Mrs. Wen has always been generous and booked a first-class cabin.
Mrs. Wei was very happy when she entered the cabin. It was high-end and she didn't have to spend her own money. This kind of cabin also has two people in one room. Two single beds are placed against the cabin wall. There is a small bedside table with exquisite carvings at the head of the bed. On the table is an equally exquisite copper table lamp, which is convenient for private living and reading. The bedding is clean and tidy and all the gifts are packed. The crew will deliver the gifts to the room. There is also a pair of small round sofa chairs in the room, and a round wooden table in the middle. The wooden table is covered with a snow-white lace tablecloth. In addition to a set of exquisite exotic bone china tea sets, there is a half-opened rose in a small glass bottle. There are two pots of holly on the long milky white wooden table against the wall, adding a bit of green to the cabin.
Old Mrs. Wei sat on the bed and felt that it was just the right hardness. The little girl took the roses from the vase and sat next to her grandmother in a pretentious manner, saying, "Grandma, I'll give you a flower."
Old Mrs. Wei hurriedly said, "This is someone's vase, send it back to them quickly."
Wei Nian smiled, "Mom, it's okay, we can live in this room as we please."
Mrs. Wei was relieved. She was afraid that someone would ask her to pay for the missing flowers. Since her son said it was okay, she said to her maid, "Grandma, don't take them. You can play with them."
The little girl also had an adjacent half-closed room. She jumped out of bed and pushed open the door. After a while, her loud voice was heard, "Grandma, this is a bathroom."
Old Mrs. Wei went to take a look. It was a bathroom similar to the one in a small western-style house in Beijing. It was all made of snow-white porcelain. The washstand, toilet, and bathtub were all snow-white and had a high-end and elegant luster. In particular, there was a row of bottles and jars on the washstand, including unopened glass cups, tooth powder, and tooth tools. Old Mrs. Wei looked at the bottles and jars, but she saw foreign words all over them, which she didn't recognize. Old Mrs. Wei called Wei Yin, "Ah Yin, come and take a look. What is this for? I know this one, but I don't know these two."
Wei Yin followed in and took a quick look, then said with a smile, "They are for washing. Mom, this is shampoo for washing your hair." Then he pointed to the old lady and said, "This is for bathing, and this is for washing your face."
"I know this for bathing. We use this too." Mrs. Wei may look like an old-fashioned old lady, but her lifestyle is not old-fashioned at all. Her daughter-in-law and daughter are in the cosmetics business. These foreign brands are her daily necessities. Compared with ordinary old ladies, she is much more fashionable. Mrs. Wei strolled around and saw the white towels and bath towels on the copper rack on the wall and the soft-soled slippers on the shoe rack. She nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad. This boat is also nice."
The little girl was already shouting on the balcony, "Grandma, our balcony is so big!"
Old Mrs. Wei and Wei Yin went out. The balcony was indeed not small, as big as half the room, and there was a pair of spacious sofa chairs on the balcony. The little girl's pigtails were blown by the river breeze, and her bangs were blown into a mess. She didn't care about anything, lying on the glass to look at the water. The little girl also sighed, "This water is really big, bigger than the water in Beihai Park. Grandma, is this the sea?"
"Yes, this is the sea." Old Mrs. Wei had no idea where this was. She had never seen the sea and didn't know this was the Huangpu River, so she just answered casually.
Wei Yin corrected him, "This is not the sea yet. This is the port. Outside is the Huangpu River. Once the ship sails, it will be able to enter the sea. The sea is bigger than the river."
The little girl couldn't imagine how big the sea was, because in her opinion, the water outside was already very big. She looked at the water from the balcony and saw that her grandmother, her younger aunt, and her older sister were all there, but her parents were not. She called out to her parents to come and see the sea. Wei Yin smiled, "Don't shout, your parents are in their room cleaning up."
The little girl couldn't help but say, "Grandma, let's go to my parents' room and take a look." She also wanted to visit other people's rooms.
Actually, the three cabins were next to each other. The little girl and grandma shared one, Wei Yin and Wang Damei shared one, and Chen Xuan and Wei Nian shared one. The little girl and grandma shared one in the middle, and Wei Nian and Chen Xuan shared one next to each other. I went over to take a look, and there was nothing unusual. Chen Xuan was pregnant, and Wei Nian didn't want her to be tired, so Chen Xuan sat on the bed, and Wei Nian was packing up the things he brought with him. The clothes were hung on the chair, the food and drinks were placed in the drawer, and the daily necessities were placed on the table.
Wei Nian was tidying up when the little girl jumped on her father. Wei Nian hugged his daughter and asked, "Have you finished tidying up your room?"
"Okay!" the little girl said loudly! What's good about that? I haven't cleaned up anything at all!
Wang Damei watched Wei Nian tidying up everything, and wanted to help, but she didn't know how. Seeing Chen Xuan wanted to pour water, Wang Damei hurried over to get the thermos, not letting Chen Xuan move. After she finished pouring the water, she said, "This house is not much worse than ours."
Old Mrs. Wei also said, "It's no problem to live in this house for a year, let alone a month."
The little girl was also full of joy and curiosity, and she echoed her grandmother, "That's right! The water outside is really big! Mom, did you see it?"
"I've checked." Chen Xuan tidied up her daughter's hair that was blown by the wind and said with a smile, "You should go out less when it's windy outside. Even though it's not cold now, you should still be careful not to be exposed to the wind too much."
"I didn't blow it for long, just a little bit, and then I came over to your side." The little girl actively participated in the labor, "Dad, I'll help you clean up!"
Her dad said, "I'm almost done with it."
