Chapter 20 Braised Pork Trotters The Power of Women

Seeing Huang Yaya was stunned, Huang Jing pushed her and said, "Yaya, what are you doing? It's our turn now."

"Oh, okay, then let's get two kilograms first. By the way, I'll also reserve two kilograms for tomorrow." Huang Yaya looked at Aunt Liu hurriedly. It smelled so good, and it must taste even better, so she had to act first.

"Okay, I've registered you." Aunt Liu nodded, indicating that she remembered it.

For people who love braised food, two kilograms is actually not a lot, especially chicken feet and chicken wings with bones. While watching TV series, they are finished without realizing it. Although it is high in calories, she thinks no one can resist such temptation.

"Let's eat here." It's not far from lunch time now, so we can just pack up what we can't finish and take it back.

Aunt Liu was stunned for a moment but quickly nodded. She then changed her hands to plating the food. When she brought the food to the table, she did not forget to put gloves on them. It is more enjoyable to eat the chicken feet directly with your hands.

"How is it? It looks delicious, right?" Huang Jing said, remembering that last time they went home and gave some braised food to their parents, they felt they didn't buy enough, so they planned to bring back two more kilograms the next day. Unfortunately, they could only bring two kilograms.

"Indeed." Huang Yaya had already started adjusting the filter for the photo taken on her phone while speaking. She had not forgotten what she had mentioned in the group about sharing.

She takes photos frequently and has mastered the technique. It only took her a few minutes to take a satisfactory photo. After taking it, she uploaded it directly to the group and said frankly, "It smells really good. I'm about to eat it, so I may not be able to reply to the message in time." 】

After sending this message, Huang Yaya put down her phone and put on the gloves beside her. She took a chicken foot first. The chicken foot looked very clean from the outside, with the nails on it trimmed off. The color was that authentic sauce color. She took a bite first. Probably because it had been soaked in brine, it was still warm in her mouth. The texture was very soft and glutinous, and it tasted very flavorful, salty, fragrant and spicy.

"What do you think?" When Huang Jing spoke, only half of the chicken claw was left in her hand.

"It's delicious." Huang Yaya nodded hurriedly. Even though she was Ji Qingzhi's hater, she couldn't go against her conscience and say it wasn't delicious.

"Try the duck's feet later. I think they taste better," Huang Jing recommended.

Huang Yaya was chewing happily, but she didn't know that the picture she just sent out was like throwing a bomb into the calm lake.

Are the peach blossoms blooming today: Ahhhh, I’m so hungry, why do I have to see the pictures at this time.

The toast is not delicious: this color looks so beautiful.

Rainbow Cake: Am I the only one who sees them all waving at me?

The little yellow duck quacks: Sister, wake up, are you hallucinating because you are hungry?

I have ordered the spicy stew, I hope the taste will not disappoint me.

Panpan Bread: I feel like the braised food has turned into dancing little people. Help, I didn’t eat the mushrooms!

Beibei who loves duck wings: Help, those duck wings look so delicious. I’m not in Yun City. Is there any way I can eat them?

It was nearly dinner time, and the temptation of the picture, which was only 8%, increased to 120% at this moment. Unfortunately, the "culprit" knew nothing about this. She was happily sucking on the duck feet bones. She felt that Huang Jing was right, duck feet tasted better than chicken feet.

*

Ji Qingzhi was still thinking about growing cabbage until Aunt Liu came to remind her that it was almost time for lunch and the two girls should have been planning to have lunch here.

Aunt Liu handed the menu to Huang Jing and the others, and Huang Jing handed it to Huang Yaya: "Yaya, you can order something."

"First, I want two servings of egg custard, and then a braised pork trotter, stir-fried pork, mapo tofu, and stir-fried seasonal vegetables." After Huang Yaya said this, she looked at Huang Jing, asking her with her eyes if she needed any more dishes.

"That's all for now." After Aunt Liu left, Huang Jing looked at Huang Yaya and said jokingly, "Are you not concerned about calories today?"

"Since we're out having fun, we should have a good meal." Anyway, when she returns to work, the food in the company cafeteria will be enough for her to lose weight.

