Chapter 32: The Thirty-Second Mom
Baichuanmu knelt on the tatami with his knees together, his back still bent because of his guilty conscience, his hands twisted in anxiety, and he was reluctant to meet Baichuan's mother's eyes.
But after Baichuan's mother glanced at her, Baichuanmu immediately straightened her back, raised her head and chest, and placed her hands obediently on her thighs, just like a scholar getting up from his seat.
Baichuan's mother preached without pause. She first criticized Baichuanmu's behavior of playing with children, and also warned her not to feed snacks to other people's children casually, let alone cat food!
"You can't tease children with such words. You think it might be a joke, but children are young and will take it seriously! Also (500 words of condemnation on teasing children omitted here)... How can you feed a child cat food? Aren't you afraid that he will have diarrhea?! Although you gave him normal snacks later, it is very bad to feed food to children you don't know. It may make them develop bad habits. Also (another 200 words of criticism on random feeding omitted)... Mumu, do you understand?"
Bai Chuanmu felt dizzy after listening to it, and felt like she was back in high school. She almost ignored the previous words, but she did not completely ignore them. She extracted the key words "don't tease children casually" and "don't feed them casually".
She can still agree with the latter, but the former... Children are not for playing, so why have children? (Wrong
Although Baichuanmu was a painless mother...but she didn't tease her own Xiaojie, but teased someone else's Xiaowu!
If you don't bully Gojo Satoru now while he's still young, you won't be bullied when he grows up.
"Mumu! Mumu...Mumu? Hmm?" Baichuan's mother called her several times in a row, but she didn't respond. Baichuan's mother raised her eyebrows and poked her daughter's head with her hand, "You didn't hear anything at all, did you?"
Bai Chuanmu, who had been poked in the head, came back to her senses. She said quickly, "I heard it! I really heard it!"
"Then repeat what I just said, without missing a word."
Baichuanmu: ...Ah?
"Mom... aren't you... a little too harsh?" Bai Chuanmu said weakly.
Baichuan's mother snorted, folded her arms, and said, "Then let's lower the difficulty a little bit. Just repeat with 99% accuracy. You can make a few mistakes in words."
Bai Chuanmu was silent for a long time, then slowly said: "She is worthy of being my biological mother."
Baichuan's mother was just about to continue to cause "trouble" to Baichuanmu when someone came to the rescue.
"Wife - come and help me carry the things!" Before I saw the person, I heard his voice. Baichuan's father came into the yard carrying large and small bags of things. Although he was sweating, the joy on his face could hardly be suppressed. "My daughter is finally coming back, and she will bring my precious grandson with her. I want to make a big meal for them! I still remember Mumu's favorite flavors, but I don't know what Xiaojie likes, and I don't know if it's the same as his mother's... Eh?"
Then Baichuan's father saw Baichuan Mu kneeling on the tatami and almost dropped what he was holding.
"Dad..." Baichuanmu looked pitiful and only dared to call out softly. When she saw Baichuan's father, she sniffed and squeezed out a few tears. She seemed to be "coerced" and did not dare to speak loudly. She only dared to utter the three words "save me" with her lips.
The person who "coerced" her was sitting opposite her. Baichuan's mother sat cross-legged, looking very angry, with her eyes wide open and her brows tightly furrowed. However, Baichuan's father knew his wife's character. This was probably just pretending to be angry. When she was really angry, she would smile and squint.
Baichuan's father laughed, put the things on the floor, and sat next to Baichuan's mother. He coughed twice and tried to suppress his smile: "Mumu, you haven't been home for several years. It's really a bit unreasonable. It's normal for your mother to be angry... Honey, don't be angry. Look, Mumu came back early. Isn't this a little surprise for us?"
Baichuan's mother sneered: "Don't you think your daughter bought the wrong ticket because she misread the time?"
Bai Chuanmu looked away guiltily. She was indeed his biological mother.
"And that's not why I taught her a lesson."
