My wife is a dragon

Chapter 165 Why reward me? (4.8K)

Tonight's dinner, I chose a local restaurant hidden in the streets and alleys.

It mainly focuses on a down-to-earth.

In the private room, Xia Li pushed the menu to Lao Xia, and Lao Xia pushed the menu to Fang Xia again.

Fang Xia looked around twice and didn't order the dishes. Finally, she handed the menu to Lucia.

The evil dragon was confused.

"I heard from Xia Li that you are not from Shu Province and you can't eat any chili peppers. Let's see what you like to eat?" Ms. Fang said kindly.

"I, I can eat anything, now I can eat a little chili..." Lucia replied in a low voice.

Holding a menu that I couldn't understand at all, Lucia could recognize most of the words, but it was difficult for the corresponding food to appear in her mind.

What are the "ants climbing trees" and "husband and wife lung tablets"...

Just sounds terrifying.

Even the dragon clan who is not particular about details will not eat this kind of thing, how dare humans!

With a worried face, Xia Li came over to help her take a look and said in a low voice in her ear.

"The menu of this restaurant is not available... Ants climbing trees make vermicelli stewed with pork, and the couple's lung slices are the internal organs of cows."

These two are authentic Shu Provincial dishes, and it is normal for Lucia to have never seen them.

Xia Li got too close, and the breath of talking blew on Lucia's little face.

Lucia hooked her fingers and scratched her cheeks embarrassedly.

"This vermicelli has no chili, you can try it, and the sweet duck and Dongpo cuttlefish are not spicy..."

Holding a pen to check the selection on the menu, Xia Li knew that the dragon was in trouble, so she helped her choose the dishes according to her taste. By the way, she chose a spicy pickled pepper Shu dish for Lao Xia, and Ms. Fang’s best. I like beauty and beauty care white bean hoof flower soup.

Four people, four dishes and one soup is just right.

Fang Xia held her chin with both hands and watched the scene.

She held her hands and smiled like a flower on her face. She looked at Xia Li, who was generous and masculine, and then at Lucia, the jasful and gentle and virtuous family.

A man and a woman are beautiful, very good.

"Okay, that's all."

Lucia's voice was so nervous.

Speaking of which, she still has to restrain herself a little today and not let the great humans see her food that is different from ordinary people.

"Auntie, you guys choose..."

Lucia pushed the menu into Fang Xia's hands.

Fang Xia's face was full of joy. She was obviously a middle-aged woman with her wrinkles deepened when she smiled, but the smile holding her cheeks gave people a sense of intimacy that was still childish.

Lucia has always wanted to have a good relationship with the brave mother.

But the feeling of getting along with the brave mother is different from that of Zhou Anqi.

Without the casualness of friends, he has more restrained treatment of elders...

However, I felt a warmth inexplicably.

"It's almost like that."

Fang Xia was afraid that the children would not be full, so she hooked up two more dishes and handed them to the waiter beside her.

The small private room was brightly lit, and the warm air conditioning airflow blew over the top of your head.

The surroundings became quiet again, and Xia Li dragged the bench to Fang Xia to talk to her.

Lucia sat alone in her seat, but she didn't feel lonely.

Flirting with her fingers on the manicures she had done a few days ago, Lucia looked around and listened to the noise outside the house.

When occasionally peeking at Xia Li, Xia Li happened to be looking at her too.

The two of them looked at each other, Xia Li smiled at her, and Lucia hurriedly lowered her head and continued to play with her fingers.

Suddenly I remembered that day, when Xia Li went out for a dinner with her friends in the evening, and Lucia was at home.

That day she turned off all the lights in the room and stood on the balcony and looked into the distance.

As the darkness began to erode the earth, the lights of thousands of families lit up in sequence.

At that time, Lucia was thinking that behind each lamp was a family, and thousands of lights representing thousands of human families.

None of these lights in the thousands of houses will light up for her.

That lonely, isolated feeling of loneliness swept across like a tide.

