"You eat first. There's more in the pot. I'll serve some and send it to Captain Qin's house. Aunt Zhao helped me a lot yesterday."
With that, Song Zhi turned and went into the kitchen. Seeing her actions, Gu Huaijin's hand, which was about to pick up some food, stopped and he put down his chopsticks naturally.
He didn't react until Song Zhi left. She had always been self-reliant, disliked these social interactions, and was ignorant of the ways of the world. Why did she change her nature today?
Now that she's here, she's willing to socialize. It's a good thing, though. It's really boring to stay in the yard all day long. She should have her own circle instead of just revolving around him. But she feels a little lost in her heart.
"Aunt Zhao, I'm Song Zhi." Captain Qin and his companions had just sat down to eat when they heard a knock on the door.
"Mom, it's Sister Song. I'll go open the door." Dongdong recognized the voice as the beautiful sister who bandaged him yesterday. He stood up excitedly and ran to open the door.
"Mom, is this the new kid next door you mentioned?" Zhao Yun's eldest daughter asked curiously.
Zhao Yun nodded and continued, "You guys eat first. I'll go see if there's anything wrong."
As soon as Zhao Yun left, the younger girl who was eating raised her head and muttered softly, "Sister, look at our mom, she's meddling in other people's business again."
"Qin Yu, your teacher taught you this at school. Just guessing and talking nonsense before you understand the situation?"
"Qin Xue, don't think you're great just because you're a teacher. You're preaching to your sister." Qin Yu said with an unconvinced look on her face when she heard her sister scolding her.
"Xiaoyu, how can you talk like that? This is your sister. What you did was wrong. Can't your sister say a few words?" Qin Yu was a little scared when he saw his father scolding him, but more of aggrieved. He glared at Qin Xue who was sitting next to him eating, and continued to eat his meal with his head down in anger.
"Aunt Zhao, this is the sweet and sour pork ribs I just made. It's still hot. I'll give it to you to try." Song Zhi handed over the bowl in his hand.
Zhao Yun took it and started to praise, "Oh, I was wondering whose house this is. The cooking smells so good. I didn't expect that you, Xiao Song, are not only good-looking, but also have such good cooking skills." Zhao Yun had heard of sweet and sour pork ribs, but had never eaten it. She grew up in the countryside and the food she ate was only ordinary.
When I was in the countryside before, I heard the educated youth who went to the countryside talk about it. They would drool when talking about sweet and sour pork ribs, saying that only the chefs in the state-owned restaurants in the city could make these things. I didn’t expect that Xiao Song was also a person who should not be judged by appearance.
"Aunt Zhao, stop praising me. You guys continue eating. I'm going back to eat too." Song Zhi looked at his family members in the main room with food on the table. He thought they had just started eating, so he felt embarrassed to disturb them. After delivering the food, he wanted to go back quickly.
"Why don't you eat? Is it not to your liking?" Song Zhi walked into the house and saw that Gu Huaijin didn't pick up his chopsticks, so he asked in confusion.
That shouldn't be the case. She has always been confident in her cooking skills and she just tasted it.
"No, I was just thinking about something. Sit down and eat quickly, or it will get cold soon."
After hearing what he said, Song Zhi stopped hesitating and instead happily recommended the dishes he cooked.
"Try this sweet and sour pork ribs. It's pretty good. And eat some fried shredded radish quickly. It won't taste good when it's cold."
Gu Huaijin looked at the bowls that had quickly piled up into a small mountain, and his face was speechless. After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but speak up to stop them, "Okay, that's enough."
Song Zhi looked at the bowl in front of him. It was indeed enough. If there was any more, it would overflow. So he nodded in agreement and signaled him to eat quickly.
Gu Huaijin had no choice but to pick up a piece of ribs and take a bite. After eating it, his eyes lit up. He hadn't eaten such authentic sweet and sour ribs for a long time. Not only did it smell good, but it was also soft and chewy in his mouth.
"How is it?" Song Zhi hadn't even started eating yet, staring at Gu Huaijin the whole time to see his reaction.
"It's really good. You can work in a restaurant with this skill." After thinking for a moment, he asked tentatively, "Are you planning to work in a cafeteria?"
Song Zhi rolled his eyes at him when he heard what he said, and said speechlessly, "Are you out of money? You let your wife go to work, and go to the cafeteria. Don't you know how fumes there are? And the fumes are not good for girls' skin. You probably want me to become a yellow-faced woman and marry another one."
Gu Huaijin had originally assumed she'd prepared this meal just to go to work in the cafeteria. After all, she never did anything without a profit, so her attentiveness today must have been for a reason. He hadn't expected her to react so strongly, even bringing up the idea of marrying another woman.
He looked a little helpless, but he still chose to calm her temper. "I don't mean to ask you to go out to work. It's just that we just got here, and I want you to meet more people. I was too busy yesterday and forgot about it. I'll give you the passbook later. If you see anything you need, just buy it."
Song Zhi's eyes lit up when she heard the word "passbook". After all, everyone dislikes money. She was also one of those people who knelt before the God of Wealth for a long time. Then she said awkwardly, "It's your money. I feel so embarrassed to take it. If I need anything, I can just ask you directly."
Gu Huaijin did not miss her fleeting joy, otherwise he would have believed her lies. He smiled without saying anything and continued eating.
Song Zhi watched him eat calmly and no longer pay attention to himself, so he didn't want to bother himself and picked up his chopsticks to eat.
"Mom, let me eat something."
"You've already eaten so much, and you're still eating? Leave some for your father." Zhao Yun was furious when he saw his son wolfing down the food. He only ate himself and didn't feel sorry for his parents.
"Dad, you eat." A trace of struggle flashed in Dongdong's eyes. He suppressed his heartache and picked up the chopsticks to pick up a piece for each of his father and mother.
Then I gave it to my eldest sister. Looking at the last piece of pork ribs in the bowl, tears were about to overflow from her eyes.
He said timidly, "Second sister, can you..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Qin Yu, "No." Then she watched Qin Yu quickly pick up the last piece of ribs and put it into her own bowl.
Dongdong looked at his parents again, because his eldest sister was a teacher and he was about to become a primary school student, so it would be better not to offend his eldest sister.
Captain Qin seemed not to notice his son's pitiful look. He picked up the ribs and started eating. "This tastes really good. If you have time, you can learn how to make it. We can have a meal together occasionally."
Zhao Yun felt sorry for his son, so he finally put the ribs in his son's bowl. Then he turned around and glared at Captain Qin, "Eat, eat, eat! There's not even a piece of meat on these ribs. They're the same price as meat. We have to send money back home every month. We rely on you and the eldest brother to feed these ten mouths. It's easy to say, but do we have the financial resources to eat them once in a while?"
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