Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 584 - 586: Seafood Feast

Liang Fenglan showed a touch of embarrassment on her face as she explained, "Those of us who grew up by the sea can all swim, and everyone plays sports from time to time, so we naturally get in shape."

Speaking of this, Liang Fenglan glanced in the direction of Shao Bing and continued, "Plus, the kids’ dad likes to exercise, so I often play sports with him."

Xia Xiao could see a trace of content happiness in Liang Fenglan’s expression. Her eyes shone and the corners of her mouth curved upward when she looked at her husband.

Xia Xiao had always liked beautiful things, so seeing how affectionate Shao Bing and his wife were made her very happy.

"I finally admit that I’m no good at sports," Xia Xiao sighed as she returned to the hotel with Gao Jiaxing.

Gao Jiaxing comforted her, "Nobody’s perfect. You don’t need to compare yourself to others. She has her strengths, and you have yours. In my eyes, you’re the best."

"You really know how to comfort someone," Xia Xiao said with a radiant smile to Gao Jiaxing.

"It’s the truth." No matter how great others were, they weren’t his wife. Not to mention, in his eyes, his Xiaoxiao was the best.

After three days of fun, Xia Xiao felt very relaxed and very happy. When they were heading back, Xia Xiao and Gao Jiaxing visited Shao Bing for a meal and then packed two portions of the most delicious dishes to take home.

At four in the afternoon, they drove back home. Gao Guoqiang and Zheng Xianghong were in the yard taking care of their great-grandsons and great-granddaughters—the children were not at home.

As soon as Zheng Xianghong saw Xia Xiao and Gao Jiaxing returning, she said, "You’re back just in time. Go to the market and buy some vegetables. We’ve run out at home, Aunt Zhang asked for leave because she had something to do, and your dad was just about to head to the market."

Xia Xiao smiled and said, "No need to buy vegetables, we’ve brought back a lot of seafood." Holding up the food containers in her hands, Xia Xiao and Gao Jiaxing were laden with packages.

Shitou had already rushed over to Xia Xiao, hugging her legs and calling out, "Grandma."

Beibei followed suit, hugging Xia Xiao’s other leg, and Xia Xiao couldn’t move.

Zheng Xianghong laughed and said, "Shitou really missed you. He’s been asking when you’ll come home every day and he even called you."

"Oh, I forgot to turn on my phone." Xia Xiao took out her phone from her bag, not knowing when it had turned off. Upon turning it on, indeed there were several missed calls, not to mention one from Shitou.

Xia Xiao handed all the packages in her hands to Gao Jiaxing, squatted down, and kissed both Shitou and Beibei on the face. Shitou immediately wiped it off with a look of disdain, and Beibei copied him.

Xia Xiao glared, "Then I’ll go kiss Xiao Shu."

As Xia Xiao let go of Shitou and Beibei to hug Xiao Shu, Shitou quickly planted a kiss on Xia Xiao’s face, and Beibei also held Xia Xiao’s face with her little hands and puckered her rosy lips, planting a loud kiss.

Xia Xiao chuckled, unsure whether having Shitou take care of Beibei was a good thing after all. Beibei was completely imitating Shitou now, copying the good and likely the bad as well.

However, Xia Xiao still took Shitou and Beibei over to Xiao Shu, picked him up, and exclaimed, "It’s only been a few days. How come Xiao Shu feels heavier?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Zheng Xianghong said, "Exactly, Xiao Shu’s appetite is great now. Shitou and Beibei are picky eaters, but he eats everything."

Zheng Xianghong felt that Xiao Shu was the easiest to care for, eating whatever was fed to him and then sleeping after he was full.

Shitou was the pickiest, eating more of the food he liked and refusing to eat the rest after just one taste. Now Beibei was following Shitou’s lead, eating whatever Shitou ate. If Shitou didn’t eat something, Beibei would toss it aside too, which gave Zheng Xianghong quite a headache.

Xia Xiao, upon hearing what Zheng Xianghong said, felt helpless and a bit guilty herself because she was also picky about food.

What she loved most about Gao Jiaxing was his lack of pickiness with food. He would eat whatever was available and a full stomach was all that mattered.

It could be said that due to the experience of the hungry years, many people were not picky. Even now, with living conditions having improved, they still cherished food highly.

But with current kids leading more comfortable lives, the variety of foods and flavors increased, tasty dishes in restaurants were plentiful, and supermarkets were brimming with choices. As home-cooked meals also became more varied and plentiful with improved living conditions, pickiness became more common.

However, at this moment, Xia Xiao faced Shitou and couldn’t exactly say, "You must eat even the things you don’t like; you can’t be picky."

After all, Shitou wasn’t really a kid and wasn’t as easily coaxed.

Telling him about the consequences of pickiness and lack of nutrition wouldn’t work; he, a former spirit from the space, understood the properties of the space even more than Xia Xiao did.

With the space’s water available, Shitou could ignore any nutritional concerns.

"Mom, where is Brother Gao?" Xia Xiao asked.

"He’s in the kitchen; your dad is there too, hovering around because he’s got a craving."

As soon as Zheng Xianghong finished speaking, Xia Xiao laughed. She hadn’t expected Gao Jiaxing to be so industrious, and even Gao Guoqiang was in the kitchen watching Gao Jiaxing cook.

It wasn’t long before Li Min and Feiyang, as well as Ye Jia and Feiyue, returned home. At the same time, Feiyi and Li Manzi also came back from their honeymoon.

"Grandma, Mom," Li Manzi called out to Zheng Xianghong and Xia Xiao, her face slightly flushed. She felt somewhat embarrassed because she and Feiyi had been out playing since they got married and were only now returning home. She wasn’t sure if her in-laws would be unhappy.

As the new bride, she felt a bit constrained with her husband’s family, since their understanding of each other wasn’t deep, hence she felt less at ease.

Because of her family background, Li Manzi felt somewhat inferior inside. Despite having good results and status in the music industry, she felt no sense of superiority when it came to the Gao family.

Not to mention the status of Gao Jiaxing and Xia Xiao, the identity of either Feiyang or Feiyue was not something people could overlook. Additionally, the backgrounds of her sisters-in-law, Li Min and Ye Jia, were very impressive, and their professions were also remarkable.

If it hadn’t been for her actress sister-in-law, Feiling, Li Manzi wouldn’t have had the confidence to marry Feiyi. Not to mention the societal prejudice against her career, even her divorced parents held such views as if her being a singer brought them shame.

"Good timing, you’re back; your parents also returned from their vacation today and bought a lot of seafood. Put your luggage away, wash your hands, and come out to eat," Zheng Xianghong greeted them.

Xia Xiao smiled and nodded, "It’s all prepared food; your dad and grandpa are warming up the dishes in the kitchen."

"That’s perfect; having something to eat as soon as we get back, how fortunate," Feiyi said happily.

Xia Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Hmm, I’ll make some soup."

With that, Xia Xiao walked toward the kitchen, planning to make a vegetable soup and prepare a fruit salad, as she felt this combination would be the best.

Gao Guoqiang looked eagerly at the delicious seafood and patted Gao Jiaxing’s shoulder saying, "Go get some wine from the cabinet; we father and son should have a drink together."

"Okay," Gao Jiaxing nodded, turned around, and went to fetch the wine, because what’s a seafood meal without wine?