Baichuan's mother described to Baichuan's father what she had done, and after listening to her, Baichuan's father couldn't help but burst out laughing, and slapped his thigh and said, "Hahahahahaha - you are worthy of being my daughter - hahahahaha..."
But Baichuan's father couldn't laugh for long, because Baichuan's mother turned her head and looked at him with narrowed eyes and a very kind smile.
Baichuan's father immediately fell silent, but it was too late.
"Go to the other side!" Baichuan's mother pushed Baichuan's father.
Then the father and daughter sat in a row (kneeling) and listened to Baichuan's mother starting a new round of lessons. She also told him that Xiaojie's friend Gojo Satoru would be staying in their house for a while.
During this time, the father and daughter also communicated with each other through eye contact.
Baichuanmu: Dad, I thought you came to save me, but I didn’t expect you to add fuel to the fire.
Baichuan's father: This is called sharing the hardship! Look how righteous I am!
Because Baichuan's father added fuel to the fire, the two cubs had taken a bath and changed their clothes, but Baichuan's mother had not finished preaching.
Ko Natsu Arushi and Ko Gojo Satoru stood at the door and looked at each other. Ko Natsu Arushi made a hushing gesture to Ko Gojo Satoru to be quiet. He was not afraid of being implicated, he just wanted to give his mother and grandfather some face.
But Gojo Satoru is not the kind of person who would give face to others. He smiled and said, "Oh, it's quite interesting. I want to record it all."
It’s a pity that Gojo Satoru doesn’t have a mobile phone, otherwise he would also like to take nine consecutive photos.
How could Baichuanmu and Baichuan's father not notice that the two cubs were watching them being scolded.
They both thought at the same time, "It's a good thing I'm not alone. As a grandfather/mother, he/she must feel more embarrassed."
They are indeed father and daughter, they have such a good understanding!
Baichuan's mother still knew to give the father and daughter some face. She caught a glimpse of the two cubs coming and ended the criticism hastily, but she didn't give them any face: "You two, each write a 1,000-word self-criticism."
Bai Chuanmu was stunned: "I still have to write a self-criticism?!"
Baichuan's mother said, "One thousand and five characters."
Bai Chuanmu tried to save the situation: "Mom, I'm almost 24 years old, do I still have to write a self-criticism?! Didn't you say you're not a teenage girl anymore?!"
"Now you remember that you are not a teenage girl anymore," Baichuan's mother raised her eyebrows and held up two fingers, "Two thousand words, both of you should increase your writing to two thousand words."
Baichuan's father, who was "implicated", widened his eyes. He opened his mouth, trying to make amends, but according to Baichuan's mother's personality, the price would probably go up by another five hundred.
But Baichuanmu didn't learn his lesson and got them two 3,000 words of self-criticism. Now the look in Baichuan's father's eyes when he looked at Baichuanmu seemed to be saying, from today on, we sever our father-daughter relationship (wrong)
After the education was over, little Xia Youjie immediately came over and called out "Grandma and Grandpa" obediently.
Then he patted his mother on the shoulder and comforted her: "It's okay, Mom, just think of it as summer homework, we can do summer homework together."
Seeing his grandson coming, Baichuan's father's bitter face immediately showed a smile, and he took out cat strips from his pocket... He took out the wrong one, and under the murderous eyes of Baichuan's mother, he stuffed the cat strips back, and then took out another pocket, took out the chocolate and put it in Xiaoxia Youjie's hand: "Xiaojie is so good, this is the chocolate that grandpa 'especially' prepared for you~ Open it when you go back."
"Specially?" Xiao Xia Youjie touched the chocolate packaging. It was bulging, and it felt like something was stuffed inside. It didn't feel like chocolate when you pinched it.
Bai Chuanmu was close by and saw what happened to Chocolate. He understood what happened and blurted out, "Dad, did you give your private money to Xiaojie?"
"Private money? Is it true?" Baichuan's mother smiled.
