Chapter 16: Returning Home
Time passed in a hurry, and soon Wu's mother's half-year visa time arrived.
The café has been open for more than four months, and the business is not bad, and it can still be about seven or eight thousand dollars a month after excluding artificial water and electricity.
At home today, Wu Fei was in a bad mood to help her mother and husband pack their luggage and pack a few cotton clothes, and it was already winter.
Wu Mu and Su Mingzhe's plane tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Mother Wu hugged Xiao Mi and didn't let go, looked at her son-in-law sitting on the sofa and said:
"Mingzhe, I'll just go back by myself, I don't need you to send it!"
Su Mingzhe has already discussed with his wife and plans to go back to help his father-in-law and mother-in-law change houses, but he can't talk to his mother-in-law directly, for fear that she will not agree.
In November, Su Mingzhe also sold some Bitcoin, about $3 million in cash. The money for the parents-in-law to change the house is enough,
You can also buy a set yourself, and you will have a place to live when you return to China with your family in the future.
So I made an excuse:
"Mom, I'm going back just in time for something!"
"That's okay!" Wu Mu nodded.
Then she concentrated on teasing her granddaughter in her arms, and she was also very reluctant, after all, she had been in her arms for half a year.
Su Mingzhe saw that his mother-in-law was a little sad, and comforted:
"Mom, you're retired anyway, and our family is not short of money now, so I'll come back when you go home for a while!"
"It's almost the New Year, you stay at home with your dad for a month, and it just happens that my dad will take his annual leave, so you can come over here for the New Year!"
Wu Fei felt good when she heard her husband's suggestion, and also echoed:
"Mom, I think what Mingzhe said makes sense, you go home for a month, and then come here with my dad for the New Year!"
Mother Wu was a little entangled when she heard this:
"Then I'll go home and discuss it with my father!"
Then Wu's mother remembered one more thing and criticized her daughter:
"I said Wu Fei, you don't know how to spend it if you have a lot of money now, right, and buy a first-class cabin, how much does it cost!"
Criticized by her mother, Wu Fei felt as if she was less sad about her mother's departure.
But I didn't dare to speak, so I could only look at my husband for help.
Su Mingzhe accepted it and hurried to help his wife out of the siege:
"Mom, that's what I mean, you should enjoy it after working hard for half your life, the economy class is too narrow, you have been standing and lecturing at school all these years, your legs are too good, you can't stand your legs for more than ten hours!"
Mother Wu's expression softened when she heard her son-in-law say this, after all, this is also a piece of filial piety for the children.
Instead of having dinner at home tonight, the family went to a western restaurant, passed by the Golden Gate Bridge, and took a photo of their mother-in-law.
This is also the only time that her mother-in-law has gone out of the house so far since she arrived in the United States, and she is usually reluctant to come out no matter how Su Mingzhe and Wu Fei ask her to come out to play.
This is a Western meal eaten by the family, which is also Wu Fei's idea, but Wu's mother, who was holding her granddaughter in the back row on the way home after eating, kept complaining:
"You have to bring me to eat some Western food, how can it be affordable to cook some food at home!"
"That Wellington steak is expensive, all the blood is coming out, it looks good, but it's not cooked and then get it!"
This is Wu Fei, who is the co-pilot, couldn't help but interject to explain:
"Mom, it's not blood water, it's myoglobin, it's nutritious to eat like this!"
Mother Wu rolled her eyes:
"Come on, I'm not used to eating anyway, I'm blind for this money!"
Su Mingzhe held the steering wheel and said with a smile:
"Mom, I can't get used to eating either, I'm not full, let's go home and make some noodles!"
Wu Mu nodded:
"I'll see it's okay, go home and mom will order you some noodles, isn't that much better than that pasta?"
Wu Fei watched her husband and mother sing and harmonize, stretched out her hand, and couldn't help pinching her husband's hand.
glared at him, which means that you know how to dismantle my platform.
Su Mingzhe hurriedly withdrew his hand on the car lever.
