Fortunately, Liu Fengying didn't continue watching; she took the hawthorns, turned around, and left.
Su Xueli let out a long sigh and slumped into a chair, saying, "This is so frustrating!"
Wei Mingshen also emerged from behind the door, smacked his lips, and said, "I'm tired!"
Su Xueli took a sip of water and said, "I'd better go and keep an eye on her so she can leave sooner. Who can stand this?"
Wei Mingshen waved his hand: "Go ahead, go ahead."
Su Xueli went to the kitchen, where her mother washed the hawthorns and put them in a pot before sitting down to light the fire.
Su Xueli looked at the water bubbling in the pot and said, "Mom, it's time to turn the heat down to low. I know, you should go now. I'll keep an eye on the fire."
Liu Fengying said, "Okay, I'll put in a piece of firewood to start it. Don't add any more firewood. Just keep an eye on it and add more later. But don't let the firewood slip out and cause a fire in the whole house..."
“Oh my, I’m not a three-year-old anymore, how could I not know this?” Su Xueli interrupted her.
Liu Fengying was still worried because a neighbor's child, who was seven or eight years old, was playing with a jack while lighting a fire and accidentally set the kitchen on fire, burning the child's hands and face.
So she never allowed her child to light the fire alone; she had to watch over him, even now that he's so old, she still didn't feel at ease.
She instructed her daughter, "Don't go back to the house to do chores. Just stay here and tend the fire. You can start doing chores after the meat is cooked."
Su Xueli solemnly agreed: "Mother, I remember. Get up, I'll sit down and burn the medicine now."
Liu Fengying got up, and Su Xueli plopped down on her, saying to her mother, "Mom, let's go. You don't eat anyway. My dad is teaching new workers at the brickyard and he's eating well."
Liu Fengying said, "Well, so you can eat your fill by yourself. Now, Mom's leaving."
As soon as she left the hospital, Su Xueli rushed back to her, saying with a sigh of relief, "My goodness, you're finally leaving."
"She's finally gone, and I'm bursting to hold it in." Wei Mingshen came out and headed towards the toilet.
Su Xueli chuckled to herself.
Wei Mingshen came out of the bathroom, washed his hands, and came to the kitchen: "Mmm, it smells really good. I'll invite Shao Jiang over for dinner tonight."
Su Xueli said, "I agree, good things should be shared."
She suddenly asked, "By the way, you haven't been home since yesterday. You should go home early tonight, or your parents will worry."
Wei Mingshen nodded and said, "I'll listen to you."
Su Xueli then instructed him, "Go back and tell your second aunt that I'm here. Bring her over to see me this weekend. I miss her, and I also need to help her and Manager Gao get together."
Wei Mingshen said, "I understand. I'll tell her when I get home tonight. She always stays up very late grading homework."
Su Xueli couldn't resist the aroma wafting from the pot, so she glanced at him and asked, "Would you like to try some?"
Wei Mingshen said, "Aren't we not familiar with each other yet?"
"You'll know if it's cooked or not once you taste it."
"Okay, fine."
Su Xueli got up, lifted the lid of the pot, scooped out a piece of chicken, put it in a bowl, and handed it to him, saying, "Try it."
Wei Mingshen picked up the piece of chicken with his hand and bit into it. Then he forcefully tore the chicken off the bone and chewed it vigorously.
Judging from his expression, Su Xueli knew that letting him try was the right thing to do.
She sat back down by the stove and said, "I'll cook it a little longer, it's not easy to stew a laying hen."
Wei Mingshen swallowed the undercooked chicken, smacked his lips, and said, "Hmm, it's not cooked yet, but it smells really good. My mother's stewed chicken doesn't smell this good."
Su Xueli said proudly, "That's right, this chicken is my mother's specialty, and also my maternal grandmother's specialty. Most people can't make it taste like this. Try the soup later, it's even more amazing."
Wei Mingshen asked, "Can you do it?"
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