Sugar Cookies

"What's the matter, Lai Lai? Do you not like this book?" Shao Yang gently patted Lai Lai's head reassuringly.

"Yeah." Lai Lai replied with his head down, "Uncle, can you change a copy?"

"Okay, then change to the one you like." Shaoyang hurriedly put the one he chose aside, picked up the other books, and spread them out like a fan in his hands, covering the book that led to the book. The sight of, "Come on, you choose."

"Is this good or not?" Lailai poked a picture book called "Don't Disturb Me for Dinner" with her little finger.

Shaoyang immediately agreed, and calmly put the rest of the books on top of the one he didn't like.He did it so naturally that Lai Lai didn't even notice his intentions.

But Cheng Ning noticed it.

Cheng Ning turned around and looked at the living room when Shaoyang said, "Do you not like this book?"Because their house is relatively small, he can hear him talking at a normal volume in the living room in the kitchen.Originally, he was worried that Shaoyang would ask Lai Lai why he didn't like that book, but he didn't expect that Shaoyang didn't even mention it, and even isolated the book he didn't like so thoughtfully.

What a caring and warm man.

Cheng Ning heard the immature reading sound, and there was a smile on his lips that he didn't even notice.He continued to pick the dishes to be prepared, and from time to time he could hear Shaoyang correcting Lai Lai's pronunciation from the living room, and he could also hear Lai Lai giggling.

"Uncle, I like to eat, shredded bamboo shoots, do you like to eat?" After reading the picture book, Lai Lai secretly made a "sniff" gesture towards the kitchen, "My uncle's, pickled cabbage fish, is delicious! "

"It's so 'eat'. You're so greedy, are you in a hurry to pronounce it?" Shaoyang pinched the bun's face lightly, "Then what do you think uncle likes most in pickled cabbage fish?"

"Hmm..." Lailai rested his chin on his hand, "Fish?"

"wrong."

"... sauerkraut?"

"Nor."

"Then... konjac flour?"

"Still wrong."

Come on:"……"

Lailai looked at Shaoyang with a troubled face: "Uncle, do you like, eat, pickle peppers?"

Cheng Ning couldn't hold back his joy in the kitchen.This brat didn't mention bamboo shoots after talking for a long time.

Shaoyang also noticed that Lai Lai was impatient for him to share the shredded bamboo shoots, so he deliberately teased Lai Lai and asked him: "Then what if Uncle likes to eat shredded bamboo shoots? Can I share some with Uncle? "

Lai Lai ran into the kitchen without even thinking about it: "Uncle, Uncle Shao also likes to turn over bamboo shoots!"

Cheng Ning said: "I heard it. Then can you share half with uncle? Also, it's 'like' not 'happy'."

Lai Lai turned his head to look at Shaoyang, and stomped his feet: "Okay! Divide in half!"

Seeing his desperate appearance, Shaoyang couldn't help coming over and hugging Lailai: "You are too cute, aren't you? But uncle told you, I actually like to eat fish."

"That's great!" Lailai clapped his little hands, "Uncle likes to eat sauerkraut!"

"Very well, then we can have a clear division of labor today. You eat bamboo shoots, I eat fish, and your uncle eats sauerkraut." Shaoyang said with a smile, "The most nutritious ones belong to me."

"The most refreshing thing is mine!"

"Hmph, I'm the one who's the bitterest." Cheng Ning made a grimace at Lai Lai, "Stinky boy, I don't care about you! In the past, I asked you for some shredded bamboo shoots and you refused, but Uncle Shao asked you to say Split in half?"

"Slightly slightly slightly!" Lai Lai stuck out his little tongue, put his hands next to his ears and fanned, the small figure really looked like Cheng Ning at first glance.

It is said that a nephew is like an uncle, which seems to have some truth.

The pickled fish was ready quickly, and Cheng Ning also prepared some other dishes, such as tripe mixed with garlic moss, stir-fried water spinach, corn with pine nuts, roasted eggplant, and braised lamb chops.

There was more than enough food for three people, and Shaoyang could already smell the aroma before it was served.

"I'm sorry Shao...Yang, I didn't ask you in advance if you have any taboos." Cheng Ning set up his chopsticks and said, "Try it, they are all home-cooked dishes, and they are definitely incomparable with the chefs of Lifeng. Now, you choose what you like to eat, don't be polite."

"It's already very good, and to be honest, I actually prefer to eat home-cooked food. Although I eat very well every day at Li & Fung, I always feel that something is missing." Shaoyang said, "Probably It doesn’t feel like home.”

"Do you live there all year round?" Cheng Ning asked curiously.He met Shaoyang several times when he went to Lifeng, and Shaoyang was always in Lifeng in his memory.

"Well. I'm not old at the top, and I'm not young at the bottom. I do have a house in the city, but it's not interesting to go back and live alone, so I just stay in Lifeng. It's more convenient to work."

"It's really convenient."

"There are advantages and disadvantages." Shaoyang said, "If I have such a good craftsmanship as you, I might go back to the city. In fact, sometimes I feel that repeating the same thing every day is quite boring." Go on a blind date.Thinking about it is also talented...

"In fact, most people are repeating the same thing every day, so there are so many people who want to seek some excitement. But maybe looking back, it's better to be ordinary."

Cheng Ning picked out two pieces of boneless fish for Lailai.Although Lailai likes to eat shredded bamboo shoots the most, as Shaoyang said, the most nutritious food is fish.

