Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 1052 - 1048: Shrimp Paste Rice Porridge

After Duoduo sent Shen Siyuan to Xiajing, she didn’t directly return to Bin Hai, but instead went to her brother, Lin Libo’s home.

When she arrived, Huang Jiayan had just rubbed her sleepy eyes and was coming out of the bedroom, preparing to wash up.

Suddenly catching a glimpse of someone sitting on the living room sofa, she was startled and let out a "Ah" scream, instantly awake and stood there dumbfounded.

This scream also woke up Lin Libo who was sleeping soundly in the bedroom.

"What happened? What happened?" He dashed out from the room barefoot, not even having time to put on his shoes, scanning the surroundings nervously.

After seeing clearly who was in the living room, his tense nerves instantly relaxed, replaced by a face full of joy.

He saw his wife frozen in place, while his own younger sister was leisurely sitting on the sofa, stuffing snacks from the table into her mouth.

"Duoduo?!"

Lin Libo strode over and swept Duoduo into his arms, spinning her around, his voice full of delight, "Why did you come?"

He turned to glare at Huang Jiayan, still in shock, and said with annoyance: "Making such a fuss, it’s just Duoduo, why are you screaming?"

Huang Jiayan pouted in grievance, muttering softly: "I came out all drowsy, and suddenly there was an extra person in the living room, of course I was scared."

"Now that you’re awake, hurry up and wash up, and by the way, wake Taotao up."

Lin Libo waved impatiently and once his gaze returned to Duoduo, he immediately switched to a gentle mode, leaning in and kissing and rubbing her face, "When did you arrive? Just you? Why didn’t you say anything beforehand?"

Duoduo looked disgusted, using her small hands to push his face away, nudging his head to the side, frowning with little eyebrows, not letting him get close at all.

Huang Jiayan saw this and felt even more uncomfortable, mumbling: "You’ve never been this attentive to your own son."

After complaining, she turned and went to the small room to wake her son, Lin Wentao.

Since Lin Libo acquired a "Leg Stretching Eye Bulging Pill" from Shen Siyuan, his position in this family skyrocketed, now calling the shots.

Lin Wentao heard that his auntie had arrived and instantly lost his sleepiness, screaming as he ran out of the room, diving to the side of the sofa: "Duoduo, I haven’t seen you for ages!"

"Call me Auntie."

Duoduo struck a pose with her small hips and corrected seriously.

"Hehe, Auntie!"

Lin Wentao immediately obediently corrected himself, excitedly asking, "Did you miss me and came especially to play with me?"

"Nope."

Duoduo shook her head, a little bit of smugness in her tone, "Brother is here for business in Xiajing, I came to drop him off."

"Oh..." Lin Wentao’s tone instantly dropped.

He knew that the "brother" Duoduo referred to was Uncle Shen Siyuan, not his own dad standing beside him.

He turned his head and looked at Lin Libo next to him, asking earnestly: "Dad, you’re also a brother, why does Auntie seem to not really like you?"

Lin Libo’s face turned red at the words, he immediately started saying things that made people laugh, like nonsense, Duoduo liked him best and so on...

Lin Wentao didn’t speak but stared at him sideways, eyes full of mistrust almost pouring out.

Lin Libo got furious from the look, raising his hand pretending to hit: "Little brat, dare to question your dad? Hurry and brush your teeth and wash your face, forgot you have tutoring class today?"

"Eh, you can’t hit me!"

Lin Wentao sidestepped, dodging flexibly, giggling as he ran to his room.

Halfway there, he didn’t forget to turn back and shout to Duoduo: "Duoduo, wait for me a bit, I will change clothes then come to accompany you!"

"Call me Auntie!"

Duoduo shouted in dissatisfaction but Lin Wentao had already darted back to his room.

She looked up towards Lin Libo next to her, pointing at Lin Wentao’s room with her little finger, and seriously said: "He doesn’t call me Auntie, give him a spanking."

"Haha, sure, later your brother will help you deal with him!"

