Chapter 177: Calculation
"What's going on with this meal?"
Su Zhiyi was originally brushing the pot in the kitchen, but when he heard Xia Wenjin's question, he hurriedly ran out of the kitchen, and said excitedly: "Uncle, are you back?"
Xia Wenjin looked at Su Zhiyi's dark face, as if he had smeared two handfuls of coal ash, and couldn't help but laugh: "Tangtang, have you gotten into the coal pile?"
Su Zhiyi seemed to realize that there was something on his face, and quickly wiped it with his sleeve, as if he was very flustered.
Xia Wenjin smiled and suddenly couldn't laugh, he looked at Su Zhiyi wearing an apron and holding a spatula, and finally reacted: "Tangtang, you cooked today?"
Su Zhiyi glanced at Zhou Hua cautiously, and then shook his head tremblingly: "Uncle, don't get me wrong, no"
"Isn't it?" Xia Wenjin looked at her with a pair of sharp eyes, and then said coldly: "No, how could you make yourself like this?
Zhou Hua had been sitting on the sofa and eating melon seeds, and her mouth was dry, but when she saw her husband coming back, she hurriedly stood aside obediently, she obviously didn't expect that the spearhead would be pointed at herself, so she quickly explained:
"IāI've just gotten off work, and this stool isn't hot yet!"
Seeing her explain, Su Zhiyi hurriedly grabbed Xia Wenjin in panic, and stopped her words in time: "Uncle, don't be angry, it's none of your aunt's business."
She glanced at Zhou Hua pitifully, as if she was afraid of her, she quickly withdrew her gaze, and said cautiously: "It's my mother who is not feeling well, and I don't want her to be tired, so I took the initiative to ask to come to the kitchen to help." ā
Her words angered Xia Wenjin even more: "Dad, why are you still messing around with Wen Fang at home, the doctor told her yesterday to raise her well, why do you still let her cook?"
Xia Dongxiang has been in the backyard all along, and he doesn't know about it at all, so he is also in the clouds at this time.
"Wen Fang, hasn't she been upstairs all the time?"
"Grandpa, she happened to be cooking in the kitchen when I was out of school just now, and I saw that she had a bad face and asked her to go upstairs. Su Zhiyi kindly explained.
"This kid too, why is he still working at this time?" Xia Dongxiang was originally thinking about finding a few aunts to help, but he didn't have time to look for it, and Zhou Hua didn't come back late today, so he naturally thought that Zhou Hua was cooking.
"Mom, she also has good intentions, but I really can't bear it, so I cook for her, grandpa, don't blame me!"
What Su Zhiyi said was extremely pitiful, which made Xia Dongxiang feel pity, in the end, he was under the fence, how old did he start to learn to cook?
"Zhou Hua, what's the matter with you?" Xia Dongxiang couldn't help but blame Zhou Hua: "If you don't like to cook, just tell me, how can we go down to the restaurant to deal with today's lunch meal, how can you call a child like this? You are also a mother, and I don't see you being so cruel to Xia Yao in the summer!"
Zhou Hua glanced at her fiercely at an angle that only Su Zhiyi could see, and then quickly explained: "Dad, I also just went downstairs, and as soon as I entered the house today, I saw Yaoyao doing her homework with the TV on in the living room, and I was afraid of delaying her study, so I asked her to go upstairs to write, and I had been guarding her to do her homework just now." ā
Xia Dongxiang stood aside on crutches, huffing and huffing, ignoring her, and Xia Wenjin also showed that he was angry, and he didn't look at her at all.
Seeing their expressions, Su Zhiyi was very discerning and cleaned up the eggplant skins and eggshells on the table, and then ran to the coffee table to get the trash can.
Zhou Hua didn't care when she saw her trotting away, but she was a little curious why she would be willing to go far.
But when she ran to the coffee table, she suddenly understood something, and she stretched out her hand to stop her, but she spoke.
"Uncle, help me take down the trash can, I'm going to collect these things. ā
Su Zhiyi pointed to the eggplant skin and egg shell on the cupboard, and then pulled Xia Wenjin to follow him.
Xia Wenjin's eyes looked at the melon seed skin in the trash can, his face became more and more ugly, he glared at Zhou Hua coldly, and Zhou Hua was so frightened that Zhou Hua quickly lowered his head.
Su Zhiyi put the things on the cupboard into the trash can in Xia Wenjin's hand, and glanced at Xia Wenjin with lowered eyes, and knew that he had understood when he saw his expression.
She doesn't need to say anything now, but if she talks too much, she really offends Zhou Hua.
The trash can at home will be emptied every morning, and now there is only melon seed skin in the trash can, no one at home likes to eat melon seeds, only Zhou Hua's mouth is broken and loves to eat these bits and pieces, so it can be easily concluded that Zhou Hua eats it.
And judging from the quantity, I also know how long Zhou Hua has been home, so I can easily expose the lie she said that she has been upstairs just now.
It happened that Xia Yao was pulling her slippers downstairs, and Xia Wenjin asked before she could walk down, "Yaoyao, did your mother tutor you with your homework just now?"
Xia Yao was stunned by his question for a moment, then looked at his mother on the side carefully, and when he received her call for help, he said ambiguously: "Mom said that she wouldn't let me do my homework downstairs and pulled me upstairs." ā
"What questions did she tutor you?" Xia Wenjin continued.
"It's all math. ā
"Oh, I didn't know that your mother would still have homework in the third year of junior high school, your mother is really good, I haven't seen her tutor you since you were in the third grade, I thought it was really a brain to eat together!"
Xia Wenjin's tone was cold.
Zhou Hua felt very uncomfortable: "I'm staring at my daughter's study, you are so busy with work, you don't ask about the two children's studies, if I don't care about them, I have to take the first place!"
"After that, I will have to work for you. Xia Wenjin only glanced at her and walked towards Xia Dongxiang.
"Dad, let's go out to eat. As he spoke, he looked at Su Zhiyi: "Tangtang, go upstairs and call your mother down, let's go out to eat." ā
"No need uncle, my mother has eaten, don't let her go out if it's so cold outside. ā
Xia Wenjin thought for a while before saying, "It's okay." ā
Zhou Hua heard that she was going out to eat, so she went to the hanger to get a coat to put on, and as soon as she reached into a hand, she heard Xia Wenjin say:
"What are you doing in your coat? Don't you have to tutor your daughter to study for a while? Don't go out when it's freezing outside, Tang Tang's first cooking, you and Yaoyao will eat some." ā
When Zhou Hua heard this, she felt very uncomfortable, she hatefully threw her coat on the cabinet beside her, and went back to the sofa to sit down.
Xia Yao didn't know how his mother offended his father, and he didn't know how he offended him and made him unhappy, so he quickly grabbed him: "Dad, did I do something wrong, why don't you let me go out with you?"
She looked at her father with big eyes and doubts.
After Xia Wenjin put on Su Zhiyi's coat, he turned back to look at her: "Yaoyao, you should know that dad hates lying children the most." ā