The first public performance ended successfully, and the trainees finally relaxed after being tense for half a month. In order to celebrate the success of the performance, the program team gave all the trainees a day off and held a food party.
"Food Festival?" The boys' eyes lit up immediately when they heard it. "Then we can eat whatever delicious food we want, right? I want to eat barbecue!"
"Then I'll have hot pot!"
"I eat fried chicken and Coke! I'm so decadent!"
Although the trainees have a buffet for three meals a day at the training base, with a wide variety of options, they are debuting as idols after all, so all their diets are reasonably matched by nutritionists, with strict control of oil and salt, and caloric foods such as barbecue and fried chicken are out of the question. Now, when the greedy boys hear about the "food conference", their mouths are watering.
"Sure. I'll make an exception for you today. You can eat whatever you want." Pan Li said with a smile, and then added to the cheers of the crowd, "As long as you can make it yourself."
What? ?
Luo Zihui's eyes widened in disbelief: "Does this mean that we have to make these foods ourselves?"
Pan Li: “Yes.”
The cheers suddenly turned into howls, and everyone protested: "We were supposed to relax! Why do we have to cook for ourselves?"
Pan Li smiled like an old fox who was just watching the fun: "Cooking is also a way to experience life. Making all kinds of food with friends and enjoying the joy of labor, isn't it more interesting than just sitting there and eating?"
Students said: "We just think it's fun to eat dry!"
Cooking was part of the program, and the students could not resist. Pan Li pretended to hear the groans of many boys and told everyone: "The ingredients have been prepared for everyone. They are fresh and rich. You can cook as much as you want. You can cook in groups of classes, and you can also go from class to class to help each other. Okay, chefs, let's get started!"
The program team specially set up a cooking area, which was equipped with stoves, ovens, pots, pans, and everything else. Since resistance was futile, everyone could only resign themselves to their fate, find the exclusive kitchen for their class, and roll up their sleeves to get to work.
In the kitchen of Class A, Ming Yuechen said, "How about this, let's divide the work first. Those who can cook will be the chef, and those who can cook will help the chef. How about that?"
"I think it's good, it's efficient." Qiu Shuang praised, "Then, those who can cook, raise your hands?"
Among the ten people, only Li Jingfei and Ye Ying raised their hands silently.
Everyone looked at them with a somewhat subtle expression.
"How should I put it," Luo Zihui looked at Li Jingfei and then at Ye Ying, "You both have faces that look like you can cook, but I doubt your skills."
Ye Ying: “…”
Does her appearance indicate she can cook?
As if seeing his doubt, Luo Zihui said affirmatively: "Yes! You look like a finely carved jade-like nobleman, the kind who has been in the water of spring spring; Brother Fei has a face that is stained with fireworks, and has nothing to do with the kitchen."
Ye Ying was both amused and confused: "You are wrong. Brother Fei's cooking is super delicious."
During my last free performance, I went to Li Jingfei's house. In addition to hot pot, Li Jingfei also cooked several home-cooked dishes, all of which tasted great.
Luo Zihui didn't react, He Xizhou asked: "What do you think?"
Ye Ying didn't notice the strangeness in his voice, and replied with a smile: "Brother Fei is a local. I went to his house for dinner during the free performance before."
No one said anything when they came back, so everyone else was shocked when they heard this. They all said, "Li Jingfei, you are such a brother. You let Ye Ying eat alone! What about us! What about us!!"
A group of boys took advantage of the situation and made a scene. Li Jingfei, who was usually cold, showed a hint of helplessness. He took the apron provided by the program team and put it on. While washing his hands, he asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Everyone immediately began to politely name the dishes, such as braised lion's head, braised pork trotters, pork with preserved vegetables, pickled fish... These dishes are all big dishes, and none of them are cooked well. Several boys had mischievous looks on their faces, which was clearly intentional. They wanted to see if Li Jingfei could really cook.
Soon, they went from watching the fun to being shocked, and then they were convinced.
The pickled fish is fresh, fragrant and tender, and the fish soup is particularly tempting with a layer of bright red pepper and white fish fillet; the lion head is fat and thin, paired with mushroom ingredients, and the mellow and fragrant meat and juice will arouse your appetite; the braised pig's trotters are rosy and shiny, fat and greasy, and so soft that they melt in your mouth; the spicy prawns are crispy and spicy, paired with a mouthful of hot white rice, it's so delicious that it makes you cry...
"Brother Fei! You are my real brother!"
Several boys held a pig's trotter in their left hand and a prawn in their right hand, and ate with their mouths full of oil, totally losing their image. They even forgot to express their sincere admiration for Li Jingfei in between chewing.
