Chapter 46
They talked a little more about the books they were reading recently, and Ming Yunle said, "I've also read the one you recommended to me some time ago. It's very exciting."
Later, they sat in the study for a while. Ruan Yan found a book and read it, and Ming Yunle also took out a book.
The two of them spent a leisurely afternoon like they had many times before.
Ming Yunle read a book for a while, and then wanted to relax his eyes, so he looked outside.
The weather outside was still gloomy and the wind had gotten a little stronger.
They sat in the house and read books, and the weather outside didn't look like it was going to clear up.
Ming Yunle asked: "What's good to eat in this kind of cold weather?"
Ruan Yan guessed Ming Yunle's thoughts and said, "Eat the hot pot you want now."
"You really know me."
Ruan Yan couldn't eat spicy food very well, so they continued as usual and had a shabu-shabu hotpot.
Ming Yunle was eating some meat when he suddenly asked, "Do you want to watch a movie later?"
"We haven't watched a movie in the past two days. I'm not used to it yet." Ruan Yan said, "What kind of movie do you want to watch?"
Generally speaking, the movies recommended by Ming Yunle are pretty good and rarely fail.
Ming Yunle: "Let me think about it."
Ming Yunle didn't think too long before he recommended a romantic movie.
They didn't go to the movies right after dinner, but waited a while until it was almost time and they had packed up before going.
This way they don’t have to take a shower after watching and can go straight to bed.
After watching a movie, they didn't get up and chatted about the plot of the movie for a while.
They will have different opinions on some plots, and will talk about them if they think of them after watching the film.
They chatted for a long time, and Ming Yunle was so sleepy that he lay on the bed.
He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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Gu Jing and Ruan Yan live in the same residential complex. Gu Jing also likes to go out, so they occasionally meet each other.
On Sunday morning, Ming Yunle and Ruan Yan went for a walk together and met Gu Jing who was also walking outside.
They had met countless times. After meeting them, Gu Jing asked as usual: "Would you like to come to my house and sit for a while?"
Ming Yunle and Ruan Yan had indeed not visited Gu Jing's home recently, so they accepted Gu Jing's invitation without hesitation.
The layout of Gu Jing's house and Ruan Yan's house are similar. After all, they live in the same community and there are many similarities.
But even so, you can tell at a glance that their styles are very different.
Ruan Yan's home is mainly warm yellow, while Gu Jing's home is mainly sea blue.
Ruan Yan's house seems to have more things.
Ming Yunle asked Gu Jing: "How are the plants I gave you?"
They didn't go to see the pots of green plants during the several times they came. Gu Jing had mentioned them several times before, saying that he had learned a lot of techniques for caring for plants.
Xia Chen also raises it and checks on it from time to time. He says that Gu Jing takes very good care of it, but Ming Yunle has never seen it.
When this topic was mentioned, Gu Jing was a little proud and said, "Of course it's good."
After that, he took them to see the green plants.
Although the ones they gave were very easy to raise, it was obvious that Gu Jing put a lot of thought into it.
After looking at the flowers, they chatted for a while about their experiences in growing flowers.
This time they really had the right topic to talk about.
Gu Jing was originally the worst at growing flowers, but now he has gotten pretty good at it.
Ruan Yan was not good at it at first, but he did a lot of homework and grew so many flowers.
Ming Yunle was even more excited. He and Ruan Yan planted a lot of flowers last year. Although the gardener would remind him, he did it all by himself.
The three of them chatted for a long time, and Gu Jing said, "I've also discovered the joy of growing flowers. I'm going to buy a few pots of flowers this afternoon."
Ming Yunle told him about the flower shop he had seen before, and Gu Jing said, "So you've seen it too. I was planning to buy it from that shop."
After that, Gu Jing asked Ruan Yan: "Do you want to buy a few more pots of flowers?"
Ruan Yan shook his head and said, "I already have quite a few flowers. If I buy too many, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of them all."
They talked a lot about their experiences in growing flowers, and by the end they were all thirsty.
Ming Yunle looked at the time and was surprised to find that they had been talking for a whole hour and there was no sign of them ending.
Gu Jing poured each of them a glass of water, and soon took them to the bar, where they planned to sit and have a cup of coffee.
While making coffee, Gu Jing suddenly thought of the latte art and asked, "Did you learn any new patterns?"
Ming Yunle and Ruan Yan both shook their heads.
Gu Jing asked: "Then I will teach you a new one? Do you want to learn it?"
These were all things they were interested in, so Ruan Yan and Ming Yunle naturally said "yes", and even wanted to learn something that was a little more difficult.
Gu Jing's latte art was so beautiful that the two of them stared at it for a while.
But by the time they did it, it was no longer what it was supposed to be.
Ruan Yan looked at the cup in his hand, then looked at the one in Gu Jing's hand. The effect was much worse.
Gu Jing said: "You will get much better if you practice more."
Ruan Yan looked at the pattern on Gu Jing's cup and asked, "Why did you suddenly want to learn latte art?"
