Chapter 172: A Leisurely Night
Zhou Lanfang and her niece weren’t home for dinner, so Shen Jianhua cooked, and to demonstrate his fatherly love, he even boiled two eggs for Shen Mianmian to eat.
Shen Mianmian didn’t stand on ceremony and ate her fill before sleeping soundly through the night.
The next day when Shen Jianhua got up, Shen Mianmian had already prepared breakfast. He was somewhat surprised, "Mianmian, you’re not going to school today, why didn’t you sleep in a bit more?"
He had planned on making breakfast, but his daughter had gotten up even earlier than him, which made him feel somewhat embarrassed as a father.
Not working and staying at home, he would be ridiculed by others if word got out that his teenage daughter was waiting on him hand and foot.
"I’m used to waking up early, and I couldn’t fall back asleep," she said.
Shen Mianmian carried the bowls and chopsticks to the main room, and served both Shen Jianhua and herself a bowl of rice porridge. Though it was called rice porridge, there were hardly any grains of rice in it; it was almost like clear soup.
Thankfully, there were a few pieces of sweet potato in it, which made the porridge look a little less meager.
In rural areas, breakfast was very casual, usually just sweet potato porridge or a bit of millet porridge. For families that were better off, and for men who did physical labor, they would sometimes make pancakes to eat.
Shen Jianhua washed his face and sat down at the dining table to eat. "Your mom will be back tonight. For lunch, tell me what you want to eat and I’ll cook it for you. If you want to read, you can read, otherwise, you can go watch TV at Aunt Zhang’s house with Xiaocui."
Having seen Shen Mianmian and Xiaocui getting along well at Zhang Changfa’s house the last time, Shen Jianhua was quite pleased.