Chapter 171: A Wretched Smile4000 words(1/2)
Mrs. Xu is two years younger than Xu Ze. Although she has reached the age of becoming a grandmother, her youthful beauty can still be seen in her eyebrows. Compared with Xu Ze, who is serious and serious and rarely smiles throughout the year, Mrs. Xu's temperament is different from that of Xu Ze.
On the contrary, they are exactly complementary.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the relationship between the couple is very good, and they have almost never blushed in the past twenty years. Xu Ze's backyard is also clean, without those warblers and swallows. With this, Mrs. Xu has become a noble lady in the capital.
The woman they envy and envy.
Seeing his wife looking like she was watching a good show, Xu Ze couldn't help but have a headache: "Now that I know, what else do I have to ask?"
"Tell me quickly, I just want to know how this girl made you angry." Mrs. Xu didn't want to be dismissed, and asked eagerly while serving her husband.
Xu Ze knew that if he didn't explain things clearly, he wouldn't be able to have a good meal, so he had to tell her what happened in the study. During this period, he also answered various questions from Mrs. Xu from time to time, almost making him angry again.
"Oh, this girl is interesting, I have to meet her when she comes this afternoon!" Mrs. Xu listened with great interest, and vaguely had an image of an eccentric little girl in her mind.
Xu Ze's face turned dark and he said in a deep voice: "You are not allowed to see me!"
Mrs. Xu was stunned for a moment, then she guessed what Xu Ze was thinking. She couldn't help but beat the table and laughed: "Xu Ze, Xu Ze, I think the person you are recruiting is not a disciple, but another ancestor!"
Isn't it because she is afraid that she will fall in love with that little girl and protect her from being cruel every day? She wants to see what the little girl is capable of, making people fall in love with her at first sight.
Xu Ze's face turned even darker and he warned: "If you fall in love with that girl, I don't care. I will discipline you not to interfere!"
Mrs. Xu was surprised and asked quickly: "What's wrong? Is that girl difficult to control?"
Xu Ze frowned unconsciously and asked: "In recent years, have you seen any family that does everything possible to get girls to study like the Qin family?"
Mrs. Xu's heart tightened, and her expression changed: "Perhaps she thinks that there needs to be a successor in the family, and her daughter's illiteracy will make people laugh, so she wants to raise a talented girl?"
Xu Ze shook his head: "No..."
The day before yesterday, when he agreed to take in the girl, the old man of the Qin family said that he was not looking for talent, but only for being sensible and knowing the right way. At that time, he could faintly see that there was a traitor hidden under the girl's delicate face.
Seeing each other again today confirmed his suspicion even more. If such a child is well disciplined, his future will not be bad; if he is not well disciplined, he may harm others and himself.
After hearing this, Mrs. Xu frowned even more than Xu Ze: "I know it's hard to discipline me, so what do you promise to do?"
Xu Ze waved his hand: "I've already collected it, so what's the point of saying this anymore?"
Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes: "I think you didn't wake up that day and your mind was confused."
Xu Ze was silent and kept his head down while eating.
Mrs. Xu sighed secretly, her desire to see the little girl became stronger.
Qin Xiaoxiao, who had already returned home with her parents, didn't know that she was being remembered again. She lay on the stove, smelling the smell of braised pork emanating from the pot, and swallowed hard.
"Greedy cat!" Lin Qiuniang was very happy to see it. She picked up a small piece of braised pork with her hand, blew on it, and stuffed it into her daughter's mouth: "Hurry up and wash your hands. You can eat it after washing."
Qin Xiaoxiao bit into the soft and fragrant braised pork. She narrowed her eyes because of the beauty. She waved her little hands everywhere to find a ladle to scoop out water. After she washed and dried herself, she sat down at the dining table. Her small rice bowl was piled with braised pork.
Coming to the fore.
"Dad, Mom, there's too much meat, how can I finish it!" Qin Xiaoxiao saw that most of the braised pork was in her bowl, and quickly picked up her chopsticks to put it between Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang.
"My dear, it's hard to study, please eat more!" Lin Qiuniang held her rice bowl in her hands and refused to take it. She pointed at the bowl with only a few pieces of braised pork left and said, "There is still a lot of soup. Mom and dad like to eat rice soaked in soup.
