Chapter 59 Chef Lu
In addition to stir-fried crab with green onion and ginger, there are also stir-fried razor clams with spicy sauce, stir-fried bok choy and fish soup.
Lu Yanzhi poured her a bowl of soup and said, "Luckily, you like seafood. Seafood is easier to prepare than meat. It tastes good even with just a little soy sauce."
Zhou Qingti took a mouthful of the plump crab meat and sighed with satisfaction, "That's because you made it so delicious. I think it's even better than the one at the five-star Black Pearl Restaurant."
Lu Yanzhi took a piece and tasted it, and it felt like ordinary home-cooked flavor.
But home-cooked flavors are the least likely to make you tired of them.
"Eat slowly, eat less rice and more vegetables." Lu Yanzhi moved the dishes closer to her.
"Exercise for an hour in the afternoon, and then go to the old house to see grandma." Lu Yanzhi explained today's plans.
Zhou Qingti listened to him and nodded while eating.
"Have you figured out the auspicious date? My parents are going to the villa in the western suburbs to clean up today. Should I ask them to come along?"
Zhou Qingti gave them 300,000 yuan to buy soft furnishings such as mattresses, and repeatedly told them to buy good quality ones.
Father Zhou readily agreed: "I promise to supervise your mother to buy good ones."
Zhou Qingti handed the money to Zhou's father with satisfaction.
She suggested hiring a few aunties to clean the house, but Zhou's parents said they wanted to do it themselves since they were free anyway.
I've been cleaning and scrubbing in the western suburbs these past two days, and even posted some Versailles-esque posts on my Moments: [My house is so big, cleaning it's exhausting.]
[Family? What vegetables should we grow in the garden?] and so on.
Zhou Qingti found it funny, and she actually thought her parents were cute when they got old.
"Yes, let's choose a day."
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Although it was a cloudy day, Zhou Qingti felt a little warm in his heart after being exposed to the sun.
The wedding is finally coming.
The villa in the western suburbs has been almost tidied up. A sweet-scented osmanthus tree has been planted in the garden, and other areas are used to grow vegetables.
Father Zhou said proudly, "We bought mattresses that cost tens of thousands of yuan each. We also bought a few paintings. See if they match well."
Zhou Qingti nodded with satisfaction: "My parents have good taste."
Mother Zhou walked in and said, "I chose all the paintings. We are planning to hold a housewarming ceremony the day after tomorrow. Your grandparents and grandmother will come to City G tomorrow.
Zhou Qingti: "Then I'll call a car to help you move."
Mother Zhou waved her hand: "No need, we can just move the clothes over. We bought new kitchen utensils and other things."
"Okay, then I'll come back early and go up to the old house with us. Grandma said she has calculated a few auspicious days for us to choose."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm going to change my clothes." Zhou's parents took off the overalls they wore for cleaning.
I took Lu Yanzhi's car to the old house.
Old Mrs. Lu was listening to music in the garden, her gray hair tied into a bun, humming along.
Seeing the in-laws coming, he quickly turned off the ditty: "You guys are here? Come on, make some tea."
Five people sat in the pavilion, drinking wine while the stream flowed. Old Lady Lu took out a piece of red paper and said, "This is the auspicious day given by the master."
Zhou Qingti took a look and saw the lunar calendar date written in calligraphy, and the lunar calendar date marked in small characters below.
Some are February 3rd before the New Year, and some are February 6th and 9th after the New Year.
Mrs. Lu first asked the young couple for their opinions: "Which day do you think is convenient?"
Zhou Qingti thought it would be better after the New Year, as everyone would be free. Lu Yanzhi had the same idea.
Old Mrs. Lu relayed the master's explanation of these two days.
Zhou's parents unanimously decided that number six was a good choice.
Lu Yanzhi and Zhou Qingti's wedding was scheduled for February 6th, the third day of the Chinese New Year.
The next step is to prepare the three books, six gifts, betrothal gifts and dowry.
Zhou's parents were considerate of them: "You two can just go and have fun, we will prepare these etiquette things for you."