"That's how it should be." Huang Jing agreed. This was the reason why she didn't like traveling with Huang Jing in the past. After they finally got together and were happily ordering some special dishes, she insisted on calculating the calories, ordering this and that, making the originally good atmosphere awkward.

Huang Yaya also remembered her own spoiling behavior. She looked at Huang Jing a little embarrassedly and said, "Wasn't it really spoiling the fun when I did that before?"

"A little bit, but it's okay." After all, they don't have many opportunities to travel together, at most once a year, so Huang Jing can tolerate it.

“I guess even if those artists who need to be on camera come, they won’t be able to refuse these.” Huang Yaya said as she nibbled on another chicken foot.

"Did you watch Zhu Xinyu's live broadcast last time? Those fat-reducing dishes look good too." Huang Jing said.

"Well, it looks much more appetizing than the light meals I order every time." But today she especially wanted to eat pig's trotters. When she was a child, she liked the braised pig's trotters made by her mother the most, saying that they could supplement collagen. Later, she learned that pig's trotters were very high in calories, so she rarely ate them.

"It's okay. We can come here to eat in the next two days and just order different dishes each time." Huang Jing was also a little curious. She wondered if all the dishes here from Ji Qingzhi were delicious, or if only the ones she was good at were delicious.

"Okay, we should be the first table of guests at noon." Huang Yaya couldn't help but look towards the kitchen while speaking. There was no one inside, and she didn't know where Ji Qingzhi had gone.

At this time, Ji Qingzhi came in from the backyard and saw the dishes they ordered. She walked up to Huang Jing and said, "Isn't Mengmeng here?"

"No, I'll just throw it to his dad. I'm going to enjoy some personal space." Huang Jing explained in a gentle voice.

"You did the right thing. You were yourself before you were my mother." Ji Qingzhi has been telling herself this since she was a child. She must not resent Qin Xiaoxiao. She was herself before she was my mother, so she has the right to do what she wants.

"Thank you." Huang Jing was a little moved. Huang Yaya was the only one around her who thought this way. Everyone else felt that after having a child, the child should be the priority in everything, including her parents. They did not think there was anything wrong with this. Once refuted, they would say that they had gone through the same thing before.

"I wish you a pleasant meal in advance." Ji Qingzhi raised his lips towards her.

After Ji Qingzhi left, Huang Yaya, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "Oh my God, she is really good at fighting without makeup, and she looks so friendly." She took out her phone, opened the group chat, and told them, "Sisters, I'm going to change my mind. 】

For the first time, Huang Yaya felt that she was a fence-sitter. She thought that if Ji Qingzhi had said those words to her instead of Huang Jing, she would have immediately turned from a hater to a fan.

One two three four five:? ? ? What happened in just half an hour?

Happy Puppy: Sister, are you such a fence-sitter?

Elegant Life: Maybe, but we cannot rule out the possibility that she is a good person. After all, what we knew about her before was only her from various marketing accounts.

When Huang Yaya finished typing this sentence, she couldn't help but think about why she hated Ji Qingzhi in the first place. After thinking for a long time, she found that she didn't remember it. The only impression she had was that she saw someone's revelations saying that she was like this and like that in the crew. Because her ex-boyfriend was in that play, she began to hate Ji Qingzhi. Now that she has quit, her impression of Ji Qingzhi is still based on all the negative information about her.

"What are you thinking about?" Huang Jing threw away the chicken bone in her hand and asked her thoughtfully.

"I'm wondering why I hated Ji Qingzhi in the first place." Huang Yaya said seriously.

"Why?" Huang Jing asked readily.

"I forgot." Huang Yaya said honestly.

"Huh?" Huang Jing looked incredulous.

"Isn't it outrageous?" Huang Yaya laughed after saying this.

"Okay." Huang Jing said she didn't understand the world of star-chasing girls.

Ji Qingzhi went to the kitchen and took out two tomatoes from the refrigerator. She planned to make a dish called "Persimmon Ruyi". More important than the dish was the blessing.

