Chapter 153 Week - Big Meatball - Rock
Although my grandparents are old, they are still very receptive.
Zhou's parents had started working on them more than a year ago, so they showed understanding and respect for Zhou Yan's unusual choice.
No one mentioned anything deliberately, as if Lin Xu was the child of this family. His grandparents asked him whether his work was going well and how his family members were doing.
Zhou Yan smiled faintly beside him, occasionally interjecting a few words to help Lin Xu explain.
It was the first time for Lin Xu to live in a small farmhouse in Northeast China, like the ones shown in TV dramas.
The smell of wood in the house is warm.
The old couple cleaned the house and it was bright and tidy.
There are two large boxes on the cabinet against the wall.
Lin Xu looked at it curiously, not knowing what was inside.
Zhou Yan whispered in his ear, explaining, "This is the dowry of my grandmother's generation. My great-grandmother left it to her. No one uses it now, but it was a standard wedding gift back then. It's similar to a wardrobe, but you can put things on it and use it as a coffee table."
Lin Xu nodded.
The cabinet was not high, with a kettle and teacups on it, and a family photo with many people on the wall.
The photo is a little yellowed and looks very old. It was taken when my grandparents were young.
The old couple sat in the middle, with their two sons and a daughter behind them.
On the far right is Uncle Zhou’s family of three. Aunt Zhou’s hand is on a man, who is Zhou Yan’s eldest brother.
Next to him are my second uncle and second aunt, and next to him are my eldest aunt, eldest uncle and their daughter, Zhou Yan's eldest sister.
On the far left are Zhou Yan's parents.
What Lin Xu didn't expect was that they were holding a big 'meatball' in their hands.
They called it a big meatball because the boy they were holding was only three or four years old, not tall, and wearing a thick cotton coat, he was almost like a ball.
Zhou Yan is an only child, so there is no doubt that this meatball should be him.
Lin Xu looked back at him, suppressing his laughter.
Zhou Yan was talking to his eldest sister when he noticed Lin Xu smiling at him, and then he realized the family photo.
It was rare for Zhou Yan to blush in front of Lin Xu.
"Brother, which one of you is in this family photo?" Lin Xu asked deliberately with blinking eyes.
Before Zhou Yan could say anything, his elder sister stood up and said, "Is there even a need to ask? Who else could my uncle and his wife be holding? Haven't you seen photos of Zhou Yan when he was a child? Yes, the fat one—"
"Sister..." Zhou Yan stopped his elder sister from continuing with his ears red.
Lin Xu became interested: "Ah? He was so fun when he was a kid? When did he lose weight?"
"You've never seen it. Well, he grew up and felt embarrassed, and he got angry at everyone who mentioned it. But grandma's house should have some old photos. I'll get them for you."
"Sister——" Zhou Yan struggled helplessly.
The eldest sister took advantage of the fact that it was Lin Xu who wanted to see it, and no matter what Zhou Yan said, she happily went to Grandma Zhou to ask for the photo album.
People never find it troublesome to do bad things.
This sentence is the truth.
Zhou Yan laughed angrily, pinching the back of Lin Xu's neck and gritting his teeth: "Which side are you from? Is this so funny?"
Lin Xu smiled and nodded. "I finally know why there are no photos of you as a child at your house. So you 'destroyed' them all? So what's there to be afraid of? I think it's quite cute."
He was such a cute kid when he was little, who would have thought that he would grow up to be such a tall and handsome man now?
It's simply amazing.
Lin Xu was very curious about the process.
The eldest sister quickly took out the photo album.
The old photo album was well preserved by my grandmother. Except for the yellowing cover, it is intact.
The eldest sister pulled Lin Xu to lie on the earthen kang and opened the photo album.
"When we were little, we lived with our grandparents for a while. At that time, my second uncle's younger brother wasn't born yet. My eldest brother, Zhou Yan and I slept on the same kang (a bed) - a very lively place."
"Look, this is your brother when he was a kid. Isn't it fun?"
Lin Xu flipped through the photos one by one, watching the 'little meatball' grow into a 'big meatball', and his face became sore from trying to hold back his laughter.
Zhou Yan sat behind Lin Xu, watching him expose all his secrets while thinking about how to deal with this little guy later.
"Hahahahaha, how come there's still some exposed spot——" Lin Xu pointed at the photo of Zhou Yan wearing open-crotch pants and laughed until his stomach hurt.
"We boys all dressed like this when we were little. Have you never worn it?" asked the eldest sister.
"Really not, hahahaha——"
What’s funny is not the pants, but Zhou Yan.
He was so fat when he was a child, his belly was full of fat and his legs were thick, which made some parts of his body look smaller.
Too cute.
Mother Zhou also came over: "Let me see it quickly. How many years has it been since I last saw these photos?"
"Mom, what delicious food did you give my brother when he was a child?" Lin Xu asked.
"How could I have ever fed him? At that time, your father and I were busy with work, so we left him at your grandmother's house. Your grandmother loved him and fed him whenever he wanted, fearing that he would starve. Unknowingly, this happened."
"I remember that Zhou Yan always seemed to be hungry when he was a child. Often, after my brother and I fell asleep, he would sneak out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the kitchen to find something to eat. We had three meals a day, but he had four, not counting snacks." The eldest sister still remembers things from his childhood.
"I can't tell." Lin Xu turned his head to look at Zhou Yan and smiled with his eyes curved.
After Zhou Yan's past was completely exposed, he started to act like a loser, with a faint smile on his lips, waiting for Lin Xu to laugh enough.
Lin Xu continued to flip back, and the meatballs suddenly disappeared.
Looking at the changes in other people, the time span was only over a year, but Zhou Yan, who was about ten years old, suddenly became thinner.
"This-is this a miracle?" Lin Xu was stunned.
"Well, it's amazing, isn't it? It was only one semester, and when we saw him during the summer vacation, we almost didn't recognize him." The eldest sister said, pointing to the photo.
Lin Xu looked at Zhou Yan: "How did you do it?"
Zhou Yan chuckled and said, "Just starve."
When he was a child, he had no sense of shame. Adults would say he was cute when they saw him. The ignorant little Zhou Yan lost himself in the praises and really thought he was cute.
Later, I went to school, grew up a little, and gradually developed self-esteem.
I know what it means to be laughed at by classmates, and I also know how it feels to not be able to wear those handsome clothes.
Xiao Zhouyan learned from his mistakes and, with his extraordinary perseverance, lost half his body weight in one semester.
There is only one trick, which is to starve.
Mother Zhou remembers this story vividly: "At the time, his father and I were worried that he would starve himself to death. He was in the growth stage, so how could he not eat? But this child was stubborn and had perseverance. He would definitely achieve the goals he set for himself."
Lin Xu couldn't help but give Zhou Yan a thumbs up: "That's amazing, brother. With this kind of perseverance, you will succeed in everything you do."
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