Sitting on the plane to the United States, Jiang Sanni stared at the white clouds outside the window, and the scenes that happened in the past few days emerged in her mind.
Although Fu Yunsheng was insidious and cunning, and designed one plot after another to win her heart, she was not completely innocent. At least when she knew that Fu Yunsheng had targeted her brother, she should have been on guard, instead of believing in his innocence after being deceived by Fu Yunsheng's sweet words, which made things difficult for her sister and brother.
Jiang Sanni felt that her grandmother was right. She was stupid, and extremely stupid.
Now, although Fu Yunsheng had his retribution, Jiang Sanni felt that it was also a punishment for her to leave her hometown and go to a place where she was unfamiliar with for a man like that.
******
Jiang Sanni was very uncomfortable when she first arrived in the United States. After all, she was used to seeing compatriots with black hair and black eyes. Now she came to a strange country with blonde, red, and brown hair, and blue, green, and gray eyes. It was difficult for anyone to adapt.
Fortunately, Jiang Sanni came here as a student recommended by the school, and there were several classmates traveling with her, so she was not completely alone. Her English was good, and except for the period when communication was a little strained when she first arrived in the United States, she was able to maintain normal communication afterwards. She also learned a lot of local idioms and was able to integrate well into her classmates.
As for a boyfriend, Jiang Sanni, who had just been hurt in love, didn't have that idea in mind. Besides, foreigners were tall and strong, like wild bears, with thick hair and strong body odor. Jiang Sanni liked the kind of gentle and refined man. Fu Yunsheng's good looks were also a big factor in Jiang Sanni's love for him.
In addition to three classmates from this school, Jiang Sanni also came to the United States with classmates from other schools, a total of four girls and eight boys. The main reason was that there were still few girls who could go to school these days, and there were not many families in the city with four girls like the Jiang family.
Now the twelve of them are living in the dormitories provided by the school. The dormitories are double rooms with separate bathrooms and shared kitchens. The conditions are pretty good. The tuition and living expenses for studying abroad are subsidized by the school, but the living expenses are barely enough to make ends meet. It is not enough if they want to live a more comfortable life or enjoy themselves.
However, as mentioned before, those who can go to school these days all have well-off families. Especially for the students studying abroad this time, the English requirements are particularly high. Now, the families that can cultivate the conditions for their children to learn English are not ordinary families. In addition to the living expenses provided by the school, plus the subsidies from the family, life is relatively easy.
After getting over the initial discomfort, everyone gradually got used to life in the United States. However, after all, the living habits were different, and there was one thing they could never adapt to, and that was the food.
The school cafeteria where they are now has very simple dishes. The meat is either fried or deep-fried, and the vegetables are either potato cubes or mashed potatoes, and there are also various vegetable and fruit salads. When they first came, they thought it was strange, but as time went by, they felt that the taste was a bit bland in their mouths, and they missed the various delicacies they had eaten in China.
Jiang Sanni was not used to American food, especially the steak. The steak was medium-rare or medium-well, and still had blood in it, which made her have no desire to eat it. She could barely accept medium-rare, but maybe because of psychological reasons, she always felt it tasted weird. After a while, everyone didn't want to go to the cafeteria to eat anymore and considered buying groceries and cooking for themselves.
There is a Chinatown in the United States. Most of the people living there are those who fled to the United States during World War II, or those who immigrated here in fear after those chaotic years. There, you can buy most of the seasonings that Chinese people are accustomed to using, and you can also eat relatively authentic Chinese cuisine.
However, the prices of restaurants in Chinatown are still relatively expensive for students who have no source of income, and it is obviously unrealistic to eat there every day. So a group of students who came to the United States decided to purchase food and seasonings in Chinatown and cook them themselves when they returned to school.
All eight men cannot cook. Some of them probably have never even cut vegetables at home. After all, in traditional concepts, the kitchen is women's territory, and men who do laundry and cooking will be looked down upon.
The four girls were fine as they were used to doing housework at home, especially Jiang Sanni. Her cooking skills were already five points as good as Grandma Miao's. It's just that no one knows this now and thinks she only knows how to cook.
The final coordination result was that eight boys were responsible for carrying vegetables when buying vegetables, and they were also responsible for heavy work such as carrying rice and water. The four girls were responsible for cooking in turns, and the boys were also responsible for washing dishes. Everyone was satisfied with this distribution method.
