One by one, the covers in front of us were lifted, revealing the vibrant colors of the dishes.
"Can you guess which of these dishes were made by your sister Qin and which were made by me?" Li Qiuran handed him a bowl and chopsticks.
After careful observation, he finally figured out what was going on.
Gao Qinyi's cooking style is clearly more rustic and has a more imposing feel to Northern Chinese cuisine.
The oil is rich and the flavor is noticeably strong, but it's not very refined.
This is the same as the dishes he ate last time.
There are also some plates with smaller portions of food, but the dishes are more elaborately prepared, both in terms of the cuts and the seasoning.
"These were made by Sister Qin."
Zhou Chu pointed to the chicken stew with mushrooms, sweet and sour pork, and braised pork ribs on the table.
"Good eye!" Li Qiuran exclaimed, but her eyes clearly became mischievous: "How many times have you eaten Sister Qin's cooking? It looks so familiar."
"Intuition." Zhou Chu raised his chopsticks, but didn't put them down.
He didn't start eating until Gao Qinyi picked up a piece of pork rib and put it in his bowl.
"Just look at this amount of oil, enough to be deadly, and you should know."
Zhou Chu looked at the large patch of rice that had been stained red by the pork ribs.
If Zhou Chu ate her cooking every day, he suspected he would develop high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar sooner or later.
"Then you won't eat it." Gao Qinyi pretended to be angry and reached for her chopsticks to pick up the rib that he had already taken a bite out of.
"Just kidding, just kidding." Zhou Chu hurriedly put the whole piece of rib into his mouth.
When it came out, only a bone was left.
The flavor was really strong; he ate several mouthfuls of rice in a row but couldn't get enough.
Li Qiuran sat quietly to the side and watched.
Gao Qinyi's undisguised smile when she saw Zhou Chu eating the food she had made with gusto.
If this isn't love, then what is?
"Ugh." Li Qiuran took a step back, her brows furrowing slightly, a look of disgust on her face. "Is this the stench of being in love?"
To her surprise, neither of them offered any explanation!
It's as if this has become commonplace.
It seems I brought this trouble upon myself.
"Sister Qiuran," Zhou Chu picked up a small piece of vegetables that Li Qiuran had cut into tiny pieces, "You're probably not from around here, are you?"
“That’s not true.” Li Qiuran pursed her lips and sighed. “I’m from the Jiangsu-Zhejiang region.”
"No wonder." Zhou Chu chewed a couple of bites of the dish she made; it had absolutely no flavor.
Especially after he had just eaten a bite of Gao Qinyi's rich and flavorful dish, this tasted rather bland.
He began to understand what the monk meant by "the taste of birds comes from his mouth".
"To be honest," Li Qiuran pushed a glass of water toward him, "who do you think cooks better, me or your Sister Qin?"
"To be fair, you must drink some water after you eat her food, otherwise you won't be able to taste the flavor of these dishes at all!"
This is definitely not a good question.
Although he already knew the answer in his heart, he still pretended to eat a bite of sweet and sour pork.
That rich, sweet and sour flavor.
The outer layer of batter wasn't very thick, but it was incredibly flaky.
After all, it's Wang Bingbing's favorite dish, so it couldn't possibly be bad.
The only problem is—
This dish is really greasy, and it will become unpalatable the second time you eat it.
Gao Qinyi did so much more!
What a waste.
He took a sip of water and rinsed his mouth before picking up a perfectly crafted piece of stir-fried pork.
How to describe the size of this stir-fried pork? It's about one-tenth the size of the sweet and sour pork that Gao Qinyi makes.
It does have a faint fragrance.
But...
"Each has its own merits."
They were clearly not satisfied with this answer, so Zhou Chu could only say the second half of his sentence before they pressed him for more information: "Personally speaking, I still prefer Sister Qin's food."
"Hmph." Li Qiuran turned her face away, no longer looking at him: "Then you can eat your sister Qin's food."
Gao Qinyi coughed lightly twice, barely managing to suppress her joy, and turned to Li Qiuran: "Everyone's taste buds are different, you don't need to be too disappointed..."
But her advice didn't seem to work.
Li Qiuran was clearly even angrier.
Because she is petite and has small features, even when she is angry, it looks like she is being coquettish.
"Eat your food, eat your food." Gao Qinyi picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork and put it in her bowl.
Although Li Qiuran was angry, she still picked it up and took a small bite.
"It smells so strong..." she frowned.
She remembered that when she was young, her parents had told her that she shouldn't hit so hard.
The food should be delicate and flavorful, leaving a lingering aftertaste.
But the dishes in front of her clearly overturned her concept of cooking.
The best part is that it tastes pretty good.
"So you're living together now?" she asked while chewing on some chicken.
The chicken was very delicious, especially when paired with mushrooms, which greatly enhanced the overall flavor.
Although she was still unconvinced, these dishes were indeed delicious.
"Huh?" Gao Qinyi didn't expect her to ask this question so suddenly, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer.
"Didn't I already say this is called co-renting?" Zhou Chu ate his food silently, the bones of the braised pork ribs already piled up like a small mountain next to his bowl.
"Don't just eat meat!" Gao Qinyi picked up her chopsticks, wanting to put some vegetables on his plate.
Then I was surprised to find that I didn't seem to have made any vegetarian dishes at all!
The main reason was that she didn't really like eating vegetarian food, so she didn't learn how to make it at the time.
"We'll have vegetables tomorrow." Zhou Chu snatched the bowl of rice from her.
Make a slit in the rice, put the ribs underneath, and let the braising sauce soak in.
Then cover it with rice, and top it with several large pieces of sweet and sour pork and chicken.
"Don't be shy." Zhou Chu handed the bowl back to her and continued eating.
"You..." Gao Qinyi wanted to argue, but didn't know what to say.
This way of eating is really delicious!
When they were young, their two families often ate together.
Adults sit at one table, and children sit at another.
There were only those meat and vegetables on the children's table, and they divided them in half.
But in order to eat more, she would secretly bury a few pieces of meat under the bowl when Zhou Chu wasn't looking.
If you hold the bowl higher while eating, Zhou Chu won't notice!
Of course, it was eventually discovered.
At that time, Zhou Chu even cried, saying that she had been bullied by her.
To my surprise, Zhou Chu still remembered these things! He even repeated them to her in the bowl.
The figures of the boy and the boy in front of them gradually overlapped.
It felt like I was back in my childhood.
"You should eat more too."
Soon, the family dinner turned into the two of them feeding each other.
Li Qiuran watched from the sidelines, sighing repeatedly.
Although she didn't eat much, she felt full.
I'm so full from dog food!
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