The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 49: Come to my place for a meal when you have the chance

"Mimi, Mimi, come here, come here"

Lin Miaomiao was holding two sausages to tempt a passing stray cat. Wu Xianyu was sitting at the door of the unit, squinting at the hesitant stray cat.

"Be careful not to get scratched. Just touch its head, don't touch its belly."

"Oh, I know. You don't need to remind me."

Seeing that the stray cat didn't come over, Lin Miaomiao, who was squatting, moved forward, which scared the stray cat away.

Looking at the stray cat walking away, Lin Miaomiao looked very sorry.
"Oh, you are so alert."

"After all, it's a stray cat. If it's not very alert, it either already has an owner or is dead."

Hearing Wu Xianyu's words, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help but frown and looked back at him.

"Don't say it so harshly, that's like going to Meow Planet."

"Yes, yes, we're going to Meow Planet. You like cats so much, why don't you raise one? Won't Auntie give one to you?"

"You already know everything, why are you asking me?"

"Only Auntie can suppress you."

Wu Xianyu smiled and joked. He heard from Lin Miaomiao that her parents went to the movies today. While Wang Shengnan was away, Lin Miaomiao originally wanted to have some close contact with these stray cats, but they were too alert.

Passing the sausage in her hand to Wu Xianyu, Lin Miaomiao took a bite of the sausage in her hand
"I can't help it. After all, I'm still living under someone else's roof. When I become independent in the future, I can have as many cats as I want."

"Good fellow, you are living under someone else's roof already? Don't say this in front of your aunt, I'm afraid she will let you experience what it means to be your biological mother."

Wu Xianyu bit open the packaging bag of the sausage and was about to take a bite when he felt some movement in the nearby grass. He stood up and took a look. Sure enough, there was a pair of bright black eyes looking at him, or rather, looking at the sausage in his hand.

Without much hesitation, Wu Xianyu broke the sausage into small pieces and threw it over. He watched the mottled cat carefully come over and sniff it. After making sure there was nothing wrong, it finished it in a few bites and then continued to look at him.

Wu Xianyu threw another piece, this time a little closer. The stray cat hesitated for a moment, came out from the grass, and ran back to the grass with the sausage in its mouth.

After going back and forth several times, Lin Miaomiao was sure that the person who threw food to her was not a bad person. The stray cat squatted in front of Wu Xianyu and ate the sausage. She gave the leftovers in her hand to the stray cat and almost spit out the food in her mouth.

He tentatively reached out and touched the stray cat's back. Wherever Wu Xianyu's hand touched, the bone there would drop a little. He went around the stray cat's neck and scratched its chin. Hearing the purring sound, Wu Xianyu smiled with satisfaction.

Turning to look at Lin Miaomiao who was already full of envy

"Why don't you try it? You should be able to get the hang of it, but be careful."

"Yeah"

Lin Miaomiao gently moved to Wu Xianyu's side and stretched out her hand tentatively. The stray cat nervously moved back a little, but its four legs remained motionless.

After Lin Miaomiao touched it gently, its originally stiff body gradually relaxed.

Scratching the cat's chin, Lin Miaomiao looked satisfied

"That's great. From now on, I'll call you when I want to feed the cats. Why are you so popular with cats? It was the same thing last time in Gusu. A bunch of cats were lying on you."

"Who knows? Maybe it's because I'm a good person at heart and the animals see things more clearly."

"Wow, you should leave some room for others to praise you, you are really narcissistic."

Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu with contempt, and suddenly she felt her hand loosen. The stray cat finished eating the sausage and left.

Looking at the place where the stray cat disappeared, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help but mutter

"What a scumbag, he just left after eating"

"Why don't you just say that you touched her all over her body? It's a vulgar body transaction. Don't laugh at me, big brother."

"What are you watching every day? Not only do you watch it, but you also speak it out loud."

Squatting on the ground, staring at Wu Xianyu, Lin Miaomiao felt that her train of thought had not kept up with Wu Xianyu.

"The stray cat must be pregnant. Normally, it doesn't need to eat our sausages, but because it needs to supplement nutrition during pregnancy, it can only walk the tightrope and trust us once."

Wu Xianyu suddenly said this, and Lin Miaomiao nodded.
"Yes, I noticed it. Just now when I wanted to touch its belly, it looked back at me alertly. When I took my hand back, it stopped looking at me."

I took out my phone and checked the date.

"It's October now. I don't know if it can give birth before winter comes, and I don't know how many will survive."

"Oh, please stop talking. You almost ruined my good mood."

After being patted lightly by Lin Miaomiao, Wu Xianyu shrugged and didn't say anything else.

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Lin Miaomiao took out her cell phone and made a call

"Mom, when will you and my dad come back? You're not coming back for lunch? Then what should I eat? Oh, okay, I got it."

The call lasted less than a minute. After hanging up, Lin Miaomiao kept looking at the phone until a voice came

"100 yuan has been received"

"Yeah!"

