Chapter 165 Attempt
Zhang Wei knew that Dora beside him hadn't fallen asleep for a long time, so he suddenly asked, "What do you want to do in the future?"
"I don't know. Maybe I'll fly around the world like my parents, or maybe read in some deserted library..."
"Don't you have anything in particular you want to do? Like... some kind of... dream?"
"I just want a little freedom, but when I turn 18, my mom said she'll give me the right to choose, so I don't need to rush. Now I just need to do what they want."
"But maybe I'll just stay home and read a book, or go to libraries around the country to experience them. If I were to talk about dreams, I probably don't have any."
Zhang Wei didn't know how to help her relieve her current troubles. It seemed that Dora would not be very free before she turned eighteen.
Zhang Wei felt that Dora's parents had really chosen the wrong school for her. If Dora had gone to a school with a more rigorous atmosphere, she would have been able to meet friends who loved reading and enjoying quietness like her.
However, they were also considering Dora's future, but from their own standpoint, they might not have done anything wrong. After all, their family was in the fashion business, and they did need some resources and connections to maintain it.
"I have no interest in their business at all, but they said they wouldn't force me. As long as I follow their instructions and live until I'm eighteen, if I still don't want to do it, they can hire a professional manager to manage their estate after they die."
Zhang Wei: Your parents really don’t mind this at all…
So Zhang Wei sometimes felt that Dora's parents were very strange. They said they loved her very much, but they rarely saw her. They said they didn't love her, but they left all their property and business to her and never thought of having another child.
No matter which country or time, sometimes the relationship between parents and children will always be an unsolvable problem.
Fortunately, Dora seemed to be back to normal when she woke up the next day, and they sent invitation emails to their friends and teachers together.
You wouldn’t know until you count, and you’ll be shocked. There are more than a dozen classmates they invited together, as well as teachers from Tifield and Venus.
In addition, Zhang Wei also invited several of her teammates from the baseball team, so it seems that this is indeed a large-scale class reunion.
Except for a few people who couldn't come due to special circumstances, most people quickly responded and said they would be happy to go.
After determining the number of people, the next step is to purchase ingredients according to Zhang Wei's recipe. With Dora and Namier helping out, Zhang Wei doesn't have to bother Betty, as she also has housework to do.
However, Dora and Namir were a little skeptical about her plan to host this party as the head chef. Namir looked at the strange ingredients in his hand and made a suggestion:
"Why don't we order it from Paris's restaurant? It tastes pretty good too."
"Trust me, why not try my cooking tonight!"
Zhang Wei didn't give them a chance to refuse and ran to the kitchen with the ingredients.
She chose a few dishes that were easy to make and easier for foreigners to accept to try. After all, she hadn't cooked for a long time and her cooking skills were still locked in her memory.
The first dish was spicy and sour shredded chicken, which was Zhang Wei’s favorite dish in the summer when she had no appetite.
The raw material chosen is chicken thighs, which are more tender than chicken breasts. The other spices and seasonings can be bought in Chinese supermarkets.
When frying it in hot water, add ginger slices and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell. After cooling, tear it into pieces and set aside.
Then prepare the seasoning: mix light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, vinegar, five-spice powder, chili powder, minced garlic, a little sugar and salt together, and finally pour two spoons of hot oil to stimulate the aroma.
All of a sudden, the familiar fragrance filled Zhang Wei's nose, and even the old chef who was watching and helping couldn't help but come closer to take a look.
After Zhang Wei finished mixing it, he tasted it and said, "Not bad!"
She thought it was a high compliment, so she asked him to help cook the noodles, and Zhang Wei shredded the cucumber herself to mix with the cold noodles.
The ingredients are actually similar, so it was quick. In the end, Zhang Wei fried a sweet and sour panacea - scrambled eggs with tomatoes, which no foreigner would dislike.
This reminded Zhang Wei of her first contact with foreigners in her previous life. It was a trip to Yunnan. Zhang Wei found a car in Lijiang to go to Lashi Lake. The weather was not very good that day, with some drizzle and not many people.
In order to save some money, she waited for a long time before she found a foreign couple to go with her. It was almost noon when they arrived at the scenic spot. The driver took them to a farm restaurant and showed them the menu.
Only one of the foreign couple could speak Chinese and could not understand it very well, so they asked Zhang Wei to help them order food. To be honest, the dishes on the menu were not cheap.
She really wanted the couple to have a good impression of China, so she ordered two dishes that were both delicious no matter how they were cooked and not particularly expensive: hot and sour shredded potatoes and tomato and eggs.
Just these two dishes cost 80 yuan. I remember that was in 2014, and she only ordered a plate of egg fried rice for 20 yuan.
She was eating the ordinary-tasting egg fried rice, but the couple praised the two dishes she ordered, especially the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and they poured all the soup into the rice.
Finally, the host asked Zhang Wei to teach him the Chinese version of scrambled eggs with tomatoes so that he could order his favorite dishes in the future.
So the impression that foreigners like to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes remained in Zhang Wei's mind, so even though cold noodles and hand-shredded chicken are more suitable, Zhang Wei still made this dish.
This dish is convenient and simple and can be prepared in about ten minutes.
Just like that, in less than an hour, Zhang Wei prepared dinner, which surprised everyone who had been waiting for her for a long time with empty stomachs.
The food was served by the kitchen staff. Looking at the appetizing main dishes and vegetables, Namier said with some doubt:
"Are you sure this was all Vera's doing?"
"Yes, and I made two flavors of cold noodles, a light version without garlic, and a strong version with chili and garlic."
In fact, the peppers bought this time are not spicy, but Emma usually eats light food, and she was worried that she would not be able to adapt to the smell. After all, her family’s chef does not use raw garlic to cook.
"Let me try it first." Dora has always trusted Zhang Wei, although she has never seen Zhang Wei cook before.
She rolled up the noodles with a fork and ate them like spaghetti. After taking a bite, she praised them:
“Not bad, very refreshing, a perfect smell for summer!”
Then another voice rang out: "It's a little spicy, but it doesn't taste like chicken at all. It's delicious."
It turned out that Manny had just tried the shredded chicken, but no one tried the red and yellow scrambled eggs with tomatoes, which looked ugly. Zhang Wei looked at Namier and said:
“This dish suits your taste best, you try it.”
After all, Namier is the one in the family who likes General Tso's Chicken the most. He can accept sweet and sour meat, so there is no reason why he wouldn't like sweet and sour scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
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