He finally went to take a look after the kids were done.
The empty vegetable plots are now full of vegetables, but...
Xu Fuqiang's mouth twitched, and he asked, "Qingzhi, these vegetable seedlings are a little big. Are you sure...the vegetables you bought online are not for immediate consumption?"
"Dad!" Xu Qingzhi pretended to be slightly angry, "These are vegetable seedlings. They need to grow longer before they can be eaten."
Xu Fuqiang did not expose her, and smiled and said: "It looks like it still needs to grow longer. OK, then Dad will wait to eat the vegetables you plant."
"Well, wait."
Xu Qingzhi went home carrying the hoe.
Xu Fuqiang also picked some water spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. from the vegetable garden and took them away.
After packing up, the father and daughter set off by bus to the county town.
When Xu Fuqiang was about to lock the door before leaving, he suddenly remembered, "Hey, Qingzhi, where are those two pets you have? The crow and the cat?"
Xu Qingzhi looked calm, "They are very naughty, I let them out to play. Birds can survive by eating insects, and cats can catch mice and eat them, so they won't die. Don't worry, Dad."
Xu Fuqiang nodded, "Okay, after all, these are your cats and birds, you know them best, and Dad doesn't understand these either."
"Well, let's go quickly, or we will miss the last bus."
When we arrived at the county town, it was already evening.
Wang Yanmei fried half of the chicken, stewed the other half into chicken soup, and made the whole duck into stir-fried duck with ginger.
In addition to chicken and duck, water spinach, cucumbers and tomatoes picked from home were also fried.
There was also a fish and some braised snacks bought from downstairs.
Zhou Hongwei frowned, his eyes full of disdain: "That's all the dishes, nothing else?"
"There are chickens, ducks, fish, vegetables and soup, but you are still not satisfied. What delicacies do you want?" The third aunt didn't look good to him. She went into the kitchen to help serve the dishes and said, "Yanmei, I am also shameless. I heard that the fourth sister was coming to your house for dinner, so I came along. Don't mind."
"Third aunt, what are you talking about? I didn't know you were in the county town today. If I had known, I would definitely have called you." Wang Yanmei said warmly.
The third aunt smiled and helped to serve the dishes, while Xu Qingzhi set the table.
Soon, a table of dishes was ready. Wang Yanmei was frying the last water spinach and called out, "Everyone, eat it while it's hot. I have another green vegetable that will be fried soon."
When people in Meicheng eat, they are most particular about eating while hot. For example, big dishes like chicken and duck are most delicious when they are still steaming right out of the pot.
A round table can seat nine people without feeling crowded at all.
There was an empty seat next to Xu Qingzhi for her mother.
Fourth aunt was not polite either. She smelled the fragrance at noon and was so greedy that she immediately picked up a piece of chicken.
"Well, Fuqiang, the chicken you raised yourself tastes great." Fourth aunt said while eating.
Zhou Hongwei also picked up a piece of chicken and tasted it, thinking that it tasted almost the same as the chicken he raised.
My third aunt doesn’t like meat, so she directly stretched out her chopsticks to the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, picked them up and put them into her mouth without even eating a mouthful of rice.
"tasty!"
The third aunt's eyes widened, and she took another bite with her chopsticks and ate it. "What's going on? Why is this fried tomato and egg so delicious? It smells so good."
"Yanmei's cooking skills have been getting better and better recently." Xu Fuqiang praised naturally, and picked up a piece of fried tomato and egg with chopsticks. After taking a bite, he confirmed that it was still as delicious as the one he had at noon. It was really fragrant.
At this time, the water spinach was also fried and placed in front of the third aunt.
The third aunt took a piece of it with chopsticks and tasted it, "This water spinach is also delicious."
Wang Jinlan and Zhou Hongwei looked at the exaggerated expression of their third aunt and felt puzzled. When they went to someone else's house for a meal, they usually had to praise the food and say it was delicious, but no one was as exaggerated as the third aunt.
Wang Jinlan took a bite of the scrambled eggs with tomatoes and found it quite fragrant, but she felt it was just ordinary eggs and slightly tastier tomatoes. She then picked up a piece of water spinach with chopsticks.
Indeed...it tastes a little better than what I usually eat, but it doesn't have to be that exaggerated.
Wang Yanmei washed her hands, came over to eat, and said with a smile on her face: "Third Aunt, I hope the food suits your taste."
"It's delicious. Very delicious. I've been helping my eldest son take care of his children in Kyoto for all these years, but I've never eaten such delicious food." said the third aunt.
Wang Linlin smiled and said, "Third Aunt, you have been in the city for a long time. Now that you come back to eat this kind of local food, you think it is especially delicious. We are used to it after eating it every day."
The third aunt still thought that this vegetable was good, much better than the vegetables she had eaten in Kyoto. She hurriedly asked, "Fuqiang, did you grow this yourself?"
Xu Fuqiang nodded.
Third Aunt: "Can I buy some and send it to my son?"
"Aunt, we are all family, how can I let you buy them? I will ask Fuqiang to pick some and send them to you tomorrow." Wang Yanmei said.
The third aunt declined: "No, no, no, you guys grew it for your own consumption, so you still have to pay."
"Don't be polite to the child. Giving money doesn't sound like a big deal." Grandma Chen Xiaoqing spoke at the right time.
"Okay, I won't be polite with you." The third aunt smiled, thinking of asking her children to send some local roast duck from Kyoto and then give it to Yanmei and her husband.
Wang Jinlan said, "Aunt San, if you like, I've planted some too. Come pick them anytime you want."
"Okay, then thank you Jinlan." The third aunt explained embarrassedly, "Zhiming is very busy at the company, and he is usually very picky about what he eats. The dishes I cook are not to his taste. Today, I ate such delicious vegetables, and I thought he would like them."
"Zhiming is the most promising one in our generation. He can even open a company in Kyoto." Wang Jinlan praised.
The third aunt shook her head modestly, but with a proud smile on her face, "It's just so-so."
Xu Qingzhi listened to their subsequent flattery of each other and felt accustomed to it. This was a common scene at family dinners.
And her third aunt's reaction was also within her expectations.
These dishes are delicious because I performed a spiritual energy spell today, which allowed some spiritual energy to get on the dishes. However, because the time was short and there was no spiritual spring water, the spiritual energy content is very, very scarce, almost non-existent.
Her father had tasted the quick-cooked dishes in her space, so naturally he wouldn't think there was any difference in the taste of this dish. It tasted just as good anyway.
Other people would also think that it just tastes good and would not have such a big reaction as my third aunt.
Just like some people are sensitive to spicy food, people who eat spicy food all year round will not feel it is spicy if they taste a little bit of it. Similarly, some people are very sensitive to spiritual energy.
People who have lived in the city for a long time and have not been exposed to Reiki are different from those who occasionally come into contact with Reiki, so among those present, only my third aunt, who lives in Kyoto all year round and comes back occasionally, had such a strong reaction.
If you taste the vegetables she grows...
Xu Qingzhi thought that her third aunt might plow all the land in her family bare.
(End of this chapter)