Mrs. Lu nodded in agreement: "But you have to take wedding photos."
"I have contacted the wedding dress designer and we will decide on it before we go abroad." Lu Yanzhi said.
Zhou Qingti looked at him. How could she not know? It seemed like she didn’t have to do anything.
After sitting for a while, Zhou's parents said they wanted to leave, but Mrs. Lu asked them to stay and finish their meal.
Mother Zhou shook her head and said, "We're moving into a new house in two days, and the house isn't ready yet. When we move in, you can come to my place and try my cooking."
Mrs. Lu laughed heartily: "Okay, then you guys go and get busy first."
After Lu Yanzhi sent his father-in-law and mother-in-law down the mountain, he drove Zhou Qingti home.
Zhou Qingti sat in the car feeling a little melancholy: "What should I do if I don't have any friends? I can't even invite a table of people to my wedding."
She didn't want to invite classmates she wasn't familiar with, so she had to look for bridesmaids among her relatives.
Lu Yanzhi didn't expect her to still be worried about this, so he comforted her: "The wedding is for the two of us, not just for our friends."
"Besides, my friends are your friends. Haven't you made new friends, Zhu Jiajia?"
Zhou Qingti thought about it and decided not to worry about it. No friends, no friends.
Suddenly I started to worry about going abroad.
"My spoken English is very poor. By then I will probably only be able to say This and That."
Lu Yanzhi stared at her wrinkled little face and smiled: "It's okay, my spoken English is OK, I'll be your translator when the time comes."
Zhou Qingti seemed to be trying to save some face: "Actually, I passed the CET-4. My test scores were okay, but my oral English was a little lacking."
At that time, as long as you could get high scores, no one cared how bad your oral English was, and Zhou Qingti was too embarrassed to speak.
However, she failed the CET-4 and now only remembers the first word in the dictionary, abandon.
Lu Yanzhi suppressed his smile and nodded: "Yes, I believe you. Actually, my spoken English is also average."
Zhou Qingti immediately believed his words and felt relieved. Then he thought that since he had studied in the United States for several years, how could his spoken English be so bad?
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On the day of moving into the villa, Zhou Qingti went to the store at six o'clock to make an eight-inch double-layer housewarming cake.
Time was tight, so the cake was a basic one with a red outline and a few festive words written on it.
Lu Yanzhi asked the florist to prepare a bucket of auspicious and prosperous flower arrangements and sent it over.
In addition to the cake and flowers, Zhou's mother had prepared all the other housewarming items and arrangements, and the villa was filled with festive red.
There are pistachios, peanuts, longans, red dates, oranges, apples, cola and Wangzai on the table.
There are also grains and cereals, each of which has a beautiful meaning.
Everyone ate three dumplings when they entered the house. There were quite a lot of relatives coming, and Zhou Qingti's uncles, aunts and other relatives filled the living room.
Zhou Qingti took Lu Yanzhi to greet them one by one. It was their first time meeting Lu Yanzhi, and they didn't expect him to be so handsome.
They kept chatting around the two of them, Lu Yanzhi was there to keep them company, but Zhou Qingti wanted to hide away.
The uncle even took out some cigarettes for him to smoke, but Lu Yanzhi waved his hand and said, "She's trying to get pregnant, she doesn't smoke."
Zhou Qingti, who was preparing for pregnancy, widened her eyes. What was preparing for pregnancy? How could she not know about it?
My uncle laughed dryly and said, "Prepare for pregnancy. Then I won't smoke anymore." Then he hid the cigarette in his pocket.
Zhou's parents called them into the kitchen. Mother Zhou asked Zhou Qingti to light the stove: "Lighting a fire in the villa means that the stove will bring good luck to the house."
Then he asked Lu Yanzhi to turn on the tap: "A steady stream of water."
After the ritual operation, we can finally set off for the hotel.
The hotel was even more lively. Many relatives and elders that Zhou Qingti didn't know heard that she had married a good husband and held her tightly.
I have never seen them so enthusiastic towards me before. Money is indeed omnipotent. It can even buy family affection, which is fake.
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