There were many people at noon today, and the large table in the main room was not enough to accommodate everyone, so we prepared separate dishes for the three children to eat at a small table.
Since they were all from the village, Lu Chengyang didn't pay much attention to his meals. He ate his food heartily, as long as he didn't make any other unpleasant noises.
However, in Lu Linqi's eyes, this appearance made him look like a country bumpkin who had never eaten good food.
The little boy's disdain was so obvious that he even moved his bowl away from the other person.
Turning my head again, I saw the youngest, Lu Chuqing, holding a chicken leg and gnawing on it with her face covered in oil. Her focused eyes looked like those of a starving person who hadn't eaten meat in eight hundred years. She was frowning with disgust and took her bowl to the flat-roofed building by the door to eat by herself.
Lu Chengyang had spent half the morning picking vegetables and had used up a lot of energy. He was a young man and was starving. Just as he was focusing on eating, he glanced up and saw someone next to him running away with a bowl.
Lu Chuqing was actually lost in thought. She was still thinking about how to explain her mango allergy to Lu Ying, her eyes casually fixed on the chicken leg in her hand, lost in thought.
When she came to her senses, Lu Linqi across from her rolled his eyes at her, then picked up his bowl and ran away.
She was speechless for a moment, then turned to look at Lu Chengyang, "Brother, what's wrong with him?"
Lu Chengyang also disliked Lu Linqi's deliberately aloof attitude and said irritably, "Who knows? What does it have to do with us if he runs so far away on his own?"
As she spoke, she picked out a boneless piece of fish in tomato sauce and put it in Xiao Tuanzi's bowl, patting her little head with her left hand. "Eat quickly, it's so hard to eat a chicken leg! If you can't finish it, put it aside for now. There are so many dishes today, try this fish in tomato sauce. Eating more fish will make you smarter!"
Lu Chuqing didn't want to eat the chicken leg anymore, so she reached out and put the half-eaten chicken leg into the boy's bowl.
After so many days, she had gotten used to Lu Chengyang eating her leftovers.
Because of the Lu family's tradition of cherishing food and avoiding waste, she herself had gotten into the habit of giving her leftovers to her younger cousin.
However, she usually shares food that she thinks she can't finish with Lu Chengyang before eating it herself, so the situation like just now is rare.
The fish was coated in batter and fried, then fried again until fully cooked before being drizzled with a prepared tomato sauce.
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a sweet and sour taste, Lu Chuqing took a bite and then grabbed Lu Chengyang's arm, saying, "Brother, I want to eat more fish."
The young boy didn't get annoyed. He held the chicken leg she had left over in his left hand and ate it. With his right hand, he picked up a piece of fish for her with chopsticks, repeatedly checking that there were no bones before putting it in her small bowl.
"Eat up, I'll get you whatever you want to eat."
The little dumpling, diligently peeling fish, said, "Mmm, thank you, brother."
Lu Linqi, who was watching from a distance, saw the entire interaction between the two. In particular, when he saw Lu Chengyang pick up the chicken leg that Lu Chuqing had left and start eating it, the disgust in his eyes turned into shock.
I really don't understand how anyone can eat other people's leftovers!
It's covered in saliva, doesn't it feel disgusting!
He endured the discomfort and picked up a piece of fish from his own bowl. Just as he took a bite, he saw Lu Chengyang carefully picking out the fish bones for Lu Chuqing, making sure there were no bones before putting it into her small bowl.
After Lu Chuqing finished eating one piece, she said she wanted more. Lu Chengyang carefully picked out the fish bones and put them back into her bowl.
Seeing that the little girl loved to eat, before she finished her piece, he picked up another piece of fish and picked out the bones. There was no impatience on his face, but rather some enjoyment!
Especially when he saw Lu Chuqing finish the fish pieces he had chosen and then call him "brother," the sense of accomplishment and doting in his eyes was almost overflowing!
Lu Linqi found it hard to understand.
Doesn't he find it troublesome?
Attracted too much attention by the two people, he didn't notice that the fish meat he bit into contained bones, and the stinging pain was intense when he swallowed it.
"Cough cough cough! Cough cough!"
The boy's sudden coughing drew everyone's attention. Lu Chengyang was the first to notice that he must have choked on a fishbone. The boy was quick and reached the boy in the blink of an eye.
"Don't swallow, cough! Cough hard!"
Lu Chengyang held Lu Linqi down to prevent him from getting up, patting his back to make him cough harder.
Lu Linqi's throat hurt terribly. He coughed hard twice and then couldn't catch his breath. He couldn't help but swallow to breathe, and something went straight up his throat, causing him to gag.
He pushed Lu Chengyang's hand away and suddenly realized it was a chicken leg bone with half a chicken claw bone attached to the tail.
He remembered clearly that the chicken leg Lu Chuqing was gnawing on had half a chicken claw bone attached.
The thought of the bones they had both gnawed on being stuffed into his mouth again brought back Lu Linqi's nausea, and he vomited up all the food he had eaten.
When Zhang Qiaoyu arrived, Lu Linqi started vomiting, unaware of what had just happened.
Lu Chengyang looked at her and explained, "Second Aunt, Linqi choked on a fishbone and couldn't cough it up, so he vomited."
Upon hearing that the fishbone was stuck in her throat, Zhang Qiaoyu was both worried and scolding, "How old are you? You're still so careless when eating fish! You've always been fine eating fish, how come you got it stuck this time! You can't even concentrate on your meal..."
A woman's voice is naturally delicate, and when she is anxious, her tone becomes even sharper.
My throat was stinging from a fishbone stuck in it, and then a bone that two people had gnawed on pierced my throat, and then I vomited until my stomach was empty.
Lu Linqi was feeling terrible. Not only did they not comfort him, but they also scolded him.
And this person is his own mother.
Other people's mothers hug and kiss them, calling them "baby," and even clapping and saying "great" if they drink a few more sips of water.
Compared to his biological mother, it's as if he was picked up from a trash can.
An unbearable surge of emotion erupted from Lu Linqi, who pushed Zhang Qiaoyu aside, wiped his mouth, and ran towards the small staircase to the west, yelling, "Get out of here! I don't need your help!"
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