Chapter 764: The Joyful Atmosphere in the Kitchen
Tan Zhiying quickly glanced outside, "What are you talking about! Just bear with it. Don't show your displeasure. This is the first year your grandfather has recognized his biological son, so we must have this reunion dinner. We won't have to do it next year. I'll find an excuse to turn it down next year. We'll go back to grandma's house to eat, or travel abroad, and we won't come again. You have to bear with it today."
Mai Xiaoan pouted, looking aggrieved.
At this time, Jiang's mother, Zhou's mother, Tian Caihua and Aunt Feng came in carrying the seafood and meat dishes brought by the Zhou family.
Tan Zhiying immediately smiled and said to her daughter: "I don't need your help, get out now!"
Jiang's mother also smiled and said, "Xiao An, please go sit in the living room. I'll take care of it. Second sister-in-law, you and Xiao An should also go sit for a while. You've been busy all day."
Tan Zhiying actually wanted to go out, but she still forced a smile and said, "It's okay, I'll stay and help. Just let An An go out, she doesn't know anything and can only make trouble."
When Mai Xiaoan saw Tian Caihua and Zhou's mother coming in with some seafood and other meat dishes, he hurried out.
Tian Caihua looked at the woman hiding from her and glanced back at her: Bah! What the hell? She eats from Grandpa Xiaoxia, lives in Grandpa Xiaoxia, uses Grandpa Xiaoxia's things, and she's disgusted with a found thing? Just now, when her father-in-law took the chickens and geese that she brought sincerely out of the balcony, she saw the two siblings hiding in disgust.
Bah! A picked-up person really thinks he is a real daughter and a real master?
Every time her father-in-law saw her, he would affectionately call her "sister-in-law" and say that when Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei were not at home, the couple had worked hard to help take care of the elderly and the family.
Really! What's the idiom? It's about people like them! Tian Caihua has never been to school. She heard about it from the children, but she doesn't remember it.
Jiang's mother also asked Zhou's mother and Tian Caihua to go out and sit for a while. "Aunt Feng and I can just work together. You all can go out and sit and chat. The kitchen is small and can't accommodate so many people."
Tian Caihua: "It's okay, I'll help. It's not easy to cook for so many people."
Mother Zhou: "Today is such a happy day, I will show you my cooking skills."
The kitchen is not big, but it is connected to a small balcony, so you can wash and chop vegetables outside, which is convenient.
Tan Zhiying smiled and said, "My in-laws' grandmother must be very good at cooking seafood."
Mother Zhou waved her hands and said, "I'm joking. I only know how to blanch and steam. They are both relatively light dishes. You young people don't like them."
"I'm not getting any younger."
Tian Caihua then said to Tan Zhiying, "Second aunt, you can cook too? It smells so good, what are you cooking?"
Tan Zhiying: "I'm making shark's fin soup in golden soup."
In fact, the cook at home had already prepared it in advance, and she packed it up and heated it up.
In addition to shark fin, there are also abalone and sea cucumber. The cook at home has prepared them. She packed them and heated them up as a token of appreciation. She was mainly worried that the two children would not be accustomed to the family's food.
Now that these dishes have been heated up, Tan Zhiying is ready to find an excuse to leave the kitchen, "Sister Xia Xia, the dishes I want to cook are all ready. What dish do you want to make? You can cook it now."
Zhou's mother: "I'll kill the fish, where is the chopping board?"
Tian Caihua: "Mom, your boiled chicken is delicious, why don't you steam the chicken! Second aunt, when you're done cooking, why don't you kill the fish! My mom is old and her eyesight is not good, so it's hard for her to kill fish, so I'll go make a braised goose."
Tian Caihua placed the bucket of fish directly in front of her.
There weren't many fish, just two groupers and two white snappers raised in cages on the seabed at home.
Tan Zhiying: "...I have never killed a fish."
Tian Caihua: "You've never killed a fish? Even Xia Xia, a real rich girl, knows how to kill a fish!"
Tan Zhiying: “…”
What does the real daughter of a rich family mean? Is she hinting that their family is just an adopted son?
