Chapter 140
Chapter 140
In the beginning of winter, the temperature in Yanjing has cooled down. Because of the rain, the temperature is several degrees lower than usual.
Before going home for dinner, Xie Yaoxi changed clothes in her room. She picked through the closet, and finally saw the sweater she had just taken out a few days ago.
She was reluctant to wear that ginger sweater for the first time last year when it was almost damaged by a bear kid.
Now she took out the sweater, no stains could be seen on it, it was as clean as brand new.
Just as he was hesitating whether to wear it or not, Yu Jing walked over.
She recognized this sweater at a glance, and gently hugged Xie Yaoxi from behind, resting her chin on her shoulder, "Do you want to wear this?"
"I'm wondering whether to wear it or not." Xie Yaoxi hesitated, "I'm afraid it will get dirty."
"Clothes are meant to be worn, so don't they become souvenirs?"
Xie Yaoxi thought about it. This question had repeatedly appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but ask at this moment: "Why did you think of giving me this sweater? Isn't this the sweater that grandma knitted for you?"
Yu Jing gently pinched the corner of the sweater, "Have you noticed that this sweater is about the same size as you?"
Xie Yaoxi was surprised.
Yu Jing continued: "This sweater was the last one my grandma finished. She said, if we have a chance to meet again, let me give it to you."
"..." Hearing these words, Xie Yaoxi felt extremely uncomfortable, and his eyes became hot in an instant.
"Grandma... still remember me..." She turned around and grabbed Yu Jing's skirt, "I want to pay homage to grandma."
"Okay." Yu Jing bent his lips, "We'll go when the weather clears."
Xie Yaoxi put on that sweater, it was still very warm, and the soft wool didn't prick her skin at all.
When he returned to Xie's house, it was Steward Zhou who came out to greet him.
"Is my dad back?" Xie Yaoxi asked.
"Sir, he just got off work, so he should still be on his way."
"Ah." Xie Yaoxi sighed, "Then where is my mother, in the room?"
The last time I went home for dinner, Mrs. Xie was in the room. This time her father was not there, so she didn't want to see her mother's cold face in the living room.
"Ma'am is in the kitchen."
"Huh?" Xie Yaoxi looked surprised, "What is she doing in the kitchen?"
She remembered that her mother seldom cooks, and only when her grandparents come back or on major festivals, or when she is in a particularly good mood, will she cook a meal by herself. Wouldn't it be surprising to hear that her mother is in the kitchen now?
Butler Zhou replied, "I'm making dumplings."
Shocked, Xie Yaoxi blurted out: "Fuck, I won't poison the dumplings."
Butler Zhou didn't know the inside story, and he couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words, "How is it possible, I also cooked mutton soup. I ate mutton in Lidong today to keep out the cold. Madam personally went to the vegetable market to pick out the ingredients."
Entering the living room, the two sat on the sofa, seeing no one around, Xie Yaoxi couldn't help complaining to Yu Jing: "I think this meal is scarier than the Hongmen Banquet!"
"Why do you say that?"
"My mom cooks! Isn't that scary?"
"Is it hard to cook?"
"It's not bad, and I learned it from the chef, but she usually doesn't make it. The last time I remembered it was grandpa's birthday banquet last year." Xie Yaoxi's face was twisted into a ball unconsciously. Since the last time, she has been very interested in bringing Yu Jing back The family already has traumatic stress syndrome.
Yu Jing thought for a while and said, "Since Auntie cooks, we should help."
Xie Yaoxi waved his hand: "No need, there are a few chefs in the kitchen, and they help cook more quickly than us."
But Yu Jing still insisted, so she had no choice but to reluctantly agree to go to the kitchen to take a look, and come back if someone is helping.
Walking through the long corridor is the kitchen. The corridor is covered with thick carpets, and no footsteps can be heard.
The kitchen had an open door, and when he was about to approach, Xie Yaoxi reached out to stop Yu Jing, and then slowly moved towards that door.
She stood against the wall by the door, quietly peeking into the kitchen with half of her head exposed.