Lucia has been a dragon for a hundred years and can already bear loneliness, but at that moment she couldn't bear such loneliness.

But now ...

It seems that a lantern will light up for her

"Mom, the thing you mentioned about buying a house..."

"you say."

Xia Li moved the stool to Fang Xia. Fang Xia took a sip of hot tea and looked at Lucia behind Xia Li with a smile.

Xia Li: “…”

No, mom, at least I look at the person talking when chatting!

I am your own son!

After clearing his throat, Xia Li said.

"Can the money from the house be used first?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Didn't you tell you last time? I want to start a business, but now I have a little clue." Xia Li scratched her hair and said.

In fact, before today, Xia Li wanted to talk to Fang Xia about this matter.

Just so happened that today Fang Xia offered to buy him a house to get married, so that Xia Li didn't have to ask about her family's financial situation.

Since you can buy a house in the city of Qingcheng City, at least one or two million yuan in cash can be taken out.

For Xia Li, it's enough.

"What's the clue? Tell me."

When talking about the serious matter, Fang Xia then moved her eyes away from her future daughter-in-law and looked at the gold-swalking beast in front of her.

Even Lao Xia, who pretended to have nothing to do, raised her ears and pressed the pause button when the short video of the mobile phone sliding in her hand.

"I have been researching the market for a while and found that common industries such as catering, clothing, and entertainment venues have long been saturated in places like Qingcheng City.

I have a cat. When I went to vaccinate the cat a few days ago, I found that there was not even a decent pet hospital in Wanniu District..."

It took more than ten minutes for Xia Li to explain his ideas one by one.

Facing his parents, Xia Li had nothing to keep.

Whether it was those bold plans or those naive ideas that his parents took for granted, Xia Li put forward them without reservation.

Xia Li was willing to accept the criticism and praise that followed, good or bad.

It is said that you should find a job that suits you.

Xia Li had nothing to choose from. His only thought after graduating from college was "As long as you don't tie me to my workstation, everything else is acceptable."

Lucia, on the other hand, can only be used in these places except the zoo.

Since Xia Li wanted to help her integrate into society completely, it would be better for the couple to start a business and solve the problem once and for all.

"Vet hospital?"

This word is a little unfamiliar to a family that has only raised fish in addition to raising children.

"Isn't this what Sister Li's family does?"

Old Xia, who was eavesdropping on the side, finally couldn't help but speak.

Fang Xia slapped her thigh and reacted: "Oh! That is indeed very profitable. Her husband is a veterinarian. The store just opened two years ago, and this year he told me that he wants to move to another house!"

"Aunt Li?"

Xia Li didn't know who the old couple was talking about. Fang Xia's network of contacts was too wide, and Xia Li couldn't recognize many of them.

"Yes, Aunt Li, they opened a small pet clinic in Miyang two years ago. I heard that the equipment investment is not small, but the return is quite high. The key is that they can't bear much risk. After all, the customers are all pets...

But this not only requires technology, but also tests people's hearts. I don't know if you can bear this hardship."

Fang Xia talked endlessly.

She didn't have any objection. The money was originally prepared for Xia Li to start a family and career. Xia Li could take it if he wanted to use it. Fang Xia rarely denied her son's ideas, nor did she discourage his enthusiasm.

"But I still suggest that you take it step by step, start from a small beginning, and you won't achieve great things if you aim too high." Fang Xia said again.

I was worried that this kid would stay at home and do nothing every day, so it would be good to find something to do now.

"Take the first step first. If you want to open such a hospital, you must at least have a veterinary qualification certificate." Xia Yuanjun said on the other end.

Xia Yuanjun is a down-to-earth person. As a member of the system, he talks about being down-to-earth.

People can never make money beyond their own cognition.

Xia Li is still a layman now, and if he wants to take this step, he has to make a lot of efforts.

"I have checked this online. You can take the veterinary qualification certificate by yourself after studying online... I will not open a store directly. I plan to study and take the certificate first.

