Thinking not to fight on Christmas Eve, Nydia gave Jesse a placating look and followed Rosalind to the kitchen to help.
“You wash the dishes.” Rosalind instructed as soon as she entered the kitchen.
“Don’t turn on the hot water, the dishes will get ruined.” Rosalind added.
“…” is to make things difficult for her.
While she was washing the dishes, Sibley came in.
“Mom, I’ll help too.”
“What are you helping with? Don’t make a mess, we’re enough here.” Rosalind wanted to throw Sibley out.
Sibley gave a somewhat helpless look to Nydia, who shrugged her shoulders.
“Mom, it’s Christmas Eve, so you pay attention.”
“Get out of here, you arm-twister!” Rosalind was furious.
She was angry that her son and daughter were all turning toward Nydia!
“Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and do the dishes, today is Christmas Eve for both families together, Jesse’s aunt and her family will also come over.”
Nydia was too lazy to argue with her, so she quietly washed and chopped vegetables, but Rosalind still wanted to make things difficult, one moment she disliked her dishes were not clean, the next she disliked her knife work was not good.
“Since I can’t do anything right, I’ll go out and you can busy yourself.” She washed her hands and took a paper towel to wipe them clean.
“You have to learn if you can’t do anything.” Rosalind wouldn’t let her go.
“Why should I learn when I have a maid and a cook?” Nydia said indifferently.
Rosalind snickered, “I’m doing this for your own good. If you divorce Jesse, you won’t have so many people to serve you, and you owe your life to Jesse.”
“Then I’ll learn later, there’s no hurry now.”
Nydia said Nydia and went out, Rosalind was furious but did not argue again.
Nydia came out and told the cook to go in and help Rosalind.
Sibley saw her come out and went up to talk, “My mom kicked you out?”
“I came out on my own, she kept disliking me, I felt annoyed and came out.”
“My mom is like that, once she doesn’t like someone she will easily get into a corner, but there are only a few contacts a year, don’t take it too seriously.” Sibley knows her mother’s character too well, and can’t say much about it.
It didn’t take long for Jesse’s aunt’s family to come over.
Jesse’s grandfather has three children, the oldest son Alex, the second is daughter Xavi Pascall, and Jesse’s father Blake Pascall is the youngest son.
“Auntie, auntie.” Sibley saw the three Xavi family coming and went over to help with the stuff.
Nydia also went up to greet them, she and Xavi had only met every few times and neither side was too familiar with each other.
“Where’s your mom?” Xavi asked Sibley.
“In the kitchen getting food.”
Xavi’s eyes then went to Nydia, “Why are you standing here idly when your mother-in-law is in the kitchen fixing food?” Her face was serious and her tone was accusatory.
“Nydia went to help, but Mom thought she was too clumsy and asked her to come out.” Sibley explained.
“As a daughter-in-law, you can’t even do that?” Her face grew colder.
Nydia knew that Xavi was a very serious person who didn’t smile and did things in a straightforward manner, paying close attention to the rules.
Sibley was just about to explain but was preempted by Molly, “That’s not true, my mommy can cook, cooking can be delicious, it must be the grandmother who made it difficult for mommy to kick her out.”
“Nydia, is this how you teach your children? You’re making fun of the kids in front of them?” Xavi was very angry.
“Auntie, as a keeper of the family rules, you shouldn’t blame others without finding out what is right and wrong, Mommy didn’t play games with us, we saw and heard it ourselves.” Tavish stood up and said with a serious face, looking up at Xavi with a stern and unyielding look in his eyes.
His words made everyone freeze, especially Xavi, she didn’t think she would be reprimanded by a small child, she had a hard time accepting it, and was about to speak when her daughter pulled up next to her, “Wow, Tavish is so smart and powerful, I haven’t seen anyone dumbing down my mom in a long time.”
“Here, I was going to give it after dinner, but now I can’t resist giving you the gift.” She took out her gift and handed it to Tavish, “Keep it near your bedside table tonight.”
“Molly has one too.”
Both kids were instantly happy, they were both just young now and loved the gift receiving part.
“Mom, don’t get involved in other people’s affairs, this is a family matter, you can’t all use the rules.”
“How is it not a rule for the younger generation to be respectful and polite to their elders?” Xavi got even angrier.
“Then you can’t just say that without distinguishing between right and wrong, right? Is everything the junior’s fault? Are the elders right? According to your logic, this rule is for the elders? The younger ones don’t have a chance to get ahead?”
Xavi was unable to retort, she felt that her daughter was her nemesis!
She thought about it and felt that she had been biased, so she went over to Nydia and said, “Well, to prove that you’re not a bad cook, you can go make two dishes later to prove it.”
“Okay.” Nydia didn’t refuse.
This was her first Christmas after being reborn, and she really didn’t want to make a mess.
She waited until Rosalind’s side was almost done with the dishes, then she went into the kitchen to cook.
The two dishes were not difficult, she already knew what ingredients were available when she helped just now, and it was quick to make two dishes using these ingredients.
She made a shrimp and eggplant casserole, and by the way, she also made a dessert, baked bananas.
The main thing is that there is not much time, so this is the only way to play.
“I’ve kept everyone waiting.” She brought the dishes up, “I was pressed for time and only had time to make these three items.”
Jesse’s side plus AndrewRosalind had seven people, plus Xavi’s family of three made ten people, it was quite lively.
“Mommy, it’s so good, you’re the best!” Molly was the king of the show, and started praising after taking a bite of the shrimp sliders.
But what Nydia didn’t expect was that the second person was Xavi’s daughter, Vultuulf Kaur, who couldn’t stop after taking a bite of the baked banana, “This is so delicious, it’s the first time I’ve ever had such a delicious baked banana.
She has a sweet tooth and loves to eat this kind of soft and sticky things, she thinks this baked banana is too much for her appetite.
“Sure, I’ll teach you later, it’s not hard.”
Vultuulf tasted the shrimp with slippery egg and the eggplant with meat foam again, both were very good.
“Mom, you should apologize to your sister-in-law.”
Xavi blushed, naturally displeased, but said to Nydia, “You proved yourself, I was wrong about you before, I’ll punish myself with a glass.” She picked up the red wine and drank a glass.
Nydia instantly had some fondness for this Vultuulf, it seemed she had more affinity with food.
“What happened to your grandparents who made such a fuss earlier? They came to see you and you turned them away?” Rosalind asked, bringing up the matter.
“I don’t really know them, they suddenly came and said they were my grandparents.”
Rosalind looked at Jesse, “Jesse, have you looked into it? Are they really not her grandparents?”