The little girl was so happy. She was riding a boat! It was a very big boat. When she thought about riding on such a big boat, she felt very proud. In the evening, she whispered to her grandmother, "Grandma, this boat is so big and magnificent! I think it's really a great experience!"
Old Mrs. Wei also felt that she had learned a lot.
The ship set sail in the morning. There is no need to mention the noise when it set sail. Now when she thinks of the heavy whistle, Mrs. Wei's heart is surging. She got on the ship in the morning and had lunch on the ship. Oh my god, it was so high-end! The people eating there were all high-class people. The men either wore suits and ties or silk robes and jackets, all of which were very elegant. The women wore Western-style dresses and Chinese cheongsams, each half of which was bright and beautiful. There were also many foreign devils. No, you can't call them foreign devils outside, you have to say foreigners.
Old Mrs. Wei sat in a soft chair, looking at the snow-white high-end fine porcelain tableware and the shiny knives and forks on the table, and asked her son, "Is it expensive to eat in this restaurant?"
Wei Nian said, "This is a free restaurant. Most of the food is free. Only a few high-end dishes and high-end drinks require payment."
Mrs. Wei immediately said, "Then let's eat the free part and not the paid part."
The little girl responded seriously, agreeing with her grandmother's opinion, "That's right, we have to save money." Grandma said that it would cost a lot of money to go abroad.
"Don't worry, Mom. I know." Wei Nian thought that the old lady didn't seem to like Western food, so he said, "Mom, let's order Chinese food. Whatever you want, we have dumplings and noodles."
Old Mrs. Wei lowered her voice and asked, "Is the beef pie free?"
“The steak is free.”
"Give me two pieces." Old Mrs. Wei whispered to her son, "Are you stupid? If the western food is free, of course we should eat western food. Let's eat western food!" Western food is so expensive! We can always eat those dumplings and noodles! We can make them at home! Since it's free on the boat, of course we should eat meat! This stupid son, he doesn't even use his brain! He doesn't know how to calculate, but he still does a good business!
The little girl sat next to the old lady and listened attentively to what the adults were saying. She said to her grandmother, "Grandma, that's not called beef patties, that's called steak."
"It's the same, it's all beef." Old Mrs. Wei imparted all her life experience to the little girl without reservation, and said to the little girl, "If we have to pay for the meal, we can eat whatever is cheap. If it's free, we can eat whatever is expensive!"
The little girl nodded in a similar manner, "I understand, grandma, I want to have two steaks too!"
"Good job!" Old Mrs. Wei praised her granddaughter, thinking that she was smart and could understand the truth once it was explained.
The waiter came over to pour water, and Chen Xuan said in a gentle voice, "Steak tastes best when it's freshly fried. Just order more after you've eaten one portion. Hot food won't taste good if it gets cold, right?"
The little girl thought about it and realized that this was the truth.
Wei Nian glanced at his daughter. She used to only eat half of a steak at most in a western restaurant, but now she wants to eat double. Does she have such a big belly? Wei Nian did not point it out and ordered food for everyone according to their wishes. Wei Nian, Chen Xuan and Wei Yin were all normal types. They ate bread, steak, soup and fruit. Chen Xuan did not even eat steak. She ordered a fried fish and oyster soup. Chen Xuan said, "When I was pregnant with the little girl, I wanted to eat meat and did not like fish very much. This time is also strange. I did not feel anything in the first three months, but suddenly I wanted to eat fish when I smelled the cooking fish. Even soup wants to drink this kind of soup with a fishy smell."
Old Mrs. Wei said, "This is how it is when you are pregnant. When I was young, I hated eating eggplants the most. When I was pregnant with An Nian, my eating habits changed. I drooled at the thought of eggplants and couldn't eat enough every day. Now that I am pregnant, I can eat whatever I want. Although fish and shellfish are not valuable, you can eat them if you want. This is how it is when you are pregnant, all kinds of strange things." Thinking back to when I loved to eat meat when I was pregnant with our little girl, our little girl was born really smart. Why do I always want to eat these worthless things when I am pregnant with my grandson? Oh, it's really helpless!
Led by Mrs. Wei, the little girl, and Wang Damei, the three of them ate nothing but steak, soup, snacks, and fruits. The steak was fried very tender, and the little girl was full after eating half of it. She touched her belly and said, "I don't even have room for soup." Mrs. Wei ate a steak, and she ate a lot. Damei was very strong, and she couldn't be full with one, so she asked for a double portion. It was the first time for Damei to use a knife and fork, and she was not very skilled, but she ate very happily. She wiped her mouth with a snow-white napkin and said honestly, "It's really good on this ship, beef is free."
After lunch, everyone went back to the house to rest. The little girl wanted to go to the deck to get some fresh air, but Mrs. Wei said that she had just eaten a lot of meat and it would be easy to get sick if she didn't get some fresh air.
Therefore, the two of them ate steak for breakfast, and even refused to try mushroom soup when Wei Nian advised them to. Mrs. Wei thought mushrooms were not valuable, and she loved meat. The two of them ate steak for three days and they were constipated. The little girl couldn't stand it. When she got up in the morning, she said to her grandmother, "I had a dream yesterday. I dreamed of eating porridge. I was so greedy that my saliva flowed all over my pillow. Grandma, look, half of my pillow is wet." She took the pillow and pointed it to her grandmother.
"I was wondering why you're still smacking your lips after so long." Old Mrs. Wei had had enough of beef. She thought that there was still a lot of time to come, so she didn't need to eat beef every day. Old Mrs. Wei made the final decision, "Let's just eat porridge in the morning."
The author has something to say: ps: The first update is here, the second update will be at 4 pm~