And the pet hospital I like sells goods downstairs and treats patients upstairs. This business model is good. I can start by "opening an ordinary pet supplies store." "Xia Li said.

During this period, Lucia will be sent to the hospital for internship.

While gaining experience, you can also be an "insider".

Originally, Xia Li heard Fang Xia say that there was a friend, and thought of using his relationship to let Lucia go to Fang Xia's friend to learn experience.

But when he heard that it was in Miyang City, which was so far away, he directly cancelled this idea.

The current goal is still to let Lucia do an internship in the store in Jinjiang District.

At that time, let Wuqi, the former dean, come up with ideas together, and get twice the result with half the effort.

At this time, the waiter in charge of serving the dishes also served all the dishes.

Xia Li stood up and took a bowl to add rice to the old couple. When adding rice to Lucia, he deliberately pressed down a bowl of rice.

This dragon is thin-skinned, and she will definitely feel embarrassed to add rice later, so he pressed her a little more.

"Xiao Lu, what do you think of what Xia Li just said?"

Fang Xia took advantage of this gap and asked Lucia, who was in a daze.

Lucia couldn't join the topic just now. She didn't even understand the basic operation of human society. Suddenly, she was asked to listen to such difficult words, which made her completely confused.

Hearing the mother of the hero ask herself this, she could only nod her head.

"It's good..."

"Do you support him?"

"I will always support Xia Li!"

"Haha, good."

Every sentence the little girl answered before was shy and timid, but this sentence was said very hard.

It can be seen that she said this from the heart.

The expression on Fang Xia's face melted instantly.

When she wanted to start a business, it was Old Xia who supported her without hesitation, and the couple stumbled to this point.

Seeing the resolute expression on Lucia's face, Fang Xia couldn't help but think of Xia Yuanjun, who never left her.

As long as the feelings are there, the family is there.

Compared with these, entrepreneurial setbacks and investment failures are not a big deal.

"Old man, what do you think?" Fang Xia sat down and asked Xia Yuanjun.

Xia Yuanjun nodded and didn't say anything, but his attitude towards this matter was very clear.

"Is it enough?"

Xia Li put a large bowl of compacted rice in front of Lucia.

The rice was compacted like shaved ice, and it was almost overflowing.

"Enough, enough, too much..." Lucia said modestly.

Xia Li smiled.

Isn't that too much?

You always eat with a basin, this bowl is too disrespectful.

Xia Li's family doesn't care about etiquette, the family just eats with bowls, just casually.

Lucia didn't dare to pick up the food with chopsticks.

She wasn't skilled enough in using chopsticks, and was worried that this would be exposed in front of Fang Xia, so Xia Li picked up the food for her.

"Eat more, eat more."

Not only Xia Li, but also Ms. Fang stretched out her arms to join the ranks of feeding Lucia.

This child is shy, so she has to take care of her more.

The vermicelli of Ants Climbing Trees is stewed very well, and the taste is excellent when mixed with minced meat. Lucia loves sweet-skinned duck, which tastes crispy and sweet, and has a unique taste.

The restaurant Xia Li found is the kind of family restaurant that locals like to eat. Restaurants like this hidden in the alley cannot survive without some skills, so the taste is naturally needless to say.

Soon, most of the dishes on the table were eaten.

Fang Xia was still picking up dishes for Lucia.

This child has a good appetite and eats as much as she is picked up.

Although she is shy, she is not shy at all. She eats openly and gulps down a cup of tea when she is thirsty. Fang Xia likes it very much.

"Mom, she is very introverted. She won't say when she is full and keeps eating."

Xia Li watched happily from the side.

I always feel that the scene of my mother picking up dishes for the evil dragon is very magical.

It is more magical than magic.

This silver dragon that spews thick smoke and makes the whole Eze continent tremble with fear...

actually met his parents.

"What are you talking about!"

