My wife is a dragon.

Chapter 188: Brave Man, Come Here (4.2K)

There wasn't much food for lunch.

There were four dishes and one soup in large and small bowls, which was a rare occasion for Xia Li's family.

"I'll cook the rest of the dishes this afternoon. There's chicken soup in the pot...Xiaolu, would you like a bowl of soup? It's delicious."

Fang Xia’s only task today is to prepare a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner to make a perfect ending to the last day of this year.

Wearing a white apron printed with a chicken essence advertisement, Fang Xia's slightly tired face showed a gentle smile, and her eyes fell on Lucia beside her.

For the first time, four people sat on the small dining table.

Lucia's feet were dangling, and her toes were dangling from under the dining table.

When it comes to food, she is very blunt.

Lucia is never at a loss for words and will happily accept anything.

"Okay, I'll drink it!"

After saying that, she took Xia Li's bowl away: "Xia Li, drink too!"

Xia Li, who was concentrating on eating pig's head, suddenly found that the bowl in his hand was empty.

No, I was halfway through shoveling the rice when the bowl disappeared.

With chopsticks hanging in the air, Xia Li watched the evil dragon take his bowl to the kitchen, and then return with the bowl full of chicken soup.

This dragon is not afraid of heat. Even if it is boiling soup, she can just symbolically raise her two fingers to serve it.

The evil dragon did not stop his actions and casually brought another bowl to Xia Yuanjun.

Xia Yuanjun buried his head in his food, nodded awkwardly, and said in a voice that even Xia Li thought was very soft: "Thank you."

"Uncle, you're welcome!" Lucia smiled sweetly.

Old Xia was very shy and kept his head down while eating.

"Your uncle is just like that. He's not good at expressing himself. He actually likes you very much."

Seeing this, Fang Xia was afraid that Lucia might get hurt, so she hurried out to smooth things over.

Lucia pursed her lips and smiled.

She could still understand these human emotions.

"I'm going to wash the dishes."

Xia Li ate lunch hastily and looked worried.

Fang Xia, who was picking up food for Lucia, walked towards the kitchen with footsteps, looked up and then set her eyes on Xia Yuanjun standing beside her.

These two guys must be in trouble.

Not to mention that Xia Yuanjun is a person who can't hide his thoughts, Xia Li is the same.

Fang Xia knew her son very well, so she naturally understood it at a glance.

"What did you just say on the balcony?"

"nothing."

Xia Yuanjun cleared the table, put the bones and fish bones in front of him into the bowl, and turned to go to the kitchen.

Fang Xia was eating and looked over there.

In Sichuan Province, it is more common for men to cook. During festivals, if you go back to the countryside, you can see a group of men wearing ill-fitting aprons working in front of the stove, while the women sit around the stove and chat about family matters - this is also one of the characteristics of the southwest.

But this is not the case in Fang Xia's family.

Xia Yuanjun started working very early. In the past, he had a lot of work to do at work and had little energy to spend on his own life, so Fang Xia was responsible for cooking, and Xia Yuanjun was also very diligent in washing the dishes. Over the years, there have been almost no family conflicts.

"Dad, I'll be fine, you go and take a rest."

Xia Li took the dirty bowl and motioned for Old Xia to go and have a rest.

The kitchen was very grand today, with almost all the kitchen utensils being used, and the sink was filled with pots, pans, and bowls.

Xia Yuanjun didn't rush to leave. He just closed the kitchen door and walked to the sink to lend a hand.

"You just said that you would solve Xiaolu's ID card problem..." Xia Yuanjun deliberately slowed down his voice.

He wanted to ask if Lucia was an illegal immigrant, whether she had come here illegally, and how she got here?
But the answers to the first two questions were given at the beginning, so there is no need to ask them again.

As for the last question, it is Lucia's privacy.

As someone within the system, it was inappropriate for him to inquire like this.

There was a sound of water flowing from the faucet, and by the balcony window, the water heater was running with a raging fire burning inside.

The weather today is cloudless. As a basin prone to fog and rain, it is rare to have such a sunny day.

"Let me take care of it..." Xia Li took the wire mesh and brushed the back of the pot. The burnt bottom of the pot was cleaned by him and it looked brand new.

"Don't worry, it's not illegal," he added.

This is exactly the kind of problem that Old Xia is worried about now.

If they didn't solve Lucia's identity problem, maybe they could live in peace for a few decades. Except for not being able to get a marriage certificate, the daughter-in-law is still the daughter-in-law, which does not prevent Lucia from becoming a member of the family.

But if Xia Li insists on solving the identity problem, then there will be big trouble.