She cut the tomato in one third, scooped out the tomato pulp with a spoon, and put it in a bowl for later use; beat the eggs, poured oil into the pan and fried the eggs and served; added green onions, ginger and garlic to the pan, poured the eggs, diced vegetables and the scooped tomato pulp into the pan, added two spoons of light soy sauce, one spoon of dark soy sauce, one spoon of oyster sauce, and a little salt, stir-fried for a few minutes; added rice and stir-fried for a few more minutes; put the rice into the tomato shells and put them on a plate (Note ①)

Looking at the dishes Aunt Liu served, Huang Jing looked at Huang Yaya, who also shook her head quickly: "Auntie, we didn't order this, did we?"

"Yes, this is a gift from the boss. I hope you will have as much happiness as this dish." Aunt Liu looked at Huang Jing with a smile and conveyed Ji Qingzhi's words.

"Thank your boss for me." Huang Jing quickly found her voice.

"Oh my God, do you know each other very well?" Huang Yaya's tone was full of surprise.

"Not really, we just talked a few times." Honestly speaking, Huang Jing was also surprised by Ji Qingzhi's behavior, but she had to say that she was really happy. Ever since she had Mengmeng, every gift she received was related to children, and this time, she wished herself all the best. How could she not be moved?

Huang Yaya also thought of this quickly. She looked at Huang Jing and said, "Don't you want to take a picture?"

"Shoot, why not?" Huang Jing nodded immediately.

Ji Qingzhi moved very quickly. While the pig's trotters were being blanched, she had already started making the stir-fried pork. She used chili peppers, which were tender chili peppers that she had asked the boss to pick out specifically so that they wouldn't be too spicy.

Wash the pig's trotters with warm water, then heat oil in a pan to stir-fry the ingredients, then add the pig's trotters and stir-fry together, finally add water and simmer over high heat. In this pot, continue to prepare the Mapo Tofu, and finally after taking the pig's trotters out of the pan, prepare to stir-fry the bok choy.

Huang Jing specially picked these cabbages from the backyard vegetable garden. It was worth it.

Together with the Persimmon Ruyi he got just now, another 500 points were earned. Together with the points from the braised food just now, the points now increased to 4,900. Ji Qingzhi was very satisfied with the speed at which the points increased in the past two days.

It was already dinner time, and the outside quickly became noisy. In addition to the people who had just come to get the braised food, another group of people turned out to be Xu Yu'an and his friends. Ji Qingzhi looked at Aunt Liu with some curiosity: "What happened?"

"They wanted braised food, but they came too late," Aunt Liu explained.

Li Jian and Xu Yu'an hadn't been here for a few days because of Zhang Zhihai's last visit, but today they couldn't help it and made a special trip, but they didn't expect that the braised food was sold out.

Li Jian looked at Ji Qingzhi in a flattering manner: "Boss, can you make more braised food every day?"

Ji Qingzhi shook his head, apologetically saying, "I'm busy."

She really doesn't have time, twenty kilograms is already the upper limit.

"Can I make a reservation then?" Li Jian looked hopeless.

"Okay, but I'm not sure if it will be available tomorrow." Ji Qingzhi said, glanced at the computer screen, and nodded at him.

Thinking about having to ride a bike for an hour tomorrow, Li Jian seemed less happy.

"We are very sorry about what happened last time." Xu Yu'an did not forget to apologize again. After all, any normal person would vent his anger on others.

"I said it last time. He is him and you are you. You don't need to apologize anymore, and don't worry that I will treat you differently because of him." Ji Qingzhi signaled him not to worry, and her eyes fell on the camera on his neck and she couldn't help but raise her lips: "So you still want to take a picture of me?"

"Yes, so are you willing?" Xu Yu'an said a little nervously.

"Okay, but I have to check them after you finish taking them, and if they're not good, I have to delete them." Ji Qingzhi didn't mind taking a few "promotional photos" for Ji's Restaurant.

"What about the good photos?" Xu Yu'an asked.

"It's a great photo. You can use the photos as you like, except for commercial purposes. And you get nothing today." Ji Qingzhi didn't want to take advantage of him.

"Deal." Xu Yu'an's tone was filled with a rare joy.

