Chapter 57
Idyllic
Kai found out that Sam was still in puzzledom with him because of what happened in the forest, so he went to help Sam's mother cook and try to find a way to solve the problem.
- People admire and envy cute younger sister, but unfortunately I have a sister but not... Ah... I don't have a younger brother yet…
Thanh Hang smiled at the way Kai opened the story, omitting words let emphasize the brotherly love, and watched Sam cook at the same time, but younger brother always had his back to him.
Thanh Hang nodded in understanding, and his mother complained of tired knees and back pain and made excuses to go back to her room.
- Tsk, I'm old and weak, you help me cook!
She and Huge came out of the kitchen. Kai asked Sam to get him a paring knife, and younger brother gave it to him, but still stared at the the food he cooks. Kai smiled softly and deliberately raised the blade into the sunlight coming in through the window, splashing the blinding light on Sam. Kai repeated this so many times that Sam felt brother was doing it on purpose. Younger brother looked over, and he couldn't blink at the artistic performance:
Faster than he was, the blade weaved horizontally, diagonally, and vertically, cutting and trimming the vegetables into all kinds of cute, calm, naughty shapes. Sam was sure that people of all ages would enjoy watching and eating this mainly decorative dish.
Kai arranged the food on a large plate, put the fish on the cutting board, slid the knife to cut the belly and remove the internal organs, and the fish scales were sliced into thin slices every centimeter.
He gently split the fish skin which the scales did not stick to the meat, slid the knife into the spine, and gently pulled it out, the entire skeleton was filtered out without missing any small pieces.
He cut a few times to cut each slice not too thin or too thick, perfectly forming a full moon shape, and then poured the fish into the stew pot to release the aroma of rich spices.
Sam forgot everything when he met the right opponent. The older brother chef knocked his knife against the scissors, making a clanking sound. Sam understood that his brother wanted to challenge him.
The younger brother chef put a pan on the stove, sprinkled a layer of grease on it, ignited a flickering flame, dropped grilled meat causing sizzles, and the smoke billowed and spread the aroma throughout the house.
Rose wrinkled her nose a few times and came to watch the two men working hard. She smiled and squinted at Sam swinging the pan and then catching the food that turned golden brown on the fire.
The smooth piece of meat dripping with fat gleamed in her admiring eyes, she was amazed at Sam throwing the meat high into the air, the whole thing flew in an arc to Sam's left hand. He glided the plate three times to hold it all, each piece of meat was neatly arranged.
Rose turned to admire Kai, her best friend's brother, who was making the traditional rolling of rice of the sun. He completed each part meticulously, took half an hour to finish. Rose still didn't understand why Kai put the ingredients in the wrong place. She was about to remind he, but he was careful with every inch, like a professional chef, so she guessed brother had his own reasons.
Rose cast her eyes on Sam, and the corners of the lips automatically smile. She saw that the guy who was usually super naughty had now turned into a truly serious young.
He paid absolute attention to cooking. Every slice, every corner mark, every time he made anything, there was no redundant movement, and it was accurate to every centimeter.
She suppressed her giggles and watched him decorate the side dishes around the main course, creating an image of reunion. Sam was satisfied with the perfect product, and he pursed his lips and whistled a song about family affection.
Knead the dough mixed with herbs and spices to make the cake, being gentle causing don't feel like are touching the ingredients.
Rose covered her mouth and chuckled because Sam lifted more important than egg, caught more important than flower, just like a younger brother treating his future sister-in-law. She almost clapped her hands to praise the dandelion's pure and lifelike shape.
Only her brother and soulmate know Hanna was crazy about the immortal flower. Not surprising when Sam knew this. Sister-in-law and brother-in-law both regarded each other as blood relatives, so Sam must certainly grasp this hobby.
The whole family and bestie were about to receive a meaningful gift, Rose unconsciously wanted to receive one.
She could see Sam doing everything, the girl had always handled properly and delicately, but now she was stand on tiptoe countless times.
She didn't realize that she exposed waited for him to bring her joy. He pushed the pie mold into the oven, rubbed his hands, and turned to watch his brother finish rolling the last piece of rice.
- I don't protect my sister as well as bro protects his sister-in-law. Now I have lost a big score, "sky area" is too bitter!
Sam burst out laughing at the joke. He talked to Kai nonstop, watching intently as his brother wiped the blade of his knife with a damp cloth, cut the rolling of rice into bite-sized pieces, and placed them on a plate. He spread some mayonnaise on top and displayed a little bit of sour and sweet pickled pink ginger next to it.
