Chapter 139 Henpecked!

Although Hui Niang was not optimistic about Xu Qingmeng, after all, she was the one who cooked the cabbage, and she couldn't say anything after failing first.

Xu Qingmeng smiled and said, "It should be OK. My family runs a restaurant."

"So that's how it is. I never realized that you are really well maintained, unlike my mom. My family also runs a small shop that sells some food. We don't cook much on weekdays, so our hands are rough."

Afterwards, Hui Niang obediently gave up her seat. Although Xu Qingmeng was four months pregnant, she was still very skillful and cleaned the pot quickly.

Then I added some oil into the pot, and with a sizzling sound, I threw minced ginger and a few dried chili segments into the pot, and the aroma came out instantly.

Hui Niang's eyes lit up. She finally believed that Xu Qingmeng really knew how to cook. She quickly squatted in front of the stove and asked, "Is this heat okay? Should I lower it a little?"

Xu Qingmeng poured the cabbage into the pot, intending to make hot and sour cabbage, and nodded: "Okay."

Although Hui Niang couldn't cook, her knife skills were very good. The cabbage leaves were sliced ​​thinly and evenly, and the other vegetables were also prepared, which saved Xu Qingmeng a lot of time.

Xu Qingmeng moved very quickly and cooked several quick dishes in a short time.

Hot and sour cabbage, stir-fried pork with peppers, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried pork liver, sweet and sour lotus root, and a braised fish. During this time, Xu Qingmeng also prepared three cold dishes.

The staple food was steamed buns bought on the street. Xu Qingmeng heated them in another pot. Thinking of the Yuanbao, she steamed a bowl of steamed egg with minced meat in the steamer.

Under the steamer, Xu Qingmeng cooked a pot of sweet potato rice soup.

The last main dish was chicken stewed with potatoes, which filled a whole pot.

“It smells so good.”

Gu Yunyi and others who were discussing academic matters in the yard could no longer sit still when they smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen.

Zhou Yuanjia took a deep sip and said with a smile, "I am so lucky to have such a good meal today. Madam Gu's cooking skills are really not exaggerated. Just smelling the food makes me drool."

"Mrs. Gu, do you know how to cook?" Fang Ziheng, who was playing with his son, smelled the fragrance and couldn't help but ask.

"Of course not. You don't know. Madam Gu's cooking skills are very famous in our Yan County. The Gu family opened a restaurant. At the beginning, the whole city knew about it just because of the steamed buns sold in the morning, and the set meal at noon, wow..."

Gu Yunyi listened to Zhou Yuanjia exaggerating, while Fang Ziheng was listening very seriously, so he got up and went to the kitchen.

"I'm here. The food is almost ready. Go and see why they haven't arrived yet."

They made an appointment with Jiang Mingyu on the way, and when they came back they also called Huang Boyang who lived next door.

Gu Yunyi looked around the kitchen and saw Hui Niang helping Xu Qingmeng very smoothly, so he nodded and left.

As soon as I reached the door, I saw Huang Boyang coming with two pots.

"I was going to go next door and call you, but I forgot. You have a very good nose, so why do you need to call me?"

Huang Boyang smiled and said, "That's right. Why do you need to call me? I came here just by smelling the scent. Here, this is the wine I just bought on the street. The alcohol content is not high. Women can drink it too. How about a few drinks later?"

"I'll ask them later." Gu Yunyi smiled and made a gesture of invitation: "They are all here, you go in first, I still need to go see Brother Jiang."

Huang Boyang smiled, gave him a look, and said, "Brother Gu, it turns out you are henpecked."

Gu Yunyi didn't feel offended at all, instead he raised his chin proudly: "You want to be henpecked!"

But this is not nothing.

After hearing what he said, Huang Boyang stared at Gu Yunyi's back, feeling indignant.

What he said means that he just doesn't want to look for it, not that he can't find it. Look how proud he is.

After Huang Boyang came in, Xu Qingmeng prepared all the dishes in a short while.

He and Hui Niang brought the food to the table in the main room.

The small square table was filled with items, and in the middle was a large pot of potato stewed chicken with rich soup, exuding a strong aroma.

"This dinner is really sumptuous." Zhou Yuanjia sighed. He did nothing but sit there waiting for the food. He felt embarrassed, so he raised his hand to help pour the sweet potato rice soup into a small bowl.

Fang Ziheng came over with the gold ingots, obviously he didn't expect them to be so rich.

In fact, it's not that I haven't eaten such sumptuous banquets before, on the contrary, I eat them often. But Madam Gu made this in such a short time, and just from the color and aroma, it is much better than ordinary home-cooked dishes.

I don’t know why, I’m not a big appetite person, but at this moment I couldn’t help swallowing my saliva.

"Daddy, eat meat, eat..." Yuanbao was held by Fang Ziheng, his two little hands kept pulling out, and his big eyes could not move away from the table.

Xu Qingmeng glanced at Yuanbao. This child had not spoken a word since he came in. She once thought that this little guy couldn't speak.

Since they were not familiar with each other, she did not ask.

But thinking about the two at home, it’s obvious that the little ones have little exposure and don’t have a large vocabulary.

Fang Ziheng held Xiao Yuanbao a little further away, then gently turned the little guy's head away, so that he could not look at the food on the table.

She said gently, "Yuanbao, you can't eat now. You have to wait until the adults are here before you can eat meat. Got it?"

It was not known whether the little fellow understood or not, but he obviously knew that he could not eat this time. He was very discouraged and buried his little face in his arms, feeling sad.

Xu Qingmeng couldn't bear to see children like this, and Yuanbao was so cute, so she said, "Yuanbao is still young, and we will have to live together for a month at least, so he is not an outsider. It's okay to give him some food first."

Huang Boyang and Zhou Yuanjia also thought so and nodded in agreement. After all, who would care about a child?

And they are the kind of people who don't care about details, so they don't care even more.

Fang Ziheng shook his head without hesitation: "It's okay, Brother Gu will be back soon. In Brother Jiang's opinion, after all, we rented the yard and gave it to you to live in. You should wait for others to come together."

Hui Niang wanted to feed the child with a bowl, but after hearing what the head of the household said, she said, "It's okay. They will be here soon. Let's just wait."

Xu Qingmeng was still thinking about what to say, but then she thought, forget it. No one would bother with a child, but who knows what Sun Jingyi would do...

This really made Xiao Yuanbao feel unfair. After all, in his opinion, every time he did this, his mother would be soft-hearted. But who would have thought that he would fail with his mother this time.

(End of this chapter)