Chapter 82: Fire

Of course, there are still three rules to follow. Although they are already a real couple and the child is already in the belly,

The two may have feelings for each other, but for Xu Qingmeng, it has not reached that stage yet.

"Why is Mengniang looking at me like that?" Gu Yunyi had come to his senses and saw Xu Qingmeng staring at him, so he asked.

Xu Qingmeng coughed twice: "You have some dark circles under your eyes, maybe you didn't sleep well, I'm going to get up, why don't you go to bed and sleep for a while?"

Gu Yunyi indeed did not sleep well. Seeing that she got up, he did not refuse. He responded and went to bed.

Xu Qingmeng sat on the chair and began to fix her hair. Perhaps she did not sleep well last night. When she walked out, Gu Yunyi had already fallen asleep.

Since the business started at noon, Xu Qingmeng had breakfast and then went to the morning market to buy fresh vegetables.

He had also told the children around her that as long as they picked lotus leaves, they could exchange them for candy. They were all very happy.

Xu Qingmeng took out the fresh ribs she bought this morning and cut them neatly into small pieces.

"I thought you bought the big bones for making soup?"

"No, mother, these spareribs have more meat, and the workers will be happy to eat them."

Not long after Xu Qingmeng arrived, she discovered that because of the wars in previous years, people here liked to eat pork belly with more fat. Pork bones were not very popular because of the high fat content, so their price was much cheaper than pork belly, and the price of ribs with more meat was higher than that of large bones.

She poured the ribs into a pot of cold water, added ginger slices and rice wine. After the water in the pot boiled, she skimmed off the foam in the pot, took out the ribs and rinsed them with clean water.

Because the braised pork she made some time ago was very popular, Xu Qingmeng knew that the workers here like to eat salty and sweet food, so she planned to make salty and sweet braised spareribs today.

She lit a pan with oil, poured in rock sugar and stir-fried it until it melted. When the rock sugar turned into a brown color, she immediately poured in the ribs and stir-fried evenly.

Then pour in an appropriate amount of water, add the pre-cut ginger slices and various spices.

Then pour in soy sauce and cooking wine, stir-fry for a few times, and cover the pot.

Then just turn it to low heat and keep an eye on the fire so it doesn't go out.

Then I simply stir-fried some vegetables to relieve the greasiness.

After the vegetables were cooked, she asked He to put them into an iron bucket.

I opened the lid of the pot. There was not much water left in the pot.

Xu Qingmeng asked Aunt Li to increase the heat, and she added some salt to the pot for seasoning. After stir-frying until the sauce was reduced, the delicious braised pork ribs came out of the pot.

Then Xu Qingmeng fried some minced meat and green beans.

After Xu Qingmeng finished cooking the last dish, the children around her came over with a pile of washed lotus leaves.

He gave each child two cents and two pieces of candy, and they all went back happily to tell the adults at home.

Xu Qingmeng taught everyone how to wrap food in lotus leaves. She put the rice in the middle of the lotus leaf, put the food around it, folded the edge of the lotus leaf towards the center, and tied it with a string, and a beautiful lotus leaf lunch box was ready.

Everyone followed suit, and soon, lotus leaf lunch boxes were placed on the table.

But at this time, Gu Yunyi in the room was in a very bad mood.

After waking up, Gu Yunyi accidentally found a pair of scissors under the pillow when he was making his bed.

He stared at the scissors that were shining with a cold and sharp light for a long while, and the expression on his face changed from dark to complicated and finally to calm.

As soon as Gu Yunyi came to the kitchen, He and Wang Cuiqin seemed to realize that things did not develop as they had expected. They felt a little sorry, but seeing that Gu Yunyi had a cold face, they did not ask many questions.

Xu Qingmeng was focusing on the lotus leaf in her hand and didn't notice Gu Yunyi's cold face at all.

Wang Cuiqin, the eldest sister-in-law of the Xu family, gently tugged at her arm and said softly, "Did you have a fight with Yun Yi?"

Xu Qingmeng was stunned by the question: "No!"

"Then why is my brother-in-law always looking so cold?"

Xu Qingmeng looked over as she said, and it was indeed true.

I patted my head and remembered that the scissors under the pillow were not confiscated. He must have found them.

Xu Qingmeng didn't even dare to breathe, and her face turned red with embarrassment.

Xu Qingmeng put down the lotus leaf in her hand and pulled Gu Yunyi aside.

Xu Qingmeng said anxiously: "Actually, I'm not targeting you, it's just... just..."

"Just what?"

Gu Yunyi just looked at her like that, even his hair was cold, as if to say, I'm waiting to see how you explain.

Suddenly, Xu Qingmeng couldn't say the words of defense that she had prepared.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Gu Yunyi turned around and left, leaving Xu Qingmeng alone and awkwardly standing there.

Until the workers got off work, the two of them didn't talk much. The atmosphere was weird. Not to mention He and Wang Cuiqin, even the two little ones seemed to notice it.

Yun Sheng found a time to secretly ask Xu Qingmeng: "Sister-in-law, did you have a fight with your elder brother?

"How do you know?" Xu Qingmeng asked.

Yun Mo, who was listening nearby, laughed: "That's how it was when Wang Erge and his wife quarreled in the alley. They didn't say anything, it was awkward."

Yes, Gu Yunyi felt so awkward at this moment.

He watched the interaction between the two and thought about the fortune he had drawn in front of the Buddha statue before. He wondered if he was wrong.

The Buddha said to let nature take its course. Could it be that he thinks she is meddling too much, so it backfired?

Thinking of this, her original plan to give Gu Yunyi a few more times immediately disappeared.

Not only did Xu Qingmeng ignore her, but she also looked at her with a cold look even for no reason, which made her feel uneasy.

After Xu Qingmeng had been trying to strike up a conversation for so long and had failed every time, he was completely exhausted and decided to just give up.

Moreover, many workers had gathered at the entrance of the restaurant and surrounded it. Xu Qingmeng could no longer care about Gu Yunyi.

"Gu's restaurant is finally open again. I've been craving it for the past two days." said someone.

"Why is it wrapped in lotus leaves this time? It looks so interesting." another worker asked curiously.

Xu Qingmeng explained with a smile: "The shop hasn't been renovated yet, so this set meal cannot be eaten in the hall, so our Gu family launched the lotus leaf lunch box, which is both convenient and delicious. You can buy some to try. Of course, there are also the pies from before."

The workers rushed to buy them, and the moment they opened the lotus leaves, the aroma of the food mixed with the fragrance of the lotus leaves wafted into their noses.

Everyone praised it after tasting it.

"The fragrance of the lotus leaves goes really well with the food, and it doesn't taste greasy at all."

"Gu's Restaurant always comes up with new and interesting ideas. This lunch box tastes even better than eating in the restaurant."

(End of this chapter)