Su Xueli suddenly realized she had said the wrong thing, so she replied casually, "I said my second aunt is too kind."
"What did you say about a past life?"
"You mean the next life? You must have misheard me. Get back to work," she quickly tried to cover it up.
Wei Mingshen didn't pursue the matter, turned around and went back to work, saying, "I'm telling you, you still have a past life, do you think you lived two lives?"
Su Xueli was stunned for a moment, looking at his captivating back view, she felt a sense of disorientation, as if she had no idea what year it was in the celestial palace tonight.
The sun was shining brightly outside, and the spring breeze was gentle. Wei Mingshen took the little figures he had painted outside to dry. By the end of the morning, a large number of little figures, in all colors and shapes, were displayed at the doorway of the house, and they were very beautiful.
Wei Mingshen glanced at his watch and said to Su Xueli, "It's almost noon, let's take a break and get some sun."
Su Xueli was also tired. She put down what she was doing, rubbed her neck, shook her arms and hands, and said, "Okay, you must be tired too. Have a glass of water and rest. Oh, and there are apples too, I'll get them for you."
The two sat side by side at the entrance of the main room, enjoying the warm spring breeze and sunshine while eating apples, feeling extremely content.
Su Xueli asked him, "You did well this morning. What would you like to eat for lunch? I'll go buy it."
Wei Mingshen said, "Let's eat whatever we have at home, and continue working after we finish eating."
Su Xueli thought about how much food her mother had brought and said, "Okay, I'll just cook whatever I want. I'll go check the kitchen."
Wei Mingshen also got up and followed him into the kitchen.
Su Xueli looked into the kitchen and saw that her mother had brought fried dough sticks, white flour buns, and vegetables including cabbage, radish, potatoes, and side dishes such as scallions, ginger, and garlic.
He asked Wei Mingshen, "What do you want to eat?"
Wei Mingshen looked at the fried dough pieces and said, "Just eat this with the clear soup noodles."
Su Xueli said, "Okay, I have some noodles that my mother bought at the market. You go and rest, I'll make the noodles."
Wei Mingshen waved his hand: "We've both been busy all morning, why should I rest? Let's cook together, just tell me what you want me to do."
Su Xueli recalled how she had spoiled him so much in her past life that he wouldn't even pick up a fallen oil bottle, but now he was taking the initiative to share the housework. She thought to herself: Sure enough, men can't be spoiled; they need to be disciplined.
He said, "Okay, you wait to start the fire, I'll wash the vegetables, but you'll have to press the water first."
Wei Mingshen picked up the bucket to pump water. When he returned, Su Xueli added water to the pot, and then he sat down under the stove to start a fire.
"Cut the cabbage into thin strips, otherwise the salt won't penetrate and the flavor won't penetrate," he said, watching Su Xueli cut the cabbage.
Su Xueli replied, "I know you like it a little raw, so you should add the cabbage after the noodles."
He asked, "How do you know? I didn't tell you that."
Su Xueli paused in her chopping of cabbage, then lied and said, "That's what my mother said, your mother said it."
Wei Mingshen smiled, "Actually, you don't need to change how you address her, just keep calling her 'Mother'."
Su Xueli ignored him, put the finely shredded cabbage into a bowl, added salt and soy sauce, mixed it well and marinated it, then sliced the ginger into thin slices and put it into the pot.
Previously, she had sliced ginger into thin strips, but since Wei Mingshen ate ginger sliced, she started slicing it too. Now, without realizing it, she had sliced it again.
As Wei Mingshen tended the fire and watched Su Xueli, he smiled with satisfaction, thinking to himself, "This little girl cooks exactly according to my preferences and habits."
He couldn't help but tease her: "We're a match made in heaven. You do exactly what I want."
Su Xueli blurted out, "That's why I lost so completely."
"What? What? You lost?" Wei Mingshen asked in surprise.
Su Xueli patted her head and asked herself: What's wrong with you today? Why are you so distracted?
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