Start with the fisherman

Chapter 5 The Worried Father-in-Law

Squeak!

As I pushed open the gate, a beautiful figure rushed towards me.

"Brother Ze!"

Su Xiaozhi hugged Cao Ze tightly, buried her head in his broad chest, smelled his scent, and felt extremely at peace.

"Feeling better?"

"Why don't you lie down on the bed and rest."

Cao Ze closed the gate and said with some reproach.

"It still hurts..."

Su Xiaozhi's voice was as soft as a mosquito's and her face was flushed with shame.

Upon hearing this, Cao Ze put down the things in his hands, picked up the beauty in his arms by the waist, and walked towards the bedroom.

"Ah... no... don't..."

Su Xiaozhi thought that Cao Ze was going to challenge her right now, and she felt both excited and scared.

However, Cao Ze just gently put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, sat beside the bed, and asked, "What did you eat for lunch?"

"I had some fish soup."

Seeing that Cao Ze didn't want to do that, although Su Xiaozhi felt a little disappointed, she didn't know why, but her heart was sweet.

"Why did you eat so little?"

"You are weak now, you should eat more."

Cao Ze's face became serious and domineering.

Su Xiaozhi pouted, her eyes began to mist up again, and she said aggrievedly, "I was thinking about Brother Ze and couldn't eat."

"OK OK."

Cao Ze also felt soft-hearted. He wiped away the tears from her eyes, stood up and said, "You have a good rest. I'll make you something delicious!"

"Let me do it!"

Su Xiaozhi struggled to get up, but was glared back by Cao Ze.

"Then, can I just watch from the side?" Su Xiaozhi asked weakly.

Cao Ze thought about it and did not refuse.

After Su Xiaozhi got up, he returned to the courtyard, talked about today's harvest, and went into the kitchen.

"apple!"

"pear!"

"kiwi!"

"Pig's trotters!"

“And the old hen?!”

Su Xiaozhi watched Cao Ze take out things bit by bit, feeling both happy and heartbroken. She quietly blamed him, "We still have a long time to live. Why did you buy so many things at once?"

She had quickly adapted to the role of a good wife and mother and began to think about their future.

Cao Ze smiled slightly, picked up a kitchen knife, peeled an apple and handed it to Su Xiaozhi.

Seeing the apple in front of her, the slight blame in Su Xiaozhi's heart suddenly disappeared, and she secretly made up her mind to help Brother Ze share the burden in the future.

"Don't worry, we can eat whatever we want from now on!"

Seeing that Su Xiaozhi did not take the apple, Cao Ze pinched Su Xiaozhi's nose and then put the apple near her mouth.

Click.

After shaking the apple, Su Xiaozhi looked up at Cao Ze with bright eyes, "I believe in Brother Ze!"

Cao Ze pinched her nose again and turned around to deal with other things.

Suddenly I felt a small hand holding me. When I turned around, Su Xiaozhi had already handed the bitten apple to my mouth and was looking at me with a smile.

Click.

Cao Ze was not polite and bit off half of the apple, which made Su Xiaozhi pout while Cao Ze burst into laughter.

Suddenly there was laughter in the kitchen.

The pig's trotters and old hen were both processed. Cao Ze marinated them with seasonings and set them aside.

There are large yellow croakers that can be used to make soup, and he plans to try braising pig's trotters and old hens, so that Xiaozhi can also taste the delicious food from another world!

At this time, Cao Ze picked up the bag containing the big yellow croaker.

“Big yellow croaker!!!”

When Su Xiaozhi saw the golden thing, she exclaimed and a look of joy appeared on her face.

There is no child who grew up by the sea who doesn’t know the value of yellow croaker.

"Brother Ze actually caught a big yellow croaker!"

"What good luck!"

"Brother Ze is awesome!"

Su Xiaozhi praised excitedly, and looked at Cao Ze with stars in her eyes. "It's all because of you that I have good luck!"

Cao Ze turned around and said seriously, "You are my greatest luck!"

This time, Su Xiaozhi did not lower her head shyly. Although her cheeks were slightly red, her big watery eyes looked straight at Cao Ze, and her whole body was surrounded by happiness.

"Eh?"

When Su Xiaozhi saw Cao Ze actually chopped off the head of the yellow croaker with one knife, she was suddenly stunned.

