Zhu Zixi entered the kitchen before everyone else, and was stunned by the scene inside. She quickly came to her senses, walked to Xie Minmin's side, and took her hand to check: "What happened? Are you hurt?"
Xie Minmin felt wronged: "I wanted to show you my skills, but I ended up missing something."
Looking at her hands covered in oil, Zhu Zixi couldn't help but ask, "How did you manage to get your hands so oily and still not get hurt at all?"
Look at these hands covered in oil, but there's no redness at all, so it doesn't look like an injury. It must be an injury that only happened in the kitchen.
Grandma Xie clutched her chest and said, "What a waste! You're wasting so much oil! Xie Minmin, you have enough oil on your hands to cook three dishes, you...you..."
In the end, she didn't say anything. Zhu Fanfan quickly patted her back and said, "Thank you, Grandma. It's good that you're alright. There are only a few people in our family, and we have enough oil every month. Don't worry about it, you're old."
Zhu Jiabao quickly gave Zhu Zixi a meaningful look: "Zixi, quickly wash Minmin's hands and go tidy up the kitchen."
Before Zhu Zixi could speak, Grandma Xie interrupted her, "Don't do anything! Get Xie Minmin out of here right now. We'll handle this. We can't let her ruin the kitchen."
Zhu Jiabao hurriedly said, "You are guests, how can we let you do it? Let Zixi do it."
The main reason was that he had to entertain guests, and Fanfan was simply too impatient to do all the washing, cleaning, and finishing work, so he had to let Zixi do it. He didn't trust Minmin to do the work.
Grandma Xie pushed them out directly: "We'll get them all out of here."
Xie Minglei pushed Zhu Jiabao out: "You know we all came from difficult circumstances. My wife is especially reluctant to waste a single grain of food. You should let her clean up! Also, Fanfan, Zixi, take your wife out quickly and let your Grandma Xie and your aunts and uncles clean up."
The main reason was that he knew Fanfan was just as wasteful as Minmin, and he was really afraid his wife would have a heart attack if she saw him wasting things. With his wife around, he couldn't let any of these things go to waste, but if his wife saw Fanfan wasting things again, she really would have a heart attack.
Xie Minmin wanted to give it another try: "Cooking isn't difficult, I'll give it another try."
Grandma Xie raised her voice: "Close the door quickly! This is the kitchen! Xie Minmin is not allowed in! Close the door now!"
With a bang, the door slammed shut, and the people outside exchanged bewildered glances. Xie Minglei explained, "Well... this..."
Zhu Jiabao said, "Let's stop with this and that, let's go!"
Zhu Fanfan said from outside the door, "Grandma Xie, I just finished cooking a few dishes. They're in the cupboard. Please heat them up when you're done cleaning up."
A voice came from inside: "Understood."
Once the group was outside, Xie Yuanyuan was still looking on in amazement: "Cousin, how come you couldn't even turn on the stove in the kitchen for so long?"
She glanced inside and saw that the vegetables were already chopped. The knife skills were clearly not her cousin's. After they came in, her cousin said she was going to show off her skills and went into the kitchen. After working for a long time, she heard a lot of crashing and banging. In the end, the pot lid flew off, but the gas stove still didn't turn on. She was speechless.
Xie Minmin said matter-of-factly, "If I went in, wouldn't I have to check the things inside? And then I couldn't find the switch when I tried to turn on the fire, so I looked for it for a while?"
Xie Yuanyuan was stunned: "You can't cook? Your second aunt said you used to know how to cook?"
Xie Minmin's voice lowered a little: "Didn't my mom turn it on?"
Xie Yuanyuan could only give her cousin a thumbs-up and couldn't say anything else.
Zhu Fanfan asked, "If you didn't turn on the fire, how come your hands are all oily?"
Xie Minmin was a little embarrassed: "Actually, I looked for a while and turned on the gas stove, but then I thought I had to wash the pot first, so I did. After I put it on, I put in the oil. I heard a sizzling sound when I put in the oil, but I was afraid something would happen, so I didn't pour any more oil and put the lid on. After there was no more noise, I took off the lid to put in the oil, but then the pot caught fire. I quickly turned off the gas stove, and then I touched the lid and it flew off."
Zhu Fanfan asked, puzzled, "Then where's the oil on your hands?"
Xie Minmin was even more embarrassed: "I wasn't in a hurry to put out the fire. I just picked it up without thinking. I thought it was water, so I didn't control my strength and splashed it onto my hands without noticing."
Zhu Fanfan looked at Zhu Zixi: "Brother, from now on, you should cook for me when I go on missions!"
Zhu Zixi: "Don't worry, your sister Minmin won't go hungry."
Xie Minmin: ...
Xie Minglei on the other side was too ashamed to face anyone. These old guys could at least cook a dish or two in the kitchen, but these younger generation didn't even know how to use the kitchen.
After a long and difficult process, all the dishes were finally laid out on the table. Grandma Xie kept staring at Xie Minmin's hands, which almost made Xie Minmin lose her temper. All she did was accidentally spill oil on her hands. She could just pay for the oil when she got paid. Why was she staring at her from beginning to end? Whose grandmother was she anyway?
When the Xie family left, they took Xie Minmin with them, saying that since they hadn't held a wedding, they weren't considered part of the Zhu family. The three of them watched helplessly as Xie Minmin struggled to leave.
Zhu Fanfan asked, "Won't Minmin get a beating from Grandma Xie when she gets home?"
Zhu Jiabao said definitively, "Your Grandma Xie's biggest problem is wasting food, don't you think?"
Then the two looked at Zhu Zixi, who was puzzled: "Why are you looking at me? I can cook."
The father and son went back to their room without saying anything. Zhu Zixi felt that his Ninth Grandfather and Fanfan were hiding something from him.
Because of the policy, they simply followed the crowd and gave a dowry of 66 yuan. They also arranged for the "three turns and one sound" (a traditional Chinese house, a watch, a bicycle, and a radio). However, since family housing is in short supply, Zhu Jiabao generously bought them an apartment in the city, which was registered under their names. They can go back whenever they want in the future.
Xie Minmin's dowry was also quite substantial. She had kept her salary for many years, totaling five thousand yuan, and her family had also provided her with bedding and furniture. The two were considered married, but because their work was relatively close to the compound, they temporarily lived there. They could stay at the Zhu family's house whenever they wanted, or at the Xie family's house whenever they wanted. Marriage did not bring about much change.
The only downside was that the Xie family started pressuring them to have a baby. Every time Xie Minmin came back from the Xie family, she would complain, and Zhu Fanfan would have to comfort her. Then, Xie Minmin would happily take Zhu Fanfan shopping to console herself.
Everything Zhu Fanfan needed at the military base had arrived. He had gone to the Dragon Group to activate his superpower after defeating Shen Qing. After activation, he also filed a record, which made Zhuge Qianxing want to snatch him away. This was because Ning Jingyun had activated her mental power type and her talent was not low. Although Li Rong was only a strength type, her strength could ignore superpowers, which meant that superpowers could not stop her attacks.
With Xu Jingqian's help, Lan Pan and the others also produced their medicine. Zhu Fanfan would treat one person's meridians every other day, then rest for a day. This application was classified as a confidential document and not to be disclosed to the public. As a result, Zhu Fanfan spent more time at home, and Xie Minmin finally couldn't resist cooking again.
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