Chapter 155: The Most Selfless Love ③
Huang Yan, who was eating, her eyes lit up, “Okay, thank you, Uncle.”
Peng Lao Ba smiled and nodded, pushed away Peng Yu Yang’s hand, and mumbled ‘forgotten father after getting a wife’ as he walked out of the room.
“How is it? Aren’t those two girls pretty? Which one is Yang Yang dating?” As soon as Peng Lao Ba returned to the back kitchen, several idle apprentices flocked over, asking with a grin.
“Get lost, get lost, go chop and prepare. If the dishes to be stir-fried later aren’t ready, I’ll skin you with a knife!” Peng Lao Ba grabbed sunflower seeds from the cutting board and waved them away.
So troublesome! That little girl named Huang Yan is very genuine, her personality is straightforward and cute, and she’s a bit better looking than that girl named Nie Qiu. But that girl named Nie Qiu has good grades and can help my son make progress, so which one should be my daughter-in-law! Peng Lao Ba frowned while cracking sunflower seeds. This matter, which hadn’t even begun, was making Peng Lao Ba worried.
Perhaps this is the difference between having a son and having a daughter. If it’s a son who is dating, you don’t scold or beat him; instead, you think, “Hey, my son is capable.” If it’s a daughter who is dating, you either hit or scold her, fearing that your daughter will be taken advantage of. Boys can stay out all night, but girls cannot. There are all sorts of double standards; gender equality has never been balanced. This is a problem with the traditional concept of Chinese people.
As soon as Peng Lao Ba left, Huang Yan and Nie Qiu exchanged a look, then pointed at Peng Yu Yang and burst into laughter. Huang Yan laughed, eating, and said, “Peng Yu Yang, you’re so lame! You can’t even push your own dad.”
Although Peng Yu Yang was a bit unhappy, he couldn’t help but retort, “My dad was a chef when he was young. He used to toss ingredients in a wok all day, so of course he has muscles.”
“I’ve discovered a problem,” Huang Yan said, swallowing the crystal shrimp dumplings in her mouth. “I’ve found that most boys nowadays are too thin. In our class, only Li Kai is a bit better, the kind who looks thin in clothes but has muscles when he takes them off. But other classmates are too thin.”
Nie Qiu suppressed a smile and watched Huang Yan continue to tease Peng Yu Yang, “Honestly, boys shouldn’t be too fat, nor too thin. They lack a sense of security.”
Peng Yu Yang was speechless and looked at Nie Qiu, who was trying to hold back her laughter, “Nie Qiu, do you also like boys with muscles?”
Nie Qiu, who was drinking water, almost spat out the water in her mouth. Seeing Peng Yu Yang ask her, she looked at Huang Yan, then at Peng Yu Yang. Who should she offend? She didn’t want to offend anyone!
Huang Yan’s eyes widened as she looked at Nie Qiu, “Nie Qiu, tell me, aren’t boys with a bit of muscle better looking? No matter what, they should be lean, not weak, right, right?”
Weak?!
Nie Qiu saw Peng Yu Yang’s expression and knew that Huang Yan had hit a nerve. Huang Yan, however, was still unaware. Nie Qiu sighed, deciding that Huang Yan was harder to offend. “Huang Yan is right, boys can’t be too thin; they lack a sense of security. Boys should be strong, not fat, so they can’t be too fat either.”
Peng Yu Yang listened to Nie Qiu seriously, nodded, looked down at the watch on his wrist, and then said to Huang Yan, who was still happily eating, “Are you done eating? Evening self-study session starts in thirty minutes, and we still need to go.”
Upon hearing this, Huang Yan quickly put down her chopsticks and used her hands to stuff small dumplings and other things into her mouth. “Since we can’t go home to eat anyway, I have to eat my fill.”
Nie Qiu knew that Peng Yu Yang and Huang Yan were going to evening self-study, so she started packing her schoolbag. If Huang Yan and Peng Yu Yang left, she couldn’t just stay here, right?
Nie Qiu finished packing her schoolbag. Seeing that Huang Yan was still eating, she helped Huang Yan pack her schoolbag too and handed it to her, “Alright, stop eating. Didn’t Uncle Peng say that we can come to the restaurant again next time?”
Huang Yan said while eating, “If you weren’t accompanying me, I wouldn’t have the nerve to eat at a restaurant.” She took a tissue, wiped her hands, and put on her schoolbag.
Peng Yu Yang turned off the computer, put on his schoolbag, and left the restaurant opened by Peng Yu Yang’s family with Huang Yan and Nie Qiu.
When Nie Qiu returned home, she happily said to Nie Aifang, who was cooking, “Mom, you can come to watch the program at the art festival.”
“Really?” Nie Aifang covered the pot with a lid and walked out of the kitchen with the pot. “Are you serious? Can I really come to watch?”
“Of course it’s true…” Nie Qiu smiled, threw her schoolbag onto the second-hand sofa at home, and said with a smile, “Because I’m going to perform a program too!”
“You’re going to perform a program too?!” Nie Aifang’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Nie Qiu, disbelieving. Her daughter had never sung or danced on stage since she was little. Even in elementary school, when learning the Young Pioneers’ song, she only had to open her mouth during group singing. She never imagined that one day she would see her daughter standing on stage singing or dancing. It was simply unimaginable.
“Yes! I’m going to dance at the art festival.” Nie Qiu took bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen cabinet and brought out the stir-fried dishes. She served rice into the pot Nie Aifang was holding and handed it to her.
Nie Aifang took the rice Nie Qiu served, feeling dazed and confused. She couldn’t fathom how her daughter would be dancing on stage, performing on stage! Nie Aifang took a bite of rice and stood up, “No, I have to call your uncle and have him come see too!” Like many parents, when their children achieve something, parents praise them enthusiastically and try to show them off. Nie Aifang was no exception. She put down her bowl and went to her room to get her mobile phone.
She pressed the numbers for a long time, then dialed.
Nie Qiu looked at Nie Aifang in surprise. Nie Aifang had never made a phone call in front of her, and she didn’t know Nie Aifang made calls like this! Even old mobile phones could store phone numbers, or at least have call records. But Nie Aifang was pressing each digit one by one, which surprised her somewhat.
“Aiwen, it’s your sister!” As soon as the phone was answered, Nie Aifang shouted, “Qiu Qiu is going to perform at the art festival, she’s going to dance at the art festival!”
Although it was late, Nie Aiwen, who was still in a meeting, said “Excuse me” to his employees and then stood by the window with a smile. “So, Sister, you’re going to watch? When is it? If I have time, I’ll go see too.”
Nie Aifang smiled and said, “Of course I’m going to watch! My daughter! Qiu Qiu is going to dance!”
