Chapter 37: Drinking Milk to Increase Height

  A year's plan is made in the spring, a day's plan is made in the morning. This morning, my mother fetched two cups of Tianyuan milk from the milk box outside the door and warmed them up. She urged me and my cousin to drink it up. Every time, my cousin would put it aside first, wait until the milk was no longer hot but warm, and then finish it in a few gulps, forming a sharp contrast with me. As for me, I would hesitate and hesitate, hesitating until there was nothing left to hesitate about before starting to drink.

  At the beginning, my mother wouldn't watch us finish drinking milk, but instead went to do chores in the kitchen. I took advantage of this opportunity to beg my cousin to help me drink some, and he couldn't resist my persistence, so he agreed.

  After that, my brother always made me drink half of it, but later I gradually got him to drink most of the bottle and leave a little at the bottom for show, so mom wouldn't suspect. But one who often stands by the river will eventually get their shoes wet, and walking around too much at night will lead to encountering ghosts.

  One morning, I let my cousin feed me milk when my mom coincidentally came out of the kitchen and saw this scene. She was very calm and didn't say a word, and I didn't realize she knew the secret between me and my cousin.

  The next day, she also had a bowl of porridge and ate breakfast with my cousin and me. I was a bit puzzled, seeing that the porridge was almost finished, but mom still didn't leave. Mom said: "Baby, Zhanfeng, it's late, hurry up and drink your milk. The milk is not hot anymore, if it gets any colder, the milk will go bad."

  My brother-in-law lowered his head and drank milk, I quickly said: "Mom, do you have anything to do? Hurry up and go do it, don't worry about me."

  "I don't have anything to do, I'm just waiting for you all to finish eating and then I'll wash the bowls."

  "Then you take the bowl first, we've all finished eating and had milk."

  "It's not urgent at this time, you have a 7 o'clock class, I won't go to the store until 7:30, no rush."

  "Hey, mom, you're not in a hurry but I am. If you don't leave, how can I get my cousin to buy me a drink? My eyes were wandering around and I accidentally saw the clock, it's already 6:40! A sly idea popped up, I put on a flattering tone and said, 'Mom, look at the time, it's not early anymore, let me take you to school for a drink.'"

  "There's still enough time, you can finish drinking at home and make it to school on time, hurry up and drink, your older cousin has already finished, he's just waiting for you to go to school."

  I'm staring at this milk, and I'm so conflicted. My arch-nemesis is pure milk. In my past life, I didn't like drinking it, which resulted in my height being stuck at 1.59 meters. My life goal was to reach 1.60 meters, but I couldn't even grow one centimeter more. It's really a regret from my past life.

  But now there's no way, my mom seems to know something, I'm like drinking medicine, and I actually want to pinch my nose to drink it. My brother is so sympathetic, saying: "Sister, let me help you drink." Ah, brother, can't you not interrupt me at critical moments? My mom is staring at us like this, she must have discovered our little secret. You're giving yourself away without even trying, how embarrassing! [ww] After my brother said that, he suddenly realized something and covered his mouth, while I naturally choked and started coughing.

  Mom patted my back and said, "Drink slowly, don't rush, there's plenty of time, you won't be late. And that little secret between you two, I've known about it for a long time, but this is what hurts my heart - I just wanted to let you grow up, but you two teamed up to deceive me. Xiangfeng, even if you drink two bottles, the absorbed nutrients are only equivalent to one bottle, and BaoBei, you didn't absorb the nutrients well at all. No need to say, this wicked idea must have been thought of by you, did you coerce or bribe your cousin?"

  "My brother stood up and said: 'No, auntie. Actually, I wanted to drink milk, but my sister didn't like it, so I told her to drink it instead.'"

  "Hehe, it's great that you two have a good relationship, but I'm not oblivious to this kind of thing. I won't pursue the matter further, but from now on, darling, you must ensure one cup of milk every day."

  "Mom, can't we make a deal? My brother drinks fresh milk and I drink yogurt, high-calcium yogurt. It's not the same for growth, is it? I really don't like the fishy smell of fresh milk, so spare me."

  "No need to mention, I heard your mom say that XiaoXiao also drank yogurt first and didn't have any obvious effect. Since switching to fresh milk, she grew 5 cm in half a year."

  "Alright, so that's how it is. No wonder I was drinking yogurt in my previous life, but this life I've become a fresh milk drinker. Wang Xiaoxiao, wait for me to come find you at school. After finishing the milk, I went to school with my cousin."

  During class break, I ran to XiaoXiao's seat and XiaoXiao looked at me and said: "Why do you look so gloomy? What's going on that you're looking for me?"

  "I heard you've grown five centimeters in the past half year." She said excitedly: "Yes, yes, how did you know? Oh, I see, it must be because your mom had you drink milk. Last time your mom said I'd recently grown taller, I told her to drink milk, it's nutritious and tastes good, most importantly it helps grow taller. Say, how can you thank me?"

  "Thanks? Wang Xiaoxiao, you little demon, I'm going to strangle you to death. So it was you who was the mastermind all along!" Xiaoxiao was at a loss for what to do, but seeing my hands were already outstretched, she naturally ran everywhere, with me chasing after her.

  We were both panting, and Brother Shu came out to mediate: "What's going on? You two look like you have some misunderstanding, just talk it out." I panted and said: "Actually, there's nothing much, it's just that this girl has good intentions but does bad things. My mom forces me to drink milk every day, I hate the taste of fresh milk, so I wanted to vent my anger."

  "Little sister, this time it's not that I didn't want to help you, but what you did was wrong. Xiao Xiao was just trying to do a good deed for your own good, and yet you treated her like this?"

  I was just momentarily stunned and said I wanted to chase Xiaoxiao to scratch her, but now it's good, Xun Gege actually came out to help me, I pouted and said with a bad smile: "Is that so? But in the past, no matter what I did wrong, Xun Gege always helped me, now... now... I'm heartbroken."

  I said that and pretended to be angry, turning my head back to my seat. Because I had run too quickly earlier, I leaned on the table to catch my breath. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiao and Shu Ge thought I was crying, so they hurried over, taking turns apologizing to me. It really was in sync! It seems that my matchmaking efforts still have a chance. I couldn't help but lift my head and say: "Haha, I'm not crying, but Xiao Xiao, you mentioned Jin Di chocolate, and Shu Ge, you mentioned Wang Wang - neither of them can be missing!"

  The two of them nodded together, saying that I was too good at pretending, just wanting to extort them, and that I was a foodie. I said my goal was to eat all the delicious food in the world, and we couldn't help but laugh.

  Of course, my milk-drinking growth record has not ended yet. Now I have to drink Wahaha at noon and student milk powder at night. I'm really worried that my body won't grow taller but instead get wider, just like in my previous life. It's really hard for me to control my weight now.

  But it turned out later that it was okay, due to proper exercise, my height did indeed grow, and my weight didn't surge greatly, and mom no longer forced me to drink student milk powder every night.

  The wall in my room has now become the place I must compare myself to every day when I come back, after comparing, if I've grown taller, mom will draw a line and make a mark for me. When can I grow up to that 1.6-meter mark? Maybe there's such a future, maybe not, everything is unknown.

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