You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Tianyun, why don't you call for help?" The girl in red cast a dissatisfied glance at the girl in green.

"People." Shen Tianyun said.

Shen Jie hooked her calves backwards and kicked.

"Uh... hello Aunt Yu." Shen Tianyun called hesitantly.

Three black lines appeared on Yu Luying's forehead: "No, you're making me sound old."

"Our child has been quiet since he was young. Come, shake hands." Shen Jie ordered.

"Sister Tianyun, please take care of me." Yu Luying stood up again and stretched out her right hand to Shen Tianyun stiffly.

"No, that messes up the generations," Shen Tianyun smiled and held Yu Luying's hand. Xiao Yao's hand suddenly felt warm. "Are you right, Brother Xiao Yao?"

"I'll hit you." Xiao Yao waved his fist.

Yu Luying smiled and said, "Tianyun, he has beaten you before?"

"I have fought before!" Shen Tianyun showed a vengeful expression.

"Is this true?" Yu Luying glanced at Xiao Yao and couldn't stop smiling.

"Really?" Xiao Yao said with a deliberately stern face, "Beating her is very stress-relieving. The child likes it very much."

Shen Tianyun walked up to Xiao Yao, raised her bare feet and kicked him, but the latter dodged swiftly.

"Oh, you have a tendency towards domestic violence." Yu Luying pointed at Xiao Yao and said.

Yu Luying originally said that she would cook at noon, but Xiao Yao felt that it was not like a human being to let a "guest" cook for his family of three, so he insisted on cooking himself.

"Can you?" Yu Luying blinked her big eyes.

Xiao Yao glanced at the black headband on her head and said, "I have been doing research in my spare time recently."

In fact, he only found time to study one dish, which was the shredded pork with green peppers that Shen Jie loved.

The boy opened the refrigerator and took out a few green peppers, the kind with thin skin. He cut off the heads and tails, removed the tendons inside, and cut them into strips.

Then he started cutting the pork.

"That's not how you hold a kitchen knife," Yu Luying stood by and watched for a while before saying, "You can't use enough strength like this. You need to use three fingers, like this..."

"so?"

"no……"

"What kind of thing is it?"

Yu Luying walked to Xiao Yao, stretched out her slender right hand, held the back of Xiao Yao's hand, pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, and then adjusted the position of his fingers one by one.

"When cutting, you need to hold it with your left hand, otherwise the meat will move."

“I’m afraid of cutting my hand.”

"No, you can do this, put your fingers over and use your knuckles to press against the blade..."

Yu Luying's hands are like those of a young girl who often does housework. They are a little rough to the touch, and there are calluses on the fingertips of her left hand, but overall, they are still very beautiful, with long fingers and neat and clean nails. Xiao Yao feels that hands like hers should be used to play the harp instead of being soaked in soapy water to wash dishes and clothes day after day.

In comparison, Shen Jie's hands are more delicate, her fingers are long and slender, her nails are neatly trimmed and sparkling. Her palms are smooth and tender, without any dead skin or calluses, like delicate works of art, with smooth lines and every detail is perfect.

Xiao Yao suddenly felt distressed and sympathetic towards Yu Luying: "Let me do it."

"Don't try to be so arrogant—"

Before they could utter the word "strong", they heard footsteps coming from the bedroom.

Yu Luying let go of Xiao Yao's hand as if she had been electrocuted, and retreated to another blind spot between the soap slices in an attempt to cover up her mistake.

"Teach him how to cook? That's a good thing." Shen Jie walked over with her hands behind her back, smiling: "Stop him from starving to death in the future."

There were three big kids standing in the small soap room, which suddenly became crowded, but Shen Jie had no intention of going back.

While the three of them were chatting, Yu Luying was guiding Xiao Yao to complete the dish of stir-fried pork with green peppers. Shen Jie was also standing aside with great interest, seemingly "learning from her".

