"Isn't that just an explosion? Why make it sound so noble?" Ji Yun said.
Yuexi was a little angry. This person just likes to argue, doesn't he?
The two people who were escorted to the door were shocked. Is this what cultivators are like? Zhang Tianming quickly gave a few instructions and then boarded the helicopter to return.
Upon returning, an emergency meeting was immediately convened to keep all matters concerning Ji Yun confidential and forbid any investigation.
Ji Yun's phone rang. It was a call from the village chief, Zhang Dabiao, asking what was going on. This startled him quite a bit.
Ji Yun said, "It's nothing. They just came to interview me because they saw that I had returned to help build my hometown."
Zhang Dabiao exclaimed in amazement, "Does an interview really require a helicopter? And so many guards?"
"I'm not too sure either, just make sure the villagers don't spread rumors everywhere."
He then gave a few instructions and hung up the phone.
Yuexi kept staring at him.
Ji Yun asked, "What's wrong?"
"I want to eat braised pork ribs, pan-fried tofu, stir-fried pork belly with chili peppers and cabbage..."
"Okay, I'll buy it later. You can cook the rice first."
When Ji Yun arrived at the school gate, many people were talking about what happened that afternoon. Seeing that Ji Yun had come to pick up her child unharmed, they dared not say anything.
Arriving at the market, he said to his daughter, "Lingsu, how about Dad teaches you how to cook today?"
"Huh? I can only cook noodles, I can't stir-fry vegetables."
Ji Yun used to teach her how to cook noodles. It was very simple: boil water, add noodles, crack an egg into the water, and if you have meat or vegetables, you can throw them in. You don't need any special skills at all.
Ji Yun said, "It's okay, Dad will teach you how to cook. You're an adult now, and you need to learn to take care of your parents. Once you learn, you can cook for them, okay?"
"That's not a good idea. I'm still young. Dad should be the one to cook. If Dad doesn't want to cook, Mom can do it. Mom just watches TV and plays games all day."
In Ji Lingsu's memory, the laziest person in the family was her mother.
"Can your mom even cook? You saw it last time, she put in so much salt it could kill the fish." Ji Yun could only resort to her trump card, "If you cook properly every day, your allowance will increase by ten yuan every week!"
Ji Lingsu's eyes lit up. She did the math and realized that she now had twenty yuan of pocket money every week. If she worked hard at cooking, that would be thirty yuan.
"Okay, I agree!"
Seeing this, Ji Yun was immediately delighted. After buying the groceries, she rode her electric scooter back home.
After returning home, Ji Lingsu immediately told Yuexi, who was playing games, about it.
"Oh, I see. Well then, Ling Su, keep it up! Mom fully supports you. You're so young and already making money; you're such an amazing child."
Yuexi kissed Ji Lingsu, then took out a box of chocolates for her and said, "These are chocolates that Mom has been saving for a long time. They are very expensive. Mom is giving them to you as a reward today. Remember not to eat too many in one day, just a few pieces each day."
Ji Lingsu hugged the long box with a beaming smile. Sure enough, following her mother meant she could eat as many snacks as she wanted.
"Ling Su, come quick!" Ji Yun called from the kitchen.
"Here I am!"
She ran over excitedly, grabbed a small stool—the kitchen was a bit too high for her.
Ji Yun taught her how to process some ingredients. Making soup was relatively simple; just add water and boil it.
It's more difficult when stir-frying vegetables.
"Be careful, the oil might splash when you first start pouring it in. Here, Dad will put some protective goggles on you."
Ji Yun put a pair of protective glasses on her. After all, the child was still young, and some safety precautions needed to be taken into account. Although it didn't seem like a big deal to him, he could cure her even if she went blind.
"Frying tofu requires skill. Watch, Dad will show you."
Then I gave a demonstration.
A moment later, it was Ji Lingsu's turn. She flipped the tofu over and it all fell apart.
Ji Lingsu looked at him with a crestfallen expression: "I can't!"
"It's okay. It's bound to be a bit of a mistake the first time you cook. Just do your best. It's like studying; the harder you study, the better your grades will get."
Ji Yun comforted her, then placed a plate of rotten tofu aside.
I'm going to teach you the next dish: stir-fried pork belly with Chinese cabbage.
"Let's pour in some oil first, then add minced garlic and chili, stir-fry it briefly, and then add the pork belly."
Ji Yun personally demonstrated the technique from the side.
"It's so spicy!" Ji Lingsu choked on the chili peppers a few times.
"Dad forgot to turn on the range hood, could you go and turn it on?"
With the range hood turned on, the smoke and odor were instantly removed, and Ji Lingsu felt much better.
Ji Yun continued to instruct: "When the pork belly is cooked to about this size, add the cabbage."
Seeing that there was so much to learn about cooking, Ji Lingsu was about to back down. She said, "Maybe I shouldn't learn to cook for now."
Ji Yun was taken aback, and looked at her, asking, "You don't want to earn this money anymore?"
Ji Lingsu shook her head: "I'm not going to make any more money. It feels too difficult."
"No, you've already agreed. A gentleman's word is his bond. We've made a deal, and it's too late to go back on it now."
"Waaah~ I want my mom, Dad, you're bullying me."
Ji Lingsu rushed out crying, hugging Yuexi and sobbing, "Mom, you have to stand up for me! Dad is forcing me to learn to cook, but cooking is too hard!"
“I heard you. We need to uphold the spirit of the contract. You’ve already agreed, so stick to it. You can learn slowly now if you don’t know how. Think about it, your dad didn’t know how to cook from the beginning either. Besides, your dad could cook on his own when he was in third or fourth grade. You’re in fifth grade now, and in a few months you’ll be in sixth grade.”
“You’re on Dad’s side, you’re taking his side.” Ji Lingsu sniffed.
Yuexi feigned surprise: "How could you say that? Mom is on your side. You should learn to cook well, and when the holidays come, Mom will take you to the amusement park, okay?"
"Can we not bring Dad?" Ji Lingsu now finds her father extremely annoying.
"If we don't take him, who will pay?" Yuexi tilted her head and looked at her.
"This... Mom, you're so useless. Many of my classmates say that their mothers manage the money in their families, but it's different for me."
"Your mother was originally wealthy; she was once a rich young lady. But she married your father, a down-on-his-luck scholar, and lived a life of poverty..."
Seeing her mother still talking non-stop, Ji Lingsu exposed her, "Mom, you're lying to me. Everyone says our family is the richest. All those buildings over there were built with our money, and that Ferris wheel was also built with our money."
Ji Lingsu looked at her with disbelief, thinking she was being fooled like a child.
"Who said that? Our family is very poor. This house was built with money borrowed from others by your father, and now we don't have the money to pay it back. The police even came to collect the debt today."
Ji Lingsu remembered that some parents had been discussing the matter after school, saying that the Ji family's house by the sea had been surrounded. It turned out that the police had come to collect debts from their home. She suddenly felt a little panicked, realizing that even though her family was so poor, people were coming to collect debts.
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