/\/In the morning at the breakfast table/\/

||Jerry||
Good morning.

||Genie||
good morning, ge.

||Jerry||
your jie isn't up yet?

||Genie||
No, not yet. I will go wake her up

||Jerry||
No, let her rest, she needs it.

||Genie||
oh ok.

||Jerry||
so where is aunty?

||Hebe's mom||
someone asking for me?

||Jerry||
how was your sleep aunty?

||Hebe's mom||
not well, my neck is aching badly.

||Jerry||
Oh, really, aunty, I have some rubbing oil for you. I will bring it to you after breakfast.

||Hebe's mom||
Thanks you, my son.

||Genie||
Mommy, son? You didn't arrange any marriage, did you?

||Hebe's mom||
No, I did not, and even if I did, it wouldn't be your turn yet.

||Genie||
Phew, oh yes.

||Jerry||
What are you phewing about? You hate me that much?

||Genie||
I don't hate you ge, I just can't imagine you as my love one.

||Jerry||
Yeah, uh huh. aunty, can I talk to you after breakfast, I have something important to discuss?

|| Hebe's mom||
Yes, okay, let's eat.

||Hebe||
Good morning everyone

||Jerry||
You just came down, you lazy head?

||Hebe||
I am not a lazyhead

|| Hebe's mom||
do you children get tired of all this bickering?

||Hebe/Jerry||
This is who we are.

*They said it and smiled at each other.*

/\/After breakfast/\/

||Genie||
I am going now, bye everyone.

||Jerry||
bye

||Hebe||
don't forget to get me, pickled mango.

||Hebe's mom||
Ah Be, who taught you to eat that?

||Jerry||
I am sorry, I gave her some, and I guess it got her hook.
It is ok, Genie, I will buy it for her.

||Genie|
|Okay, then, bye

|| Hebe's mom||
You don't have to say sorry. Okay, I will be in the garden, so when you are ready to go talk to me about whatever you said you would, you can go there.

||Jerry||
*whispering into Hebe's ear * Time to up to my future mother-in law.

||Hebe||
ehh, you don't have to put it that way.

||Jerry||
okay, I tell you the results later, I need to go get “mommy” my special oil for her sore neck.

||Hebe||
GE!!!

||Jerry||
Bye, Bebe, see you later.

/\/In the garden/\/

||Jerry||
aunty

||Hebe's mom||
yes, Cheng Xu.

||Jerry||
here is the menthol oil

||Hebe's mom||
thank you, you are such a wonderful child. I wish you was my child, so caring and nice. So Cheng Xu, you said you wanted to talk to me?

||Jerry||
Yes, aunty. I have something to talk about concerning Ah Be.

||Hebe's mom||
Xibi? What did she do wrong now? This child is so young at heart, I need to find her a husband soon, she really need someone to take care of her, and I am too old already. Genie, on the other hand seem to be more mature and she is the younger one.

*Jerry and Hebe's mom just chuckled happily thinking about the two contrasting sisters*

||Jerry||
Be Be mei, is a very special girl.

||Hebe's mom||
She is special alright

*Hebe's mom said it in a sarcastic tone making both of them chuckled.*

||Hebe's mom||
Well, Cheng Xu, what did you want to tell aunty that concerns Xibi.

||Jerry||
I really don't know how to word it, and well, I hope you don't think I am trying to disrespect you in anyway.

||Hebe's mom||
Cheng Xu, it is okay, just tell aunty.

||Jerry||
well, aunty, me and ah Be have been playing together for a very long time, and we are very close.

||Hebe's mom||
Yes, you use to come over all the time just to play with ah Be.

||Jerry||
and ummm, as we grow up, we feel that we have a connection, and we still are very close. Closer than ever.

||Hebe's mom||
yes.

||Jerry||
ok, let me stop beating around the bushes, aunty. I will just say it out.

*Hebe's mom chuckle and gesture for him to continue. *

||Jerrry||
I hope to have Hebe in my future, so I hope you will accept my proposal for marriage.

||Hebe's mom||
a marriage proposal?

||Jerry||
Yes, aunty, I would like Xibi's hand in marriage.

*Hebe's mom smiled from ear to ear and then started *

||Hebe's mom||
Cheng Xu, am I hearing this right?

||Jerry||
huh?

||Hebe's mom||
Are you really asking to marry my baby, Xibi? The immature one?

||Jerry||
Yes, aunty, I really want Xibi to be my wife, if you allow it.

||Hebe's mom||
Yes, I would allow it, when I said I wanted you to be my son, I really mean it, and son-in-law would also be my son.

||Jerry||
So, you will let Xibi be my bride?

||Hebe's mom||
Yes, but Cheng Xu. I really don't want to decide for Ah Be, I am not like those old women to arrange marriage and force my child into a marriage, so I want her to say yes herself.

||Jerry||
Okay, thanks aunty.

*Jerry smiled widely and hugged Hebe's mom very tightly.

||Hebe's mom||
Cheng Xu, uh hum.

||Jerry||
oh, I am sorry aunty, please forgive me.

||Hebe's mom||
I will talk to Xibi tonight.

||Jerry||
Okay, aunty. So, may I take Bebe to school today?

||Hebe's mom||
of course, you may. Better hurry, I think she is leaving soon.

||Jerry||

Thanks aunty, I will see you later.