Chapter 2015: Too Scared to Eat More (Page 1/2)
Liao Sijie had cooked the rice in advance, and the necessary vegetables had also been washed and cut in advance. When Huo Qingci came back, he just had to stir-fry them.
In less than half an hour, Huo Qingci prepared three dishes and a soup: boiled shrimp, spicy crab, minced meat with water spinach stems, and winter melon and clam soup.
A large plate was filled with two or three pounds of shrimps. Huo Yian usually eats more than ten, but tonight he only ate four and stopped, and only ate half a bowl of rice.
It's really surprising that this guy, who can usually eat a bowl of rice without any vegetables, ate so little today.
Huo Li asked Huo Yining, "Ningning, are you feeling unwell today? Why did you only eat so little?"
Huo Qingci didn't think it was a big deal. For a two-year-old child, eating half a bowl of rice, a bowl of soup, and a few prawns was actually not too little.
He looked at the last two or three spoonfuls of rice left in his son's bowl and said, "Ningning, don't waste food. Finish the rice in your bowl."
Huo Yining stared at the prawns on the plate, then shifted his gaze to the rice in the bowl. He then asked softly, "If I eat all these prawns, will their meat turn into my own flesh?"
Lin Man immediately understood that this little guy must have asked this question because his self-esteem was hurt by Qin Xiaomin.
"Ningning, feel free to eat shrimp! Shrimp don't make you gain weight easily.
Shrimp is also very nutritious, rich in protein, zinc, iodine, selenium and other minerals, as well as various amino acids essential to the human body. More importantly, it is relatively low in calories and fat..."
Lin Man patiently explained to Huo Yining in detail the various benefits of eating shrimp. Huo Qingci, who was standing by, also interrupted and said:
"As long as you don't prefer fatty foods, such as fatty meat, eating shrimp will not make you fat.
As for rice, control the amount each time; a small bowl is enough. After all, you are still young, so don't stretch your stomach too much."
"Dad, I want more shrimp! I think I can eat ten more shrimp!"
"Wait until you finish the rice in your bowl, and then I'll peel a few more shrimp for you, and that'll be enough."
Huo Yining obediently ate all the remaining mouthfuls of rice. Huo Qingci was very happy to see him eating so happily, so he peeled four or five more shrimps for him and put them in the bowl.
Huo Li watched his grandson eat shrimp and said with a smile, "Ningning loves shrimp so much. Living by the sea is perfect for him! He can eat different kinds of shrimp every day."
Hearing this, Huo Yining looked up and asked curiously, "Grandpa, why is there no sea here? Where do these shrimps come from?"
Huo Li touched his head and explained, "Because we are all land, and the city next door is close to the sea, most of the small seafood we sell here are shipped from there.
But don’t worry, your parents know you like to eat shrimp, so they go to the market to buy the shrimp you like.”
At this moment, Lin Man and Huo Qingci exchanged a guilty glance. They knew that many of the shrimp sold in the supply and marketing cooperative were already dead and not very fresh.
The boiled shrimps made in the evening were actually taken out by Lin Man from her own space. They were very fresh and were still alive and kicking before being taken out.
They didn't expect that their son would suddenly ask where these shrimps came from.
Fortunately, the little guy didn't think too much about it and just continued to eat his dinner happily.
Looking at the child's satisfied expression, Lin Man and Huo Qingci also breathed a sigh of relief. The little guy has a really good appetite. If he likes eating shrimp so much, he must be living by the sea.
Lin Man brought three pounds of shrimp, but they couldn't finish them. Who knew that in the end only a plate of shells was left. It seemed that everyone in the family liked to eat shrimp, but she couldn't take out shrimp every day and say that they were bought.
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Sometimes I wonder, if there were no outsiders in this house and we closed the door, wouldn’t we be able to eat whatever we want?
Lin Man was a little distressed. There were hundreds of tons of frozen seafood in the space, and there was no telling how much seafood was in the swimming pool, the newly dug ten-acre pond, and the cabins of those large fishing boats.
Not to mention that their family couldn't finish it in a lifetime, at their current rate, they wouldn't be able to finish it in ten lifetimes.
She can't eat any of those big lobsters, abalone, conchs, and fish weighing hundreds of pounds.
All you can catch are small shrimps, fish and crabs, and you can't catch them every day. It's good enough if you can catch them twice a week.
After the children fell asleep, Huo Qingci brought Lin Man a plate of iced strawberries and placed it on the coffee table. "Have some fruit."
"Qingci, pull out all the strawberries in your space and feed them to the pigs. I'll grow some new seedlings so they can bear fruit all year round."
"The fruits at the back aren't looking very good anymore. It's time to pull out those old seedlings. Manman, I think if our family of four lived together, we wouldn't have to buy vegetables every day."
Lin Man nodded, "Yes, not only do we not need to buy vegetables, we also don't need to buy fruits. We can eat whatever we want behind closed doors.
You said we have so much stuff in our space, why don’t we sell some of it and get the money to buy each of our children a big yard?”
"There's a crackdown going on right now. Someone in our hospital was arrested for reselling bills and is incarcerated. He probably won't be out for a few years."
"Forget it, the things won't go bad if they're kept in space. Let's wait ten years or so!"
It seems that their space can only be used as a decoration for the time being, and it is impossible to make a fortune from it. Lin Man knows how tense the situation is now when she goes to work at school.
When colleagues meet and greet each other, they always say a positive quote. If you don't agree, others will say that you have a problem with your thinking.
This was also her revenge. Why couldn't she take it in person? She could only secretly add some torturous powder. Now that she was a teacher, she couldn't quarrel with others, let alone fight. She felt very aggrieved.
If she hadn't been a teacher, she would have gone straight to Qin Xiaomin's house and overturned her table. She even called her son a fat pig, causing him to be afraid to eat more at night. This was simply outrageous.
"Qingci, do you know why Ningning doesn't dare to eat too much tonight?"
"That kid probably realized he's gained weight!"
Lin Man glared at Huo Qingci with displeasure, and said in a resentful tone: "Humph! It's all thanks to Qin Xiaomin!
She said your baby son was as fat as a pig. What's even worse is that she actually gossiped in front of your son and slandered me as a weird vixen.
Look, she's already 25 or 26 years old and a mother herself, how can she lie in front of a child?"
Huo Qingci frowned slightly and asked doubtfully, "Did Ningning tell you these words?"
"Of course! Ningning told me this herself."
Lin Man replied angrily, "Also, that Qin Xiaomin is so shameless that she even had the nerve to ask my son who he thinks is prettier between us.
Do you know what happened? Your son was really amazing. He just said I was pretty, and she...haha, she looked funny!
Hearing this, Huo Qingci's brows relaxed, and he was secretly amazed at how sharp his son's words were.
But think about it, Qin Xiaomin gossiped in front of the child, and it was her own fault that she was retaliated by the child.
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