Li Yitong stood up with difficulty, but his legs and knees were constantly trembling, and he couldn't control it at all, he felt that his body was no longer his own, every step seemed to be stepping on a thick stack of cotton, but his body seemed to be filled with lead, this uncoordinated weightlessness made him unable to walk smoothly at all, and the awkward posture was even more funny than a baby's toddler. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Li Yitong didn't have the heart to worry about this at this time. He doesn't care about any embarrassment, shame, or dignity. Eating, that's the only thing he thinks about now; To be more precise, get through the day and don't go hungry, that's the only thought on his mind right now.

Song Lingyi looked at Li Yitong, who was faltering, and couldn't help but sigh lightly. She has heard everything about Li Yitong from Lu Huaijin, and she also knows Lu Li's thoughts, but she is different from everyone else, she is a mother after all, Li Yitong is only a few years older than Lu Li, and she is still a child. This afternoon, Li Yitong has learned his lesson and done his job, at least, he can enjoy a good dinner, which he deserves.

"Don't worry, it's still a while before dinner is over." Song Lingyi raised her voice and said, "Come and see, what do you want to eat." There are both Chinese and Western food, so just pick your favorite. ”

Li Yitong stopped, raised his head, and his vision finally became clear, everyone in the ranch was sitting around the table, there were a few faces he didn't recognize, but even Brandon had finished his work - didn't he say just now that he was going to brush all the horses again? Why did you come here so soon?

However, Li Yitong has no way to think in his brain now, looking at the group of people giggling and laughing, no one cares about his embarrassment at all, and no one plans to come over and reach out to help him, only the woman who met for the first time greeted him, and the gentle words carried a faint concern.

Li Yitong's emotions collapsed in an instant, tears filled his eyes, he hurriedly lowered his head, wiped away the tears that had not had time to gather with the back of his hand, and covered up his vulnerability. It was only the first day, and he was embarrassed enough, he didn't want to make himself even more miserable.

Vigorously wiping away the moisture in his eyes, Li Yitong nodded and walked to the dining table. This short journey is like a long march, and it has finally come to the end.

Song Lingyi stood up and gestured to the vacant seat next to her, "Come, sit down." I've been working for so long, I'm definitely tired now. Is it to beat you for rice, or to take bread? ”

Looking at his mother's busy figure, Lu Li shook his head helplessly and stood up, "Mom, let me come." "Song Lingyi has also been busy in the garden for a long time today, and she has been tossing in the lavender field for a few hours in the afternoon, and now she is probably tired.

"Do you like Chinese or Western food?" Lu Li briefly introduced, "Chinese food today is abalone chicken soup and potato beef stew, and Western food is onion soup and lamb chops. ”

Li Yitong's eyes fell on the dining table, and the home-cooked dishes bloomed with a moving luster, just like the top dishes in the "Little Chinese Master", which actually glowed! In addition to the dishes introduced by Lu Li, there is also a plate of garlic spinach, a plate of fried pork slices with beans, a plate of cold tofu, a pot of mashed potatoes, a basin of salad, and a basket of bread.

The whole table was so full that it looked like a table in "Spirited Away", and it just kept echoing in my head: don't eat, don't eat anymore, and if you eat again, you will become a pig.

However, Li Yitong still picked up the plate, but his trembling hands almost couldn't grasp the plate steadily, and he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Brandon, who was sitting next to him, caught it in time, which avoided the tragedy.

Seeing that Li Yitong refused to speak, Lu Li reached out and took the plate from Brandon's hand, slapped a large spoonful of mashed potatoes, then sandwiched two small lamb chops, and finally took two pieces of bread and put them next to him, handed them to Brandon, and Brandon put them in front of Li Yitong.

Lu Li guessed that since Li Yitong likes others to call him "Jack", he should also like to eat Western food more.

"Are you sure he won't try this potato roast beef? It's become my favorite! Tony said enthusiastically, "I think it's much better than the barbecue steak." ”

"This is what Ms. L did today, right? It's so delicious, I've never eaten such delicious potatoes. Jessica nodded in agreement, "The flavor of the beef is integrated into the potatoes, and the potatoes are floury, so delicious." Also compared to the mashed potatoes next to it, it is still the beef roasted potatoes that are more delicious. I can't believe that one day I'll choose potatoes over beef. ”

"None of you like this chicken soup?" Song Lingyi stood up, picked up the soup spoon, and pointed to the small half pot of chicken soup left in front of him.

"Me!" Randy thought he was the first, but he didn't expect that Brandon, Cole, Tony and Randy all raised their right hands, and even Edward, who had been staying to eat and drink for the past two days, raised his hand after being half a beat slower, but Randy fell to the end, and after realizing this, he also quickly raised his right hand!

