Chapter 59
Gifts
Sam praised and urged everyone to eat together:
- It's so delicious, brother is the No.1! Let's eat and drink!
He served the rice to his mother first, the second person is Huge, and then to his sister-in-law. Rose was sure that Sam would never care about her, so she raised her chopsticks and Sam fought for the food again.
Rose just wanted to yell at Sam's face to relieve her frustration and glanced at him, but the idiot guy made her blurt out a loud "oh" sound. Rose stared at him as he gently put the piece of rice is the "most" delicious with her in her bowl.
- Hey, eat, and then stop being so unhappy and uncomfortable for me. Second sister!
Her heart throbbed at his half smile, it's still the same smile that likes to be beaten, now shining brightly in her sparkling eyes. Sam got goose bumps and a rash red duck skin at the gentle look that he thought couldn't possibly come from the Ha Dong lion.
- Don't scare me, second sister!
The whole family saw the forest fool guy pulling Rose's feelings down, everyone was trying to hold back their laughter almost choked. Rose pursed her lips, pressed her mouth tightly, a few seconds after sat calmly for to taste every bit.
Sam was lazy watching her eat as if she was afraid that the food would be gone too quickly, he clicked his tongue and picked up another piece of food for her, and then he drank comfortably.
Rose watched as Sam didn't touch the middle piece, but used chopsticks to pick it up from the outside to the inside. She giggled at how this rude guy was being polite when eating dishes that required rules.
Sam slowly put a little shacha sauce into another bowl until the desired level of spiciness was reached, and dipped the surface of the rolling piece of rice into the soy sauce and shacha sauce, opening his mouth to bite the whole piece to absorb all the flavors.
The rice mixed with the vinegar and sugar mixture released a sweet and sour taste, slowly cleansing all the remaining fishy smell from the raw fish.
Sam chewed evenly, neither too fast nor too slow, the cucumber and salad made a rustling sound. The pleasant sound was not over yet, the crisp seaweed melted become water allowing the shrimps and crabs to "swim" freely around the mouth and tongue.
Struggling and fighting with the seafood, the cool and rough fish meat exuded a rich aroma, mixed with the warm and strong shacha sauce that rushed into the nose.
He wrinkled his nose, stuck out his tongue at the taste that tore his eyes, and waved his hand in front of his mouth to reduce the spiciness, not drinking water. He was afraid that the would wash away spiciness to the extent tongue twisting and the lips hurting, leaving behind the aftertaste of the soft rice, the sweet and spicy taste of pickled pink ginger, the toughness of the fish wrapped in the soft shrimps and crabs dancing like the dance of the waves.
The remaining small seaweed turned the cucumber salad into a skateboard gliding in the sea, surfing frolic. Rose smiled and watched Sam eat while shaking his head, smacking his tongue:
- I have eaten this dish countless times, but today the top of the peak! Brother is the No.1! - He gave a thumbs up and praised the people he cared about - For a long time, the dish became the spirit of this cooking line, also means that the metaphor is a kind of ethereal and noble beauty that far exceeds a bunch of mundane things. Haha, the sky area of the little swallow must be difference, right, brother?
He showed the demeanor of an specialist inspecting cuisine, words appreciation for his brother's choice of a dish meant pure praise. Sam's subtle way of complimenting his sister-in-law made everyone laugh, whenever he had the chance, he showed his admiration for those he respected.
His level for with family madness was growing by the second, so instead of feeling strange, the family gathered at the party table, Rose pouring wine for Huge, and father giving the girl a plate of side dishes. Sam sat next to Hanna so that the two of you can conveniently ask each other to do some errands, he helping her pour the dip on the cake and grab more cilantro and sweet fruit.
A harmonious family is a mother's happiness. She was excited to drink some, but the beer was placed far away. She asked Kai to bring it to her, and he opened the lid of the beer can, and handed it to her.
Thanh Hang took a long sip, and then picked up food for Kai without turning the chopsticks. The chopsticks were covered with grease, but for someone who had never felt such a simple thing, the grease marks were the sincerity of mother.
Kai looked at the sticky and dirty pure white rice for a long time. The descendants hope that today's party will be forever indelible in his memory with the people who gave birth to relatives. Kai smiled at her and ate slowly every second, so that he could always remember the strong salty and warm taste of family affection.
