He had a good relationship with several of his roommates, and Lin Kai was considered his good buddy. He thought his family might find it inconvenient and would not let his roommates come over.

Of course, his worries were not without reason.

When he was very young, Xiao Zijun also brought children from the neighboring village home to play.

But when that person came to visit, he stole two hundred yuan from the cabinet at home.

Xiao Zijun didn't know when the other party stole the things, but when his parents came back from a busy day and asked him if he had brought anyone home, he told them everything.

As soon as the children in the village said the name, the adults knew who the person was and went to find the other person's home.

The family was honest, and they took out a hundred and a few dozen coins from the child's pocket and asked the child what happened. The child said that he took the money to the store and bought a bunch of food that he usually wouldn't buy.

In the end, the family took a painful tree root, beat the kid, apologized and paid compensation.

Xiao Zijun was sternly warned by his parents not to bring anyone home to play in the future, and he could only play outside if he wanted to.

Later, when he grew older, he became self-abased and didn't want to bring anyone with him anymore.

It was just because of the incident of stealing money when he was a child that he was not brave enough to make his own decision to ask his roommates to come over. Now that his sister agreed, he felt relieved to open his phone and send messages to his roommates, saying that they could come over to play.

Lin Kai responded the fastest.

"When can you come?"

Xu Zijun was unsure and asked his sister, "Sister, when should we let them come?"

Xu Qingzhi was peeling chestnuts. "They can come anytime they want, but if they come now, they might be able to catch up for lunch."

Xu Zijun sent this message to several roommates accordingly.

The ideas of several roommates were surprisingly consistent: Wait for me to have lunch! Come right away! Send the address!

Xu Zijun sent the address and told them how to take the bus to Daji Village and then pick them up himself. After he had finalized it with his roommates, he told his sister.

Xu Qingzhi raised his hand and said, "Come on, follow me to the field to pick some more vegetables. Treat your classmates to a good meal at noon today. Eat your fill."

Seeing his sister being so enthusiastic about his roommate, Xu Zijun raised his voice in delight: "Okay!"

At Xu Qingzhi's instruction, he picked some Chinese cabbage, as well as some edible spinach, celery, and corn.

Wang Yanmei knew that Xu Zijun's classmates were coming, so she made a few more dishes.

As soon as you peel off the skin of the freshly picked corn, you can smell the fresh fragrance of corn.

Xu Qingzhi planted two kinds of corn, sweet corn and glutinous corn.

The corn we picked this time was sweet corn with a slightly yellowish color, large corn cobs, and large, plump flesh.

"This corn is so beautiful." Chef Wang habitually commented on the food he handled. He took some fresh pork ribs, put them in a pot, and stewed a corn and pork ribs soup.

The ribs that were blanched before are used to make a special stir-fried ribs.

This is how she usually cooks pork belly, Qingzhi loves it very much.

She then tried to cook spareribs using the same method, which was also well received by everyone, and this method was continued to be used in several dishes.

Xu Qingzhi stood by and watched while peeling garlic. Although the pork was not raised by herself and was not as good, it tasted really good this way and she still loved it.

When our piglets grow up, we will be able to taste even better food.

Wang Yanmei picked up the oil and poured it into the wok, saying, "Stand back so it doesn't fry you. Just watch me cook. No matter where you go in the future, you will be able to cook these dishes by yourself once you learn them."

Xu Qingzhi whined, "I'm not going anywhere. I'll just stay at home and eat the food you cook every day."

Wang Yanmei smiled and snorted, "Where can you find my cooking after I've been around for a hundred years?"

"It's still early. I don't care." Xu Qingzhi put the peeled garlic aside.

The oil in the pot was already heated at this time, and Wang Yanmei poured in the blanched ribs.

These ribs are mostly ribs, which are tasty when fried. The big ribs are more suitable for stewing soup, and I have just used them to stew corn ribs soup.

Stir-fry the ribs for ten seconds and then add the ginger slices.

The ginger slices should be old ginger slices, so that the ginger flavor will be strong.

Xu Qingzhi loves to eat this kind of meat with ginger flavor. She doesn't like ginger alone, but meat with ginger flavor, whether it is pork ribs or chicken or duck, is simply her favorite.

By the beginning of next spring, we can start planting ginger.

Fry the ribs in the pot for another ten seconds. When they lose their color, add a few spoons of red chili powder, stir-fry two or three times, then add light soy sauce, two spoons of salt, and chicken essence.

Finally, add a small bowl of water and the whole dish will become attractive in color. After the soup boils, pour it out and put it in a stainless steel basin. Then put it in a pressure cooker and press it for ten minutes until the meat becomes soft.

Wang Yanmei knew that young people couldn't use a pressure cooker, so she closed the lid of the pressure cooker and said, "If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can use a steamer to make this dish later. Put it in a steamer with water and steam it for an hour. The taste will be similar, but a pressure cooker will cook faster."

"Yeah, I'll eat what's ready." Xu Qingzhi said.

