Chapter 296 They all have their own persistence
"I've been thinking they're weird for the past two days. Whenever they come back in the past two years, they never mention Yinhua or Yinhua's child. They keep trying to hint at me and urge me to fall in love. But this time, they didn't say a word. It's like they've changed."
In the kitchen, smoke began to rise and the sun shone through the window. Su Yuchen was cracking melon seeds and whispering to Zhao Xiaojing.
"Then why didn't you ask? According to her aunt, she must have had a miscarriage some time ago." Zhao Xiaojing was also gossiping while cracking melon seeds.
"I wish they hadn't mentioned it. How could I possibly ask? It would only bring bad luck to myself. I'm not interested in her children or her life. Who knew she would make such a big deal out of it? I knew she was stupid, but I didn't expect her to be this stupid."
"She is pitiful, but not worthy of sympathy." Zhao Xiaojing shook her head. As she was sighing, Su Yuchen slapped her thigh and grabbed her hand.
"Oh! I'll take you to a grand banquet on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year! I asked a few days ago, and my dad said there's a grandmother in the village celebrating her 90th birthday on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. One of the chefs she invited is a relative who came from Fujian Province and specializes in Min cuisine. I'll take you there then! It's a great opportunity to try our authentic country buffet!"
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Zhao Xiaojing didn't follow Su Yuchen's train of thought for a moment.
Aren't we talking about silver flowers? How did it get to the buffet?
"Chenzi, come and peel two cloves of garlic!" Su's mother turned around and shouted.
"Oh." Su Yuchen quickly stood up and walked to Su's mother. He skillfully used a knife to cut off the head and tail of the garlic, hit it hard with the back of the knife, and peeled off the skin casually. The garlic with crushed ends completed the peeling task cleanly.
After smacking the garlic, Su Yuchen returned to the firewood pile and sat down. "My dad told me that this grandma also invited a whole table for her 80th birthday. It was a lively banquet, and the whole village was invited. But at that time..."
"Chenzi, remove the seeds from the chili peppers for me!" Su's mother shouted again.
Su Yuchen rolled his eyes and stood up, walked to the side of the sink, picked up the green peppers, stuffed the stems into the sink one by one, then pulled them out and rinsed the inside of the peppers with water. Soon, a basket of peppers had been stemmed and cleaned.
"I was in school at the time and missed out. After I came back, Yinhua was so proud of herself that she showed off to me whenever we met..."
"Chenzi, go pick some cabbage from the ground!" Su's mother shouted again.
"..." Su Yuchen stood up again, opened the door with heavy steps, quickly closed it, and trotted through the main hall filled with blue smoke.
"Yinhua boasted that everyone who went there..."
"Chenzi! Wash the cabbages. Why don't you just leave them here after pulling them out?" Mother Su put her hands on her hips and glared at him.
Zhao Xiaojing couldn't help but chuckle, slumped over the table. Both Comb and Su's mother were quite insistent. One had to finish her gossip story, even after being interrupted several times, and could still pick up the rest of the story when she returned. The other was a quest-based NPC, with a backlog of quests that had to be triggered one after another.
Su Yuchen accepted his fate and stood up again and came to Su's mother. This time he did not go back after washing. He just stood there with his eyes wide open, looking straight at Su's mother.
"Why are you looking at me? Go play somewhere else and don't get in the way!" Su's mother glared at him.
Su Yuchen: ...
At lunch time, the aunt called out, and the four cultivators in the main room finally opened the door to let the smoke out. Then they rushed to the kitchen one after another to serve dishes and rice. The way they rushed into the kitchen reminded Zhao Xiaojing of the koi fish in the landscape pond that were rushing to grab food.
A large round table had been set up in the originally empty hall of the main room, and disposable bowls and chopsticks were simply placed on the table. When taking the bowls and chopsticks, the uncle complained a few words, but was retorted by Su Yuchen's aunt and Su's mother.
"Sure, brother-in-law, let's change all the dishes today. You just need to wash the dishes for nine people!"
"Don't do that. Mom will have to wash the dishes again at night after your brother-in-law washes them. He'll wash them the same way they were after dinner. Okay, if you have nothing to do, get out and stop being an eyesore!"
My uncle had no choice but to walk out in shame with the disposable dishes and chopsticks.
"How about trying it!" Su Yuchen scooped a large bowl of noodles from the big basin in the middle and stuffed it into Zhao Xiaojing's mouth. After that, he took his own bowl and quickly filled it up.
The noodles were stir-fried noodles, which was Su Yuchen's grandmother's specialty. Everyone at the table was obviously thinking about this pot of noodles. As soon as the meal started, they all stood up to scoop noodles from the bowl, and were not at all tempted by the various bowls of chicken, duck, fish and meat on the table.
Yesterday, Su Yuchen recommended Zhao Xiaojing her grandmother's stir-fried noodles. Zhao Xiaojing paid special attention to it when cooking at noon. It was just as Su's mother said, her grandmother's rolling noodles was like practicing boxing in a well - she had profound skills.
She didn't seem to put in much effort. She pushed the dough left and right, rolled it a few times with the rolling pin, and a big round dough was formed. Then she used the rolling pin to cut it, and each hand-rolled noodle was made neatly.
Then, after the vegetables are fried, add water and boil them into soup. Then put the noodles directly into the pot and cook until they are cooked, then serve them with the soup.
The whole process is simple and smooth. It is not like the way Zhao Xiaojing has been eating since she was a child, where the noodles are boiled in boiling water, then scooped out and a separate topping is poured on top to prevent the noodles from having too much starch and sticking to the pot.
Zhao Xiaojing picked up a large chopstick out of curiosity, blew on it and put it into her mouth, then drank a mouthful of the noodle soup and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Grandma's noodle soup is very rich and slightly mushy, a bit like the soup of glutinous rice noodles. It tastes solid and fragrant, but the noodles are not as soft and sticky as the noodles in glutinous rice noodles, nor as chewy as hand-rolled noodles. Instead, it is somewhere in between, with a soft chewiness that is chewy yet soft in the mouth, with a rich aroma of flour, which makes the eater feel very comfortable in the stomach.
Everyone at the table slurped up a bowl of noodles, then some started drinking, some started eating, and some started chatting. The subtle interpersonal relationships in the big family were fully presented at this time.
"Mom, Yingzi and I would like to toast you first. You work hard in cooking and always prepare such a big table of dishes. I asked you to order a table but you refused. We feel really bad. When I retire, I will come to learn the skills from you! If I can't learn it once or twice, can I learn it in one or two years? Then you can just take a break and watch from the side!" After everyone drank together, Su Yuchen's father made some sincere promises to Su Yuchen's grandmother. The old lady was very moved by what she heard and she humbly said several times. Grandpa was also grinning from ear to ear, and kept asking Su's father to eat the dishes.
Seeing this, my uncle also picked up his wine glass and was about to speak, but before he could open his mouth, my aunt's face turned dark and she pulled his sleeve.
As a result, my uncle-in-law asked loudly why I was talking about him, and turned around with a smile, "Brother-in-law is absolutely right! Mother-in-law, you are old, you should listen to our advice and book a table. It will cost a lot! When you are old, you should enjoy yourself. You are already this age, what's the point of having money? Can you take the money with you? If you ask me... Ouch!"
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