Transmigrating into the World of Home with Kids: Becoming Liu Xing - Part 1, Chapter 43: Remembering the Bitter Past and Appreciating the Sweet Present

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In the evening, as the family prepared for dinner, four brightly colored dishes, a good mix of meat and vegetables, were already laid out on the table. Liu Mei brought out the last bowl of hot soup and shouted, "Dinner's ready!"
Grandpa was watching TV when Xia Donghai came out and said with a smile, "Dad! Dinner's ready!"
"good!"
Grandpa turned off the TV and got up to eat.
The family members sat down at the table one after another.
Grandpa saw the table full of delicious food and complained, "So many dishes again, it's like celebrating the New Year every day."
Grandma said, "Kids these days are picky eaters. They want wontons from their husbands and noodles from their mothers. They're so hard to please!"
At this moment, Liu Xing asked with a smile, "Mom, I've been asking you for three days, why haven't you bought the braised pork knuckle yet?"
After transmigrating, Liu Xing had become accustomed to being a child, and because of his outstanding performance at home, he often made many demands.
Liu Mei said, "I'm busy, how could I remember so many?"
Xiaoyu said from the other side, "Mom, why are you going back on your word again? Didn't we agree to have cola chicken wings tonight?"
"I'll definitely buy it tomorrow."
Liu Mei was truly overwhelmed.
Xiaoyu was unhappy and said sullenly, "It's tomorrow again! It's tomorrow again!"
Grandpa frowned and tapped the plate with his chopsticks: "Listen up, this is Donghai's home, not Donghai Restaurant. You can't order food here!"
Xiaoxue stuck out her tongue: "I was going to say why we didn't buy yellow croaker again, but I listened to Grandpa and decided not to say it."
Grandpa was speechless for a moment, then muttered, "Didn't you already say that?"
Little Yu put down her chopsticks and pouted to express her dissatisfaction.
When Grandma saw this, she felt extremely sorry for him and quickly went over to coax him: "It's just cola chicken wings, right? Grandma will remember this, and tomorrow, Grandma will definitely make them for you herself!"
"This trick actually works?" Liu Xing chuckled, mimicking Xiao Yu's actions, deliberately putting down his chopsticks and pouting even more.
Grandma laughed: "Don't join in the fun. You want to eat braised pork knuckle, don't you? Grandma will buy it tomorrow, and yellow croaker too, I'll buy everything tomorrow!"
The children were all happy, but Grandpa got angry: "This is outrageous! I'm not eating!"
Even the old man is being difficult? Grandma was surprised, but immediately smiled and said to him, "Just tell me what you want to eat, and I'll buy it all tomorrow."
"I want to eat people!"
Grandpa slammed his chopsticks down and said irritably.
"ah?"
The whole family was terrified and filled with fear.
Liu Xing's expression suddenly changed. After spending the last few months together, he had a basic understanding of his grandfather's personality. He was a serious man who valued education and resisted laziness and the idea of getting something for nothing. He figured that his grandfather might take action today.
That evening, at the grandfather's "summons," the adults of the Xia family held an emergency family meeting.
"Let me tell you, if you keep spoiling your children like this, they're sure to amount to nothing when they grow up!"
At the meeting, Grandpa spoke with a serious expression and righteous indignation.
Grandma disagreed, muttering under her breath, "I've never heard of a child becoming useless after eating braised pork hock and cola chicken wings."
"The problem isn't with the braised pork knuckle and chicken wings,"
Grandpa got even angrier. "It's about the children's mindset. We can't always let them only know how to enjoy life. They need to learn to endure hardship. Only by enduring hardship can one rise above others. Don't you understand?"
Xia Donghai and Liu Mei were taken aback and remained silent.
Grandma shook her head and honestly said, "I don't understand."
"Don't you understand?" Grandpa was almost furious. He said to Grandma, "Fine, fine, a good man doesn't argue with a woman. I don't want to quarrel with you. Don't worry about tomorrow's groceries, I'll take care of it."
"That won't do. I promised the children, and I must do it tomorrow."
Grandma wouldn't compromise and immediately refused.
"You can rest for one day. Let me handle it tomorrow."
"I'll do it!"
"I'll do it!"
The two argued endlessly. Finally, they decided to listen to Xia Donghai and Liu Mei's opinions, with Xia Donghai and Liu Mei raising their hands to indicate their support: left hand for Grandma's side, right hand for Grandpa's side.
Who knew...
Xia Donghai and Liu Mei both hesitated before raising their hands.
Hands up? Surrender? Grandpa was furious: "Who are you surrendering to?"
