I Bacame the Mother of His Child-Chapter 96 - 95: Delicious Sugar Eggs

Xu Xiuxiu, following Mrs. Xu’s gaze, looked down at the small leather shoes on her feet, noticing the yellow mud covering them. She nodded, "Okay, Mom! By the way, Mom! These are the food and clothes Yuanhuan and I bought for you two. Why don’t you try on the clothes later to see if they fit? All these foods are famous specialties from city Z. I’ve tried them and found them delicious before bringing them back. You can store them in the pantry! Keep some for yourself to eat and some for hosting guests during the New Year!" Xu Xiuxiu pointed to the items that Yuanhuan and her sister Xu Jingjing were holding.

"Coming home is just fine, why buy all these things, just a waste of money. What food do we not have at home?" Mrs. Xu said, turning her attention to her third son-in-law. Seeing that he was not upset about his daughter bringing things back to her parents’ home, she finally advised with relief, "Next time, just coming back is enough. You two managed to bring so much stuff along with Chen Guang, must be exhausted! Si Ya, hurry into the kitchen and bring out the sugar eggs I’ve been warming on the stove to warm up your third sister and brother-in-law!"

"I got it!" Not sure if her sister had brought her any good eyeshadow, Xu Jingjing felt a bit disappointed and answered Mrs. Xu without much enthusiasm. Lacking spirit, she took the items she was holding and entered the kitchen to fetch the sugar eggs.

Xu Xiuxiu really liked the sugar eggs at home. They were made with home-brewed aged rice wine as the broth, with sugar added and then brought to a boil before adding several eggs. They were very fragrant and sweet, although the aged rice wine could occasionally make one tipsy, not suitable for those with a low tolerance for alcohol. Indeed, a small bowl of sugar eggs had not yet completely settled in her stomach when the chill from the long walk back to the Song Family Village was already mostly dispelled.

"Chen Guang, do you like the sugar eggs grandma made?" Mrs. Xu asked with a smile, watching her grandson after he had taken a few bites of the sugar eggs, his little mouth red and his bright eyes sparkling.

"Delicious," Song Chengguang honestly nodded his little head, looking longingly at the rice wine soup in Xu Xiuxiu’s bowl.

A mother knows her child best. Xu Xiuxiu saw the little guy’s expression and knew he still wanted more, "You can’t eat this rice wine soup!" Xu Xixiu said, pinching the little guy’s nose tip. Initially letting the little guy eat a few bites of egg was because the rice wine was specially brewed with a very low alcohol content by their family, but she couldn’t let the little guy drink any more of the soup, as it was still alcohol and Song Chengguang was still too young to have too much. What if he developed a taste for alcohol too early?

Song Chengguang immediately pouted pitifully and looked at Mrs. Xu.

"It’s grandma’s fault. Grandma forgot that Chen Guang is still young and shouldn’t have too much sugar egg. Since Chen Guang can’t have more sugar eggs, how about grandma makes you some dumplings instead?" Mrs. Xu, seeing Song Chengguang’s sad face, said sympathetically. The elderly always had a hard time resisting a child’s piteous look.

"Mom, it’s not necessary. This morning before we left, I already fed him a small bowl of porridge, and he just had an egg to fill his stomach. He’s probably not very hungry; don’t spoil him by making dumplings especially for him. It’s not good to set that habit!" Xu Xiuxiu quickly discouraged the elderly lady from pampering the little guy, who was quite cunning now and knew how to act cute and pitiful with Mrs. Xu knowing she would indulge him.

"Alright, I’ll listen to you." Mrs. Xu, seeing that Xu Xiuxiu now had a good grasp of things and understood children better than even her, laughed happily. Thinking back, she initially returned home, upset, and couldn’t speak two sentences before running off again. As a mother, she had been so worried, but now seeing her daughter understanding how to be a parent, and caring about them as parents, she felt relieved. Third Girl has finally grown up and knows what it’s like to be a parent, and to care for her parents too!

Seeing Xu Xiuxiu stopping Mrs. Xu, Song Chengguang immediately turned sadly and looked at Yuanhuan, but with Xu Xiuxiu disapproving, Yuanhuan dared not contradict. Even as his son’s pitiful gaze tugged at his heart, he steeled himself and swallowed a bowl of sugar eggs in one breath, then resignedly accepted his son’s reproachful look that could rival that of a resentful wife.

"Son, it’s not that I, as your dad, am too authoritarian to give you a treat, it’s just that I don’t dare to defy your mom’s authority! Just wait! It’ll be better when you grow up!" Yuanhuan soothed with his gaze.

"Wow! Mom and Dad are bad people." Song Chengguang said, feeling suffocated, completely unresponsive to Yuanhuan’s pacifying gaze, then he turned to Xu Jingjing, who also looked like a resentful woman due to a few words from Xu Xiuxiu, and said, "Auntie, Mom is naughty." The little guy sought solidarity with Xu Jingjing.

"Yes! You’re right, your mom is the worst!" Xu Jingjing affirmed by enthusiastically nodding her head while cradling the little one’s cheeks.

Upon hearing Xu Jingjing’s tone, Xu Xiuxiu immediately shook her head with a laugh, "Alright, stop sulking in the corner and blaming me. I bought you the eyeshadow you asked for, it’s in the black bag under our parents’ clothes, along with a yellow wool sweater; it’s both flattering and warm, go check them out in the room!"

"Really!" Xu Jingjing’s eyes lit up, she immediately abandoned her nephew, who had pulled her into an alliance, and turned to sift through the stuff in the other room.

Seeing this, Song Chengguang puckered his lips, then turned back to Xu Xiuxiu with an ingratiating look.

"Sister, the eyeshadow you bought looks so beautiful, even better than what Sister-in-law Gui Xiang’s husband bought for her. I was so envious when I saw Sister-in-law Gui Xiang using her eyeshadow, but now I’m glad, because the one you got me is even prettier." Xu Jingjing immediately gushed with gratitude as she burst into the main room after finding the eyeshadow Xu Xiuxiu bought for her.

Next time she went to chat with Sister-in-law Gui Xiang, she could wear eyeshadow too, teehee!

It turned out she had asked for it out of envy after seeing Zhao Guixiang wearing eyeshadow next door: "I’m glad you like it, but this is a one-time thing, and I won’t indulge this comparative nature of yours in the future. I agreed to buy it because I heard our mom saying that after the New Year, we need to start looking for a suitor for you. I figured if you dressed up nicely, finding a decent suitor would help manage your childishness too." Xu Xiuxiu indeed couldn’t stand the young girl’s smugness, turning her face red in moments.

"Sister, what nonsense are you spouting? I’m telling you, whoever I choose will have to treat me well; if he dares not to and still tries to control me, see if I’m willing to marry him or not!" Xu Jingjing retorted with her chin up proudly against Xu Xiuxiu.

"Go! You shameless girl, always talking nonsense. Go help your mom in the kitchen, and if you can’t do that, at least tend to the stove." Mr. Xu said teasingly as he glanced at the fourth daughter, setting down his tobacco pipe and deliberately scaring the young girl into the kitchen.

"I know! I’m going right now to help Mom, alright?" Normally, Xu Jingjing would have retorted that she was adopted when Mr. Xu asked her to help in the kitchen, but today, with her mood lifted by the gift, she entered the kitchen smiling, holding a box of eyeshadow.