Chapter 42: Consolation
The kitchen became a show show.
Ye Mozhu should be renamed Xiu'er.
Frying, stir-frying, boiling and steaming are proficient, and the knife carving and plating are beautiful one by one.
Zhang Xiaojian, Bai Yang and Gao Qingsong felt that cooking was aesthetically pleasing for the first time.
Ye Mozhu tied a small red checkered apron, her little face was red, a layer of fine sweat appeared on her forehead, and her sideburns were wet, she pulled it up, revealing her side face, which looked even better.
Watching her chop vegetables, it's called a neat, 'duangduangduang' has a strong sense of rhythm, and if it's a little rhythmic, it sounds like a drum kit.
Look at her carving, what white carrots, red carrots, as long as her little hand pulls, a flower will come out, magically making the three old men keep shouting.
Look at her plating, the color matching is called a good-looking, not to mention the appetite at a glance, Zhang Xiaojian seriously doubts whether this girl has studied art, and it is estimated that she has also learned to take pictures and know how to compose.
Anyway, when more than a dozen dishes are kept baked and put on the table, it definitely doesn't look like a home-cooked dish, and the delicacy is comparable to yesterday's splendor.
Everyone finally sat down, and when Ye Mozhu finished washing his hands and took off his apron to sit down, the people at the table burst into heartfelt applause and amazed applause.
Then the tasting phase begins.
Zhang Xiaojian, as the owner, took the lead, he sandwiched a steamed shrimp with garlic, and after putting it in his mouth, there was no comment left: "Hmm~~Hmm~~Hmm." ”
Poplar took a bite of braised fish and also began: "Hmmm~~um~~um." ”
Gao Qingsong didn't know what these two people meant, so he put a bowl of soup with a spoon, and after blowing it, he took a sip: "Hmm~~Hmm~~Hmm." ”
Su Yu inserted a meatball with chopsticks and gave half of it to Wang Wan'er.
Then the two women took a bite and began: "Uh-huh~hmm~~hmm." ”
The second aunt, who had not moved the chopsticks, listened to the sound of 'um~~um~~' in this piece, so she sandwiched a relatively light oily wheat cabbage, and then said very loudly, her eyes bright: "Mm~mm~um~~." ”
This scene made Yuanyuan a little afraid to stretch out her chopsticks.
Ye Mozhu was a little nervous, for fear that his craft would be lost: "It's delicious, what do you mean?"
So she got a unified answer, and replied loudly, like military training: "It's delicious!" and three of the big men shouted very loudly.
And then again: "Uh-huh~~um~~"
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"Hiccup~!" Zhang Xiaojian burped, patted his stomach, and began to smirk with great satisfaction.
With a somewhat strong divergent ability to think, he suddenly thought of those TV variety shows and food shows, and he thought that the kind of food that starts to boast immediately after eating a bite must be fake.
If you want to make it so delicious, diners will definitely say first: "Hmm~~." "Although the praise after this will be exaggerated, it is certain that the dish itself must be delicious.
Thinking of this, I listened to the 'um~~) that came to my ears again. Zhang Xiaojian looked at the pot of bottom-to-bottom white soup, and he immediately put the bottom into his bowl, tasting it while um.
The second aunt is old, and the amount of food is definitely not as good as the young people here, so she put off her chopsticks early, and she was also very happy to see the children eating so happily, so her eyes looked at Ye Mozhu a little brighter.
There are three kinds of girls who will be especially liked by their elders, especially their mothers-in-law.
One is that it looks like it fits the eye.
The second is capable of housework.
The third is that he can cook.
Ye Mozhu occupies it all alone, and the old lady can't like it.
Occasionally, the old and the young have staggered eyes, and the old lady's straightforward eyes directly made Ye Mozhu retreat.
However, the more the second aunt looked at it, the more she liked it, and saw that Zhang Xiaojian was still drinking soup stupidly, and secretly pinched his thigh at a low level, and then gave him a look.
Zhang Xiaojian: "......"
After a while, Zhang Xiaojian coughed lightly: "Sister Mozhu, your cooking is so delicious." ”
Then the table suddenly fell to a standstill.
Everyone's eyes focused on Zhang Xiaojian's face, and Zhang Xiaojian's old face turned red and said angrily: "What's the matter, why are you looking at me like this?"
