Future Shennong Space

Xiao's home is indeed some distance away from Starport.

Not long after Ji Mingxiao had lunch with Percy, Xiao rushed over.Percy took the initiative to bid farewell very tactfully, and safely completed Ji Mingxiao's transfer work.Before leaving, he secretly winked at him, and silently mouthed "Come on". Ji Mingxiao also mouthed the word "thank you".

To be honest, seeing Xiao again a few days later, he was a little embarrassed.Because when I think about it now, I seem to be a little too unreserved that day.And obviously there are many things that have not been clarified, but as soon as Xiao said they were together, he immediately agreed.

Perhaps in his heart, being able to be with Xiao is far more urgent than he once thought.

Therefore, when Percy left and Shaw took his place and sat across from him, he lowered his head and bit the straw, pretending that he was drinking juice, without even daring to look at him.

Xiao patiently sat across from him, waiting for him to finish the whole glass of juice.

No matter how long it takes, the juice will run out.There was a grunting sound from the straw after being sucked, and Ji Mingxiao had to let go of the straw and looked up at Xiao.

Xiao is wearing a glasses-type personal terminal today. The ultra-modern glasses almost cover half of his face, only showing the part below the bridge of the nose. If he is not a familiar person, he really can't tell who it is.

"Do you need anything else?" He asked considerately, without any sign of impatience, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth still gave people a sense of oppression.

Ji Mingxiao shook his head immediately, "No, thank you."

"Then let's go." Xiao stood up, "It's always not good to keep the elders waiting too long."

This sentence finally made Ji Mingxiao act. He stood up and walked to Xiao's side, but he stretched out his hand to hold him.

He retracted a bit, but he didn't retract, and finally he could only let him drag him out of the restaurant.

The two stood on the side of the road, and a black suspension vehicle stopped lightly in front of them without making a sound.The shape of the body is very stable and majestic, which is in line with the temperament of the person around him.

The car door opened upwards silently, Ji Mingxiao sat in the passenger seat, Xiao walked around to the other side and got into the car.

After the door is closed, the body floats upwards, then smoothly and quickly enters the air passage, and then speeds up.

After the speed of the hover car stabilized, Xiao adjusted the hover car to smart driving, and then took off the glasses covering his face.

He turned his head to look at Ji Mingxiao with a puzzled look on his face.

"What's wrong with you?" He looked at Ji Mingxiao and asked, "It feels weird, you don't want to talk to me?"

"No," Ji Mingxiao immediately shook his head, then stopped.

At this moment, he himself also felt that he was a little hypocritical just now, since he has already decided to be with Xiao, so what if he admits it generously.

He laughed at himself, leaned back, and finally relaxed his attitude and became natural.

"Just thinking about meeting your parents soon makes me a little nervous," he explained.

Xiao still looked at him, and he could only add in a joking tone: "Maybe still worrying about what to do if someone thinks I'm not good enough for you."

Xiao laughed, and stretched out his hand to rub his hair, "If it's this question, you really think too much. I can just do what I think is appropriate, no matter what others say, and my parents absolutely support my choice."

"I hope so." He said vaguely, and before Xiao could say anything else, he turned his face to the scenery outside the window.

The speed of the suspension car was very fast, and the scenery along the way ran backwards quickly.The seat under him was completely ergonomically designed, and it was very comfortable to lean back. He gradually became drowsy.

He probably really fell asleep. When he came back to his senses, the hover car had already stopped in a large courtyard. As for how he got in, he had no memory at all.

The door opened upwards, and after he and Xiao got out of the car, the car drove away automatically.

The courtyard is well maintained, with well-manicured lawns and beautifully shaped shrubs, plus a fountain pool with statues in the middle of the courtyard, which is a bit like a European garden.Even the main building has a baroque architectural style, of course, it is more of the current elemental style.

There are no tall buildings like the ones seen in Starport, but you can see that there are neighbors nearby who have a similar architectural style to this place, and the environment is very beautiful and clean.

Xiao took him to the arranged room.The interior decoration of Sterling's house has a retro taste, and there are large hand-painted oil paintings of portraits hanging on the wall of the hall.According to Xiao, those are the ancestors of the Sterling family, and each character in the oil painting has a very brilliant deed.

"Usually come here when receiving guests, so that they can experience the long and glorious history of the Sterling family." Xiao led him through the hall. "But my mother doesn't usually like it here. She thinks it's too big to make people feel uncomfortable, unless it's for a banquet or something."

