immediately darkened.
But she didn't reveal anything. Instead, she obediently ladled out a bowl of soup, without even a piece of corn, just a bowl of clear broth.
She placed the bowl directly in front of Qiao Chen, saying, "Don't you love pork rib soup the most? Here!"
After Duan Sisi finished speaking, she naturally took the bowl that was originally in front of Qiao Chen.
Qiao Xiufen was stunned for a second as she watched her smooth movements, and then she moved the bowl in front of her to Qiao Chen.
"Mom has bad teeth and doesn't like to eat meat, so you can have this bowl."
Qiao Chen immediately pushed away, "Mom, you eat. I don't like it either. I only like soup."
Qiao Xiufen's face paled as she listened to him blatantly lying.
"You're my son. I know exactly what you've always wanted to eat! Don't try to please me for your wife's sake. I'd rather go hungry myself than let you go hungry. Eat!"
She slammed the bowl of pork rib soup right in front of Qiao Chen.
Duan Sisi could tell that these words were meant for her, and she raised her head with a smile.
"Mom misunderstood. Qiao Chen has grown up and his tastes are different from when he was little. He doesn't like to eat meat now, he just likes to drink soup. Mom doesn't need to argue about this little bit of soup and meat. That's all."
She stood up, ladled another bowl of clear soup and placed it in front of Qiao Chen, and then smoothly placed a second bowl of soup filled with pork ribs in front of herself.
"That's much better. Those of you who like soup can drink as much as you want, no need to make yourselves suffer for others. As for these, I'll just eat them all. If I have indigestion, I'll just ask Qiao Chen to run an errand for me and buy some digestive medicine."
After Duan Sisi finished speaking casually, she lowered her head and focused on eating the ribs in her bowl.
Qiao Xiufen was so angry that her hand holding the chopsticks trembled, but she couldn't say anything and could only swallow her anger.
The meal was finished in an awkward atmosphere, and no one felt comfortable eating it.
Qiao Xiufen carried the rice bowl into the kitchen with a cold face, then turned and called Duan Sisi's name: "Sisi, come and wash the dishes."
As Duan Sisi walked towards the bedroom, she called out without turning her head, "Honey, help me wash the dishes. I ate too much tonight, and my stomach is upset."
"good!"
Qiao Chen walked towards the kitchen and rolled up his sleeves to wash the dishes, but Qiao Xiufen grabbed him.
"Wash what? I've raised you with so much care and effort, not so you could wash dishes here! Get out!"
She launched into a tirade of abuse, driving Qiao Chen out of the room.
Qiao Chen was stunned by the scolding, but she still carefully walked out of the kitchen and headed towards the bedroom.
He moved closer to Duan Sisi, looked outside, and whispered, "Wife, stop arguing with my mom. Look how angry she is. My mom is so old, she can't take this kind of abuse from you. If you're angry, take it out on me."
As Duan Sisi took off her earrings, she said irritably, "How did I upset her? Did she say herself that she has bad teeth and doesn't like eating ribs? I just made a win-win decision, isn't that good?"
"It's not that it's bad, but my mom just feels sorry for me, right? I..."
As Qiao Chen was trying to persuade her, a cat suddenly let out a scream outside the door, followed by Qiao Xiufen's scream.
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