Chapter 80: Meet the Parents
The king and wife of Pingxi, who were recognized at a glance, were full of depression.
The mung beans and lilies were stewed just right, crispy but not melting, and the bitterness of the lilies was slightly neutralized by rock sugar, but they were not completely suppressed. After being chilled, the coolness of mung beans, the bitterness of lilies, and the sweetness of rock sugar are all more prominent.
It's just that after drinking, the couple still can't hide their depression, how can they be recognized? What about the secret observation?
Ruan Bai followed behind the two with his hands on his shoulder, full of wondering, did these two people think they were covering up well? This kind of change of clothes and slightly blacken the face, can it be regarded as a disguise? Not to mention the incense on the clothes of the two, the demeanor between gestures, is the delicate skin...... In a pile of tea eggs, mixed with two boiled eggs, what kind of lame eyes do you have to be so lame that you can't see it?!
The two followed Ruan Bai all the way to the post station and settled down.
Xiao Xizi saw that the two of them didn't bring anyone with them, so they directly took over the work of serving people. Several postmen have gone back after servitude, but there are still six postmen in the post, all of whom are up to the hall and down to the kitchen, and recently under the training of Xiao Xizi, the service level has caught up with the five-star hotel.
Ruan Bai handed over the chilled mung bean and lily soup to a post man and asked him to deliver it to the workshop on his behalf. I rolled up my sleeves and cooked, getting some fresh snacks or something.
"After all, it's the mother-in-law...... Ruan Bai curled the corners of his mouth, experiencing this slightly sweet annoyance for the first time.
The products of Shunyang Pass are not abundant, and even if they are rich, they are not as good as Xijing, where materials gather. Ruan Bai's craftsmanship can't be compared with those chefs who are one in a million, and he doesn't seek to be outstanding, he only wants the ingredients to be fresh and clean.
No matter what era it is, it is not easy for a poor boy to marry a rich daughter. God knows that he doesn't fancy Chu Hao being rich, he will make money himself, if he really has to work hard, I'm afraid it won't be too difficult for such a thing as power; But now he is in the mood of a retired cadre......
Ruan Bai thought about it here, but when he turned around, he found that King Pingxi was standing behind him silently with his chin propped up, like the spirit behind him.
King Pingxi saw that Ruan Bai didn't react at all to be frightened, and couldn't help but feel a little bored: "Little Er, ......" It took time for the woman to dress up, and King Pingxi didn't have anything to clean up by himself, and he didn't change his clothes outside, so he wiped his face when he returned to the room, and came over to watch his youngest son cook, looking quite skilled.
His eldest man can also cook, and he doesn't know who this looks like. Neither he nor his wife had this hobby.
Little two? What is this called? Ruan Bai didn't understand, but he didn't object at all, and pulled out the chair: "Lord Wang, sit down." "A few fat people in the family are not good at all, what about the good guards?
King Pingxi had just swept the hut over. Speaking of which, it was the first time he had come to the place where the post man lived, but it didn't mean that he didn't know what the situation was like for the other post keepers.
Not to mention anything else, Ruan Bai here is not a little bit smaller, and there is no decoration, but all kinds of layouts are much more comfortable and convenient than post houses, and they can't pick out any illegal places.
Well, this chair is also comfortable.
"Little Er, ......" King Pingxi wanted to speak, but was interrupted by a nine-son plate handed over by Ruan Bai. There are some fresh fruits and small pastries on the plate.
Ruan Bai looked at the pile in the cupboard and asked, "Does the prince drink tea, herbal tea, or iced fruit wine?" ”
"Chilled cider." Naturally, with the arrival of summer, everything can be prepared in the palace. But the palm in front of him was so big, he wanted to see how Ruan Bai had a cold method? Could it be that there is an ice cellar hidden in this inn?
Ruan Bai took out a jar of tea from the cabinet and boiled water to brew: "Not long after I drank the ice, I still drank some hot food." ”
King Pingxi: Then why do you still ask him for his opinion? No, what is he going to say? I was interrupted twice, why can't I remember? Sure enough, I'm old.
Ruan Bai looked at King Pingxi, looked at it again, was caught by King Pingxi, and didn't look away: "The prince and Chu Hao don't look alike." "In fact, except for a pair of eyes, barely plus height, the father and son are not like each other at all.
King Pingxi has a handsome face, a typical suave nobleman, a bookish and tenacious temperament of a warrior, and he is a handsome uncle wherever he goes.
Chu Hao doesn't look like a princess. The princess's facial features are delicate and soft, her temperament is dignified and magnificent, and she is graceful and hearty, and she has to call her a beautiful sister when she puts it on hold.
Why did two people give birth to a simple persimmon? Good bamboo shoots?
King Pingxi almost choked. The son doesn't look like himself, and everyone sees it, but no one has ever dared to say it to his face.
"Da Lang looks like his grandfather. This Wang Xiaomu. ”
"Oh." Ruan Bai had no problem, turned around and went to cut and fiddle again.
So cold? He's a prince! He is Chu Hao's father! As his son said in his letter, isn't his second son very well-behaved and sensible? Was it because he was spoiled by his son?
Xiaopang suddenly probed in, and with an excitement that he had never had after shaving, he shouted at Ruan Bai: "Wang! ”
Ruan Baitou didn't reply, wiped his hands clean, opened the cupboard, and took out a large tray of rice balls: "Hungry?" You came back alone? ”
Xiaopang picked up a rice ball, slowly ate it with a rare Sven look of a big dog, and asked Ruan Bai to carry the backpack containing the rice ball on his body, and then trotted away.
King Pingxi looked absolutely stunning. Where is this a dog, it's clearly a child.
Then it didn't take long for him to look at his wife, who slowly walked in with a familiar rice ball in her hand.
