Our two days in this bungalow house were overwhelming. Two days is not enough to get used to this huge place.
Since my wife is a neat freak, she urged me to help her clean the house.
Of course, as the man of the house, I have to take responsibility for the heavy chores.
While my wife was wiping the windows to make them clear, I was busy pulling grass out of the ground.
Roman helps me by putting the pulled grass in one place.
As for Sophia, the baby walker helped her move around. She walked freely while the baby walker helped her stand in the living room. There's plenty of room for her to play. In fact, I can hear her giggling while I'm pulling grass.
"Water, honey, Roman?"
Penelope approached us with a liter of cold water. I drank a glass of water without stopping because I was thirsty.
I've been pulling these grasses for hours, and my daily exercise mission is already complete. So far I have 5 points and I can buy the burger recipe later.
"What are your plans for the garden, wife?"
"Hm, I want to plant tomatoes, peppers and lettuce."
She smiled as she said it.
I thought she wanted to plant flowers, but I guess I'm wrong. Well, fresh vegetables are nice.
I saw Roman frowning as he drank a glass of water. He didn't seem to like the idea of planting vegetables. The very existence of vegetables is kryptonite to children.
"What? Mommy, I thought you wanted to plant fwowers?"
Sophia overheard our conversation and approached us with her walker.
"Honey, flowers are useless." She scooped Sophia into her arms.
"I remember when your father used to give me roses every day. I always throw them away because they are useless."
I almost coughed up the water I had been drinking. Of course I remember. She always smiled bitterly when I gave her flowers. I thought she didn't like me.
It was months before I realized that she preferred practical gifts than flowers.
"Well, I heard that you can cook and eat roses, but I didn't know how to cook them."
"Are they dewicious, Mommy?" Sophia was curious.
"Mommy, I want fwowers in the garden. I want to see pwetty fwowers!"
"Well, maybe we can plant sunflowers. I think they are edible."
As expected from my wife. The farmer's blood is strong in her.
Without knowing Penelope's intention, Sophia was happy because she would begin to see beautiful flowers.
When she grew up, Sophia would realize that there aren't any flowers in the garden for decoration. Everything is for practical use.
Since then, she has been embarrassed to invite her friends to the garden. Instead, the garden turned into a small farm.
As long as my wife is happy, I'm happy to give her what she wants.
The family worked to fix everything my wife didn't like.
In fact, she frowned as she looked at the color of the paint in Sophia's room.
"This room needs good light, why did they use yellow paint?"
"That's wight! I want pink! Pwink!"
The two women protested. Especially Sophia, she likes pink very much.
"Dajjy..." Sophia turned to me.
"Of course, sweetheart. We'll paint your room pink!"
I didn't even hesitate. When Sophia looked at me with her teary eyes, I instinctively agreed.
"I didn't even have the time to agree..." Penelope raised her eyebrows and I looked away.
"Wife, your hair is pink and I love pink because of you." I said softly like butter.
"... Anyway, as long as it's light pink, I agree."
Penelope sighed and finally agreed. She was obviously blushing, but I didn't ask why.
"Kids, would you like to see our shop tomorrow?"
"Shop? Yes, yes, yes! I want to see it!"
Maybe Sophia likes adventure because she is excited to see new things.
As for Roman, he prefers to stay in the house. Maybe he hasn't gotten used to the new place yet.
Unfortunately, Penelope will never let Roman stay in the house alone.
Roman returned to his room dejectedly after realizing that there's another road trip tomorrow.
If there's one thing I realize, it's that my son is an introvert.
Strange, because last time he was excited about going to the province. Anyway, I don't know how to read people.
When night came, Sophia and Roman were still not used to their new rooms, so they slept with us again.
... But I need my alone time with my lovely wife.
I kept muttering that while Penelope told the children a bedtime story.
She giggled as she looked at me. Apparently she likes to tease me.
With no choice, I went to the bathroom.
No, I'm not going to masturbate. I don't need to.
Instead, I opened the System Shop and immediately bought the burger recipe. My decision was made the moment God slapped me with the pamphlet.
"Ground beef, salt and pepper... You've got to be kidding me. The recipe for the burger patty is simple as hell."
"Bread, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and ketchup... What the hell?"
I thought it would be the so-called 'secret recipe'. But I was damned wrong.
The recipe was very easy. Even the procedure/instructions were expected.
I don't know what to say. I felt like I had been cheated.
"This is... a burger recipe."
Indeed. As simple as that.
I sighed and went back to the bedroom. I saw the kids sleeping next to Penelope and I smiled as I saw them sleeping peacefully.
Let's forget the damn recipe and go to sleep, okay?
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