"You can get ready now." Ji Qingzhi said and looked at her.

"Do you mean I can come into the kitchen to take a picture of you?" Xu Yu'an was a little surprised. He thought she would object to having her picture taken in the kitchen. After all, it was not a good place to take pictures.

"Yes." Ji Qingzhi nodded. Since it was a promotion, it naturally had to be authentic.

"Okay, I will definitely take a beautiful picture of you." Xu Yu'an promised.

"I hope so." Ji Qingzhi has never lacked confidence in her appearance. She has heard people around her praise Qin Xiaoxiao for her beauty since she was a child. She combines the advantages of Qin Xiaoxiao and Old Ji, so she knew from a young age that she was good-looking.

Xu Yu'an followed Ji Qingzhi to the kitchen with his camera. As soon as they arrived at the kitchen, Xu Yu'an felt that Ji Qingzhi had become a completely different person. He was completely relaxed. This was the best state for returning to his own territory.

She bent down and cut vegetables with smooth movements. He looked at Ji Qingzhi in the camera and suddenly remembered the saying that a man who works hard is the most handsome. At this moment, he felt that this saying was universal. People who work hard are the most handsome and beautiful.

He took several photos in a row before putting away the camera and asked casually, "Is this the dish we ordered just now?"

"Yes, your dishes." Ji Qingzhi nodded and continued to look at the meat blanching in the pot.

This time Xu Yu'an just held the camera but didn't take any pictures. When she started heating the oil in the wok, he took a step back, holding the camera, ready to start shooting at any time.

This time, he witnessed the entire process through the camera, and more importantly, he captured several photos of Ji Qingzhi flipping the wok. He thought there was one photo that was particularly well taken, with the dishes in the wok being flipped in the air, and Ji Qingzhi looking at the dishes with firm eyes. The strength of her arms was captured very clearly. In this photo, although there were some beads of sweat on her forehead, it did not affect her beauty at all. At this moment, she interpreted the aesthetics of strength very beautifully.

After Ji Qingzhi served the dishes, she watched him grinning at the camera and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "Are you done taking the photos?"

"Yes, I'm very satisfied. Do you want to see it now?" Xu Yu'an said carefully. His eyes fell on the hand that she had just flipped the pan with. He thought that she didn't beat Zhang Zhihai that day purely because she had a high quality.

"You go out first. I'll come back after I cook these two dishes." Ji Qingzhi nodded towards the processed ingredients over there.

"Okay, can we take photos in the store?" Xu Yu'an asked.

"As you wish." Zhu Xinyu had already live-streamed it for her, so how could she not be able to film it?

Seeing Xu Yu'an coming over, Li Jian immediately approached him and asked, "Did she agree to let you take pictures?"

"Yes, if the photo I took is good, we'll pay for it today." Xu Yu'an had already decided to use the photo he just took to participate in the competition. He thought, this shouldn't be considered commercial use, right? But I should tell her.

Huang Yaya started observing them when they asked about the braised food. When Xu Yu'an came out after taking the photos, she whispered to Huang Jing, "They seem to be quite familiar with Ji Qingzhi, too?"

"Probably an old customer." Huang Jing guessed.

"That boy must be very good at taking pictures. I'll ask him to take a few for us." The two of them took several selfies together, but she was still a little dissatisfied.

"Okay." Huang Jing's figure has now recovered to almost the same as before pregnancy, and she is no longer opposed to taking photos.

"Classmate, can you take two photos for us?" Huang Yaya asked politely.

"Sure." Xu Yu'an refused her camera and planned to use the camera to take pictures for them and then send them to them. Huang Yaya naturally would not refuse.

Xu Yu'an is indeed a photography enthusiast. He took photos quickly and well. After confirming that everything was correct, he left Huang Yaya's contact information and sent the photos to them when he returned.

"This handsome guy has a great composition." After praising him, Huang Yaya opened the group chat: I came to Ji's restaurant and happened to meet a handsome guy who knows how to take pictures.

After sending the message, she scrolled up to check the chat history and saw the words [香迷混了] flooding the screen.