Grandma said smugly, "You don't know this, do you? Nowadays, every household is the same; parents surrender to their children."
Grandpa was speechless with anger.
Ultimately, Grandpa and Grandma still couldn't reach an agreement.
The next day at noon, Grandpa returned home carrying a black plastic bag full of wild vegetables.
"Dad, you're back from grocery shopping?"
Liu Mei greeted her.
Grandpa pointed to the black plastic bag and said, "I got up very early today and went to the suburbs to dig up this bag of wild vegetables. Don't cook anything today; let the children have a meal to remember the hardships of the past."
"Remembering bitterness with rice?"
Everyone was stunned.
"This wild vegetable is edible?"
Grandma looked on in confusion and went over to take a look.
"If it weren't for these wild vegetables when I was a child, I would have starved to death long ago."
Grandpa said irritably, "Today I want the children to have a taste too, so they know how much hardship their ancestors endured to achieve their happy life today!"
Xia Donghai and Liu Mei both nodded in agreement.
Surprisingly, even Grandma nodded in agreement with Grandpa's statement!
"That makes a lot of sense,"
All I heard Grandma say was, "It's very educational, I wholeheartedly agree."
Really? The sun is rising in the west? Grandpa was overjoyed when he heard this.
Little did anyone know, Grandma then said, "I see this pavilion today. When all the children come back, you should first tell them about the hardships they endured and how much suffering they went through. Then take out these wild vegetables and show them to them so they will remember that their grandfather used to fill his stomach with these wild vegetables when he was a child."
Grandpa sensed something was wrong and asked, "And then?"
"Then I brought out the cola chicken wings, braised yellow croaker, and braised pork knuckle, and then a sweet treat."
Grandma said it with a serious expression.
This is outrageous! "Is this how you reminisce about past hardships and appreciate present happiness?"
Isn't that so?
Sure enough, the sun rose in the east. Grandpa was so angry he was at his wit's end.
"After all that talk about 'bitterness-remembering meal,' you're not going to eat it?"
Grandpa asked angrily.
Grandma said matter-of-factly, "The intention is there, but do you really want the children to eat this wild vegetable that even pigs wouldn't eat?"
"If they don't taste it for themselves, how can they understand the hardships their predecessors endured?"
“Grandpa, that makes sense, but times have changed. If you don’t believe me, go to the supermarket and see. Cat food and dog food are all about nutritional content, so people can’t be careless either. Can wild vegetables contain vitamins A, B, C, and D?”
Grandpa was really furious this time!
"We have to eat this bitter meal today, whether we like it or not!" Grandpa said resolutely.
"This is child abuse!"
Grandma was not to be outdone.
Grandpa and Grandma are such a lively pair; one wants to make "bitter memories" rice, and the other wants to make "sweet memories" rice, and neither of them will give in to the other.
Watching them argue, Xia Donghai and Liu Mei felt a bit suffocated and almost fainted.
Finally, thanks to the mediation of the poor sandwich filling—Xia Donghai and Liu Mei—both grandpa and grandma had to give in a little.
"My mom agreed, so we ate the 'bitter memories meal'."
After being persuaded, Liu Mei said happily.
"So readily agreed?"
Grandpa was overjoyed and got up to leave, saying, "I'll go and get ready."
"But she has conditions."
Liu Mei stopped her grandfather and said.
Grandpa asked, "What are the conditions?"
"She has to cook those wild vegetables herself." "Fine, she can cook them, I'll just enjoy the good life!"
Grandpa gave a wry smile.
Later that evening, when all three children had returned home, Grandpa, Xia Donghai, and Liu Mei were chatting in the living room.
Upon seeing the children, Xia Donghai solemnly said, "All three of you, come here and stand properly!"
Seeing Xia Donghai so serious for the first time, the children were startled and thought, "Are we going to have military training?"
Why so serious? It's kind of scary.
Xiao Xue gurgled.
"We need to be serious today,"
Xia Donghai said, "I solemnly inform you that there are no cola chicken wings or braised pork knuckles today..."
"Just eating braised yellow croaker?"
Xiaoxue cheered with joy upon hearing this.
There were no fish at all.
Xia Donghai shook his head seriously.
The children were taken aback, then asked in unison, "What are we going to eat?"
"Today, the whole family is having a 'bitter meal'!"
Xia Donghai said.
Huh? The children were taken aback.
Xiaoyu asked, "What is 'bitter rice'? Is it tasty?"
Xia Donghai answered truthfully: "It doesn't taste good; it's just a kind of weed!"