Li Yitong devoured it, the mashed potatoes seemed to be mixed with a little rosemary and black pepper, the texture was dense, the taste was refreshing, and there was no greasy feeling at all, so people couldn't help but stuff it into their mouths, but they had already eaten most of it in two or three bites.

Immediately afterwards, he tore open the bread again, but his fingers didn't have any strength at all, he didn't tear it twice and didn't tear it, and then he heard Song Lingyi's voice, and his brain didn't have time to turn at all, so he raised his right hand high, "I!" I! After shouting, he put down his hand again, put the bread aside for the time being, picked up a knife and fork, and tried to cut the lamb chops, but found that his hands had no strength, so he simply grabbed the lamb chops with his hands and gnawed them.

The lamb chops not only have no taste at all, but also tender and juicy, much better than the taste of beef, Li Yitong didn't have time to chew at all, he almost swallowed his tongue, looked at the plate that was half empty, and couldn't help but raise his eyes and glanced around.

To be honest, he wanted to try the potato roast beef, which is a pure Chinese/Chinese dish, but his mouth was full of mutton and potatoes, he couldn't say anything at all, he just picked up the bread and stuffed it into his mouth, the solid taste immediately made the whole person happy, and it seemed that even the tiredness of the body was relieved.

Song Lingyi made a bowl of chicken soup and put it in front of Li Yitong.

This chicken soup is filled in a crockpot, lit a firewood, simmered for more than three hours on low heat, only a few grains of salt are sprinkled after the pot, the sweetness of the abalone melts into the soup little by little, and the unique aroma of the chicken soup is the icing on the cake, the beauty of this dish is the essence of the ranch.

Even Brandon, who has never been very interested in soup, drank two large bowls today.

Then, Song Lingyi took another plate, filled some of each dish, filled the entire plate to the brim, and put it in front of Li Yitong.

Li Yitong doesn't like to drink soup, in fact, when he is at home, although Li Huainan and Liu Xiaoyan occasionally make soup, but the custom in their hometown is not necessarily to have soup, so Li Yitong often doesn't drink it, and he still prefers Coke or Sprite to drink soup. Carbonated drinks are much better.

However, today he didn't care about this, picked up the soup bowl, drank the whole bowl of soup in one go, the rich and smooth taste warmed the whole stomach, the muscles of the whole body relaxed, resisted the urge to lick the bottom of the bowl, and reluctantly put the bowl down. He never knew that the soup could be so delicious, and it could be called a delicacy in the world.

After putting down the soup bowl, the plate appeared in his sight, he couldn't help but raise his head and glanced at Song Lingyi, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say anything, hesitated for a moment, or lowered his head, pulled the plate in front of him, grabbed it directly with his hand, and stuffed it into his mouth with a big gulp.

"Slow down, slow down. It's going to choke. Song Lingyi made another bowl of soup, but the whole chicken soup had bottomed out, and after each person divided a bowl, there was hardly much left. Song Lingyi simply poured all the remaining soup into the bowl and handed it to Li Yitong, he picked it up, and drank it in one gulp.

"Ms. L, thank you for today's dinner!" "I'm really satisfied today, Ms. L, can you make that meat at noon tomorrow, the same one you told Fourteen last time." "Dongpo meat? yes, the last time Fourteen talked to Ms. L was Dongpo meat. "yes, yes, that's pork, right? I want to try it, can I? "You're just done tonight's dinner, and you're already thinking about tomorrow?" Ms. L, you've worked hard today, so I'll leave the work of washing the dishes to me in a moment. "Yes, we'll take care of the cleaning later, and you'll need to exercise after dinner." ……

Everyone left the table one after another, leaving Li Yitong alone to sit in place.

The sound of everyone's joy and relaxation came from his ears, different from the roughness and savagery at work, the happy warmth made Li Yitong's eyes moisten again, but the movements in his hands couldn't stop at all, potatoes, spinach, beef, lamb chops...... The food was stuffed into the mouth one by one, and the whole mouth was so full that it was almost impossible to swallow, as if the mouth had been torn open, but the action of stuffing the food still could not stop.

As he ate, tears slid down and fell onto his plate.

He pretended that he didn't like Chinese food, he pretended that he liked Western food, every day it was a hamburger, a sandwich or a pizza, every day he was learning the habits of Westerners, and he tried his best to fit in here, because he knew that even if he missed life at home, he couldn't go back. To be honest, he has almost forgotten Chinese now, his life is here, his work, his friends, his future are here. However, he was never able to adapt to this place, and he had to force himself to stay.

The saltiness of tears came from the tip of his tongue, and the aroma of roast beef with potatoes lingered on his fingertips.