Mia and the Blossoms of Change Chapter 10

After the chili sauce was ready, they put it in glass bottles, a large can and some smaller bottles. Mia Jiang, who hadn't even started eating yet, was already salivating and said excitedly, "Okay, there's so much, we should be able to eat it until the baby is born."

Ethan Jiang felt his eyelids twitch. He was a person who didn't eat much chili peppers. For him, he probably couldn't finish eating so many chili peppers in his lifetime. He thought Mia Jiang's way of eating was really a bit too exaggerated, so he kindly reminded her: "I think you can eat less, so you can eat for a longer time."

It’s okay for Mia Jiang to avoid other things during pregnancy, but if she is asked to avoid spicy food, she thinks it would be better for her to die.

She argued with Ethan Jiang: "You don't understand the happiness of those of us who love spicy food. When my sister-in-law was pregnant, she also loved spicy food." Ethan Jiang pricked up his ears and began to listen to her carefully, but Mia Jiang had realized that if she continued to talk, she might reveal too much information. She immediately laughed and explained: "Cousin, she is my cousin's wife."

The original owner was an only daughter, but she had many cousins, after all, her father had several brothers and sisters.

Although Ethan Jiang didn't know much, he knew that Mia Jiang's family didn't like spicy food. He had been to her house several times before and had never seen her or her family eat spicy food.

He was curious about the change in Mia Jiang's taste, but he also knew that this might be a secret that could not be revealed. Once it was revealed, their relationship might change drastically, so he chose to ask.

I just guided her and asked, "They say sour boys and spicy girls, did your sister-in-law give birth to a son or a daughter?"

Mia Jiang rolled her eyes at him and said, "There are many girls in our area who like spicy food. We can't all give birth to daughters, right?"

"But I do like my daughter very much."

Speaking of this, Mia Jiang remembered her previous ideas and suddenly wanted to test Ethan Jiang.

She said shyly, "Ethan Jiang, um, am I not an only child? My parents actually want me to have a child with our family name."

In fact, it was not the original owner's parents who thought so, but Mia Jiang herself. After all, legally, a child's surname can be the same as his or her parents'. There is nothing wrong with her fighting for her own rights.

In fact, the tradition is that the child takes the man's surname. This is the case for Mia Jiang and Ethan Jiang. Although Mia Jiang thinks that Ethan Jiang is different from ordinary men, she is still worried that he might be obsessed with the surname. However, Ethan Jiang did not show any shock or reluctance, but said, "Okay."

Mia Jiang had been prepared for a tug-of-war, but she didn't expect him to agree so quickly. She had no place to vent her prepared debate, and Mia Jiang felt very confused and asked, "Why did you agree so easily?"

They came out after having dinner. It was already dark now. People were playing in the community and it was very lively. Ethan Jiang looked at the lively crowd not far away. Many parents of children got off work and brought their children out to play. For Ethan Jiang in his childhood, such a scene was a luxury. He had imagined it and longed for it, but had never gotten it.

The affection he has for his parents is not as much as the one-tenth affection he has for his grandmother.

"My last name is not important. Besides, you gave birth to this child with great effort. If you want him to have the same last name as you, why not?"

very nice.

Mia Jiang felt that she had traveled to this world, had a child, and the child had a good father. This feeling was quite wonderful.

There were quite a lot of people at the playground, and Mia Jiang thought it would be nice to go for a walk, so she asked Ethan Jiang: "Do you want to go for a walk?"

Ethan Jiang usually goes home after finishing work outside. When he gets home, he feels like a turtle hiding in a safe shell, which makes him feel peaceful in his heart. In fact, he has not often taken such a leisurely walk outside and he doesn't like it very much.

But since Mia Jiang had spoken, even though he wanted to refuse, he didn't know how to refuse. After hesitating for a while, he looked up at her eyes that seemed more beautiful than the stars in the sky. He paused for a moment, and then, as if possessed by a magic power, he actually agreed.