"
There were only a few pieces of braised pork in the bowl. After all, Lin Qiuniang only bought a pound of pork belly. She cut half of it into braised pork, cut some lean meat into a large bowl of egg drop broth, and used the remaining half piece of pork.
Sprinkle with salt and save for tomorrow.
"Your mother is right. You have worked hard in school, so you should eat more meat." Qin Shan was so moved by his daughter's filial piety that he quickly picked up the meat bowl and poured some soup into his wife's bowl, and then poured some into his own bowl.
A little bit, proving that they really like rice soaked in soup.
"The soup is not as delicious as meat. If you don't eat meat, then I won't eat it either!" Qin Xiaoxiao put the bowls and chopsticks on the table, silently swallowing and not moving.
She has not had the habit of eating alone since she was a child. In the past, when there was a large table at home, she could not tell who was eating meat and who was not. Now that there are only three people at the table, she cannot eat meat until she is full.
Let the parents only have some broth.
"You girl, I really can't do anything to you!" Lin Qiuniang knew her daughter's temper, and she would not eat if she didn't follow her wishes, so she used chopsticks to put a piece of meat into her husband's bowl and into his bowl respectively: "
Eat it quickly, otherwise it will get cold."
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, picked up her chopsticks and fiddled with the pieces of meat in the bowl and counted them carefully. She found that there were still six pieces. She picked up her chopsticks and put them into Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang's bowls: "I eat too much meat and my stomach feels uncomfortable."
, Mom and Dad need to help me eat more!"
Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang were so moved that they stretched out their hands to rub their daughter's head: "Eat, eat both, this is our filial piety with a smile!"
"Giggle~" Qin Xiaoxiao was particularly happy, and stuffed a piece of braised pork into her mouth. The sweet oil made her taste full of happiness.
Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang smiled at each other, savoring the braised pork that their daughter gave them, and tasted the happiness from it.
After all the braised pork was eaten, Qin Xiaoxiao patted her bulging belly and suddenly had the idea to study hard, otherwise she would be sorry for the meat she had eaten. If her parents knew that she did not study hard, they would not cook it for her in the future.
How to make delicious braised pork?
After walking back and forth in the yard a few times, Qin Xiaoxiao's stomach was no longer so full, so Lin Qiuniang sent her back to her room to rest for a while, so as not to doze off in front of her husband in the afternoon.
Qin Xiaoxiao took off her shoes and climbed into bed, lifted the quilt and lay down in it. She just closed her eyes and prepared to sleep when she suddenly felt something moving under the quilt.
"Ah——" The little girl thought there was a scary ghost hiding under the quilt. She screamed in fright and crawled out of the quilt. She jumped out of bed and ran out barefoot: "Help, help——"
As early as she let out her first scream, Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang, who were busy tending the vegetable garden in the yard, threw away their hoes and ran into the house in a panic, bumping into Qin Xiaoxiao who was running to the door of the room.
"What's going on, what's going on?" Qin Shan held his daughter in his arms and looked into the room with a wary look, suspecting that someone had sneaked in and hid inside and scared his daughter.
"There is a ghost, there is a ghost in the bed!" Qin Xiaoxiao pointed at the big bed with her little finger shaking, and said in fear.
Qin Shan breathed a sigh of relief: "Silly girl, where did this ghost come from in broad daylight!"
Lin Qiuniang also smiled, and comforted her daughter as she walked into the room: "Don't be afraid, I think it was a mouse that ran into the bed, so I'll chase it away right now."
"Rat? Mom, hurry up and get rid of the mouse. Rats also eat meat!" Qin Xiaoxiao didn't see the thing under the quilt. After hearing what her parents said, she thought it was more likely to be a mouse, so she followed her father.
My mother walked behind me to the bed to see what was going on.
Rats are harmful things. Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang had murderous intentions. They each took off a shoe and held it in their hands, hoping to kill the rats while the quilt was lifted. But when they came to the bed and looked at the quilt that was pushed up,
The couple looked at each other: How could a little mouse cause such trouble?
This kind of scene is so familiar. When Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't remember, the couple had experienced it countless times, and they were already used to it.
Lin Qiuniang put her shoes on her feet again, turned to Qin Xiaoxiao and asked: "Are you afraid of a cat you don't know?"
