Duo Xi said with a wronged look, "There's no meat, eat some."
Barbecue is different from hot pot. The hot pot they ate before was in clear broth with very little seasoning, so it was fine for Duoxi to eat as much as she wanted.
Unlike hot pot, barbecue doesn't come with separate sauces, and it's also very "heaty" (causing internal heat). When Gao Shujing was dividing the meat for Duoxi, the youngest child, he only gave him a slice to taste. His main diet was still chicken soup.
Duolu glanced at the few pieces of grilled fish in his bowl. He felt sorry for Duoxi, but he was unwilling to give his own meat to Duoxi. So he turned his gaze to Gao Guojing, who was turning the tofu over.
Duolu: "Uncle Guojing, Duoxi has no fish left."
Gao Guojing: "Don't worry, I'll have some fresh ones ready soon."
Afraid that Duoxi would come over and snatch his meat, Duolu turned around with the bowl in his hand, facing away from Duoxi, and quickly shoveled the meat into his mouth before handing the empty bowl to him.
With his mouth stuffed full of fish, Duolu mumbled, "Second Brother is gone too. Let's wait a little longer. Uncle Guojing will be done soon."
Seeing Duolu's constantly moving mouth, Duoxi felt something was wrong, but there was no meat left in the bowl, so she turned her gaze to Duofu's bowl on the other side.
Duofu had already finished his grilled fish while the two were talking, and Duoxi hadn't seen anything. Undeterred, he looked at the other people's bowls, which were all empty.
Yu Rujia couldn't bear to see his aggrieved little face, so she called out, "Come on, Auntie will serve you some chicken soup."
When a bowl of fragrant chicken soup was placed in front of Duoxi, he immediately forgot all the unfair treatment he had received earlier and started wielding his spoon and fighting with the chicken soup again.
After finishing the fried tofu, we had grilled pork belly, followed by pig lungs. It was a delicious meal with a mix of meat and vegetables.
The group of people patted their round bellies contentedly and slumped on the stools, unwilling to get up.
Gao Guojing sighed, "These days are wonderful. I wish I could eat barbecue every day."
Duofu patted his belly and nodded, saying, "Barbecue is delicious, hot pot is delicious too, I like them both."
Duolu: "Auntie, can we have barbecue and hot pot tomorrow?"
Yu Rujia: "We have other delicious foods at home, don't you want to try them all?"
Doro's small eyes immediately lit up as he said, "I want to eat it."
Gao Guojing said expectantly, "I wish I could make braised meat again." Ah, there are so many delicious foods here. Another day I don't want to go back to Jiangcheng.
After clearing the table, Gao Shujing brought up the herbal tea that Yu Rujia had brewed and poured a bowl for each of them: "Come and have some herbal tea."
Hearing that there was something to drink, the little ones, even though their stomachs were bulging, still reached out for bowls, just to eat more food. Unfortunately, they were going to be disappointed this time.
The children, tasting the herbal tea for the first time, couldn't resist and put down their bowls.
Duoshou: "Auntie, this tea doesn't taste good."
Yu Rujia: "Duo Shou, we've eaten too much today. Drink some tea, and your tummy won't hurt tomorrow, so you can eat even more delicious food. Duo Lu and Duo Xi can do the same."
Gao Shujing also hugged Duoxi and coaxed her, "Naughty children don't get to eat meat, Duoxi. Come on, drink this, and we'll eat delicious meat again tomorrow."
Duoxi's little mind recalled the scene where everyone was eating fish and meat, but he was the only one without any meat. In order to eat more delicious meat, the little guy frowned and drank all the cold tea in his bowl.
Duolu held the bowl in one hand, wanting to drink but not daring to.
Gao Guojing said, "Duolu, if you don't drink this tea, you'll have to drink medicine that's even more bitter than this tea tomorrow. It'll be so bitter that you won't even enjoy eating meat."
After recalling Duofu's earlier request for Yu Rujia to prescribe medicine, Duolu realized that the medicine didn't taste good. Without hesitation, he put the medicine into his notebook and decided to stay away from medicine from now on.
Not wanting to take even more bitter medicine, and not wanting to lose interest in even meat, Duolu picked up the bowl and shoved the herbal tea into his mouth, gulping it down with a death-defying air.
Duolu put down the empty bowl: "Uncle Guojing, I've finished drinking."
Seeing that Duolu, whom he disliked, had drunk the herbal tea, little Duoshou felt a competitive urge and decided that he absolutely could not be worse than Duolu. With a determined look, he squinted and finished the herbal tea.
Duoshou held up the empty bowl to show Yu Rujia: "Auntie, I've finished drinking."
Yu Rujia: "Yeah, Duoshou is really amazing. I'll cook you something delicious tomorrow."
Having received the assurance, Duoshou felt a little happier, and the bitterness in his mouth seemed to have disappeared.
Even though he didn't like the taste of herbal tea, the usually well-behaved and sensible Duofu still finished the herbal tea that Gao Shujing had assigned to him.
Looking at his grimacing face, Yu Rujia asked, "Will you still eat barbecue in the future?"
Duofu asked, "Auntie, do we drink this tea after eating barbecue?"
Yu Rujia: "Yeah, eating barbecue and drinking herbal tea is just like eating vegetables with rice, so will you guys still eat it in the future?"
The barbecue was delicious, but the herbal tea was awful. Duolu's face was all scrunched up in a dilemma. One moment he thought the barbecue was so delicious and he wanted to eat it, and the next he thought the herbal tea was awful.
Little Duolu couldn't understand why such delicious barbecue had to be mixed with such unpalatable herbal tea. He unconsciously moved his mouth and was surprised to find that his mouth was no longer bitter. Huh, it's not bitter anymore.
Duolu immediately made a decision: "Auntie, we want to eat barbecue again in the future."
Seeing that Duolu dared to drink herbal tea, Duoshou was even less likely to be outdone, and immediately said, "Auntie, I also like to eat barbecue."
Even the aggrieved Duoxi clapped her hands and chimed in, "Eat, eat, eat, meat!"
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, after breakfast, a shrewd-looking old woman and a cheerful-looking old woman went to Gao Shujing's house, each carrying some paper packages.
The shrewd-looking old woman, Li Xiaoyuan, looked at the blue brick house with satisfaction. It was spacious and bright, with a large front and back yard. There were few houses like this in Shangfen Brigade.
Li Xiaoyuan called out "Officer Gao" as she walked inside. Gao Shujing was washing dishes. Hearing the sound, he was about to put the dishes down when he walked to the kitchen doorway, following the sound of the dishes being washed.
Upon seeing the bowl in Gao Shujing's hand, Li Xiaoyuan understood what was going on and immediately rolled up her sleeves.
Li Xiaoyuan: "Officer Gao, you're someone who does important things, how can you wash dishes? Here, let me wash them. Hey, why are there so many unwashed dishes here? Did they accumulate over the past few days?"
"That's true, men can't do this kind of work, so it's better to have a woman in the family."
Gao Shujing instinctively moved the bowl aside to avoid her outstretched hand before looking at the two people in front of him and asking in confusion, "May I ask who you two are?"
When he arrived at Shangfen Brigade, he spent most of his time at home repairing things and rarely went out. Many people didn't recognize him, including Li Xiaoyuan and the matchmaker.
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