Jiang Sanni was assigned to cook on the second day. The one who cooked on the first day was a senior from the same school as her. She knew only a few dishes, including a plate of cold shredded potatoes, a bowl of corn and pork ribs soup, a plate of braised pork, and a plate of scallion fried eggs. The dishes were quite ordinary and there were few varieties, but the portions were large and the taste was pretty good. The students who were tired of eating in the American cafeteria were very excited and became more determined to take turns cooking.
The next day, it was Jiang Sanni's turn to cook. She preferred spicy food, a habit she had developed since childhood. Yesterday's meals were not to her taste, so this time it was her turn to cook, and she decided to make a good meal to compensate for her mouth and stomach.
Mapo tofu, boiled fish, beef in sour soup, as well as mushroom soup, tomato beef pot, and several vegetarian dishes for those students who prefer lighter tastes. For these, she also used the bean paste and chili sauce that Mrs. Miao made herself, which she brought from China and had never been willing to eat.
Those classmates were drooling as soon as she made the first dish. All they knew how to cook were some home-cooked dishes, and had never seen such intricate delicacies. Just the unique aroma when Jiang Sanni put the bean paste into the wok and stir-fried it made people want to have a bowl of rice.
Because it is a public kitchen, there are many foreign students coming and going. They were curious about the dishes cooked by the Chinese students on the first day. However, the smell was bearable on the first day, so they were curious to have a look. On the second day, the aroma of the mushroom soup, the sweet and sour aroma of the tomato beef pot, and the spicy taste of the mapo tofu all tempted the foreign students.
There was still a shameless foreign classmate who took the same major course with them and had a good relationship with them. She asked for a meal with a thick face. Then a few more classmates asked. Jiang Sanni prepared a lot of dishes this time, and they also planned to build good relationships with foreign classmates. This private dinner suddenly turned into a social gathering for Chinese and American classmates. This really busy Jiang Sanni. If she hadn't filled her stomach while cooking, that group of classmates who seemed to have never eaten in their lives would have almost licked the plates clean. They would never have thought that she, the hard-working chef, hadn't eaten yet.
But the hard work was not in vain. Jiang Sanni's popularity improved all of a sudden. Everyone wanted to eat the food she cooked, so she had to please them. Those American classmates also reciprocated by telling her many things that she didn't know before but were very important.
Through food diplomacy, Jiang Sanni quickly opened up her situation in the United States.
Among so many people who were attracted by Jiang Sanni's craftsmanship, a male classmate named Lauren was the most obsessed.
Lauren's temperament is the same as Jiang Sanni's. He loves food the most. He was attracted to Jiang Sanni's cooking the first time he ate it. Sweet and sour pork ribs, mapo tofu, steamed dumplings, beef noodles... these dishes made him drool just thinking about them. Lauren was thick-skinned enough. He was the first person who asked to eat for free. Since then, whenever it was Jiang Sanni's turn to cook, no one had to go shopping. Lauren would consciously prepare all the ingredients Jiang Sanni needed, so that he could eat for free.
There is an old Chinese saying that to capture a man's heart, you have to capture his stomach. After eating the delicious food, Lauren began to pay attention to the exotic beauty who cooked the food, and developed an unprecedented affection for her.
After all, Jiang Sanni didn't cook every day. When it was other female classmates' turn to cook, although the taste was normal, it could not satisfy their picky tastes. Over time, some people actually offered to pay for the food cooked by Jiang Sanni, which provided Jiang Sanni with an idea to make money.
When she was in China, she looked after a hot pot restaurant for her brother for a period of time and was quite familiar with the catering industry. At first, she didn't expect that the dishes she cooked would be liked by people in the United States. Now seeing her classmates' admiration for her, she discovered that this might be a way to make money.
Jiang Sanni did what she said. When Jiang Yiluo went abroad, he secretly slipped her a card with 10,000 yuan in it. Jiang Sanni had no intention of using the money at first, but now that she wanted to start a business, she naturally had to use the money. She also didn't plan to use the money in vain. She regarded the 10,000 yuan as an investment for her younger brother. If she lost money, she would pay it back with money in the future. If she made money, she would convert it into shares for her younger brother.
The first store that Jiang Sanni opened was right next to the school. It was a fast food restaurant specializing in Chinese cuisine. Because of the publicity from classmates who had eaten her food, the store was very successful and had a steady stream of repeat customers. Lauren was a gourmet and wanted to please her sweetheart. She told Jiang Sanni which ranch had good beef quality and which farm had good vegetables. It can be said that Jiang Sanni's success was also due to Lauren's contribution.
