The snow in Baimei County in the central part of China stopped and came intermittently. There was nothing fun to do except the numbing cold.
This gradually made Mei Fang's wish to build a snowman with the children come to nothing.
After gradually adapting to the pace of life in Baimei County, Mei Fang's family of more than a dozen people sat around a large round table preparing to celebrate the New Year.
“Hoohoo… the delicious braised pork is here!”
It was a rare opportunity for the children to come home from Pengcheng, so naturally they didn't have to worry about housework. Yu Ling, Xiang Xiaoxia and Liang Meijuan brought the hot dishes to the table one after another.
"Today's New Year's Eve dinner was prepared by the three of us together—"
Teacher Yu happily set the table and said cheerfully, with his hands behind his back:
"How about we play a little game while we eat? If anyone can guess which dish I made, I'll give him a big red envelope! But everyone only has one chance. If you guess wrong, you have to give me a red envelope!"
"Ah... Mom, you are too childish. I used to think you were very mature and steady, but now you are acting more and more like a child."
Xia Yuan said as he picked up a piece of cola chicken wing and put it in his bowl. "This is the only dish my mother is good at. I'm sure this dish of chicken wings is also-"
After taking a bite of the cola chicken wings, Xia Yuan suddenly looked hesitant.
"How should I put it... It seems to be different from my mother's method..."
"Time, time, sizzle!"
Little Yuanbao in the baby chair next to her was making noises and gurgling. Seeing that she was very interested, Xia Yuan picked out a small piece of chicken skin and fed it into little Yuanbao's mouth.
"Is it tasty?"
"Mm, so good!"
Little Yuanbao squinted his eyes and grinned, making a cute expression.
Xia Yuan thought about it and gave an answer, "It's different from my mother's cooking method. It feels like a confusing option. It's a conspiracy of the despicable Chinese teacher, so I don't think this is my mother's dish."
Teacher Yu smiled but didn't answer, then looked at the others: "Well, does anyone else want to try it?"
"Well, let me try it too..."
Mei Fang remembered that Teacher Yu's cooking skills had improved greatly several years ago, and this was cola chicken wings that anyone could cook, so there was no need to be afraid.
After taking a small bite of the chicken wing, Mei Fang's eyes sparkled.
"This, this, this cola chicken wing..."
"Is it special, Afang?"
Lin Youxi pushed Mei Fang aside and said, "Let me have a taste too."
"I'll give you a new one."
"Just eat this piece of yours."
"Then—"
As the crowd watched, Mei Fang picked up a cola chicken wing and put it into his wife's mouth. At the same time, Lin Youxi was holding Mei Fang's arm and giving her a close hug.
This couple can now openly show their affection in front of their family. In comparison, Yuanyuan's interaction with Mei Fang in front of everyone seems much more restrained.
Xia Xun noticed Mei Fang and Lin Youxi showing their affection, and his expression gradually became solemn.
Although the three of them are in a de facto relationship of three people, there are still some differences in closeness and distance between people. Who believes that anyone can really treat everyone equally
Xia Xun, who is obsessed with his daughter, knows that his daughter has a simple personality and is often worried that Xia Yuan is in a weak position in the relationship between the three. Seeing his daughter happily feeding noodles to Xiao Yuanbao, Xia Xun's mood becomes very complicated.
Yuanyuan, you have to stand up!
Lin Youxi tasted the cola chicken wings fed by her husband, and she was about to spit out the bones. Mei Fang took a tissue and put it next to Lin Youxi's mouth to let her spit it out. Lin Youxi pouted and thought for a while, then said:
“Although the flavor is different from the cola chicken wings that Yu’s mother made before, I still think this is Yu’s mother’s dish.”
"Why do you feel that way, Youxi?"
Yu Ling stared at her new daughter with a smile, "I want to hear your analysis."
"Although the taste is quite different from the previous method, Yu's mother still likes to add lemon juice to many dishes for seasoning. My mother and Xiang's mother are not used to using it for seasoning..."
Seeing Lin Youxi's thorough analysis, Mei Fang nodded and said, "I think so too. It's that seasoning method that is very similar to Teacher Yu's—no, Mother Yu's method, so I have to stand on Youxi's side."
Mei Fang is still not used to calling her elementary school teacher "Mom".
"What? It's too hasty to conclude that my mother made the chicken wings based on this alone!"
Xia Yuan groaned unconvincedly, "I've been eating the cola chicken wings made by my mom for almost 20 years, so I'm sure I'm more familiar with them than you are. These cola chicken wings don't have the taste of my mom! Okay, now it's time to reveal the answer, mom!"
“Tsk tsk tsk tsk…”
Teacher Yu sighed and said, "I never thought that my biological daughter, who I have lived with for so many years, can't taste the taste of her mother. I am really sad."
