Chapter 539 Is it OK for me to date your mother?
Zhuang Ganmei slept soundly until after ten o'clock before waking up.
When he woke up, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment, a small room with a row of shabby cabinets against the wall. He was lying on a small bed, and there was another small bed behind a curtain.
The room was very cramped, and the remaining space seemed to make it difficult even to turn around.
He heard some noise in the outer room and went to see.
It was a small kitchen, so small that apart from the stove, it could barely accommodate two people, so he did not go in.
Pan Yuexiang in the kitchen turned around and said apologetically:
"I woke you up!"
"Ah... no, I..."
"You drank with Xiaoxiang last night and got drunk! He didn't remember where your home was and carried you back." Pan Yuexiang explained.
"Oh, so that's how it is. I didn't make any noise at night..." Zhuang Ganmei turned her head and looked at the room again. It seemed that there was no strange smell and no clutter.
"No, you just fell asleep when you were drunk and didn't make any noise at all. How are you? Do you have a headache? Go sit inside and I'll get you a bowl of porridge, sugar porridge."
Zhuang Ganmei especially likes sweet porridge.
He went back into the house and sat down at a simple table, which looked like a dining table.
Pan Yuexiang brought the porridge over after a while.
"Thank you!"
"It's okay, eat quickly! Otherwise your stomach will feel burning." Pan Yuexiang smiled.
Zhuang Ganmei took a bite and found it tasted good. However, he was indeed hungry and his stomach was uncomfortable, so he started eating it in big mouthfuls.
Pan Yuexiang didn't want to watch him eat, so she went to make the bed.
Zhuang Ganmei ate while looking at Pan Yuexiang.
She was very tall, probably not much shorter than him, with a rather sturdy build. Although she didn't look as flexible as the women from Jiangsu, she had a short waist and long legs. Her face wasn't pretty enough.
She just turned around and saw Zhuang Ganmei staring at her, so she embarrassedly pulled at the clothes that she had pulled up when making the bed.
"Aren't you going to work today?" Zhuang Ganmei asked.
"I can't leave you home alone. I asked Xiaoxiang to ask for half a day off for me when he went to work this morning. I'll go later." Pan Yuexiang spoke without hesitation and did things efficiently.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I had too much fun drinking with the kids yesterday."
"It's okay, I'll serve you another bowl."
Zhuang Ganmei ate two bowls of sugar porridge and prepared to go home. Before leaving, Pan Yuexiang handed him a bucket of porridge she had just prepared.
"This is for my aunt."
"Thanks."
Zhuang Ganmei went out with the porridge in her hand.
Pan Yuexiang followed him out: "I'll take you there. The alley is so messy and it's hard to find your way out. I just happened to be going to work."
The alleys are indeed narrow and dense, extending in all directions. Sometimes they are so narrow that when someone comes from the opposite direction, the two of them have to squeeze together to make way.
Along the way, several people greeted Pan Yuexiang.
Zhuang Ganmei memorized the route as he walked. When he reached the main road, he found that the two houses were not far away and could be reached by crossing two intersections.
The two walked side by side for a while and then separated at the intersection, one going home and the other going to work.
Zhuang Ganmei returned home. Zhuang's mother was extremely worried because her eldest son had not come back all night.
"Where have you been?"
"Drunk."
He handed the porridge bucket to Zhuang's mother.
"This is......"
"Pan Yuexiang gave it to you."
When Zhuang's mother saw this, she was surprised and delighted: "Oh, you were at her place last night! You must have figured it out. I told you, it's all the same once the lights are off! We're all in our forties, where can we find young and beautiful people?"
"Mom! I was just drinking with his son at night. His son didn't know my home so he took me to his home. That's all, nothing else." Zhuang Ganmei sat down and rubbed his still dizzy head.
Zhuang's mother stopped talking, but she felt that there must be some subtle changes between the two of them.
"Mom, did you get the money from my brother?" Zhuang Ganmei remembered something important.
"Oh, don't mention it. I think your brother and sister have no other solution. We have to think of other ways." Mother Zhuang sighed.
"Forget it, let's not look for them, Mom. Let's cook some good food tomorrow night and invite Pan Yuexiang and her son to dinner to thank her for taking care of me yesterday." Zhuang Ganmei told her mother.
Zhuang's mother was very happy to hear this and quickly agreed.
When it was time to get off work in the afternoon, Zhuang Ganmei went to Pan's house again.
He almost lost his way after many twists and turns. Fortunately, Pan Yuexiang was just going out to get some water and called out to him:
"Come on, beauty, over here."
Zhuang Ganmei turned around and walked over:
"Oh, it's so hard to find. If you hadn't sent me out this morning, I don't know how I would have gotten out! Where's Xiaoxiang?"
"He usually doesn't come home for dinner at night. You...have a bite. I just made it."
"Okay, I'm hungry."
Zhuang Ganmei and she entered the house. There was only a bowl of vegetarian noodles on the table. As soon as he sat down, Pan Yuexiang covered the noodles with two fragrant fried eggs, turned around and made another bowl for herself.
"When it comes to noodles, you northerners have to go for it! This is much more delicious than instant noodles." Zhuang Ganmei praised.
"As long as you like it, I know how to make these kinds of pasta: buns, steamed buns, noodles, flower rolls... whatever you like, I'll make some for you and Auntie later."
"Baozi, my mom and I both love them," Zhuang Ganmei said without hesitation. "Thank you for yesterday. My mom asked me to invite you and Xiaoxiang to dinner at our house tomorrow to express my gratitude."
"It's nothing, just a small matter..." Pan Yuexiang lowered her head embarrassedly.
"Come on, it's just a quick meal. Remember to tell Xiaoxiang not to go out tomorrow night. I'll treat him to a meal after dinner."
"Oh, okay."
The two of them said nothing more and finished the noodles in their bowls in silence.
As the two families met for meals, they became more and more familiar with each other.
After dinner the next day, Zhuang Ganmei took Li Xiaoxiang to play billiards.
While playing basketball, they happened to meet some of Xiaoxiang's brothers. Zhuang Ganmei still treated them all, with plenty of soda and cigarettes.
When returning home, Zhuang Ganmei asked Li Xiaoxiang:
"Xiao Xiang, if your mother and I were to date, would you have any objection?"
He looked like he was listening to his future stepson's advice.
Li Xiaoxiang laughed at him in his heart, but said calmly on the surface:
"I have no objection, as long as my mother agrees, but... I heard from Grandma Wang before that you don't seem to like my mother very much..."
Zhuang Ganmei hurriedly explained: "I didn't understand the situation. Besides, my current identity makes me feel a little inferior.
But yesterday I was drunk, and your mother took care of me, a stranger, for the whole night. She was so dedicated that she didn't even go to class the next morning and cooked sugar porridge for me. I was really touched.
Last night I went to your house and invited you all to dinner. She cooked a bowl of plain noodles and gave it to me, and fried two eggs for me. She is a good woman.
"Tsk tsk tsk, uncle, stop talking. I think my mom has taken a liking to you. Usually when I cook noodles, I only have one boiled egg. Frying it would waste oil! Let alone two fried eggs!" Li Xiaoxiang raised two fingers.
"You kid! Don't say that about your mother. From now on, you two will follow me. Not only can we have two fried eggs, we can even have braised pork every day!" Zhuang Ganmei put her arm around Li Xiaoxiang's shoulders.
Judging from the background, the two are very close, like father and son.
The two officially confirmed their relationship and began dating.
But before he even asked Pan Yuexiang to borrow money, Wei Zhixin no longer had to borrow the money he wanted.
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