Xiao Hui cooked dinner, while Minnie and Xiao Baoer helped.
Li Mengnan also wanted to help, but Xiao Hui turned him away because of the rule passed down from one generation to another that men should not leave the kitchen. For the first time in his life, he became a young man who "opens his mouth to open his mouth for food and extends his hands for clothes".
No wonder there are always bachelors who lament that it is better to have a woman at home... Li Mengnan deeply agrees with this statement, and he is undoubtedly happy, because there are three women around him in this family at this moment.
"Brother, don't stand here anymore. Go inside and wait. There's a lot of fumes here." Seeing Li Mengnan standing at the door of the kitchen leaning against the door frame, Xiao Baoer pushed him out with a coquettish look on his face.
"It's okay, I'm just taking a look..." Li Mengnan also felt that standing at the door was a bit blocking the light, so he stood to the side and only poked his head inward, as if he was peeping obscenely.
"Go back if I ask you to! The kitchen is such a big place, if you squeeze in, can we still cook? Are you still afraid that we will poison you?"
Minnie was furious when she saw Li Mengnan's face. Her whole life had been ruined by this guy. If it was not illegal to kill someone, she would have wanted to stuff Li Mengnan into the stove and use it as firewood.
But this guy is actually her brother in name only, the biological son of her stepmother who has been kind to her for more than ten years. She can't hurt this woman who is more like her biological mother. She can only knock out her teeth and put it in her stomach despite all kinds of grievances.
pharynx.
At this moment, Minnie has changed from the charming and voluptuous one she was in school. She wears a plain apron around her waist, her long hair is casually tied behind her head with hairpins, and a few wisps of slender hair naturally hang down from her temples. Her cuffs are rolled up high, exposing her two tender legs.
Her lotus-like forearms, her face turned upward, and her red cheeks covered with a layer of fine sweat, revealed a kind of simple beauty that is rare among urban girls.
No wonder Li Mengnan always felt that Minnie in school always had a weird sense of disharmony. Obviously this was her true nature. A girl from a poor family, no matter how she disguised and disguised it, she was the kind of girl who really came from a wealthy family.
The pride and confidence in his bones cannot be imitated.
In contrast, Li Mengnan still prefers the current Minnie.
Being born high or low is just a state of life, it doesn’t matter whether it’s good or bad. Just like summer flowers have the splendor of summer flowers, autumn leaves have the quiet beauty of autumn leaves, dead branches tied with colorful ribbons are not as good as a bouquet of blooming flowers, truth is always the most beautiful
of.
"Of course I believe Mom and Bao'er, but it's hard to say whether you will poison me..." Li Mengnan casually took a washed cucumber from the basin Xiao Bao'er was holding and put it in his mouth, unceremoniously.
Go head to head with Minnie.
Women can take the initiative to feel pain, but they cannot passively pamper them. They are like cats, grateful only for the moment of feeding, and unreasonable troubles are the eternity of their lives.
Of course, there are two types of unreasonable behavior. Those who are ugly are called coquettish, and those who are good-looking are called coquettish... It’s just that the latter is relatively easier to accept.
"Hmph! Then just stand here and keep an eye open, or I'll poison you with rat poison in a minute!" Minnie grabbed a handful of shredded beans and threw them at Li Mengnan angrily.
"Oh! How can you talk, kid?"
Xiao Hui also couldn't laugh or cry. She just couldn't understand it. The younger daughter Xiao Baoer could get along very well with Li Mengnan, but Minnie, the eldest daughter, seemed to have met an enemy from her previous life. She was tit for tat with Li Mengnan everywhere. It was either you or me who died.
The posture of death.
However, this kind of bickering does not have a special sense of intimacy.
Xiao Hui couldn't remember how long it had been since this small courtyard had been so lively. In the past, when there were only three of them, even if there were happy things, they always felt like something was missing.
Minnie and Xiao Baoer are too young to understand, but Xiao Hui knows that what the family lacks is a man who can shoulder the responsibility of the family. No matter how large the population is, if there is no adult man who can take responsibility, the family will not be complete.
s home.
Xiao Hui feels that God has been very kind to her. Although she has experienced two failed marriages, it has given her a pair of beautiful and well-behaved daughters, and now she has found a filial and sensible son.
If Bao'er's illness could never happen again, we would really be a happy family.
The children of the poor have long been in charge. Although Minnie and Xiao Baoer are just helping Xiao Hui, judging from their skillful movements, it is obvious that cooking is nothing new for the two sisters. If Xiao Hui had not insisted on cooking it herself
, it is estimated that either one of the two can easily complete this work.
Squatting at the door and watching the two sisters Minnie and Xiao Baoer's serious and focused expressions while cooking, Li Mengnan inexplicably thought of Dingxiang Wanwan and Dingxiang Nuannuan, two eldest ladies who were industrious and indifferent to grains.
They are both cheap girls, but the gap between the two is really not that big...
The speed at which the three skilled chefs collaborated was astonishing. In less than an hour, six dishes and one soup, all delicious and delicious, were put on the table.
Considering that the room is relatively hot and stuffy, the dining table is placed under the pomegranate tree near the entrance of the courtyard. The shade of the tree is whirling and the cicadas are chirping in my ears. It is quite pastoral.
"Mom, stop cleaning up and eat first."
Li Mengnan did not regard himself as a guest, so he brought a few small horses from the house and placed them beside the table.
Xiao Hui walked out of the kitchen, took off her apron and wiped her hands, saying with a slight apology: "Xiao Nan, I'm so sorry, you see mom doesn't even have an air conditioner here, so you have to eat outside..."
"The cook hasn't called it hot yet. Why does he have so many things to do when he's eating alone? He likes to eat or not!" Minnie came over with a pile of bowls and chopsticks and slammed them down on the table in annoyance.
"It's okay. This is good. It's refreshing and not tight... Oh, I mean it's harmonious and natural. It's more relaxing."
Li Mengnan smiled nonchalantly. He used to squat in the courtyard to eat when he was with the old man. At that time, the courtyard was still filled with the smell of horse and chicken manure. The environment here was much cleaner than where he originally lived.
Seeing that Li Mengnan looked natural and did not show any disgust or reluctance, Minnie's gloomy face finally relaxed a little. She supported her mother Xiao Hui and sat opposite Li Mengnan. She and Xiao Baoer sat on the left and right next to Xiao Hui.
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Minnie didn't want to sit next to Li Mengnan, but there was only a one-meter-long, one-meter-wide short square table for dinner at home. If she didn't sit next to Li Mengnan, she would have to face Li Mengnan.
None of the three women in the family drank. Xiao Hui only bought two bottles of beer. After pouring a glass for Li Mengnan, she picked up the tea in front of her and raised her glass: "Xiao Nan, you came all the way here, there is nothing good here."
, I can only cook this one meal to cleanse you from the wind and dust... Mom was sorry for what happened in the past. No matter what, you will always be my son, and this is your home."