Sam stood cross-legged, sipping water, watching Kai cut the beef into squares and marinated it with spices, honey and herbs. Sam admired where his brother marinated the meat, that area where the meat would be shiny. He continued to sip, sip, watching the food gather full of eye-catching colors, and the warm aroma entered his sense of smell making his nose dance constantly, eagerly waiting to taste the taste that would definitely be worth the visual torture. The brother smiled at his younger brother who was swallowing his saliva:
- You scared me, bro!
Sam showing his teeth heh heh, watching Kai cook a delicious meat sauce with a strong aroma. The brother put all his love into the dishes for his sister, cherishing and being as gentle as Sam.
The younger brother eyes glued and staring, not noticing that someone was waiting for him to do something. Every second and every minute of waiting passed in a disappointment is not slight.
The unintentional person makes someone feel that herself is really obnoxious and regrettable for the unfulfilled wishes. Sad because she went to a place she shouldn't have been causing her feelings to be teased, even though the "person" didn't mean to make a mistake to her.
The girl's thoughts painted the ugliness on her flushed and hot peach cheeks. She was confused, bewildered, and difficult for her to understand herself. The insider was startled to notice that Sam feeling ticklish on the back of the neck, he looked at the door, she motionless to the point of stiffness. Two seconds later, she turned around hurriedly and left immediately.
Sam's face twisted, watching her lower her head, as if embarrassed, she clenched her hands to stop the impulsive every time trembled. Guy are always fools about emotions instantly clicked his tongue, unable to understand the girls, each one liked to play hide-and-seek in the maze and force men to find them.
The rude guy lethargically looked, he was speechless to the lion, exhaled and turned off the microwave, put the cake on a plate, arranged coriander and sweet fruits around it.
He finished decorating the food just as Kai finished making the fish stew, meat sauce and traditional rolling piece of rice. The brother and sister laughed and high-fived, taking turns to deliver the dinner to the banquet table. Kai carefully kept the rolling piece of rice to save until the party was about to end.
- Let's eat, let's eat, I'm starving!
Kai shook his head and smiled at his eager younger brother sitting on the chair. Elder brother entered the room happily and invited the whole family to dinner.
Kai waited for the elders to go first, then bent down carried his sister on his back. Hanna was still as natural as ever, Rose lingered shyly and didn't want to leave yet. Hanna asked in surprise:
- What's wrong, Rose?
Rose forced a smile, saying it was nothing, slightly adjusting her breathing rhythm, trying to dispel the confusion, teasing this person, teasing that person as went to the party table.
Sam was about to help his sister-in-law, but his mother hinted that Hanna would be embarrassed if he did so. Sam nodded and understood that sometimes it was best to let everything happen normally. He turned to Rose, the girl ignored him, as if Sam was not there, even though he was sitting in front of her.
He clicked his tongue, smacked his lips and didn't care about her anymore, but he felt that since he ignored her, the troublesome girl had been secretly sulking and sideways glance at him. Shoot, I'm not teasing you, why are you suddenly mad at me?
He frowned looked at her. Rose ignored him, but spoke happily to everyone, she glance at Sam with her eyebrows raised. His right eye was distorted, his left eye was flat, his lower lip was pouting down, and his upper lip was upturned.
He couldn't stand everything are peaceful, but the Ha Dong lion suddenly had an "attitude" towards him, so idiot guy went to the toilet immediately:
- Everyone eat first!
Rose's "revenge" succeeded. She pressed the edge of her mouth, suppressed chirping laughter, could hardly make a sound, but she was still discovered by bestie. Hanna was about to ask, but she smiled. She never seen that mischievous girl uncomfortable like now yet. A few minutes later, Rose returned to playful character, always active, always joking for fun.
Rose didn't know confidant was laughing at her strange expression. She loved watching Sam crumple his hat and turn it into a poor victim whenever he was angry or helpless. The idiot even scratched his hair until it was tangled, slammed the door in annoyance causing her to almost choke on the water.
The other three looked confused, not understanding why the girls had to hide their charming lips and why each girl seemed to be laughing at two different things. Strangely, Hanna smiled at Rose, while Rose smiled at things that had nothing to do with her bestie.
Men should not be curious about the story of women and girls. Thanh Hang was curious but it was inconvenient to ask, fearing that the atmosphere would become unnatural, so she enjoyed the joy with her children and grandchildren:
- I've for a long time been this happy! - She looked back towards the bathroom and called Sam - Are you sleeping in there, Sam?
