Chapter Fifty: Eldest Sister Treats Me to Dinner

  My older sister has been working at my mom's store for quite some time now, and I often hear my mom coming back to praise her in front of my dad, saying that although she doesn't like reading, her vision and sales skills are not bad, suitable for selling clothes. Moreover, my mom wants to make my sister one of the leaders in the store, but considering that my sister is her relative and also the youngest, it's better to take it slow, so as not to let others gossip, and also to prevent my sister from becoming arrogant.

  Saturday afternoon, just back from Grandma Meng's house, I heard the phone ringing at home, picked it up casually, and it was my older sister. My sister seemed to be in a good mood, her voice and tone were filled with joy, "Xiao Xiao, come out tonight, big sis is treating you to dinner, we're going to Victoria's for steak."

  "Sister, why are you in the mood to invite me out for dinner?"

  "Hehe, sister got paid today and added to the savings, already have a small treasure trove. Hehe, I bought some stuff for my mom, dad, your dad, your mom, grandpa, and grandma. As for treating you guys to dinner, Wang Zi and Jin Tian have been urging me for a while now, but I've been holding back because one, I don't have much money, and two, it's not easy for me to get today and tomorrow off, and you guys are also on holiday at home. Oh right, your cousin is coming too, don't forget! Let's meet at Victoria at 5 o'clock..."

  My older sister has always been generous, earning her the nickname "Big Sister Cannon". It's not without reason. As for Wang Zhi and Jin Tian, let me introduce them to you. Wang Zhi is my third aunt's child, who has been beautiful since she was a kid, surrounded by a group of young girls. She indeed lives up to her name, having "Wang disease", although the term wasn't popular back then.

  As for Jin Tian, he is the child of my aunt's family. He doesn't share a surname with either my aunt or uncle, but instead shares his grandmother's surname, which is quite strange. However, he lives up to his name, and his catchphrase is "Today, I'm so..."

  At five o'clock, I told my cousin that there was a free dinner tonight and said goodbye to my parents before the two of us left. At around 5:20, we arrived at Victoria, thinking that even if it wasn't early, it wouldn't be late either. But when we got there, everyone had already arrived and were waiting for us, especially Jin Tianbo who was stretching his neck looking out for me.

  "Sister, you've finally arrived, we've been waiting so long that the yellow flower vegetables are almost cold."

  I stretched out my hand to look at my watch and said, "It's not 5:30 yet, there are still almost ten minutes left." My older sister smiled and said, "Hehe, this group of people is like a starving ghost reincarnated, they're urging me before it's even 5 o'clock. I called your house to tell you to leave early, but Auntie told me you've already left. Let's go in."

  Since there were seven of us, the shop assistant recommended that we go to a private room. As soon as we entered, Wang Zi and Jin Tian immediately started flipping through the menu, looking like they knew what they were doing, but actually had no idea.

  Yuanyuan is the eldest sister, saying: "Since everyone has come to this store, steak is a must-eat. As for others, just order some desserts after dinner, I want a fruit salad."

  Wang Zi asked curiously, "Yuanyuan sister, how do you seem to know this place so well?" "My classmate brought me here before, and I've eaten here a few times. Qingqing invited you guys here was also recommended by me."

  "Ahah, what classmate? Must be a male one, I know, you're talking about the guy who's after Yuanyuan, right?" Yuanyuan glared at Jintian and said, "Can't even your steak shut you up? Just wait till you eat it."

  We decided what we wanted to eat and then called the waiter. Yuanyuan sister familiarly called out "waiter", the waiter came, asking how many dishes each of us wanted.

  My stomach is very sensitive, before rebirth in college I often went out to eat buffet western food with roommates, I couldn't eat undercooked food at all, and they all ate 90% cooked, I said I'd just go with the flow, as a result after coming back I had diarrhea, drank porridge for a week, and it was three meals a day, what I hated most was that there was no porridge in the cafeteria at noon, so every day I had to run to the outside porridge shop to buy plain congee, until the aunt who sold congee recognized me, but afterwards when I went to sell congee again she would always give me a little more ingredients.

  Apart from me and Lingling jie, Shu ge chose well-done, they all chose 90% done.

  After the steaks were all served, we started devouring them in big bites. It seemed like nobody was very skilled at using their knives and forks, not even Yuanyuan's sister. On the other hand, I was cutting slowly and steadily with my head down, as it's my habit to cut everything before eating, feeling that this way is more efficient.

  When I didn't cut quickly, I looked up and found everyone staring at me. Yuanyuan sister spoke first, "Xiao Xiao, you look quite skilled with the knife and fork, have you eaten many times before?"

  Whether the previous generation ate or not, if I told you, you would think I'm crazy or possessed. I laughed and said: "No, no, just a few times, it was Meng Nainai who made them, my piano and Latin dance teacher, she had been abroad in her early years, so she liked to make Western food herself, she also taught me some Western etiquette."

  "Oh, I see. So you have quite a strong learning ability."

  I looked at my two younger male cousins again, they were clumsily using their knife and fork incorrectly. I laughed and said: "Wang Zi, Jin Tian, you know, it's a fork in the left hand and a knife in the right hand, don't you feel awkward?"

  They finally turned around and used it, older sister, Yuanyuan sister, Lingling sister, and brother-in-law were all very patient.

  They cut, they say I underestimate them, they want to cut themselves, and I have no choice.

  Watching them exerting a lot of effort but unable to cut off a beautiful piece, I couldn't help but want to laugh.

  Jin Tian suddenly acted like a spoiled child, carelessly placing his knife and fork on one side of the plate. Just then, a waiter came over to deliver dessert and tried to take away Jin Tian's plate, but he said, "I haven't even eaten yet."

  I had no choice but to explain what just happened to the waiter and apologize, the waiter said it was nothing and walked away again.

  After the waiter left, I burst out laughing. "Jintian, your knife and fork placement indicated that you were done eating, otherwise why would they take away your plate? You hadn't finished, so you should have placed them apart in a triangular shape, then it wouldn't have been taken away." Jintian muttered: "Eating Western food is so troublesome, I'd rather go to KFC, what a loss!"

  Jin Tian didn't insist anymore after that, so I helped him cut the steak. After about an hour or more, we all had a great meal and then left the private room.

  Wang Zile looked around and said: "The atmosphere is really good here. When I grow up, I'll bring my girlfriend to eat here."

  Yuanyuan's sister teased: "Hey, you're thinking about the future already, really far-sighted! By the way, isn't your aunt's daughter your little girlfriend?" "No way, the grown-ups are talking nonsense."

  My older sister also sighed and said, "In the future when I have a boyfriend, I'll also ask him to bring me to this kind of Western restaurant with atmosphere and romance. Look over there, that couple looks like they're in their thirties, already an old married couple, and yet they still come here."

  We all turned our heads to look, and as a result, I actually saw Wu Hanwen's father. But I can be sure that the person facing Wu Hanwen's father is absolutely not Wu Hanwen's mother. It was unavoidable to be shocked. Wu Hanwen's father has always been a good man who loves his wife and son dearly. How could he come here with another woman? I took another look, and Wu Hanwen's father didn't have any ambiguous behavior. I comforted myself by saying that they must just be ordinary friends who came because of social obligations. It must be me overthinking things.

  My brother called me several times before I reacted. He asked what I was looking at, and I said nothing, just eating too much and having a wandering mind.

  Luckily I didn't eat the 90% cooked steak, Wang Zi and Jin Tian ran to the toilet with diarrhea that night after going home, they were tortured to death. Jin Tian vowed never to eat steak again.

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