Xu Qingzhi was kicked out, so he had to make a cup of tea and lie down on the lounge chair under the persimmon tree.

The other side.

Lin Kai and several of his roommates were on their way. Meicheng was not a big city, and there were several buses from the county town to Daji Village at fixed times each day.

Even if several people don't make an appointment to go together, they can still meet at the bus station, and there is a bus leaving at 11 o'clock.

Several people were very excited and looked out of the windows of the old coach.

The bus passed through the still prosperous Meicheng County, from the spacious asphalt road to the winding concrete road, all the way to the destination.

"I'm so excited. I don't know why."

"Me too, it feels like we're on a picnic."

"I heard that the food at Fuwang Farm is very delicious. The food at Zijun's house must be delicious too."

"Please stop talking. My mouth is watering. When Zijun sent me the message, I was still in bed. I hadn't even had breakfast yet. I got up quickly, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and came here."

"Zijun's sister is the boss, right? I saw on the internet that the boss is a bit aloof."

After hearing this, Lin Kai defended her, saying, "Sister Zijun is not aloof at all. She is a very nice person and always speaks gently."

As for Taoshui Village, Xu Zijun didn't know how to drive, so when the people were almost there, he called his father to go to Daji Village to pick them up.

Not long after, Wang Yanmei prepared the dishes and called Xu Qingzhi who was outside to ask how long it would take for him to return.

As soon as he finished speaking, the white car revealed its body and turned a corner.

"Mom, I'm back." Xu Qingzhi stood up and went into the house to set the dishes and fill the teapot, adding some honey considerately.

Xu Zijun brought a few roommates into the room and introduced them naturally: "This is my sister, and that is my mother."

It was still a little far away, and the boys couldn't even see the person clearly. They immediately said politely in unison: "Hello, sister, hello, auntie."

Xu Zijun introduced his roommates to his family: "This is Lin Kai, Xu Yi, Wu Bo, and Zhang Song. They are all my roommates. Some of my roommates didn't come because they had something to do at home."

Xu Qingzhi smiled and said, "Hello, lunch is ready, please sit down and eat, you're welcome."

Xu Yi was startled, looking at the graceful figure in front of him with her hair tied up with a wooden hairpin and speaking so gently, he felt hot and ashamed on his face. It was he who had said that there was a rumor online that his boss was aloof.

How can this be cool? It's just a rumor!

Wang Yanmei also greeted them warmly, "Eat quickly, the food won't taste good if it gets cold, eat it while it's hot. Knowing you were coming, Zijun's father killed a chicken and a duck, but he didn't have enough time to cook both, so he saved the duck for dinner and only fried the chicken."

"Auntie, please sit down and eat. Don't be polite with us." Lin Kai said.

Wang Yanmei wiped her hands and sat down, "Okay."

After Wang Yanmei and Xu Fuqiang started using their chopsticks, several roommates started picking up food.

The Xu family's way of entertaining guests is to put the main dishes in the middle and the meat dishes in front of the guests.

Several people subconsciously ate a piece of spareribs first. It was soft and boneless, the meat was tender but not loose, and it had the spicy flavor of Meicheng's unique chili powder, which was a delight for ginger lovers.

The high school boy who had suffered so much from the school cafeteria was almost in tears when he suddenly ate such delicious food.

Especially... Xu Yi, who has to suffer the "abuse" of his mother's dark cooking at home.

He was probably the only one among his roommates who was quite satisfied with the school cafeteria and felt happy to eat at school, because the food his mother cooked was even more inedible.

He had never eaten the beans fried by his mother since he was a child. The fried beans were round and plump, crispy when chewed, and had a raw taste, so he didn't like to eat beans and would never touch that dish.

His mother's initial explanation was that the beans were fried until cooked, and the beans themselves had a raw taste. But later, the excuse became that the beans were delicious only when they were fried to have this kind of crispy taste that was neither raw nor cooked!

The dish of spareribs is even more shady.

The fucking ribs are either mushy or hard like fried meat.

Xu Yi didn't dare to refute and could only quietly avoid these dishes, eat less at home, eat more at relatives' homes during festivals, and just wait to return to school when the food would be normal.

He was caught off guard by the delicious ribs he had eaten at Xu's house, and his nose suddenly felt sore for some reason.

Fortunately, everyone was immersed in the food and no one noticed his abnormality.

After Lin Kai finished eating the spareribs, he took a bite of the fried chicken with dried cuttlefish closest to him and gave a thumbs up, "Auntie, your cooking is so delicious. I've heard Zijun talk about it a long time ago, and I finally got to eat it."

Wang Yanmei has been praised for her cooking skills by many people, but a cook will still be happy no matter how many times she is praised. "If it tastes good, just eat more. Auntie has cooked a lot of rice, enough for you to eat."

Lin Kai nodded, and then remembered that the vegetables from Fuwang Farm were selling well, so he stretched out his chopsticks to the classic bok choy from Fuwang Farm.

(End of this chapter)