Chapter 621: Sister Lin, Brother Meng
Cao Zhengxuan and Meng Siyan talked like this, and as Meng Guangming said, "Siyan, call Teacher Cao to the table", the two of them walked to the restaurant together.
The last thing Meng Guangming served on the table was pork belly wrapped chicken, which was obviously a dish that he and Lin Zihui cooked together. This dish, in Yangjiang, is one of the biggest dishes in terms of hospitality.
There are several difficulties in making this dish, one is that it is very difficult to clean the pork belly, and it takes time to remove the peculiar smell of the pork belly; the second is that the chicken wrapped in the pork belly must be a local chicken, and the size cannot be too big, and it is difficult to choose this raw material in the vegetable market; the third is the effort in the cooking method, it is easy to stew rotten, and how to make it taste oily but not greasy, it depends on the level of the cook.
"It's too rich, and the pork belly and chicken are all on it. Cao Zhengxuan was moved.
"Zihui and I are very happy to have Mr. Cao here. So they made this dish together. Meng Guangming took off the apron around his waist and sat in the same row with Cao Zhengxuan.
Lin Zihui and Meng Siyan sat opposite them.
In addition to pork belly and chicken on the table, there are really six dishes on the table, namely sweet and sour hairtail fish, steamed radish shreds with bacon, fried lamb in chili shells, sour and hot shredded potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried cabbage.
Meng Guangming opened a bottle of Moutai, and Lin Zihui opened a bottle of sunshine milk for Meng Siyan.
Meng Guangming poured the cup in front of them full of wine, and then asked Lin Zihui's opinion, "Zihui, do you want to come some?"
"Then it doesn't need to be said," Lin Zihui put the wine glass in front of Meng Guangming, "Full glass, this kind of opportunity is too rare." β
"Mom, don't you have an upset stomach?" Meng Siyan said with concern.
"It's just a little superficial gastritis, which is usually used to block alcohol. β
"Prosecutor Lin, don't drink if you don't have an upset stomach. I'm embarrassed that you're so polite. Cao Zhengxuan said.
"What are you embarrassed about? Mr. Cao, I also said on the phone, I'm embarrassed. Half a year has passed, and I, as a mother, don't even know my daughter's homeroom teacher. Especially you have changed Siyan so much, I will thank you and thank you for the rest of my life. By the way, don't call me the prosecutor general anymore, just call me Auntie. Lin Zihui said.
"How dare you do this?"
"We're not a workplace here. Calling Auntie sounds kind. When you call me the prosecutor general, you feel that there is a distance of thousands of miles. β
"That can't be called an auntie either. β
"Zhengxuan means to call you sister," Meng Guangming said, "In this way, I will become Zhengxuan's brother-in-law, hehe." β
"I'm against it, I'm strongly against it!" Meng Siyan raised her hand like a schoolboy.
"What are you against, classmate Meng Siyan?" Meng Guangming smiled between his eyebrows.
"I'm not against calling it that. Teacher Xiao Cao calls you sister and brother-in-law, so isn't my generation a generation younger? I and Teacher Xiao Cao are the same generation. β
"You're a generation younger than me. There is a saying that one day is a teacher and a father is lifelong. Cao Zhengxuan said.
"This is an old saying, and it doesn't apply to the new era," Meng Siyan defended, "You are only five or six years older than me, how can you be a generation older?"
Siyan's words also make sense. Lin Zihui said, "It's emotionally unacceptable." β
"Long live Mom!" Meng Siyan looked at her mother happily.
"Okay, okay, don't talk patronizing," Meng Guangming said, "move the chopsticks." In the winter, the dish is easily cold. When it gets cold, the taste of the dish changes. β
As he spoke, Meng Guangming used a knife to cut open the pork belly and chicken, "Zhengxuan, hurry up and taste it, this is a good dish that I and Zihui cooked." β
"Guangming, can you introduce it like that?" Lin Zihui glanced at Meng Guangming.