Fang Xia was unhappy and glared at Xia Li.

The little girl was originally thin-skinned and thin, and she was embarrassed to eat after Xia Li said a few words.

"..."

Even Lucia secretly lifted her small leather shoes under the table and stepped on Xia Li's instep.

That aggrieved look seemed to tell Xia Li not to say anything

Xia Li held back his laughter.

Why reward me?

"Mom, there's one more thing."

Xia Li turned around and said to Fang Xia again.

Fang Xia was upset with the boy at the moment, and only cared about taking care of Lucia without raising her head.

Xia Li didn't mind and continued.

"Do you know any foreign friends?"

"Foreign?" Fang Xia looked up at him.

"What for?"

"Nothing, I just want to find out how Ms. Fang's interpersonal relationships have developed." Xia Li replied.

Fang Xia is honest and friendly, and basically everyone who has dealt with her can become friends with her.

It is precisely because of this character that Fang Xia's business is always smooth sailing, whether it is a supermarket or a chess and card room.

"If it's Qingcheng City or Miyang City, there are quite a lot of friends... Could it be that you expect a middle-aged woman who runs a mahjong parlor to be international?" Fang Xia looked at Xia Li and asked back.

Xia Li thought about it and it was true.

No matter how wide Ms. Fang's interpersonal relationships are, they can't cover foreign countries.

It seems that if she wants to find a small country willing to issue an ID card to Lucia, she has to change her mind.

"Here."

Just as the mother and son were chatting enthusiastically, Xia Yuanjun suddenly stood up and walked over.

Pretending to go out, he accidentally took out a red envelope from his pocket.

Lucia didn't react, and when she looked down, she saw that there was something in her hand.

It was heavy.

Old Xia was not good at expressing himself, and he didn't say a word. He threw the red envelope and went out.

Xia Li looked out from the glass window and saw that the old man started smoking fiercely again.

His old face was quite red.

Lucia silently opened the red envelope, and when she saw the thick... big red banknotes inside, her eyes widened.

It's... small money!

"Xia Li, Xia Li." Pulling Xia Li's sleeve, Lucia couldn't wait to show Xia Li the red envelope.

"Hmm?"

"Yes, yes, yes, the great human beings are offering me..." Lucia said in a very low voice.

In fact, after seeing the ruddy old face of Old Xia, Xia Li knew what was going on.

When meeting the parents for the first time, giving a red envelope to the son's girlfriend is a sign of recognition of the other party, and it is also one of the traditions of Shu Province.

"You accept it." Xia Li said.

"I, I, I have already accepted it..." Stuttering Dragon said tremblingly.

Although I don't know what happened, everything happened.

She didn't mean to ask for the small money of the great human beings!

"This time they put money in the red envelope for you, and next time they may put gold in it." Xia Li said half-jokingly.

"Yellow, yellow, yellow, gold..." Stuttering Dragon was stunned.

"Well, do you want three golds or five golds?"

The evil dragon didn't know anything, so Xia Li fooled her and she was fooled.

In traditional customs, 'three golds and five golds' refers to the number of gold and silver jewelry that the man should give to the girl when she gets married.

Accepting three golds and five golds is equivalent to engagement.

"Gold..."

Lucia was stunned. Since the last time Xia Li took her to the gold shop to see gold, she hasn't touched that kind of glittering thing.

Oh, she still has a small gold coin brought back from the Aize continent around her neck.

But she has seen this kind of gold coins a lot when she was a dragon, so she doesn't think it's new.

On the contrary, Lucia likes those gold jewelry lying in the window of the gold shop, emitting a dazzling golden light.

"This, this is not good..."

Lucia remembered that this kind of thing is quite expensive.

"Three catties, how much does it cost..."

The evil dragon tried to count with his fingers, but found that the number was too large to count.

"I still want half a catty, or three taels will be fine, the same weight as the noodles I had this morning..."

Xia Li made a "puff" sound and almost spit out the tea in his mouth.