Poplar said on behalf of the crowd: "It's too vulgar, it's too vulgar." ”
Zhang Xiaojian was unconvinced: "Then you have one?"
Bai Yang grinned with white teeth, and there was a chili flake hanging on the white teeth: "Sister Mozhu, I think your cooking skills will be popular no matter what restaurant you open!"
Gao Qingsong waved his hand: "You can't do this, if you want me to say, Sister Mozhu's cooking skills are higher, higher than my Gao Qingsong's height." ”
"You Gao Qingsong, who is taller than you, is it useful?" Su Yu squinted, pierced Lao Gao's heart, and said: "I think it should be said that there is a homely taste, but it is beyond the homely taste, there is a more upgraded sense of refinement, and I think every dish is the best I have ever tasted, and it is not the formulaic taste of the restaurant." ”
Zhang Xiaojian, Bai Yang and Gao Qingsong slapped their hands like the three fools and agreed.
Ye Mozhu blushed a little when she was praised, so she saw Wang Wan'er leaning back, and said in a lamenting tone: "It's really delicious." ”
It's delicious, it's delicious, why are you still a little melancholy in your words?
No one present could understand except Gao Qingsong and Su Yu.
Wang Wan'er lamented that her cooking skills would not be able to catch up with Ye Mozhu in this life, even if she studied hard for ten years from now on, it is estimated that she will be out of reach.
After the meal, I don't know if it was because the food was too delicious, a group of young people didn't go out to play noisily.
Instead, seven chairs were arranged on the spacious outdoor balcony on the second floor, each leaning on his back with a can of cold beer, comfortably basking in the sun.
The second aunt did not participate in the young man's chat, but only whispered to Zhang Xiaojian: "This girl is really good." ”
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Zhang Xiaojian sat in the middle, half-squinting his eyes, everyone gossiped for a while, and seemed to squint because they were too comfortable.
Only Ye Mozhu kept his eyes open, and coughed lightly: "Brother Xiaojian, I brought a bank card, tell me your card number in a while, and I will transfer the rest of the money to you." ”
Zhang Xiaojian immediately fell asleep, he knew that this Ye Mozhu was reminding him and asking him to persuade Yuanyuan.
Some contrived 'um', and then asked bluntly for no reason: "Yuanyuan, how much money did you get at home?"
As soon as everyone heard this, they all knew what was going on, so their eyes inevitably looked at the delicate Yuanyuan with some sympathy.
Yuanyuan also understood what Zhang Xiaojian meant, Mo Zhu mentioned it to her before, so she smiled: "Brother Xiaojian, I know you want to help me fill it in, but don't need it, this is the money I borrowed myself, I can pay it back myself, thank you." ”
Zhang Xiaojian: "......" suddenly felt embarrassed, so he hurriedly gave Bai Yang and Gao Qingsong a look.
Bai Yang and Zhang Xiaojian had a tacit understanding, and immediately said: "Yuanyuan is like this, we all know about this, the money you borrowed from the family should not be small, and there is this incident at present, it is difficult for you to explain, otherwise you tell Xiaojian how much, let him help you put it on first? ”
Ye Mozhu nodded unconsciously with satisfaction, and secretly sighed that Poplar was really good at speaking, much stronger than Brother Xiaojian.
Gao Qingsong also said here: "Yuanyuan, I don't want to hit you, I don't mean anything else, what I want to say is that you have to understand a problem, you borrowed a lot of money from your family, this money may seem a lot to you, and your family also thinks a lot, but for Zhang Xiaojian, it may be to eat a meal and go to a night club to consume, what Baiyang just said is good, you will pay him back in the future, so that the family will not blame you, and you can go to school with peace of mind." ”
Su Yu rarely agreed with Gao Qingsong's point of view: "I don't dare to think about how I will explain this to my family, what they say is rough, but it is not rough." ”
Wang Wan'er smiled: "Otherwise, you can borrow my sister's mine, I still have a little savings." ”
There is something called kindness that begins to permeate the second-floor balcony in the afterglow of the sunset, perhaps this kind of thing is now more appearing on social media and in news reports, and it is rare to see it around me. But it must be admitted that goodwill has never died in this world.
Yuanyuan pursed her lips, she didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help but be a little moved.