AWB Chapter 439
Chapter 439
A few children who were originally lining up to get more food instantly stopped in their tracks, turned their heads, and pretended not to see."Dad, I think it tastes really good just like this."
Zhou Yueshen was silent for two seconds before replying, "Yeah, let's just eat it like this."
Second Child's hand trembled, looking at his mother in horror.
Si Nian said helplessly, "I told you that you wouldn't be able to stand it. If you don't like it, don't force yourself. Go eat, Mom won't force you to eat this."
She wasn't so unreasonable as to force the children to eat with her.
Actually, the sour bamboo shoots in luosifen shouldn't smell bad if soaked for a short time; she probably messed up a step somewhere.
However, even though it smelled, it didn't taste spoiled.
It was still edible.
Second Child glanced at her cautiously. "Mom, aren't you angry?"
Si Nian smiled gently. "Why would Mom be angry? Mom is already very happy that Little Han could eat with me."
She reached out and rubbed her son's head. "Go eat, it won't taste good if it gets dry later."
Second Child nodded heavily.
Si Nian served herself a little bit, not too much, just to taste it.
The smell of luosifen was very strong, the kind that wouldn't dissipate for days.
Although Si Nian really liked eating it, she also knew how lethal the smell was.
After eating, she went to brush her teeth and wash up.
But when they went to sleep at night and Zhou Yueshen held her, he could still faintly smell it.
The smelly month finally passed. Si Nian got tired of it after eating too much, and started preferring sour foods.
Zhou Yueshen thought of the saying she had mentioned about sour cravings meaning a boy and spicy meaning a girl, and could not help but worry.
Could it be that he was going to have another son?
He felt he already had enough sons; having a daughter would be best.
However, to his relief, Si Nian had not experienced any discomfort over the past three months. Her morning sickness was pitifully rare, and she ate a lot.
Perhaps due to the pregnancy, her figure became increasingly fuller. When Si Nian went to school, others even thought she had just gained weight.
Fortunately, she had a naturally small frame, so even if she gained weight, it wasn't obvious. She just seemed to glow with health, looking exceptionally radiant and comfortable.
Si Nian's belly wasn't very big these past few months, so she studied especially hard.
She wished she could finish all her studies this year.
When December arrived, it snowed heavily in Beijing.
Si Nian took a leave of absence in advance and finished her courses.
Because it was cold, she had Zhou Yueshen drive the children to and from school.
She stayed home to walk the dog and watch TV.
The only downside was that Zhou Yueshen, a native countryman, actually failed at growing vegetables. A few sparse seedlings came up, only to be eaten by bugs.
By the time Si Nian tried to save them, the weather turned cold, and they all froze to death.
The temperature in the north was much lower than in the south. Not to mention the sub-zero temperatures in winter, the wind was also strong.
Si Nian had never lived in such a cold place before, and being pregnant, she found it a bit hard to endure.
They started burning a foreign stove and honeycomb coal briquettes at home.
Only then did it warm up.
Naturally, they couldn't go back for the New Year this year.
Si Nian wrote a letter to her family telling them not to worry and that she would return during the summer vacation.
Being pregnant in the dead of winter and taking several children on a train was simply too much torture.
Her family sent them a lot of New Year goods again.
Miao Chunhua's shop had booming business right from the opening, and she had now opened several branch stores.
Hearing that Si Nian was pregnant, she made time to visit her, but in reality, it was to eat luosifen.
This time, Chen Nan and Chen Haoran came with her.
All of them came to eat the delicious food Si Nian made.
Previously, Si Nian had sent over a lot of pickled radishes and wild garlic, and occasionally made some pastries.
Chen Nan used to live in their hometown and was very fond of these flavors.
Chen Haoran liked sweet pastries, so the father and son both came over to mooch food and drinks.
Especially after Miao Chunhua heard on the phone that Si Nian had made luosifen and stinky tofu, she kept talking about it. She said that when she used to travel around, she had tasted Changsha stinky tofu with her parents and had also heard of luosifen.
Anyway, they were both very delicious.
Now that she finally had time to come over, the two men, whose ears had grown calluses from hearing about it so much, naturally came along with great expectations to taste it.
"Hey, Little Dong and Little Han, are the luosifen and stinky tofu your mom makes really that delicious?"
Chen Haoran saw the children building a snowman outside and asked curiously.
The children stopped what they were doing and asked him, "Do you want to eat some?"
Chen Haoran nodded. "Yeah, we traveled all this way just to eat this stuff. Hearing my mom praise it to the heavens, I definitely have to try it."
The children exchanged glances. "Are you really going to eat it?"
Chen Haoran nodded. "Why would I lie to you?"
"Then you must finish it all. Don't waste food, otherwise Mom will be unhappy," the children advised.
They looked at him with some pity.
Chen Haoran was confused. "Why do you say that? Do you guys think it doesn't taste good?"
"Our opinion doesn't matter. Our mom thinks it's very delicious."
Chen Haoran looked at the children, feeling that they were acting very strangely.
Suddenly, he smelled something. It was stinky.
He looked around and saw Da Huang wearing an LV sweater. He paused, unzipped his jacket, and looked at his own sweater.
It was exactly the same?
The sweater his mom bought for him was exactly the same as the one Si Nian's dog was wearing?
Chen Haoran was dumbfounded.
When his mom said her friend's kid really liked it, could she have been talking about this dog?
Chen Haoran's face darkened. Just as he was about to go make a fuss, he suddenly felt the smell getting stronger.
"Hey, Little Han, did your dog poop? Go scoop it up quickly, it stinks.
Such a big dog must poop a lot, no wonder it's so smelly."
Chen Haoran stood up, covering his nose.
Da Huang rolled his eyes at him, turned around, and continued sleeping with an unbothered expression.
Seeing that the children were ignoring him, Chen Haoran had to turn around and go inside the house first.
To his surprise, it smelled even worse inside.
"Holy crap, sis, did your toilet explode?"
Then he saw his mom walk out holding a bowl of food. She took a deep, intoxicated sniff and said, "This smell, so fragrant, exactly like the legends!"
"Haoran, you're here. Go quickly and get some noodles, they won't taste good if they get soggy."
Chen Haoran looked at his mom in shock. She could actually eat in such a smelly environment?
His mom was truly a ruthless person.
He quickly covered his nose and walked toward the kitchen, intending to tell Si Nian to have someone deal with the smell right away.
However, upon entering the kitchen, he found it was even stinkier.
He looked up and saw Si Nian, looking as if she had no sense of smell, putting food into a bowl while smiling at him. "I heard from your mom that you've been craving my luosifen for a long time. Hurry up and take it out to eat."
Only then did Chen Haoran realize that the stench seemed to be coming from her bowl.
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Walking out with a bowl of noodles, looking like he had lost the will to live, Chen Haoran finally noticed that his dad and Zhou Yueshen were missing.
He asked, "? Mom, where are my dad and Uncle Zhou?"
His mom, slurping mouthfuls of the stinky noodles, replied without looking up, "Your dad and your Uncle Zhou have business to discuss, they went to the study."
Chen Haoran: "..." Could it be that his dad had known all along, which was why he bolted so fast?
Good grief, even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs. Why didn't his dad call for him?