Chapter 60: Delivering Food at Night (Seeking Bookmarks)

  A new week has arrived, I hope everyone is happy whether going to work or school.

  The sky gradually darkened, and the large clouds in the air were like wearing a layer of golden gauze under the sunset. The wild flowers at her feet were in full bloom, and there were butterflies flying around from time to time. However, Xi Mei didn't have the mood to observe this at that moment.

  Ran all the way back home, sneaked into the yard, and was about to slip quietly into the house when a sudden voice came from behind, "Halt."

  Xi Mei was startled by the sudden sound, and she jumped in fright. She slowly turned her head to find her mother waiting for her in the courtyard. The little girl adjusted her emotions, then suddenly ran towards Zhao Shi, shouting: "Mother, I'm hungry, can we eat now?"

  Zhao's family squatted down and looked at Xi Mei, with a hint of hesitation in her expression. After a while, she opened her mouth to ask, "Xi Mei, be honest with your mother."

  Seeing Zhao's sudden seriousness, Xi Mei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat in her heart. Her mother mustn't find out about her secret, she thought to herself. She tightly grasped the hem of her clothes and didn't dare look up at her mother, her eyelashes fluttering rapidly to reveal her guilty conscience.

  Just as she was about to invite them in, Madam Zhao suddenly spoke up and said: "Xi Mei, didn't you secretly eat the leftover food from lunch today?"

  Zheng was still immersed in her own world and thought that her mother asked her if she had saved a stranger.

  Although I heard her mother's voice in my ears, I didn't know what she was saying. My head was buzzing and I hastily explained: "Mom, I'm wrong, I'm wrong."

  "Really, was it you? I thought it was your second brother who scolded him for half a day. What's going on? You didn't eat much at noon either."

  "What? Not much to eat?" The slow-witted child finally realized she had gone off topic, so Zhao had to repeat herself again, "I'm saying, did you secretly eat the leftover food from lunch?"

  "Oh, so that's what it was! Xi Mei secretly wiped away a cold sweat and coquettishly said to Zhao Shi, 'Auntie, you cooked it too deliciously, I just couldn't help myself!'"

  Listening to her daughter's eloquent explanation, Mrs. Zhao hesitated, "Xǐ Mèi, you see, this mother doesn't know what to say, your several brothers and sisters don't eat as much as you do, Mother isn't blaming you for eating too much, it's just that she's afraid that in the future..."

  He paused for a moment, probably afraid of hurting the little girl's self-esteem, and asked in a tone of negotiation, "Girl, do you think we should eat less from now on?"

  Sister Xi looked at her mother, wanting to say something but not daring to, with a hesitant expression, inwardly going crazy. Mother, your daughter is really not an idiot, don't look at me with that worried gaze as if my future husband won't be able to support me, it's so infuriating!

  Although I was screaming in my heart, I couldn't show it on my face, so I could only nod obediently, "Okay, mom, I'll listen to you."

  Looking at her own tender and obedient daughter, Zhao's heart was a little reluctant again, and after a while, she said, "How about we eat a little less for one meal, and have a few more meals in a day?" This loving mother also couldn't bear to part with her.

  The child is so young, it must be very uncomfortable to not eat enough. But this girl eats too much, and still insists on meat with every meal. Luckily, our family has some extra money now, and my sisters-in-law keep sending us meat, or else how would we afford to raise this glutton?

  Looking at Zhao's changing expression, Xi Mei knew that her mother was struggling, and she couldn't help but feel a warmth in her heart. With such family members, what more could she ask for?

  He took the initiative to pull his mother's hand, shaking her arm and saying, "Mom, I won't eat that much anymore, really, you don't have to worry about it either, let's go in quickly, I'm starving."

  Look at you, indeed three sentences can't leave the old profession.

  "Alright, let's go in and have dinner. And what's with your face? You look like a painted cat! Where did you run off to this afternoon?" Zhao scolded.

  "Heh heh, heh heh." Whenever she didn't know how to respond, Xi Mei would always use "heh heh" as a substitute. Zhao looked at her silly appearance with a mixture of helplessness and doting affection, saying: "You little scamp, if you keep this up when you grow up, you'll definitely be a crazy girl. At that time, be careful or no one will want you."

