Afra took me straight to the Plum Court kitchen, where one handles the fish and the other picks the coriander.
It took only over an hour for two steamed fish to come out of the pot.
Afra wants to share the fruits of her labor with her great grandfather and great grandmother. So I brought the fish to the main hall of the Plum Court.
Originally, the two old people knew that Afra and I had done filial piety to them, and they were very happy. But when they heard that we caught the fish from the lake at home, Grandpa stormed away.
Grandma smiled for a while, looked up at me and said, “Don’t pay attention to your grandfather, your grandfather is just like this, like a child, and his temper will come off eventually.”
“But I think Grandpa seems to be angry because I caught fish in the lake. Is there a rule at home that fishing in the lake is not allowed?”
“There is such a rule, but even this time, the fishing is done, and the fish are cooked. It is useless for him to be angry. Come, you two sit down and eat fish with me.”
Grandma always likes to keep things quiet, but I am not stupid. I always feel that Grandpa is really angry just now.
Afra sat down, I hesitated and sat next to Afra.
Grandma asked, “Where’s Cheney? He went to the company?”
Afra said unhappily, “My second uncle is with aunt Flora.”
Upon hearing this, Grandma gave me a look and asked Afra, “How do you know?”
“Uncle was going to take me and my aunt to play golf in the morning, but as soon as we went out, we met Aunt Flora. She said she was going to bask in the sun in my uncle’s yard and asked me who Aunt was. As a result, Aunt said she was my tutor, and then she took me away from my uncle. My aunt also agreed with me that I would call her teacher in front of aunt Flora in the future. ”
Grandma looked at me with distress. “Krista, you are really wronged.”
“Grandma, come on. Just now Uncle Jacob came to apologize to me, and I felt very embarrassed. Everything I have now should not be mine. I didn’t feel wronged when I did this, but I felt very comfortable, really.”
At lunchtime, Cheney came to the Plum Court to meet me.
I was having lunch with Grandma and Afra when he came in.
Afra snorted as soon as she saw him.
Cheney walked over and rubbed her head. “Little girl, who are you humming with?”
Afra pouted, “Uncle, I don’t want to talk to you. You don’t keep your word. You agreed to accompany us to the golf course then you bailed on us.”
Cheney raised his eyebrows. “There is a reason for it. Next time, your uncle will make up for it.”
“But I’m still mad at you,” Afra said, raising her chin. “Today, you are not allowed to eat the fish I caught with my aunt.”
Cheney looks at the table full of dishes.
“Did you go fishing with your aunt?” Cheney casually sat down beside me.
I leaned close to Cheney and said solemnly, “I did something wrong this morning.”
“Oh? What’s the matter?”
“I didn’t know the Fischer’s mansion had rules that didn’t allow fishing in the lake, so I took Afra fishing and steamed the fish I caught. Grandpa seemed very angry.”
Cheney looked at the half-eaten fish on the plate and couldn’t help drooping his eyes and smiling.
Seeing his reaction, I gave him a white look. “You are so unsympathetic. I provoked Grandpa, and I was so guilty. How can you laugh at me?”
“Do you know what kind of fish this is?”
I wonder why he asked the same question.
“Isn’t it… goldfish?”
Grandma winked at Cheney, and everyone stopped talking about it.
After dinner, Grandma asked Afra to go to bed with her.
Cheney took me back to the Jade Court.
Walking out of the Plum Court, I asked, “Why didn’t you have lunch with Flora?”
He looked at me with emotions in his eyes that I couldn’t understand. “She wants to eat nutritious meals, and we can’t eat together.”
I nodded. “Well, by the way, let me ask you, why did you laugh when you saw the fish I caught just now?”
Cheney smiled. “My silly wife, the two fish you caught today are called Arowana. Have you heard of Arowana?”
I said, “It’s different from… goldfish.”
“Of course, 100, 000 dollars can probably buy a pond of goldfish.”
I stood, “100, 000?”
“For such a big Arowana, it costs at least 100, 000 dollars.”
I thought of Grandpa’s headache when he touched his neck just now.
I put my hand over my forehead in surprise. “Oh, my God.”
Seeing my reaction, Cheney laughed.
I stretched out my hand and slapped him. “How can you still laugh at me? It’s over. Grandpa has a different opinion on me now.”
“Nonsense, there are too many lice to bite.”
I stared at him, “Are you sure this is to comfort me? I ate 200, 000 at noon today. No wonder Grandpa was so angry, oh…”
I stamped my feet in depression.
Cheney rubbed my head. “Grandpa is not distressed by the money to buy fish, but by the feelings he has raised for so many years. During his retirement for more than ten years, he especially likes raising flowers and birds and feeding fish. There are at least hundreds of Arowana in this lake. If you don’t let him see them, he is not bad at these two. Who let you hit the muzzle? Forget steaming and send them to him to try. ”
I said gloomily, “This should be similar to the feeling that my raised dog was given away for free.”
“Who knows.” He shrugged. “I don’t think it matters anyway.”
I thought about it, then turned and walked back to the Plum Court.
He grabbed me. “Where are you going?”
“I’m going to apologize to Grandpa.”
“With my understanding of Grandpa, if you apologize now, it will only add fuel to the fire.”
I looked at him pitifully. “Then what do you suggest I should do?”
“After two or three days, it will pass like a storm. At that time, it will be unexpected if you bring him what he likes.”