The kitchen was quiet, and there was no one else except Mrs. Xie, and Mrs. Xie was cutting a long strip of dough into small doses with her sleeves rolled up. This figure looked a little bleak in the spacious kitchen.
She and Yu Jing looked at each other, and heard the other party say in a low voice, "Let's go in and help."
Xie Yaoxi had no choice but to cooperate with his girlfriend's active performance, and the two walked into the kitchen.
Yu Jing took the initiative to say, "Madam, let us help you."
Mrs. Xie paused, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes at their appearance, and then said in a suspicious tone: "Will you?"
Xie Yaoxi was not happy when he heard that, and said: "My Jing Bao can go out of the living room and into the kitchen, what can I do?"
Yu Jing smiled embarrassingly, looked at the small doses on the chopping board, and said, "I can roll dumpling wrappers."
Mrs. Xie didn't say a word, and gave up some positions, which was regarded as acquiescing.
Yu Jing quickly washed his hands and was about to roll out the dumpling wrappers. Xie Yaoxi pointed at himself: "What about me?"
"What else do you do besides eating?" Mrs. Xie has long seen through her daughter's nature.
This made Xie Yaoxi very angry, although what her mother said was true.
Yu Jing smiled and waved to her: "I'll teach you how to make dumplings."
"Don't have too much stuffing, or it will be exposed easily, and the thumb must be pressed firmly so that there is no gap, otherwise it will become dumpling stuffing soup when you put it in the pot."
"Yeah." Xie Yaoxi imitated Yu Jing's example and took a dumpling wrapper, stuffed some fillings, and pressed his two thumbs toward the middle.
The filling overflowed the middle.
"..." Yu Jing coughed dryly, suppressed a smile and said, "It's okay, once you are born and second time you are familiar, and then come again."
The second filling was not exposed, but she tore the dumpling wrapper.
"..." Yu Jing frowned for a few times while holding the "Jiaojiaozi", reluctant to discourage the enthusiasm of her baby, and said, "Well... it can be regarded as an improvement... The third one will definitely succeed."
With the unconscionable encouragement of his girlfriend, the third dumpling, Xie Yaoxi, was very upbeat and made a success!
There is no filling or broken skin, but the crooked melon and cracked dates are too ugly to eat.
"Yeah!" Yu Jing cheered and said, "It's amazing! This bag is a success."
Xie Yaoxi held the ugly dumpling and said proudly, "I just said I can do it! I'm such a little genius!"
"Yuki is really amazing."
One dares to coax, the other dares to believe.
Mrs. Xie really couldn't stand it anymore.
"Hands are so stupid, it's silly to make dumplings so ugly." Mrs. Xie wiped her hands and walked over to teach her daughter how to make dumplings.
"It's the first time I'm learning how to make dumplings. If I'm not sure how to pinch them, I use the simplest and stupid way. The dumpling skins are aligned, folded and pinched tightly along the edges." Mrs. Xie demonstrated one, "Isn't it done?"
Although Xie Yaoxi was very unconvinced by her mother's diss skills, but the stupid method of a novice like her is indeed more practical.
After wrapping a few times, the technique becomes more and more proficient, from being ugly to ugly, then to being able to see, and finally to being okay, wrapping and wrapping gradually mastered the tricks.
Xie Yaoxi tried to pinch Yu Jingjiao's technique, and succeeded, although it was not as good-looking as Yu Jing.
"I know it!" Xie Yaoxi showed Yu Jing his dumplings excitedly, "We will make dumplings at home in the future, and I will make them for you!"
"Okay."
"..." For some reason, Mrs. Xie at the side listened to the interaction between the two juniors, and suddenly a term she had heard before popped up in her mind.
Dumb couple.
The three of them worked together, and the dumplings were quickly wrapped and ready to be served. Xie Lin had already returned home when they returned to the living room.
Xie Lin smiled and said, "I heard that you two went to help in the kitchen?"
"That's right." Xie Yaoxi said, "Eat dumplings at night, it should be ready soon."
