I got up early the next day. Yesterday, my father-in-law told me to cook medicinal food for him, but I can't lose my chain on the first day.
When I came to Huo's spacious kitchen, I put all the materials I needed on the desk one by one. Huo's maid wanted to help me, but I declined them politely.
Then I heard the maids talking in a low voice.
"Yesterday, the master praised the young lady's skill. It's the first time I've seen him praise others." The sound is very small, but I can hear it from the tiny electrical sound.
"The young granny is really amazing. You know, our master and wife are really hard to serve." Another voice came. It seems that the censure of the Huo family is not only directed at me.
"Yesterday, my little grandmother stewed a tonic like wolfberry soup. My master is very satisfied. It is said that it can cure my master's rheumatism."
"Well? Does that lady's Qi deficiency and blood deficiency young grandmother also have a way? My wife has never liked to take the tonic prescribed by the doctor. We are tortured by it. "
It turns out that my mother-in-law, who looks fierce, is not as healthy as she is?
Qi deficiency and blood deficiency are particularly common in people of my mother-in-law's age. My mother also had this kind of situation in menopause before. It was under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine that she recovered slowly.
During the conversation, my father-in-law's Huangjing gouqi drink had been stewed. I added a little sugar to the pot, stirred it for a few times, and then came to the two people who were preparing breakfast.
"Can you tell me more about what you just said?" I asked kindly.
They didn't seem to expect that I would suddenly appear behind them, as if I was startled, and then I looked very flustered as if I was found chewing my tongue. Probably in their eyes, I am the same as the strict master and wife, and will reprimand them for their whispers.
I try to put on a kind expression, hoping to relieve their tension to a certain extent, "it's OK. I just want to see what my mother-in-law can like, so I want to adopt your opinions."
Listen to me, the expressions of the two maids were relaxed, but they were still a little stiff. "Little grandma, madam has some menopausal symptoms. In the past, the doctor also prescribed a prescription for her, but you know, the taste of traditional Chinese medicine is unbearable, so······“
"Oh." After listening to the maid's words, I had an idea about the ceremony.
My Huangjing gouqi drink was affirmed by my father-in-law again. I secretly took a look at my mother-in-law. I didn't know that I couldn't see her before. Now I look at her again, as if her face is really not very good.
This strengthened my determination to please my mother-in-law through labor.
Fortunately, my mother is still in a city. I can consult her about menopause.
This weekend, I have a full schedule.
First of all, on Friday night, my colleagues in the company I promised invited them to dinner. On Saturday, I would accompany Huo Qingchuan to the hospital for rehabilitation training. Therefore, I had to arrange to discuss with my mother until Sunday.
After work on Friday, I asked the noisy family to run towards the full moon court. After ordering the largest private room in the hotel, I raised my glasses to my colleagues who were sitting around two tables.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry that I didn't tell you in advance, so I'll do it first." I drank all the red wine in my glass, "it's all our own people. We don't have to be formal. We can play as we should."
Originally, most of the people were young people with high tide, and I was the kind of leader who could tolerate mischief to a certain extent on non-specific occasions, so after half a circle, some people began to sing.
The protagonist of this banquet is naturally toasted by everyone in turn. Fortunately, I have developed a good stomach before, otherwise I seriously doubt whether I can get home safely today.
Halfway through the drink, my phone rings. It's Huo Qingchuan.
Everyone consciously stopped the noise, and some people who drank too much were covered by the people around me. I smoked at the corner of my mouth and connected the phone in the private room.
Huo Qingchuan asked me when I would go home. I looked at the people who still didn't enjoy themselves and couldn't give an accurate answer.
"It may take a while." I answered in a voice without much confidence.
"Late, you've really grown up. Will you stay up all night after a week in the Huo family?" Huo Qingchuan did not give me face, with some sarcastic tone said.
"No," I explained hastily, "I'm with my colleagues. Besides, I haven't stayed up all night."
"Then you'll pack it up for me right now. I'll let Lu Feng pick you up." After putting down such a sentence, Huo Qingchuan immediately hung up the phone.
I held my mobile phone in a mess in the wine, and my colleagues looked at each other when they saw my picture, forgetting the happy atmosphere just now.
"Sister Chi, if Mr. Huo asks you to go back, you can go back. Don't worry about us." Xia Yi's quick reaction, he stood up and said to me.
"Yes, yes, we can't destroy the relationship between elder sister Chi and Mr. Huo, don't you think?" Then Xia Yi, an insightful colleague immediately echoed.
Then the people at the bottom immediately showed their understanding of my leaving ahead of time.
"Just don't forget to pay the bill, sister Chi!" Xia Yi holds the glass and jokingly says.
