Chapter 25

“Lu Anning can cook many dishes. She learned them from her grandmother. When her father and I return, you two can discuss cooking at home. Eating in the cafeteria will make you sick of it. It’s better to eat at home.”

“What mom said is true. We will decide based on the situation.”

He knew that his mother-in-law did not want to interfere in their lives, but simply wanted to promote the relationship between him and Lu Anning. He did not have much objection to this, and he mainly had to follow Lu Anning’s ideas.

In the previous month, they mostly ate in the cafeteria.

Occasionally he would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables and cook them himself. His purpose was to conceal his tracks and prevent people in the housing estate from talking behind their backs about the fact that they didn’t cook.

He didn’t mind what he said, but he was worried that Lu Anning would feel uncomfortable if she heard it.

But he didn’t do it very often because the chef in the cafeteria was better than him.

“Lu Anning, you should go out and buy groceries occasionally. Be more proactive. Jing Xing is very tired from training every day. We can’t leave everything to him. You should also help share some of the work within your ability.”

In the past two days, Lu’s mother has also figured out a lot of things.

It was just as her husband said, they couldn’t help Lu Anning do everything, but they also couldn’t stop her from doing anything.

As parents, they cannot stay with her all her life, and she really needs to learn to grow up.

“Lu Anning, did you hear that?”

“Um.”

Fortunately, although the original owner seldom went out before, her grandmother taught her most of the housework.

Making clothes, cooking, sewing quilts…she has learned basically everything that housewives of this era can do.

This also made things convenient for her. Many things she couldn’t do before could now be completed almost completely by following the original owner’s memory, which accelerated her pace of integrating into this era.

After dinner, Sui Jingxing took over the dishwashing job on his own initiative. At the signal from Lu’s mother, Lu Anning followed in reluctantly.

Among the housework, the one she dislikes most is washing dishes.

“I’ll help, too.”

Father Lu didn’t want to help Sui Jingxing, the bad boy, he wanted to help his daughter.

“You’re not helping me!”

Lu’s mother grabbed his collar.

“Didn’t you tell me not to do anything for Lu Anning? What are you doing now?!”

They are a pair of parents who say one thing and mean another.

When Lu’s mother went to help, Lu’s father would scold her and advise her not to help all the time. But as soon as he saw that Lu’s mother didn’t do anything, Lu’s father would immediately go over to help his daughter. Both of them were very hypocritical.

“Jingxing is in there. I’m not really asking Lu Anning to work. I just want to create an opportunity for the two of them to get along. You old man, don’t go in and join in the fun.”

“There are only a few bowls in total. It doesn’t take three people to wash them together.”

“I am an old man?”

“I’m an old man!?”

Lu Sheng confirmed it twice in disbelief. The first time his tone was slightly doubtful, and the second time his pupils trembled.

“Wife, you said I was an old man! You actually said I was an old man!”

“I…”

Mother Lu was a little embarrassed. She had just said it casually, but she didn’t expect that he would mind so much.

Before, when she was at home in Beijing, her mother-in-law often called her father-in-law “old man”, and her mother from her own family also often called her father “old man”. They didn’t seem to have any objections and were used to this name.

In her opinion, this was nothing more than a habitual way of addressing each other after being married for many years, but it was indeed the first time she called Lu Sheng “old man”.

“Am I old?!”

“Honestly, am I old?!”

Father Lu locked her in his arms, as if he was going to execute her on the spot if she dared to admit that he was old, showing his determination to show his virility.

“You are not old. You are very young. You are younger than many guys in their twenties or thirties.”

“Then why are you calling me old man?”

“It’s just a nickname from me, don’t mind it.”

“It’s just like when I called you my child’s dad, Ah Sheng. I definitely didn’t mean you’re old.”

“snort!”

“You must call me dear from now on, then I will forgive you.”

“……”

“Let go quickly, it will be bad if the children come out and see it.”

“You call first!”

“I…”

Lu’s mother knew her husband’s character. When they were together in private, he had a bad temper and would not give up until he achieved his goal.

He has been married for more than 20 years and is already a grandfather, but he is still so shameless.

Her face blushed and she whispered in his ear, “Dear.”

I secretly glanced towards the kitchen and fortunately, both children were not out.

If they heard it, she would be totally embarrassed.

Having achieved his goal, Father Lu happily kissed his daughter-in-law on the face: “I’ll deal with you when I get back and let you know whether I am old or not!”

He was obviously only forty-five years old, in the prime of his life, and not old at all.

He would never admit it anyway!

Mother Lu rolled her eyes at him shyly. When she heard footsteps coming from the kitchen, she immediately pushed Lu Sheng away, opened the door and walked out. She needed to go outside to get some fresh air and get rid of the blush on her face.

She is not like this old man who is almost fifty years old and still so shameless!

The atmosphere between the newlyweds in the kitchen and the silver wedding couple outside is completely different.

Sui Jingxing filled a basin with cold water, put it on the ground and squatted down to wash the dishes. Seeing Lu Anning following in, he hesitated whether to add a spoonful of hot water into it.

But thinking that there were only a few bowls and it really didn’t require two people to wash them together, after hesitating for a moment, he put down the ladle.

He squatted on the ground and washed the dishes silently. Lu Anning stood by, at a loss as to whether to go out or stay in the kitchen and wait for him to finish washing.

In the end, Sui Jingxing couldn’t stand her gaze on him from time to time, so he helped her carry two buckets of water and let her go to the bathroom to take a bath.

After experiencing the dramatic moment at noon today, whenever Sui Jingxing felt Lu Anning’s gaze, even if she was not staring at him intentionally, he would unconsciously think of the feeling of her falling on him at noon, and his body would feel uncontrollably hot.

Alas, it seems that his concentration really needs to be strengthened.