"Then let's watch TV for a while." Xie Lin looked at the TV that was turned on, and it turned out to be Xie Yaoxi's variety show on it.
It has already been broadcast to Xie Yaoxi's "confession" part, as an insider, Xie Lin can hear it immediately.
"Aiyo." Xie Lin clicked his tongue, "Young people these days are disgusting."
"My family Jingbao and I are the best in the world, Dad, you can't envy him." Xie Yaoxi's tone was a little proud.
Xie Lin shook his head, "It is said that a married daughter is water poured out, but I think you are a thunderstorm from the sky."
"Hey." Xie Yaoxi restrained her expression, sat next to Xie Lin and asked secretly: "Dad, is it my mother's intention that you asked us to come back for dinner this time? Does she want to embarrass Yu Jing again? Tell me In the end, I really want to think about how to deal with it."
Xie Lin couldn't help but knocked her on the head, "Why can't you think of something better?"
"I can't figure it out."
"..."
After sitting for a while, dinner was ready, butler Zhou asked them to move to the dining room.
As soon as she walked into the dining room, she could smell the strong smell of mutton soup. Mrs. Xie was holding a bowl to serve the soup, and there were already three bowls on the table.
Xie Lin greeted quickly: "Sit down and eat, today's dumplings must be delicious!"
Xie Yaoxi kept waiting for her mother to speak. She wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in her mother's gourd, but she didn't do anything until the meal was over.
"Madam." Madam Xie didn't, but Yu Jing did. She took out two folders from her briefcase and put them on the table, and pushed one of them in front of her. "This is the company's financial report for the last quarter, and there are detailed Operating conditions."
Mrs. Xie didn't speak, and the smile on Xie Lin's face gradually faded, probably recalling a similar situation last time, with a slightly embarrassed expression.
"This one..." Yu Jing took another document out of the cowhide bag and pushed it in front of Mrs. Xie. The logo of a certain law firm was printed on the cover of the document, "Uncle, madam, this is the document that I entrusted a lawyer to notarize. agreement, I voluntarily renounce any rights and interests related to the Xie Group, and will not encroach on any shares in the future."
"I have already signed the name and stamped the official seal. Your two signatures will take effect immediately."
"???" The most shocking thing was Xie Yaoxi, the last time his mother said that there was no progress in the agreement, I didn't expect this person to take the initiative to come up with an agreement?I don't know whether to be angry that Yu Jing is too serious or if he can't turn his head.
The atmosphere fell into an awkward silence.
"Yu Jing." Xie Lin came out to smooth things over, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, "Our only wish is for Yao to be happy and happy. Since you two are determined to be together, we don't talk about each other as a family, so there is no need to make these formalities , this agreement is void."
Xie Lin said that he wanted to get the agreement, but Yu Jing pressed the document first.
The agreement was proposed by Mrs. Xie, and it would not be appropriate for Xie Lin to void it.
Yu Jing's eyes fell on Mrs. Xie's face, but the other party didn't speak, and she couldn't see her emotions clearly, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Xie Lin bumped her with his leg under the table, Madam Xie regained her senses, and slowly stretched out her hand towards the document.
"Mom!" Xie Yaoxi expressed her dissatisfaction at the side, she dared to tear it up if she signed it.
Mrs. Xie opened the agreement to read the text on it, and Yu Jing took out a signature pen from the briefcase and handed it over.
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
Mrs. Xie closed the agreement, holding both sides of the paper with both hands, tore the agreement into shreds and threw it on the table under the surprised eyes of the person opposite.
"I've said it all, we are a family, there is no need to sign any agreement." Xie Lin came out to break the atmosphere.
"Ma'am..." Yu Jing murmured, so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Xie bumped her husband with her leg under the table. Xie Lin understood, and quickly said, "Yu Jing, you already call me uncle, why do you still call me madam? It sounds too born."
Xie Yaoxi quickly said, "Call me Auntie!"
"A... Auntie." Yu Jing said subconsciously.
"That's right." Xie Lin said with a smile, he stroked his mustache with a satisfied expression on his face.