"Um... that, honey... listen to my explanation, I really didn't sneak out to drink," Baichuan's father looked ashen, hesitating and making things worse, "Really..."
When Baichuan's mother glanced at Baichuan's father, he knew that he was going to be scolded again, but at least he was saved face this time and the score was settled again.
"Grandpa... I can't take this money..." Xiao Xia Youjie put the "chocolate" back into Baichuan's father's hand, "If it's Grandpa's private money, then you can use it yourself. If Grandpa wants to buy some wine, then go ahead."
Xiao Xia Youjie has no concept of "wine" and thinks it is a drink like Coke.
Baichuan's father turned his head and looked at his wife. Sure enough, her smile became even kinder. He wanted to cry, but couldn't.
Baichuan’s father: Grandson, I am your biological grandfather. There is no need to push you into the fire pit.
Baichuan Mu chuckled, but after being glared at by Baichuan's mother, she coughed twice and touched Xiao Xia Youjie's head: "Xiaojie, just accept what grandpa gave you, you don't have to be polite."
"Oh, right. Xiaojie, is there any snacks or toys you want to buy? You can use the pocket money grandpa gave you to buy them." Baichuan's father said.
He didn't seem to have any snacks or toys he wanted. Xiao Xia Youjie thought about it, blinked his eyes, and finally thought of something he wanted to buy. He asked, "I don't have any snacks or toys I want, but can I use this money to buy a gift for my mother? I want to give my mother a gift!"
"Wow——" Baichuanmu couldn't stop laughing. She hugged Xiao Xia Youjie into her arms, "Our Xiaojie is so thoughtful. Mom is so happy——Mom loves you so much——!"
Xiao Xia Youjie chuckled, feeling a little embarrassed. He looked at Baichuan's father with sparkling eyes, as if he was still waiting for his answer.
Baichuan's father naturally agreed: "Of course, Xiaojie is such a filial child, but what gift are you going to give your mother?"
"Monkey." Xiao Xia Youjie said without hesitation.
Three adults: ...
Xiao Xia Youjie also asked: "Grandpa, is this money enough to buy a real monkey? I think Mom will like a real monkey more than a monkey doll...right, Mom?"
Bai Chuanmu was in mixed emotions and was speechless.
“Hahahaha——” Little Gojo Satoru at the side couldn’t help laughing out loud, “Monkey? You want to give your mother a monkey as a gift, Jie, your idea is really special, hahahahaha——”
Xiao Xia Youjie pouted and said unconvincedly: "What's wrong with the monkey!? Wu, I tell you, you can't look down on monkeys. My mother loves monkeys the most!"
Baichuan's mother smacked her lips repeatedly. She was enjoying the show and poked Baichuan's father, saying, "I said your daughter is the reincarnation of a monkey, right?"
Xiao Xia Youjie was even more proud when he heard this, and said seriously: "Yes, my mother is the reincarnation of a monkey!"
“Hahahahahahaha——” Little Gojo Satoru couldn’t stop laughing.
"Um, Xiaojie..." Baichuanmu said weakly, but when she met Xiaoxia Youjie's clear eyes, she couldn't say anything.
"Hmm?" Xiao Xia Youjie tilted his head, his tone rising slightly. He was very happy and excited, as if he was expecting his mother's praise.
"Mom likes this gift very much, but... the doll is enough."
"Mom, you don't have to give in. Even if you don't have enough money and can only buy a doll, when I grow up, I will work hard to make money. I want to buy you a real monkey as a pet!"
Baichuanmu: ...
It seems that Zizi really likes the monkey, but... Baichuanmu can't be happy now. She just thinks that Xiao Gojo Satoru's laughter is too loud.
“Hahahahahahahahahahaha——!” Xiao Gojo Satoru burst into laughter and even rolled on the ground with exaggerated laughter.
Baichuanmu: ...That's too much, Wu. Have you forgotten that I still have your dark history in my hands?
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