1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 167 Meng Er Xiao October

There are very few people in this compound during working hours, but there are exceptions, such as Aunt Xu who likes to smoke and bask in the sun all day long.

"Hey, this family is here again. What kind of relatives are missing here?"

Aunt Xu said this before the sharp-eyed person came to her. This aunt loved to make jokes and talk to people, especially with smokers like Luo Tao.

"Hey! It's been a while since I last saw Aunt Xu. You've gained weight again. What did you eat to make you so fat?"

Luo Tao hurriedly replied after hearing this. As an authentic Beijing native of the [-]th generation, he was very particular and could not let anyone drop his words.

Calling an aunt fat is now considered a good word and has no derogatory meaning at all!

In the early 80s, there were really few fat people in our country. If you don’t believe it, just look at the old photos.

What's more, he also likes to chat with Aunt Xu when he meets her. As long as this person talks to your taste, you will want to chat with her more.

Luo Tao got out of the car and tied it up casually: "You smoke."

Aunt Xu took the cigarette and scolded with a smile: "Grandson, it's not right to swear at people around the corner. This cigarette is not bad, give me some more."

Aunt Xu can't walk when she sees a good cigarette, and today she takes advantage of it to smoke a few more.

"Hahaha, you always smoke it if you like. I don't smoke much now."

Luo Tao smiled and handed the cigarette to Aunt Xu. He still needed to find a good excuse to give it to her directly. No matter how much he liked smoking, he didn't have the nerve to take it over.

"Just joking, smoking one or two is our friendship. If you give them to me, then I'm greedy. Just enjoy it. You are young, so it's good to smoke less. I can't do it, If I don’t smoke for a day, I will feel very uncomfortable.”

Aunt Xu is such a respectable person. This is not pretentious, it is the sophistication of human relations between people.

Picking one is friendship, taking all of it is greedy if it sounds good, and begging if it sounds bad.

What's more, for a rich girl like Aunt Xu before liberation, her tutoring quality was extremely high.

"Aunt Xu, don't blame me. It's my fault today. Come on, I'll order it for you first. How about you try it?"

"I like to hear what you say. People in the old capital are just different."

Aunt Xu held her cigarette in her mouth and waited for Luo Tao to light it up, enjoying the Dadao brand cigarette.

"Strike." Once the small match was lit, the flame kept jumping.

When Luo Tao saw the cigarette smoking, he put out the fire and put it back in his pocket.

"You kid, you're already wearing a wallet, why didn't you think of getting a nifty lighter to use?"

Aunt Xu's words were interesting. She revealed too much in one sentence. Not only could she tell at a glance that the leather jacket Luo Tao was wearing was real leather, but the other one actually knew about lighters.

Although lighters have been invented a long time ago, they were very common in our country during the Republic of China.

The lighters at this time are very different from the previous kerosene lighters.

Disposable gas lighters were invented in foreign countries at the end of the 60s. In our country in the 70s, some special personnel had such disposable lighters. They were not much different from lighters in later generations, except that there was an inflatable eye missing at the bottom.

"I have that ability. If you smoke, we'll go in first."

Aunt Xu chatted with Zhu Lin for a while and teased Little October before she let him go.

The car was placed next to the door, and Little October was carried with her things in her arms as she headed home.

"Ahem! I forgot to tell my mother that we are coming today. Did you bring the key?"

Luo Tao, who was walking in front, suddenly thought of this very important thing.

"Bring it on, you think I'm like you, being reckless every day."

Luo Tao smiled awkwardly, "Yes?"

"Hey, Zhu Lin is here."

The couple were chatting with each other, but were suddenly interrupted by a greeting from whom they didn't know where they came from. "Oh, it's Aunt Wang, why aren't you at work today?" Zhu Lin knew who it was by the voice, and looked towards the east wing as soon as he entered.

"It's my shift. I just woke up and heard your voices. I thought I was dreaming and hallucinating, hahaha."

"Aunt Wang, it's really important to see clearly. You are not hallucinating. We will go back first. You have a good rest."

After leaving the first courtyard, running to the second courtyard and then entering the third courtyard, we arrived at the small courtyard of the Zhu family.

Before entering the Moon Gate, Zhu Lin put down Xiao October and she hurriedly opened the door.

"Put the things away first, I'll call our mother, remember the vegetables have been picked."

Zhu Lin opened the door and said this, turned around to go, and saw Little October, who had arrived late. "Go in and play with dad. Mommy will ask grandma to cook for Little October."

When Xiao Shiyue heard that there was something to eat, she understood the meaning, nodded to Zhu Lin, and then entered the room indifferently, and ran to Luo Tao.

"Dad, I'm hungry."

Aren't these words fatal? I really don't know if this kid was told by Zhu Lin that he was hungry, or if he had planned for the pastry and apples for a long time.

"You can't eat it now. When grandma comes back, she'll cook something delicious for you. How about you help dad pick vegetables?"

Luo Tao can be regarded as a senior daddy, and he has already had a set of contingency methods, so he quickly changed the subject, and his work is no better than anything else.

Children are so easy to coax, so Little October didn't want to eat it, so she readily agreed.

The two men took out all the vegetables from the refrigerator, including the uneaten portion of fish, chicken and pork during the New Year, and defrosted them first.

After all the vegetables were picked and Luo Tao washed them, Little October followed behind, acting like a good baby.

If you're not careful, this little guy will act naughty and silly, secretly biting the thawed fish himself.

"Ahem, you can't eat this. Eating raw fish will cause stomach ache. Did mom say that stomach ache means there are worms in the stomach?"

If you discover this kind of thing as soon as possible, you can't beat or scold the child. If you are a good child, you should avoid preaching. A naughty one like Little October still needs to be properly frightened. Otherwise, if you say something first, he will forget.

"I know, but I don't feel any pain now." After being caught eating fish, Little October quickly put it down and continued to make excuses.

Luo Tao was thinking about one thing right now. He had time to ask if he could send the little guy to school now. He was really tormented at home now.

Seeing him like this, I can only patiently preach and tell him why he can't eat raw fish.

I don’t know if I understand or not so I just nod my head.

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"........."

"Haha, little darling, have you ever missed grandma and how she lost weight?"

When Zhu's mother entered the door, she saw little October running around. She was so kissable. Seeing that little October's face seemed thinner in her eyes, she looked at Zhu Lin who was following behind.

"Mom, you're the only one who said he's lost weight. There's no one in our alley who doesn't say the little guy is fat."

"Really? Why do I see little October lose weight?" She said and looked up and down at little October to verify her eyes.

"Grandma, I'm hungry, let's cook." Little Shiyue should be really starving to death right now.

"You're hungry, right? Let's go, grandma will cook for little October." He happily carried little October to the kitchen without saying a word to Luo Tao.

The mother-in-law is also very motivated, and she prepared a few dishes in more than half an hour, with a combination of meat and vegetables, and Xiao Shiyue is really edible on the dinner table.

After the meal, Luo Tao became a stranger again, and what was even worse was that he was reduced to the position of washing dishes. The mother-in-law said something close to her, but Luo Tao just listened.

Luo Tao finished cleaning up the housework, but the two of them didn't even finish what they said.

As the sun gradually went west, Luo Tao and Zhu Lin took Little October back home.

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