-Ronald, come to dinner!
Ronald reluctantly waddled to the kitchen. Why hurry, if dinner did not bode well. The house didn’t even smell like normal food. Ever since his wife Lisa became a vegetarian, Ronald had been in a dark place.
He would have loved to eat a juicy cutlet, or a meat pie, or at least a sandwich with smoked sausage. But something strange was waiting for him in the kitchen, and he grimaced at the sight of it.
-What is it?
Taking the plate in his hands, Ronald looked at the indeterminate color of the dish, which smelled of beets and something not very edible.
-Ronald, this is a new recipe – stewed beets with celery, very tasty and, most importantly, healthy!
-It would be better if it was stewed pork, with it I even agree to celery! – thought “Ronald”, but did not dare to say it out loud. He knew what would happen after that! Another lecture about how bad meat food is and what are the benefits of vegetables and greens.
Lisa saddles her horse and there is no stopping her! Worse than this can only be resentment at the uncooperative husband and reproaches that the wife thinks all day to cook new and healthy, and the husband does not appreciate her efforts.
Ronald sighed, sat down at the table and gently poked a little “healthy” dish with a fork. Lisa looked at her husband with a smile, waiting for admiration and praise for her as a hostess.
Instead, the man swallowed a little beetroot mass with difficulty, put the fork down and grumbled:
-Lisa, I will soon stretch my legs on such food.
-How can you say that?
Ronald quickly got up from the table and went into the room. As expected, he heard his wife sobbing behind him. But he decided to ignore it. He thought about how to fall asleep faster. His hungry stomach grumbled and asked for a normal dinner.
Ronald imagined how tomorrow at work he would go to the cafeteria and eat five, or better ten hot pies with meat or potatoes.
In the morning, a container with lunch was waiting for him on the table, in which yesterday’s dish was guessed.
Ronald pushed the container away with a heart and went out the door. The smell of scrambled eggs and bacon was delicious. The smell came from behind the neighbor’s door. Stopping his desires, Ronald went out into the frosty December morning. After all, the New Year is coming soon!
What a table his wife always prepared for the holiday! And what awaits him this year? Spinach and celery? Or maybe he will receive biscuits as a gift?
Despite the situation, Ronald was cheered by the thought of such a gift.
In the cafeteria, he still managed to have a normal snack, but the man noticed that he was eating as if he expected his wife to appear and look reproachfully at the pies he was eating.
-Wow, that’s some kind of attack!
Arriving home, Ronald undressed slowly and prepared for another new vegetarian dish.
The doorbell rang, and opening the door, Ronald saw Nancy, his wife’s sister. He immediately noticed a large bag in the woman’s hands and was even a little happy.
-Well, son-in-law, receive the guests! Where is Lisa?
Lisa ran out of the kitchen and hugged her sister. Nancy took off her coat and went into the kitchen. Ronald brought a bag for her, opening it, Nancy began to put on the table the village treats. Smoked meat, not small goose, pickles…
Ronald looked at this splendor, wide-eyed.
-Well, Lisa, set the table!
His wife’s voice dispelled all Ronald’s illusions.
-Nancy, we don’t eat that.
-What do you mean we don’t eat this? We always did, and now what?
-Ronald and I switched to a healthy diet, became vegetarians…
Seeing the longing look of her husband, who could not take his eyes off the smoked meat, Nancy shook her head.
-“Well, yes! I see that you sister may have moved somewhere, but your husband stayed where he was. Feed your husband, I say. Suit yourself!
Nancy bossed her sister around by right of seniority. Lisa reluctantly cut the meat, took out the crispy cucumbers from the jar.
-Eat, son-in-law! I allow you.
Ronald, trying not to notice the look of his wife, did not force himself to persuade. When will this happen again! Lisa modestly bit off a cucumber, and Nancy noisily drank tea with raspberry jam. Ronald fell asleep full for the first time in a while, not remembering the cafeteria.
At night after a hearty dinner he woke up to drink water. Coming out of the bedroom, he heard Nancy talking to his wife.
-What, Lisa, have you decided to feed the man with your grass? Do you want your husband to run away from you?
-No! – sobbed the wife. – I wanted him to be healthy!
-He’s not healthy, he’s hungry! You’ll end up like this! Ronald will find himself a new wife, with borscht and cutlets. And you will be alone chewing beets with tears.
-Oh, Nancy, what a good girl! – the man smiled with satisfaction and went to sleep.
And although Ronald had no thoughts of running away from his Lisa, but Nancy’s words amused him. Maybe at least his sister will guide his wife on the right path.
In the morning Ronald woke up from such a delicious smell, which he had not felt in his house for a long time. It was a day off, but he did not lie in bed for long. A table full of goodies was waiting for him in the kitchen.
-Ronald, come to breakfast!
-Come on, son-in-law, have breakfast and take me to the train station.
Nancy slyly looked at Ronald, and he quietly smiled at her and nodded his head.
His wife was fussing at the stove, preparing borscht for lunch, Ronald came up to her and kissed her rosy cheek. Lisa smiled:
-Sit down at the table, otherwise you will be late for the bus!
