Seeing Wenxi approach, Donghua greeted her with a bright smile, "Sister Xiaoxi, were you looking for me?"
Wenxi reached out and patted her head, smiling as she said, "Donghua, you helped me a lot yesterday, so I'm planning to treat you to dinner tonight. Remember to come over this evening!"
Donghua smiled happily, "Thank you, Sister Xiaoxi."
Afterwards, Wen Xi went next door and knocked on the door. When Gu Huai'an came and opened the door, Wen Xi said, "The three of you can come to my house for dinner tonight. By the way, when you go to work, could you please let Song Lan and the other two know that you can all come for dinner together?"
Gu Huai'an nodded. "Okay."
The reason Wen Xi invited Song Lan and the other two was that she didn't want to give others something to talk about. If she only associated with Gu Huai'an and the other two, the villagers would definitely gossip. But if she added Tian Shengnan and the others, it would be a different story.
After Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue went to work, Wen Xi went up the mountain. Since she was going to treat everyone to dinner tonight, she naturally had to make a show of it.
They didn't even leave the house, so where did they get the supplies?
When the postman came to deliver the mail at noon, Wen Xi handed him two letters, one to He Chen'an and the other to Yan Zheng. She told Yan Zheng about what happened last night and asked him to thoroughly investigate Lu Xiaoyun and Liang Zhaodi, as their existence posed a great threat to all three of them.
Because they might join forces to attack Jiang Yue next time.
In the afternoon, Wenxi slipped into the system kitchen and started cooking. She took three prepared rabbits, chopped them into small pieces, and made braised rabbit meat.
I also took a bowl of prepared bullfrog meat, chopped it into small pieces, and made a dry pot bullfrog dish.
Afterwards, Wenxi made braised eggplant, stir-fried green beans with cured pork, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, hot and sour cabbage, mushroom soup, braised crucian carp, and stir-fried pumpkin slices.
There were ten dishes in total, including meat, vegetables, and soup. Each dish was very generous in portion size, enough to satisfy the entire table of people.
In addition, Wenxi also made a plate of chive pancakes, so even if we can't finish them tonight, we can save them for tomorrow.
After preparing the dinner, Wenxi came out of the system kitchen. When it was almost time, she went to the kitchen to cook rice. After rinsing the rice and putting it in the pot, she chopped sweet potatoes and diced cured meat and added them in. This made the sweet potato rice taste delicious with the salty aroma of cured meat.
Upon hearing the end-of-work bell, Wenxi brought out all the dishes and placed them on the dining table, along with the bowls and chopsticks. Drinking alcohol could easily lead to mistakes, so she didn't bring any wine. Besides, she had bought Moutai, which wasn't meant for drinking.
After work, everyone went home to tidy up and change their clothes, so when they came over, they were all clean and fresh. Wenxi knew they had all gone home to shower, so she told them to come straight to the table for dinner.
Wen Xi and two others, Tian Shengnan and two others, Gu Huai'an and two others, plus Dong Hua, make a total of ten people. The original eight-person table would need three people to sit on both sides to accommodate ten people.
Wen Xi and her two companions sat on one side, Gu Huai'an and his two companions sat on the other side, Tian Shengnan and Donghua sat on the other side, and Song Lan and Zhou Bai sat on the other side.
"Wow, so much delicious food! Thank you, Sister Xiaoxi!" Donghua exclaimed excitedly upon seeing the table full of delicious food. She had never seen so much good food in her life.
Wenxi placed a rabbit leg on Donghua's plate and instructed her, "Donghua, you're eating at Sister Xiaoxi's place today, but you mustn't tell anyone, okay? If you tell anyone, Sister Xiaoxi won't talk to you anymore!"
Donghua covered her mouth with her hand and said mischievously, "Sister Xiaoxi, I won't tell anyone."
Sister Xiaoxi is not only her savior, but also the kindest person in the world to her. She certainly can't let Sister Xiaoxi get into trouble.
"Wenxi, thank you so much for your help today." Gu Huai'an looked at the table full of dishes and expressed his heartfelt gratitude.
"Everyone, eat up!" Wen Xi smiled faintly, not mentioning what happened yesterday, afraid that if the matter got out, public opinion would be out of control. "The crucian carp has a lot of bones, so please eat slowly and carefully."
Then everyone started eating. There were so many delicious dishes that everyone focused on eating and didn't even have time to talk.
It's a rare treat to have something delicious, so everyone wants to seize the opportunity to eat as much as possible.
"Delicious." Tian Shengnan took a bite of sweet potato rice and couldn't help but exclaim as she tasted the salty and savory flavor.
Wenxi said with a smile, "I diced the cured pork and cooked it together with the rice and sweet potatoes. The rice and sweet potatoes were also flavorful, making them even tastier."
Tian Shengnan nodded repeatedly, "Xiaoxi, you are really amazing."
Everyone nodded in agreement. It was an honor for them to get to know Wenxi; otherwise, they wouldn't know how tough life was in the countryside!
With many hands making light work, and with Wenxi's cooking being so delicious, the entire meal was quickly devoured.
Even the sweet potato rice in the pot was eaten clean.
The soup was all gone.
Except for Wenxi and the other two who didn't eat much, everyone else was stuffed and stood up to move around because they were afraid of getting an upset stomach.
Hearing Gu Huai'an's hiccup, Wen Xi couldn't help but laugh.
Looking at Wen Xi's delicate face under the dim light, Gu Huai'an felt a little uncomfortable. It wasn't that he was greedy, but that Wen Xi's cooking skills were really good. It was a real blessing to be able to come over occasionally for a treat.
After a while, the men came over to clear the dishes. Li Jianguo saw this many times and was no longer as indifferent as he had been at the beginning.
He probably subconsciously thought these were things women did, but after coming here and getting to know them, he realized that these things are not exclusive to women, and men can do them too.
Besides, they're not family, just educated youth sent to the countryside. They're not even friends, so there's no need for him to show off his male chauvinism in front of them.
No one but his parents would spoil him.
After everyone finished packing, they said goodbye to Wenxi. Wenxi saw them off to the courtyard gate and said to Gu Huai'an, "Gu Huai'an, Donghua lives next door to you. Please take Donghua back home and make sure you watch her enter the house, okay?"
Gu Huai'an nodded, "Don't worry, we'll take care of Donghua."
Donghua is a ten-year-old child. They can take care of her. No one would be so malicious as to spread rumors about a ten-year-old child.
After everyone left, the house became quiet. Although the dishes and chopsticks were all cleaned up, the dining area still had a strong aroma. Wenxi was worried that Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui would drool when they came to class.
Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui have already earned a lot of money with Wenxi, and their family's conditions are now among the best in the village, so Wenxi no longer sends them any good food.
However, Wenxi would occasionally use the money and tickets to exchange for things, so their family never lacked tickets and could buy almost anything they wanted without having to be stingy like before.
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