"What are you doing?"

"Soup, of course!"

Cao Ze answered without turning his head.

"Why don't you take it to the fish market and sell it? This big yellow croaker can be exchanged for at least thirty big bucks!"

Su Xiaozhi was both moved and heartbroken.

"This isn't just for you. I want to taste the big yellow croaker, too!"

Cao Ze turned around and blinked at Su Xiaozhi, then said, "I found a school of yellow croakers. Maybe I can catch yellow croakers every day in the future!"

Su Xiaozhi suddenly realized it, and stood aside, watching Cao Ze deal with the yellow croaker, eating an apple, and then asked curiously, "Brother Ze, tell me how you caught the yellow croaker!"

"That's a long story!"

Cao Ze coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and then said in a pretentious tone, "Today I went to the East China Sea to fish, and I saw a golden light coming from the east. I drove the boat over and found that it was a school of large yellow croakers!"

"When I got closer, I saw an extremely ugly fish monster behind the school of fish. It was opening its bloody mouth and swallowing the yellow croaker. There was still fish meat on its fine teeth. It was really terrifying."

"It happened in a flash. I rowed the boat and rushed towards the fish monster like an arrow. I grabbed the harpoon and stabbed it hard, turning it into a candied haws. I saved the big yellow croakers from the dire situation. So, in order to express their gratitude, the big yellow croaker jumped onto my boat."

Cao Ze spoke excitedly and Su Xiaozhi listened attentively.

"If I had known earlier, I would have gone fishing with you!" Su Xiaozhi said in annoyance.

"What about the fish monster at the end?"

Then Su Xiaozhi asked curiously, "I also want to see how ugly that ugly fish monster is!"

"That fish demon was extremely cunning. In the end, he pretended to be dead and escaped."

Cao Ze smiled and spoke nonsense.

"Okay, you lied to me!"

Su Xiaozhi also reacted and stretched out her little hand to hit Cao Ze's chest.

"Hahaha, of course I was lying to you. There's no such thing as a fish monster..."

The two of them were playing around while preparing the ingredients, and soon, a rich aroma wafted from the kitchen.

Outside the hospital.

Su Wu, who was about to knock on the door, listened to the laughter coming from inside, and the wrinkles on his face relaxed a lot.

It seems that it was the right choice to entrust Xiaozhi to Xiaoze!

Pushing the door open, Su Wu found that besides coming to see his daughter, he had more important things to do today.

"father!"

As they were playing and joking about carrying the prepared meal to the main room, Cao Ze and his companions just walked out of the kitchen.

Su Xiaozhi immediately restrained herself and lowered her head shyly.

Su Wu smiled, "I came to see you."

"Uncle Wu, let's have a meal together!"

Cao Ze greeted.

He has called him Uncle Wu since he was a child, and it is difficult for him to change his words for the time being, but he is full of respect for this elder who keeps his promises and takes great care of him.

"it is good!"

Su Wu was not polite and walked into the main room first and sat down.

However, when he saw the table full of food, he also gasped.

The pig's trotters and old hens were fine, but as for the fish soup, he could tell at the first sip that it was yellow croaker!
Such a big yellow croaker!

Although it was quite luxurious, Cao Ze was able to prepare these things for his daughter, which made the huge dowry he gave worthwhile.

"very good!"

Su Wu praised Cao Ze and said, "Xiao Ze, if you need money in the future, just ask. Your father and I are like brothers. He saved me... Now that you and Xiao Zhi are married, you can treat me as your father. If you need anything, don't be embarrassed to ask!"

He thought that this big yellow croaker must have been bought with the one tael of money he gave.

He didn't care. If he could solve that problem, with his ability, it wouldn't be a big deal to help the young couple. As long as Cao Ze treated Xiao Zhi well and the two of them could be happy, it wouldn't be a big deal to just give them some money.

If he couldn't solve that problem, he believed that the wealth he had accumulated over the years would be enough to allow the young couple to live a good life.

"Brother Ze can make money on his own!"

Cao Ze was grateful, but Su Xiaozhi was a little unhappy and muttered something with her lips pouted.

Su Wu burst out laughing. It was his fault for not thinking it through. This kind of thing should have been discussed with Cao Ze in private.

"It's true that girls can't be kept when they grow up!"

(End of this chapter)