  Xī jiě jiāo ào de tái qǐ huā māo liǎn, chuī zhe dà huà, "Hēng, niáng wǒ cái bù shì méi rén yào ne, wǒ yǐ hòu yí dìng yào jià gè tè bié tè bié yǒu qián, tè bié tè bié tīng huà de zhàng fu, kě bù néng xiàng diē nà yàng."

  "You little girl, you really don't know shame." Zhao smiled at her.

  "What's wrong with your dad?" Chen Tian added.

  Chen Tianfa saw that the two had not entered for a long time, so he had to come out and find them himself. Who knew that as soon as he came out, he heard the girl evaluating him like this? Xi Mei saw that things were exposed, stuck out her tongue and quickly slipped away, leaving the two of them crying and laughing at the same time.

  After finishing dinner, the whole family washed up and went to bed, because there were still many things to do tomorrow.

  Just as Xi Mei crawled into her quilt, San Jie sneaked over and stuffed several large dates into her quilt, comforting her by saying "Xi Mei, I'm giving you dates to eat, they're sweet and delicious." This San Jie really thought she hadn't eaten enough.

  Not finished speaking, second sister also came up, and stuffed a fragrant and warm meat bun into her hand, "Xi Mei, eat quickly, didn't you finish eating earlier?"

  Staring blankly, I saw Xi Ju also came over, "Xi Mei, big sister still has the sugar corners that Er Bao Niang gave yesterday, come and eat two pieces?"

  A misty water interrupted the three sisters, and Xi Mei asked, "Who said I wasn't full? Look at my belly, it's all rounded!" Seeing the distrustful eyes of her sisters, Xi Mei hastily lifted up her clothes, revealing her pale and tender little belly.

  Who knew, the three of them didn't even look at her, and Jikuu considerately helped her put it down, "Alright alright, we know you're full, we believe you, come on and eat a bit more to fill up."

  Xī jiě now is really at a loss, others may eat a bit more, but it's not to this extent, why do you all think she's a glutton?

  "Hey, don't you think about it, how much did you eat at noon and secretly took out some more? You yourself admit that you ate them, so why can't people suspect that you're eating too much?"

  Looking at what was in their hands, wrapped in paper, they really didn't know how to explain it. Just then, several people heard the sound of light footsteps coming from outside the door. "Oh no, it's probably Mother who has come, Xi Mei, quickly hide the things, Xi He quickly get under the quilt."

  Just after finishing the shift, the door creaked open and several people quickly closed their eyes to pretend to sleep. Chen Tianfa quietly walked into the room, and when closing the door, he cautiously looked around before realizing no one was there and then closed the door again.

  As soon as he walked into the house and took a look, good fellow, several young girls were all asleep with their eyes closed, but who was he? He had at least decades of experience, wasn't it?

  The oil lamp in the house has not been extinguished yet, and Xi Mei's little girl's eyelashes are still fluttering back and forth, which is a sleeping appearance?

  "Alright, stop pretending to be asleep, I know you're not sleeping yet!" Chen Tianfa pointed out bluntly. Xi Mei rolled over and sat up, asking her father in a flattering tone: "Dad, how did you come here?"

  Chen Tianfa stealthily pulled out a package from his bosom, and several children curiously gathered around, "Dad, what's this?"

  Chen Tianfa quickly covered the nearest Xihe, "Shh, don't talk, be careful and let your mother hear." Seeing Xihe nodded obediently before continuing to say: "This is a snack I brought for you when I went to town, your mother doesn't know, isn't Xi Mei not full? Come on, you guys share it and eat it."

  Here is the translation:

  Well, another food delivery person has arrived. Her image is already completely ruined. Just as Xi Mei was sighing over her originally not-so-good image, the door creaked open again, and several people curiously looked to see who had come this time.

  Ruihao, who had just entered the house, looked at several people staring at him, and his own father was among them. He scratched his head in embarrassment, "Uh, uh, I didn't come here for anything special, just to see if Xi Mei ate enough for dinner and bring her some stuff."

  She stretched out her hand and found that it was two eggs. Xi Mei asked in confusion: "Second brother, why are you holding two eggs?"

  "Ah, I've got one, and Big Brother's got one, both are specially left for you."

  Looking at what was in front of her, Ji Miao didn't even notice that her eyes had become moist...