Chapter 50: Excessive Intervention Can Lead to Mutual Loss
On a new day, Zhao Xiaojing got up early and went to the market to buy a few pounds of fresh chicken wings, duck legs, pork, and a bunch of seasonings.
She had an appointment to visit Mr. Wen's house today, and she had prepared the gifts, but she always felt that they were a bit shabby. Mr. Wen's eldest daughter held such a high position, and the old couple should be used to these things.
She couldn't afford expensive things at the moment, so she decided to make some food herself, as Mrs. Fan seemed to like it. She cooked more meat so they could put it in the refrigerator if they didn't finish it, but she didn't cook any vegetables. It was already evening when the meal ended, so she was worried the couple wouldn't be able to finish it.
After buying, I walked to a deserted place, put the ingredients into the system refrigerator, and then went to work.
Sister Geng and Sister Hou are here today.
"Good morning, Sister Geng, good morning, Sister Hou." Zhao Xiaojing greeted them as she entered the door.
"Xiao Zhao, you're here."
Geng Mingyan turned around and saw Zhao Xiaojing, and hurriedly took a jar from the shelf nearby and walked over.
"Xiao Zhao, this is the brown sugar ginger tea I made myself. It's not a particularly good thing, but drinking it during your period can make you feel better. Don't be disgusted by it."
"Such a big jar? Sister Geng is so nice, thank you Sister Geng!" Zhao Xiaojing took the big glass jar handed over by Geng Mingyan.
The jar is filled with a red and black paste with chopped yellow ginger mixed in it. It is obvious that the ingredients are very solid.
"The cooking time is a bit hasty, and there's no mold to make it into pieces. When you eat it, just scoop a spoonful and drink it with water."
"Okay, okay, it's so thick. Sister Geng must have been cooking it for a long time, right?" Zhao Xiaojing looked at the jar happily.
Seeing that Zhao Xiaojing was happy to receive it, Geng Mingyan's smile deepened a little.
"It's nothing. Thank you for yesterday..." Geng Mingyan thanked him a little embarrassedly.
"Don't say that, Sister Geng. You always take care of me."
Zhao Xiaojing was at a loss for words and scratched her head as she spoke.
Geng Mingyan gave a few more instructions and went back to make rice milk.
After Zhao Xiaojing put the glass jar away, she washed her hands and came over to watch Hou Guihua prepare the filling for the buns.
Today's buns are the same as yesterday's. Zhao Xiaojing ate three in one go yesterday. The bun filling prepared by Hou Guihua tastes really great. When you take a bite, the rich aroma of the scallion and meat mixed together is indistinguishable. The fat and lean parts are just right. It is very chewy and juicy in the mouth.
Zhao Xiaojing watched closely as Hou Guihua prepared the filling.
The meat filling is minced in advance, about three parts fat and seven parts lean, and a large bowl of onion and ginger water soaked with scallions, ginger, peppercorns, and star anise is placed next to it.
Pour the onion and ginger water into the minced meat while stirring in one direction until the water is completely absorbed.
Then add salt, chicken essence, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce and pepper.
After mixing well, add chopped green onions, then drizzle with appropriate amount of oil, continue stirring in one direction, and let it stand for a while.
The seasoning process seems easy enough, as it uses common ingredients. But what Sister Hou makes is so delicious. Does it take practice to get the hang of it? Zhao Xiaojing pondered.
When I thought about practicing, I remembered the noodle recipe I got yesterday.
"By the way, Sister Geng, do you have any extra soaked soybeans from making rice milk? Please save about 50g for me!"
"Yes, what do you want this for?"
"Yesterday I saw online that if you grind out soybeans and add them to rice milk, the dough will be fluffier. I want to try it!" Zhao Xiaojing made up an excuse.
"Okay, Xiao Zhao is really interested in cooking." Geng Mingyan sighed.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled and continued to learn how to make buns. Suddenly, she realized that Hou Guihua was particularly silent today. She hadn't said a word since she came in.
"Why is Sister Hou so serious today?"
"My kindness was taken for granted." As if she had prepared it long ago, Hou Guihua immediately answered in a sarcastic tone.
Geng Mingyan pursed her lips while making dough balls, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"You don't know, yesterday I followed some people to her dorm and started yelling at those ruthless people. But after I had just said a few words, some people grabbed me and dragged me out. When I woke up this morning, I saw that they had reconciled!"
Hou Guihua rolled the dough fiercely and spoke very quickly.
"Guihua, what can I do? I've already decided to forget about that incident and continue living with him. He's done everything he could to make amends, but it was me who said I didn't do it. I've been through this for so many years, and now I'm going to give up because of a quarrel?
I know you're standing up for me, but he's still the child's father. If I don't give him any respect in front of you, how are we going to get along in the future?"
Seeing Hou Guihua brought up the topic, Geng Mingyan immediately followed up as if she had been prepared.
"I know you were just trying to stand up for me. It's my fault. I apologize. We've been together for so many years. Just assume it wasn't worth it for Zhou Mingliang, and it wasn't worth it for me. And don't be angry anymore, okay? Look, I made the brown sugar ginger tea that I spent hours boiling, and you threw it away. Are we really going to stop seeing each other just because of these awful things?"
Geng Mingyan spoke sincerely. Hou Guihua opened her mouth eagerly to say something, but then rolled her eyes and closed them again.
Zhao Xiaojing sighed inwardly. This kind of thing kept happening again and again. It had happened with her and Su Yuchen in her previous life, and it was happening with Geng Mingyan and Hou Guihua now.
Although only the person involved knows the ups and downs of this kind of thing, and it is difficult for people who are deeply involved in it to see their own situation clearly, the intervention of others is only auxiliary. If they really want to get out of it, they still need to be clear-headed.
Moreover, excessive intervention can easily lead to a lose-lose situation.
"Sister Hou, please don't be angry when I say something objective."
All morning, Geng Mingyan was busy looking for opportunities to help Hou Guihua and say nice things to her. Now Hou Guihua's steamer was in front, and Geng Mingyan was in a hurry to move it.
Seeing that Geng Mingyan was not there, Zhao Xiaojing whispered to Hou Guihua.
"You tell me, I'm not angry."
"Actually, Sister Geng didn't want to tell you about this at first, nor did she want you to get involved. She just wanted to solve it herself. You were anxious, so she told you to comfort you. That night, you took the initiative to interfere in her family affairs without her consent. Although you were doing it for her own good, this was not what she wanted.
Let's not talk about whether she should divorce or not. At least she doesn't want to divorce yet. If you go over and scold her, won't it put her in a difficult position? Will she choose her husband or you?
Zhao Xiaojing finished speaking quickly, feeling a little uneasy. She wondered if Sister Hou would be angry with her after she finished speaking.
After hearing this, Hou Guihua was angry at first and wanted to refute, but after turning these words over in her mind, she found that they made sense.
"Then I won't care about her? Just watch her try to be tough and compete with me?"
"You can only intervene after she has figured it out herself. Just support her. After all, everyone's path is different." Zhao Xiaojing thought for a while and said.
Hou Guihua frowned irritably and thought for a while. She paused when she saw Geng Mingyan carrying the steamer in, and took it with an unnatural expression.
Geng Mingyan raised her hand and handed the steamer over. She looked at Hou Guihua cautiously, then at Zhao Xiaojing. She didn't say anything, but her expression was visibly relaxed.
Zhao Xiaojing lowered her head and smiled secretly, continuing to study Hou Guihua's method of preparing the filling...
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