"Can."

There were people selling balloons in the square, and there were stalls selling glowing toys for children. There were many trees here, and the air was very fresh. It seemed that there were no large factories here, so compared to the community where they lived, the sky and scenery here seemed to be much better, and much more natural and wild.

The night was a little chilly, but Mia Jiang had no intention of hiding in the house. Instead, she walked slowly along the sidewalk. Seeing a primary school nearby, Mia Jiang asked curiously, "You didn't go to the primary school here before, did you?"

"no."

In fact, at that time, he really wanted to go to elementary school here, because his parents didn't have time to take care of him, and only his grandparents understood what he really needed in his heart. He mentioned it to his parents, but later they said that the teaching resources of the school here were not that good.

However, all his good friends went to school here, but in the school that his parents said had good resources, he faced more classmates who laughed at him and teachers who said to him, "If your classmates bully you, you should reflect on why others are not bullied." Later, his grandfather discovered that something was wrong with him, took him to the school to find a teacher, and reprimanded his head teacher. Only then did those who bullied him stop being so blatant.

If I talk about the past in front of her, I'll probably be laughed at.

Ethan Jiang didn't want Mia Jiang to have the impression that he was cowardly and incompetent, so he kept silent about his past.

Then after walking for a while, near the primary school, two little boys were surrounding another little boy, threatening him: "Hand over all the money you have."

The thin-looking boy, whose clothes were not very nice, faced several boys taller than him. He was like a thin bamboo trembling in the wind, and his voice was very weak: "I have given you all my money. I have no more money."

His show of weakness not only failed to make the others let him go, but instead they started to beat and kick him.

Mia Jiang, who loves spicy food and has a gentle personality, got angry when she saw someone bullying a child. She completely forgot that she was a pregnant woman who needed to be cared for. She rolled up her sleeves and rushed forward, staring at the two little boys who were threatening the child and yelled, "What are you doing?"

Although Mia Jiang was a pregnant woman and the two children, no matter how fierce the little boy was, they were only in elementary school, so when they saw the adults coming, they immediately ran away, leaving the little boy behind whose money had been robbed.

Mia Jiang walked over, pulled up the little boy on the ground, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

The little boy was dirty and covered with fallen leaves. He had been robbed several times. They threatened him to give them the money at this time of night. In the previous times, the little boy was lonely and helpless. He never thought that there would be someone who could help him. He was stunned for a moment, staring at Mia Jiang blankly, and said, "Thank you, thank you sister."

Mia Jiang helped him brush off the fallen leaves, looked at this kid who was probably only in the second or third grade, and asked gently: "Isn't this the first time they bullied you?"

The little boy nodded, tears in his eyes: "They took my money, which my father gave me for breakfast in the morning.

He would probably be hungry every morning for the next few days.

Mia Jiang had experienced the feeling of going to class on an empty stomach. She felt very uncomfortable. She thought she could help the children, so she asked, "How much money did they rob you of?"

The little boy didn't know what Mia Jiang was thinking, so he said honestly, "Twenty dollars."

Mia Jiang felt her pocket. She didn't usually use cash when she went out, so she didn't have a penny.

She turned around and looked at Ethan Jiang who was not far behind her and said, "Do you have any cash on you? Twenty dollars."

Ethan Jiang's eyes flickered and he took out a wallet from his pocket. There was indeed cash in it. He was different from Mia Jiang. Sometimes he might need cash when he went out, so he always had cash ready in his wallet.

He took out a twenty-yuan note and gave it to Mia Jiang, who handed the money to the little boy.

Twenty yuan may not be a lot of money for adults, but for children, it is a very large sum. The little boy looked at Mia Jiang blankly, and his first reaction was to refuse: "Sister, I can't just take your money."

Mia Jiang didn't expect the kid to be so polite, so she said softly, "But if you don't have money, you can't have breakfast and you'll be hungry. I have my own baby now, and I'd be sad if I saw my baby go hungry every day because I don't have money."