She was a little confused at first, until she scrolled up and found that she had taken a photo when all the dishes were served and posted it into the group, and then everyone flooded the screen with messages. When she came out at this time, someone tagged her and asked how the food tasted.

Huang Yaya: No kidding, the fragrance is so good that it makes me dizzy. Just based on these delicious smells, I will never criticize Ji Qingzhi again.

As for the rest, she didn't say anything. She just followed what others said. What kind of person Ji Qingzhi was, they would know after they met him themselves.

One, two, three, four, five: No wonder that guy told Heizi not to compete with him for the braised food in the future. At first, everyone laughed at him, but now it seems that he was very prescient.

Wish comes true: From today on, I am no longer a Ji Qingzhi anti-fan, so you can’t snatch the braised food from me.

One, two, three, four, five: I started earlier than you. I stopped being a hater yesterday.

Wait a Thousand Years: No, I wasn’t the day before yesterday, and you can’t snatch it from me.

Huang Yaya curled the corners of her lips, then typed slowly: I have reserved two kilograms for tomorrow, so I will help everyone eat more first.

Little Green Vegetable Loves to Eat Bugs: Sister, I think the color looks a bit problematic. Send it to me and I’ll take a look.

Grapefruit loves lemon the most: It’s so funny, sister, I heard all your plans in Rongcheng.

Huang Yaya couldn't help laughing after reading these two sentences. She thought, it turns out that no one in this world can resist the temptation of delicious food. If there is, it must be that they haven't found what they like yet. Who would have thought that three days ago, everyone in this group had no feelings towards Ji Qingzhi, and most of them were even black fans. Of course, there are definitely still black fans now, but we can’t see them because of their messages.

"Have you finished eating?" Huang Jing thought, the Persimmon Ruyi dish just now, when Mengmeng grows up, she can bring her to try it, and she can eat it as a staple food.

"Okay, this egg custard is really good. Send me the recipe later and I will bring it to the company to make a microwave version of the egg custard." Huang Yaya said.

"Okay, I'll send it to you later. Should we set off for Qianxi Lake now or go back and rest for a while?" Huang Jing asked for her opinion.

"Let's go directly to Qianxi Lake, but wait a moment." Huang Yaya glanced towards the kitchen.

"What are you waiting for?" Huang Jing was a little confused.

"Wait for Ji Qingzhi to come out and take a photo with her." Taking photos when meeting celebrities is probably ingrained in him.

"But don't you dislike her?" Huang Jing frowned and lowered her voice.

"That was before. Now I have been completely conquered by her craftsmanship. I want to recommend her to more people." Huang Yaya's eyes were full of stars.

"You change so quickly." Huang Jing didn't know what to say for a moment.

"In the past, transportation was slow, letters were far away, and a lifetime was only enough to love one person. (Note ①) Now the pace of life is so fast, one subway ride is enough for me to fall in love with several people, so this is the normal speed." Huang Yaya said as she patted Huang Jing on the shoulder.

Huang Jing was amused by her: "You come up with a lot of crooked ideas every day."

"That's right." Huang Jing spread her hands. At this time, Ji Qingzhi came out of the kitchen and she hurried forward.

Looking at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him, Ji Qingzhi subconsciously took a half step back: "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Can we take a photo together?" Huang Yaya couldn't bring herself to lie and say those flowers were her fans'.

"Sorry, no." Ji Qingzhi shook his head and refused.

Huang Yaya paused for a moment, then quickly understood. Yes, now that she has retired from the entertainment industry, it is acceptable if she doesn’t want to take photos with others.

Although she was rejected, Huang Yaya did not reject it. Instead, she felt sorry for her previous remarks. She looked at Huang Jing next to her and sighed: "It seems that she has really decided to quit the circle. What a pity. If she had found the right track before, she would have become famous a long time ago."

"Let's go. Everyone has different choices. As long as you don't regret it at the moment, that's fine." Just like when she decided to get married right after graduation, many people advised her against it, but now it seems that her choice was not wrong.

*

Li Jian and Xu Yu'an ordered three dishes, and the points increased from 4,900 to 5,200. She took a quick look and planned to wait until they finished eating before going to see how Xu Yu'an took the photos.

