"Girl, what are you doing?"
Because there were many workers helping to build the house, Ke's mother and her two sisters-in-law spent almost the entire day in the kitchen.
Seeing her daughter had picked a basket of vegetables, she couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice.
The brown sugar ginger water from last time was just too memorable.
Ke Meiyu chuckled and said, "Yesterday, Comrade Qin took me to see a movie and then to a restaurant, and I promised to cook for him as a way of repaying him."
“What Comrade Qin, what’s with all this talk of reporting back?” Aunt Ke laughed, amused. “You two have already registered your marriage and are engaged. All that’s left is to build the house and get married. Why are you being so polite?”
“Yes, these days there’s no such thing as a ‘Marriage Law.’ Once you get the certificate, you’re protected by the organization, and half of his share is yours. But this is just your little romance, Fourth Sister-in-law, let’s not get involved,” Aunt Ke said with a smile, pointing outside. “Look, things are busy here. Seventh Girl, use Aunt Ke’s stove first, and call a boy or girl to help you light the fire.”
Mrs. Ke hesitated for a moment, "Yu'er, isn't the food we usually cook delicious? It's actually not that complicated..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was pulled away by Aunt Ke, who said, "Fourth sister-in-law, let the children handle their own affairs. Everyone has to go through this."
"Comrade Qin is just looking forward to eating the food cooked by his wife."
Ke Meiyu also knew what her mother was worried about.
She smiled and said, "Mom, the ginger last time might have gone bad. I'll definitely clean the vegetables thoroughly this time!"
Helpless, for the sake of her son-in-law, Ke's mother could only call over a few young maids to supervise her daughter's cooking from start to finish.
Ke Meiyu wasn't very good at using the earthen stove, but with the guidance of her nieces, she finally managed to start a fire.
She left the stove to the children to look after and began preparing the ingredients and cooking.
She knew her own limitations and didn't plan to touch dishes that were too rare for the time being, so she could only choose from recipes that were guaranteed to be successful.
Ke Meiyu stood there blankly for more than ten minutes, looking at so many colorful and delicious dishes. Her mouth watered, and she wanted to eat them all, but she couldn't make a decision for the time being.
"Aunt Yu, do you even know how to cook? Should I help you?" The children started complaining again.
"Just grease the bottom of the pot, stir the vegetables a few times with a spatula, pour in soy sauce and water, and simmer. What's so difficult about that?"
"Aunt Yu has a lot of freshly steamed buns made from a mixture of wheat, salt, and sesame seeds. How about we add some salted meat to them?"
After their initial disapproval, the children put their minds to work and helped their lazy aunt get through the difficult time.
We can't just return my aunt because she can't cook, can we?
“Dark-skinned,” Ke Meiyu pointed at their foreheads one by one, “Your Aunt Yu is omnipotent. It’s just cooking! Who can’t do that?”
Using the ingredients at hand, she made braised pork ribs with radish, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried eggplant, potatoes, and green peppers, steamed pumpkin, yam, and taro with honey water, and also had a bowl of rice.
And another mushroom and shredded pork soup!
It looks like it has meat and vegetables, soup and rice, dessert and main courses, but the problem is that if you make it yourself, the quantity is huge!
Ke Meiyu was fast, and the children had a good grasp of the timing; they did exactly as she instructed.
All the dishes were prepared in a short time.
The enticing aroma made the children sniffle, but they wisely kept quiet and even tried their best to suppress their cravings.
Ke Meiyu smiled slightly. Since the children had helped, she steamed two more bowls of fruit pudding with milk powder, eggs, and peaches. She inverted the bowls onto a large plate, tapped them with a spoon, and the pink pudding made a magical "pop" sound with three tremors, which was incredibly cute.
Ke Meiyu cut the food into small pieces with a knife, poured brown sugar syrup over it, added a pinch of raisins, roasted sesame seeds, and crushed peanuts, and then left them a portion of food.
Mrs. Ke was still worried and kept craning her neck. When she saw that Ke Meiyu had started to be potted, she quickly came over.
"Why are there so many? Is Xiao Qin entertaining guests?"
Ke Meiyu used porcelain bowls from home to serve the food, each bowl overflowing. These three bowls, along with a steamer of desserts and a bowl of pudding, plus a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup, were enough to feed her family of eight, including six strong men.
“Well,” Ke Meiyu passed the buck to Qin Yuanjiu, “Comrade Qin has a big appetite. He’s been working hard building houses these past few days, so he’s been eating a lot. Besides, if he can’t finish it, he can just reheat it and eat it again tonight, it won’t spoil.”
“That’s true,” Mrs. Ke nodded.
I never expected my daughter to be not only beautiful, but also a decent cook. I just don't know how it tastes.
She didn't have the courage to pick up her chopsticks and taste it, only instructing, "You guys, eat slowly."
Ke Meiyu nodded, straddled the baskets on either side, and strode towards the cowshed.
Sure enough, with delicious food to tempt her, her mood improved again!
In just a few minutes, Ke Meiyu had thought a lot. Since she couldn't escape the dream, she could only face it head-on.
She is not a negative person; she always finds a way to turn bad things into good things.
She owed the big boss so much favor in the apocalypse, and even if she was passive, she still owed him.
Although Ke Meiyu believed that she had taken a blow from the zombie king for the boss and repaid all the favors with her life, in reality she owed him a lot.
To this day, the boss's final, tragic, and desperate expression remains stubbornly etched into the depths of her mind, like a stone sculpture.
She was just deceiving herself before; ten years is a long time!
She might as well repay the kindness little by little in her dreams, and perhaps she can also vent all the pent-up frustration of the past ten years.
However, Ke Meiyu stopped in her tracks. How could she face Qin Yuanjiu in this state?
She doesn't want to be seen as a "bad girl"!
No, she immediately rejected this persona.
I felt that my gratitude towards the big boss far outweighed any affection I felt for him, and in my dream, I was repaying that debt of gratitude!
Qin Yuanjiu is the main villain, a complete block of ice. If he could be easily moved, how could he possibly be alone for life?
It's too much of a brain drain. With both hands occupied, Ke Meiyu could only shake her head and let things take their course.
Instead of wasting time pondering unanswerable questions, she should practice copying more talismans.
"Hey, you bootlicker, aren't you going inside to worship the gods?"
Qin Yuanjiu pushed open the door, leaned against the door frame, and chuckled, his expression as cold and aloof as ever.
Ke Meiyu pouted, "Childish."
The table in Qin Yuanjiu's room was missing a leg, and the tabletop was dented and uneven. The room was sparsely furnished, containing only necessities, making the small room feel spacious.
After setting the food on the table, Ke Meiyu's eyes were only on the delicious food. "You got a great deal! This is the first time I've ever cooked!"
"You eat first," Qin Yuanjiu raised an eyebrow, sat down, and put the chopsticks in her hand.
These words were exactly what Ke Meiyu wanted to hear, but she still pouted and said reluctantly, "Tch, afraid I'll poison you?"
But the speed at which she ate with her chopsticks was as fast as the wind...
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