He's a little bit busy today. He's not such a free kid at ordinary times. Because of his work, he had never drunk on such an occasion.
I smile at him, "save you, smart boy."
Xia Yi made a grimace to me, "I'd like to propose a toast to elder sister Chi. I wish elder sister Chi and general manager Huo a happy marriage for a hundred years and have a noble son early!"
There was a burst of applause. I was worried about Huo Qingchuan's reaction when I went home. I didn't want to drink any more, but in this case, I couldn't do without it.
After a few more drinks, Lu Feng came to pick me up.
He stood outside the private room, polite appearance let the company a lot of girls envy, because of alcohol and red, smiling face is full of flower crazy expression.
In order to ensure Lu Feng's personal safety, I quickly stood up from my seat and came to the door.
"If you eat well, I'll go back first." Then he left the noisy private room.
"Wait for me." I went to the front desk of the hotel and settled my account with my bank card“ Let's go. " Back to Lu Feng again, I said to him.
"Did you drink a lot, madam?" Lu Feng started the car and asked me in a low voice.
Just now, I didn't respond. I felt a little dizzy when I came out and was blown by the cold wind. I rubbed the temple, "OK, I won't sleep."
Lu Feng stopped the car by the side of the road, and then searched for something in the box next to him. After a while, he took out a glass bottle and handed it to me.
"What is this?" I picked it up subconsciously. From the dim light in the car, it was a bottle of transparent liquid with a little brown.
"Fruit vinegar." Lu Feng started the car again, "Mr. Huo sometimes drinks too much, and every time he uses this to make himself more comfortable."
Holding the glass bottle with the temperature inside the car, I imagined that Huo Qingchuan used fruit vinegar alone to relieve his discomfort after every social intercourse. I couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion.
Unscrewing the metal cap, I took a big mouthful with my nose.
"It's so sour." I can't help sighing that even so, the effect of this fruit vinegar is immediate. I feel that my previously dizzy head seems to be suddenly opened, and my eyes are clear.
In order to maintain this state all the time, I drink that bottle of vinegar all the way. By the time I got home, I had already seen the bottom.
"I'll just go in myself. Go back and have a rest." I said to Lu Feng.
The strict and polite driver watched me walk into the villa all the time. Then he started the car and left.
Now it's nearly ten o'clock in the evening. My father-in-law and mother-in-law should have had a rest. In order not to disturb them, I tried my best to keep my feet light and went back to Huo Qingchuan's room with the wooden stair handle.
I found out from downstairs that the light was still on in the room, and Huo Qingchuan had not fallen asleep.
Quietly pushed open the door, I saw the man sitting alone on the bed, leaning on the comfortable bedside, wearing a pair of gold glasses, looking at a heavy book.
Realizing that he came back, Huo Qingchuan didn't even lift his eyelids, and his tone was cold to death, "do you still know how to come back?"
Embarrassed, I came to the window and sat down next to him. "As soon as you call me, I'll be ready immediately, and then I'll come back with Lu Feng."
I wanted to prove to him that I didn't do anything out of order, but it didn't work out. As soon as I spoke, the smell of alcohol came from my stomach, which made me hiccup involuntarily.
I covered my mouth reflexively, and then gave an embarrassed smile to Huo Qingchuan.
Thanks to this hiccup? In a word, Huo Qingchuan was willing to look me in the right eye, but his eyes were full of contempt and disgust.
"Late, late, you say you, you as the young grandmother of the Huo family, come back in the middle of the night, get drunk, what kind of system do you become? If you let your parents know, you... Huo Qingchuan put down his books and began to scold me.
I knew he was worried about me, so I didn't feel angry at all.
When Huo Qingchuan accused me, I quietly got into his side of the quilt, and then held the man's waist, head also rubbed to his arms.
"What are you doing? Get up!" Huo Qingchuan helplessly moved his body, "you are too cold!"
Coming in from the outside naturally brings a cool air. I long for the warmth around this man, and I am persistent and unwilling to let go.
"Late, late!" From Huo Qingchuan's tone, it seemed that he was really angry. I had to let him go and sit up wrongly.
"Don't be angry. I don't usually do that. Everyone pulled me to drink together to celebrate our marriage. There was no malice at all." I doodle mouth to explain to him, and then think of something like, I turned out of bed, took his bag, from the inside out of a pile of things.
"You see, I don't get nothing for drinking with them!" I put the red envelopes in a row in front of Huo Qingchuan to show off, "so much money, buy uncle, you are not angry, OK?"
I attentively accompany smile, with poor eyes looking at Huo Qingchuan, finally harvest a man helpless eyes.