The Stepmother is Unkind

Yin Mingyu and the others came back in a low-key manner, lightly simplified the crew and horses, and the sheep naturally stayed on the boat.

Mrs. Xie successfully changed the subject and asked something else: "How long are you going to stay in Yangzhou?"

Xie Qin said: "You have to board the ship in the evening."

He has official business and there is so much money on the boat, so they can't stay any longer, that is, take advantage of the gap between shopping on the boat and come back to see the old lady.

At this time, it was almost noon, and Mrs. Xie was a little reluctant to hear that they were only staying for such a short time, so she asked the pantry to prepare more dishes that they liked for lunch.

Xie Ce had been away from Mrs. Xie for such a long time, and she had no life at all, so she ordered food next to her.

Madam Xie obeyed him, and after she was told, she touched her great-grandson's head and praised, "Cer has really grown up now..."

As soon as she said this, Xie Ce's chatterbox was opened.

Xie Ce raised his small hand, put it on the top of his head for a comparison, and tiptoed, "Great-grandmother, Ce'er is so tall!"

Mrs. Xie smiled kindly, "Yes, I have grown taller."

Xie Ce said again, "Great-grandmother, Ce'er has newly learned the swordsmanship, do you want to see it?"

When Mrs. Xie heard it, she immediately responded, "Let's have a look at the great-grandmother."

Xie Ce wanted to perform for his great-grandmother, but he didn't bring the wooden knife he used recently. He swept it around, remembering that the feather duster would be kept in the cabinet in the main room, so he ran to the cabinet.

"Eh—" Madam Xie opened her mouth to stop him when she saw the direction he was running, but Xie Ce had already opened the cabinet door.

Xie Ce had a good memory, so he went straight to the third floor to find it, but as soon as the cabinet door was opened, there was a very faint smell of meat.

He moved his little nose, took a sniff, and stood on tiptoe a little bit closer to the upper floor. Because he wasn't tall enough, he could barely show half of his head.

The food box is hollow, but the fragrance wafts into his nose.

"Roast Duck!"

Mrs. Xie: "..." What kind of swordsmanship are you looking at?

Xie Ce also turned around and asked, "Great-grandmother, is it roast duck?"

Xie Qin and Yin Mingyu looked at Mrs. Xie together. Why is there a food box in the cabinet where some sundries are kept in the main room?

Mrs. Xie's eyes wandered for only a moment, and then she said casually: "Suddenly when you came back, the maids temporarily packed up the house to greet you, and then put them in, so why make a fuss."

Xie Qin couldn't see whether he believed it or not, and only said to Xie Ce, "Don't be so rude in the future."

Xie Ce used to live with the old lady, and the cabinets that could not be touched at will would be locked, and some of the unlocked cabinets would still hold his things, so he would go directly to get them.

But he also learned etiquette from his husband. Since his father pointed it out, Xie Ce turned around obediently and bowed to admit his mistake to his great-grandmother.

Mrs. Xie naturally wouldn't blame him, but she didn't refute her grandson's words. She only asked the maid to give him a feather duster.

The maid took it out, closed the door, and closed the roast duck.

However, all the roast duck food boxes were stuffed into this cabinet. Yin Mingyu swept over some other places in the main room where he could hide things. He had some guesses, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

Mrs. Xie noticed her eyes and couldn't help but glared at her, ghostly and ghostly.

Yin Mingyu held back her smile and pursed her lips slightly, indicating that she would never expose it.

Madam Xie nodded her head in satisfaction.

Xie Qin: "…"

He wasn't blind, and could see the winks they gave each other.

But when he saw these two people, he had to treat them as invisible, so Xie Qin turned to Yin Mingyu and said, "Second Mother, didn't you bring earthen ceremonies for your grandmother from South Vietnam?"

Yin Mingyu just remembered and turned to teach Jin'er Yin'er to bring it in.

They brought a lot, and some were to be sent back to Beijing. After introducing Mrs. Xie, Yin Mingyu said regretfully, "The lychees in Lingnan are ripe. If you are not worried about the delay on the road, my grandson will definitely bring you some. "

Their boat was full of people and things, and they couldn't travel fast enough. When they got on the boat, Yin Mingyu prepared some lychees, which would break down after a long time, so they ate them in two or three days.

And Mrs. Xie is not short of those food, and the seasonal fruits will also be delivered quickly, what is important is the minds of the younger generation.

In addition, Yin Mingyu's eyes are quite novel, and some of the unique objects of various Lingnan ethnic groups that he brought back are extremely difficult to see elsewhere, so Mrs. Xie showed great enthusiasm.

They chatted vigorously, and Xie Qin's temperament would not interrupt them. It just so happened that he had other things to do when he returned to the old house, so he temporarily left the main courtyard.

