Chapter 277 Xiao Jing Can’t Cook Again
It was a rare moment of leisure, so Zhao Xiaojing turned on the TV, looked around and found a melodramatic fantasy drama, sat on the sofa and started watching it with relish while eating the snack plate prepared by Dong Mei.
When Dong Mei took Wang Jiandang out, she had already opened all the windows for ventilation. The tissues scattered on the sofa and the floor were also cleaned up by Dong Mei. Then she closed the windows and turned on the electric heater next to the sofa, and the whole living room became warm and fresh again.
After watching for a long time, Zhao Xiaojing finally realized that the fairy tale drama on TV was the new one starring her daughter Xuan, whom Ouyang Yidan had been recommending enthusiastically. It seemed to be about a fairy and a demon king who met through conflict and then redeemed each other. By now, the show had reached the point where the fairy was imprisoned by the demon king, and the second male lead, heartbroken, went to the demon king to settle the score and ask for his help, only to be pinned to the ground and rubbed violently by him.
Zhao Xiaojing laughed out loud while watching the drama. She had to say that the brain circuits of today's melodramatic dramas are just crazy. After being taught a lesson by the Demon Lord, the second male lead suddenly realized that what's the point of being a righteous man? He is bound by the rules of the Heavenly Lord. He can neither call the girl he likes "honey", "lloveyou", "youloveme" to express his feelings, nor can he kill the fairy's emotionless villain fiancé who was chosen by the Heavenly Lord with a single sword to end their grudges. He can only smile and bless in front of others, acting out a calm drama. After returning to the bedroom late at night, he has to send everyone away before he cries like a dog, silently yelling at the pillow: "lloveyou, why do you know?"
So the second male lead, after shouting at the top of his lungs, joined the Demon Lord's sect, abandoned his good ways and turned to evil. The female lead stopped asking to save him, and the Demon Lord no longer cared about the villain's fiancé and the fairy, and devoted himself to practicing magic, with his goal changed to rebelling against the Lord of Heaven.
It had been a while since I'd watched such a wildly entertaining TV series. Zhao Xiaojing was completely engrossed in it, and just as the episode was over, Su Yuchen called. "What are you doing?"
"I'm watching a fantasy drama. Ouyang Anli's thing is crushed into dust. How do you have time to call me?"
"Why are you so leisurely? Where are your third aunt and the others? I'm just concerned about your progress. I just finished helping my mom and called you right away. How was it last night? Did you find out anything?" Su Yuchen has been paying attention to what's happening on Zhao Xiaojing's side since he went back. He sends text messages every day to ask about her. Last night, when he knew Zhou Jianye was going home, he was even prepared to stay up late to wait for Zhao Xiaojing's result, but he gave up because he had to get up early in the morning to help.
Zhao Xiaojing recounted what happened, and Su Yuchen sighed and laughed. "Your Third Aunt has had a hard time over the years. She's been so worried about everything. If only she could be a little nicer. People with sharp tongues but soft hearts are actually quite hard to please. Although she's done everything, her control is really strong. It's really suffocating to be with her. Plus, she's exhausted herself, but nothing good comes of it."
Poor parents in the world, I hope your sister Yanyan will not repeat the same mistake.
But your third aunt is indeed much calmer after this incident. I didn't expect her to be so calm.
But your third uncle really deserves it, the fever was too mild, well done!"
The two chatted for about ten minutes when Su Yuchen heard a loud shout, as if asking her to go to the field to pull some garlic sprouts or garlic shoots. Su Yuchen sighed exaggeratedly. "Did you hear that? My NPC-reincarnated mother has another quest. I have to go."
Zhao Xiaojing laughed, "Go ahead, I'll continue watching the drama. If you have time, you can watch it too. It's so funny."
"If you let Ouyang know this, he'll be so anxious that he'll have to explain this genuine tragic love story to you! Oh, by the way, when are you coming? I'll pick you up from the city."
"I asked about my third aunt's arrangements at noon. If I have dinner with my uncle and Zhou Jianye, the king duo, tomorrow, I want to leave. Sister Yanyan and the others should be here tonight. I'll give her the things and tell you then. But it's New Year's Day, can you spare the time to pick me up? I can just call a car and go there myself." Zhao Xiaojing said.
"I can leave! It's so expensive to call a taxi. It costs 150 or 200 to come here. I'll pick you up. I'm driving your car. They told me today not to monopolize your car all the time. They asked me to pick you up when you come! Besides, I'm too lazy to celebrate the New Year with them. Last year, the New Year's greetings became a criticism meeting for me. I'm not worthy of visiting relatives unless I'm married. This year, I just took advantage of your time to slip away! Tell me when you've made up your mind tonight. Hang up, hang up." The other end of the phone urged even louder, and Su Yuchen hung up in a hurry.
After hanging up the phone, the alarm rang at the right time. Zhao Xiaojing went into the kitchen to take a look, opened the casserole, stirred the porridge lightly twice, and continued to cover it with the lid and simmer it slowly. The pressing time set on the electric pressure cooker had long ended, and the steam had dissipated. She opened it immediately with a slight twist of the lid.
Zhao Xiaojing poked the chicken with chopsticks and found it was just the right softness. After adding two spoonfuls of salt, a spoonful of pepper, and a handful of wolfberries to season it, Zhao Xiaojing took out the electric hot pot that Dong Mei usually used, poured the chicken and the soup into it, and then neatly stacked the crispy pork, meatballs, and egg dumplings on top to make a nice and simple electric hot pot dish. She would just heat it up when Dong Mei and the others came back.
Afraid that the food would become bland after eating too much, Zhao Xiaojing prepared a dipping sauce. She then blanched the spinach, wrung it dry, chopped it, and set it aside, waiting for Dong Mei to come back before seasoning it to avoid adding salt too early to remove the moisture.
The three dishes were simple and it was only eleven o'clock when they were all prepared. Zhao Xiaojing poured a bottle of special red chili oil on Su Yuchen and happily nestled on the sofa to continue watching the drama.
When Dong Mei got home, it was almost half past twelve. Zhao Xiaojing just heard the sound of keys when a gust of cold air came in. Dong Mei walked in alone with a serious look on her face.
"You're back. Where's my third uncle?" Zhao Xiaojing looked behind her.
"He had two IV drips and was told he needed to be hospitalized, saying there were people to take care of him in the hospital. I left it to him as it was. I just didn't want to see him." Without Zhou Jianye around, Dong Mei's morning breath was half gone. She looked exhausted, with dark circles under her eyes.
"Then what about his meals?" Zhao Xiaojing poured Dong Mei a cup of hot water. Dong Mei took it and kept rubbing the cup to warm her hands.
"The hospital had boxed lunches, but they were pretty perfunctory for the New Year. I bought him one and left, but he still complained about it. I told him that Xiaojing couldn't cook, and I wouldn't come back in the middle of the day and cook a meal and send it to him. He was so angry."
Zhao Xiaojing laughed out loud. She didn't know how Dong Mei could say that she, a chef who ran a restaurant, couldn't cook. She didn't even bother to draft her lie.
But it just so happened that she didn't want such a table full of delicious food to go to waste in Zhou Jianye's stomach.
"Auntie San, you take a rest. I'll go start the fire. We'll eat in five minutes!" Zhao Xiaojing said happily.
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