Most of the trainees left their hometowns and parents to study at a young age. They usually either eat in the company cafeteria or order takeout. It has been a long time since they had this kind of hot home-cooked meal. Not only does it taste good, but it also warms the stomach and is very soothing.
Li Jingfei prepared the main course, and Ye Ying was also busy making some desserts.
Xu Qiongzhi was gnawing on a pig's trotter when she suddenly smelled a sweet and enticing aroma. She followed the smell with her nose and saw soft and fragrant milk-yellow buns freshly out of the oven.
The small buns are as big as a baby's fist, each one is delicate and small. When you break open the white and soft dough, you will find sweet and rich milky yellow cheese filling inside. When you take a bite, the taste is simply amazing!
Xu Qiongzhi ate it with a happy face: "It's so delicious. I haven't eaten sweets since I entered the camp! The production team is so thoughtful. They specially prepared desserts!"
"Well..." Ye Ying blinked, "I did it."
Xu Qiongzhi: “!?!?”
He then realized that in addition to the milk yellow buns, Ye Ying had placed various small desserts on hand, such as double-skin milk, mung bean flower cakes, cream puffs... everything was extremely exquisite, especially the flower cake, which was made into the shape of peach blossoms and was lifelike. It was exactly the same as the expensive gift boxes sold in the store.
Xu Qiongzhi couldn't believe it: "This... this was all done by you!?"
"It's not that difficult actually. The program group provided a cake mold, which is very easy to use." Ye Ying said, opening the oven, taking out the baked cake base, and then decorating it with fresh cream.
Xu Qiongzhi looked at his skilled movements with a magical look on her face: "Yingying, why do you know how to make these things?"
After Ye Ying applied the cream, she poured another layer of chocolate sauce on it: "My brother likes sweets."
Xu Qiongzhi seemed to have discovered a new world, and exclaimed in surprise: "You have a younger brother?"
"Yeah, one year younger than me."
When Ye Yi was in the fourth grade of elementary school, he came home from school one night and said to him, "Brother, I want to eat some cake."
Ye Ying looked at the sky and saw that it was already dark. She said, "I'll take you to buy it after school tomorrow?"
Ye Yi shook his head, looking a little envious: "Today at school, my desk brought a small cake, saying it was made by her mother. She said that neither her parents can cook, and she is the happiest child in the world."
Ye Yi said, his expression became lonely: "But I have never eaten the food cooked by our parents."
Ye Ying was at a loss as to what to say.
Their father was busy with work, and it was common for him to come home for a week at a time; their mother did not have a job, but she took care of the family all the time, dressing up beautifully every morning to go out and play, and sometimes even coming home late at night. It was hard to believe that the two brothers had never eaten a meal cooked by their parents until they were ten years old.
Although the aunt at home cooks delicious food and prepares various delicious dishes for them every day, it is ultimately to make up for some regrets for her parents.
Ye Yi was a careless and lively person. He put this feeling behind him after a while of feeling lost, and never mentioned wanting to eat cake again. A week later, on Ye Yi's ninth birthday, Ye Ying brought out a butter cake from her kitchen, put a candle on it and placed it in front of him: "I have tried it many times, and it is not as beautiful as the ones made in the cake shop. But the taste should be okay, would you like to try it?"
Ye Yi was stunned for a long while, his eyes began to turn red, and then he burst into tears. He rushed over to hug Ye Ying, crying and calling her brother.
Both parents were at home that day and did not celebrate Ye Yi's birthday with him, but Ye Yi ate the butter cake with big mouthfuls and felt that he was the happiest child in the world.
Because he has the best brother in the world.
Ye Ying put the freshly made chocolate cake into a small plate and handed it to Xu Qiongzhi, and also gave him a small fork.
Xu Qiongzhi looked flattered, holding the small cake and asked foolishly: "Can I, can I eat it?"
Ye Ying was amused by him: "I made it for you to eat."
Xu Qiongzhi looked at the beautiful little cake in her hand, hesitated for a long time and couldn't bear to eat it. She turned around and ran away with the cake in her hand: "Look! The little cake made by Yingying!! "
The other boys looked back and were also shocked: "Is it true? Was this done by Ye Ying? Is Ye Ying capable of this!?"
"He can actually make desserts?? Damn, these days even top students are good at all things??"
"It looks delicious!" Luo Zihui swallowed his saliva and said, "Let me try it!"
Xu Qiongzhi quickly protected the cake and turned around, glaring at him fiercely: "This is what Yingying gave me!"