After putting the stir-fried pork with green peppers on the plate, Yu Luying instructed Xiao Yao to bring the dishes in. She then put on an apron herself and made scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried bean sprouts and braised eggplant, and finally a bowl of egg soup.

"Why is it all green?" Xiao Yao said.

"It's easy to make," Shen Jie answered quickly, "Besides, there are only these things in the refrigerator?"

Yu Luying glanced at the two of them and asked, "So it wasn't Xiao Yao who bought the food?"

"His uncle and I bought them at the market," Shen Jie rolled her eyes at Xiao Yao, "You don't do anything at home."

"?" Xiao Yao protested: "Don't talk nonsense...your underwear...who washes your clothes?"

After saying this, he felt that it was inappropriate to say this in front of Yu Luying, but Yu Luying didn't seem to care - because she answered a phone call.

"Hello, Mom?"

……

"I didn't attend the memorial service for my old lady."

……

"Well, Zhonglang came back to cut and eat at noon."

……

"Well, come to Yiwolixiang (at his house)." Yu Luying held the phone between her neck and started putting the braised eggplant on the plate.

……

"No, just the two of us." Yu Luying pursed her lips to signal Xiao Yao and Shen Jie to bring the dishes to the room.

……

"Okay, don't worry about it, I understand." Yu Luying said, "I'm not going to tell you anymore."

After Yu Luying hung up the phone, the four half-grown children sat around the dining table in the bedroom.

They wanted to drag the table out, but they felt too lazy and had to squeeze in.

Xiao Yao was sitting in the middle right, with Yu Luying on his right, Shen Jie on his left, and Shen Tianyun on Shen Jie's left.

"Silly girl," Shen Jie suddenly had an idea: "Do you always pray before eating?"

"Yes." Yu Luying asked in confusion.

"How about you lead us in praying before the meal today?" Shen Jie invited warmly.

"Ah?" Yu Luying was a little surprised: "Yes, it is possible."

Xiao Yao and Shen Tianyun were also a little surprised, but no one objected.

The four of them stood up and turned to face the statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the top of the cabinet.

That was the birthday gift Yu Bo gave to Xiao Yao on his birthday. He saved everyone once during his first appearance in "Shadow Time".

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," Yu Luying asked everyone to make the sign of the cross with her: "Amen."

Then, the four of them held hands, just like in a foreign movie.

Xiao Yao held Shen Jie's left hand and Yu Luying's right hand, and couldn't help feeling a little sad.

He suddenly felt that this was like the warm atmosphere of a "family of four".

"Lord, please bless us and the food you have given us," the three followed Yu Luying and recited slowly, "We also thank you for everything you have given us. May glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, today, and forever, Amen."

"Amen." Xiao Yao suddenly felt a little emotional, thinking that if Yu Luying's God really existed, he wondered if he would bless this "home full of glory and joy"?

At the dinner table, during a break in the conversation, Xiao Yao raised this question: "Yu Luying, what does the Bible say about monogamy and polygamy?"

Xiao Yao just wanted to have an academic discussion, but Shen Jie and Shen Tianyun gave him a wary glance.

However, Yu Luying was not very enthusiastic about studying religious knowledge. She just happened to have heard her uncle talk about this question, so she recalled and said, "Actually, the Bible doesn't say this."

"Oh?" Shen Jie said.

"Well, how should I put it? In the Old Testament era, polygamy was actually practiced," Yu Luying continued after swallowing the rice in her mouth, "To be precise, it was monogamy with multiple concubines."

"Isn't that similar to our ancient China?" Xiao Yao interrupted.

"I don't know, maybe." Yu Luying said.

“What about the New Testament?”

"The New Testament doesn't actually say this, and there is a passage that requires that one of the conditions for becoming an 'overseer,' or 'bishop,' is to 'be the husband of only one person.'"

"Oh? Isn't it true that bishops are not allowed to get married?" Xiao Yao picked up a piece of eggplant.

"It should have been possible in the early church, right?" Yu Luying answered cautiously, "So, some people infer from this verse that the early church... did not have any mandatory requirements for believers in this regard."

