Chapter 23 Zhou Sinian will be late, but the foodie Zhou Sinian will never be late!

Mingdai moved the bundle of branches to the kitchen and went to the room to get a flashlight.

Take out two pieces of salami from the space and cut into small pieces;

Wash the Chinese cabbage, leave out the heart and chop the rest.

After thinking for a while, she scooped out two bowls of rice, washed them and set them aside.

Pour oil into the pan, first fry the sausage to release the fat, then pour in the cabbage, stir-fry for a few times, and add water to cover the ingredients.

I sprinkled the thirteen spices, salt and pepper powder I prepared myself, mixed them evenly, and oil rose in the pot and the aroma wafted out.

Zhou Sinian arrived as promised!

Zhou Sinian may be late, but foodie Zhou Sinian will never be late.

Pour the washed rice on the ingredients, poke a hole with a spoon, and cover it with a lid to isolate the aroma.

"Do the work first, and when you're done, you can eat."

Zhou Sinian sniffed again and again, and left reluctantly.

In view of his good performance today, Mingdai put two eggs in the pot when the fire started.

The aroma of the food became stronger and stronger, and Zhou Sinian, who was unloading firewood outside, became more anxious.

But he still had the seriousness in his heart, so he could only work faster.

Finally, the entire truckload of firewood was neatly stacked in the corner, some dry and some wet.

The wet pile was bigger, all of which were cut by Zhou Sinian. The dry ones were smaller, picked by Mingdai, plus some dead wood that Zhou Sinian carried down.

Everything was neat and tidy. Mingdai was very satisfied that the eggs were not laid in vain.

At this moment, the man has already flown to the stove and is standing there.

Ming Dai opened it and showed it to him: "The rice is not yet cooked, wait a moment."

Zhou Sinian took a quick breath, satisfied, and squatted in front of the stove looking at the fire.

Mingdai saw that he was serious and picked up the bucket to fetch water.

At night, she wanted to soak her feet.

When she brought half a bucket of water to the kitchen and poured it into the water tank, Zhou Sinian followed her when she came out.

Seeing how hard she was struggling, and waiting for her to pour another half bucket of water into the water tank, he grabbed the bucket and walked out.

Is this to help her?

Mingdai is in a good mood. Look, the reserve labor is online and can help chop wood and fetch water.

What else do you need a bicycle for!

Soon, after a few buckets of water went back and forth, the water tank was full.

Mingdai took out a large jar, placed it on another small stove, and added water into it.

He took the firewood out of the big stove and stuffed it into the small stove, added a few more pieces, pulled the bellows, and let the fire burn.

Zhou Sinian was already waiting with his bowl in hand.

Mingdai opened the lid of the pot, and a pot of salty rice was revealed, which made Zhou Sinian dizzy with the aroma!

Zhou Sinian eagerly pushed the bowl over, but Mingdai didn't tease him and directly filled him with a large, solid bowl and gave him both poached eggs.

"Take the bowl and eat on the chopping board."

As he spoke, he stuffed a spoon into his bowl.

Zhou Sinian held the bowl carefully, as if he was holding his own son.

Mingdai also served herself a bowl.

Salty and salty!

Cantonese-style braised intestines paired with sweet Chinese cabbage are both filling and greasy, and paired with fragrant rice, it's so delicious that it'll make your eyebrows fall!

Zhou Sinian obviously thought so too, and he also had a poached egg, but Mingdai had none in her bowl, only he had one!

Inexplicably happy!

Although there were no chairs for the two of them to sit on, they ate very contentedly while standing, and their stomachs, which had been empty and cold for the whole day, were finally relieved.

Comfortable!

As usual, Mingdai was full after just one bowl.

Putting down the bowl, she squatted beside the small stove and boiled the water in the clay pot.

Zhou Sinian finished a bowl of rice and quickly came to get more.

Mingdai was not afraid that he would eat too much, so she measured out the amount of food she cooked.

In the end, Zhou Sinian ate up all the food. Mingdai shoveled the food off the pot for him to eat, and washed the dishes and the pot herself, deliberately showing it to him.

Zhou Sinian squatted aside, biting the pot crust with a crunching sound, and watched Mingdai's actions thoughtfully.

Mingdai did it on purpose. After teaching him, she let him wash the pots and dishes from then on.

The water boiled and was poured into the hot water kettle. There was still fire at the bottom of the pot, so she scooped half a clay pot of water to warm it.

After thinking for a while, she stood up, went back to the room, took two keys, and called Zhou Sinian to come over.

First go to the front door next to the shadow wall and lock it from the inside.

"We will not open this place anymore to prevent people from coming over and stealing our food."

Zhou Sinian's eyes turned cold and he stared fiercely at the front yard, obviously thinking of the bad things they had done before.

Go to the back door, push the flatbed in, close the door and lock it.

"We'll be coming in and out from here from now on. Would you like to have a key?"

She had never heard the sound of a door opening before, and considering his skills, Mingdai guessed that he must have climbed over the wall to get in and out.

Sure enough, Zhou Sinian shook his head.

Mingdai stuffed a spare key into a crack in the wall and told him to get it himself.

After locking the door, Mingdai returned to the room and took out several bottles of saline water.

Her father used to work in a hospital, and the captain knew it, so it wasn't weird for her to bring this out.

After filling it with water, I carefully checked the seal and found no leaks.

Handing Zhou Sinian two bottles, he said, "Put them in your quilt to keep you warm. Don't break them or you'll get burned."

