Chapter 310, Lighting the Fire and Serving the Plate
Seeing that Xiao Yeyang was chatting well with his grandmother and Granny Gu, Daohua glanced at the sky and saw that it was almost noon, so she said to Xiao Yeyang, "You should stay for lunch."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and nodded: "Okay!"
Daohua stood up and said, "Then I'll go cook."
Xiao Yeyang quickly stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
Daohua raised an eyebrow and teased, "A man like you is willing to go into the kitchen?"
Xiao Yeyang hesitated for a moment and did not answer immediately.
Seeing this, Daohua curled her lips and snorted: "I knew it." Then she walked out of the house.
Xiao Yeyang was about to follow, but when he remembered there were three elders in the room, he immediately bowed and said, "Junior will go help Daohua light the fire."
Old Lady Yan asked curiously, "Can you light a fire?"
Xiao Yeyang's face froze, and he smiled awkwardly, "Old lady, have you forgotten that when we were fleeing famine, I helped Daohua boil water."
Old Lady Yan nodded and said, "That's true. Then go help Daohua."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang quickly left the main room and headed towards the kitchen.
At this time, Granny Gu looked at Granny Yan and asked, "What did that kid just say about fleeing from famine? What's going on?"
Seeing that Granny Gu and Gu Jian were both looking at her, Old Lady Yan smiled and told them how they first met Xiao Yeyang.
After hearing this, both Grandma Gu and Gu Jian looked unhappy.
Granny Gu frowned even more and said dissatisfiedly, "You are the son of a prince, but you were kidnapped by human traffickers. Prince Ping is a very incompetent father."
When Old Lady Yan saw Granny Gu scolding the prince, she immediately warned him, "Old sister, please stop saying such things. If outsiders hear it, it will cause trouble."
Granny Gu smiled and said, "Don't worry. Even if I wanted to go out and say something nonsense, I don't have the ability. By the way, how did you meet again after you separated?"
“She’s not my granddaughter.”
Meanwhile, in the kitchen.
Xiao Yeyang sat behind the stove and lit the fire, which was burning vigorously. He immediately raised his eyebrows at Daohua in a smug manner: "It's just making a fire, you make it sound like it's so difficult."
Wang Man'er stood aside and said with a smile: "Young Prince, the stronger the fire, the better. If the fire is too strong, the young lady's food will burn. If the fire is too weak, the food will not be cooked. Therefore, you must control the heat according to the young lady's needs at all times."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at the rice flowers that were looking at him with distrust: "I will definitely be able to cook it well, just watch me."
Afterwards, Xiao Yeyang realized that fire was not so easy to start.
The rice flowers needed a high fire sometimes and a low fire sometimes, which kept him busy. In addition, the firewood in the kitchen was gone, so he had to run quickly to the yard to get new firewood.
After the meal, he felt even more tired than morning training in the military camp.
Daohua asked Wang Maner to bring the food to the dining room, and she scooped out the pigeon soup stewed in the casserole. After scooping it out, she felt it was a little hot and immediately pinched her ear with her hand.
"What are you doing?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at the rice flowers curiously.
Daohua pinched her ear and said, "My finger was hit by the soup, and I'm trying to relieve the pain."
Xiao Yeyang was speechless: "You think that can relieve the pain? Are you kidding?" As he said that, he reached out and touched the boiling hot casserole.
"Ouch!"
Xiao Yeyang screamed and immediately pinched his ears with his hands, imitating Daohua.
Daohua smiled and asked, "How is it? Does it work?"
Seeing Daohua looking at him with her round eyes, Xiao Yeyang's heart moved, and he suddenly wanted to tease her: "I didn't feel it, try again."
As he said this, he touched the casserole with his hand again. This time, he did not pinch his own ears, but reached out to Daohua's ears with both hands at the same time.
Daohua was stunned by Xiao Yeyang's sudden action, and immediately raised her head and looked at him with wide eyes.
Xiao Yeyang is almost a head taller than Daohua.
One of them lowered his head, while the other raised his head, and they stared at each other in a daze. Because they were so close, they could even feel each other's breathing.
Wang Maner came back to serve the dishes and happened to see this scene. She couldn't help but scream.
Hearing the sound, Xiao Yeyang let go of Daohua as if he had been electrocuted, and looked away, not daring to look at her.
Although Daohua also felt something was strange, when she heard Old Lady Yan's question coming from the dining room, she didn't think too much about it and hurriedly picked up the other dishes and walked out of the kitchen.
After Wang Man'er left the kitchen, Xiao Yeyang quickly picked up the spoon and scooped a ladle of cold water to drink. After drinking one ladle, he still felt a little dry in the mouth, so he drank another ladle. He put it down awkwardly until he heard Daohua's cry.
"Xiao Yeyang, what are you still dawdling in the kitchen for? It's time to eat!"
Xiao Yeyang took a deep breath, patted his cheeks, and then went to the dining room with a smile.
"Grandma Gu, drink more pigeon soup, it's good for your health."
"Grandma, this is your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs."
"Master, this is the boiled pork slices I made specially for you. It's definitely spicy enough. Come and try it."
Seeing Daohua busy taking care of the three old people's meals without any strange expression on his face, Xiao Yeyang immediately breathed a sigh of relief and began to concentrate on eating.
After Daohua served the dishes to her grandmother and the other two, she sat down and saw Xiao Yeyang only eating the rice in his bowl without even touching the dishes. She asked curiously, "Why aren't you eating the dishes? Is the food I cooked not tasty today?"
As he said this, he picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in his mouth.
“It’s quite delicious.”
Seeing that everyone at the table was looking at him, Xiao Yeyang smiled awkwardly: "I like to eat white rice."
"nonsense!"
Daohua exposed him directly: "You obviously like to eat vegetables." As she spoke, she thought of something and smiled, "You don't need to be shy. You know my grandmother, and you have met Granny Gu and my master before. They are all very nice people, so don't be shy. Just think of it as eating at my house."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the table looked at Daohua.
Granny Gu and Gu Jian: Did this girl forget that this is their territory?
Old Mrs. Yan was speechless: What's wrong with my granddaughter, the master of the house?
Xiao Yeyang gritted his teeth secretly: Who is shy? Who is reserved? Yan Yiyi, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense.
"Come, eat!"
Looking at the ribs in the bowl, Xiao Yeyang gritted his teeth, put them in his mouth, and began to chew them with a crunching sound.
"Alright, alright, let's eat!"
Daohua greeted him, and then happily started to eat the braised pig's trotters that she had prepared yesterday.
Seeing this, the other four people at the table were speechless.
After dinner, Daohua began to clean up the dishes.
Xiao Yeyang glanced inside the room. The three old men were chatting and laughing, while he was the only one sitting there with nothing to do. He felt a little uneasy. After thinking about it, he stood up and walked forward to take the plate of food from Daohua's hand.
Daohua was obviously stunned for a moment. She had never expected this noble young prince to come and clean up the leftovers, but seeing that he took the initiative to do things, she would not stop him. Instead, she gave him an encouraging look.
Seeing Daohua winking at him playfully, Xiao Yeyang curled the corners of his mouth. The awkwardness in his heart caused by carrying the plate disappeared, and he became more active instead.
When the three old men in the room saw him like this, no one spoke up to stop him.
Old Mrs. Yan: With Yang's help, my granddaughter can feel more relaxed.
Granny Gu and Gu Jian: Even though we can’t enjoy the blessing of a son, it’s also good to have a grandson.
Defu, who was ordered to go to the county town to buy gifts, was stunned as soon as he entered the yard to see his master running back and forth between the dining room and the kitchen with a tray of food.
(End of this chapter)
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