Wang Fengqin's chest heaved up and down with anger, and her throat felt like a bellows. She looked at Ye Jin's pink little face with a hint of provocation in her eyes, and was so angry that she wanted to tear her to pieces on the spot.
But when she thought of her daughter's eyes, she had to put away all her anger and tried hard to force a smile.
"You must be tired, right? Have you eaten lunch? If not, mom will make it for you."
"I want braised pork, water spinach with garlic sauce, and a soft-boiled egg."
Ye Jin announced the name of the dish rudely, and Wang Fengqin's anger, which had just been suppressed, was about to get out of control again.
"You, don't push your luck."
"I know my mother is the best to me. She will cook whatever I want to eat, right?"
Ye Jin smiled innocently, while Wang Fengqin's face turned pale. She rubbed her chest hard to prevent herself from having a myocardial infarction.
"Okay, Mom will go to the village to buy some meat. If we can find some, we'll make braised pork. If not, there's nothing we can do."
It was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the small butcher shop in the village had run out of meat by this time. Wang Fengqin was just trying to fool her, but Ye Jin didn't buy it at all.
"I had such a big shock yesterday, and I still haven't recovered yet. Today I just want to eat braised pork. With Mom's ability, she can definitely buy meat as long as she wants, right?"
Ye Jin had said so much, Wang Fengqin had no choice but to grit her teeth and nod.
"Okay, Mom will go buy some meat. You light the fire first, cook the rice, and prepare the other side dishes."
Ye Jin did not answer. Wang Fengqin went back to her room to get the money. Zhang Duo heard their conversation in the room and was already furious. When she saw her mother come in, she followed the sound and grabbed her arm.
"Mom, that little bitch hurt me so badly, you really want to give her money to buy meat? How can she be worthy of it?"
"For your eyes to recover soon, so that you can go to school looking pretty after the semester starts, it's okay for Mom to suffer a little. Let her be proud for a few days."
Zhang Duo was so angry that she kept grinding her teeth, and Wang Fengqin quickly spoke to comfort her.
"My dear girl, don't be angry. It's not worth it to hurt yourself."
With Wang Fengqin's comfort, Zhang Duo finally felt better.
When Wang Fengqin came out, Ye Jin had already returned to the room, so she had to raise her voice and give him a warning.
"Ye Jin, Mom is going to buy some meat. Remember to cook the rice."
Ye Jin, lying on the bed, raised his eyelids lazily, feeling that it was unnecessary to even pretend.
The room was quiet. Wang Fengqin clenched her fists in anger and ran out to buy meat.
At this time, there was no meat to buy in the village, so Wang Fengqin had to shamelessly go from house to house to beg for it, and only then did she manage to collect half a pound of meat. During this process, she was scolded a lot.
"Your daughter's eyes are like that, and you still have the heart to eat meat?"
"I think you should be more careful and stop focusing on eating."
"That girl wants to eat it. If I, as her stepmother, don't give in to her wishes, she'll tell everyone in the village that I'm abusing her."
Wang Fengqin sighed deliberately, and everyone's expressions became even more complicated. However, they didn't know what to say, and finally just said: "Other people's children are always separated by a layer of belly. No matter how good you are to her, it's useless."
Wang Fengqin had had enough of being a good person, so she took the meat she had begged for home. However, she saw that the stove was cold again. The bitch hadn't even lit a fire, let alone cooked.
Wang Fengqin was so angry that her whole body was shaking, but she could only hold back her anger and make a fire to cook.
An hour later, Wang Fengqin had prepared the braised pork and stir-fried water spinach with garlic. She heated the oil and fried an egg, but accidentally overcooked it, and the yolk became hard, no longer a runny egg.
She could only grit her teeth and fry another one. This poached egg was fried perfectly, the egg white had a golden luster, and the egg custard was round and plump, and it looked delicious.
"Bah, how can a cheap girl be worthy of eating such delicious food!"
Wang Fengqin coughed up a mouthful of old phlegm and spat it in the middle of the fried egg. The phlegm was yellow in color and looked a bit eye-catching, so she turned it over again.
After the meal was ready, Wang Fengqin first helped Zhang Duo out of the room, and then held her breath to call Ye Jin.
After shouting several times, Ye Jin lazily walked out of the room without even serving rice. Wang Fengqin was so angry that she gritted her teeth and could only serve a bowl of rice to each of them.
"I'm telling you, I'm sweating from buying groceries and cooking all over. Come and try Mom's cooking, especially this runny poached egg. Look how good I fried it. This kind of good thing is best eaten while it's hot."
Wang Fengqin enthusiastically pushed the bowl of fried eggs over. Ye Jin frowned, feeling that Wang Fengqin had bad intentions.
"I don't want to eat runny eggs anymore."
"You're so picky, you don't want to eat it for me!"
Zhang Duo snatched the bowl in front of Ye Jin, grabbed it with her hands and stuffed it into her mouth.
"No, don't eat it!"
Wang Fengqin tried to stop him loudly, but it was too late. Zhang Duo ate half of it in one breath.
When Ye Jin looked up, she saw that the half egg in Zhang Duo's mouth was stained with an unknown object.
"Mom has always said that all the eggs in the house are mine! Why can't I eat them?"
Zhang Duo had gauze on her eyes and didn't notice anything unusual while eating. She thought her mother was not keeping her word, so she ate even faster and more anxiously.
Wang Fengqin watched her daughter finish the egg with added ingredients. She swallowed her words while suppressing her nausea.
"No matter what, you have to save one egg for your sister. Do you mind if it's not a soft-boiled egg?"
Wang Fengqin reluctantly pushed the other egg over, and Ye Jin took it and ate it without any hesitation.
Wang Fengqin is a good cook. The braised pork is fragrant and tender, not greasy at all. The water spinach with garlic is fried in oil and tastes fragrant and crispy. Ye Jin, who usually has a poor appetite, ate two bowls of rice in one go.
Wang Fengqin was thinking about what had just happened and had no appetite. After dinner, Wang Fengqin habitually asked Ye Jin to clear the table.
"Mom is a little tired from cooking today. Can you clear the table after you finish eating?"
"Oh, I'm really too full. Now I just want to go back to my room and lie down. Besides, didn't I always clean the table after cooking? Mom, you also said that whoever cooks the meal should clean it, so you should clean the table yourself."
Ye Jin stood up with a smile, and when he was about to reach the room, he seemed to remember something important, stopped and asked.
"Mom, why did I just see a piece of old phlegm on the other side of the soft-boiled egg that my sister was eating? It was the kind that was yellow and hard. I thought my sister wouldn't be able to bite it off, but I didn't expect her to eat it so quickly."
Ye Jin slammed the door shut. Zhang Duo, who had just managed to eat half a bowl of rice, felt her stomach churning. She held onto the corner of the table and vomited violently.
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