"It's not like the paper household registration we had back then, where you could just find someone you know and say hello to get it done. Now everything is computerized, and it's basically impossible to create a new file registration information...

Besides, Xiaolu's appearance is foreign, so we will definitely investigate her further..."

Xia Yuanjun's tone was heavy, and it was obvious that he cared a lot about this matter, he was almost stamping his feet in anxiety.

It would have been fine if he didn't know about it before, but today Xia Li told him everything, which made Old Xia very worried.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of any way Xia Li could find a perfect solution.

"Dad," Xia Li paused and said, "Just because you prefer foreign looks, you can consider taking another path, such as joining..."

"Join what?"

Behind the door, Fang Xia pushed open the kitchen door without anyone noticing, and a pair of eagle-like eyes looked in.

Xia Li paused and almost bit his tongue.

Lucia was also standing at the kitchen door, eating the big chicken leg in her bowl as if it had nothing to do with her.

"…My dad advised me to take the civil service exam."

Xia Li changed the subject and spoke to Old Xia who was standing still beside her while washing the dishes with a rag.

"Right, Dad?"

Old Xia stiffened his neck and said nothing.

Fang Xia was unhappy now: "Didn't we already agree not to interfere with Xia Li's life plan and let him go his own way... Why are you starting it again!"

“The job is stable.”

Xia Yuanjun said this with the corner of his mouth pulled tightly.

Fang Xia spat: "Stable, what's so stable about it? Can you have a stable job for life?
Who can predict what will happen in the future? You can see that the jobs forty years ago have changed dramatically compared to today. Times are changing, and what we should do is not to think about finding a stable job for life, but to adapt to the changes of the times! "

Fang Xia muttered to Xia Yuanjun.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xia Li quickly wiped his hands and ran away.

I'm sorry, Dad!

"Give me a bite of the chicken leg."

Slipping out of the kitchen, Xia Li came to the evil dragon who was gnawing on a chicken leg and watching the show, and lowered his head to snatch the food from the dragon's mouth.

Lucia subconsciously turned her body to the side.

Today's chicken legs were stewed very deliciously, and she wanted to protect them.

But he really wanted Xia Li to have a taste, so he handed the chicken leg to him.

Xia Li took a big bite, finishing half of the chicken leg in one bite.

Lucia's face changed and she stared blankly at the chicken bone in her hand.

"Hmm, it's delicious. It tastes even better when wrapped in ambergris." Xia Li smacked his lips.

"..."

Lucia finished up the remaining small bowl of chicken. Fang Xia said there would be no leftovers from lunch because she would cook another meal in the evening anyway, as the New Year’s Eve dinner would be the highlight in the evening.

When the evil dragon heard about the "killing spree", she felt no restraint in her own home and ate everyone upside down.

After having enough water and food, the afternoon was quite pleasant.

The old couple were watching TV in the living room, while Xia Li and Lucia were busy with their own things in the bedroom.

In order to prove his "innocence", Xia Li deliberately did not close the door. He deliberately left a small gap in the bedroom door to prove that he was just taking a nap with Lucia.

However, it seems that it doesn’t matter if there is no proof.

Mr. Xia and Ms. Fang had already tacitly acknowledged their relationship.

After all, we slept in the same room for two or three months.

Although there was a bed in the small dark room, it didn't even have bedding or pillows on it. It was obviously a trick.

Who hasn’t been young? How can they not see this little trick?

Xia Li did not explain this.

That's it...

Anyway, I really did nothing except doing nothing.

"You are very happy today." "Yes."

Xia Li lay on the bed with his arms as a pillow and his eyes closed to rest. He didn't need to read or type today. It was a rare half-day off for himself.

The sound of artillery fire downstairs finally stopped for a while. I guess there will be another round of bombing after lunch. According to past experience, it will last until midnight.

"Why? Because of the New Year?"

Lucia asked casually.

She was lying next to Xia Li holding her cell phone, which was charging. Because the charging cable was not long enough, she was leaning to the right.

This posture is consistent with that of most netizens and is becoming more and more human.

"Because I like you more and more." Xia Li replied.

Lucia stopped flipping through the short video.

He secretly glanced at Xia Li, and the sunlight filtering in from outside the curtains made Long's face red.

Lucia took out the charging cable, turned over, and continued to watch videos.

What Lucia didn't know was that Xia Li felt quite relaxed after confessing everything.

At least I won’t be nervous when I meet my parents in the future, and I won’t have to think about telling lie after lie.

"Hey, let me see your red envelope."

Xia Li suddenly thought of this matter, turned over and looked at the long beside him.

The dragon looked up at him.

"Don't worry, I won't keep the money for you." Xia Li promised.

He knew very well that this behavior was like throwing a meat bun at a dog, which would not come back.