Lin Libo laughed, rubbing Duoduo’s little head, the indulgence in his eyes about to overflow.

Only then was Duoduo satisfied, nodding her head, sitting back on the sofa, picking up snacks and continuing to eat.

Lin Libo immediately sat beside her, fawningly: "Wanna watch TV? I’ll find cartoons for you? Or I’ll go wash fruits? After breakfast, I’ll take you to the amusement park, sound good?"

The just-washed Huang Jiayan saw this scene, feeling sour: Back then when pursuing me, he never seemed this attentive.

She stepped forward, interrupting unkindly: "Hurry up and brush your teeth and wash your face, didn’t you see Duoduo’s almost finding you annoying?"

"Oh... Look at my memory."

Lin Libo slapped his forehead, quickly got up, still not forgetting to ask before leaving, "I’ll cook lunch, Duoduo, what do you want to eat? Brother will make it for you."

"You’ll cook?"

Duoduo widened her eyes in surprise: "You can cook?"

In her memory, it seemed her brother never cooked.

"You underestimated me? Of course I can cook." Lin Libo said proudly.

"But Bo Bo only knows how to make shrimp paste rice." Duoduo tilted her little head, seriously.

"Shrimp paste rice..." Lin Libo paused, the doors of memory instantly opened.

Back then, his father Lin Jianming was a police officer, busy for ten days and half a month without being home.

His mother Song Qingwei was a doctor, always on call for the hospital’s emergency.

At home, often just he and Duoduo, this pair of siblings, eating was a problem.

The older taking care of the younger was quite common in that era.

In the country, older kids would even cook, while city kids mostly just reheated leftovers, Lin family was no exception.

Back then, what he most often made for Duoduo was shrimp paste rice.

The so-called shrimp paste rice was actually simply soaking cold rice with hot water, then mixing in a scoop of shrimp paste, the method couldn’t be simpler.

The shrimp paste was a kind of Bin Hai local condiment, salty and savory, Bin Hai people often use to stir-fry hollow vegetables, steam pork, or directly mix with white porridge.

To them back then, it was a rare delicacy.

Thinking of this, Lin Libo’s heart warmed, his voice softened, asking gently: "For lunch, brother will make shrimp paste rice for you, okay?"

"Okay!"

Duoduo answered crisply, eyes shining, inside hiding excitement almost overflowing, little feet couldn’t help but wiggle on the sofa.

Lin Wentao watched as Dad soaked rice with hot water, then scooped a big spoonful of paste, stirred with chopsticks, and pushed it to him, he looked shocked.

"This is shrimp paste rice?" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"What else?" Lin Libo looked at him sideways.

"Uh..."

Lin Wentao thought, I thought shrimp paste rice was some rare delicacy, but now it’s just this?

"Eat if you want, if not stay hungry, look at your auntie, eating quite happily."

Lin Libo pointed at Duoduo beside him who was head down scooping into her bowl.

Duoduo ate very enjoyably.

"Is it good?" Lin Libo asked gently.

Reached over to tuck her hair behind her ear.

Lin Wentao somewhat aggrievedly looked towards Huang Jiayan.

Huang Jiayan smiled: "Eat, usually it’s big fish and meat, today just consider it flushing the system."

"Sigh~"

Lin Wentao sighed deeply, thinking he spent the morning in class even during summer vacation, class was tolerable, but coming back only to eat soup rice, simply little boy stuff.

And at this time, Duoduo raised her head and said: "It’s delicious."

But then also sighed.

"What’s wrong?" Lin Libo asked somewhat puzzled.

"But... the taste is different..." Duoduo tilted her little head, slightly showing a bit of grievance.

Lin Libo was slightly dazed at these words, he understood in his heart that even though Duoduo was right by his side now, she hasn’t quite stepped out of the past.

There were her familiar dad, mom, and brother...

Though they’re all by her side now, they actually feel very foreign, and she’s always been trying to find those familiar memories in them...