As the year came to a close, the delivery work became even busier, and he could only rest on New Year's Eve.
The stove was lit, the pancake puffed into a ball, and the kettle steamed.
"Has Meiji eaten yet?" Mrs. Dubian asked.
"Mmm." Dubian Che put the dinner plate into the sink.
Mrs. Dubian rose and walked over to the stove, poked the bloated pancake to check it, then used tongs to pick it up and placed it on Dubian Che's plate.
Dubian Che sat down at the dining table.
"Auntie is really nice to Mr. Dubian," Kiyono Lin said with a smile.
There were still some pancakes on the table that were no longer hot.
Dubian Che tore open a pancake just taken from the stove, looked at his mother and said to Kiyono Lin,
"Just the first few days I came back. Wait a few more days and you'll see, there'll be no food to eat."
"Nonsense!" Mrs. Dubian retorted.
Dubian Che took a bite of the pancake and sipped the soup.
"You see?" he said, raising his eyebrows at Kiyono Lin.