Wild grass? Little Rain protested, "We're not cows! I object!"
"Yes, protest!"
Xiaoxue echoed.
Liu Xing didn't speak. He already knew what "bitter food" meant. He guessed it was wild vegetables. This grandfather wanted him and the others to eat wild vegetables so they could experience the suffering of the older generation.
At this point, Liu Xing's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, because he remembered his beloved grandfather from his previous life!
Liu Xing's grandfather in his previous life was a veteran of the People's Liberation Army. After the liberation of China, he returned home to farm. When Liu Xing was very young, his grandfather loved him very much and often told him about their past. His grandfather often said something that left a deep impression on Liu Xing in his previous life: "Life is better now. We who have eaten wild vegetables all our lives have finally brought happiness to our children and grandchildren. We can die without regrets."
Later, after his grandfather died, Liu Xing often thought of those words, which had a profound meaning. When he grew up, he went to remote mountainous areas and ate wild vegetables. They didn't taste very good, but when Liu Xing ate them, he would involuntarily think of his grandfather, and he was very happy eating them at the time.
At this moment, Liu Xing suddenly had the same feeling as back then!
At this moment, Xia Donghai said, "The protest is invalid. To be precise, it's a kind of wild vegetable..."
"Wild vegetables are poisonous; who will be responsible if someone dies from eating them?"
Xiaoxue persisted, and at that moment, Grandpa stepped forward sternly: "I'll take responsibility!"
Grandpa is in charge? The children were all stunned.
Grandpa said, “Children, these wild vegetables are what I dug up in the suburbs early this morning. They don’t taste good; they’re bitter and astringent, but I used to eat them as my main meal when I was a child.”
"Grandpa, were you mentally challenged when you were little?"
Xiao Yu asked innocently.
"Grandpa isn't Junzi, Grandpa's family is just poor!"
Grandpa was heartbroken when he recalled those days, "If I didn't eat these bitter and astringent wild vegetables, I would starve to death!"
"Grandpa wants you to try these wild vegetables today so you'll know that good days don't come easily, and you must cherish your happy life today," Xia Donghai continued.
"Grandpa, I understand what you mean, and I agree with it, but I'm just afraid..."
At this point, Xiaoxue lowered her head, looking a little embarrassed.
"What are you afraid of?" Grandpa asked.
"I'm just afraid these wild vegetables will taste bad."
"It is precisely because it tastes bad that it has meaning."
The children were speechless and didn't know what to do.
Liu Xing sighed, his expression darkening. Suddenly, a mischievous thought struck him, and he immediately raised his hand to speak: "Grandpa, why is it that only unpalatable food has meaning, while delicious food has no meaning?"
"this……"
This time, it was Grandpa's turn to be speechless.
Seizing the opportunity, Liu Xing continued to tease, "Does having delicious food every day mean nothing?"
"this……"
Xiaoyu honestly said, "I'm most afraid of eating bitter food. What if I can't swallow it?"
Grandpa sighed heavily and said, “Children, these wild vegetables are indeed hard to swallow. But when you are very, very hungry, you won’t feel the bitterness anymore, and you won’t be afraid of the bitterness! Once you find the feeling of hunger, you will be able to swallow them.”
What does it feel like to be hungry?
Xiaoyu looked at Liu Xing, who smiled helplessly and didn't answer. Xiaoxue looked at Xiaoxue, then at Xiaoyu, still confused. "We can't find the feeling of hunger!"
Xiaoxue raised her hand to speak again.
Grandpa remained silent, only sighing again and again.
Xia Donghai stepped forward and said, "It's precisely because you've never experienced hunger since you were little that you don't know what hunger feels like. You have so much good food every day, yet you're still not satisfied! That's why Grandpa went to dig wild vegetables for you to try today. Wild vegetables are indeed very hard to eat, but you must eat them. Remember the bitter and astringent taste! Come to the table, let's eat!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xing felt it was necessary to eat this "bitter memory meal" and immediately asked, "Grandpa, who makes this bitter memory meal?"
"Um, your grandma makes it!"
Grandpa said.
"Forehead!"
Liu Xing nodded and said, "Then Grandpa, I think we won't be able to eat this 'bitter memories meal'!"
"Huh? Why?"
Grandpa and Xia Donghai were taken aback.
"Because my grandma can cook wild vegetables really well!"
Liu Xing said calmly.
"Hehe, how could that be! Don't talk nonsense! How could wild vegetables possibly taste good?"
Grandpa waved his hand and laughed.
Liu Xing remained silent, thinking to himself, "You'll find out soon enough."

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