This scene was seen by the sharp-eyed mother Wu, and she directly reached out and gently slapped the co-pilot's daughter:
"You know how to bully people!"
"Oh, how dare I have you to support him!" Wu Fei covered the beaten place and said aggrievedly.
In fact, it doesn't hurt, it's purely a way to liven up the atmosphere in this family.
Wu Fei's parents at home have never really beaten her for her one daughter.
But I don't know why, she's just more afraid of her mother, maybe her mother is the homeroom teacher of her elementary school, and she's been under her mother's gaze since she can remember.
When I got home, it was dark, and the nanny Aunt Zheng was not at home.
Su Mingzhe gave her a day off, and today is someone's son's birthday.
After arriving home, Wu's mother was going to go to the kitchen to make noodles, and asked her daughter:
"Feifei, don't you eat something!"
Wu Fei actually wanted to eat her mother's noodles, but she couldn't eat them after her mother left.
But I was afraid of being laughed at by my husband and mother, after all, I vetoed my husband's suggestion to eat hot pot and asked to eat Western food.
Wu Fei touched her stomach with her hand and said hard to her mother:
"No, I'm full!"
Hearing her daughter's words, Wu's mother pouted: "Hmph, don't be greedy later!" ”
Wu Fei was anxious when she heard this: "Don't worry, I will definitely not eat you!" ”
At this time, Su Mingzhe, who was coaxing his daughter, thought:
"Of course you don't dare to eat the motherfuck, but you will definitely rob me!"
Of course, Wu's mother also made a joke with her daughter, and still ordered noodles for three people.
When the noodles were served, Wu Fei was embarrassed to eat them, but Wu's mother glared at her:
"Do you want to eat, if you don't eat, I'll take it out of the trash?"
Wu Fei hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, she knew that her mother would definitely do it, or a hero would not suffer the loss in front of her, and she would return to China tomorrow.
Wu Fei thought while eating, now that she has completely lost the sadness of her mother's departure, she is left to imagine her happy life without her mother.
Su Mingzhe saw the interaction between the mother and daughter, and he guessed that a large part of his mother-in-law's harsh estimation of his wife today was pretended, just because he was afraid that her daughter would be sad when she returned to China.
But Su Mingzhe didn't choose to say it, so he didn't want to live up to his mother-in-law's kindness.
After the three of them finished eating, they cleaned up the kitchen together, and Wu's mother took Xiao Mi back to the room.
Usually Xiao Mi sleeps in the master bedroom of Su Mingzhe and Wu Fei, but this time Wu's mother means to take Xiao Mi to sleep for one night.
Wu Fei naturally has no opinion, and Su Mingzhe has no opinion, his wife is always a little unhappy when the children are there.
Su Mingzhe said secretly: "Xiao Feifei, you can't escape from my palm this time!" ”
After eating dumplings the next morning, Wu Fei hugged Xiao Mi and said goodbye to her mother at the door.
Originally, she was going to go to the airport, but she was persuaded by Su Mingzhe:
"Mom will come for the New Year in more than 1 month, don't go to the airport to send it, I don't worry about you driving back by yourself!"
So Wu Fei hugged her mother a little sadly:
"Mom, you go home and discuss with my dad that he will take his annual leave, come here for the New Year, if the child is not too young, I will go back!"
Wu's mother was also very reluctant to have her daughter, but she still pretended to be calm:
"Got it, you have your own mind at home, don't go out by yourself at night!"
Bidding farewell to the reluctant Wu Fei, Su Mingzhe drove his mother-in-law to the airport, and because it was first class, he had priority boarding.
After a while, the plane took off smoothly, Su Mingzhe sat in the seat and felt a little sore in his waist, stretched out his hand and rubbed it, mainly because Wu Fei was too active yesterday.
Su Mingzhe sighed secretly: "There are only tired cows, no fields that are ploughed!" ”
Then I put the seat flat and began to close my eyes and recuperate to recover my strength, well, it is better to be in first class.
(End of chapter)