At the long dining table, the three of them occupied one half, while Peach crouched in the middle.
The rainy day left the room dim, so the young girl ran to turn on the light. Its orange glow was slightly red when it first came on, then gradually brightened over the next few seconds.
There were only two dishes on the table: cold-dressed crucian carp and cold-dressed hot-and-sour shredded Potato. There were just two fish. Chen Shu had made dumplings in two flavors, fish-fragrant and Rattan Pepper. Of the Rattan Pepper dumplings, one serving was tossed dry and the other came in broth. He let the young girl choose, and she picked the dry-tossed ones.
As for Peach, one dumpling from each of them would be enough for her.
Something was wrong with the little creature's head. She insisted on eating the same food as the humans. Chen Shu had considered boiling a few plain shrimp dumplings for her separately, but had given up. She would surely think he was mistreating her and shutting her out.
"Has your school started preparing for the Mid-Autumn Gala?" Chen Shu asked as he ate his dumplings.
"Don't know," Ning Qing replied.
"I think some upperclassmen in our college have started rehearsing. I heard every college has to put on a performance." The young girl held a dumpling in her chopsticks to let it cool. "But the upperclassmen usually handle it. We freshmen don't get involved."
"I think our college has started organizing one too." Chen Shu thought for a moment. "Wonder if it'll be any good."
"Brother-in-law, are you performing?"
"Why would I?"
"You sing well."
"I can't be bothered."
"Why not?"
"You could perform stand-up comedy. Why don't you?"
"I can't be bothered."
"..."
"..."
The older and younger of the two