Before leaving the hall, Ji Mingxiao looked back at the oil paintings on the wall. Almost everyone was wearing military uniforms. The most conspicuous thing was the various medals hanging on their chests.With his lack of military knowledge, he can only recognize a few of them, but each one is enough to shock people.

Speaking of..."Aren't your parents at home?" Except for an intelligent robot housekeeper, I didn't see anyone at all, let alone the owner of the house.

"Today's vacation, they probably went fishing in the lake behind." Xiao shrugged, "I told them you won't arrive until dinner time. My mother probably wants to go shopping, but my father likes fishing, and she can't hold me back Father, and if you are by the lake, you will be back soon. Let me settle you down first."

In fact, there is no need to tidy up. Ji Mingxiao stuffed all the things into the space button. After arriving at the arranged room, he only needs to take out a few changes of clothes and hang them up.On the contrary, it was the other pile of things he took out from the space button that made Xiao a little dumbfounded.

"What are you going to do?" Xiao looked at a lot of beautifully packaged gift boxes, and really didn't know how to evaluate, "I'm not telling you, it's just a normal meeting, to get to know each other, you get so many things, but they will Be scared."

"But, I don't know what to do at all." Sitting on the bed, Ji Mingxiao became nervous again, "Would it be too perfunctory to do what you said?"

His only impression of meeting his parents was that when he was still on Earth, his eldest sister's betrothed person came to their home for the first time. He remembered that the other party brought a lot of gifts and filled the sofa.And when I was working in a restaurant, my colleagues mentioned that it is better to bring more gifts when meeting parents for the first time, so as to leave a better impression.

Albert and Louis will give him dividends every quarter now, and he usually doesn't know how to spend, so a very large number has already accumulated in the account, and now there is no need to wait until when.He specifically consulted Sue and Amy's mother, and also checked a lot of precautions on the interstellar network. Then he chose a lot of gifts that ladies would like. He didn't even ask the price when he bought it, and he just swiped the credit points .As for Xiao's father, of course he also prepared a lot.

"No matter what, it's always right to prepare more. When I asked you before, you only said things that I can make myself." Ji Mingxiao explained, "I also gave the same things when I went to Amy's house, and now I only send the same things. Isn't it very insincere? Amy's house is just an ordinary visit, and I don't need their approval, but this time I am visiting Xiao's parents, and I very much hope to make a good impression on them." He hung down in frustration Nodding, "I hope I won't be self-defeating."

Xiao was speechless by his explanation. On the one hand, he was still dumbfounded. On the other hand, a slightly sour but sweet and warm feeling filled his chest, as if his whole heart felt like it was being melted. .

"No." He walked to the edge of the bed and sat down next to Ji Mingxiao, then held his hand.

"My father looks a little serious, but in fact he is very easy to soften his heart. When I was young, my mother was often strict with me. He always helped me relax in the busy study of various subjects." He said softly , "My mother, needless to say, except for those things that I must learn, she turned to me in everything. She is a very traditional woman, whether as a wife or a mother, she has done a very good job. For her son She will also like whoever she chooses, because she trusts her son's vision very much."

Probably because Xiao's tone was too gentle, Ji Mingxiao couldn't help but relax a little.

"What about these gifts?" He looked at the pile of things on the ground.

"Which of these did you make yourself?" Xiao asked.

Ji Mingxiao pointed out a few items, "Tea, perfume reagents, wine I made myself, and a snack box, and the rest were bought."

Xiao made the decision for him, "What you make yourself is enough, put away the rest first."

"But..." Ji Mingxiao said in embarrassment, "Those things look better, don't they?"

"Trust me," Xiao said with a smile, "they'll be more interested in what you make than that."

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At dinner, Ji Mingxiao finally met Xiao's family, and then he realized that all the tension he had before was really unnecessary.

As Xiao said, his parents are very easy to get along with.It is not enough to say that they are enthusiastic, but their attitude is very natural. Dinner is just like eating with ordinary families.

Xiao's mother looks very young, with exquisite and beautiful features, and elegant temperament. Xiao's appearance before was very similar to his own mother.Mr. Sterling was quiet, but kind.During the dinner, Mrs. Sterling was looking forward to telling Ji Mingxiao that she wanted to try his dishes, because Xiao said that he was very good at it.