Thanh Hang watch thoughtfully at the joy on Kai's lips, and he eyes were filled with tears include gloomy thoughts, as if there was another kind of sadness hidden in the feeling of being divided into two halves.
The old are worried and distressed, and the young have their own problems. Strangely, Kai carries a feeling of melancholy that he doesn't want to open his heart to anyone.
If can't understand the thoughts of children and grandchildren, relatives will always dig deep into and bury their affairs tightly in their stomachs when they are alive, and take away when they die.
Kai didn't deliberately hide his feelings, but she still felt that there was a secret hidden behind his radiant appearance.
The mother sadly realized that Kai had been struggling with pain for too long. He was forced to live with a fake life every minute and every second. Day after day, the unwanted "fake" became an instinct for communication. Maybe Kai himself didn't know that "it" had become a part of him.
Once again, her turbid eyes were blurred by tears. She had always respected God, but at this moment, the mother cursed the Supreme Being who had eyes like a blind man, favoring the devil, being cruel to angel. Did God have to torture her family to be satisfied?
The mother lowered her head twisted her hands trembled because she was angry at herself. She deserved the criticism from JK, this was the retribution she brought to her family.
The whole family was happy, so couldn't see the pain, only the father always watched, clearly understand that the descendants were endure the karma, but the mother could only cry silently.
It can't go on like this forever. If the children find out that she is sad because of self-blame, darkness will cover everything again. Huge must find a way to stir up the atmosphere.
The father teases Sam to go crazy and let the quarrel rumble in the house. Whenever the dramatic father and son perform a comedy, even people with severed happy nerves, have to hold their stomachs and laugh so hard.
Thanh Hang smiled sadly and nodded silently to thank Huge for helping her troubleshoot the problem. He shook his head slightly, his fingers circling his temples, and then gently swung them.
She understood the meaning of letting go of the burden and letting the brain be gentle. The mother exhaled, letting go of all the sadness and enjoying it with her family.
Unlike Sam, Thanh Hang and others all use chili sauce mixed with mayonnaise. Eating with other dipping sauces will bring new flavors, spicy, sweet, and salty will dissolve the oily sauce, and a little greasiness will reduce the hot chili peppers. The two sides blend well with each other, and the sour, spicy, and sweet tastes and the nutty flavor evoke every soft aroma.
Everyone praised the cooking peak. But the filling is rich in nutrition. The raw material is tuna, seafood has become a place where bacteria and parasites gather, so Kai must initially eliminate all dangers.
Fish contains a lot of protein, fat and salt. Kai is afraid that people with allergies or weak bodies eat too much and not be able to digest it, and there is a risk of bloating, nausea, and pathological disorders, so Kai can only cook enough eat. Sam is greedy, but it's a pity that he can't eat a lot:
- Hey, brother!
Kai hummed and turned to him. Sam snorted and laughed heh heh:
- It' little brother's birthday in a week. We brothers have our own drinks, let's have fun! - He patted his full stomach - Haha, little brother's stomach can digest any food, not be afraid of water coming out buttocks and fireworks shooting out mouth!
Everyone laughed until they fell off their chairs. Rose heard that Sam's birthday was coming soon, and a glimmer of joy flashed in her eyes, but she heard the last sentence while drinking water, and she almost sprayed it on Sam's face. The "uncharming girl" suppressed her laughter and immediately choked on the water. Sam had flared lips and stared at her:
- Say uncharming girl instantly narcissistic!
Rose apologized to the elders again and again:
- I was so careless. But even God has to laugh, uncle and aunt! I'm dying!
The old father patted his son's head who was glaring at Rose, Sam shouted:
- What pants are you make?
- You are the one without charm, fool guy! - Huge's smile is enough to bring house collapse - The niece keeps smiling in the face of this idiot, uncle allows it!
Huge emphasized the word "fool" to test Rose, then scratched his nose and pretended not to see Rose's shyness. The shyness revealed causing others suspicious a moment ago, so led to the father's enjoyment and... pay attention. The son is an idiot for with to girls, he doesn't understand women's psychology, also decry girl a charmless lion. Sam quarreled and lost again, made excuses clean and wash dishes, croaked in the sink, muttered:
- She is not only uncharming but also more horizontal than crab. The guy runs into her will have a headache all day long!