The little boy still hesitated.

He was obviously tempted, but his pride made him subconsciously refuse.

What adults think is not a lot of money may really be a lot for children.

Mia Jiang then thought of a way and said, "How about this, I'll just lend you the money, you can take it first, my family is... When you have money, you can give it to my grandmother and say it's to pay us back."

The little boy was willing to accept it, and bowed very successfully to say thank you: "Thank you, sister."

Mia Jiang found it a little funny to see the boy thank her in such a formal way. She gave the boy some advice and said, "If you are bullied by other kids outside, you should tell your parents. If you don't let them, they will just keep bullying you."

The little boy said in a timid voice, "But my parents are very busy at work."

"They are busy working to earn money for your education. If they see you being bullied at school, they will be so sad."

However, Mia Jiang thought of some parents who would put all the blame on their children, so she added a few more words, "Even if your parents don't have time to take care of it, you can still ask the teacher or an adult you trust. If that doesn't work, you can also ask the police. This kind of thing may be a big deal for children, but it's just a small matter for adults. It's much easier for them to handle it than for you to tolerate it."

"Of course..." Mia Jiang thought about her childhood self. In order to be cool, she was unwilling to tell adults when something happened, and she would always fight with those annoying boys: "When there is really no other way, you can take your broom, stick or other handy tools and fight with them bravely. They know that you are fierce enough and don't care about your life. If they are afraid of you, they will not bully you. You have to know that you are afraid of pain, and they are not iron men either. They are also afraid of the same. You are a boy, you should be braver. Auntie also often fought with others when she was a child, you must not have expected it."

Not only did the little boy not expect this, but even Ethan Jiang next to him did not expect this. He originally thought that Mia Jiang was a gentle girl, at least much gentler than the previous her, but he did not expect that she was so brave when she was a child.

He couldn't imagine her fighting with boys at all.

The little boy shook his head.

However, Mia Jiang's words did provide him with a lot of ideas. He suddenly had an epiphany and knew how to solve the current dilemma. He bowed to Mia Jiang with great gratitude: "Thank you, sister, I know what to do."

Then the little boy ran away excitedly with the twenty yuan.

Mia Jiang looked back at Ethan Jiang and found that he was looking at her. Mia Jiang thought of what she had said just now about teaching the kids to fight, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so she asked, "Well, I taught the kids to fight, isn't that a bit bad?"

Ethan Jiang shook his head: "If he follows your words and won't be bullied in the future, he will definitely be very grateful to you."

Mia Jiang chuckled and then asked, "Are you a little surprised that I fought when I was a kid?"

Ethan Jiang nodded.

Mia Jiang said: "That's because my father said that children in our family can only pay for medical expenses, but not be beaten. Plus, I was a little bit stupid at that time. Although my father said that I could talk to my family if I had any problems, I felt that I could do it myself. So since preschool, I have fought with little boys a lot."

Many of the little boys she met at that time were naughty and liked to pull girls' hair for no reason. Mia Jiang had many reasons to fight in the past. The little boy at the back desk pulled her hair, the foul-mouthed boys in the class scolded her deskmate, and the little boy who was on duty with her was lazy.

At that time, her father would go every time the parents were called to school. After apologizing, he took her out of the school and immediately began to encourage her for doing well and bought her things as rewards.

Later, when she went to middle school, she saw that the little girls around her were all well-behaved, so she gradually controlled her temper.

As they walked, Mia Jiang told Ethan Jiang about some beautiful things in the past. As Ethan Jiang listened, his worries were put to rest at once and he felt warm. He had a feeling that even if she knew about his past, she would not look down on him.

There were occasionally quite a few passers-by around, and perhaps the atmosphere was very harmonious. Ethan Jiang didn't feel so uncomfortable meeting strangers. Instead, he still enjoyed his current state. If possible, he hoped that she could stay here forever.