Chapter 109: Family Dinner
The eastern part of New York, Eagle Sauce Country, belongs to Xiao Yuebai's Long Beach Villa.
At the moment Peggy is working with Howard's wife, Maria. Stark was sorting out the ingredients in the villa's kitchen for dinner.
And in the living room of the villa, Xiao Yuebai is teasing the future Iron Man Tony. Stark, as well as Peggy's niece, Sharon is only 3 years old. Carter.
Xiao Yuebai hugged Peggy's niece, the future female agent No. 13, and looked at Tony, who was at the door of the villa, fiddling with his car engine with a screwdriver and a wrench.
The future Iron Man was completely unaware at the moment that the car he was disassembling was not his own, and he was adjusting the parts of the engine in front of him.
Xiao Yuebai looked at the child's oily face, and shouted with a smile, "Hey, Tony." It's almost time to eat, so let's take a break and come in and wash up! β
After hearing Xiao Yuebai's call, 12-year-old Tony didn't feel that he should listen to the words of the elder in front of him, but looked up at Xiao Yuebai flatly, and then lowered his head and continued the work in his hands.
Xiao Yuebai frowned when he saw this, and said to himself in his heart: "Is this unlucky child so headache when he is only 12 years old?" β
Peggy happened to come out of the villa at this time, took his niece from Xiao Yuebai's hand, looked at the man's frowning brows and said to him with a soft smile:
"It's a headache, isn't it?"
Xiao Yuebai held back his mouth and smiled, and then replied in a low voice: "This kid's stinky fart is exactly the same as when his father was young." β
"I guess when he grows up, like Howard, it will be difficult to make friends."
"Haha! That's not something for the two of us to worry about! Holding his niece with one hand, Peggy patted Xiao Yuebai's shoulder, and then said:
"Let's go in and eat, and let Mary call him, for the boy is more obedient to his mother."
Shaking his head, Xiao Yuebai turned around and followed Peggy into the villa, and at this moment, the dining table in the living room was already full of sumptuous dishes.
After Xiao Yuebai glanced at it, he turned around and walked to the other side, his daughter-in-law Kaisha was seriously discussing the alliance agreement with Howard.
Sitting down on the armrest of the sofa where Kaisha was sitting, Xiao Yuebai stretched out his hand to put his arm around the Queen's shoulder, and said to the two with a smile:
"Alright, let's talk about it first. Today is a dinner party for the three of us, let's put aside the work first, let's go to dinner. β
Hearing Xiao Yuebai's words, Howard nodded, closed the folder on his lap and said to Keisha:
"Oh well! Queen Kesha, let's talk so much for the time being. On other matters, let's find another time to talk about it. β
After talking to Kaisha, Howard handed Xiao Yuebai the record of the negotiation between the two just now, and then said helplessly:
"Forget it, I don't want to talk to your wife, I'm too tired! I'll leave it to you, although you two are husband and wife, but you are the highest official behind S.H.I.E.L.D., and I don't think with our current technology, Kaisha and her angels can't look down on anything! β
Covering his face and taking the things handed over by Howard, Xiao Yuebai turned his head to look at his daughter-in-law: "What are you talking about?" How do I feel like Howard is a little raw? β
Keisha naughtily slapped her shoulder, and then said with a little playfulness: "I don't know, maybe it's because of our angel's knowledge base that has hit my self-confidence!" β
"Forget it, forget it, no matter!" Xiao Yuebai casually threw the record on the sofa, then pulled Kaisha to the dining table and said:
"Eat first, they are all guests today, we can't be rude!"
After Kaisha and Xiao Yuebai sat down at opposite ends of the long table, the dinner began, and the friends ate with each other, talking about some parents.
However, among several adults, the most talked about is how cute Peggy's niece is, and how limitless Tony's future is.
Such an atmosphere was a little unacceptable for Xiao Yuebai for a while.
Before the crossing, he was an only child, although he also had several cousins, and they were also married and had children, but he took code words as his main business, and rarely had the opportunity to see his nephews and cousins.
So as for how to talk to other people about children, Xiao Yuebai is really not very good.
However, to Xiao Yuebai's surprise, the queen who made people look high, the supreme queen of the angel clan.
Keisha was able to talk freely with Maria and Peggy about parenting.
But if you think about it carefully, Xiao Yuebai can understand, after all, in her 30,000 years of life experience, there will always be some naturally produced angels in their angel clan, and she must have felt about how to take care of those children.
The intimate dinner was soon over, and the conversation between Peggy, Maria, and Keisha did not subside at all, and they cleaned up the scraps from the table while chatting about topics of interest to them.
Xiao Yuebai hugged Sharon, Howard took Tony, two big and two small were under the recliner at the door of the villa, listening to the ebb and flow in front of him, watching Tony bury his head into the car again.
Looking at Sharon lying in his arms, a pair of clear and bright eyes stared at him curiously, Xiao Yuebai suddenly felt that the baby's eyes were so pure.
It's as if these eyes are like a mirror, which can wash away the darkness of your soul and remind people of all the good things in life at once.
"Hey! Howard! ......γ Xiao Yuebai called Howard, and when he turned his head to look, he found that his friend was looking at his son affectionately.
When Howard was attracted by his voice, Xiao Yuebai understood his heart at the moment as soon as he combined it with the future, so he changed his topic and said to Howard:
"Kid, that's an amazing thing, isn't it?"
A knowing smile appeared on his old face, and Howard glanced down at his leather shoes and said softly:
"Yes! Byron, you know what? When Maria was pregnant with Tony, I was always thinking about how I could be a good father. β
"But I thought about it for months, and I couldn't figure out what to do. So now I can only rely on my instinct and give him the best of me, no matter what, I always want to give him the best. β
"Maybe he doesn't understand it now, and thinks I'm harsh and annoying. But, Byron, trust me. That's how I feel, he's me Howard. Stark's son, one day he'll understand. β
Howard's voice was low and deep, and there were too many expectations in his tone, and Xiao Yuebai could understand him.
He even wanted to tell Howard that your son's future would be far beyond your expectations, because that's how people in my original world describe Tony:
"The heart of a mortal, the body of steel, the strength of a man, comparable to a god."
But he couldn't say these words, and if he did, maybe he would change that fragile fate.
Xiao Yuebai, who was looking at Tony, suddenly felt a lightness in his arms, and when he turned his head, he saw Kaisha taking Sharon in his arms away, and skillfully teasing the baby girl.
And Howard's wife, the gentle and good wife and mother, sat quietly beside Howard, and the husband and wife looked at their son with relief.
Suddenly I saw a guitar standing on one side, it was him and Keisha from new. Merlot brought back on the planet.
Feeling that the current atmosphere is good, Xiao Yuebai smiled slightly, got up from the recliner and picked up the guitar by the wall, and then held it and tuned it, and it was another English ballad in this silent seaside night, slowly singing from Xiao Yuebai's mouth:
βI was found on the ground by the fountainβ
(I was found lying next to a spring.)
βabout a fields of a summer strideβ
(It's a land full of summer atmosphere)
β......β
The sudden music made everyone's eyes focus on the man who was leaning against the pillar in the corridor in front of the villa, playing the guitar.
The song is soft and soothing, and with the rhythmic waves of the Atlantic Ocean, even Tony, who has been fiddling with the car, stops what he is doing.
Sitting quietly on the hood that was put down, listening to Xiao Yuebai humming this song "Valder Fields", which is full of fairy tale.