Lin Miaomiao jumped up, holding her phone with a happy look on her face, and kicked Wu Xianyu who was still squatting on the ground and said
"I'll treat you at noon, let's go out for dinner."

Standing up, Wu Xianyu stretched his body and looked at Lin Miaomiao.
"Why go out to eat if you have money? Can't you just spend a few dozen dollars to buy some food and cook it at home? The rest is yours."

"Hmm? That's a good idea. How about I pay and you do the work? I'll use the remaining money to buy you some snacks."

The two reached a cooperation and came to the vegetable market. Lin Miaomiao followed Wu Xianyu and watched him buy chicken wings, lean meat, lettuce, and a bunch of vegetarian vegetables. Finally, he turned into the supermarket and bought Coke, beer and a can of food.

Lin Miaomiao looked at the beer and Coke in her hands with a strange look in her eyes.
"Hey, Xianyu, it's not good to drink in broad daylight."

"The beer and cola are not for you to drink, they are for cooking. Just eat them when the time comes, don't ask so many questions."

Wu Xianyu couldn't explain too much to those who didn't go into the kitchen. They just had to wait for the food to come out of the pot.

After returning home, Wu Xianyu asked Lin Miaomiao to sit on the sofa and watch TV, and he went straight into the kitchen.

Through the glass door, Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu's waistline that was squeezed by the apron, and couldn't help swallowing. Although she didn't know why she was drooling, Lin Miaomiao thought that the food Wu Xianyu cooked must be delicious.

After watching TV absentmindedly for a while, Lin Miaomiao could no longer sit still when she smelled a faint fragrance. She pushed open the kitchen door in her slippers. Wu Xianyu just glanced back and said nothing.

Lin Miaomiao smiled and moved closer to Wu Xianyu

"Salted fish, what's delicious to cook?"

"Here, I'll give you some cola chicken wings. Go out and eat. Don't come into the kitchen. You'll affect my cooking efficiency."

As he spoke, Wu Xianyu picked up a chicken wing with chopsticks and put it into the bowl, handed it to Lin Miaomiao, and pushed her on the shoulder.

Lin Miaomiao was very satisfied after finding the food. She followed Wu Xianyu's force and walked out of the kitchen. Since she was not at home, she also modestly put on disposable gloves.

After eating just one chicken wing, Lin Miaomiao couldn't stop eating. She was afraid to stop eating after just one bite, because once her appetite was aroused, she would continue to want to eat more.

Lin Miaomiao bit the chicken bone in her mouth until it was broken into pieces, then she spit it out and looked at Wu Xianyu's back with eager eyes.

Finally, Wu Xianyu turned around, holding a dish in one hand, hooked open the kitchen door with his foot, walked out, put the dish on the table, wiped his hands with his apron and said to Lin Miaomiao

"The rice is in the rice cooker, you can help yourself. I have another dish that will be ready soon."

After saying that, the figure had returned to the stove. Lin Miaomiao quickly stood up and served herself a bowl of rice. Just as she was about to take it away, she thought for a moment and served herself another bowl. She sat back at the dining table with two bowls of rice, still waiting anxiously. When Wu Xianyu brought out the last dish, he saw that Lin Miaomiao had not touched her chopsticks, and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Oh, you can hold back on this?"

"Hey, stop talking, hurry up, eat, eat"

Lin Miaomiao had been waiting anxiously, so she asked Wu Xianyu to sit down quickly. After Wu Xianyu sat down, she was the first to pick up her chopsticks.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao wolfing down the food, Wu Xianyu felt a great sense of accomplishment. Seeing the rice Lin Miaomiao served him, he chuckled and picked up a piece of lettuce with fermented black beans and dace with chopsticks. This was the good stuff.

Although Lin Miaomiao can't cook, she can watch. Seeing Wu Xianyu always picking up the green vegetables, she put down the chicken wings and picked up a piece of chopsticks. She immediately widened her eyes and looked at Wu Xianyu.

"You are such a jerk. You didn't say anything when you had such a delicious meal. If I wasn't smart, you would have eaten me up."

"I'm not stopping you from using your chopsticks, just pick up whatever you want to eat."

As he spoke, Wu Xianyu picked up a piece of shredded pork with fish flavor and put it into the bowl. He picked up the bowl and put the dish and rice into his mouth, chewing it with big mouthfuls.

Following Wu Xianyu's footsteps, Lin Miaomiao also tasted the fish-flavored pork shreds.

“Better than what we make at school”

"Oh, thank you for the compliment."

First, the lettuce with black bean sauce and dace was finished, followed by the shredded pork with fish flavor. Finally, Lin Miaomiao could only stare at the few chicken wings left on the plate. She was full, even overfed.

Wu Xianyu picked up a piece of chicken wing and waved it in front of Lin Miaomiao.