Lai Lai only prefers shredded bamboo shoots, but he is not picky about food, so if it were normal, he would obediently eat fish.But today is different.Today there is Uncle Shao who likes fish the most, so he wants to share the fish with Uncle Shao!

"Uncle Shao, eat fish." Lailai scooped the fish fillet into Shaoyang bowl with his own spoon, "It's delicious."

"Thank you for coming." Shao Yang smiled.

"Well, why don't you pick it up." It was picked up by his chopsticks... It's okay to come and eat it, let Shaoyang eat it... Cheng Ning only felt his face burning.

"No, this is the intention of coming here." Shaoyang just hesitated a little, and ate the fish.

The atmosphere was suddenly delicate.

Cheng Ning buried his head in his meal and stopped talking, and silently thought that he could no longer serve Lailai with this meal.As for Shaoyang, looking at Cheng Ning's red ear tips, for some reason, he felt an indescribable sense of joy in his heart.

Pleasure like never before.

"I want to add some more food, can you also have some more?" Cheng Ning said to Shaoyang who was in a daze when he got up.

"Okay, thank you." Shaoyang handed the bowl to Cheng Ning.

He hasn't eaten pickled fish made by his grandma for many years, and after his grandma left, he has never eaten better pickled fish than his grandma's, but he found that Cheng Ning's cooking is similar to his grandma's spell.

Cheng Ning filled another full bowl for Shaoyang, and he filled half a bowl for himself.His appetite is not too big, two bowls are usually not enough to finish, and usually one bowl is just right, but it seems that Liu Shaoyang doesn't like eating there by himself, so he fills up a little more.

A meal is just a small bowl, and after eating almost, I went to play with Fat Orange and the others.Both Fat Orange and Little Orange felt fresh in their new environment, so they took the little ones around for a long time.Now they also eat fish - Cheng Ning specially made it without salt.

"Come on, they are eating. Don't tease them. Go and pack your picture books and put them in the bear bag. Uncle will check them later." Seeing that Shaoyang had also finished eating, Cheng Ning said while clearing away the dishes.

"Why don't I wash the dishes." Shaoyang said, "You go and pack up the things you want to take."

"No, no, you'd better sit down, I'll fix it soon." Cheng Ning quickly washed some fruits for Shaoyang and put them on the tea table, "You can watch TV or something, the remote control here."

"Emmm..." Shaoyang looked at the figure who hurried back to the kitchen after giving him the remote control, and wanted to laugh inexplicably.

Is it that embarrassing?Isn't it just...he ate a piece of fish he caught?

Holding an apple in his hand, Shaoyang suddenly felt that Cheng Ning was quite funny.

Come out after a while.Lai Lai holds his bear bag, which looks quite heavy.

Shaoyang took it and took a look, and found that there were three picture books, a box of colored pencils and a small notebook inside.

"Come here like to draw?"

"En." Lailai took out a small notebook and colored pens, and quickly drew three people on the small notebook.He pointed at the people above with the tip of his pen and said, "Uncle Shao, uncle, come here."

"Wow, are Uncle Shao's ears so big?" Shao Yang looked at the two big ears that were about to catch up with his face, and couldn't laugh or cry.

"Big. Uncle Shao has big ears, uncle has big eyes."

"Well... your uncle's eyes are really big." And the eyelashes are very long, which always gives people a very gentle and innocent feeling.Shaoyang silently added a sentence in his heart, glanced at Cheng Ning who was cleaning the operating table after washing the dishes, and then asked Lailai: "Then why are you so old?"

"Lai Lai has a big belly!" Lai Lai pointed at his plump belly, "There are a lot of shredded bamboo shoots in it!"

"Pfft, so you are the best, kid."

Winter clothes are heavy, so Cheng Ning just took a small suitcase and put some clothes for a change and his own.He also brought Lailai the toothbrush used at home.In the end, he also put the fruit in a fresh-keeping bag, thinking that it would be easy to spoil if left at home.Although it was cold outside, it was warm inside because of the floor heating.

Taking advantage of Cheng Ning's work, Shaoyang said, "I'll take these fur balls downstairs first and turn on the heater. You can bring them down after the car is warmed up."

Cheng Ning said, "Then I will trouble you."

Shaoyang smiled: "If you don't mind, I can take the suitcase down for you first."

Cheng Ning hurriedly handed it to Shaoyang: "Thank you."

Shaoyang went downstairs with the suitcase, and Cheng Ning went to check whether the water, electricity and gas were all turned off, and then he told Lailai: "Come on, whoever puts food for you in the future, it's best not to turn it on again." How about giving it to someone else?"

Come and say, "Oh. But why?"

Cheng Ning thought about how to answer this question, and finally came up with a sentence: "It's impolite."

Lai Lai reluctantly accepted, thinking in his little mind that his uncle must be perfunctory again.When my uncle forbids him to do certain things, he always speaks in detail, and such a non-detailed situation is to perfunctory him or lie to him.

After Shaoyang warmed up the car, he called Cheng Ning, and Cheng Ning took it downstairs and got into the car.Shaoyang sat in the driver's seat, and Cheng Ning brought it to squeeze with the furballs.

Everything looks the same as when it came, and the atmosphere is quite harmonious.However, when the car was in the middle of the car, Lai Lai suddenly said "Ah!": "I, I know why you don't look like you anymore!"

"It's 'politeness'." Cheng Ning corrected subconsciously.

"Yes! Be polite!" Lai said, "Because Uncle Shao ate, uncle's, drool!"

Cheng Ning: "..."

Shaoyang: "..."