September 13th, the first Friday after Audrey started school.

As soon as school ended, Audrey rushed back to the dormitory, picked up the backpack she had prepared long ago, and ran out of the campus.

In less than twenty minutes, Audrey appeared in front of the door of the "cabin in the woods".

She took out the key, opened the door, and found that the light was on in the room, and the white porcelain vase in the entrance was filled with lilies, and there was a little residual moisture on the white flowers.

Audrey rolled her eyes, gently put the backpack on the ground, took off her small leather shoes, carried one in each hand, and tiptoed in.

Audrey, who was holding her breath, first came to the living room, there was no figure, turned her head to look in the direction of the dining room, and found that there was also a vase with lilies on the dining table, and the tableware was neatly arranged.

Audrey smiled and crept into the kitchen, where she saw Evan standing in front of the stove, holding a spoon in one hand and putting it to his lips as if he was tasting it, and there were already several plates of prepared dishes on the table next to him. The style of the dishes was something Audrey had never seen before, which made her a little curious.

However, at this moment, no matter how strong her curiosity is, it can't compare to the sweetness in her heart.

Audrey carefully put her shoes on the ground, and when Evan put the spoon down and didn't turn around, she ran behind Evan with a few light steps, and then jumped up and jumped on his back, her arms clasping his shoulders tightly.

Evan was startled, but the familiar laughter made him immediately aware of who was responsible for the prank. He immediately put his backhand on Audrey's thigh so that she could not fall.

"I miss you!" Audrey said in Evan's ear.

With that, she kissed Evan on the cheek.

Evan and Audrey pressed their faces to their faces, let her lie on their backs, and whispered, "Me too!"

At this moment, a certain pink atmosphere enveloped the two of them, making them immersed in the resonance of emotions and thoughts, forgetting the world and themselves.

Audrey is light, and Evan is willing to carry her for the rest of her life if she can.

It took a minute longer than hours for the two of them to get Audrey off Evan's back. After returning to the kitchen door and putting on her shoes, she looked at the prepared dishes and asked curiously, "What is this method?"

Evan replied without looking back, "This is Chinese stir-fry, I learned it from Chinatown." ”

Actually, of course not, but it's a white lie, and I'm sure Audrey won't mind. However, in order to be able to cook Chinese food, he did go to Chinatown to buy pots and spices.

Evan doesn't know how to cook Western food, and he doesn't want to learn it, and the skills of Chinese stir-fry are not bad because he has been single for many years. Evan was stewing peanut pork rib soup in the pot, which was the last dish, and after it was out of the pot, he came to Audrey and introduced her one by one: "This is sweet and sour pork ribs, this is sweet and sour loin, this is sweet and sour fish, this is fish-flavored shredded pork......"

Audrey asked strangely, "Why are they all sweet and sour?"

Evan said, "Don't you like sweets very much, I want you to try them all, and if it suits the taste, I will make it for you later." ”

Audrey really likes sweets, and once ate four chocolate cream snacks in one go, and I don't know if it's because she couldn't eat enough for a long time when she was a child.

However, even so, her weight still can't rise, and other girls know about it and are probably envious to death.

Evan didn't wait for Virginia, and Audrey ate the first staple food in this life, rice, and the dish was a Chinese dinner with stir-fried vegetables.

Virginia said before she left the house today that she would be back late.

Evan prepares chopsticks, Audrey tries them, and gives up after finding that they can't be used well. She looked at Evan, who was using chopsticks superbly, and said in amazement: "Why do you even learn to use chopsticks so quickly!"

Evan was proud on the surface, but said in his heart, after decades, can he not be happy?

Among the several dishes Evan makes, Audrey likes sweet and sour pork ribs the most and dislikes sweet and sour fish the least because of the spines.

As a big foodie, Audrey not only eats happily when she sees delicious food, but also does not forget to learn how to do it. However, Evan didn't plan to teach her, but agreed with her: "In the future, you cook Western food, I cook Chinese food, you cook when you want to eat Western food, and I cook when you want to eat Chinese food, how about it?"

Audrey thought about it and said yes to Evan!

Although Chinese food is delicious, it is too troublesome to make, and because the kitchen conditions are not complete, there is a lot of oil smoke, and Evan is reluctant to let Audrey be smoked all over the smell of oil smoke!

Speaking of which, because of this Chinese meal, Evan also made an unexpected discovery.

Rice is indispensable for Chinese food. To cook rice, Evan subconsciously went to the electronics store to buy a rice cooker, but found that there was no such thing in the store. After running several appliance stores, Evan finally confirmed that the thing hadn't been invented yet.

As an amateur collector of electrical appliances, this was a surprising discovery for Evan. As a small household appliance, the rice cooker has never been in his collection catalog, so he has not discovered this fact until now.

In fact, the machine that used electricity to cook was used in his army very early on, in 1937. The rice cooker for home was not invented until 1945 by Toshiba Minami (there is also a legend that it was Sony's co-founder Ibukadai, but the author accepts the former here, because it is clear from the time of view that Minami Koda was in front), however, the rice cooker at this time was not mature because its container was wooden and could not control the temperature. The truly commercially mature automatic rice cooker was not introduced by Toshiba Corporation until 1956.

After learning that the rice cooker had not yet been introduced, Evan's "inventor" heart was ready to stir again.

Although Americans eat less rice, the majority of East Asian people eat more, and more importantly, with a rice cooker, it is convenient for them to cook in the future.

Although there may not be many opportunities to cook for yourself......

……

After the first couple's weekend in Los Angeles, Evan and Audrey will be five days apart.

This made Evan very nostalgic for the days when there were mobile phones - Audrey's dormitory didn't have a phone, and he couldn't even praise the phone porridge if he wanted to.

Audrey tells Evan about Abbott's invitation and asks for his opinion. Audrey herself was a little hesitant, she wanted to go, but she was afraid that it would affect her dancing and studying. After all, she finally got into the school.

Evan encouraged Audrey to go, because judging from the information given by Abbott, her role would not be the main character, and even if she was going to perform on Broadway, it should not have much impact on her studies.

Second, this is also a rare big stage where you can accumulate performance experience, and Audrey should not give up easily.

Moreover, Audrey was able to enter art high school, thanks to Abbott's letter of recommendation, and his face should not be refuted.

This last point convinced Audrey, and she decided to accept Abbott's invitation.

After Audrey returned to school, Evan immediately transformed the garage of the "cabin in the woods" into the "Evan Second Laboratory Rice Cooker Project Team".

By the way, "Avan No. 1 Lab" is the one where the seat belt was invented.