You don't spoil your daughter, right? I do!

Chapter 568 When I was a kid

With Lin Xiaoxuan's joining, Lin Hao felt that his work became much easier.

Unlike Lin Qingyi and Li Nianqiu, who needed me to tell them how to prepare food and how to handle the ingredients, I only needed to tell Lin Xiaoxuan what dish I wanted to cook, and she would prepare the ingredients. She would also directly take over the cooking task when I was too late.

Although the two of them were preparing five or six dishes at the same time, they worked very well together and there was no sense of rushing around at all.

Lin Hao was stir-frying twice-cooked pork when he heard the noisy voices of Xie Shuangxu, Lin Xialan and Hua Qian outside. Suddenly, he had a strange feeling.

He turned his head and glanced at Lin Xiaoxuan, and coincidingly, Lin Xiaoxuan also turned her head, and their eyes met.

Lin Hao's heart skipped a beat and he quickly turned around to look at the dishes in the pot. Lin Xiaoxuan's cheeks were also slightly red as she continued to process the seafood in her hands. The atmosphere fell into a brief silence.

After a while, Lin Hao cleared his throat and said, "Was it like this when we were kids?"

Lin Xiaoxuan suddenly raised her neck. When she saw Xiaohao looking at her just now, she thought Xiaohao was thinking about his future life.

She closed her eyes and recalled the past, with a hint of nostalgia on her face. "When I was a kid, it seemed like we really looked alike!"

"I remember that on New Year's Eve, you, Xia Lan, and Ying An were playing outside, while my eldest sister, second sister, and I were helping our parents in the kitchen."

"My eldest sister would always secretly bring some delicious food to you from time to time, and every time my second sister would nag at me for a long time."

"At that time, I helped my parents make dumplings, and they praised me for being so well behaved!"

Lin Hao's memory of the past was not particularly clear, but listening to Lin Xiaoxuan's description, he felt it was a very harmonious and warm thing.

Lin Xiaoxuan suddenly chuckled, "I still remember when we were little, you especially liked to bully Ying'an!"

Lin Hao smiled awkwardly and agreed, "Fourth sister also said that I always snatched Fifth sister's milk bottle."

Lin Xiaoxuan nodded in sudden realization, stepped forward and flicked Lin Hao's head lightly, "No wonder Ying'an hasn't grown taller!"

Lin Hao thought about it and it seemed that the fifth sister Lin Ying'an's height was about the same as Teacher Huaqian, and she was much shorter than the other sisters.

He scratched his head. Logically speaking, the Lin family had good genes, and the girls all had delicate looks and tall figures.

Could it be that the reason why the fifth sister didn’t grow taller was really because the original owner stole her milk bottle when she was a child?

The two of them reminisced about the past, chatted casually, and cooked delicious dishes.

Outside the door, Xie Shuangxu seemed to have been entangled by Lin Xialan and Hua Qian. Xie Shuangxu's original exclamation was replaced by the laughter of Lin Xialan and Hua Qian.

Lin Xiaoxuan's gaze fell gently on Lin Hao from time to time. Time seemed to flow in her eyes, and she felt as if she had returned to the time when material things were not very abundant.

"I wish I had grown old in such a short time!" she muttered quietly, "Time flies by so fast!"

Lin Hao turned his head and glanced at Lin Xiaoxuan, and seemed to see a hint of loss in Lin Xiaoxuan's eyes.

After putting the last ingredient into the pot to stew, he thought for a moment, then gently pushed Lin Xiaoxuan out of the kitchen. "Third sister, go out and check on Shuang Xu first, don't let her be harassed too much by Fourth sister."

"Comfort her well and don't let Fourth Sister traumatize her."

Lin Xiaoxuan's heart beat violently. She had some vague guesses in her heart and looked at Lin Hao with burning eyes.

Seeing Lin Hao's eyes begin to avoid her, a smile appeared on her face, and she suddenly stood on tiptoe and pecked Lin Hao on the cheek.

"I. I'll go see Frost Preface." She covered her mouth with one hand, her cheeks burning, and she hurried out of the kitchen.

Hearing the kitchen door slam shut again, Lin Hao touched the place where Lin Xiaoxuan had just kissed him and said helplessly, "I didn't say I was going to prepare any surprises!"

He curled his lips and poured a large amount of sugar into the pot. "Is my acting so bad now? Can I be seen through so easily?"

He took out strawberries, grapes and other fruits from the refrigerator, strung them up with sticks, coated them with a layer of sugar, and inserted them into an insulated foam box.

He took another induction cooker and placed it next to the foam box, poured the boiled sugar into a small pot, and used a frying pan as a workbench.

After arranging everything, he walked out of the kitchen and waved to Lin Xiaoxuan quietly.

Lin Xiaoxuan's eyes had been looking towards the kitchen door from time to time. When she saw the kitchen door open, she ran towards the kitchen immediately.

Lin Hao looked at the little tail following behind Lin Xiaoxuan and said to Lin Xialan with a smile, "Fourth sister, go call Qing Yi first."

Lin Xialan puffed her lips and looked at the mysterious Xiao Hao and Lin Xiaoxuan whose face was full of expectation, knowing that Xiao Hao wanted to get rid of her.

She snorted softly, "Since you and Third Sister have worked so hard to cook today, I will reluctantly help you run a trip!"

She turned her head and looked at the flower sign, "Let's go find Qing Yi to come down and serve the food!"

Hua Qian didn't quite understand. It was obvious that she only needed to shout loudly, so why did she have to climb the stairs? But she still followed Lin Xialan upstairs.

Lin Hao took Lin Xiaoxuan's hand and walked into the kitchen, and came to the stall he had set up.

Lin Xiaoxuan looked at the simple stall that only had candied haws and a small pot of boiling sugar, and tears kept flashing in the corners of her eyes.

Lin Hao scratched his head, picked a bunch of candied haws with the largest strawberries and handed it to Lin Xiaoxuan, then gently rubbed Lin Xiaoxuan's head. "Xiaoxuan is very well behaved today~"

Lin Xiaoxuan was stunned for a moment, her cheeks instantly became redder than the strawberries in her hand, and a faint white steam continued to emerge from her head.

She lowered her head slightly, with a silly smile on her face, and gently bit the candied haws.

The crispy sugar coating mixed with the sweet and sour juicy strawberries, although it was not the taste of her childhood, she was already very satisfied.

Then there were bursts of footsteps coming from outside the door, and Lin Xialan, Lin Qingyi and others walked into the kitchen one after another.

Lin Xialan looked towards the center curiously, and let out a long sigh of relief when she saw the candied haws in front of her.

She patted her chest and calmed her breathing. "I thought you wanted to secretly cook for Third Sister behind my back!"

"It's just a candied haws. Why did you sneak me and the flower stick away?"

Just thinking about Xiaohao preparing special meals for her third sister, she ran up and down the stairs as if she was about to fly.

Lin Qingyi frowned slightly, looked at the candied haws, and then looked at his third sister with blushing cheeks.

I feel like my brother is a stealthy cat, and he would get close to other girls if I wasn’t paying attention!

Lin Hao shook his head and explained with a smile, "Most of the dishes in the evening were prepared by my third sister, so of course I have to give her some special treatment!"

He moved a small stool and sat in front of his stall. "Come on, come on, candied haws! Three yuan a string, ten yuan for three strings!"