Kai was washing dishes beside him, smiling as if to say that guy was standing next to your brother. Sam raised his eyes, unable to understand:
- What's wrong, brother!
Kai said, ah, suddenly remembered a humorous story. Sam felt that his brother was pretending. He could hardly stand the unpleasant attitude of the Ha Dong lion, and was confused by Kai's excuses, but he couldn't refute them without reason, so he became more annoyed.
The guy who was easily confused by trivial things immediately washed the dishes quickly to get rid of the disorder in his brain. Sam and Kai put the things on the cupboard, then went to the table and drank water with the whole family. Rose was still shy, Huge found an excuse:
- The city is busy at night, we have to leave early to avoid traffic jams!
Sam was want to go back to the hospital to avoid thinking too much, so he said goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law. The idiot wanted to raise his hand to greet Rose but felt embarrassed, so he immediately threw a dull and bored look at her. Rose looked sideways, snorted, and turned to the elderly people:
- Yah, I ask for permission to go back to the room first!
Sam was not interested in causing trouble, so he simply walked out of the house. Everyone shook their heads, helpless against the troublesome couple. Hanna and her brother bowed and said goodbye, Kai stood up, see off, waited for the relatives to disappear, he closed the door, and carried his sister back to the room.
The brother gently lifted his sister's hair and caressed her cheek, Hanna gently touched her elder brother's hand, and the brother and sister goodnight to each other tenderly. Rose giggled when her brother linger, not want of "leave" from he sister yet, she teased:
- Hey, elder brother, wanna sleep here? We're girls!
Kai and Hanna chuckled at the teasing words. Kai patted his sister's cheek gently and walked over to the sofa in the living room. Hanna waited until the door was completely closed, then hit Rose in the face with a pillow:
- This girl is so uncharming when joking!
Rose hi hi laugh and walked to Hanna's closet. The mischievous girl threw pajamas to her bestie.
- Husband's younger brother protect, brother love, leg pain has a best friend ship everything from A to Z! You are the happiest!
Hanna changed her clothes and laughed teasingly:
- It's a week until eat someone's birthday cake, so why does it smell like gato (cake)[1]?
Rose immediately heads in the other direction:
- It's my birthday this year and I'm going to slam a cake in your face to show you what gato is!
Hanna covered her mouth and giggled which the people who had something to hide immediately startled:
- Oh, to someone's birthday, I'll put a cake on your face too let you know what gato tastes like?
Rose giggled at the pure girl, who was now even more slyly than her. Rose ignored it and opened her drawer, discovering a foreign object under her pajamas. She took it out and immediately hid it in her clothes, stealing a glance at Hanna who was busy playing with her phone. Rose patted her chest, breathed softly, took a long cotton towel, put it on her shoulders, and said:
- I'm going to the bathroom.
Rose immediately ran to the toilet, carefully locked the door, and took out the foreign object. She smiled and admired the paper stuck to the lid of the box. The picture of the lion's face with bristling hair took up most of the paper, the inscription below read:
"Happy birthday, Ha Dong lion!"
Rose tore off the glossy paper on the outside and was about to open the box when she suddenly remembered that the gift giver was a very naughty person. She was sure that he was playing mischievous and she had to be careful not to fall into a trap. The girl slowly placed the box on the chair, trembling slightly as if she was holding a time bomb. The gift box did not move.
For safety reasons, Rose stepped back a few steps, took a clothes hanging stick, turned the stick head in the direction of the hook installation, hooked it into the box slot, and slowly pried it up. She frowned and closed her eyes, fearing the horror that would happen 99.9%.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, one minute, the box was still silent. Rose exhaled and laughed as she approached. What hit her wide eyes was a pile of metal pieces of different sizes, on top of which was a booklet with assembly instructions. She loved this game the most, so happily follow the illustration.
She was as excited as a child, after a few minutes had assembled hundreds of parts nimbly. Rose was infatuated with the robot lion that was as cute as herself, she watched the replica with great concentration.