Mrs. Xie bumped her husband's leg again.
"Oh, that's right." Xie Lin said quickly, "We're going to have a family trip during the Chinese New Year, and our old man is getting older. It's not easy for a big family to get together. If you have nothing to do, Yu Jing, go together. "
"Okay... okay." Yu Jing was still in a trance, and had not fully recovered from Mrs. Xie's transformation.
"Okay, okay, since there's nothing else to do, let's go out and watch TV." Xie Lin said, got up and walked out, but Mrs. Xie was still sitting on the chair without moving, and Yu Jing didn't dare to move. Xie Yaoxi had already stood up and turned her head Said: "Let's go."
"Yaoxi." Mrs. Xie, who had not spoken, looked at Yu Jing and said, "You go out first, I have something to talk to Yu Jing."
"?!" Xie Yaoxi's face was vigilant, could it be that he wanted to go back on his word? !
"Wait for me in the living room." Yu Jing smiled at her: "It's okay, don't worry."
Xie Yaoxi had no choice but to leave, only Mrs. Xie and Yu Jing were left in the dining room, and the atmosphere fell into silence.
What Yu Jing lacked most was patience, she waited for Mrs. Xie to prepare to speak.
Mrs. Xie closed her eyes and said, "All along, I always thought that my thinking was right, and everything I did was for the good of Yao Xi. Including choosing a qualified husband for her to manage the company for her, I Admit that I'm stubborn."
"The joy in Yaoxi's eyes when he was with you is something I've never seen before, and it's what I want to see. Only then did I realize that my previous stubborn persistence was ridiculous."
"I also admit that I was prejudiced against you at first." Madam Xie pursed her lower lip and sighed unconsciously, "Because you are a woman, I also thought that it would be nice if you were a man, but... you It's a woman, I can't accept it."
"The person my daughter chooses may have no money or power, but she must have a strong force to protect her. Just because you are a woman, you are too weak to give her a sense of security, so I refuse you to approach her. "
"But you told me with the facts that a person's strength does not require a male body. That accident... I owe you a thank you."
"And..." Mrs. Xie paused, looking straight into Yu Jing's eyes: "I'm sorry."
Xie Yaoxi in the living room waited impatiently, pacing back and forth like ants on a hot pan.
The shaking made Xie Lin dizzy, and he couldn't help saying: "The floor is hot? It makes you so untenable."
"I'm afraid your wife will bully my wife!"
"Nonsense, after several months of my ideological work, your mother has already admitted her mistake."
"Really?" Xie Yaoxi's eyes lit up, and hurried over to ask, "How do you do your ideological work?"
"..." Xie Lin was speechless, he couldn't answer, because one day his wife suddenly burst into tears and began to criticize his mistakes to him.
The couple also had an in-depth conversation along this topic, about children's education and the obsession in the wife's heart.
"That's too many, I won't list them all."
Xie Yaoxi: "..."
Xie Yaoxi didn't know what they talked about in the dining room that night, but after that, her mother's attitude towards Yu Jing did change significantly, and everything suddenly became clear.
It rained continuously for several days in Yanjing, the sky after the heavy rain was clear and bright, and the warm sun added warmth to the cold winter.
Neither Xie Yaoxi nor Yu Jing had work today, so they set aside a whole day on purpose.
But today they only have one schedule, to pay homage to Grandma Yu in the cemetery.
Yu Jing held a whole bouquet of white chrysanthemums, led Xie Yaoxi with his right hand, and slowly walked up the steps.
Grandma's cemetery is at the highest point, which is the closest to the sky in the cemetery. The black and white photo on the tombstone is Grandma Yu's appearance when she was young, with a gentle smile, and similarities between her eyebrows and her eyes.
"Grandma, I brought the person I like to see you." Yu Jing twitched the corners of his lips, "I found her back."
Xie Yaoxi held Yu Jing's hand hard, her eyes turned red for a moment, and she still forced a smile on her face: "Grandma, long time no see, I'm Xiaoxie, I'm back."
"For the rest of my life, I will never let Yu Jing be alone again."
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