He Zhou's expression worsened.
He Jing interrupted him in time to prevent him from making He Zhou faint with anger, and said, "Fourth Brother, help me peel the sweet potato again."
He Sui happily threw himself into peeling the food, while He Xiaoguo squatted at the kitchen door, looking on with anticipation, saying, "I really want to eat what my sister makes."
He Jing had already prepared to let them eat until they were stuffed, and bought large quantities of ingredients. As soon as He Sui peeled the sweet potatoes, she started cooking, steaming the taro and sweet potatoes separately.
Taro and sweet potato need to be steamed for about half an hour. During this time, she also made crispy pork, coating the marinated pork belly with egg and starch and frying it in a pot.
Next, she made milk tea, stir-frying specially bought high-quality Ceylon black tea leaves, adding fresh milk and filtering it, then adding wild fruits and red beans.
In less than an hour, she finished all the dishes she was making, including Wellington steak, French vegetable jelly, and seafood stew for Yan Hanxi.
He Xiaoguo stood at the door for an hour without getting bored at all, constantly exclaiming, "Sister is so amazing!"
He Zhou watched all of this with a cold eye, then turned and left the kitchen. He didn't even bother to taste it, and went straight back to his room to write down the steps He Jing had taken. He closed his eyes and recalled every detail, not wanting to miss a single one.
He Jing knocked on the door and called out from outside, "Third Brother."
He Zhou slammed his notebook shut and replied in a deliberately aloof manner, "Come in."
He Jing brought in the French vegetable crystal jelly, which had the most complicated preparation process, and said with a smile, "Third Brother, I only made two portions of this. Here, have one to try."
He Zhou's gaze fell on the French vegetable jelly, he narrowed his eyes, then smiled slightly: "There are only two servings in total, why are you letting me try it?"
He Jing said, "It's because my third brother made the scallion pancakes and gave them to me first. It's a matter of etiquette. If my fourth brother and the others hadn't been so eager to grab them, I would have also planned to give all the food I made to my third brother first."
So, it's barely acceptable, even if it's a reluctant compromise.
He Zhou silently picked up the vegetable jelly. He Jing said, "Vegetable jelly requires too many ingredients and is too complicated, so I've simplified it. I've made five kinds of vegetables—carrots, corn, cucumbers, zucchini, and purple cabbage—into jelly and arranged them in order. To preserve its color and texture, it's best to refrigerate it for at least six hours. If this vegetable jelly isn't frozen long enough, the texture will be slightly lacking, but I've taken some emergency measures, so it shouldn't be too bad."
He Zhou took a bite, and the fresh aroma of all the vegetables swirled on his tongue. Although he hated carrots, at this moment he felt that nothing could compare to the sweetness of carrots melting in his mouth, and the increasingly rich flavors of the other vegetables as they progressed.
Sour, sweet, salty... a variety of flavors mixed together, yet not overwhelming, complementing each other perfectly.
He Jing asked, "How is it?"
He Zhou really didn't want to affirm He Jing, but what she did couldn't go against his heart, so he finally uttered two words: "It's okay."
He Jing smiled and said, "Then I'll make another one tomorrow."
He Zhou moved his thin lips, wanting to say something but saying nothing. He Jing collected the plates and left.
As soon as He Jing left the room, she saw He Sui and He Xiaoguo arguing over the last piece of crispy pork.
"Fourth Brother cheated! I clearly won the rock-paper-scissors game."
Best of five.
"Fourth Brother just said it's best two out of three."
...
The two were arguing and bickering, completely unaware that He Ning had already picked up the small piece of crispy pork and eaten it with a blank expression.
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