Unexpectedly, several groups of people came in such a short period of time. Some of the dishes they ordered overlapped, which saved Ji Qingzhi a lot of trouble, but the points he unlocked were relatively few. It took two hours to finish all this.

Although the points had become 6,000, Ji Qingzhi looked at Xu Yu'an with an apologetic look on his face: "Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

"It's okay. We can go back to school anyway." Xu Yu'an shook his head to show that he didn't care, and Li Jian next to him also nodded.

"These are the photos I took just now. I think this one is very magical. There will be a photography competition next month. Can I use this one to participate?" Xu Yu'an scanned the photos one by one, and finally stopped at the photo of her flipping the pan.

To be fair, her facial expression in this photo is not perfect because of the force on her arms, but this photo is inexplicably shocking. She is staring at the dishes being tossed in the air with a firm gaze, and the lines of her arms are very well captured because of the force she is exerting. The tidy kitchen has become the background. In this photo, she is the undisputed protagonist.

"It's a very good photo." Ji Qingzhi nodded, indicating his approval of the photo.

"Then can I participate in the competition?" Xu Yu'an asked carefully.

"What kind of competition?" Ji Qingzhi was a little curious and asked casually.

"The power of women." Xu Yu'an originally planned to take pictures of pregnant mothers, and today's photo was completely accidental.

"This topic is good, I have no objection." Ji Qingzhi's words meant he agreed.

"Thank you. Can you please add my contact information? I'll send you these photos when I return to school." Xu Yu'an said and took out his cell phone.

"Okay." Ji Qingzhi did not refuse.

Li Jian standing next to him was stunned. Is it true that where there is a will there is a way? This guy not only took a photo of Ji Qingzhi, but also successfully got his contact information. He is really amazing.

After Li Jian and Xu Yu'an left, the store instantly became quiet. Ji Qingzhi took a look at the reservation registration in the computer. Wow, all the 20 kilograms of braised food for tomorrow have been booked. She frowned and called Aunt Liu over: "From now on, you can't make reservations above 10 kilograms, so that people who come here specially won't be able to buy anything."

"Okay, boss." Aunt Liu nodded to show that she understood.

"I'm going out for a while." After dinner time, basically no one came, so Ji Qingzhi could go out to the nearby agricultural supply store to buy cabbage seeds without worry.

Ji Qingzhi checked on her mobile phone and found that the nearest agricultural supply store was 1.5 kilometers away, so she chose a shared bicycle.

More than half an hour had passed since she bought the cabbage seeds. She went to the backyard, used a hoe to hook the soil that had just been watered to the open space next to the cabbage, and then leveled it. She went back and forth almost five times before she finally got it done. She couldn't help but sigh. It was really hard to earn these one thousand points.

She smoothed the soil, then dug holes with a hoe and began to throw seeds into the holes. She counted and there were twenty holes in total. She put two seeds in each hole and finally watered them with well water.

According to the previous growth rate of the shallots, they will sprout tomorrow and can be eaten with the water from the well. Ji Qingzhi directly pulled out a small row of shallots and kept them for tomorrow. She also pulled out a lot of the cabbages nearby, and the free space can be used to plant other things.

Although growing vegetables is a bit tiring, seeing these vegetables makes me feel a sense of accomplishment.

Ji Qingzhi left the backyard and took a look at the vegetable garden. All of this was her territory. Oh, and there was also the matter of paving the bottom of the fish pond. She would have to trouble Uncle Li for that.

On her way to find Uncle Li, she received a call from Yun Xiangrong. Seeing the jumping number, she was a little surprised. Didn’t they say that there was no signal in the group?

"What's wrong? Didn't they say that the signal is bad in the mountains?" After the call was connected, Ji Qingzhi asked his question.

Yun Xiangrong looked back at the crew members. In order to make this call, they turned off their phones and asked her to stand in a place with the best signal. The purpose of their doing all this was to let her ask Ji Qingzhi for the meat sauce for rice. Thinking of this, Yun Xiangrong felt embarrassed.