The atmosphere is contagious. When everyone sat down to drink tea after dinner, Ji Mingxiao had completely calmed down and chatted with Mrs. Sterling.

Mrs. Sterling was very considerate and didn't mention anything about his family, but started talking about his life at school, and then she became enthusiastic when it came to cooking.

"I also like to make some small snacks. The best ones are apple pie and small cookies. Both father and son like it very much." Mrs. Sterling said enthusiastically. "When Xiao and his classmates have dinner together, he likes the apple pie he brought me to make the most."

"Does Xiao like apple pie very much?" Ji Mingxiao asked, "I don't seem to know how to make it, or you can teach me someday."

"Well," Mrs. Sterling said happily, "he has the same taste as his father, and his father likes it very much."

The two fathers and sons who were named looked at each other, and at the same time they picked up the teacup to indicate that they were drinking tea.

"I heard from Xiao that you can add different flavors and patterns to the same thing, which is very miraculous." Mrs. Sterling said, "I remember that there was a box of homemade snacks in your gift, why don't we try it now? "

"Okay," Ji Mingxiao said embarrassedly, "Actually, I really like to mix various materials together. It's very interesting to make different flavors with different combinations."

The snack box was brought over by the robot butler and placed on the table. The box was specially made by Ji Mingxiao. It was in the style of a Chinese food box and divided into two layers. The outside was carved with patterns of flowers and plants in the way of lacquer carving, which looks very old-fashioned. .

"This box is very unique," Mrs. Sterling picked up the lid with interest to look at the pattern on it, but was soon attracted by the contents of the box.

There are three different kinds of snacks in the three grids, a purple purple potato yam cake, a lotus-shaped lotus cake, and a crystal clear steamed bun. Just the shape and color make people admire up.

She put down the lid of the box in surprise, and took off this layer of dim sum, revealing the lower layer. The three types of dim sum below are all salty dim sum.There is Xiao's favorite chess piece biscuit, and the filling is also his favorite beef filling and honey ham filling.There were two other dim sums, which didn't look as pretty as the ones on the first floor, but Shaw immediately pulled the box over.

"Try this," he handed a small chess piece biscuit to Mr. Sterling, "I like this very much."

"Well, I'll try it." Mr. Sterling took it, put it in his mouth and took a bite, then his eyes lit up, and he put the rest into his mouth.

The Qizi biscuits are small in size, and they fit into one bite. The one he ate was stuffed with ham and honey.The small dim sum is golden in color, baked and crispy inside and out, the filling is salty and sweet, and the mouth is full of the unique salty and delicious taste of ham, as well as the salty and sweet honey sauce, which is crispy and delicious but not greasy.

Mr. Sterling showed a satisfied expression, and then commented after swallowing it all: "It tastes great."

Then he helped himself to another dim sum that looked somewhat similar.This is an egg yolk pastry filled with whole salted egg yolks. It also tastes full of savory and salty taste, and it's hard to hold back once you eat it.

Xiao also threw a chess piece sesame seed into his mouth while he was doing it, and then his face also showed a satisfied expression. The father and son sat together, and the expressions on their faces were almost identical.

"Is it so delicious?" Mrs. Sterling curiously picked up a lotus flower cake that she liked very much just now.The small snacks are also bite-sized. The dough is kneaded with colored fruit juice and noodles. When baked, it is shaped like a lotus flower. The filling in the middle Ji Mingxiao uses cherry jam that he made himself, regardless of the color. Still, the shapes are so exquisite that people can't put it down. It looks more like art than food.

But when I put it in my mouth, I realized that the taste is as beautiful as the shape, and the mouth is full of the unique sweet fragrance of fruit.

Mrs. Sterling was pleasantly surprised to focus on the other two snacks, and took one of each to taste.Shui Mantou is a transparent outer skin made of arrowroot powder that wraps the filling of jam and red bean paste. The crystal clear outer skin reveals the color of the filling. It tastes sweet and smooth.The purple potato and yam cake is softer and more glutinous, with a faint milky fragrance, and the shape pressed out of the mold is particularly beautiful.

Obviously just had dinner, and the two layers of snacks were eaten clean again.Mrs. Sterling didn't remember it angrily until after eating——

"I just told my friend that I want to lose weight."

Mr. Sterling touched his belly calmly——

It seems that today, I really ate too much...