"I'm so familiar with Zhengxuan, of course I can introduce it like this. We haven't had this dish together for seven or eight years. So today is a very special day. β
"Bright, you don't want to get drunk without drinking. β
"This is called drunk, not drunk, and everyone is drunk. β
"I think my dad is a drunkard, and he doesn't care about drinking, he cares about his mother. Meng Siyan said.
"Hahahaha, my daughter still understands me!"
Meng Guangming's family was happy and completely infected Cao Zhengxuan. The doubts in Cao Zhengxuan's heart were even greater. Cao Zhengxuan remembered that Meng Guangming mentioned to him the relationship between their husband and wife, and their husband and wife had been living separately and the relationship was very bad.
But Cao Zhengxuan did not show this, but carefully tasted each dish.
"Come on, let's raise a glass together. Meng Guangming picked up the cup and proposed.
"Okay, after clinking glasses, it's time to enter the link I set. Meng Siyan picked up the cup with the milk.
"I really want Mr. Cao to guess. Lin Zihui said.
"Hmm. I have negotiated the bet with Mr. Xiaocao. Meng Siyan looked at Cao Zhengxuan with a smile.
"It's been discussed. However, Siyan lost the game. Cao Zhengxuan said with a wine glass.
"You have the answer in your heart?" Meng Siyan said in surprise.
"I'll announce the answer after I've drunk. Cao Zhengxuan took a long sip of wine and put the cup down.
Authentic Moutai, the feeling of drinking is very unusual, mellow and clear, which is not something that ordinary liquor can have.
"I'm also a little confused," Meng Guangming put the cup down and said, "Zhengxuan, didn't you just taste a little bit of each dish just now?"
"Secretary Meng, the difference in tasting dishes is often a good comparison by tasting a little bit. If you eat too much, it will destroy the feeling of taste buds, but you will not be able to distinguish it. Cao Zhengxuan explained.
"You have a point. Lin Zihui praised.
"Hmph, I don't believe you can tell which two dishes I cooked. Meng Siyan looked at Cao Zhengxuan provocatively, revealing her little girl's true nature.
"You're cooking sweet and sour hairtail fish and hot and sour shredded potatoes, right?" Cao Zhengxuan said with a smile.
Meng Siyan bit her lower lip with her upper teeth, and her medium-sized eyes opened wide.
Meng Guangming bowed his head.
"Mr. Cao, you really guessed right. Lin Zihui said.
"Sister Lin, since you object to me calling you the prosecutor general, you can also call me Zhengxuan like Secretary Meng. Cao Zhengxuan proposed.
"Okay. I accept this suggestion. β
"No, no," Meng Siyan said hurriedly, "Mom and Dad, did you hint at Teacher Xiao Cao?"
"How can this be? Zhengxuan entered the house, and you led it to the living room. Then you come over and we'll sit together. I'm an impartial prosecutor. Lin Zihui said.
"I am also a just servant of the people. Meng Guangming said.
"Yes. Thatβ" Meng Siyan looked at Cao Zhengxuan suspiciously.
"Zhengxuan, just explain. You and I are also very confused. Hey, I think you call Sister Zihuilin, it's very kind. β
"Do you want Zhengxuan to call you Brother Meng?" said Lin Zihui.
"I think it's okay. β
The restaurant erupted in laughter.
Cao Zhengxuan raised his glass, "Let me first salute your family, so gracious, so don't treat me Zhengxuan as an outsider." I'll just drink it. β
Cao Zhengxuan drank the wine in the cup in one gulp. It was really Cao Zhengxuan who was so moved.
This is also related to Cao Zhengxuan's growth environment. Cao Zhengxuan, because of a homeless father and the lack of maternal love since he was a child, has never even seen his mother's face, and he has never experienced the warmth of a complete family.
At this point, he experienced it from the perspective of a bystander.
Meng Guangming and Lin Zihui both took a big sip.
"Actually, when I guessed that the sweet and sour hairtail fish and the sour and hot shredded potatoes were Siyan's roast, I didn't just start from the taste. Cao Zhengxuan said.