Chapter 273 - Mom, Let’s Open A Winery (A Small Theatre Play Included) (1/2)

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

What did he say?

Wifey, it’s time to hold our wedding?

Lu Shaoming looked at the girl’s confused expression. He raised his hand and rubbed her hair. “Why? Don’t you want to walk down the aisle with me and wear your wedding dress?”

Ning Qing’s dainty eyes rippled with joy as she embraced the glazed book he’d just given her. She kept nodding like a woodp.e.c.k.e.r — yes, yes, yes!

Lu Shaoming laughed and pretended to think. “Hmm, let’s not have a wedding. Didn’t someone just say she doesn’t like me?”

“No, I like, Lu Shaoming! I like you.” Ning Qing tried to explain. Her autumn pupils were bright as she went near him and kissed him again.

Lu Shaoming blocked it with his hand and pinched her dainty little nose. He went near her lips and softly said, “It won’t be as satisfactory kissing now. Let’s wait until the evening. Kiss me well and make me happy. Then, I’ll buy you whatever wedding dress you’d like, whatever jewelry, whatever Chinese or Western wedding you want; I will satisfy you.”

Ning Qing was so happy, and she wasn’t ashamed. “Ok!” She nodded her head.

…

They entered the Ning family Villa together. Ning Qing ran upstairs. She pushed the door to her room open and hid the glazed book beneath her pillow.

She cherished that book so much.

Downstairs, Lu Shaoming was talking to her father, Ning Zhengguo. They were sitting on the living room sofa. Lu Shaoming filled his pipe with tobacco, sparked a lighter, and lit his father’s bowl.

“Dad, remember that a pipe is different from a cigarette. A pipe is smoked. Take a breath first, and then slowly breathe in the aroma of the tobacco. Right, that’s it.”

Ning Zhengguo leaned comfortably into the sofa, and he took a mouthful of smoke according to his son-in-law’s instructions, enjoying it so much his eyes narrowed.

The awe and fear he usually had for Lu Shaoming had disappeared. Ning Zhenguo directly changed “Young Master Lu” to “Shaoming” when addressing him. “Shaoming, this is really a good thing. No wonder the pipe has always been the favorite of gentlemen and n.o.bles. Looking at this pipe, I would say it has been some years. An antique?”

Lu Shaoming’s face was calm as he said. “Yes, I bought it from an auction when I was in Europe. It is from the Qing Dynasty. I thought that Dad might like it, so I got it.”

Ning Zhenguo heard that it was “from the Qing Dynasty” and thoroughly looked at the pipe three times over. His expression indicated — Oh my, it’s indeed a treasure!

“Oh my, Shaoming, Dad understands your filial piety, but don’t buy anything else in the future… How expensive it is. If Qingqing gives birth to a football team for you in the future, that will be enough of a gift to make up for it.”

Now Ning Qing saw the smile on her husband’s face blossom completely, and the son-in-law and father-in-law pair laughed but did not speak.

Ning Qing’s little face turned red. A rich son-in-law had bought his father-in-law an expensive and luxurious gift, the gift blinds the eye. So the father-in-law had pushed his beloved daughter forward to flatter his son-in-law. The two men were laughing so tacitly.

A revolutionary friends.h.i.+p was thus born.

Just then, Yue Wanqing came out of the kitchen. She saw her son-in-law getting along so harmoniously with his father-in-law. She laughed and asked, “What are you talking about so happily? Come and wash your hands; get ready for dinner.”

“Ok.” Lu Shaoming got up and looked at Ning Qing. He walked over and held her soft hand.

Their eyes met and an indescribable affection and sweetness pa.s.sed between them.

Ning Zhenguo, who was behind them, still dared not put his pipe away. He held it in his hands like a baby, and then pull out his cell phone to make a call, “Hey, Lao Liu, come over for a game of mahjong tomorrow, I’ve got something interesting to show you! Yes, my son-in-law bought it. Of course, it’s Young Master Lu; isn’t that a given? Since when do I have a second son-in-law?”

With her father’s bragging behind them, Ning Qing blushed. She carefully peered at the man beside her, and his refres.h.i.+ng scent swept over her as he whispered in her ear, “You do not have to give birth to a football team for me, just give birth to two kids, two sons, two daughters, or one son and one daughter. I’ll like them all.”

Ning Qing felt so sweet that she felt as if her body was like a pile of marshmallows. “Ok.” While n.o.body was around, she nodded her head vigorously. She would promise him. She would promise him anything.

As long as he liked it.

Then Yue Wanqing came out again. “Shaoming, go and grab the red wine in the storage room. It’s the one Qingqing had brought back last time. You weren’t home then, so we didn’t drink it. You’re back today, and everyone’s happy, so let’s have a good time and drink some red wine.”

“Alright.” Lu Shaoming went to get the red wine.

…

The family of four sat at the table. Ning Qing saw that there were red wine gla.s.ses in front of the three people, but she was unhappy because there was only a bowl of soup in front of her.

He kicked the man under the table and gave him a pitiful look — Hubby, I want to drink too.

Lu Shaoming could not bear seeing her being so coquettish. He held up his gla.s.s of red wine and wanted to give her a sip.

But how could they possibly hide their little actions from Yue Wanqing who was opposite them? “Qingqing, pregnant women must abstain from alcohol. You can’t drink it. You have to endure it for the sake of the Little Master Lu in your stomach. And you, Shaoming, I don’t want to nag at you, but I have seen this so many times! Every time Qingqing acts a little coquettish, you take her out to eat all that junk. She’s picky, but you would pamper and spoil her? How can you be such an easily swayed father? Is Little Master Lu or your wife more precious? Don’t spoil the wrong person, otherwise Little Master Lu would say that his father is easily swayed by words and only listens to his mother.”

Yue Wanqing was right about this. Since Ning Qing had discovered that she was pregnant three months ago, if she wanted to eat lobster or ice cream, as long as she pouted her mouth a little, Lu Shaoming’s heart would ache and he would make sure that she could have it.

She was also picky when it comes to food. What she wouldn’t eat was given to Lu Shaoming. She would only pick out what she liked to eat. Lu Shaoming would also follow after her to feed her.