Chapitre 15: Red-braised Soybean Pig Trotters (I)
Éditeur: EndlessFantasy Translation
The gardener had previously wanted to get rid of a big spider under the magnolia tree as it was not a pretty sight, but Su Zi stopped him worriedly. "A spider is a beneficial insect and was even a mascot in ancient times. If one sees a spider hanging down from its web, it means that one will have good luck!"
After that incident, Mu Rongcheng had heard Su Zi talking to Mu Zening about it. She said, "I just think that it'll be such a pity if its web is swept away by a broom. After all, it used so much effort to make it!"
Her kindness was always out of the ordinary.
Su Zi never paid attention to stray cats and dogs, yet she was always compassionate for spiders that worked hard to build webs, sparrows that put in a lot of effort to build nests, ants that were very hardworking in carrying food...
Instead of saying that she was kind, it was better to say that she had cherished the results of hard work, which was related to her growing environment.
Due to Su Zi's defense, the spider grew well in the Mu family's backyard, and its web became bigger.
However, Xu Shihan shrieked in fear when she saw it.
At that moment, Mu Rongcheng felt extremely terrible!
He could not be bothered to comfort her even a little and had ordered his family's driver to send Xu Shihan home.
Mu Rongcheng's anger reduced when he turned off the faucet, but he still felt upset.
He hated the feeling of losing control.
When he left the washroom, he heard Bai Wei sighing sadly. "He's already twenty-four years old, but he hasn't had a serious job for years, and is always idling about. I'm very worried… I keep hoping that he'll have a family of his own soon, so he'll learn to be responsible, and things might get better for him…"
Mu Zi responded, "Mom, don't be disappointed. Based on brother's efficiency, he'll bring you a new daughter-in-law next week. In fact, he'll bring a bunch for you! You can pick anyone you like!"
Mu Rongcheng somehow felt that her words of comfort were meant to tease and ridicule him.
'A bunch?'
'Do you think that daughters-in-law are candied hawthorns?'
'That little girl is getting more arrogant ever since she got discharged from the hospital. She's revolting!'
Mu Rongcheng returned to the dining hall with a dark face.
Nonetheless, Mu Zi could not care less. She picked up her chopsticks, and said to Bai Wei happily, "Everybody's here! We can start eating now!"
She quickly took a piece of red-braised soybean pig trotter!
—Crispy and tender pig trotters were her favorite!
Mu Zi seemed very experienced in eating pig trotters. She sucked the trotter to devour the collagen on its surface along with the thick sauce, then cracked the joints with her teeth, and began eating the tendons and meat.
Her table manners were not great but they were not rude as well. She ate decently and showed a somewhat sincere and cute side of her, which was pleasing to the eye.
Mu Rongcheng did not have an appetite at first, but when he saw her eating enjoyably, he became hungry.
He took a piece of pig trotter to taste it. The moment he felt a sticky feeling on his lips, he put his chopsticks down and reached for a tissue paper.
"Is it not to your liking?" Bai Wei looked at the pig trotter in Mu Rongcheng's bowl, then said, "That piece doesn't look like it has a lot of meat."
She then took a more fleshy piece to put in his bowl.
Mu Zi's heart ached.
She could tell that Mu Rongcheng did not know how to enjoy pig trotters at all, so she felt that the delicious food that was put in his bowl would be wasted.
Mu Zi felt sorry for that pig trotter.
'It was cooked so skillfully, yet it was thrown on the table after only a few bites. What a pity…
'Where's the food's dignity?'
She pushed the soybeans with her chopsticks, then quietly took the last piece of pig trotter and put it in her bowl.
-- Cadeau
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