He washed his hands and ran to the refrigerator to see what ingredients he had.
In fact, Wen Yi had been trying out dishes for the entire morning, and had wasted most of the ingredients in the refrigerator.
However, the remaining dishes were enough for Xiao Chen to make a meal.
Skillfully wash the vegetables, cut the beef brisket into pieces, and dice the tomatoes.
As he did so, he said, "Make a cross on the tomato, and then boil it in water, and the skin will come off easily."
"Put the beef brisket in cold water and blanch it. After the water boils, skim off the foam. Add dried tangerine peel to the beef, which will make it easier to tenderize..."
Wen Yi listened carefully and helped from time to time.
"Put on an apron and don't get your clothes dirty." She carefully tied an apron for Xiao Chen.
"Thank you." Xiao Chen smiled, rinsed the blanched beef brisket with water, and stewed it with tomatoes.
Slice the winter melon and stew it with the pork ribs. This winter melon and pork ribs soup is fresh and sweet.
The bamboo shrimp is very fresh, just blanch it, it is better to eat it in its original flavor.
Put the lettuce into the pot, add oil and salt to blanch it, then stir-fry the minced garlic. Heat the oil, add light soy sauce and a spoonful of balsamic vinegar, and pour over the lettuce.
Sea bass is suitable for steaming. Marinate with scallions, ginger and cooking wine for twenty minutes, then boil water in a pot for fifteen minutes.
Top with shredded green onion and red pepper, add hot oil, and drizzle with steamed fish soy sauce, the aroma is fragrant.
In one hour, four dishes and one soup were ready.
There are both meat and vegetarian dishes. Although simple, it is very warm.
The family of three sat around the table, and Mr. Wen praised the food highly.
"Xiao Chen, I really didn't expect your cooking to be so delicious."
"Wen Yi's mother likes to cook, but she...really doesn't have a talent for cooking."
"You don't know, my stomach really can't stand the tossing..."
"That's not what you said in front of my mother." Wen Yi said.
"She would just praise her cooking and my mother would believe it and become even more obsessed with cooking."
"So, the shadow of my childhood was spent at mealtimes, because I never knew what my mother would bring out on the plate."
"Ahem, I saw that she was so enthusiastic, so I couldn't bear to discourage her." Old Wen coughed lightly a few times and said a little embarrassedly.
"Actually, Mom later realized that this was a sign of your pampering, so when I was eight years old, she handed the cooking task over to the nanny."
"She realized it too late." Old Wen's eyes were filled with tears. How did she get through those eight years?
Watching the father and daughter chatting casually and the warmth inadvertently revealed, Xiao Chen's heart was also filled with happiness.
He felt that the two people in front of him were his relatives.
The beef brisket stewed with tomatoes was soft and tender, and the steamed sea bass was soft and glutinous. It was a very enjoyable meal.
Wen Yi ate the food made by Xiao Chen in big mouthfuls. She felt that this was the most delicious meal she had ever eaten.
"Aunt Wen, I have to go to the company." After dinner, Xiao Chen raised his phone after receiving a call: "I'll come to see you another day."
"Are you leaving now?" Wen Yi was reluctant.
"How about I come back tomorrow and cook for you?" Xiao Chen said with a smile, "What do you want to eat? I'll prepare it and bring it over directly."
"I like to eat anything you make." Wen Yi took Xiao Chen's hand and said, "Wait a minute, I have something for you."
Wen Yi hurried into the room and walked out a moment later.
She held a box in her hand and when she opened it, she saw a silver safety lock inside.
There was a red rope tied to the lock. She took out the safety lock and put it around Xiao Chen's neck.
Xiao Chen held the safety lock and saw the words "Long life, a hundred years" engraved on it.
"Is this... a safety lock?"
"Yes." Wen Yi took a few steps back, looked at Xiao Chen and the safety lock on his neck.
He nodded with satisfaction and murmured, "This is what I prepared for my child's 100th day, but unfortunately I didn't use it."
"It really suits you."
A mist rose in her eyes. Wearing this safety lock on Xiao Chen was like wearing it on her own child.
Xiao Chen was silent. Elder Wen on the side comforted Wen Yi. Wen Yi sniffed and forced a smile: "Xiao Chen, I'll ask Uncle Qin to find someone to take you back."
"Thank you, Aunt Wen. I'll come again tomorrow." Xiao Chen nodded.
Xiao Chen finished his work at the company and then went home.
When he returned to his residence, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a gift box placed on the entrance cabinet.
The gift box is packaged very delicately, and there is a bow tied on it.
Xiao Chen looked around vigilantly, and only dared to come in after confirming that there was no one there.
Picking up the gift box, he fell into deep thought.
He was sure that someone had entered the house.
But the door lock was intact, and he didn't see any suspicious people on the surveillance camera at the door.
However, the surveillance video showed signs of being tampered with. Someone must have hacked into the system and deleted the other party's video.
When he was hesitating whether to open the gift box, his cell phone rang. It was also a disguised call, indicating that the call was from abroad.
Xiao Chen answered the call, and a familiar voice rang from the phone: "Hello, Xiao Chen."
"Xiao Wei?" Xiao Chen recognized the other person's voice. Although he had deliberately disguised it, he still recognized it at the first moment.
"Hehe, yes, it's me. Did you receive the gift I gave you?" Xiao Wei giggled.
"Have you been here today?" Xiao Chen immediately understood. It turned out to be this Xiao Wei, who still had evil intentions.
She suffered such a great loss at her hands, and the information she had obtained with great effort turned out to be fake.
She was unwilling to leave like this, so she provoked herself madly.
"Yes, I came here today, and I rested in your room for a while and had a glass of wine." Xiao Wei said with a smile.
Xiao Chen looked at the table, and sure enough, there was a glass of red wine on the table that had been drunk by someone.
"You are so brave." Xiao Chen sneered.
"It's not that I'm brave, but I didn't get what I wanted, and I'm unwilling to leave like this." Xiao Wei said coldly.
"Xiao Chen, I already have information about everyone around you."
"Some of your friends are indeed influential, but you should know who I am."
"I also have gifts for them..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Ziyan sent a message to Xiao Chen on WeChat: "Xiao Chen, did you send me a gift? I received a gift box today."
Xiao Chen's face changed, he quickly hung up the phone and called Song Ziyan.
"Don't open it, throw the things out, stay away."
"Okay, what's wrong?" Hearing that Xiao Chen's tone was wrong, Song Ziyan also became cautious.
"I'll explain to you later. First, call the police and say that you received something of unknown origin and suspected it contained dangerous goods." Xiao Chen said.
"Okay, I'll call the police now." Hearing Xiao Chen's serious tone, Song Ziyan did as he was told.
After hanging up the phone with Song Ziyan, Xiao Wei called again seamlessly.
She smiled and said, "How about it, Xiao Chen? Does your girlfriend like the gift I gave her?"
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