Chapter 17 The Manchu and Han Banquets
"Are you alright, Miss Chen. Zhuang Yan didn't go inside, just stood at the door and asked.
Chen Jiaqing wore her hair and didn't look up, she just shed two strings of tears without arguing, she didn't want to be seen by Zhuang Yan, an unfamiliar person, she lowered her head and said, "It's okay, thank you for coming over to help." ”
There was a feeling of chasing away customers between the words, Zhuang Yan was not a stunned young man, he knew what she meant, nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll go back first, if you need help, go to me." ”
Then Zhuang Yan squatted down and touched Xiaoying's head, and said with a smile: "Xiaoying, uncle will go first, you can accompany your mother here." ”
Xiaoying looked at her mother, then at Zhuang Yan, nodded her little head and said, "Thank you, uncle, I will accompany my mother well." ”
What a sensible little girl, Zhuang Yan stood up with a smile and returned to her room.
Listening to what the old woman said before leaving, it seems that Chen Jiaqing will still be in trouble in the future. It is not difficult to guess that the old woman wants to go with Chen Jiaqing to snatch Xiaoying's custody.
Zhuang Yan didn't know what was going on between Chen Jiaqing and his ex-husband, since he wanted to grab custody, it shouldn't be the child's grandmother who came over. And in Zhuang Yan's original earth, grandma and mother grabbed custody, and I haven't heard that they can grab it.
I searched for a long time from the memory fragments of the original body, and I didn't find laws and regulations such as the attribution judgment of custody in this world, which is not difficult to understand, I was an otaku majoring in literature in my previous life, and I won't pay attention to these things if I have nothing to do.
Zhuang Yan looked for a book in the room, and after reading it for a while, suddenly there was a knock on the door of the room again.
"Who?"
"I'm Chen Jiaqing, your next-door neighbor. ”
Zhuang Yan was a little surprised when he heard that it was Chen Jiaqing, got out of bed and opened the door, and saw a beautiful young woman standing at the door. Unlike the appearance of her hair scattered and her eyes were a little hazy with tears just now, her eyes still looked a little puffy after crying. But it's obviously touch-up, and the complexion looks much better.
Beauty is beauty, although the dress is not too bright, but as a mother of a few years old, her figure is kept uneven, and her face is slightly baby fat, but it seems that she is even younger.
"Hello, Miss Chen, is there something wrong?" Zhuang Yan asked, leaning against the door frame.
Chen Jiaqing showed a smile and said, "Hello sir......
"My name is Zhuang Yan. ”
"Oh, hello Mr. Zhuang, I'm here to thank you for coming over to help. If you have time, I don't know if you can enjoy a meal with your face. Chen Jiaqing said sincerely.
"Eat? You don't have to, to be honest, I didn't help me just now, and when I came back, I was still wondering if it was too abrupt, and I didn't help. Zhuang Yan said.
Chen Jiaqing hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, if you want to say that I have to apologize, Xiaoying, this kid is not sensible, it is abrupt to come and trouble you." ”
"How come, I haven't seen a child more sensible than Xiaoying. ”
The two of them stood at the door and talked, and Zhuang Yan didn't want to invite the other party in, but he really couldn't open his mouth.
His room was a typical bachelor's room, cramped and cramped, which could not be changed, but the floor that had not been swept for several days, and the instant noodle bucket full of garbage cans, made people worry about the owner of this room.
If you smell it carefully, you can still smell a sour smell of instant noodles, this is the food has improved in the past two days, he just bought a bucket of Laotan sauerkraut worth three yuan, if it was the first two days, I am afraid that he could only smell a crude chicken essence flavor.
The atmosphere of the conversation between the two was a little awkward for a while, and Chen Jiaqing coughed lightly and said, "In that case, Mr. Zhuang, just talk about going over to eat in the evening?"
"But ......" As soon as Zhuang Yan wanted to refuse, Chen Jiaqing said with a smile: "Then I'll go grocery shopping now, Mr. Zhuang, do you have anything you want to eat?"
"I ...... It's okay, not a picky eater. ”
"Okay, I'm going to go grocery shopping now. Chen Jiaqing was very simple, turned around and left, and shouted to the inside of her door: "Xiaoying, stay at home and wait for me, I'll go out to buy vegetables and come back after a while." ”
Looking at Chen Jiaqing's back, Zhuang Yan touched his head, he didn't expect Chen Jiaqing to be completely different from what he imagined, and he actually had a capable feeling in her.
He originally wanted to refuse, but he was blocked back by Chen Jiaqing's words, and he forgot what he wanted to say, and directly said that he was not a picky eater.
……
At about six o'clock in the evening, Chen Jiaqing came over and called him over for dinner.
He didn't go out for a walk today, just because he was afraid of missing the time to eat.
As soon as I entered Chen Jiaqing's house, there was still a wok on the stove in the small kitchen, and it seemed that there were still vegetables in the pot.
Chen Jiaqing waved the spatula and said with a smile: "You go in first, I'll have the last dish here." ”
Zhuang Yan nodded and walked in, Xiao Ying saw him enter, he was still sitting next to the small desk, and immediately stood up and ran to Zhuang Yan and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhuang Yan, you are here." ”
Zhuang Yan nodded: "Well, does Xiaoying welcome uncle?" It seems that Chen Jiaqing has already told Xiaoying his name.
Xiaoying said innocently: "Of course you're welcome, my mother has also made a lot of dishes." ”
Only then did Zhuang Yan pay attention to a table placed between the bed and the small TV cabinet, a rectangular table, estimated to be only about one meter long and only fifty or sixty centimeters wide.
It's such a small table, placed in the middle, and there is no other place to put stools next to it, only two stools can be placed at the two ends, and the people on the side need to sit on the bed.
There are now three dishes and one soup on the table, a sweet and sour pork ribs, a braised fish, a celery shredded pork, and the soup is an ordinary tomato and egg soup.
The dish in the pot just now, Zhuang Yan glanced at it, it should be a small fried meat or back to the pot or something.
The dishes are all ordinary dishes, but Zhuang Yan has not eaten such a sumptuous dish for a long time, and Chen Jiaqing looks like he has good cooking skills, at least the color and aroma are very good, which makes people smell like they have a salivating feeling.
didn't let Zhuang Yan wait for a long time, Chen Jiaqing put the last dish up, and said with a smile while taking off his apron: "Zhuang Yan, I've made you wait for a long time, it's all coarse tea and light rice, and the hospitality is not good, please don't be surprised." ”
Zhuang Yan looked at the four dishes and one soup in front of him, and gave a thumbs up, "How is this coarse tea and light rice, to be honest, I was still eating instant noodles every day two days ago." Now when I see these dishes, it's no different from seeing the Manchu and Han feasts. ”
Chen Jiaqing was amused by Zhuang Yan: "I didn't expect Zhuang Yan to be quite humorous." ”
Xiao Ying's eyes widened and asked, "Uncle Zhuang Yan, what is the Manchu Han banquet? Is it similar to sweet and sour pork ribs?"
This time Zhuang Yan and Chen Jiaqing laughed together, Zhuang Yan smiled and said: "Yes, it's almost like sweet and sour pork ribs." ”