With Zhou Yi's hard help, Lin Qingrou finally put a table of seafood out of the pot. In fact, in the end, it was Zhou Yi who was doing the main cooking work, and Lin Qingrou was reduced to a helper. With Zhou Yi's skillful cooking skills, dinner was able to start early.

Lin Qingrou deliberately put a few dishes she made in front of Zhou Yi, and asked Zhou Yi to evaluate what the level was. Zhou Yi stretched out his chopsticks, added a piece of squid and put it in his mouth, and immediately frowned, showing an intriguing expression.

Lin Qingrou looked anxious, and asked Zhou Yi with a gesture, what does it taste like? Is it too much salt?

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "It's delicious, it's very delicious." ”

After listening to this, Lin Qingrou didn't believe Zhou Yi's evaluation, so she curiously picked up the chopsticks and added a piece to her mouth, chewed it carefully and found that it was not particularly salty, so she was relieved.

During the dinner between the two, Lin Qingrou asked about the current situation at Zhou Yi's family and his future plans. After all, Zhou Yi is a very capable young man, and his future should not be delayed in the hustle and bustle of taking on the family's livelihood.

Zhou Yi pretended to be mysterious and said, "Qingrou, thank you for caring so much about my family." My father is recovering well and is able to start doing light manual work slowly, and now that winter is now, our fishermen at the beach are not so busy. At the moment, the family is busy drying the dried fish and keeping it for winter consumption. ”

"As for my next plans, in fact, I have already submitted my resume to a group company, and there is no definite news yet, so I want to wait until it is officially confirmed, and then I will tell you the good news."

"You must be fine." Lin Qingrou encouraged Zhou Yi.

At this time, Lin Qingrou remembered the dried seafood that Zhou Yi specially brought today, and asked curiously: "How to make those dried fish delicious?" I had no previous experience with these seafoods. ”

Zhou Yi explained in detail: "These dried fish and seafood can be grilled and braised, of course, the good way to do it is to steam it as I said before, so as to retain the freshness of the seafood to the greatest extent." In addition, you can also add some vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, radish and other stews into a pot, which is also delicious, and you can also drink hot fish soup, which is especially helpful in winter. ”

Lin Qingrou nodded happily, indicating that she had memorized these cooking methods taught by Zhou Yi.

"I didn't expect that there are so many exquisiteness here, and my cooking skills are far from enough." Lin Qingrou said regretfully.

"No, Qingrou, you're already great. I remember you didn't seem to be in the kitchen at all, but then you got better and better. Today, after tasting these dishes made by you with your heart, I feel that you are really a very capable and virtuous wife. ”

Lin Qingrou shook her head shyly, saying that she was still far from it, and she should study harder and improve her cooking skills.

Zhou Yi grew up in Xiushan since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the food and taste here, so he introduced the special seafood here in Xiushan to Lin Qingrou, and did not forget to explain how to cook and season, what side dishes to match, and how to choose first-class seafood in the seafood market, or where to buy it cheaper and fresher.

Lin Qingrou listened carefully to Zhou Yi's detailed narration and kept it in mind. She feels that since she lives in Xiushan, she should learn more about the local customs, and food culture is naturally the most important part of this.

And these things are told through a native of Xiushan like Zhou Yi, which is very suitable.

After the two had a full meal, Zhou Yi mentioned to Lin Qingrou about the contact with him by the deaf and dumb school not long ago.

"Because you changed your previous phone number, the school couldn't contact you, so they called me." Zhou Yi said in a slightly tentative tone.

Lin Qingrou asked Zhou Yi what the specific matter was, and Zhou Yi seemed a little hesitant, but still told what happened.

"Wang He couldn't contact you, so he mentioned the matter to me again and asked me to convey it to you. I'm sorry, but I didn't tell you about this in the first place, because I don't think you would have bothered with it. ”

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he stopped and looked at Lin Qingrou's reaction, only to see that she was seriously waiting for herself to continue, so Zhou Yi continued: "Here's the thing, your mother-in-law...... No, it was Mrs. Du who went to the school for the deaf and dumb, and she found the principal Wang He and said that she would continue to fund the school in the name of the foundation under her name, but there was a precondition......"

"Is it related to me?" Lin Qingrou asked.

Zhou Yi nodded and said, "Yes, she hopes that you will receive this donation, and be specifically responsible for supervising and managing the construction of the school campus and the expenditure of funds." ”

Lin Qingrou frowned, thinking in her heart that Li Shujun didn't know what she was paying attention to this time, but let her pay for the deaf and dumb school for such a plain reason, it would definitely not be sincere, there must be some hidden conditions behind this.

