Lure her son away

  Fukang Noodle House

  Slurp, slurp, in the blink of an eye, the noodles from the big bowl were all poured into the small mouth, with not a single grain left on the bottom of the bowl.

  The onlookers burst into thunderous applause and shouted: "Encore! Encore!"

  Huā Yùyán took out a handkerchief and wiped her son's mouth: "Mùmù, are you full?"

  "Another bowl." Huā Mù Róng responded to the crowd's call, raising a small finger.

  The shopkeeper's legs turned to noodles as he counted the empty bowls on the table: "Oh no, where did this kid come from?"

  Is this kid really a child? That stomach must be huge, it's even bigger than a cow's stomach.

  Hua Yu Yan first wanted to let her son eat his fill, because she didn't have to spend money. Unexpectedly, as a big city, Hua Xi Cheng had everything, even places where you could eat for free.

  She was overjoyed when she saw a sign at a noodle restaurant that said eating a certain number of bowls would be completely free and there were also special rewards.

  Alas, this kind of place was opened just for her son and his pet pig, and Huajiu Yan deeply believed it.

  On the one hand, responding to his son's call to eat, he shouted: "Boss, bring another bowl." On the other hand, he quickly calculated with his fingers: "As agreed, if you can finish eating 15 bowls of noodles, they will all be free. If you eat more than one bowl, each additional bowl will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. Now, my son and the pig have both eaten 10 more bowls, so I need to pay him an extra 200 taels of silver."

  Sent, sent.

  When Huayu yelled "Get rich!" at the same time, the boss and the shopkeeper stood behind the crowd with a sad face.

  The heavens weep.

  This kid eats three times the amount of an average adult's stomach capacity in one bowl. The previous record holder for eating at this noodle shop only managed twelve bowls.

  And then there's that miniature pig, can it be called a pig? Yes, pigs are capable of eating a lot, but this one has exceeded people's imagination about the capacity of a pig's stomach.

  "Hurry up and take down the sign for me!" The boss slapped the shop assistant in the face, "One more time and I'll be bankrupt!"

  The young shop assistant sullenly got up onto a bench and took down the sign hanging on the door, then rehung the notice of temporary closure.

  If it weren't for rushing to board the boat and cross the river, Hua Xiyuan would have let her son and pet pig eat until this old boss took off his underwear to pay off debts.

  When the time was almost up, Hua Xiuyan received two hundred taels of silver from her boss as a surrender fee. She then said to her son who was lying on the chair resting after eating his fill: "Mumu, you and Nini stay here, mother will go find a boat, when I find one I'll come back for you."

  One person and one pig, lying on a bench table, with a big belly sticking out, nodding their head.

  Hua Yu Nian flew out of the dock to find a boat.

  The onlookers dispersed when they saw there was nothing more to see.

  Mother left, the boss and the shopkeeper were afraid that they would still want to stay and eat, so they ran away quickly. Huamu Rong took out an apple from her bosom, wiped it with her sleeve: "Nini, do you want to eat?"

  Little pig Nini ate too much and lay on the table in a stiff posture, snoring.

  Huā Mù Róng raised an apple, and Xiǎo Yá was just about to take a bite when her eyes caught a glimpse of a white shadow flying into the store, and her eyebrows furrowed.

  The little prince who looked exactly like himself and whom he had met in the bustling city last time, walked in with elegant small steps.

  The little egret grasped the table corner with its two feet, tilted its bird head, and curiously sized up the pet pig on the table that was snoring without any vigilance.

  Huā Mù Róng wiped her little nose, thinking of what her mother had taught her last time. She sat up from the stool with a jump, like a carp, and rummaged through her pocket, pulling out a few pieces of silver. "My mother told me to return these to you," she said. "Last time my pig ate your cotton candy."

  Lí Dōngyù's thoughtful eyes fell on his dull gray linen shirt, from which it could be seen that his family was not well off, and compared to himself, he was definitely much worse.

  "Yifeng, go and guard the door, don't let anyone in."

  Yi Feng received the young master's order and immediately had the dark guards distributed around the noodle shop to set up a warning line.

  "I have something to say to you, let's go inside and talk." As he spoke, Li Dongyu walked towards the small private room in the noodle shop.

  Huā Mù Róng saw him not even glance at the silver, raised an eyebrow, stretched out his small hand to hold the little pig, and followed him into the inner room.

  The door is closed.

  Li Dongyun opened his gray cloak, revealing the white robe underneath that showed off his noble demeanor. Together with his stunningly handsome face, he exuded an air of nobility, and under the light of the oil lamp, it seemed as if he was radiating a brilliant golden glow.

  The little pig Nini, who had fallen asleep, was like being stabbed by light and opened her eyes in surprise.

  A charming and captivating smile fell on Li Dongyuan's lips: "I'd like to invite you to my home as a guest."

  Is this kid out of his mind? Ni Ni ate his cotton candy and he didn't even ask them to pay him back, instead he invited them home as guests.

  "Why should I go to your home as a guest?"

  "Because there are many delicious things at home. As long as it's something good to eat, you can find it at my house. For example..."

  "For example?"

  Two little foodies, as long as they hear something delicious, they concentrate with rapt attention.

  For example, the deep-sea dragon fish raised in the East Sea Dragon Palace cannot be bought on the market. It belongs to the tribute goods presented by the people of the East Sea Dragon Clan to the imperial palace.

  "Nini, he said that only royalty can eat the deep-sea dragon fish, and it's available at his home!" The little foodie's face immediately turned bright red.

  The little piglet squealed excitedly: Delicious royal food, I want it.

  "How about coming over to my place for a deep-sea dragon fish meal?"

  "It's no good."

  Just as everything was going smoothly, suddenly a sentence didn't work. Lei Dongyao's eyes narrowed slightly: "What reason?"

  "If I leave, what about my mom? My mom has to go to Yidou. If I don't listen, she'll say goodbye to me. I like the deep-sea dragon fish, but it's not as important as my mom saying goodbye to me."

  Goodbye?

  Unheard-of vocabulary, loanwords? Although I don't understand, I can guess the general meaning. Li Dongyu's lips curled up: "If that's the case, I have an idea."

  "What's the idea?"

  "We two can swap identities, I'll become you for a few days and you become me for a few days. This way, you can go to my home to eat deep-sea dragon fish, and I'll take your place to accompany your mother so she won't worry. Your mother is anxious about you, and my father is also worried about me."

  "Dad? This word made Huamu Rong's small eyebrows wrinkle: "Your dad?"

  "Right. I have a father but no mother, you have a mother but no father. If we switch roles for a few days, wouldn't you get to experience what it's like having a father, and I can feel what it's like having a mother?"

  What's it like having a father?

  Huā Mù Róng's two small eyebrows were knotted together.