Xie Ce was holding the feather duster by the side, and from time to time he would happily say a few words about how fun South Vietnam is.

He had absolutely no idea what his father and mother had done in South Vietnam these days. Apart from studying and practicing martial arts, he only felt all kinds of happiness.

After Mrs. Xie taught them, she became more and more interested, and her eyes changed a bit.

When the lunch was ready and Sechin came back, they stopped talking about South Vietnam.

When he stopped, Xie Ce remembered that he hadn't shown his great-grandmother how he used the "knife", and he danced in the open space between dishes.

Mrs. Xie was very supportive and full of praise.

After lunch, a family of four took a walk in the courtyard.

Time passed very fast, and it seemed that they only talked. Yin Mingyu and the others were about to leave, rush back to the pier, and continue their journey north.

Madam Xie finally showed some reluctance and insisted on taking them to the door of the house.

Xie Qin persuaded her at first, and asked her to stop sending her.

Mrs. Xie didn't listen to him, and even leaned on crutches, her legs and feet were a bit more agile than when they were in the capital.

Xie Qin also saw it, so he did not persuade the old lady to stop.

When it was time to part, Mrs. Xie held the hands of her grandson and Yin Mingyu, and said expectantly, "We've only met for a while, and then we're going to be separated again. When you go back to Lingnan, remember to go to Yangzhou and come see me again..."

Seeing his grandmother like this, Xie Qin persuaded him, "If you accompany us back to Beijing, the family can be reunited for some time."

Mrs. Xie immediately objected: "If I go back, your father and mother will definitely not want to teach me to come out. I am so old, and I will enjoy some purity when I am old, but I don't want to be controlled by them."

Xie Qin reluctantly exposed: "Grandmother, was the Xie family not clean in the past? How did your father and mother control you?"

As for why the Xie family was not clean, Xie Qin glanced at Yin Mingyu.

Yin Mingyu looked back confidently, his nature was hard to change, if his bones were a cold and hard rock, others would not be able to influence him.

So the Xie family has this root.

Mrs. Xie found that the atmosphere between the two seemed to be different and more natural than before leaving the capital, and smiled with relief.

Then, Mrs. Xie said to Yin Mingyu: "Last time you were making a fuss, I forgot to give you the money I prepared for you. Remember to come here this time, and grandmother will give you more."

When Yin Mingyu heard this, she first deplored the money she lost, and then became happy again. She held Madam Xie's hand with both hands, and did not hide her nature of being a money fan. I'm coming to Yangzhou."

Madam Xie was very satisfied, patted her hand, cheered up again, and urged, "Let's go, it will be dark if we delay any longer."

The three of them really couldn't delay any longer. They said goodbye to Mrs. Xie together and got on the carriage.

Mrs. Xie had been standing at the door of the house, watching them leave.

Xie Ce lay on the carriage window and waved straight at her. Yin Mingyu also looked back, until Mrs. Xie could no longer be seen, then he sighed faintly and sat back.

Xie Ce asked, "Mother, do you miss your great-grandmother?"

Yin Mingyu just shook his head and said nothing.

Xie Qin sat in the middle and said lightly: "Your mother was taken care of by your great-grandmother, but she was very happy, so she naturally felt a little emotional."

Yin Mingyu is very keen on money. If Mrs. Xie wants to give her money, she can give it to her now, but she wants to next time...

Xie Qin wouldn't believe it if he said there was no reason.

But she just sighed, Xie Qin knew her, so he didn't fully understand the current Mrs. Xie.

The corners of Yin Mingyu's mouth rose, and he wondered if he would be so calm when he came back.

Seeing her, Xie Ce sighed and laughed, scratched his head, and didn't understand.

The ship set sail from Yangzhou, and it did not stay in one place for too long, and went all the way north.

Xie Qin was on the boat, and his work and rest was the same as usual. However, the boat was shaking, and reading hurt his eyes. He couldn't read. He spent a lot of free time to teach Xie Ce to endorse the book. The rest of the time was in a cabin, and he didn't know what to do. .

Yin Mingyu thought he was going to sort out the memorial, so he didn't let anyone disturb him.

Just one day, when the three of them were sitting together to eat, Yin Mingyu noticed that there was an extra wound on his middle finger.

"Lang Jun, why are you injured?"

Xie Ce immediately raised his head and stared at his father's hand.

Xie Qin was very calm, and while serving food for the two of them, he said: "The teacup is broken, and the hand is cut, it doesn't matter."

Xie Ce slid off the stool, grabbed his father's hand, and blew on the wound, as if his father's pain could fly away.

Xie Qin patted his head and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt."

Xie Ce didn't believe it. He poked his finger before, and it was extremely painful.

Yin Mingyu looked at Xie Qin's hand and said nothing. After the meal, he taught someone to bring medicine and bandage him personally, "Since it's hurt, why don't you use medicine."