King Pingxi: ...... Madame went to grab food from the dogs? And snatched the win!
The princess glared at him: "Chubby gave it to me." ”
Ruan Bai saw the two fat men who were almost rubbing against the princess, and his tone was very affirmative: "You praised them for being beautiful." "Don't think that dogs don't have aesthetics, and don't think that dogs can't understand human speech. The three shaved dogs in the family are almost depressed by their own ugliness in just a few days.
The princess patted the fat man's head: "They are already quite beautiful and fleshy." The tone was extraordinarily sincere. The two fat men heard it, and their tails wagged together.
King Pingxi looked at his wife, and then looked at Ruan Bai, who was not surprised by his second son, what is the problem with this self-cooked appearance? Is there something happening right under his nose that he doesn't know?
In fact, King Pingxi has a lot of things to do, so he doesn't have time to care about family affairs. Although Ruan Bai and the princess met for the first time today, the two can be regarded as half pen pals.
Since Chu Hao and Pingxi Wangfu resumed contact, Ruan Bai has taken some things that are inconvenient or have no way to do himself, and he has taken them one by two to please his mother-in-law. The mother-in-law is also very on the road, and she will always say some progress in her reply, and she will also bring some things that are inconvenient to add at the border, which may not be expensive, but they are all good things that can be used. If you come and go, you will naturally get acquainted.
Ruan Bai couldn't look directly at the two fat men, took out a plate and put the rice ball in the princess's hand. No matter how good the ingredients for this rice ball are, after all, it is for dogs, and it must not be used for the princess.
King Pingxi watched Ruan Bai busy, fetching water for the princess and washing his hands, and wiping the saliva for the dog, and couldn't help but look at it more and more pleasing to the eyes. The eldest son was like a wild dog, and he didn't go crazy and come back after he ran out; The second son seems to take care of the family, and if he gives birth to a litter of children at home in the future...... He was already immersed in the lively fantasies of the little cubs scurrying around the palace.
Ruan Bai tilted his head and glanced at King Pingxi, then at the princess, and asked, "Is it okay for the prince to be like this?" ”
The princess's hand was lifted and lowered, and her fingers rubbed in her sleeve, after all, this was the first time they had met their second son, and they still had to save some face for the head of the family. She turned her head, took Ruan Bai's hand, and smiled: "Erlang, don't be busy, sit." Da Lang recognizes you as his younger brother, you are a member of our Chu family, just call us father and mother in the future. ”
Ruan Bai was stunned and blinked: "Is this good?" "Sure enough, the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more satisfied she becomes? He wasn't even troubled at all. He thought he would be threatened to leave with a silver ticket or something.
"What's so bad? Be good, call my mother to listen. "This child is so miserable that the family is gone. When her son met Ruan Bai, she couldn't tell if it was Ruan Bai's luck or her son's luck. For now, after her son recognized this younger brother with a dead face, it was a smooth journey. And look at all the things that Ruan Bai made out of his hands, which one is simple? Even in this small post station, it was also perfected.
"Mother?"
The princess immediately responded, smiled and slapped a red envelope into Ruan Bai's hand.
Ruan Bai didn't care for a while, and his hands were coldly weighed down by the weight of the red envelope:, gold bricks? Why did his mother-in-law's little thin arms rise up as if they were holding two pieces of paper? Could it be that Chu Hao's natural strength is like a mother, not like a father?
King Pingxi was called back to his senses by Ruan Bai's voice, and remembered: "I just wanted to tell you about this!" Quick, Daddy! ”
My mother has called, and it is the same if I call my father again. Ruan Bai is as kind as flowing: "Dad." ”
"Good boy, you will be the second lang of our Chu family from now on." King Pingxi didn't bring the greeting gift with him, and he didn't call anyone, so he went to the room and got a wooden box.
It is said to be a wooden box, but it is better to say that it is a small wooden box. It was obviously inappropriate to open it at the dinner table, so he beckoned the princess and Ruan Bai to go to the small hall before opening the box, which was layered with various drawers, and the same things made Ruan Bai a little dazzled.
"I heard Da Lang say that Xiao Er is learning arrows, and there are a few jade wrenches on this layer...... The jade pendant on this layer is played with by yourself, and if you meet a junior on this floor, you can take it away and give it away...... Time is in a hurry, a lot of things are not ready, and I don't know my size for clothes or anything. The day after tomorrow, the people behind came, bringing materials and tailors, so they could only come and do it again. ”
Ruan Bai listened to King Pingxi's chatter like an old man, his eyes were slightly red, and he thought that his adoptive father would often make all kinds of gadgets for himself, all kinds of drugs with strange effects, small organs with various functions, and so on.
The white and tender young man, with his head down and red eyes, and a look of admiration, successfully made the two adults feel distressed.
The princess pulled Ruan Bai into her arms, hugged her head and patted her: "Little Er, my father and mother will love you in the future." "When her own son has never shown weakness like this, he has been jumping up and down since he was a child, making her a motherly heart and become a female rakshasa, otherwise she would not be able to cure that kid at all. Sure enough, the youngest son is the treasure of his heart.
King Pingxi was silently lucky: no matter how well-behaved the youngest son is, he can't rob his wife with him, how long will he have to hold him?!
Chu Hao, who stepped into the door with one foot: Why is my father and mother here?! Why would his mother hold his second dog?!
Ruan Bai's depressed love only lasted for a short while, and then he subconsciously tilted his head and rubbed it, and after realizing his movements, he stood up straight with a red face and embarrassment: "Mother~"
One leg outside Chu Hao's door was halfway raised, and when he heard this, he almost collapsed. At the critical moment, he still has the skills that he has trained all year round, and he reflexively holds on to the door frame. He had only been away for an afternoon, could it be that his second brother had subdued his father and mother like this?