Li Teng and Xi Jia were two brothers in trouble. Not only did Li Teng fail to start a fire, but he also dropped the flame he blew onto his pants.
While helping to put out the flames, Xi Jia accidentally burned his sleeve while rushing to pat the fire. Fortunately, He Xingwen outside rescued him in time, thus avoiding a minor disaster.
As a result, after struggling for a long time, the two men only had faces covered in coal dust and pants and clothes with burnt holes to prove that they had started the fire.
He Xingwen couldn't stop laughing after helping to put out the fire, but he still had to cook, so he could only say to the two of them: "Alright, alright, go out and wipe your faces first, let the professionals take care of this."
Li Teng and Xi Jia walked out of the house with depressed looks on their faces. They passed by Zhao Mei who came to watch the fun and went to the yard to wash their faces.
As expected, joking laughter was heard in the yard.
"Hey, what happened to your faces?"
"...Nothing...Blowing the flame..."
With skilled professional fire-makers, dinner can be prepared in a lively and smooth manner.
The six people agreed that each of them would cook a specialty dish, basically all hometown dishes.
As a native of Yuecheng, the food capital, He Zhiwen chose to stew a mung bean, peanut and chicken feet soup for everyone without hesitation. It is said to strengthen the spleen, remove dampness and beautify the skin, which is very suitable for a humid and hot city like Yuncheng.
Li Teng is an authentic northern Snow City native. Considering his limited cooking skills, he took over the task of preparing the staple food after careful consideration. A simple and delicious big rice dumpling is the most convenient and comfortable.
Xi Jia, a native of South City, volunteered to make dessert and chose to show off her cooking skills by making a red bean glutinous rice cake.
Among the remaining few people, Tao Pingfan was from the mountain city. Since there was not much room for improvement in his best hot pot, he chose spicy chicken, a home-cooked dish from the mountain city.
Qiao Qiudie is from Qingcheng and has been dealing with seafood all year round, but obviously, with the current conditions of the program crew, they are definitely unable to transport seafood over. However, she took out a bottle that she had specially preserved as if by magic. Inside was a jar of shrimp paste that her mother had given her before she left. She made fried kidney beans with shrimp paste, which was the only vegetarian dish on the table this time.
It was Zhao Mei's turn. Although she hadn't had much chance to cook since she had the system and Zhao Jing, she had lived on her own before and was a foodie, so her cooking skills were still pretty good.
However, Xincheng has always been a well-known food desert. Even after going to the capital, the food was still the same.
After thinking about it carefully, since it didn't have any special features, I might as well add a big dish to the table, so I immediately decided to stew a big pork elbow.
After the six people took turns cooking, the table in the living room was very full. There were originally six dishes in total.
But after seeing a table full of vegetables that were not particularly green, He Xingwen couldn't help himself and went back to make some stir-fried rapeseed.
Zhao Mei looked at it and felt that seven dishes didn't sound very good, so she opened a can of fruit to make it a whole dish.
In this way, there were a total of eight dishes served on the table, including the staple food.
The six people worked from dusk until the moon was high in the sky, and finally got to eat this meal.
After sitting in a circle, drinking tea instead of wine, and welcoming each other, they couldn't wait to start eating.
Li Teng first wrapped up his lunch bag, took a big bite, and then went to pick up some food. His chopsticks went straight to the big pork elbow stewed by Zhao Mei in the middle.
The surface of the elbow was covered with glittering oil. With a little force, the soft skin could be separated to reveal the tender pink meat inside. Taking a bite with the skin and meat together, the rich aroma of sauce and meat was so beautiful that Li Teng closed his eyes.
"Wow, Zhao Mei, this pork elbow you stewed is so delicious! It melts in your mouth!"
Zhao Mei smiled and said, "The pork elbow itself is delicious. I just added the icing on the cake. Speaking of delicious, your rice bag is really good. The fried peanuts are very crispy and super fragrant."
Li Teng blushed and scratched his head. "Actually, I think it's still a little bit off. I haven't found the right Chinese cabbage leaves. I only have this kind of lettuce leaves, so they're not that tasty. This is my first time making it, so please bear with me."
Following the two of them, everyone started to brag about their business, eating and praising at the same time, and turned into a real-life version of the Kua Kua group.
On the other side, Xi Jia, who had picked up some spicy chicken, suddenly turned red in the face, started coughing, and began to drink water frantically.
Tao Pingfan, who was quietly listening to everyone's conversation, was startled and quickly asked softly, "Are you okay? Is it burnt or too salty?"
Xi Jia looked up and saw Tao Pingfan's concerned look. He wanted to explain, but he was completely speechless and could only drink water desperately.
Later, Zhao Mei noticed the commotion over there, picked up a piece of spicy chicken, tried it, and then said to Tao Pingfan, "Is there a possibility, Tao Pingfan, that you cooked it too spicy?"
On the other side, Xiao Qiao heard what Zhao Mei said and took the initiative to pick up a piece to taste it. Although her reaction was not as big as Xi Jia's, she also confirmed Zhao Mei's statement with a hissing sound after eating it.
This time it was Tao Pingfan who blushed. After realizing that his dish was too spicy, he hurriedly apologized to Xi Jia.
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't pay attention. I tasted it and it didn't seem spicy enough so I took it out of the pot. I didn't expect it to be so spicy..."
This statement silenced everyone present for a moment. After recovering from the situation, Xi Jia took the initiative to say, "It's okay. I just love to eat. I just didn't expect it to fail so badly this time..."
After a small incident, the atmosphere at the dinner table returned to its previous lively state. Although Xi Jia couldn't finish it, the spicy chicken was so fresh, tender and fragrant that Xiao Qiao, Li Teng and even Zhao Mei all enjoyed it very much.
When everyone's stomachs were almost full, everyone poured themselves a bowl of He Xingwen's soup and drank while chatting.
As a senior, He Xingwen was the first to open up: "I heard that Li Teng, you just finished filming a new drama and came here? Is your schedule available?"
Li Teng was a little excited when he suddenly heard his name, but he quickly realized that this was a fixed process and replied fluently: "Yes, 'Jing Liuli', it's scheduled. When I heard it was Director Yu's show, my agent insisted that I come, so I postponed several appointments and came here quickly."
After saying that, he glanced at the corner of the yard, where Yu Chen was watching the progress of the show.
He Xingwen nodded after listening to this, and then turned to look at Tao Pingfan: "So what has Pingfan been filming recently?"
Compared to Li Teng's ease, Tao Pingfan seemed much more nervous. When everyone looked at him, his face quickly turned red and his words stuttered: "Ah...it's...that..."Feng Yue Ji"..."
He Xingwen nodded and continued to ask questions, saying that the latter part was basically a promotion meeting for several people's works. Zhao Mei, who had no works, could only drink soup quietly, and occasionally pick up a chicken foot to gnaw on it.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the time was getting later and later. Considering that the director had just said that they had to get up early, the few of them didn't talk much and just cleaned up the dishes and went back to their rooms to rest, so as to face tomorrow in the best possible state.
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