"I heard from others that it was actually influenced by Roman customs." Shen Jie suddenly remembered something.

"I don't know," Yu Luying shook her head and said, "I heard from my uncle that the schismatic Martin Luther or Calvin actually proposed restoring polygamy, but I don't know why this reform was not implemented later."

"The topics you talk about are so profound." Shen Tianyun said.

"Oh." Xiao Yao said.

"But there's no point in discussing this issue, right?" Yu Luying said, "Because the church established the general principle of monogamy very early on, and in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were created, a man and a woman, and there were no other people..."

"I heard there is another one named Lilith." Xiao Yao said.

“Never heard of it…” Yu Luying shook her head.

The conversation among the four gradually turned to other things. After dinner, Xiao Yao volunteered to wash the dishes. Yu Luying also came out to help, but was firmly sent back by Xiao Yao.

Shen Jie and Shen Tianyun were both sleepy and ready to take a nap, while Yu Luying had already taken out the math test paper from her bag.

To be honest, Shen Jie felt a little uncomfortable leaving Xiao Yao and Yu Luying alone, but she only hesitated for a moment before pulling her daughter to sleep in 2034.

Xiao Yao stood in the middle of the room, watching Yu Luying skillfully wipe the dining table with a rag.

The boy realized that he and Yu Luying were alone now.

Chapter 169: People Who Can't Live to

Chapter 169 People Who Can't Live to 30

2023-04-23

Chapter 169 People Who Can't Live to 30

Xiao Yao also wanted to take a nap, but Yu Luying obviously didn't want to indulge him.

Sitting at the dining table, he was supervised by Yu Luying and completed the paper from yesterday.

"Don't waste time on the last three questions. Your reasonable goal before school starts is to pass." Yu Luying took out another math test paper specially provided by Song Haijian.

"Reporting to the government, can I apply for a 10-minute break between classes?" Xiao Yao raised his right hand.

"No, you can, 24601 (she pronounced it in English as two four six O one)." Yu Luying had already spread out the test paper for him, spread it on the table, and tapped the questions on the paper with a pen: "Strike while the iron is hot."

Yu Luying is usually gentle and easy to talk to, but once she enters the teaching mode, she becomes another Song Haijian, Xiao Yao secretly sighed in his heart.

How should I put it? It was not the first time that I had been alone in a room with Yu Luying, but the previous times were all in a small room in the church, which was strictly speaking a public place.

The first time I was alone with Yu Luying at home was in mid-June. They were sitting on the sofa together reading Poetry Magazine and listening to The Age of Innocence, and were interrupted by Shen Jie who came in carrying a large black garbage bag.

Then came today - and, it was said, the two of us are now nominally boyfriend and girlfriend.

Whether it was Shen Jie or Yu Luying, it seemed that no one came to ask for his consent.

Frankly speaking, it still seems very strange no matter how I think about it.

This time, this time it is called: "Shen Jie randomly matches couples, Xiao Yao angrily opens the Crystal Palace"... ?

Come to think of it, when I was discussing the topic of polygamy with Yu Luying and everyone else at the dinner table just now, I was somewhat deliberately trying to provoke Shen Jie, hoping that she would give up when she saw the difficulty.

In the end, she seemed to have no reaction - did she really want to marry me?

……

Fortunately, however, there was no ambiguous atmosphere this afternoon as Xiao Yao had imagined.

Firstly, Yu Luying was very serious and earnest in tutoring, and secondly, Xiao Yao was in a low mood as he was about to part with Shen Jie - not to mention, she was in the closet and might come out at any time.

Xiao Yao focused his attention on his studies.

My goal is not just to avoid repeating a grade, I want to be admitted to a drama school!

With the experience and additional knowledge gained from the first test, Xiao Yao was no longer completely clueless when he took the second test. He used the routines he had already mastered to complete some questions, and his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment, just like leveling up in an online game.