Ah, so this is Hezhou!
He Jing treated everyone the same, returning the same sweet smile she had given He Yuan and the others when she first arrived at the He family, and said obediently, "Hello, Third Brother, I am He Jing."
He Zhou took off his apron and lightly wiped his hands with a rag: "Come back and rest for a bit, dinner will be served soon."
He Sui immediately put the large bag he was carrying on the ground, quickly darted into the kitchen, and asked, "What delicious food have you made?"
He Zhou said, "I brought back some ingredients from my aunt's house, which are raw beef and frozen chicken legs, so tonight I'm making stir-fried beef with green peppers and braised chicken legs."
He Sui exclaimed "Wow!" as he lifted the pot lid, took out a chicken leg from inside, and kept stuffing it into his mouth despite the heat making his tongue roll. He said, "It's so delicious! Why aren't Fifth Brother and Sixth Brother back yet?"
He Zhou glanced at He Jing, his lips slightly curved, but without any warmth. He replied in a gentle manner, "The fifth and sixth brothers will stay to help their aunt for a few more days. It was inconvenient for me to pick up Xiao Guo from school, so I came back early. The fifth and sixth brothers will be back in a couple of days for my second brother's birthday."
He Jing felt uncomfortable being stared at by He Zhou, as if a needle was quietly pricking her. However, she couldn't tell if He Zhou was just naturally like that or if he was hostile towards her. So she went into the kitchen and pretended to be curious, saying, "Is it really delicious? I'd like to try some too."
He Sui picked up a chicken leg and stuffed it into her mouth. Before she could even eat it, he started showing off: "How is it? Delicious, right..."
In fact, both He Jing before she transmigrated and the fake heiress who originally lived in this body had eaten a lot of good food.
He Zhou didn't control the heat well when cooking the chicken legs, so they were a little overcooked. Even though He Jing thought so, she didn't want to pick on this third brother on their first meeting and leave him with a bad impression.
She carefully finished the chicken leg before smiling broadly and saying, "It's so delicious! Third Brother's cooking skills are amazing. How did you make this chicken leg?"
He Zhou smiled slightly: "It's just a normal way of cooking. Fourth brother, don't try to show off your skills in front of Cheng...Xin's sister. She comes from a wealthy family and definitely won't be used to our common people's food."
He Sui didn't think He Jing looked like a rich young lady at all, except that she had good skin and was very beautiful. When He Ning heard this, she noticed that He Zhou's mood was not right. She spoke coldly, interrupting the situation that was about to continue to deteriorate: "Third brother, how long until dinner? I'm hungry."
He Zhou stopped talking and looked at He Xiaoguo on the sofa, gesturing for him to go into the kitchen to get some rice.
He Jing emerged from the kitchen, looked directly at He Zhou, and said, "Third Brother, I know a little about cooking, but I'm not very good at it. Could you teach me more often?"
He Zhou raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure you want to learn? It's very difficult."
He Jing replied, "Yes."
He Ning couldn't help but step in to stop her: "Forget it, you don't have time to learn cooking now. Just come home and do your homework every day. You have the college entrance exam next year."
He Jing turned her head to look at him, her face beaming with a smile: "What does it matter? Third Brother is also a student. He works very hard cooking every day after school. If I learn how to cook, I can help him with some of the work."
She paused, then turned her head again, half-jokingly and half-seriously saying, "Third Brother won't make things difficult for me, right?"
For a moment, the air in the He family's house seemed to freeze, making everyone feel cold.
The smile on He Zhou's face gradually faded. He squinted at He Jing, who calmly and generously accepted his scrutiny.
If He Jing didn't understand He Zhou's personality at first, and whether the uncomfortable feeling he gave off was just a misperception or not, she was quite certain that he harbored some kind of hostility towards her after He Zhou said that she wasn't used to eating common people's food.
A woman's intuition never lies!
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