A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 77
As a university professor, the dining table has its own dignity.

And Li Xiang has indeed seen it at this dinner table many times. It is a rare ingredient in this era.

Especially today, his wife actually fried a small piece of steak for him and even prepared the matching tableware.

The teacher first demonstrated how to cut half of the food for him, then handed him the cutlery and asked him to learn to cut it himself.

As for Western food, Li Xiang didn't eat much in his previous life, and he didn't operate it as gracefully and calmly as he imagined.

It can only be said that he was not at a loss and seemed quite calm, so his movements were not ugly at all.

The teacher and his wife gave a few pointers, but no further corrections were made.

Just think that he is extremely talented and can learn everything quickly.

For Western food, as long as the ingredients are fresh, the lower limit will not be low. Of course, the upper limit is also there. The taste will still be the same, it is a taste that can be imagined in the mind, and there will be no surprises.

Anyway, the Michelin restaurants Li Xiang had eaten at before were not so delicious as to be surprising.

The steak was fried to medium rare by the wife. It was only out of consideration for Li Xiang that she cooked it to this degree of doneness.

So for Li Xiang, besides not having much seasoning, it's not that difficult to eat.

"Is it delicious?" Mistress asked with a smile as she watched him eat bite after bite.

"It's okay. There's no way beef isn't good. It's just a bit bland." Li Xiang answered truthfully.

"Haha, then you can sprinkle some salt on this kid." Professor Hao liked this kid's non-faithfulness. After hearing his answer, he asked his lover to spread some salt on him with a small spoon.

Look at the tiny white salt falling scatteredly on the steak like light snow.

Hao Jiao suddenly sighed in his heart. After all, it was unauthentic and foreign. The bad things were not removed and the advantages were not learned.

After dinner, Li Xiang drank a cup of tea and stood up to say goodbye.

If you stay any longer, dinner will be served here again.

Professor Hao and his wife couldn't keep it, so they picked up six items from a pile in the corner and gave them to Li Xiang, asking him to take them home.

Li Xiang definitely doesn't want it. This is a gift for his elders. How can he take it back home?

But no matter how he shook his head like a rattle, he refused to retreat to the door, unwilling to take over.

In the end, the teacher's mother made a clever move and threw out the things she wanted to give him and the red envelope in the teacher's hand.

'Bang', the door closed immediately.

Li Xiang was left staring at the closed door in shock.

You can still play like this. Master, you are so ladylike, and teacher, you are so gentlemanly!
He lowered his head and looked at the things under his feet, and then at the door with the couplets on it.

Look at things, watch doors.

Thing, door.

"Teacher, open the door! Master, open the door!"

Li Xiang tried calling a few times, but didn't get any response from the room. Instead, he opened the door of another house.

This was a professor from another department. He looked at the gift bags and red envelopes scattered on the ground.

He showed a clear smile to Li Xiang, as if he meant something, as if to say, the boy's gift was rejected.

"Teacher, it's not what you think." Li Xiang smiled awkwardly and wanted to explain.

The professor, on the other hand, waved his hand at him, telling Li Xiang not to say anything, with an expression that he understood.

Then, as if he didn't want to embarrass Li Xiang, he thoughtfully closed the door in front of him.

Hey, teacher, what on earth do you understand? I don’t understand it myself. It’s easy for others to misunderstand you.

Li Xiang blushed. He, who was always not thin-skinned, blushed.

In order not to cause other people to misunderstand, he picked up the things that fell on the ground and left the scene in a hurry.After a while, after the sound of footsteps downstairs disappeared, the door to Professor Hao's house was slowly opened.

The mistress looked down at the corridor below and found no one, so she pulled back.

"Leaving?" Professor Hao asked his lover, sitting on the sofa.

"Let's go and take the things."

"You can rest assured now." Professor Hao said with a smile.

It had been many years since he had seen his lover show such a lively side. When he threw the things out, he was also shocked.

When you meet someone who cares about you, they won't think you mean well. Instead, they will say you look down on them.

As if she knew what her husband was thinking, she explained proudly: "This child has a ruler in his heart. He will never reach out for something he can't ask for. If he doesn't use this method, he will definitely be the first to run away if he is pushed around. I call it preemptive."

After saying that, he hummed a song and entered the kitchen.

Professor Hao looked at his lover's happy back and felt happy. He held the book in his hand for a long time and did not turn the page of that chapter for a long time.

Here, Li Xiang walked back carrying big and small bags.

He took a quick look and realized that all the things his wife gave him were good things.

Forgetting the candies and pastries, there is actually a box of chocolates inside. Ordinary people may have never heard of such a rare thing, let alone buying it.

When he returned to the compound and passed by the front yard, Li Xiang looked like a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of the third uncle.

"Li Xiang, where did this come from? I brought so many things." The third uncle stared at the gift bag in his hand.

Li Xiang knew that if the third uncle saw it, this would happen. Unfortunately, it was not given by the system, so he couldn't put it in.

If you want to take it home, you can only walk around the compound like this.

Ever since he saw the third uncle at He Yuzhu's house, he had a bad impression of the third uncle.

It's hard to say that he dislikes it, after all, he doesn't eat or drink from his house.

But in my heart, I was inevitably wary of this person, always feeling that something bad would happen if this person came close to me.

If you no longer like a person, even if you don't dislike him, your hands will definitely not be as loose when facing him.

Things that were possible or not possible before will definitely not be possible in the future.

This year, the Li family's couplets were not changed at the third uncle's place.

In the past three years, because Li's father left, the couplets posted on the door of the Li family were white.

For this reason, the third uncle always murmured to the Li family that it was troublesome to cut paper and think of words.

Although he didn't say that he wanted to give more things, the subtext was in every word.

Mother Li was thin-skinned, so every time he asked her, she would give him something.

If it had been left to the past, the Li family would have followed the old rules and exchanged things with the third uncle.

But for some reason this year, Li Xiang didn't want to listen to the third uncle nagging these things about his great achievements.

It was clear that the money and goods had been settled, but he made it seem as if the Li family owed him a favor.

Li Xiang found a master who could calligraphy at the auto repair shop, thought of the words, and asked him to write them in advance.

The third uncle probably also calculated the number of people who wanted to change the couplets. When he saw that the Li family didn't come to change the couplets, he even ran to the backyard to ask.

Later, when I saw that the Li family had already put up the stickers, their expressions changed several times.

In the end, he didn’t ask any more questions.

(End of this chapter)