Yan Lili's parents were busy with work and rarely spent time with her. Yan Lili had hardly ever seen her parents growing up. Her uncle was also busy with work. The way her grandparents raised her was different from how her parents raised her. Yan Lili was actually quite sensitive.
But things are different now. She's genuinely happy with Wenxi, and that's when she has the energy she should have at her age.
After returning home, Wenxi went to the kitchen to rinse the rice and put it in the pot. She also chopped some pumpkin cubes and added them in to cook the pumpkin rice. After that, she lit the fire in the wok and heated up the dishes that had been served earlier.
After starting the fire, Wenxi didn't need to worry about it anymore. She went to the yard to pick and cook vegetables. By the time Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue returned, Wenxi had already prepared lunch.
Mother Yan and Yan Lili had visited once before, so Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue recognized them. After greeting them, the two went to fetch water to wash their hands and faces, and then everyone sat down to eat.
Looking at the sumptuous lunch on the table, Yan's mother felt quite guilty. If she and Yan Lili hadn't come, Wenxi wouldn't have had to spend so much money.
These dishes can last for several days.
Little did the strict mother know that for Wenxi, this was just their family's normal standard of living!
Wen Xi picked up a chicken leg for Yan Lili, saying, "Lili, this dried chicken is already very tender, you should eat more."
"Thank you, Sister Xiaoxi." Yan Lili smiled sweetly at Wen Xi, then picked up a savory chicken leg and started eating. It was really stewed until very tender; with a gentle bite, the meat separated from the bone without any effort from her teeth.
Seeing how good Wenxi was to Yan Lili, Yan's mother felt a pang of regret. If Wenxi could be with Yan Zheng and become Yan Lili's aunt, she would definitely treat Yan Lili even better in the future.
What a pity, all for saving Yan Zheng...
The strict mother sighed softly, without saying a word.
It's all for Yan Zheng!
In the afternoon, Yan Zheng finished his work and came to pick up his mother and Yan Lili to go home. Wen Xi packed up the mushrooms they had picked for them to take home and eat. She also packed ten pounds of dried mushrooms, two salted fish, and a dried rabbit.
"Xiaoxi, thank you." Yan Zheng looked at Wen Xi and said earnestly.
He felt that Wenxi had given him credit for his promotion and raise, and that Wenxi had saved his life, but he had no chance to repay her. From now on, he could only make a trip to the countryside every few days to let everyone know how much he valued Wenxi, so that no evil spirits would dare to approach Wenxi again.
“Brother Yan, we’re already so familiar with each other, why be so polite? Besides, Brother Yan has helped me a lot, and I don’t have much to repay you with, so I can only give you some mountain produce.” Wen Xi said with a smile, “Lili, study hard when you get home, listen to your elders, and come visit whenever you want during the holidays. As long as your sister is here, I will definitely take you to have a good time.”
"Thank you, Sister Xiaoxi." Yan Lili expressed her gratitude to Wenxi again. She thought the countryside was so much fun and she wanted to come back again next time.
"Xiaoxi, we're leaving now. No need to see us off. You can go back now!" Mother Yan waved to Wenxi.
This girl is really good. If she could marry into the Yan family, she definitely wouldn't abandon the old couple. But Yan Zheng and she are destined to be apart!
Mother Yan is now genuinely worried that Yan Zheng will marry a troublemaker or a spoiled young lady. She'll be unable to wash her hands or lift a finger, and she, his old mother, will have to serve her. Just thinking about it gives her a headache. She won't be able to enjoy the blessings of her daughter-in-law when she gets old; she'll have to be someone else's maid.
Wenxi couldn't see through her mother's complicated thoughts. With a smile, she saw them off at the gate, stood by the gate, and watched them leave before going home and closing the gate.
With nothing else to do, Wenxi returned to her room, locked the door, and slipped into the system's kitchen.
Summer and autumn are the seasons for eating winter melon.
So Wenxi moved a large winter melon weighing over 20 kilograms onto the processing table, and then cut the large winter melon into sections, dividing the whole large winter melon into five sections.
After peeling the winter melon, Wenxi cut two sections of the winter melon into pieces about the size of an egg. She also took some pork ribs and kelp and stewed a pot of winter melon, pork rib and kelp soup, as well as a pot of winter melon, pork rib and corn stew.
Then Wenxi braised a piece of winter melon.
Looking at the remaining two pieces of winter melon, which weighed at least eight or nine pounds, Wenxi decided to make winter melon candy. That way, she could give the children winter melon candy when they helped her with chores in the future. So Wenxi looked at the high-tech smart machine and found that it could make winter melon candy, but she just needed to put in white sugar or brown sugar in the right proportion.
With so little winter melon, it probably wouldn't make much candied winter melon. So Wenxi brought over two more large winter melons, peeled and cut them into long strips, then put them into the machine's container along with the sugar. She then pressed the 'Make Winter Melon Candy' button and let the machine run on its own, so Wenxi didn't need to do anything else.
After the candied winter melon was made, Wenxi took a piece to taste. It had the fragrance of winter melon and a sweet taste. Fortunately, she didn't put in too much sugar, so it wasn't too sweet.
Wenxi brought out bags and packed the winter melon candy into three bags, weighing about thirty pounds.
Once the winter melon soup in the pot was ready, Wenxi turned off the heat, poured the soup into a dish, and then took out broccoli, carrots, potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, lotus root, corn, and other ingredients, cut them into bite-sized pieces, boiled water, poured them in, cooked them, and then took them out.
Next, a pot of hot pot meatballs and shrimp were boiled in water until cooked, then removed and the pot was cleaned. After the water in the pot had completely dried, a spoonful of rapeseed oil was added, and scallions, ginger, and garlic were added and stir-fried until fragrant. Then, the Mala Xiangguo seasoning was added and stir-fried evenly. After that, the blanched vegetables, hot pot meatballs, and shrimp were added and stir-fried evenly so that each piece of vegetable was coated with the Mala Xiangguo seasoning. That's how a big pot of Mala Xiangguo was made.
After everything was done, Wenxi cleaned up the stove and work surface, then left the system kitchen.
She still needs to focus on real life and can't always hide in the system's kitchen.
Just as Wen Xi came out, she heard a knock on the door. She quickly went to open it and was surprised to find Lin Yiwan standing outside. "Yiwan, what brings you here?"
Lin Yiwan said with a hint of helplessness, "I'm about to go on a blind date, so I came over to chat with you."
She couldn't disobey her mother's arrangements, and besides, her mother's ideas were old-fashioned. If she brought out her 21st-century ways, her mother would probably go crazy. So she acted obedient, but if she were to actually have a whirlwind marriage with her blind date, she would absolutely not agree.
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