“Hey hey hey! Are these really the cola chicken wings made by mom?”
"Who else would cook this dish if not me... Okay, Yuanyuan, you have to give out red envelopes! Give one to Youxi... I'll give another big red envelope to Ah Fang."
“Ahh! How could this happen… Wuwu—”
Xia Yuan's pitiful and aggrieved expression immediately caused everyone at the table to burst into laughter. Even little Yuanbao was muttering to himself while clenching his fists.
The only one who felt sorry for Xia Yuan at this time was probably his biological father Xia Xun.
Xia Xun was staring at his daughter with a look of disappointment on his face.
Then he suddenly discovered that right next to Lin Youxi, Youxi's baby, Xiao Xixi, was looking at him with an expression of disbelief and horror.
It was as if he had discovered some huge secret that could not be told.
…
Xia Xun tried hard not to pay attention to Xiao Xixi's gaze, but once his eyes fell on Xiao Xixi, he found that Xiao Xixi was looking at him in horror.
Oh no.
Beads of sweat appeared on Xia Xun's forehead.
If others think I'm trying to scare Xiao Xixi at this moment, I won't be able to explain myself...
Xia Xun entered the Xia family's ancestral brain-filling mode—
Lin Youxi: [Eh… Daddy Xia really doesn’t like my daughter? If you say you don’t like my daughter, you actually mean you don’t like me…]
Mei Fang: [Dad, I understand that you don’t want to get close to Youxi and Xiaoxixi, but they are all my family. I hope you won’t show it to their faces. As a father, I will also be unhappy.]
Yu Ling: [Husband, you are such a grown-up, why are you picking on a child? If you bully a child, I will no longer like you, okay?]
Xia Yuan: [Comrade Xia Xun! I! Now! I have to warn you very seriously! Xiao Xixi is also my daughter! If you don't like her, you'd better get out! There is no place for you in this family!]
Ahhhh!
Don’t do that kind of thing!
Xia Xun appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already in turmoil.
At this time, Mei Ya was standing aside.
"Uncle Xia, why don't you move your chopsticks? Don't you have an appetite?"
"Ah... No, no."
Xia Xun was trying to find a reason to explain his behavior, but Xiang Xiaoxia suddenly yelled at Mei Ya:
“Xiaoya! Wipe your mouth. Don’t be so rude to your elders. Don’t ask such questions.”
Xia Xun and Xiao Xixi were almost simultaneously startled by Xiang Xiaoxia's loud voice. Xia Xun's body trembled, and Xiao Xixi immediately pouted, looking very frightened.
"Ah... Mom, look at what you did. You made Xiaoxixi cry! Don't be afraid, Xiaoxixi. Your grandma is just like that... unreasonable."
Mei Ya on the side quickly reached out and pinched Xiao Xixi's face to coax her, and then kept complaining to her mother. Because her in-laws and daughter-in-law were here, Xiang Xiaoxia was embarrassed to continue preaching to her daughter, so she just responded a few times and didn't go on.
So Xia Xun was able to escape.
But, speaking of it, Xiao Xixi...
As cute as our little Yuanbao!
After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner together at home, the grandmothers all rushed to give the babies a bath.
The babies were being taken care of by the elderly at home, so the Mei Youyuan and other three brothers temporarily put aside their daughters who had been with them for a whole year and took a walk in the yard where light snow was falling to help digest their food.
"It's rare that I have some free time these days. Do you want to go out and play on the street tonight?"
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi each held one of Mei Fang's arms, "It feels like I haven't been in Baimei for many years."
"You can go eat beef noodles tomorrow morning. Pan's will probably be open for the last day."
"Is this true? Why are they closing so early this year?"
Xia Yuan protested angrily, "So many people want to eat noodles during the Chinese New Year."
"Isn't it for the sake of enjoying the New Year after earning a year's hard-earned money? A wife, children and a warm bed are the highest ideals pursued by the Chinese people..."
"Afang has indeed achieved perfection, and has double the happiness. How enviable!"
Lin Youxi said softly, "I don't want to go out today... Can we just soak our feet and rest early?"
"Ah, yes, yes... you haven't been feeling well since you came back!"
Mei Fang scratched his head and said with a smile, "It's time to have a good rest—"
Lin Youxi poked Mei Fang's cheek to stop him from continuing.
"I've been feeling much better these past few days. If I replenish some Super Alfang energy, I'll be completely fine—"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, is Ah Fang not doing well again?"
Xia Yuan smiled and poked Mei Fang's arm and winked at him. Mei Fang immediately retorted:
"Don't you know whether I can do it or not? It's fine if everyone is happy, but I'm afraid Yuanyuan will start howling again when she's shaking at night, which will have a bad influence. Besides, your parents are staying here tonight, right? How can parents shake at home?"