Speaking of which, the school for the deaf and dumb seems to have always been a victim of the relationship entanglement between Lin Qingrou and the Du family. In the past, because of his personal moodiness, Du Zeming sometimes donated money and materials to the deaf and dumb school, and sometimes threatened to stop donating, so that now half of the school's teaching buildings have come to a standstill because the funds cannot be in place.

This time, Li Shujun suddenly came forward to donate to the deaf and dumb school in the name of a charitable foundation, which sounds like a logical thing, but in Lin Qingrou's opinion, she has hidden scheming, she knows very well that with Li Shujun's style of acting, it is impossible to do this kind of thing that is not beneficial to her, unless she wants to try to get something in return from herself.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that."

Lin Qingrou felt upset when she thought of these things, because whether it was dealing with Li Shujun or Du Liangde, she had to concentrate and be more careful, because she might be used or hindered by them if she was negligent, and she had suffered a lot of such hardships, so now she tried to avoid any interest related to these two nominal parents-in-law.

Zhou Yi comforted: "This is indeed a great thing for the school, but if it must be achieved in the way of a deal with you, I would never recommend you to do it, you have been breaking free from the family that is cold to you and has no warmth to speak of, if this matter is again restrained by them, it will be too unfair to you." ”

Lin Qingrou breathed a long sigh of relief, and secretly encouraged herself not to care too much, no matter what deal Li Shujun wanted to make with her, she would definitely come forward to find her at some point, and she would talk about it then.

Lin Qingrou showed a relaxed expression to reassure Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi also felt relaxed, she felt that Lin Qingrou had become more mature and strong during this period of time, and this change was going on imperceptibly, so that Lin Qingrou herself was not particularly aware of it.

After eating, Zhou Yi insisted on helping Lin Qingrou clean up the dinner plate and clean up the kitchen waste. Both of them are often housework and diligent people, so they quickly cleaned up the kitchen exceptionally clean.

Zhou Yi came out of the kitchen and saw that the living room was a little messy, so he planned to clean up the living room for Lin Qingrou. Seeing this, Lin Qingrou immediately stopped Zhou Yi, she was really embarrassed that Zhou Yi would help her anymore, so she asked Zhou Yi to rest in the living room and poured him a cup of black tea.

Just as Lin Qingrou was cleaning up the messy coffee table in the living room, Zhou Yi sat on the sofa and drank tea for a long time. The doorbell suddenly rang at the door, Lin Qingrou glanced at the appearance curiously, and Zhou Yi got up and said that he would open the door and take a look.

Outside the door was a middle-aged couple, the husband looked like a suave scholar, and the wife stood beside her husband with long shawl hair, who seemed to be much younger. The two explained their intentions, and Zhou Yibian led them to the living room.

At this time, Lin Qingrou was cleaning up the carpet in the living room with a vacuum cleaner, and when she saw Zhou Yi walking in with a couple of men and women, she turned off the vacuum cleaner and greeted her.

"These two are Mr. Xu and his wife, they are neighbors who have just moved next door and want to come and say hello." Zhou Yi introduced.

Lin Qingrou nodded, motioned for the two guests to take a seat in the living room, and turned around to the kitchen to prepare tea.

"We have just returned from Canada, and although my parents are from Xiushan, it is the first time I have come to Xiushan." Mr. Xu said.

Zhou Yi felt cordial when he heard it, and said with a smile: "It turns out that we are fellow villagers, I don't know if Mr. Xu is going to live here for a long time or come back to visit relatives?" ”

At this time, Mrs. Xu on the side said: "To be honest, he doesn't have any relatives here, but he has been abroad for a long time, and he really wants to return to China to live a stable life. ”

"Yes, Xiushan is also developing rapidly now, and I believe that it will get better and better in the future. With fresh air and beautiful scenery, it's a rare place to live, and it's a smart choice for both of them to come back and live. Zhou Yi said.

"I heard that the land near the beach has been auctioned off by two group companies not long ago, so it will become a resort in the future, right?"

"If that's the case, won't it damage the ecological environment here, or it won't be as peaceful and leisurely as it is now."

Mr. Xu and his wife have a lot of questions about the future of Xiushan, and you and I asked Zhou Yi about the current situation of the local area and the plan for future development. Zhou Yi answered them one by one, and said that Xiushan will only get better and better, and there is no need to worry too much about the environment and life problems.