"It’s okay, I can finish it all." Ning Youyu was completely unafraid and was very much looking forward to the food his sister made.
"As long as you can finish it." Ning Youguang decided to set the terms with Ning Youyu first, "You know, your sister doesn’t like wasting food, and she doesn’t like little kids who waste food either."
"Of course, I know." Ning Youyu smiled, his eyes curved, revealing a set of snow-white teeth.
An hour later.
Ning Youguang attentively watched Ning Youyu eat a mouthful of scrambled eggs with carrots.
"So delicious!" Ning Youyu chewed a few tis and swallowed the dish, giving Ning Youguang a thumbs up, "Thumbs up, thumbs up!"
"You should eat more then." Ning Youguang happily put two more chopsticks full of scrambled eggs with carrots into his brother’s bowl, "Eating more carrots is good for your eyes."
"Uh-huh." Ning Youyu took another big bite of scrambled eggs with carrots, "I love carrots the most."
Ning Youguang laughed, "I’ll go buy more carrots later."
There have always been carrots at ho; they just get eaten slowly.
Because soone is picky and doesn’t like eating carrots.
The carrots for this dish were leftovers from last week’s purchase; after this al, they’ll be gone.
"Are we going to the supermarket to buy groceries later?" Ning Youyu focused on eating, always taking a big spoonful and a big bite.
"No, I’ll buy online." Ning Youguang found deep satisfaction just watching him eat, then picked up the chopsticks to put a piece of pan-fried salmon in his bowl, "Have so fish."
She only made two dishes and a soup tonight.
Besides scrambled eggs with carrots and pan-fried salmon, there was winter lon atball soup.
Despite being simple, they took a lot of effort from her.
Ning Youyu obediently picked up the fish and put it into his mouth.
Ning Youguang wholeheartedly expected another complint from her brother.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, she saw him wrinkle up his fair little face.
"It’s a bit not tasty." Ning Youyu covered his mouth.
"It’s a bit spicy." Ning Youyu struggled to swallow the fish, "Sis, did you put chili powder in?"
"Nope." Ning Youguang shook her head, "I only added pepper."
"Pepper is a little spicy too." Ning Youyu couldn’t eat even a tiny bit of spicy food.
Ning Youguang quickly picked up the chopsticks to taste it herself, "It’s not spicy."
Just salty.
While chewing the difficult salmon, Ning Youguang looked tenderly at her little brother concentrating on his al, thinking he’s truly a sweet little angel!
This salmon he described as "a bit not tasty" really cared a lot for her feelings.
Honestly, the worst thing about this salmon wasn’t the excess pepper but the excessive salt used during marination.
So much so that the finished taste was far beyond "a bit not tasty."
Having finished a bite of the difficult salmon, Ning Youguang looked at the dish before Ning Youyu that she had painstakingly cooked and decorated with two orchid flowers, which looked very delicious.
After thinking for a minute, she swapped the positions of her scrambled eggs with carrots and his pan-fried salmon, "Can you and Wangyue each handle a plate?"
She wasn’t going to eat anything that night anyway.
The fish her brother couldn’t finish was left for her boyfriend.
All to avoid wasting food.
She scooped a spoonful of soup for Ning Youyu, "Taste the soup, is it salty?"
Ning Youyu obediently took the bowl from her hand and drank a sip, "Not salty."
Ning Youguang silently sighed in relief, "How many atballs do you want?"
Ning Youyu counted the atballs in the large soup bowl, asking for half, "I want four atballs."
Ning Youguang served him four atballs and a bowl of soup, "The rest are all for Wangyue."
"Isn’t Brother Wangyue not coming ho for dinner?" Ning Youyu asked puzzled, "Why did sis leave him food?"
"He doesn’t like eating outside, he’ll get hungry when he cos ho." Ning Youguang said.
Ning Youyu didn’t quite understand, "The food outside is so good."
Anyway, every ti he eats out, he’s very happy.
Ning Youguang laughed, "Adults are different from kids. Kids eat outside for the taste, but adults not only eat for taste but also for feelings."
Ning Youyu listened, confused, and lapsed into silence.
...
In the evening.
When Shi Wangyue got ho, he found the lights on but no one there, he put down his things and went next door to the "Wusheng Study Room."
There, on the long table in the living room of the "Wusheng Study Room," he saw Ning Youguang tutoring Ning Youyu with his howork.
"Brother Wangyue is back?"
Ning Youyu looked at Shi Wangyue, who entered the room, and his face broke into a bright smile.
His childish voice was full of cheerful and bright undertones.
In the quiet, empty "Wusheng Study Room," like soone suddenly played a few notes in a silent space, causing one’s heart to tremble.
Shi Wangyue paused as he felt the emotion, then calmly stepped inside.
"Mm, how’s Little Fish’s howork going?"
He looked at the two pairs of similar eyes gazing at him from across the room, his face and eyes naturally overflowed with affection and gentleness.
The scene before him held everything he longed for.
"I have one more page to finish." Little Fish happily said, "Brother Wangyue quickly go have your food, we saved fish and soup for you."
Kids are always quick with relaying ssages.
Ning Youguang looked at the person approaching her and her brother, with his gentle, handso face, and thought of the cold, overly salty pan-fried salmon on the dinner table, finally feeling a bit of guilt.
"The fish is too salty, don’t eat it."
Once Shi Wangyue got closer, she slled the alcohol on him, "Stay with Little Fish here, I’ll go warm up the soup for you."
She feared Ning Youyu being alone here might make him scared.
"We’ll stay here and finish Little Fish’s howork together before we go." Shi Wangyue held onto Ning Youguang, who was about to leave, "No rush."
"Isn’t Brother Wangyue hungry?" Ning Youyu, being a thoughtful child with a good mory, said, "Let sis warm the soup for you, drinking it will make your stomach feel better."
He too slled the alcohol on Shi Wangyue.
Imdiately, he thought of when he’s at ho and his dad often ca back drunk at night, and mom would, like his sister, prepare a bowl of hot soup for dad.
"How does Little Fish know so much?" Shi Wangyue chuckled softly and gently pinched the cute, well-mannered little face.
"I already knew that." Ning Youyu said confidently, while urging Ning Youguang, "Sis, quickly go warm the soup for Brother Wangyue, I’ll write my howork here myself."
Ning Youguang and Shi Wangyue exchanged a glance, and both saw the spreading smiles on each other’s faces, "Alright, Little Manager, I’ll go right now." 1314
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