The lion suddenly roared, causing an echo in the house, she shouted loudly. Kai panic ran to the door and knocked. He worry and confusion listened to Rose's giggles. He asked again, she suppressed her laughter:
- There is a horror movie on the network TV, but Hanna is afraid of having a heart attack, so I have to watch the movie here to remove the makeup and apply the mask on my face.
Kai ah ah, go back to the sofa. Rose covered her mouth and smiled at her brother being deceived. She squinted, enjoying fascinated the mechanical lion that had just roared, now it bent hips, turned its head, turned its body, shake her butt, danced and teased her, opened its mouth and eh ah sing:
Rose is not a rose
Rose is a lioness... ah... ah... ah... ah... ah…
No one is more aggressive than... Increase... Increase... Increase... Increase…
Wild beasts are afraid splatter the soul... Hoo... Hoo... Hoo... Hoo... Hoo…
Rose beautiful sharp
Beautiful stunning sparkling... Ding... Ding... Ting... Ting... Ting…
It's a pity that there charmless... ah... ah... ah... ah... ah…
Combo plus clumsiness... ha... ha... ha... ha... ha…
Sustainable the personality of the splatter cage... huh... huh... huh... huh... huh…
No husband for life…
With every line sung, the robot lion patted its butt, stuck out its tongue and scratched its nose causing the teased person to not be able to sulk but laugh until he shook, laughing like a crazy girl, laughing as if he had never laughed before, because Sam's funny voice came out of the lion's mouth.
The super naughty guy must have a headache, and the tingling brain came up with this trouble-making song to record causing her to cannot be angry at the idiot's "heartfelt" for herself.
He also gave it on the most meaningful occasion, so Rose should not point the thorn tip at him, but to contemplate the lion tenderly and affectionately, listening to every heartfelt word:
"It's just a little joke for fun! Ahem, how should I put it? Tsk, I'm a rude person, so it's hard for me to fully express what I mean, but why long-winded with the Ha Dong lion causing tiring brain?"
Rose bit her nails and giggled as Sam switched to a low, warm voice:
"Next Sunday is your birthday. Because I'm busy taking care of my sister-in-law's future husband, and I'm afraid of being in trouble with some dude or some crazy girl, and it's hard to control my anger, which leads to smashing their mouths, and then going to jail and peeling off the calendar, so I don't have time to accompany you... ah... mistake... don't get me wrong... damn, I said mistake. I mean, I can't buy gifts, let alone sing nonsense like a crazy guy. By the way, the whole family gets together, I'm instantly lively!"
Rose bit her lip shyly as she listened to his heartfelt confession:
"Thank you for accompanying, caring for, defending, and protecting my sister-in-law over the past three years. This family love is priceless to me. Thank you for everything! Tsk, are too sentimental! Hehe... I wish you a happy birthday let make less loathsome!"
Congratulations echoed in the bustling explosion. The lion opened its mouth and shot paper fireworks flying and fluttering, and the delicate colors shimmer in her glitter eyes with tears.
She laughed happily, her soul wanted to be intoxicated by her first love, and her consciousness was afraid exposed it would confuse her in front of her bestie.
Rose didn't want to leave this moment. But she had to pat her face to reduce the redness, take off her clothes, put on pajamas, dismantle the mechanical lion, put the birthday gift in the box, then wrap it with a cotton towel, and open the door slightly to look outside.
After confirming that it was safe, the someone who has something to hide afraid of being startled and hurried back to his room. Hanna stopped playing with her phone, raised her eyes and asked Rose:
- Just now you watched movie with explosions and loud screams like a house on fire?
Rose smiled mischievously, covering her face with her long hair, leaving only one eye exposed, and ran to the other side of the bed, saying in a hoarse voice:
- Movies with ghosts at the bottom of the well!
Hanna closed her eyes in fear, forcing the joke to stop. Rose quickly opened the woodtrunk, hid the gift at the bottom, closed the lid, and jumped onto the bed to tickle Hanna. The two besties laughed and teased, suddenly Kai was anxiously asking Hanna about her screams.
The girls all laughed because brother was too worried about his sister. Hanna said we were joking. Kai scolded lightly a few sentences and went back to the sofa. Hanna and Rose hugged each other and whispered until late at night before turning off the lights going to bed.
Notes
In addition to the meaning of cake, gato is also used by Vietnamese youth today to mock people who are envy of others and are often used when joking with each other.