Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Fragrant Beef Noodles
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xia Wan knew that Xia Feng was only saying it. If something really happened to her, Xia Feng would definitely not leave her alone.
It was just that Xia Feng still had a knot in his heart about what had happened in the past. However, children were always easy to coax.
“Alright, let’s go eat now. Do you guys want to have beef noodles?” she asked with a smile.
Xia Chen couldn’t help but drool when he heard this. In the past, the meat at home was all fought over by Xia Yu, and they couldn’t get it at all. Now, he could eat a bowl of beef noodles with all the meat in it. Just thinking about it excited Xia Chen. He nodded repeatedly. “I want it!!!”
“You’re so rich now anyway,” Xia Feng said arrogantly. “Let’s eat.”
He couldn’t help but swallow his saliva as well. Meat, he hadn’t had it in a long time.
The moment the three arrived at the restaurant, their noses were assaulted with the powerful aroma of beef noodles. Its fragrance, together with a tinge of spiciness, made them drool uncontrollably.
Xia Chen and Xia Feng couldn’t help but gawk at the restaurant’s hungry patrons. Everyone was eating with big mouthfuls, and their faces were filled with satisfaction. It was obvious that the beef noodles in this restaurant were very good.
Xia Wan picked a seat and sat down. Xia Chen and Xia Feng quickly followed to sit on her left and right.
A shop assistant saw that it was three children and they were wearing old clothes. His eyes were filled with doubt, but he still asked, “Are you three here for beef noodles? How many bowls do you want?”
From the waiter’s point of view, the three only needed one bowl. It didn’t even look like they could afford it.
Xia Wan was displeased with the shop assistant’s attitude. She was now a rich woman with 5000 yuan in her pocket. She immediately raised her voice and said, “Three bowls of beef noodles. Please put more meat in it, thank you.”
She knew this restaurant. It cost one yuan a bowl, and the meat was abundant.
She took out three one-yuan notes and placed them on the table.
The shop assistant’s expression immediately changed. He took the money with a smile and said, “Alright, I’ll prepare them for you.”
Xia Chen felt a little guilty the moment he saw Xia Wan take out three yuan.
One yuan for a bowl of beef noodles would be enough to bear their family’s living expenses for a day.
After the man left, Xia Chen asked nervously, “Wanwan, should we just cancel our orders? The noodles are way too expensive. We can still leave before they’re ready.
Hearing Xia Chen’s words, Xia Feng also said, “Yeah, we don’t feel like eating anymore. It’s too expensive, and beef noodles aren’t that delicious anyway.”
Though he had said that, Xiafeng still couldn’t help but gulp when he smelled the fragrance in the air.
Xia Wan smiled. “You guys can eat in peace. I earn so our family can live a good life. If I only earn and don’t spend, then what is this money for? Do you want to put it in my coffin after I die?”
After that, Xia Wan didn’t care what the two people thought and asked directly, “Do you want soy milk? If the beef noodles are too spicy, drink a cup of soy milk, and it’ll suppress the spiciness.”
This time, Xia Chen and Xia Feng both shook their heads. “No, it’s a waste of money.”
“Okay, I’ll go buy it for you now.” Xia Wan immediately stood up.
By the time Xia Chen and Xia Feng reacted, Xia Wan had already gone out.
They wanted to pull Xia Wan back, but they were afraid that after they left, the waiter would serve the beef noodles to someone else. Hence, the two sat carefully in their seats, not daring to leave.
Soon, Xia Wan came back with the soy milk. Seeing Xia Chen and Xia Feng’s nervous expressions, she placed a cup in front of each of them and explained, “Don’t worry. It was cheap… 20 cents a cup.”
Before this, they would have considered a 20-cent cup of soy milk to be very expensive. Now, when compared with a bowl of beef noodles that cost one yuan, soy milk seemed very affordable.
The two brothers knew that they could not persuade Xia Wan, so they didn’t say anything more.
When the beef noodles were served, the two brothers just looked at it without moving their chopsticks.
Seeing this, Xia Wan deliberately said with a straight face, “If you guys aren’t eating, I’m not eating either. You know that I’m not in good health. I fell into the water, and if I don’t eat my fill, I’ll definitely get sick.”
After being threatened by Xia Wan, the two boys picked up their chopsticks and immediately dug in.
Seeing that they had started eating, Xia Wan followed suit with a smile.
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