After all, wasn't it nice to stay in a warm home?
"The food's all ready!"
Himeko and Little Himeko came into the living room carrying the last steaming dish, then placed it directly on the table.
"I've really troubled you, making a guest like you cook..." Muryōtō Ryūsuke looked at the dishes on the table, seeming a little embarrassed. Himeko was clearly the guest, yet she had ended up cooking.
Muryōtō Ryūsuke was a traditional man from the Far Eastern Land. Unlike in Shenzhou, men as heads of households in the Far Eastern Land rarely cooked; cooking was women's work.
Men were responsible for earning money and supporting the family, while women were responsible for taking care of everything at home.
Although in modern times, quite a few women in the Far Eastern Land had become capable career women whose professional abilities were no worse than men's, they were still a very small minority, especially among women born before the twenty-first century.
To say something that would get him beaten to death by some radical feminists, women in the Far Eastern Land basically became full-time mothers after marriage, with cooking and housework all managed by the wife.
Taking care of their husbands and children was also the most basic duty.
As someone from the Far Eastern Land, Muryōtō Ryūsuke was no exception. Besides, as a scientist, he was extremely busy with work, and his wife had taken care of everything at home.
It was only after Little Himeko entered middle school two years ago that she had started helping Mom out.
However, last year, because of the Honkai, Little Himeko's Mom... had passed away. With Mom gone, the household chores and daily life had fallen onto Muryōtō Ryūsuke and Little Himeko.
And because Muryōtō Ryūsuke was rarely home, Little Himeko