"Are you sure you don't want to eat?"

“Want to eat but can’t”

Lin Miaomiao's face was full of regret, but her stomach was slightly bulging and she felt like the food she had eaten was stuck in her throat.

Seeing that Lin Miaomiao was really full, Wu Xianyu stopped teasing her. He took a bite from each end of the chicken wing, bit the bone in the middle, and pulled it out. The chicken wing was completely boneless, and what was left were large pieces of chicken meat.

Lin Miaomiao was very curious as she stared at Wu Xianyu's process.

"Xianyu, how did you do this?"

"No way"

Wu Xianyu finished eating the chicken wings in his mouth and looked at her with a playful look on his face.

"You don't even know how to eat chicken wings, so how have you been eating chicken wings all these years?"

Then he slowed down the movements and demonstrated it to Lin Miaomiao.

"First bite off the crispy bones on both sides, then press down the chicken wing with chopsticks, bite the bone in the middle, and apply a little force, and it will be done."

Watching Wu Xianyu's smooth and skillful movements, Lin Miaomiao picked up the chopsticks that had been put down, picked up a piece of chicken wing and tried it. Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result was still good.

Eating chicken in big mouthfuls, Lin Miaomiao recalled the way she had chewed chicken wings before, and compared it with the way she was eating now.
"Elegant, so elegant, I feel like a lady."

"A lady wouldn't eat chicken wings, and she wouldn't eat too much."

Lin Miaomiao wiped her mouth casually and decided not to argue with Wu Xianyu for the sake of herself being full.

After walking to the bathroom with difficulty and washing her hands, Lin Miaomiao moved back to the sofa, yawned and started watching TV.

After cleaning the table and washing the dishes, Wu Xianyu sat on the other side of the sofa, watching TV. Feeling a little bored, he asked Lin Miaomiao

“How much money is left?”

"26 yuan"

After taking a look at her phone, Lin Miaomiao answered Wu Xianyu's question in the most energy-saving way.

"Then give me 20."

"Huh? Why?"

“Food processing fee”

"Didn't we agree that I pay and you do the work?"

"Then it's the cost of pot and pan wear and tear."

"You just want to drain me out, right?"

“You can understand it that way”

"."

Looking at Wu Xianyu who was so arrogant and unreasonable, Lin Miaomiao was speechless. After thinking for a while, Lin Miaomiao suddenly remembered something and moved to Wu Xianyu's side, lowering her voice.
"If you're like that, then I'll have to use my ultimate move."

"What must"

The familiar touch made Wu Xianyu unable to utter a single word. This was a good way to pay off the debt.

This time the kiss lasted a little longer. Lin Miaomiao returned to the sofa, slightly out of breath, her face rosy. She kept fanning herself with her hands. This time she didn't run away.

"Come to my place for a meal if you have the chance. I won't charge you any money."

A voice came from the distance, and Lin Miaomiao glanced at Wu Xianyu's profile.

"Just laugh if you want to. Why are you pressing the corners of your mouth? Isn't it uncomfortable?"

"My pleasure"

The room fell silent, with only the sound of the television being heard, but it was clear that neither of them was paying attention to the television.

"jingle--"

The doorbell rang, and the romantic atmosphere between the two disappeared. There were only two families in this building, and the doorbell at this time was obviously Lin Miaomiao's parents coming back.

Lin Miaomiao got off the sofa and opened the door. It was indeed Wang Shengnan and the other person. Lin Miaomiao looked at them and saw that they had nothing in their hands. She was a little dissatisfied.

"You guys didn't buy anything when you went out? You just watched a movie and had a meal and came back?"

"Who is as delicious as you? Where did you eat lunch?"

Lin Dawei didn't care about what Lin Miaomiao said, but asked his daughter what she had eaten for lunch first.

Hearing that it was Wu Xianyu who cooked, Wang Shengnan smiled a little. She originally wanted to come back to cook, but Lin Dawei dragged her out to eat under the pretext of having a private time for two. She could only give Lin Miaomiao money to let her eat unhealthy food outside.

At this time, Wu Xianyu also walked to the door, and Wang Shengnan looked at Wu Xianyu with a smile.

"Thanks to you, Xiaoyu, otherwise Miaomiao wouldn't know what junk food to eat."

"Haha, Miaomiao paid for the groceries, so I'm getting a good deal."

Wu Xianyu scratched his face and felt that it felt wrong. Why was it a little greasy? Could it be Lin Miaomiao?
The smile on his face froze for a moment and his eyes moved to the side. Wu Xianyu wiped the oil stains off his face with his fingers, just enough to make it invisible for the time being.

As his gaze returned to the straight position, Wu Xianyu saw Wang Shengnan's half-smile and his body froze, not knowing what to say.

But unexpectedly, Wang Shengnan didn't say anything, but asked Miaomiao to go home after a while and took Lin Dawei back upstairs.

(End of this chapter)