"Here, don't stand on ceremony. Boil some eggs for me tomorrow morning, I want two!"
"Okay, I understand. I'll take them all back home." Su Lan decisively started getting busy. She had only intended to take a few things casually, but now she was going to carry them all back.
Seeing that she couldn't carry it all, Lu Zhixia helped her deliver it. This involved several trips back and forth, and the floor was finally much cleaner, with only canned food and pastries left.
"Alright, finally some peace and quiet." She said to Gu Lingxiao, "Let's go! We're going to Grandpa's; we're having a big meal today!"
"Hmm? What are we eating?" Gu Lingxiao asked.
Lu Zhixia took the lock that was hanging on the wall.
"Boiled fish and braised chicken!"
Gu Lingxiao followed her out the door. The food these past few days had been so good that at lunchtime, the cafeteria food seemed so-so.
Before he knew it, his palate had become more discerning, and his resolve grew stronger. He was determined to learn to cook, so that he could satisfy his own cravings and also provide Lu Zhixia with ready-made meals.
Su Lan sat by the door picking vegetables, watching them leave together, and thought to herself that they were a perfect match.
Sensing movement behind him, he then saw Zhou Cheng emerge.
"Hurry up and help me with the work, we're going to have a lot of food to eat tonight."
Zhou Cheng rolled up his sleeves, squatted down, and got to work, taking the chores from his wife.
"Go back to your room and rest! I'll take care of these!"
Su Lan also wanted to go back to the room to keep her daughter company, so she stood up and said, "Then I'll wait for dinner. I'm not in a hurry to eat, I'll take my time working."
"I understand. Go and stay with the child!"
During their time in the hospital, their relationship was significantly repaired, and they seemed to have returned to how they were when they first got married.
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When Lu Zhixia arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, she saw Grandpa Bai pressing the chicken down on the cutting board, and Zhou An'an waving a cleaver as if he was about to cut off the chicken's neck.
If this succeeds, blood will be sprayed everywhere.
"The hair on the neck has been plucked clean; you just need to make a gentle cut," said Grandpa Bai.
"No, that won't kill him completely," Zhou An'an argued.
Lu Zhixia quickly went over and said, "I'll kill the chicken!"
Zhou An'an decisively handed over the kitchen knife, saying, "Here you go. I'm really not good at killing chickens; it almost cost me my life!"
Lu Zhixia took the cleaver, made a light cut on the chicken's neck, and then, holding the chicken by the head, dripped the chicken blood into the bowl in one smooth motion.
Zhou An'an was stunned. So this is how chickens are killed. It was different from what she had imagined.
"This chicken blood can be used to make soup. Do you want some?" Lu Zhixia looked up and asked them. If they didn't want soup, then the chicken blood would have to be put into the braised chicken.
That would be a bit of a waste.
“I want to drink!” Zhou An’an answered instantly.
Lu Zhixia said, "Okay, then let's add another soup. Tonight we'll have boiled fish, braised chicken, and chicken blood soup!"
Zhou An'an was so happy she almost jumped for joy. It was definitely the right decision to ride her bicycle here, even though it would be a bit troublesome to get back.
But she was willing to do anything for this delicious meal!
Lu Zhixia didn't let them sit idle; she ordered them to work and, after everything was in place, she took charge of cooking herself.
When the clock struck 6, everyone started eating.
Gu Lingxiao placed the first chicken leg in Lu Zhixia's bowl with his chopsticks, and the second chicken leg in his grandfather's bowl, before eating the vegetables himself.
Looking at the chicken leg in the bowl, I looked up at him and saw that he was very calm. How did this guy know that I wanted to eat chicken leg?
It seems their relationship has become even closer than before.
This made her feel that Gu Lingxiao was overstepping his bounds. It seemed she needed to find a time to talk to him. He had a wife and children, so he shouldn't flirt with her like that!
Zhou An'an finished a meal in the blink of an eye, making her feel that the meals she had eaten before were just meals. She realized there was such delicious food in the world, and she had missed out on so much before.
"It's so delicious, I want another bowl!"
"Me too!" After saying that, Xiao Zhang reached down and loosened his belt.
You have to eat this meal with all your might, or you'll be doing yourself a disservice.
Lu Zhixia couldn't bear to look at them, seeing that they looked like they hadn't eaten for days. These two were definitely a pair of foodies.
If we really can't get a good meal together, won't we end up fighting?
Just imagining that scene is hilarious.
"Eat more." Gu Lingxiao put some of the better quality chicken from the plate into her bowl.
"That's enough." Lu Zhixia noticed everyone's gaze and felt too embarrassed to pick up any more chicken. He could only step back so that his chopsticks couldn't reach it.
Xiao Zhang looked at everything in front of him with a smile, and saw that there were really only a few pieces of chicken on the plate.
Zhou An'an coughed deliberately, signaling to Xiao Zhang to tone it down and not eat too much.
"You should eat more too!" Xiao Zhang quickly put some meat on her plate.
"Thank you!" Zhou An'an looked at the meat in the bowl, her eyes narrowing into slits with a smile; she was a meat lover.
She didn't think too much about Xiao Zhang putting meat in her bowl; once it was in her bowl, it was hers!
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