Zhou Sinian took it and was surprised by the hot touch. He looked back and forth for a long time and even wanted to touch each other, but was scolded by Mingdai. He took the bottle back to the room in a wronged manner.

Zhou Sinian's room was deserted.

This is his third year in the countryside, and he brought a lot of things with him at the beginning.

But his mental state became worse and worse, and he forgot many things or had them stolen by others.

When we arrived at Liujiawan, all we had left was a military blanket, a cotton coat, and a pair of military boots. We didn't even have a change of clothes.

All the pots, bowls, pans, and utensils were thrown away.

I forgot where I got the cooking pot and spoon, but he was very poor and clean.

At this moment, he shook open the wet quilt, stuffed the boiling bottle in, patted it reluctantly, and then got up and walked out.

In the kitchen, Mingdai had already poured two basins of hot water.

"Come and wash your face. From now on, the red things are yours and the green things are mine. Do you remember?"

Zhou Sinian looked at the steaming basin with some curiosity.

Mingdai demonstrated it to him herself.

She wrapped the towel around her chest, scooped up water to wash her face, picked up the soap beside her and rubbed it on her hands. After making bubbles, she rubbed the soap on her face. After a few times, she scooped up water again to rinse her face, and finally pulled off the towel from her chest to wipe her face.

After finishing, he looked at Zhou Sinian.

Zhou Sinian understood and followed suit. Except for the fact that his movements were too big and water splashed out, everything else was normal.

Wiping his face with a towel, he looked at the large red peony flower blooming on it and picked it unconsciously.

Ming Dai took out a box of jelly cream and dug out a piece: "Reach out your hand."

Zhou Sinian let go of the towel, followed Mingdai's example and put it on the rope she had just tied, then obediently stretched out his hand.

There was a piece of milky white ointment on his rough palm, and Zhou Sinian wanted to put it in his mouth just by looking at it.

"No, it's not for eating. Look at me."

Zhou Sinian looked at Mingdai's actions with some displeasure.

Ming Dai used rose cream, which she evenly rubbed on her palms and then applied to her face, taking care of her neck and ears.

"Just like me, apply it on your face."

Zhou Sinian twitched his nose, looked at Mingdai's face, and did not move.

Ming Dai rolled her eyes, took out her own face cream, and squeezed a dollop into his palm.

Zhou Sinian sniffed it and was satisfied. He followed her example and gently wiped his face, neck and ears.

This is Ming Dai's own developed frostbite cream, which is very useful.

Thinking about Zhou Sinian's bad temper, she planned to add two drops of rose essential oil to the frostbite ointment later to prevent him from worrying about her face cream.

Her face cream is so expensive!

Pour out the water used to wash your face, change to a larger basin, and fill it with warm water from the earthenware jar.

Zhou Sinian imitated her movements, took the large basin that Mingdai gave him, and filled it with water.

After taking off her shoes and soaking her feet, Mingdai let out a long sigh of comfort.

"ah!"

It feels like all the tiredness of the whole day has disappeared.

Zhou Sinian followed suit, pulling his big feet out of his black cotton shoes and putting them in warm water.

Mingdai looked at him until he also exclaimed "Ah!" and then she shifted her gaze.

While soaking my feet, I was thinking about the sound I just heard.

Sure enough, he is not dumb.

Zhou Sinian slapped the water curiously.

Seeing that his cotton shoes were about to get wet, Ming Dai warned him: "If you get your shoes and clothes wet again, I won't give you any food!"

Zhou Sinian immediately became obedient, lowering his head and soaking his feet without moving.

15 minutes later, Mingdai handed him a red Double Happiness towel, which was the face towel that little Mingdai had used before.

"Use this one for your feet and the peony one for your face. Don't get them mixed up."

Zhou Sinian said nothing, took the towel, and also picked at the red double happiness on it.

Mingdai didn't say much. She had reminded him before, so don't blame her if he used it incorrectly.

I took out a new green striped towel to wipe my feet, then stood up in my cotton slippers.

This also belongs to Xiao Mingdai, she wore it first.

Zhou Sinian followed suit, wiped his feet, and started looking for slippers.

Not finding it, his eyebrows wrinkled again.

Ming Dai looked at him with amusement: "You don't have slippers, you wear black cotton shoes."

Zhou Sinian looked at the black cotton shoes, then at the small slippers with floral patterns on Mingdai's feet, and felt unhappy.

Finally, Mingdai was really sleepy and promised to make him a pair of slippers later. Only then did he reluctantly come out wearing his shoes and carrying the foot washing water.

Pour out the water, rinse the foot basin, and put it away.

Mingdai handed him a cup and a toothbrush, squeezed some toothpaste, and started brushing.

Soon Zhou Sinian also learned it.

"Brush your teeth once in the morning and once at night. After brushing your teeth at night, you can't eat anything. Do you understand?"

Zhou Sinian paused in brushing his teeth, took out his toothbrush, swallowed the toothpaste, and looked at Mingdai unhappily.

Mingdai felt much better. She ignored him, put away her toothbrushes, and happily went back to her room to sleep.

Zhou Sinian stood in the yard for a long time before putting the toothbrush back into his mouth.

At night, lying in the wet quilt, Zhou Sinian felt the long-lost warmth.

Just two bottles of saline made him feel much better.

"ah!"

A long, low sigh slowly dissipated in the darkness.