Sam was annoyed, but he didn't dare to get angry at his mother, so he said:
- I told everyone to eat first. I'm constipated. Ignore me!
Everyone burst into laughter. Rose couldn't hold back her shrill voice. She laughed until her gut ached at the rude guy who made people laugh to tears and... "annoyed". The thought of "annoyed" made her voice a little less charming. Rose pretended to be thirsty and went to the refrigerator to drink water, just to see if anyone noticed that she was behaving strangely, but everyone was so happy that no one suspected anything. She made sure it was safe and took the water bottle back to the table.
The whole family chatted lively, the topic revolved around daily life, but it brought a strange attraction to Kai. He liked Huge's carefree personality.
Most adults often suffer from the disease of "elders" who like to show that we are fathers and uncles, talking to anyone, chronic diseases spread in every gesture, and infections relapsed seriously in every sentence, but they don't know (some people don't need to know) let teaching: how deep and versatile the children are, they are just a bunch of young buffaloes who eat less rice than "I'm" eat salt, forcing everyone to enforce the rules everyone knows, but it's so miserable still forced to listen forever:
"I am the elder, you are the children, children should listen to the elders, prohibit busybody, prohibit interrupting, prohibit arguing the elders, no matter if they are right or wrong!"
The disease of imposing this ideology strangles the thought of the younger generation, the children in the eyes of adults will become those who have lost their right views. Huge is not infected with the disease belike those who are infected but do not know (many do not need to know) the disease they have.
Whenever tells something exciting, father laughs so hard that the roof flips over. The funniest thing is how much Sam destroyed things when he was a child, grow up more rebellious than before, everyone laughed until the house rumbled.
Kai listened to every word, as if afraid that if he missed a word, he would regrettable and feel at fault for the person he respected. He thought thoughtfully about Huge. Every father wanted to be the second Huge. Every child in the world dreamed of calling great man their father.
Dreams do not come from glorious victories on the battlefield, nor from those miracles of overcoming life and death on the battlefield was become legends. All extraordinary things cannot be compared with the things of everyday life:
After a few words, they would quarrel fiercely. Whenever something unexpected happened, the father and son would find all means and would not hesitate to do the craziest things - if that could boost the spirit of the family. The most typical example was when Sam was falsely accused of rape, and the world admired - jealous of those person had a exemplary father.
Kai thought of his father sadly. The man who gave birth to him and the sad memories appeared in Kai's mind, and the smile on his lips immediately extinguished.
Kai turned to Huge silently - father was having fun with everyone, a rough image, but warm left a contemplative mark in Kai's heart. That heart seemed to have being hardened the affection between father and son, and now it was stinging again.
Psychologically still stuck in the past, Kai did not let his mind fall into chaos, the bravery man laughed poured wine for Huge, father laughed loudly, the sound echoed like thunder and made Sam scream:
- Please small mouth. Is there anyone who is deaf and speaks louder than a house on fire?
Everyone laughed so hard that they fell backwards, listened to Huge rolling his eyes and scolding his son:
- Your ancestor, you uneducated fellow, I am your father!
Sam imitates his father's voice:
- "I am your father!" - Sam curled his lips - This sentence is old, change it to another sentence, old father, too boring!
When Huge and Sam had a big fight, Kai laughed happily. Huge didn't care about losing his role exemplary father image, and father looked like he didn't know whether he was the father or you were the father:
- Your father's bad luck when to have a son tore the sky apart and fell to the ground like you!
Rose giggled as she listened to every word Sam said as he argued with his father:
- You know I hate God, why do you still "connect" me with that woman guy? Enough, you have been my dad for too long, the old man suffering plague!
Thanh Hang has always forbidden her children to offend the heaven and earth, and the gods. The whole family is happy after the incident, she doesn't want the family to lose interest, so she shook her head laughed at the father and son Sam's quarrel in a humorous tone. The mother gently reminded Sam:
- The food is about to get cold!
Sam frowned as he walked out of the hallway. Rose felt suspicious. The toilet on the left was across from the bedroom, but Sam walked in from the right, he was keep calm, as if was afraid of being caught doing something sneaky.
She kept looking at him, he opened his eyes wide and shrugged, as if he wanted to say, "What kind of horror are you watching, second sister?" She evaded the question:
- I invite the whole family dinner!
Sam didn't have time to make trouble for the lion, sighed said:
- It doesn't matter whether you eat first or later, we are in the same family, why does the mother make the problem important and cause fatigue!