"No problem."

Soon, both women started taking showers.

Xu Lin stayed in the living room, and on a whim, he started a timer to see how long the two women would take to shower.

First was Ms. Ren, 43 minutes and 36 seconds.

Next was Rong Xiyi, 45 minutes and 54 seconds.

Pretty outrageous.

By the time Rong Xiyi came out, it was already ten past midnight.

"How can you take so long for a shower!"

Xu Lin glanced at Rong Xiyi.

"Hmph, mind your own business!"

Rong Xiyi was smug, if her mom wasn't here, Xu Lin would have made her sleep on the wooden floor.

This place is clean, anywhere can turn into a battlefield for a match.

Tonight, Rong Xiyi was also sleeping with Ms. Ren, but it's unknown how long they would chat tonight.

Xu Lin didn't pay attention either. After showering, he fell asleep and slept until morning.

Today is Tuesday, and he only has classes in the morning, none in the afternoon.

Originally, Xu Lin planned to go out with Ning Yuhuan this afternoon, but he thought to wait until tomorrow.

Tomorrow Xu Lin's manuscript payment refreshes, marking his first real payment. Although it won't actually be paid tomorrow, it will be issued on the 12th.

So, with the thought of starting fresh tomorrow, Xu Lin plans to go out with Ning Yuhuan, and maybe buy her some things, like clothes.

Xu Lin doesn't really know how much his manuscript payment will be but he's quite looking forward to it.

After class at noon, Xu Lin hitched a ride home with Rong Xiyi.

At two in the afternoon, Xu Lin went out with his mom and Rong Xiyi again, this time not for clothes, but to buy glutinous rice, lean pork, peanuts, mung beans, and bamboo leaves, saying they're going to make zongzi tonight.

The last batch of zongzi was made at home, then mailed over, already a day old and not fresh out of the pot anymore.

Ms. Ren got a sudden urge and thought since she was leaving tomorrow morning, she decided to make zongzi once more today.

"Yanyan, were the zongzi last time tasty?"

"Delicious!"

"But last time the zongzi was sent by express, not fresh enough. This time you'll taste the real deal from mom!"

"Mom, teach me how to make zongzi tonight!"

"Alright, alright, mom will teach you how to make zongzi!"

Mom affectionately patted Rong Xiyi's little head.

Xu Lin was responsible for driving, taking them to a market to buy the bamboo leaves and all the ingredients needed for zongzi, enough to make twenty pieces.

Then they went to a supermarket to buy a steamer and a winnowing basket, all necessary for making zongzi.

After buying everything, everyone went straight home to start making zongzi.

But before that, there were other steps, like boiling the mung beans first, stir-frying the peanuts once before crushing, and cutting lean pork into strips.

These steps were all Xu Lin's responsibility, with Ms. Ren playing overseer since Xu Lin knows how to do it.

Later, it was Ms. Ren and Rong Xiyi's turn to make the zongzi.

The two women, one big and one small, chatted non-stop at the dining table while making zongzi.

Xu Lin watched TV on the side.

After the zongzi were wrapped, it took another two to three hours to steam them.

By then, it was dark, around eight in the evening.

A whole basket of fresh, steaming zongzi came out.

"Xu Lin, the zongzi are done, which one do you want?"

Rong Xiyi called out to him.

"Just give me a big one, and help me with the leaves, cut it in half and put it in a bowl."

"Why cut it in half?"

"Because the bowl is too small to fit it all, silly!"

"You're the silly one!"

Watching her son and Rong Xiyi bicker, Ms. Ren couldn't help but laugh, the joy of having a son and a daughter; those who already have both might not understand, because they often take their blessings for granted.

Ten minutes later, Xu Lin was enjoying his delicious zongzi.

In reality, zongzi can't be made exceptionally tasty, it's just however the filling tastes, but when it's made by mom's own hands, the feeling is different, it's not something you can have anytime.

"Mom, the zongzi is so good!"

Rong Xiyi mumbled as she spoke, still chewing on the zongzi.

Mom squinted her eyes and smiled, "Eat slowly, no one's going to snatch it from you!"

"Because it's too delicious!"

Rong Xiyi was very happy, and the scene was filled with joy.

Mom looked at Xu Lin and the others, feeling a pang of reluctance about leaving tomorrow.

As people say, after children go to college, the time for family reunions decreases, and when they start working, it'll be even less.

That's life, a spoonful of sweetness to dilute nine parts of bitterness, togetherness is always less than separation.

Ms. Ren thought, if Xu Lin gets married and has children in the future, she might consider retiring early to help raise the kids with him.

But Ms. Ren figured, that's just thinking out loud, would Xu Lin stay in Jiangdu? Buy a car and a house here? Considering her current savings are just over three million, but buying a house in Jiangdu, this amount of money is only enough for a down payment, so she still needs to keep working hard, otherwise, how will her son buy a house?

And what about Xu Lin's dad? Ms. Ren never asked, and she doesn't know how much money that man has.

Xu Lin's dad never lacked money, asking him, he impatiently says: "Why ask? There's enough!"

Beyond that, there's nothing.

Even when they were not divorced, their finances were separate; Ms. Ren didn't know how much Xu Lin's dad had, and he didn't know how much she had, but whenever you asked him, he could certainly come up with the money, like buying Xu Lin a house back home, over 2.6 million, all cash, and the renovation another over 600 thousand, totaling over 3.3 million, all paid by Xu Lin's dad without a blink of an eye.

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