The old woman at the gate was very familiar with Xu Cai. When she saw him coming, she quickly went in to inform him.
As soon as the county magistrate's wife heard that Xu Cai was coming, she quickly invited him in.
Liu Xiyue was not very happy. When she saw Xu Cai, she immediately asked: "What are you doing? You want to complain to my mother? It's useless to complain. My mother is not as lenient as you."
The smile on Xu Cai's face disappeared instantly.
Is this the image he has in the little girl's mind?
For a moment, I didn't know whether to take the hand out of my pocket or not.
Seeing Xu Cai's predicament, the county magistrate's wife immediately came to the rescue and said, "Xiyue, why are you bullying Xu Cai again? Let him come in quickly, just in time to have dinner with us."
"Xiaocai, I haven't seen you for a long time. Come and have a good chat with me tonight."
Xu Cai quickly refused; "No, no, my father is coming back tonight, and I want to go back and have dinner with him. Auntie, I'm leaving now."
With that said, he no longer hesitated, took out the purse that was a little flattened by him from his pocket, and stuffed it into Liu Xiyue's hand.
"Take it if you want it, throw it away if you don't want it." After saying that, he left without looking back.
Liu Xiyue didn't call him, she picked up the purse in her hand, looked around, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.
Xu Cai bought a roast chicken, two pancakes, and Xu Zishang's favorite plum blossom stuffed wine on the way home before returning home.
As soon as I stepped into the door, a burning smell reached my nose.
"Dad is cooking again!" Xu Cai said in surprise.
He quickly ran into the kitchen and saw his father stirring something in front of the stove.
Xu Zishang's attitude was serious, his movements worked hard, and there were already dense beads of sweat on his forehead.
The area around the nose was dark, as if it had been smoked.
Xu Cai took two steps closer and looked into the pot. He saw that the contents in the pot were indescribable. It was so dark that it was impossible to tell what the ingredients were.
"Dad, why are you cooking again? Didn't you agree that I will cook whatever you want to eat in the future?"
Xu Cai walked over, took the shovel from Xu Zishang's hand, took out the contents of the pot, added water, and washed the pot again.
Xu Cai looked at his son's deft movements, and a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously: "I just gave it a try, they say tofu is the easiest to make, but who knew it would get burnt if you flipped it over!
Besides, today is not your first day at work, so I want to celebrate it for you. "
"Who said it was my first day on the job? Boss Ye has paid me my wages today!"
Xu Cai said proudly pointing to the things he bought on the table.
"Did you see, plum blossom stuffing, I bought it for you with my wages!"
Xu Zishang was surprised when he heard this, "Bought with your wages?"
"Yes!" Xu Cai suddenly became nervous.
The work movements also slowed down,
What would dad say?
Will you dislike him for making little money and spending money arbitrarily?
Or will you praise him?
At this time, Xu Zishang patted his shoulder and said solemnly: "Okay, my son has grown up and can make money, and he also knows how to buy me plum blossom wine. I am very happy as an old father!
Let’s not cook today. Let’s have a drink together as father and son. "
Growing up, Xu Cai also drank with friends outside, but he never drank with his father.
Xu Zishang picked up the wine glass, opened the silk cloth wrapped around the wine bottle, pulled out the stopper, and filled both wine glasses with wine.
After doing all this, he raised his head again and found Xu Cai standing there, looking at him stupidly.
"What are you doing standing there stupidly? Come and sit!" Xu Zishang greeted his son.
"Hey!" Xu Cai finally reacted.
He hurriedly sat down and met Xu Zishang's gaze, still a little at a loss.
It's not that he is timid. Although he is dissatisfied from time to time, his father is still the superior in his heart.
He could calmly accept his father scolding him and teaching him a lesson, but for a while he couldn't accept his father having fun with him over wine.
Xu Zishang raised his glass, "I used to be afraid of spoiling you, so I was a little harsh on you. I didn't expect that time passed so quickly, and you were so old in the blink of an eye! Now that you are an adult, I will learn to do many things in the future. Make your own decision, and dad will no longer restrain you."
"Dad!" This sudden freedom made Xu Cai panic.
"Why are you talking about this all of a sudden? If you don't care about me, can anyone else let you care about me?"
"You kid! I don't care what others do."
Xu Cai: "Then you suddenly said this today? Are you hiding something from me?"
Xu Zishang was stunned for a moment: I just want to have a conversation between grown men with you, why is it so difficult?
Seeing that Xu Zishang didn't speak, Xu Cai seemed to confirm his thoughts: "I was right, right?
Sure enough, dad is hiding something from me!
You want me to be independent so much, ah, I get it! "
"As long as you know something!" Xu Zishang felt that Xu Cai was getting more and more outrageous and had given up the idea of having a drink with his son.
He picked up the wine glass and just as he took a sip of wine into his mouth, he heard Xu Cai say:
"You want to renew your relationship, right? You have someone you like!"
"Pfft!" All the plum blossom wine that was just in my mouth was sprayed out.
Xu Zishang paused while holding the wine glass: "Stop talking nonsense!"
Xu Cai seemed to have confirmed his thoughts and continued:
"Dad, it doesn't matter, haven't I grown up now?
I'm not afraid of my stepmother mistreating me or anything like that.
Just marry the woman from whichever family you like!
If she can accept it, I will live with you and respect you well.
If she can't accept it, I can just move out! …”
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Xu Zishang finally became angry.
"How old am I? I didn't renew my relationship when I was young. Now that I'm old, I still do this kind of thing?"
Xu Cai looked at his father seriously: "Dad, I didn't understand before and kept preventing you from seeing each other, but now I understand that when this person reaches his age, he still needs a companion.
You don't have to think about me, as long as you are happy. "
Xu Zishang wanted to say something else, but since his son was so sensible, he felt that there was no need to displease him.
"I'm not in a hurry about my marriage. I'll wait until you get married."
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, darlings!
Have you eaten mooncakes today? Have you looked at the moon?
Did you go out for fun during the National Day holiday?
I didn't go out to play, I went back to my hometown to harvest corn, haha.
I say so much, mainly because I am tired (lazy) during the National Day period, and I have been a little stuck recently, so I want to take some time off. Therefore, the updates may not be timely. They may be updated every day. If something happens, I may ask for leave.
It will be updated normally after the National Day!
Don't give up on me, everyone!
Finally, I wish everyone a happy holiday! Have fun every day!
