After taking a shower, Cheng Xiang's eyes lit up with Qing'er's clean little face. Her big eyes, long and curled eyelashes, and a pair of small pear dimples when she smiled were particularly cute.
"Our Qing'er is a little beauty," Cheng Xiang said with a gentle smile as he looked at her.
Qing'er grinned. She seemed to like a fairy-like woman.
Cheng wanted to dry Qing'er's hair and take him out. The two boys were still sitting on the sofa, and they were a little surprised to see Qing'er who was clean.
Zhou Tianxing even came over and pulled Qing'er around, probably to check if there was any damage.
Cheng Xiang couldn't help but laugh a little when he looked at his little adult's appearance.
She took out a handful of White Rabbit toffees and put them on the table. "Are you all hungry? Eat a candy first and some biscuits to cushion your bed. I'll go cook. This is your own home, so you don't need to be polite."
After saying that, Cheng Xiang turned around and left. The more forced she was, the more restrained the children became. When she left, the children could feel more at ease.
She looked at the ingredients in the kitchen and planned to make dumplings filled with pork and green onions for them to eat.
Thinking that they had not eaten meat for a long time, their stomachs might not be able to bear it, so the dumpling fillings were mainly lean meat, with a little bit of fat added.
With the knife in hand, chop the meat stuffing, chop the onions, adjust the stuffing, knead the dough, roll out the dough...
Cheng Xiang was busy in the kitchen, while the three children in the living room were discussing her carefully.
"Uncle, is she really our stepmother?" Zhou Qing asked in a low voice.
Zhou Tianxing nodded and said, "I guess so."
"She's so pretty." Zhou Qing had a good impression of Cheng Xiang.
"Hmph, the more beautiful a woman is, the more vicious she is," Zhou Tianxing said coldly, "There are some good stepmothers. How did that old woman beat you? Have you forgotten?"
Zhou Qing's small body trembled again.
"In the villages near us, how many stepmothers are good? Xiao Shitou in the west of the village had his leg broken by his stepmother. Don't you remember?"
"But she was very nice to me just now," Zhou Qing murmured tenderly, turned to look at his brother and asked, "Brother, what do you think?"
Zhou Yang didn't speak from beginning to end. He was now looking at the toffee on the table eagerly. The glutton in his stomach was already rampant and he could hardly hold back the saliva in his mouth.
He swallowed hard: "Uncle, do you think this candy is sweet?"
Zhou Tianxing rolled his eyes at his unpromising look and said, "This is her sugar-coated bullet. It might have poisoned us."
Zhou Yang suddenly reached out and grabbed one, peeled off the skin, and threw it into his mouth: "I'll try to see if it's poisonous."
A sweet milky fragrance filled his entire mouth, and Zhou Yang felt like he was going to cry. Even if it was poisonous, if he ate the candy, he would die.
Zhou Qing blinked and looked at his brother: "Brother, is it poisonous? Let me try it too?"
Zhou Yang reached out and grabbed another one and put it into his sister's mouth.
Zhou Qing clapped her lips happily: "It's so sweet and delicious. Uncle, it's not poisonous. You can eat one."
Zhou Tianxing crossed his arms and glanced at them: "Huh, I won't eat."
When Zhou Tianxing was five years old, his mother died. At that time, his brother was serving as a soldier outside, and his father found a stepmother for him.
The woman always looked kind and kind in front of his father, but behind his back, she didn't give him food and beat him with wattle sticks. When his father saw the injuries on his body, the woman said he was naughty and that he had fallen by himself. He talked back, Next time I will be beaten even harder by that woman.
When he was eight years old, his brother came back. He wanted to see a life-saving straw and followed him all the time. He was tall and burly and not good at talking and smiling. The woman seemed to be afraid of him. Later, his brother opened a breeding factory and was able to make money. Women are more complimentary to their brothers.
Later, a woman came over with two children and said they were her brother's children. The brother didn't say anything and kept the children.
The woman lived here for a while, and he treated her like a sister-in-law, helping her with cooking, cleaning, and taking care of her children. However, the woman didn't seem to like him. She always looked at him with disgust and disgust in her eyes. I had a quarrel with my eldest brother, and once I even scratched his face.
Later, the woman left. Qing'er was only 2 years old at that time. The eldest brother was too busy and wanted to find someone to take care of the child. The old woman in the family eagerly took over the job. Zhou Tianxing knew that she didn't do it just for her brother's money. He would treat his children sincerely, and sure enough, the two children encountered everything he had in his childhood.
But the elder brother was too busy and too tired. He didn't want his elder brother to worry and wanted to protect the two little guys with his own strength, so he took a lot of beatings for them.
Therefore, none of these women are trustworthy. This woman is so beautiful and delicate. She must be lazy and can't do anything. She is good to them and does it for the big brother to see. He must not let down his guard. Protect them both.
In the kitchen, the dumplings were already in the pot. The jade-like dumplings were tumbling in the pot like little lanterns. They were taken out and put into bowls. Cheng Xiang made a vinegar sauce with minced garlic and sesame oil.
As soon as it was served, the aroma of the dumplings instantly filled the entire living room. The children's eyes widened when they looked at the white jade-like dumplings.
dumpling? Dumplings that are only eaten during the Chinese New Year? Are they for them?
Cheng Xiang put down his chopsticks and called them over: "Come and eat."
But the three children looked at each other for a while, and no one moved. It was obvious that Zhou Yang and Zhou Qing were waiting for Zhou Tianxing's instructions.
Zhou Tianxing looked at the dumplings on the table solemnly. In fact, he was also very hungry. He had swallowed countless times when he saw the dumplings, but he kept trying to figure out the woman's intentions.
Cheng Xiang pursed his lips and smiled, and said to Zhou Tianxing: "His brother-in-law, you are an adult and are not afraid of hunger, but they are both children. Don't starve the children. Let them come over to eat, okay?"
To capture the thief, capture the king first. She had to subdue this brother-in-law first.
Zhou Tianxing raised his eyebrows: "He said I'm an adult?" So he straightened his back and looked like a little adult, raised his chin at Zhou Yang and Zhou Qingyang and said, "Go and eat."
Zhou Yang and Zhou Qing seemed to have received amnesty. They threw themselves on the table, picked up their chopsticks and started eating. Although it was hot and sizzling, they had no intention of stopping.
After taking a bite, the meat filling was coated with soup, and the aroma filled the entire mouth. Zhou Yang felt that it was so delicious that he wanted to swallow it with his tongue.
Zhou Tianxing sat down slowly and tasted one. His eyes were full of surprise. This woman could actually cook, and she made it so delicious?
He was really too hungry to care so much, and slowly increased his speed.
Zhou Qing held the chopsticks obediently and ate one bite at a time. The soup dripped to her mouth. Cheng Xiang took out a small towel to wipe her mouth with a smile on her face. She smiled sweetly at Cheng Xiang and made a pair of small pear dimples. It's so cute.