I have never seen any parent take out money after giving it to their child for safekeeping.

"for you……"

Lucia rummaged in her coat pocket and pulled out a thick wad of small bills.

Xia Li opened the red envelope and helped her count it.

"There are two thousand four." Xia Li's eyes lit up.

"Two thousand and four, is that a special number?" Lucia looked over with some curiosity.

"If we pack 1,200 yuan here, it means "monthly bonus", which means I wish you good luck in the next twelve months of the year.

Two thousand and four... that should be the twenty-four solar terms, anyway it is also a blessing."

"Oh..." Lucia nodded.

Twelve thousand is much more than two thousand four hundred. The brave man's mother must like her very much, so she gave her so many blessings.

This is a lot of money. Lucia felt so happy just thinking about being able to spend so much money.

This undoubtedly adds another brick and tile to her plan of building a new nest!
"and many more."

Xia Li took out all the money from the red envelope and spread it on the bed.

The room was filled with the aroma of money. Xia Li sat cross-legged, held up the red banknotes and looked at them under the incandescent light.

"What year is this year?" Xia Liming asked knowingly.

"It's almost 2024... No, according to the national calendar, it's already 2024, but the lunar calendar will not officially enter 2024 until tomorrow." Lucia said.

This is not a problem for her.

She heard these things from Zhou Anqi yesterday, and combined with the relevant information she searched online, it was easy to understand.

In the past in the continent of Aize, humans calculated the years in a very chaotic way. Sometimes they calculated based on the founding year of a kingdom, and sometimes the empire over there collapsed, and they would calculate again... In comparison, the two sets of calendar calculation methods in Xia Li's hometown are already very simple.

"Yes, this year is 2024," Xia Li said in a low voice, "but look, how many years is this money?"

Lucia took a red coin and looked at the number at the bottom.

"2019 years..."

"Correct!"

Xia Li nodded and said.

“This money is from 2019. It’s expired!”

“Overdue?!!”

Lucia had never thought that money could expire.

This time he stopped watching short videos and just sat up from the bed.

Look through the pile of small bills.

Just as Xia Li said, the dates on the money were from 2019 to 2023, and they were obviously out of date.

"My mom is really something. She actually lets the money expire without using it... What a pity." Xia Li said with regret.

"Well, what should we do? We can cover the date and spend the money. The vendors don't really check, so we can definitely get away with it..."

Evil dragons have their own ways.

Just thinking about the money expiring made her feel heartbroken. She couldn't just throw it away for no reason, she had to find a way to get it back.

"There's no other way. I'll keep it for you."

Xia Li took a deep breath, his tone still full of regret: "As compensation, I'll give you my red envelope in exchange."

Xia Li took out the small red envelope from his pocket and handed it out.

He hasn't opened it yet, but the thickness of the box is either five hundred or one thousand, so it's a huge profit anyway.

"……Really?"

Lucia's eyes were shining as she looked at Xia Li cautiously.

The hero is so kind.

He was actually willing to exchange with me...

She will keep this money well.

"I like Xia Li the most."

Holding Xia Li's red envelope in her hand, Lucia accepted it with gratitude.

Xia Li suppressed his laughter.

Suddenly I felt a little guilty.

I'll send her a red envelope using my mobile phone later...

Xia Li also planned to give his girlfriend a red envelope during the Chinese New Year, and would add a few hundred more into it then.

Lucia lay down again, opened Xia Li's small red envelope, and couldn't wait to take a look at it.

When I saw this, I was stunned.

The brave man's money is also expired.

not right...

Lucia held her phone and started searching on Baidu.

Five minutes later, she slowly sat up from the bed.

"Hmm? You want to go to the bathroom?"

Xia Li was about to stand up and give up his seat.

Lucia was silent for a moment, then she stretched out her little hand towards Xia Li.

"Brave man, give me your hand."

"Huh? Oh."

Xia Li felt strange.

Why did Lucia suddenly call herself a 'hero'?

Except for the first few days after she came to Earth, Lucia had never called him that again. Today, she suddenly changed and her tone became colder.

Xia Li felt that the evil dragon might have discovered something, but he still reached out his hand.

Her palm was held by a warm little hand, and Lucia lowered her head.

“Ahhhhhh——!!!”

A scream like a pig being slaughtered was heard in the room.

Xia Li covered his arm and rolled under the bed.

"What's the matter with you?"

Fang Xia rushed over when she heard the noise. The two young people were having a lot of fun in the room.

Xia Li rolled on the floor and forced out the words "Mom, I'm fine".

He didn't die, he was just bitten by a dragon.

Domestic violence.

This is definitely domestic violence!
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(End of this chapter)