Although their Tan family's company is not as big as the Mai family's, their Tan family is also a well-known and wealthy family in Hong Kong Island!
Tan Zhiying was too lazy to argue with such an ignorant village woman, and said with a smile: "Xia Xia is amazing! Xia Xia and Xiao Dong know everything and are good at studying. They are so young and they have already started a company. The eldest sister-in-law is really good at teaching children. I will go out and learn from Xia Xia..."
Tian Caihua stopped her and said, "You don't need to learn how to kill fish from Xiaoxia. It's very simple. I'll teach you!"
Tan Zhiying: “…”
A person who has been eating, drinking, living and using other people's property for free for so many years, now wants to stop working?
She, Tian Caihua, never tolerates such people!
Want to eat for free without working? No way! Tian Caihua pulled her to the kitchen counter, grabbed a fish and put it on the chopping board, and put the kitchen knife in her hand, "Scrape the fish scales first."
Tan Zhiying: "...Sister-in-law, I can't!"
"You don't even know how to scrape fish scales? The old man really loves you dearly! Even his own son and daughter-in-law don't get this kind of treatment! You are so lucky! It doesn't matter if you don't know how to do it, I will teach you. You can be filial to the old man tonight."
Tan Zhiying: “…”
"Just hold the knife and scrape against the direction of the scales' growth!" Tian Caihua demonstrated to her, "It's your turn!"
"I still can't."
"It's okay, I'll hold your hand and teach you!"
Tan Zhiying: “…”
Tian Caihua asked her to hold the knife, held her hand, and taught her how to scrape the fish scales!
After finally finishing the shaving, Tan Zhiying's hair was now disheveled in the wind!
Tian Caihua used her finger to scratch the fish's belly again: "Just take the knife and gently cut it open from here, then dig out the internal organs!"
Tan Zhiying wanted to die!
"Sister-in-law, I don't dare! I have never killed a fish since I was a child!"
Tian Caihua: "It's okay, Xiaoxia dared to do it, so why wouldn't you dare? I'll hold your hand and teach you, and you'll dare to do it with the next fish. We brought a lot of fish today, enough for you to practice."
Tan Zhiying: “…”
Who is this person? Doesn't she know social distance at all? She has no sense of boundaries at all! Do I know her well? Tan Zhiying swears that she won't come next time!
Jiang Xia also came in at this time: "Mom, sister-in-law, it's rare for you to come over, come out and sit down. I'll take care of the seafood."
Jiang's mother hurriedly chased her away: "No need for you! Go and talk to your grandfather and your father, and you will be back in Beijing in a few days."
Tian Caihua also said, "That's right! Xiaoxia, we don't need you! The kitchen is not big enough to accommodate so many people. Your second aunt is taking care of it! She said she wanted to learn how to kill fish, and I'm teaching her. She insisted on making a reunion dinner for everyone herself!"
Tan Zhiying: “…”
When did she say that? When did she want to learn?
She doesn't need to learn how to kill fish! Jiang's mother also dislikes Tan Zhiying, but Jiang's mother loves face, and because of her status, she really can't do what Tian Caihua does.
Now her daughter's sister-in-law is here to treat her, which is what Jiang's mother wants most.
She quickly pushed Jiang Xia out: "Don't come in!"
Don't come and ruin the joyful atmosphere in the kitchen!
After Tian Caihua taught Tan Zhiying how to cut open the fish's belly with a knife, she first found the dark green fish gallbladder from the fish's internal organs and dug it out. She then said, "Just reach in and dig out the fish's internal organs. I'll dig out the gallbladder, and you can do whatever you want with the rest."
"If the fish gallbladder is not dug out, and it is broken, the whole fish will be bitter. The most difficult part of killing a fish is breaking the fish gallbladder. Now you don't have to be afraid! Go ahead and dig it out!"
…
So everyone was happy at the family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve.
Only Tan Zhiying and her two children were the most unhappy! Tan Zhiying was almost driven half to death by Tian Caihua.
She could feel the fishy smell on her hands whenever she ate.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