"Stingy!" Luo Zihui snorted and ran to Ye Ying, "Little Brother Ye, do you have any cakes - my god, you made all of these!?"
The other boys also came over and looked at the dazzling array of desserts on the table, and they were all shocked and spoke.
"Honestly, did you and Li Jingfei secretly learn to cook?" Qiu Shuang looked at the stack of exquisite mung bean flower cakes on the table and was greedy. "Can I have a taste?"
Ye Ying smiled and said, "Please."
Qiu Shuang ate a piece of mung bean cake, his eyes lit up instantly, and he praised it clearly: "Delicious!!"
Luo Zihui also wolfed down a milk bun. "Not only is it delicious, it's so delicious. It's better than the expensive cake shop near my house! It's just that He Ge has a lot of bad habits. He said that it's effeminate for a grown man to eat sweets. What a straight man! He deserves to eat something so delicious!"
Ye Ying was stunned for a moment when she heard this: "Brother He likes sweets?"
Luo Zihui: “Yeah!”
Ye Ying looked at the other steaming basket of steamed buns with milk and thought, I should make another basket of soup dumplings later.
Just then, He Xizhou came over.
Just now everyone was helping out, some were washing pots, some were washing vegetables, and He Xizhou was carrying a basket to get ingredients from the food area. When he came back, he saw everyone surrounding Ye Ying, eating various small cakes happily, with a bit of surprise on their faces: "You made it?"
Ye Ying said "hmm" and was about to ask him if he liked soup dumplings, when she heard He Xizhou say, "I want to eat milk yellow dumplings, too. Give me one."
Ye Ying, who had just distributed the last freshly baked steamed bun, was stunned for a moment: "...No more."
He Xizhou was stunned, then asked incredulously: "You didn't leave any for me?"
"Well... Luo Zihui said that you like sweets..." Before Ye Ying finished explaining, He Xizhou rushed out with murderous intent.
Luo Zihui was holding the fragrant and soft bun, and was about to swallow it with a look of happiness on his face, when a hand suddenly appeared from the opposite side and snatched the bun away.
Luo Zihui: “???”
He turned his head in confusion and saw He Xizhou swallowing the bun in one gulp. He stared at him ferociously while chewing, as if what was crunching in his mouth were his bones.
Luo Zihui: "...What are you doing?"
He Xizhou: "You told Ye Ying that I like sweets?"
Luo Zihui: "Yes! You said it yourself in an interview, your fans all know it!"
"I really like eating it," He Xizhou said sinisterly, "Do you have any objection?"
"..." Luo Zihui, "No."
He Xizhou snorted coldly and returned to Ye Ying with a long face.
He was already angry when he heard that Ye Ying had been to Li Jingfei's house for dinner. When he saw that Ye Ying had made delicious food but didn't leave any for him, his anger was immediately fueled, and it was burning more and more fiercely, almost burning him to death. But he couldn't vent his anger on Ye Ying, so he could only sulk by himself.
Ye Ying had been with him for some time, and could more or less understand his thoughts. He looked at the boy with a sullen face, quietly tugged on his sleeve, and whispered, "I saved it for you. I thought you liked sweet food. I just steamed some soup dumplings for you. Would you like to try it?"
He Xizhou's expression brightened a little when he heard this, and he turned to ask him, "Specially for me?"
"Yes." Ye Ying suppressed a smile, "As long as you can eat it, it's all yours."
He Xizhou was barely coaxed into submission. Seeing Ye Ying busy making pastries, he took the initiative to help him beat the eggs. While beating, he began to question her, "Why didn't you tell me that you were going to Li Jingfei's house for dinner?"
Because Li Jingfei's family was in a different situation, Ye Ying didn't mention this when she came back, and now she just said, "I forgot."
He Xizhou choked for a moment, but he was helpless. After thinking for a while, he suddenly had an idea and said, "After the program is recorded, you can come home with me for dinner."
"Ah?" Ye Ying figured out why the other party's brain circuit suddenly turned to this point, and then remembered that the other party's father was a famous triple-gold actor, and heard that He Xizhou's family was very wealthy, so she hesitated for a moment, "Well... it's a bit sudden? Uncle and aunt knew me before..."
"You'll know them once you get there?" He Xizhou was determined to lure Ye Ying home, and coaxed her with a coquettish voice, "Don't worry, my parents have different tempers. My dad always dislikes me for being too flamboyant. He likes quiet, obedient, and motivated kids. If you go there, they will definitely not like you."
Qi Rui, who was passing by, overheard the conversation and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
This sounds like... how come He Ge is coaxing his girlfriend to go home and meet his parents? ?
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