IACF [QT] Chapter 3.2

Grandma Qu rolled a few more pieces of dough, and her tone became relaxed.

“Last night, your mother told me that she and your Uncle Xiao had already obtained a marriage certificate. This time she came to pick us up, and they would hold a wedding after returning. Can you transfer you to study there?”

“Where Grandma goes, I go.” Su Yi said.

Grandma Qu smiled and said, “We will leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. You can decide whether to say goodbye to your friends and classmates.”

She didn’t plan to let her daughter stay here for too long, nor did she want her to face the eyes of other people in the fishing village again, so she had to hurry.

She had lived in the fishing village for most of her life. There were many good and bad things here, but it was her hometown after all, so she couldn’t help but feel reluctant to move away.

But she was even more worried about Wanting.

She didn’t know what her in-laws were like. Just looking at the words and deeds of the Xiao family father and son, and the gifts they brought yesterday, she felt that their family was very unusual.

Would such a family dislike Wanting’s background? Would they mind Yi Yi’s existence? Were their family members easy to get along with?

As a mother, she always had too many worries.

How could she feel at ease if she didn’t see it with her own eyes?

After the buns were wrapped, Grandma Qu steamed half of them and fried the other half to ensure that everyone’s taste was taken care of.

When the three people upstairs came down, the buns stuffed with pork and shrimp were just out of the pot, and the porridge with candied dates was sweet and soft.

Grandma Qu fried a few more eggs, put two plates of pickled radishes and drunken snails she made herself, and washed two bunches of grapes. The dining table was full.

“How did Xiao Xing and Xiao Yan sleep last night? We are too close to the sea, so there are a lot of noises all day long.” She greeted Xiao Xing and Xiao Yan, the father and son.

Xiao Yan nodded, and Xiao Xing smiled ashamedly: “Auntie dried the quilt too soft, so we slept until dawn. If it weren’t for the smell of breakfast, we would still be reluctant to get up now.”

Although he and Su Wanting have already obtained the marriage certificate and should call Grandma Qu ‘Mom’, according to local customs, the elders should give a big red envelope to the newlyweds when they called ‘Mom and Dad’ for the first time.

Before entering the house yesterday, Su Wanting expected that Grandma Qu was not prepared, so she asked him to call ‘Aunt’ first.

Besides, it was his first time to visit, and calling her Mom was a bit abrupt.

Grandma Qu said cheerfully: “We don’t have anything good at home, so I just made something. See if it suits your taste. Just tell me what you want to eat. Xiao Yan, don’t be polite to me, just treat it like you’re at home.”

There was no fixed vegetable market in the small fishing village. If people wanted to buy some meat or something, they had to buy it from a mobile meat stall on a tricycle.

For example, the meat stuffing used for making dumplings just now was delivered to her doorstep early in the morning.

Although it was called a meat stall, they also sold some vegetables and onions, but the variety was too limited.

It was fine to eat by themselves at ordinary times, but now that there were guests at home, Grandma Qu planned to go to the town after breakfast and buy some more things.

Su Wanting wanted to go with her, and Xiao Xing volunteered to be the driver. The adults had all left, and it would be bad to leave the two children at home, so in the end, all five of them went out.

Su Yi, Su Wanting, and Grandma Qu sat side by side in the back seat. Grandma Qu sat in the middle. She held her daughter in one hand and her granddaughter in the other.

The morning sun shone in from the car window, so warm that people couldn’t help but feel lazy.

She vaguely recalled that there seemed to be a morning like this many years ago when she and her mother were walking on their way in the morning light.

The dark-skinned young man was hiding under a tree and peeking at her. After being teased, his face became even redder and darker, with only his teeth dazzlingly white.

That was almost a lifetime ago. She had been gone for nearly 30 years. She could hardly remember what the young man looked like. All she could remember was the warmth that flowed from her body.

Thinking back on it today, it still seemed familiar.

She slowly narrowed her eyes, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes became deeper.

Several people arrived at the town together. Although it was just a small town, it was close to the seaside and it was November 11th, so there were many people coming and going.

The vegetable market was even more noisy, with people crowded together and the ground wet and muddy.

Grandma Qu said to Su Yi, “It’s dirty and smelly inside. Yi Yi, you and Xiao Yan wait outside and take him around. What do you think, Xiao Yan?”

Xiao Yan didn’t care. Although he wasn’t very interested, he didn’t refute the old lady’s arrangement and nodded slightly.

Su Yi pursed her lips, glanced at him, then looked at Grandma Qu, and said ‘yes’ softly.

Mao Tuan nestled in her hood and thought to itself: The big devil’s acting was really good. Look at her introverted and pitiful appearance. How realistic was her acting? It would be even better if she could keep it that way and not reveal her true nature.

 

 

 

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