With a smile in Xie Qin's eyes, she let her move.

The medicine is too obvious, not to mention, "the wound is not deep."

Yin Mingyu can naturally see that the wound is not deep, but she is not stupid. Xie Qin still has some very small cuts in his hand, which seems to be punctured by something. It is not like Xie Qin said that the broken teacup was cut.

But he said so, there is always a reason, Yin Mingyu wisely did not delve into it.

After that day, Xie Qin still spent most of the day in his cabin, except teaching Xie Ce.

Yin Mingyu had some guesses, but he didn't show it.

After another two days, the boat arrived at Yin Mingyu's birthday.

During breakfast, Jin'er brought up a bowl of longevity noodles and put it in front of Yin Mingyu, saying, "Madam, this is what Lang Jun personally ordered."

After Yin Mingyu heard this, he smiled and thanked Xie Qin.

Xie Qin shook his head, "It's just a question, even if I don't tell them, they should be prepared."

Yin Mingyu waited for a while, and seeing that he had nothing else to say, he picked up his chopsticks and planned to eat noodles.

At this time, Xie Ce walked up to her with his hands behind his back, mysteriously took out a roll of paper, and gave it to her like a treasure, "Mother, Ce'er has prepared a birthday present for you."

Yin Mingyu was a little curious, put down his chopsticks and took it, untied the ribbon on it, and slowly unfolded the paper.

But after the paper was completely unfolded, she fell silent, "Who is this...?" Couldn't it be her?

What was drawn on the paper was clearly a person.

The head is the head, the body is the body, the limbs and the five senses are also present, and even extremely detailed, long hair and fingers are also drawn, but if the long hair and fingers are not drawn in different places, the difference is really not obvious.

And these five senses are too loose.

The eyes are too wide apart, the eyes are different in size, one is like a copper bell, the other is like a pea, and the nose and mouth are crowded together.

Yin Mingyu could easily tell it was a person, but Xie Ce gave it to her, she didn't want to believe that it was her...

However, Xie Ce broke her last illusion and asked for praise: "It's a mother! Ce'er painted a mother."

Yin Mingyu: "…"

A child can't force too much.

She smiled and said, "Thank you for the birthday ceremony Xiao Langjun."

Xie Ce said happily: "Mother likes it. Ce'er will give her a portrait next year."

Yin Mingyu: You don't have to.

When Xie Qin saw the painting, he immediately thought of the painting that Xie Ce had given him, and said truthfully, "Ce'er has made great progress over the past year."

Xie Ce got his father's praise, and was even more happy, and said excitedly, "Ce'er also painted a portrait of his father on his birthday!"

Xie Qin: "…"

When Yin Mingyu saw this, he was relieved all of a sudden, and encouraged: "That's the best, your father and I will wait and see."

Xie Qin reluctantly looked at her schadenfreude expression, but did not attack Xie Ce's enthusiasm.

The days on the ship are not interesting, let alone the birthday, a bowl of longevity noodles in the morning, and her favorite dishes for lunch and dinner, so at night, they go back to the cabin to rest.

The birthday passed so smoothly, Yin Mingyu had no regrets, but he thought that Xie Qin had done something quietly behind her back, but at this time, she found out that she might be self-indulgent, and it was inevitable that she was a little embarrassed.

But she is embarrassed, no one knows, it will be fleeting, sitting in front of the mirror to untie her bun.

As soon as she took off the bottom half of her hair, Xie Qin came over and took the comb from her hand.

Yin Mingyu didn't move, and looked at Xie Qin's serious expression in the mirror.

Xie Qin took the comb and gently combed her loose hair. When the hair was soft and smooth and could slide over his fingers without any hesitation, he put down the comb and looked at Yin Mingyu in the mirror.

The two looked at each other in the mirror.

Under the candlelight, some hazy bronze mirrors reflected the faces of the two, their eyes were intertwined, and the atmosphere gradually warmed up.

Xie Qin took out a golden hairpin from her sleeve, inserted it into her unfinished bun, and said, "This is my birthday present for you."

Yin Mingyu looked in the mirror, and it wasn't very clear, but he didn't take it down. He raised his head and asked, "Did you do it yourself?"

Xie Qin nodded very casually, but then asked, "Do you like it?"

Who doesn't like gold, it's his own thoughts.

Yin Mingyu nodded and answered honestly, "I like it."

The corners of Xie Qin's mouth twitched slightly.

The two stood and sat, one high and one low, and looked at each other for a long time, Xie Qin gradually approached Yin Mingyu, placed a light kiss on her forehead, and then fell down on her lips...

The next day, after Yin Mingyu got up, he just picked up the golden hairpin made by Xie Qin and looked at it carefully.

The golden hairpins are not delicate, but they are polished very smoothly everywhere, and the most important thing is that they are quite heavy.

