Chen Xinyi’s cooking skills are pretty good. With the ingredients in the refrigerator, she soon prepared scrambled eggs with tomatoes, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, and pickled mustard greens and winter melon soup. These two simple dishes and one soup were freshly prepared.
Because she was watching TV the whole time, Li Jing didn't make any comments during the cooking process. However, when the food was served and they started eating, Li Jing frowned after taking just one bite.
"This shredded potato is too spicy and the vinegar is too strong."
"This soup is a bit boring. It's not drinkable at all."
"This scrambled eggs with tomatoes is too sweet. There's too much rock sugar in it."
Just like food reviews, Li Jing has many opinions.
"Mom, it's pretty good." Zhou Yang, who had already taken two big bites, muttered and expressed his opinion.
Compared to the bland soups made by his mother, Zhou Yang prefers the ones made by his wife, which are richer in flavor and more appetizing.
"How can it not taste good if you put more MSG in it?" Li Jing retorted, then went into nagging mode. "Xinyi, although you're still young, you should know that many diseases are caused by what you eat. Why are people with the three highs increasingly younger these days? It's because you young people don't pay attention to your diet and eat and drink a lot all day long. You two aren't children anymore, and it's time for you to be sensible and pay attention to your health. Eating foods that are too oily, spicy, and strong are unhealthy. A diet must be light, that's healthy. You must keep this in mind and take action to control your diet. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it in the future..."
Li Jing spoke at length, as if she was educating students.
Zhou Yang did not refute her occupational disease of educating students, "Hmm, hmm..."
Zhou Yang had a typical obedient look, saying "You are right", but in fact, it went in one ear and out the other, and he didn't listen at all.
Chen Xinyi was not as experienced as Zhou Yang. She just felt very uncomfortable. She worked hard to prepare the meal, but was criticized as worthless. No one would feel happy.
But, after thinking about it carefully, Chen Xinyi felt that what Li Jing said was right. Eating lighter food is indeed better for health.
This feeling is probably like when I was a kid and wanted to drink soda, so I saved money and bought a bottle, but my mother insisted that it was unhealthy and had to be thrown away.
I can't refute it, but I feel uncomfortable.
The food was not to her liking, so Li Jing started talking more. Although she did not refute, Shen Xinyi was unhappy in her heart.
Only Zhou Yang, who was carefree, enjoyed the meal happily.
After eating, Zhou Yang would not touch anything as usual. He would just put down his bowl and chopsticks and go to the study to play games.
Li Jing didn't move either. Chen Xinyi cleaned up the dishes and went into the kitchen to wash them. Then, Li Jing came in, supervising the whole process.
After Chen Xinyi finished washing, Li Jing checked it again as if it were a product inspection, and then she actually picked up a bowl. The rim of the bowl was a little slippery, probably because it was stained with oil and not cleaned thoroughly.
"Xinyi, you must wash the dishes carefully." Li Jing was lecturing while turning over the dishes, and Shen Xinyi listened silently.
The same thing happened when she washed the dishes and wiped the table. With an attitude of "you didn't wipe it clean enough", Li Jing wiped it again after Shen Xinyi finished.
The lunch incident was finally over. Chen Xinyi returned to her room, took the dirty clothes that the two of them had changed out of last night, and went to the yard with a basin to wash the clothes.
Chen Xinyi was used to using laundry detergent, but before she could pour the liquid, Li Jing shouted, "Stop!"
"Xinyi, how can you use laundry detergent on clothes that you wear next to your skin in the summer? The laundry detergent is full of fluorescent agents, which are all above the standard. If you wear clothes with residual fluorescent agents in them for a long time in contact with your skin, you will get cancer!" Li Jing was educating people in a very serious and earnest manner.
Chen Xinyi: ...
"Mom, no, this is a big brand, and the fluorescent agent content is regulated. I have always used laundry detergent."
Chen Xinyi felt that Li Jing was making a big deal out of nothing. It was too exaggerated. If that were the case, would anyone still buy laundry detergent in the supermarket?
"How can we be confident with today's products? Just listen to me, I'm right, just wait." Li Jing went back to the house, and when she came out again, she had four new, unopened bars of soap in her hands.
"It's okay to use laundry detergent for outerwear like coats in the fall and winter, but from now on, you'll need to use soap for summer clothes. Make sure you separate them. Use different soaps for underwear and clothes. Use different soaps for your clothes and Zhou Yang's clothes, too. For socks, use those small soap heads. This brand of soap is the best for washing clothes. Remember this brand in the future. Other brands are not good, so don't make the mistake."
Stunned by what Li Jing said, Shen Xinyi could only smile and took the soap, "Mom, I understand."
Knowing Li Jing's character and that she was her elder, Shen Xinyi didn't want to argue with her. Just use soap. It wasn't a big deal anyway.
The soap incident was over, but Li Jing still stood by and asked, "Xinyi, you only have two basins for washing clothes?"
"Yes." Chen Xinyi felt helpless, thinking that something bad was going to happen again.
"Then how do you wash it?" Li Jing pressed the issue, "Is this basin specifically for washing clothes?"
"I use this basin to wash clothes and pants. This is a foot basin. I use it to wash feet in winter. I usually wash socks."
"You can't do this!" Li Jing started to lecture again, "Forget about today. Tomorrow I'll buy a few basins and wash your underwear separately. Clothes and pants must be washed separately. You and Xiao Yang's underwear must be washed separately too."
"Mom, I understand." Chen Xinyi responded. Just wash them separately. After all, this is not the small bathroom in her dormitory. No matter how many basins there are, there is enough space.
After being lectured by Li Jing, Shen Xinyi finally started to wash clothes. She thought that this was the end, but she didn't expect...
"Oh, this won't do. You can't wash Xiao Yang's shirt like this. The collar will be ruined! Do it this way, pinch it like this."
"These pants are like this? They haven't even been washed clean. You have to brush these pants, but don't brush too hard, otherwise they will be damaged."
"Take note of these brushes. This one is for cleaning pants, this one is for cleaning clothes, and I have two new ones here that you can use for cleaning underwear."
"Huh? Xinyi, you can't wash underwear like this, it will get deformed. You have to do it like this..."
"No, there's still soapy water. You need to rinse it with clean water again."
…
I finally finished washing.
"Be careful when wringing. This kind of material won't wrinkle, so you can wring it out. This kind of material won't wrinkle, so wring it out. It's better to hang it outside and let it drip dry."
"You need to use this hanger for Xiao Yang's shirt. This hanger is good and the shoulders won't get deformed."
…
The clothes were finally washed and hung out to dry. Chen Xinyi felt like she had fought a tough battle and was exhausted.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