Moreover, their interests in food are very compatible. Besides studying, they would go to the streets and alleys together to explore for delicious food. Jiang Sanni wanted to improve Chinese food to best suit the tastes of Americans, and Lauren could give the best suggestions. Gradually, without Jiang Sanni noticing, their relationship became closer and closer. In the eyes of those who didn't know the truth, they became a couple.
It’s a pity that Jiang Sanni still has the shadow of her previous relationship in her heart. She dares not respond to Lauren’s love for her. She is like an ostrich, hiding in her own world.
The turning point came after she returned to China. Jiang Sanni never expected that she would meet that man again.
At this time, Fu Yunsheng was far from the elegant and graceful temperament he had before. Because of that punishment, the job he was finally assigned was very unsatisfactory. Although he was a top student of Huaqing University, he became an accountant in a food factory that was losing money every year. Also, because of the stain on his university life, he had no chance of being promoted to a cadre.
Such a job is something that ordinary people would very much desire, but for a man with great ambitions like Fu Yunsheng, it is simply torture and humiliation. Especially when he sees his former classmates standing in positions that are hundreds of times higher than him, it makes him even more psychologically unbalanced.
So after seeing Jiang Sanni after many years, Fu Yunsheng became angry. He felt that everything he was facing now was caused by Jiang Sanni. Without thinking, he pestered Jiang Sanni and asked her to give him an explanation.
"Are you her current man?"
Before Fu Yunsheng could get close to Jiang Sanni, he was stopped by Lauren who was on guard. He had noticed the hatred that flashed in Jiang Sanni's eyes when she saw Fu Yunsheng, and guessed that the man in front of him might be the culprit who had hurt her so deeply back then and caused her to be unable to accept him until now.
"You are such a despicable woman. You seduced me at the beginning, and now you have gone abroad and seduced a foreign wild man. Can't you live without a man?" Fu Yunsheng only wanted to take revenge on Jiang Sanni. Seeing the man in front of him who was suspected to be Jiang Sanni's current boyfriend, he naturally insulted him as much as possible.
"You don't know yet, this innocent-looking woman in front of you once cried and made a scene to get me to be her partner. You have no sense of shame and are willing to be a lowly person. If you're with a woman like this, be careful that she'll cheat on you."
Fu Yunsheng's vicious words, which were made out of nothing, made Jiang Sanni's face turn pale and she was shaking with anger. She didn't expect him to be so shameless. She was also worried that Lauren would really believe his lies.
"Bang——" Before Fu Yunsheng could continue speaking, Lauren directly punched him, and then kept punching him. Lauren was 1.9 meters tall, and because he liked to exercise, he had a tall and strong build. His punches were not something that a useless weakling like Fu Yunsheng could withstand.
At this moment, Fu Yunsheng was no longer able to utter those slanderous words. He was howling like a ghost and shouting for help.
It was Jiang Sanni who was afraid that something might go wrong and that Lauren would be harmed, so she stepped forward to stop it and saved Fu Yunsheng's life. At that time, Fu Yunsheng was breathing more than he was breathing in, and he barely survived.
What happened afterwards was that Lauren was an American citizen, and this was a sensitive period for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China. In addition, investigations showed that it was Fu Yunsheng himself who took the initiative to provoke. Lauren only paid some medical expenses, and nothing else happened. However, Fu Yunsheng found that he could not even keep his accounting job after he was released from the hospital.
Lauren's protection made Jiang Sanni completely understand why she should sacrifice herself for a lowly man. She agreed to Lauren's request to date her. As for how they would get along in the future, it depended on the joint efforts of both of them.
The author has something to say: There is only one update today
Adding to the thank you list for these days
Thanks to Ali*2, being bored, Zhan Zhan Zhan Zhan Zhan, and slowly throwing big baby mines into the author's anus, mua
Thanks to feixuanfx*10, Yiyezhiqiu*20, Wing*2, xyx*2, Phoenix flower blooms again*3, Zhan Zhan Zhan Zhan Zhan*5, slowly into the author's chrysanthemum, Kokoda*5, tangyan, Youyou, honey tea, ""*20, Yiyi*6, Muchu*5, Y, endless chocolate, I really want to eat hot pot*10 for the nutrient solution, kiss
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