"I, I'm not exaggerating! You describe me as some kind of animal..."
“But it’s true.”
Lin Youxi added on the side.
"Ahh... you two are so annoying!"
The air was filled with the friendly laughter of Lin Youxi and Mei Fang.
"But don't you really want to go out shopping tonight?"
Mei Fang said softly, "It's a rare opportunity to have some time, so I'll take you out for a walk and reminisce about the good old days."
Lin Youxi shook her head gently: "I think we should not go too far. After all, Xiao Xixi and Xiao Yuanbao have only been with their grandma and grandma for a short time. Once the novelty wears off, I'm afraid they will cry and look for their mother again."
"I think Xiao Xixi behaved very well today! She didn't cry in front of so many people. It seems she has grown up very quickly."
"It's better to grow up slowly."
Lin Youxi looked up at the snowflakes dancing in the sky, "This way we can have more, more time to see the children with us."
"Hey, Youxi, why are you so sad all of a sudden..."
Xia Yuan smiled and said, "I think that this kind of thing should just be left to nature. Children will always grow up, become independent, and form their own families and—"
"Ah... Pfft—"
Mei Fang almost fell to his knees because of Xia Yuan's words, and it was his wives who supported him so that he did not fall down.
"Afang? Are you still letting your guard down, Afang... Stop it, haha... You're an adult now, that day will eventually come."
"I know, I know, but..."
Mei Fang said softly, "Don't mention these things for now. I will be emo."
It seems that no matter how happy a family is, they can't escape these emo topics—
Just as the three were happily chatting, the snowflakes falling from the sky suddenly became rapid and fierce, and the three had to go back to the eaves to start avoiding the snowflakes.
Because Mei Fang's yard was so big, the three of them were covered in snow when they ran back.
"Phew... I'm so confused."
Mei Fang, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were patting the snow off each other's bodies. As they were doing so, Lin Youxi suddenly reached her hand into Mei Fang's clothes and looked at her with curiosity.
Lin Youxi herself has cold hands and feet, and when she touched the snowflake ice over, she was going to freeze Mei Fang severely, but Mei Fang just covered her mouth and grimaced for a while, then let Lin Youxi move back and forth on her body.
"Hmm..."
"Isn't it cold, Fang?"
Xia Yuan helped Mei Fang brush off the snow on her body. "I thought if Youxi froze you like this, you would be so cold that you would scream out, 'I'm freezing!' or something strange like that."
"No, my wife is looking for me for warmth, how can I jump up and down and complain..."
Mei Fang said seriously, "It is my responsibility as a father to make my wife feel warm."
"What do you mean by fatherly responsibility? Don't confuse playing with the things you play with at night with the terms of husband and wife. Even Xiao Yuanbao can't figure out the relationship between us."
"Speaking of which, when Xiao Yuanbao and Xiao Xixi grow up, their understanding of their mother will be a little different."
The three-person relationship is also designed in the hope that the children can accept the fact that they have two mothers, so in normal times, they are asked to call Yuan Mama and Xi Mama. However, because there is a father as a comparison, and the babies' natural speaking habits, the two children still prefer to call them mom directly more often.
Therefore, it is not easy for them to accept that they have two mothers in the future...
“I don’t know what the kids will think of us when they grow up.”
Xia Yuan suddenly sighed as she spoke, "I feel that before that, it is also very important for them to understand the emotional foundation of their parents."
"It might be better to let it be, well, let it be..."
As Lin Youxi was talking, he suddenly laughed.
"Speaking of which, I have been without a mother since I was a child, but now Xiao Xixi and Xiao Yuanbao can enjoy double the maternal love. I always feel that this is something to be envied."
"Ahh... Youxi, stop talking... Let me hug you... Woohoo—"
Xia Yuan joined the army of people who gathered together for warmth.
Snow is flying all over the sky.
It looks like tomorrow might be a good day for a snowball fight
There were some modifications and they are now complete.
Friendship py: "Rebirth in 1990: I Have Three Golden Fingers" is an urban industrial technology article. Fang Bo returned to the 1990s when gold was everywhere. Due to an accident, his three middle fingers were cut off, which turned into golden fingers as a blessing in disguise.
[Index Finger: LV1, any book touched by the right hand will have its learning, memory and comprehension abilities doubled]
[Middle finger: LV1, any device touched by the right hand can be used for fault analysis]
[Ring finger: LV1, shaking hands with others, you can know the other person's information from the past day and current inner thoughts, limited to one person per day]
[Hint: LV1, finger recovery 20%, each level up recovery increases by 10%]
In order to make up for the regrets of his previous life and to rehabilitate his fingers, he went further and further on the road of industrial technology, promoting the development of global science and technology with his own efforts.
(End of this chapter)