Du Yuanyuan entered the yard, put her bicycle away, washed her hands, and then followed Qi Mengmeng to the west room.
Qi Mengmeng has taken out everything. Today she plans to teach Du Yuanyuan how to beat eggs.
Unexpectedly, Du Yuanyuan had very dexterous hands. After separating the egg white from the yolk, she successfully beat the egg whites in a very short time.
Qi Mengmeng nodded. It seemed that keeping Du Yuanyuan was the right choice.
With Du Yuanyuan's help today, Qi Mengmeng finished the cake faster than usual.
"Yuanyuan, today's event is really thanks to you. Eat more when you have dinner later." Qi Mengmeng said happily to Du Yuanyuan.
Du Yuanyuan smiled shyly and said nothing.
Seeing that all the cakes were ready, she began to clean the tools used, even a pair of chopsticks, which she cleaned very carefully to ensure that no impurities were left.
When it was time to eat, Du Yuanyuan was stunned when she looked at the white rice porridge on the table.
"Sister Mengmeng, I don't need to eat such delicious white rice porridge. I can just eat some corn porridge."
Qi Mengmeng pushed Du Yuanyuan to sit on the stool.
"We don't have corn porridge at home, so just make do with this and eat it with us." Qi Mengmeng smiled and handed a bun to Du Yuanyuan.
Du Yuanyuan looked at the white bread in her hand and didn't say anything for a while.
She had only eaten white flour twice when she first came back. Unexpectedly, on the first day she came to Qi Mengmeng's house, Qi Mengmeng gave her meat buns.
"Auntie, eat this. This is the bun my mom made. It's delicious."
Seeing Du Yuanyuan just looking at the buns without eating them, Kang Kang reminded her with a smile, then took a big bite.
An An nodded and said, "Yes, the buns mom makes are delicious. I can eat two."
Kang Kang held a bun in his mouth and did not forget to retort: "You can't eat two. You only ate one and a half last time."
"That's because you ate the remaining half while I was drinking water."
"You put it on the table but you won't eat it..."
"Okay, don't talk while eating. What if you choke?" Qi Mengmeng quickly stopped the two children from arguing.
Ever since the two of them became able to speak fluently, such things happened countless times every day. It was only better when Gu Guizhi was at home.
An An looked at Qi Mengmeng's expression, lowered her head to eat the buns, and said nothing more.
Kang Kang was proud for a moment and wanted to say something, but Qi Mengmeng stared at him and called his name: "Kang Kang?"
Kang Kang quickly flattered his mother: "The buns made by mom are the most delicious."
After he finished speaking, he took a big bite to show that what he said was true.
Qi Mengmeng shook her head helplessly and reminded Du Yuanyuan: "Yuanyuan, don't be polite. There are some side dishes here. Take some."
Du Yuanyuan then took a bite of the bun. Her bite was too small and she didn't get the meat filling. However, the aroma of white flour mixed with oil was also delicious. She chewed it gently.
Qi Mengmeng was in a hurry to go to class today, so she ate very quickly.
"Yuanyuan, wait for you to finish your meal, then put the cake in a paper bag and give the bag to your sister-in-law when she comes. I will be home around 11:30, so prepare the ingredients in advance and I will make some more at noon."
Qi Mengmeng thought about today's lessons and said to Du Yuanyuan.
Du Yuanyuan nodded immediately: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will definitely prepare everything in advance."
"Then I'll be leaving first. You should eat well. You can't eat less than the two children."
Qi Mengmeng glanced at An An and Kang Kang. An An didn't say anything, but Kang Kang immediately puffed out his chest, meaning that he ate a lot.
In order to let Du Yuanyuan see clearly the amount that two people were eating, An An specifically told Du Yuanyuan before eating the second bun.
"Auntie, I'm starting to eat my second bun. You should eat some too."
Du Yuanyuan held the bun in her hand and smiled awkwardly.
These are white flour and meat-filled buns, how could she eat two?
Taking another look at the rice porridge in front of her, she felt reluctant to drink it because it was too thick.
Qi Huilan saw that Du Yuanyuan didn't care, so she pushed the plate of side dishes towards her.
"This is a side dish I made myself. How do you like it?"
Du Yuanyuan quickly picked up a piece with chopsticks. At first she thought it was a pickle, but it turned out to be not salty at all and tasted refreshing. It was actually radish.
"I learned this from a little girl. The pickles and kimchi she made are all delicious." Qi Huilan was referring to Yu Xiaoman.
Qi Huilan has always loved eating the various pickled vegetables made by Yu Xiaoman. The taste is different from those sold outside and those made at home.
Before they came to Beijing, Yu Xiaoman told Qi Huilan what she had done.
Qi Huilan knew that these pickled vegetables were passed down from Yu Xiaoman's ancestors, so she told Yu Xiaoman at the time that she would only make these pickled vegetables for her own consumption and would never tell anyone else or sell them.
Yu Xiaoman nodded indifferently at the time. Since she had taught Qi Huilan, she was mentally prepared to spread the pickled vegetable recipe.
However, Qi Huilan always remembered what she said in front of Yu Xiaoman, and she pickled the vegetables herself every time. Even Qi Mengmeng didn't know how to pickle vegetables.
Du Yuanyuan didn't know these details. She only knew that the pickled vegetables were delicious, so she casually said, "These pickled vegetables are delicious. We can even sell them outside."
Qi Huilan also thought so and nodded. Halfway through nodding, she suddenly realized that since the pickled vegetables were so delicious, could she make some and sell them?
Of course, she definitely couldn't sell it, but she could write a letter to Yu Xiaoman and ask Yu Xiaoman to sell it, which could also increase her income.
"Yuanyuan, you are so smart." Qi Huilan looked at Du Yuanyuan with a smile on her face.
Du Yuanyuan was a little confused. What did she do to make Qi Huilan praise her so much?
Qi Huilan didn't say anything, but just urged Du Yuanyuan to eat more.
While Qi Huilan and Du Yuanyuan were talking, An An and Kang Kang ate two buns each and could no longer drink.
"Grandma, we're full." An An patted his belly.
Qi Huilan collected their porridge.
"If you are full, then don't eat. Save this porridge for when you are hungry later."
Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Du Yuanyuan quickly stuffed the bun in her hand into her mouth and took another sip of porridge.
The white rice porridge was so smooth that Du Yuanyuan had to finish it reluctantly.
Qi Huilan took another bun and handed it to Du Yuanyuan.
"Yuanyuan, eat another bun."
Qi Huilan saw clearly that Du Yuanyuan just couldn't bear to eat, but her family had already said that breakfast was provided, so how could she let her not eat enough?
Du Yuanyuan held the bun with tears in her eyes, but in order to avoid Qi Huilan seeing it, she quickly turned her head to wipe them, then quickly lowered her head and finished the bun bite by bite.
After dinner, Du Yuanyuan seemed to have endless energy. Not only did she clean the house, but she also washed all the bed sheets and quilt covers in the house despite Qi Huilan's objection. She also prepared all the ingredients for making the cake before Qi Mengmeng came home.
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