Yin Mingyu was still very moved, thinking that Xie Qin's birthday was on the third day of April, and last year on the third day of April, the two were separated from each other, so she only mentioned one sentence in the letter.

Although she was on the boat this year, since the other party had personally prepared a birthday ceremony for her, she should have come and gone.

Therefore, Yin Mingyu decided to report back on January 2. She reminded Xie Ce early to remember to prepare a birthday ceremony for his father, and on the third day of April, she planned to cook a lunch by herself.

As soon as Jin'er Yin'er learned that she was going to do it herself, her face changed and she wanted to help.

But Yin Mingyu didn't need it at all. He was busy working alone, and said solemnly: "Doing it yourself can show my sincerity."

Jin'er and Yin'er are speechless. For their wife, it is the most sincere to send some valuable things, right?

And Yin Mingyu rarely moves his hand. Compared with watching the sea day after day on the boat, cooking is also more fun. He even took the initiative to challenge a few complicated dishes.

She is also eager to learn, and if she is not good at it, she asks the cook for advice, and the cook will give advice at the side—

"Young lady, a little salt."

"Young lady, the amount of vinegar is right"

"Young lady..."

After Yin Mingyu listened to it, he estimated "a little" and "appropriate amount" by feeling.

But the cook looked at her boldly putting seasonings, and his expression became stiff from time to time. After reading two dishes, he couldn't help it, so he asked for instructions: "Young madam, can you come?"

Yin Mingyu waved his hand, "Just remind me by your side."

cook:"…"

I was reminded, but why did the young lady make something completely different after she did it?

When the cook thought that such a dish was ordered by him and brought to Lang Jun, he felt despair in his heart.

Didn't this smash his sign?

Seeing him like this, Yin'er felt a little sympathetic, so she called the person aside and comforted him: "Don't worry, Lang Jun won't take anger on you."

The cook did not dare to show a wry smile, but he was fortunate that the young lady was afraid that it would not be cooked, so she would cook and stir-fry the dishes for a while.

On the deck, Xie Qin didn't see Yin Mingyu when he went in or out. He only saw Xie Ce playing with the sheep, so he asked, "Where's the young lady?"

The boat is so big, and there is no way to hide it. Hong Su replied honestly, "Back to the lord, the young lady is in the dining room."

On the other side, Xie Ce raised his head in shock when he heard that his mother was in the dining room.

"The pantry?" Xie Qin was puzzled. "Why did she go to the pantry?"

Hong silk whispered: "Langjun, today is your birthday, the young lady wants to prepare a lunch for you."

Before Xie Qin could speak, Xie Ce immediately said, "Can Ce'er not eat the lunch prepared for his father's birthday?"

Red Silk: "...It's impossible to think about it."

Xie Ce's face was bitter for a moment, and he sighed.

Xie Qin frowned, "Anyway, your mother did it by herself, so don't act like this later."

Xie Ce looked up at his father and said, "You don't understand."

Xie Qin: "…"

The father and son were in a complicated mood here, but when the lunch was really served, even though the dishes looked very ordinary, some of them lost their original color at first glance, and neither of them showed any strangeness on their faces.

Yin Mingyu raised his hand and said, "Try it, I've been busy for a long time."

The father and son looked at each other, Xie Ce preemptively said: "Father's birthday, please use it first."

Xie Qin calmly picked up his chopsticks, glanced at each dish, and finally landed on a plate of stir-fried green vegetables that seemed to be tender, picked it up, and slowly entered it.

Yin Mingyu asked, "How?"

Xie Ce also looked at his father with wide eyes.

Xie Qin's expression remained unchanged, and he chewed slowly.

Xie Ce couldn't help swallowing saliva.

After Xie Qin swallowed it, he nodded slowly and said, "...Not bad."

Doubt appeared on Xie Ce's face, "Really?"

Xie Qin glanced at him lightly, picked up other dishes, and ate them all calmly under the sight of the two of them, and then gave a "good" evaluation.

Yin Mingyu did not expect his evaluation to be so high, and Xie Ce also put down his guard and picked up his chopsticks.

The two of them almost entered one after the other, but the different dishes had the same reaction, "Ouch—"

Xie Ce: "It's so salty."

Yin Mingyu: "It's so bitter."

Both of them looked at Xie Qin with bitter faces.

Xie Qin carefully brought a glass of water to each person, and then said gently to Yin Mingyu: "If you are idle and bored, you might as well make a new bracelet for me as a birthday present. The one you gave me before is old."

Yin Mingyu slandered while drinking, isn't he a gentleman? Is this what a gentleman does?

But this table of dishes came out of her hands, and Yin Mingyu didn't want to complain about others, so he said, "I'll prepare more for you."

Xie Qin refused: "No, just one a year."

He paused, then added: "You don't have to work hard to cook for me in the future."