Qin Xiaoxiao shook her head and nodded again: "If you are good-looking, you are not afraid. If you are ugly, you are afraid."
Lin Qiuniang was speechless: "These cats all look similar, so you can tell the difference between the beautiful and the ugly."
Qin Xiaoxiao said seriously: "Fat cats are good-looking, but thin cats are not good-looking."
Looking at his daughter who was fat and thin, Qin Shan laughed loudly: "In the future, we will also raise you to be fat. You will definitely look better than you do now." After saying that, he stepped forward and lifted the quilt.
Sure enough, what was squirming around in the bed was not a mouse at all, but a rather heavy yellow cat.
"Meow~" The big yellow cat was sticking out its butt, rubbing its eyes on the mattress with blurry eyes, and making a purring sound in its throat, as if it hadn't noticed the Qin family. Until the scent of the Qin family became more and more alluring, it followed the scent.
The person coming from the direction opened his eyes.
"It's Maomao!" Qin Xiaoxiao huddled behind Lin Qiuniang subconsciously, stretching out her little head to look at the big yellow cat whose eyes were gradually clearing.
"It's quite chubby, I'm afraid I haven't eaten enough meat!" Qin Shan grabbed the big yellow cat's back before it could react, lifted it up and weighed it.
The back of the neck is a cat's worst spot. The big yellow cat didn't move or bark. It only stared at Qin Xiaoxiao with a pair of deformed eyes. It was no different from the domestic cats in Qingshan Village that had been pestering Qin Xiaoxiao for several years.
"This cat is beautiful!" Qin Xiaoxiao looked at the very beautiful big yellow cat that was about to move. She couldn't help but came over and stretched out her little paws to stroke it from its head to its tail. The soft and slippery touch reminded her of
Chubby.
"Hey~" The big yellow cat was so excited that he made a weird sheep cry.
Originally, this guy was a serious cat, but the skin on the back of his neck fell into Qin Shan's hands, tightening the fur on his throat, forcing the meow to change into an inappropriate sheep meow.
"Dad, put the cat down." Qin Xiaoxiao saw that the big yellow cat was feeling very uncomfortable, and couldn't help but urge Qin Shan by holding its fat butt.
Qin Shan was very aware of the virtues of these cats that came to the door, and was not afraid of them getting angry and hurting people, so he let go and put the big yellow cat on the ground.
"Meow~" As soon as the big yellow cat got free, he couldn't wait to run up to Qin Xiaoxiao. His tail was raised high and he rubbed her legs hard, almost knocking her down.
"Dad, Mom, it can't give birth to kittens, it's a male cat!" Qin Xiaoxiao looked at the two exposed hairy balls of the big yellow cat, and poked them mischievously on a whim.
This girl has seen dozens to dozens of big and small kittens, and she already knows how to distinguish male cats from female cats. She once asked a lot of questions about the different physiological structures of the two, which made people laugh.
The problem.
"You girl, you are becoming less and less like a girl!" Lin Qiuniang's hair was covered with black lines, and she slapped her daughter's hand away to prevent her from doing such an indecent act towards the cat.
Qin Xiaoxiao retracted her little paws and muttered: "It's just fun, the cat didn't let me play~"
"Meow~" As if in response to her, the big yellow cat meowed coquettishly. The cat's tail stood up higher, and its two furry balls swayed back and forth.
Qin Shan on the side burst out laughing. Under Lin Qiuniang's glare, he had no choice but to twist the back of the big yellow cat's neck and urge Qin Xiaoxiao: "Go to bed quickly, I have to study with Mr. Xu in the afternoon!"
"I know~" Qin Xiaoxiao finally stroked the cat's head, and Qin Shan, who was watching helplessly, carried the big yellow cat out of the house, struggling with its fat butt.
Qin Shan didn't know whose cat the big yellow cat belonged to, so he threw it outside the courtyard door and quickly closed the courtyard door. After making sure that the gap in the courtyard door and wall was not big enough for a fat cat to squeeze in, he returned to the house with confidence.
, ignoring the angry howling of the big yellow cat.
After Lin Qiuniang washed the towel she used to wipe Qin Xiaoxiao's feet, she saw that the big yellow cat was still howling, so she said to Qin Shan: "There must be more cats in this city than in the village. If cats come to the door every day, our family will have to buy fish and meat."
To be continued...