Chapter 56 His little girl is even beautiful when she cooks.
Gu Baobao changed into the white dress and looked at herself in the full-length mirror in the room.
The girl in the mirror had fair, jade-like skin, delicate features, and a slender figure. Her white dress made her look even more fresh and refined, like a lily with morning dew.
She couldn't help but take a second look herself. Yes, the nourishing effect of the spiritual spring water is truly amazing!
She didn't linger in the space and went straight to the room on the third floor of the villa that she had converted into a research room.
There is a whole wall of display cabinets here, where various medicinal herbs that she collected and processed in her previous life are stored in different categories.
She had tried it, and the medicinal materials taken from here would slowly be replaced and replenished after a certain period of time, which gave her a solid foundation for her research.
Following the military-grade modified version of the highly effective hemostatic powder formula in her mind, she began selecting medicinal materials and experimenting with the proportions.
Panax notoginseng, Bletilla striata, Agrimonia pilosa, blood-staining substitutes, Sanguisorba officinalis charcoal... each medicinal herb is carefully weighed, ground, and mixed in her hands.
[Defu, please set an alarm for me. I need to be out of the room on time to make dinner. Don't let me miss it, or I'll be caught.]
She fiddled with it while giving instructions.
[Host, rest assured! This system comes with built-in functions to assist with the body's biological clock and monitor the environment!]
We guarantee to remind you ten minutes before Zhang Xiaobing delivers the ingredients! You can then focus on your research!
System Defu patted his chest and guaranteed.
So, Gu Baobao spent the entire afternoon immersed in researching the hemostatic powder, comparing the differences between the high-efficiency and regular versions.
They were figuring out how to replace and optimize medicinal materials with those that were more readily available in this era, while also considering the feasibility of large-scale production.
Until the prompt from Defu rang in my mind right on time.
She quickly tidied up the lab table, and with a thought, the space automatically cleaned and organized itself before she flashed out of the space.
It was nearly dusk outside.
She pushed open the bedroom door, and in the kitchen, Zhang Xiaobing had already lit the small coal stove, and brand-new pots and pans were laid out.
The delivered ingredients were plentiful:
Fresh vegetables, live shrimp, pork, eggs, and rice and noodles.
"Expert Gu, all the ingredients are here. Is there anything else you need?"
Zhang Xiaobing asked respectfully.
"That's enough, that's plenty. Thank you, Xiao Zhang."
Gu Baobao rolled up her sleeves, tied on her apron, and started working.
She first prepared the medicinal diet for Mr. Tang Zhengnan.
Considering the elderly woman's weak stomach, she prepared a meat porridge with spring water and specific qi-tonifying herbs, along with two extremely refreshing side dishes that were low in oil and salt.
As she stirred the minced meat porridge, her fingertips moved slightly, and a few drops of spiritual spring water silently fell into the pot.
Next came their dinner.
She cooked a pot of fragrant and rich seafood porridge, adding some shredded ginger to remove the fishy smell.
I made a cucumber salad and seasoned it with some sesame oil and vinegar I had stored in my storage space. It was exceptionally fragrant.
There was also a dish of braised prawns in oil, cooked to perfection, with bright red shells and springy, tender meat.
A mouthwatering aroma gradually filled the kitchen.
The aroma permeated the doors and windows, wafting into the neighboring yard.
Lu Zhanming was sitting at his desk in his room, holding a book on military theory, but he hadn't turned a single page for a long time.
With the increasingly enticing aroma of food lingering around his nose, his mind had already wandered to the house next door.
Finally, he put down his book, stood up, straightened his collar, and walked into Gu Dongguo's courtyard again with seemingly steady but actually urgent steps.
Gu Dongguo had already been pushed to the living room in a wheelchair by Zhang Xiaobing, and was listening to the radio with a bored expression.
Seeing Lu Zhanming arrive again, she rolled her eyes and didn't bother to say anything.
Lu Zhanming walked straight to the kitchen door.
Then, he stopped in his tracks.
In the kitchen, the figure that haunted his dreams was standing with her back to him, tiptoeing slightly as she stir-fried food in front of the stove.
She was wearing a simple white dress, her waist tied with the apron strap, making her appear incredibly slender.
Her hair was tied into a high, fluffy bun, revealing her fair and graceful nape of the neck, with a few wisps of hair playfully falling down and swaying gently with her movements.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the small kitchen window, bathing her in a warm golden halo, making her look like a painting.
Lu Zhanming's Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably.
His heart was pounding in his chest, so loudly that he suspected the people next to him could hear it.
He felt his mouth was dry and a surge of heat rose from the bottom of his heart and flowed to his limbs.
How come his little girl looks so beautiful even when she's cooking?
She was so beautiful that he couldn't take his eyes off her; so beautiful that he wanted to immediately pull her into his arms, hide her away, and show her only to him.
Sitting in his wheelchair, Gu Dongguo had a perfect view of Lu Zhanming's "perverted" look at the kitchen doorway.
Watching his baby's busy figure, and then looking at Lu Zhanming's drooling eyes, Gu Dongguo felt a sharp pain in his heart, and he was even worried about not being able to digest his dinner!
[This damn wolf! Can't you tone down your gaze?! How dare you stare at my baby like that?! Ugh! I'm so angry!]
Just then, Gu Baobao seemed to have finished cooking the last dish, turned off the heat, and turned around.
Turning her head, she met Lu Zhanming's deep, focused, and hook-like eyes at the kitchen door.
She paused for a moment, then smiled naturally:
"Commander Lu is here? Perfect timing, it's time to eat."
Her cheeks were tinged with a light pink from the heat of the stove, and there were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, but her eyes were bright and sparkling, filled with the satisfaction of her labor.
Lu Zhanming's heart skipped a beat at her smile, and he quickly looked away, afraid of losing his composure, and gave a soft "hmm".
Gu Baobao brought the food to the table and called to Zhang Xiaobing:
"Comrade Zhang, please sit down and eat with us."
Zhang Xiaobing's face flushed red to the roots of his ears, and he waved his hands repeatedly, his voice stammering:
"No, no need for Expert Gu! I... I'm going to deliver food to Comrade Tang! I'll just eat in the canteen!"
After saying that, he practically snatched the food box that Gu Baobao had packed and rushed out the door as if he were fleeing.
Oh my god!
The fairy invited him to have dinner at the same table!
This is such a blessing, he's afraid he can't handle it, his heart is about to jump out of his chest!
Let's get out of here quickly!
Only Gu Baobao, Gu Dongguo, and Lu Zhanming remained at the dining table.
The two men had no time to think about anything else.
The enticing aroma and the delicious-looking dishes on the table were enough to whet my appetite.
Once they started eating, they devoured everything in a flash, completely forgetting about their image and restraint.
"Wow! Baby, these shrimp are amazing! They're so fresh and flavorful!"
"The porridge is delicious! It's so flavorful, I almost want to swallow my tongue!"
"How did you make this cucumber salad? It's so refreshing!"
Gu Dongguo praised the food highly.
Although Lu Zhanming was a man of few words, he ate quickly, expressing the highest praise through his actions.
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