Gu Jing shrugged. "I just happened to see it one time and became interested, so I gave it a try. That was... a long, long time ago."
"It seems you have many skills that I don't know about."
"Of course."
They were talking about latte art when Xia Chen also came.
Xia Chen was very happy to see Ruan Yan and Ming Yunle, and pulled them to go to the movies.
After going out to eat something at noon, I went to play billiards in the afternoon.
Gu Jing remembered that he wanted to buy flowers, but he almost forgot about it, so he stopped playing billiards.
Gu Jing chose the easiest types to grow, and the flower shop owner responsibly explained a lot of things to pay attention to.
Ming Yunle looked at this scene and thought that there were no flowers in his study, so he also wanted to buy a few pots.
There are also some rooms that can be put up. It should be nice to buy flowers and take care of them yourself.
Ruan Yan saw what Ming Yunle was thinking and said, "Since you want to buy it, let's go buy it together in a few days."
By the time I got back from the flower shop, it was almost time for dinner.
After seeing the time, Ming Yunle realized that they had stayed at Gu Jing's place for a whole day without realizing it.
The main people cooking in the evening are Ruan Yan and Gu Jing.
Ming Yunle and Xia Chen didn't just watch. Their cooking skills were not as good as theirs, but they were still okay.
Ruan Yan and Gu Jing were cooking, so they prepared to help.
The originally spacious kitchen became crowded.
Gu Jing said: "Fortunately, I have a lot of aprons at home. It seems that I had foresight."
Ruan Yan asked, "You bought so much?"
"Because I cook often, and Xia Chen would come over, I bought two at the beginning. Later, when I was buying a spatula, I saw two pretty aprons, and I thought of you, so I bought them too. I knew this day would come."
Because there are four people eating, there will be a lot of food to prepare.
They were about to start cooking and had put on their aprons, but when they opened the refrigerator, they found that there were not enough ingredients.
Later they discussed what to cook again. After deciding on a general idea, Ruan Yan and Ming Yunle went to buy ingredients, while Xia Chen and Gu Jing first cooked enough dishes.
Before leaving, they took a look at the things they wanted to buy, and found that there were quite a few.
This was the first time they had a meal together at Gu Jing's house, and since they had already gone to buy the ingredients, Gu Jing wanted to make the meal a little more sumptuous this time.
This place is not far from the market, and they arrived there in a short drive.
"Do you want the fish to be steamed or braised?" Ruan Yan asked Ming Yunle.
Ming Yunle thought for a moment and said, "Last time we had it steamed, so this time we'll have it braised."
"Should we braise the ribs or stew them in soup?"
Ming Yunle was speechless. He didn't like making choices, and Ruan Yan kept asking him. He felt that Ruan Yan sometimes did it on purpose.
Ruan Yan was amused by his reaction and asked, "If you don't tell me, what should I do?"
Ming Yunle ignored him. Seeing his reaction, Ruan Yan didn't ask any more questions and said, "Then I'll do what I'm best at."
"Is there anything you're not good at?"
Hearing Ming Yunle say this, Ruan Yan couldn't hold back: "How could I not have it?"
Ming Yunle thought that this seemed to be true, but because Ruan Yan always seemed to be at ease in the kitchen, he ignored this matter.
Ruan Yan said, "There are so many things I don't know, you will figure it out slowly."
You'll find out slowly? They've known each other for a long time, right?
Ming Yunle asked: "Haven't we known each other for a long time? But I didn't notice."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Wait ten, twenty, thirty years, and you'll slowly understand."
Ruan Yan carried the newly bought spareribs and said, "Let's go. We still have a lot of things to buy. Your favorite drink isn't sold here, but it's available in the mall we went to last time."
Ming Yunle: "Then we have to take a detour."
"It's okay, it's not too much trouble, just take a detour."
This trip really didn't take long. When they came back, they saw that Gu Jing and Xia Chen had already prepared all the ingredients.
Seeing them coming back, Gu Jing pointed to a place and said, "Put the dishes there first."
Then Gu Jing turned on the fire and prepared to cook.
Xia Chen didn't leave either. He planned to hand over the seasonings or other ingredients that needed to be put in.
This was not the first time they had done this, so they cooperated very well.
Gu Jing would clean up the kitchen after cooking for a while. Gu Jing and Ruan Yan both liked to clean up the kitchen while cooking.
Ming Yunle just took a casual glance and went back to work on his own things.
After the soup was stewed, their work was completed.
The food was still stewing slowly, so they set a time and took a break.
Ming Yunle was not very hungry originally, but he became hungry after going through all this trouble.
Ruan Yan handed Ming Yunle a pack of biscuits and said, "Eat it."
Ming Yunle took the biscuit and started eating it, saying, "It seems you've figured out when I get hungry."
"Yeah, so when I bought you a drink I put a bag of cookies in it."
"I didn't even notice."
Ruan Yan smiled and said, "You were buying drinks at the time, so you didn't pay much attention to me."
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