mtl008 Chapter 199 New Year’s Eve Dinner
Chapter 199 New Year’s Eve Dinner
In the afternoon, Ruan Ruan first stewed chicken with mushrooms, then started frying meatballs, stewing braised pork, steaming fish, cutting rice cakes, and then soaking some dried vegetables made in the summer, and finally cutting the cabbage.
After finishing all this, Teacher Shen cleaned up the house and came here with Gu Jingming.
"Sister, I'm here to help you." As soon as he entered the yard, Gu Jingming started shouting towards the house.
Ruan Ruan came out after hearing the sound. She was frying crispy pork at the moment. She hadn't eaten it for a long time. After preparing all the dishes, she saw that there was still a little meat left. After thinking about it, she took out the flour and started to cook.
"Aunt, Xiao Ming, you are here. Come in. I am frying crispy pork. It is still hot. Come and try it. How does it taste?"
Looking at her hand holding the chopsticks, the mother and son quickly entered the kitchen and saw the semi-finished products that had been prepared and the chicken soup stewing in the small stove.
"Ruan Ruan, you are really quick and efficient! It only took a short while to prepare everything. We can just wait to eat the ready-made food!"
Teacher Shen wanted to come over earlier to help her, so after she cleaned up the dishes at home and chatted with her daughter-in-law for a few minutes, she came over. However, she didn't expect that her niece had prepared all the dishes in such a short time.
"Aunt, please stop praising me. These meats and chickens were all cut by your good nephew-in-law early in the morning. I just came back and stewed them directly."
When Ruan Ruan thought about Huo Haocheng getting up at six o'clock this morning and starting to work, her heart was as sweet as eating honey. You know, in today's family, no one asks you to get up early in the morning to cook for them. If he wants to sleep a little longer, that's good enough. There are also families that let you sleep a little longer and get up to cook for you.
Upon hearing Ruan Ruan say this, Teacher Shen didn't find it strange. Huo Haocheng was a well-known good man in the compound. Looking at her niece's happy expression, she was also happy for her. She sighed again, saying that this was a lucky person. No matter what she encountered, her life was still good.
"Sister, did you just fry these? Can I try them?" As he entered the door, Gu Jingming stared at the meatballs and crispy meat in the bowl. It was not that he really wanted to eat them, but the colors looked too tempting and they smelled delicious.
"Eat, use the chopsticks here, be careful, they're hot. It's freshly fried. Aunt, you should try it too and see if there's anything that needs improvement." Seeing that he was about to drool, Ruan Ruan immediately gave him a pair of chopsticks, and did not forget to give a pair to Teacher Shen, and also reminded her that it was really hot. When it was just out of the pot, she wanted to taste it first, but she didn't pay attention and got burned.
"Huff, huff, huff" After getting his sister's approval, Gu Jingming couldn't wait to pick up a meatball, blew it a few times, and then took a bite. "Huff, huff, hot, hot" Gu Jingming, who was scalded, kept breathing out with his mouth open, and put his hands near his mouth, looking like he wanted to vomit but didn't want to, which made Ruan Ruan and Teacher Shen anxious.
"Spit it out now!"
"Kid, you know it's hot, why don't you spit it out quickly?"
The two of them were anxious for a while, then they chewed the meatball and swallowed it.
"Ah, me, ah, me" After finally swallowing it, he exhaled heavily, as if this way he could exhale the heat from the burn he had just felt.
Seeing him like this, Ruan Ruan was still worried, so she went to the cabinet and got a flashlight, "Sit down, ah, open your mouth, let me see if you're burned."
After checking, I found that just the tongue was burned red, everything else was fine.
Knowing that everything was fine, Teacher Shen breathed a sigh of relief. "Child, if it's hot, just spit it out. Your sister has repeatedly told you to be careful with the heat, be careful with the heat. Why can't you wait? Let it cool down a little longer. Is it going to run away or something?"
Teacher Shen really wanted to slap him twice when he said this. Really, he is so old, but he still makes his family worry about him. He is really not sensible at all.
"Mom, mom, don't be angry. I just think it tastes so good, and it would be a waste to spit it out, right?"
"If you think it's a waste, why don't you just spit it out and wait until it cools down before eating it?"
Based on the principle of not wasting, what Teacher Shen blurted out was really shocking!
"Aunt, it's not that serious, it's not that serious. As long as you are not hurt, you can vomit if you want to..." I couldn't say the rest of the words, and I didn't dare to think about the scene at all.
After this episode, whenever Ruan Ruan asked Gu Jingming to taste the food, she would use a small bowl, put the food in it, and let it cool down for a while before letting him eat.
"Sister, I really can't eat anymore. Otherwise, I will be full before dinner time and I can only watch you eat."
This afternoon, when his sister fed him, Gu Jingming was fine at first, but then he couldn't eat anything.
After finishing their training, the few people moved tables and chairs in from Commander Gu's house, and then they heard Gu Jingming say that he was full.
"What do you mean you're full? Have you been eating secretly?" Ruan Shaolin put down the stool and walked into the room. He saw Gu Jingming holding a bowl and looking at Ruan Ruan with a resentful face.
"Little cousin, you are here. Come and try the braised pork that my sister made. How does it taste?" Seeing Ruan Shaolin coming in, she stuffed the bowl in his hand into his hand as if he had seen a savior. She also picked up the braised pork in the bowl and fed it to his mouth, motioning him to eat quickly.
I’m afraid that if it’s a little late, the piece of meat will end up in my mouth.
Ruan Shaolin didn't understand what he meant. He just saw a piece of meat stretched into his mouth, so he opened his mouth and ate it. "Hmm, it's soft and glutinous, and tastes very good. My little sister's cooking skills have improved again." As he said this, he did not forget to give her a thumbs up.
Hearing the affirmative answer, Ruan Ruan put the braised pork into a bowl. Now that they had returned, she started to light the fire and cook other dishes.
The New Year’s Eve dinner officially started at six o’clock. When Gu Jinghe and Dr. Jiang arrived, the dishes had just been placed on the table.
Braised pork, steamed fish, chicken stew, fried meatballs, pickled cabbage and crispy meat soup, fried rice cakes, stir-fried dried cowpeas, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, cold shredded radish, hot and sour shredded potatoes, a total of ten dishes, implying a perfect new year.
After the food was served, Ruan Ruan first served a bowl of soup to Dr. Jiang. The three female comrades and a classmate Xiao Ming ate their own food. They were a bunch of grown men, so they had to eat and drink by themselves.
"Ruan Ruan, your shredded potatoes are so delicious!" Because of morning sickness, Dr. Jiang didn't eat anything at noon, and only made a cup of malted milk in the afternoon. He was very hungry at this time. Looking at the dishes on the table, if it were a normal day, he would have started eating a long time ago. Now he only tasted a little of each dish, and only ate it when he felt that he didn't feel sick. As soon as he tasted the shredded potatoes, he couldn't stop.
"Sister-in-law, this is spicy and sour potato shreds. I added a little vinegar when I was arguing. If you think it tastes good, you can eat it this way when you go back. And this is pickled cabbage and crispy meat. You can try it too. They are both sour. You should be able to eat it."
After listening to Ruan Ruan's introduction, Dr. Jiang picked up a piece of pickled cabbage and took a bite. "Hmm, it tastes really good."
Seeing that she enjoyed both dishes, Ruan Ruan changed the order of the dishes, went to the kitchen and got her another bowl so that she could drink some soup.