bayedsolid Chapter 1197 The Feeling of Being Cared For
Chapter 1197 The Feeling of Being Cared For
These days, Liang Chongyue has been following her mother around, trying out different dishes. She never knew her mother could cook so many dishes before, and this year she's going to cook a whole table of dishes herself for the New Year.
"how is the taste?"
Meeting her mother's expectant gaze, Liang Chongyue smacked her lips and said, "The flavor is a bit bland."
The Empress Dowager took a bite and thought it was alright.
"Did you eat too much hot pot today?"
Seeing that her mother had her own set of judgment standards, Liang Chongyue silently dragged the system, whose mouth was watering, to the side.
The dishes that the Empress Dowager has been cooking lately have been in the style of Jiangnan, and they are much lighter than what she used to eat.
I had hot pot with the system for lunch, but compared to that, my mother's cooking was much less impressive.
Liang Chongyue, the system, and the dog stood in the yard, deep in thought.
The system stared blankly at its mother's busy figure in the kitchen, silently hoping that its mother would call it at this moment.
It will surely rush to the Empress Dowager's side at top speed to taste the dishes for her.
Liang Chongyue, on the other hand, was observing how clear things had become.
She shouldn't have to suffer this hardship alone.
At this moment, Minglang sped through the cold wind, her eyelashes covered in frost.
They were unwilling to stop at all.
"What do you mean by a fast horse that will arrive in four or five days? Mother Empress, you mean a fast horse that can travel in four or five days without eating, drinking, or resting, right?"
Minglang had been on the road for six days. When she and Qin Xiaosi set off, each of them brought two horses.
Even so, they still hadn't reached their mother's side.
When the horse was ready to graze and rest, the kitten finally woke up from the jolting and lay on the horse's back, looking like it was about to collapse, too lazy to even lift its eyelids.
"If I had known I wouldn't have come."
Liang Chongyue can hear the kitten's voice when she opens the panel, and the kitten can also see the panel.
Liang Chongyue opened the map and calculated that if Minglang didn't sleep tonight, he should be able to reach her side by dawn tomorrow.
Knowing Minglang as she does, she figured he probably wouldn't be sleeping after staying up for so long.
Liang Chongyue turned off the power and called out towards the kitchen:
"Mother, make more. If we can't finish it, we can have it for breakfast tomorrow."
Xiang Huayue bowed her head, holding dumplings with Chun Chan and Chun Xiang, and nodded in agreement as she listened to His Majesty's words.
"Then let's make more. We can just boil them tomorrow morning and eat them without having to go through all that trouble."
That evening, Liang Chongyue ate another light and stomach-friendly meal. After eating her fill, she started looking for someone to play chess with, but her mother was unwilling to play with her.
She could only be with Fei He and Li Yu'an. Fei He was not as good at chess as Li Yu'an, and after losing a lot of games every night, he would prepare a midnight snack for her.
She flew out to the restaurant, bought the food, and brought it back. While she was enjoying the meal, her mother had already gone to sleep.
The system also enjoyed the good fortune, its mouth drooling with grease.
"Host, would you like to know why your mother's tastes have changed?"
After the system had eaten and drunk its fill, it lay on the ground, its belly up, snoring.
"I'm not interested. If it's related to my scumbag father, then needless to say, I'm even less interested."
Every time the system spoke like this along the way in Jiangnan, she witnessed once again how utterly shameless her scumbag father was.
Out of sight is pure.
Upon hearing this, the system turned over and went to sleep.
Soon the snoring started.
Liang Chongyue knew that this matter was definitely related to her scumbag father.
The next morning, before Liang Chongyue was even fully awake, she heard Minglang's loud and boisterous voice.
The noise made her throw a pillow from the second floor, which landed right in Minglang's arms.
Minglang brought the pillow to his nose and smelled it, instantly recognizing who had thrown it there.
Minglang gestured to his grandmother.
"The Queen Mother is on top?"
Xiang Huayue hadn't seen Minglang for several years. After taking the pillow from her and handing it to Yunling, she pulled Minglang into the dining room.
"Why are you here? Have everything been arranged in the capital?"
“Everything is arranged. My mother wrote to me asking me to come and spend the New Year with my grandmother. She said it’s not far away, and that it would prevent my mother from taking my grandmother out for several years at a time, and my grandmother from missing me so much that she would get lovesick.”
Despite being freezing cold from head to toe, Minglang still couldn't resist cracking jokes.
I only felt myself calm down after I went inside.
I was planning to wait until my hands were warm before holding my grandmother's hand.
But the Empress Dowager grabbed her hand, and her attitude was so firm that she didn't allow her to refuse.
"Tell Grandma if she suffered any hardships on the journey."
Minglang didn't feel like she was suffering; she just wanted to get there sooner so she could stay with her grandmother for one more day.
"How could that be? Xiao Si and I are riding BMWs, which are a rare sight. We just missed Grandma too much. It's not hard at all. Just thinking about seeing Grandma makes my heart so sweet."
Xiang Huayue tenderly held Minglang's hand in hers and rubbed it until it was warm before she felt at ease.
The chef worked as fast as he could and finally cooked the dumplings and served them at the table.
While eating dumplings to warm up, Minglang answered the Empress Dowager's questions.
Qin Xiaosi led the horse to the stable and handed it over to the servants. As he passed the kitchen, he was pulled inside and a bowl of dumplings was handed to him.
"Eat it while it's hot."
Aunt Chun Chan watched with loving eyes as Qin Xiao Si ate one dumpling after another. After finishing one bowl, she immediately added another.
"Thank you, aunt."
Chun Chan smiled and shook her head: "These were all prepared by the old lady. Miss specially asked me to save them last night, so they were probably reserved for you and the young lady. Eat more, there will be more if you're not full."
Qin Xiaosi nodded repeatedly at Aunt Chun Chan with his mouth stuffed full.
Now I understand why His Highness didn't rest at night and insisted on riding as fast as he could to get here in the morning.
It turned out that it was arranged with His Majesty. Considering that His Highness had been saying these past few days that he would arrive in four or five days, he was clearly anxious when the time was exceeded.
So this is what it feels like to be remembered even when you're far away.
When Liang Chongyue woke up, Minglang had already finished his bath and changed into new clothes.
"Mother!"
As soon as Liang Chongyue came downstairs, Minglang gave her a bear hug. She was still standing on the stairs, letting Minglang rub against her like a little child.
Have you had breakfast yet?
Only after Minglang finally tired himself out did Liang Chongyue speak.
Minglang led his mother down the steps and whispered in her ear:
"I don't know if it's because the cold wind made me lose my appetite, but the dumplings tasted really bland this time."
Minglang already knows from Aunt Chunchan that the dumplings he ate this morning were made by Grandma Huang.
"You're picky even though there's food to eat. If I'd known you were this unreasonable, I wouldn't have invited you."
Minglang didn't take her mother's words to heart. If her mother didn't miss her, she wouldn't have informed her of the location so early.
Liang Chongyue wandered around the courtyard but did not see his mother.
"Miss, Madam has gone out."
Liang Chongyue's eyes lit up when she heard this. She put down the dumplings that Minglang had just brought over, pulled Minglang along, and went out.
"Mother, where are we going?"