Chapter 140: Future mother-in-law wants to treat

At the dining table in the main room, Qin Tian and his mother had already sat down.

On the table were four simple dishes with a mix of meat and vegetables.

Stir-fried pork with chili, braised chicken pieces, Mapo tofu, and a plate of cold bitter melon.

Tang Xiuxia looked at the four dishes in front of her and was stunned for a moment.

Not to mention the taste, the presentation felt much better than what she made.

She raised her eyes to look at her son beside her, her eyes a bit strange.

Clearly, she was suspecting again if this was a fake son.

Her son was attending a proper high school, not a culinary school.

"Mom, taste it!"

Qin Tian also sensed the meaning in his mother's eyes, and could only smile helplessly, picking up a piece of chicken and putting it in his mother's bowl.

Tang Xiuxia picked up her chopsticks without a word, tasted a piece of chicken, and her expression froze slightly.

Not just the presentation, the taste was not inferior to what was in the restaurant at all.

Tang Xiuxia hurriedly tasted the other three dishes.

Without exception, they were all much better than what she made.

"How is it?"

Qin Tian smiled proudly.

Tang Xiuxia glanced at him and said lightly: "You cook at home from now on."

"Huh?"

Qin Tian was stunned.

"Those who are capable should do more work, anyway, you'll be done with the college entrance exam in two days, and you'll be idle anyway."

Tang Xiuxia said righteously.

"Fine, I'll cook then!"

Qin Tian nodded helplessly.

Tang Xiuxia ate another piece of bitter melon and said: "There are two bottles of beer in the fridge, go get them, it's worth celebrating today."

"Alright!"

Qin Tian smiled and got up, went to the kitchen and got two bottles of beer and two glasses.

His mother could drink a little beer, but she drank very little, only occasionally on important days or rare holidays.

Qin Tian opened a bottle of beer and poured two glasses.

"Come, son, congratulations on graduating high school, your studies have been hard."

Tang Xiuxia raised her glass to congratulate him with a bright smile.

"Thank you, Mom, you've worked hard too."

Qin Tian smiled and clinked glasses with his mother.

At Xia Nuannuan's house, the family of three was also having dinner.

The dishes on the dining table were rich, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Xia Nuannuan had just told her parents how delicious the food Qin Tian cooked was at the Class Monitor's study meeting during the May Day holiday.

Su Xia already knew about this, and her daughter had mentioned it many times every day when she returned home during that holiday.

Xia Zhengping, who had just returned from Jiangcheng two days ago, was hearing it for the first time.

"Can that kid's cooking be as delicious as your mom's? How is that possible, I don't believe it!"

Old Xia expressed doubt, pouted and said: "Nuannuan, you're too biased toward that kid, you're even telling lies with your eyes open."

Su Xia picked up some vegetables for her daughter and watched the fun with a gentle smile.

"Dad, I didn't lie, it's really delicious. Besides, I didn't say his cooking was better than Mom's."

Xia Nuannuan frowned and said.

"Anyway, I don't believe it. It's rare enough for a man to know how to cook two dishes, how could it be as good as you say."

Old Xia said firmly.

"Old Xia, you're wrong there."

Su Xia looked at her husband beside her and asked: "Listening to you, is cooking in the kitchen supposed to be a woman's job? Don't you know those hotel chefs are all men?"

Xia Nuannuan stole a happy look, gloating.

"Wife, I didn't mean that!"

Old Xia feigned a look of grievance.

"That's what I heard."

Su Xia rolled her eyes, picked up a bowl of sweet and sour pork ribs in front of him, got up and handed it to her daughter opposite, saying: "You're getting fatter and still eating so much, eat some vegetables, Nuannuan, you eat this."

"Hee hee... thank you, Mom!"

Xia Nuannuan thanked her with a radiant smile, picked up a rib and ate it happily, and gave Old Xia a proud little look.

Old Xia was in tears, and could only pick up a large pair of chopsticks of spinach and stuff it into his mouth.

"Mom, I really didn't lie to you, Qin Tian is really good at cooking."

Xia Nuannuan reaffirmed to her mother with a serious expression.

"I know, I know, you've said it countless times."

Su Xia nodded with a smile, her gaze mischievous as she said: "Mom believes you, this is pretty good. Nowadays, men who know how to cook are good men who know how to take care of people, unlike your dad, who doesn't know how many years it's been since he entered the kitchen. Mom is even more satisfied with Little Qin."

Old Xia broke out in a cold sweat, buried his head in eating vegetables and didn't dare to make a sound.

The slight favor he had for that pig-headed teenager today was gone now.

Sure enough, the other party was still his great enemy!

Xia Nuannuan blushed, looked at her mother and requested: "Mom, then like I told you before, after I finish the college entrance exam, teach me how to cook more."

"Sure, no problem."

Su Xia nodded with a gentle smile.

After dinner, the family of three watched TV and ate watermelon in the living room.

"Right, Nuannuan, how about tomorrow or the day after, Mom finds a good restaurant and books a table, and we invite Little Qin to have another meal?"

Su Xia was cutting watermelon with a fruit knife and suddenly suggested.

Xia Nuannuan looked at her mother with some confusion upon hearing this.

"Little Qin came to eat at home before, didn't Mom promise that if you reached your goal in the third mock exam, we'd treat you guys to a big meal outside?"

Su Xia picked up a slice of watermelon and handed it over, continuing: "It's just that after the last exam, your school hasn't had a holiday, it just so happens there's time these two days, let's make it up to you, and wish you guys a smooth college entrance exam."

"Alright, alright, I agree!"

Xia Nuannuan took the watermelon and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Then you think about what you want to eat, hot pot, barbecue, etc., forget it, try to be as light as possible before the exam."

"Mhm, I know."

"I'll call now!"

Xia Nuannuan put the watermelon in her hand on the coffee table, wiped her hands with a tissue, and picked up her phone to make the call.

Old Xia watched his daughter's eager look, silently took a big bite of watermelon, feeling that the originally sweet watermelon tasted a bit sour now.

Qin Tian had also just finished eating and was cleaning up the tableware with his mother.

He took his phone out of his pocket, answered the call, and after learning that his future mother-in-law wanted to treat him to dinner, Qin Tian looked at his mother who had leaned over to eavesdrop, and seeing his mother nod, he agreed.

They agreed on tomorrow evening, and as for what to eat, Qin Tian expressed he had no opinion and let her choose.

"Mhm mhm, then it's settled!"

"Alright."

"What are you doing?"

"Just finished eating, washing dishes!"

"Hee hee... alright, then you go ahead, I'm hanging up!"

After saying that, Xia Nuannuan hung up the phone.

"Done, Mom, Qin Tian agreed, tomorrow evening is fine."

Xia Nuannuan said to her mother, then picked up the slice of watermelon on the coffee table and took a bite of the sweetest part in the middle.

"Then you think about what you want to eat, hot pot, barbecue, etc., forget it, try to be as light as possible before the exam."

"Mhm, I know."