novelraw Chapter 813 - 810: Good Wife 6
Chapter 813 - 810: Good Wife 6
Yan Xixi served porridge to her: It was golden pumpkin porridge, with a little cornmeal, no sugar added, but just a spoonful was sweet and delicious. Liu Daqing immediately said, "Really nice."
Yan Xixi was delighted: "As long as you like it. I remember the Empress Dowager used to like fermented tofu and such, but it’s actually quite salty. We should mix it up a little. Empress Dowager, try these first, eat more if you like them, and if not, I can make something else tomorrow..."
Liu Daqing tasted all the small dishes with a smile and was full of praise: "Delicious, really so good."
She ate three bowls of pumpkin porridge.
She noticed Yan Xixi ate a lot as well and laughed: "Young girls now all eat less, afraid of gaining weight. Aren’t you worried about getting fat?"
Yan Xixi laughed too: "I always eat a lot for breakfast. If I’m full in the morning, I won’t be hungry all day; I might not even need dinner, so I definitely won’t get fat."
Liu Daqing praised: "That’s a great attitude."
Sister Yang came in to clear the table, noticing that the small dishes and porridge had been nearly polished off by mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She couldn’t help but laugh: "Madam likes Xiaoyan’s breakfast so much, I’m worried about being out of a job."
Before Yan Xixi could respond, Liu Daqing spoke first: "I’m just sampling Xixi’s craftsmanship. Xixi is heading to Harvard; she can’t be making breakfast every day."
"Right, right, look at my memory. Xiaoyan is going to Harvard, that’s impressive."
"Exactly, my old friends, none of their family’s daughters-in-law are graduates of South Country University. Some even married actresses. It sounds nice, ’actress’, but aren’t they just performers?"
Yan Xixi quickly realized that Liu Daqing was very proud when mentioning "South Country University." She laughed inwardly, indeed like an old child.
Because of the Empress Dowager’s attitude, the housekeeper, cook, driver, and others naturally treated Yan Xixi with more respect, genuinely treating her as a young mistress, not daring to slack off at all.
"Xixi, don’t rush to make breakfast from tomorrow, get up on time to practice Tai Chi with me."
Yan Xixi gladly agreed.
For several days, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law strolled in the garden, occasionally went shopping, drank tea in the pavilion in the afternoon, sometimes tasted coffee. More often, they played Go together.
Yan Xixi’s skill in Go was average, but Liu Daqing was even more so, yet very addicted, agreeing to five rounds but always going to seven or eight, and mostly losing.
Once, she lost badly and, in desperation, simply went to the bathroom. Yan Xixi laughed inwardly, gamblers like this, the unwritten rule is to go to the restroom to change luck when losing too much. As she pondered, she quietly swapped one of Liu Daqing’s pieces.
This move was clever, Liu Daqing didn’t notice at all. Indeed, with a bit of thought, she placed a piece, immediately turning the game around.
Yan Xixi deliberately exclaimed: "Oh, Empress Dowager, how did you think of moving there? I was totally unprepared... Alas, what was a great situation for me ends up losing..."
Liu Daqing looked at her big victory, smug: "Xixi, don’t doubt it, going to the bathroom really changes your luck, it’s quite effective..."
Yan Xixi almost burst into laughter inside but nodded vigorously: "Mm, I’ll remember this tip. Next time I lose, I’ll also go to the bathroom and change my luck."