Chapter 21: Birthday
Previously, because of Ye Jingshu's illness, Ye's father specially went to school to ask for a week of leave for her. Therefore, Ye Jingshu has to recuperate at home for the past few days. Ye Jingshu knew that she was reborn this time, because she hadn't adapted to it for a while, so her body was relatively weak, but in the past few days, Ye's mother went home from work early to make soup for her, and Ye Jingshu took medicine on time and let go of the knot in her previous life, and her body quickly recovered her health.
On this day, when Ye Jingshu was making up for the homework she had pulled down before, she saw her father, who was usually calm and relaxed, but looked meditative, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, what's wrong with you sighing?" Are you having a problem at work? ”
Hearing this, Father Ye spoke: "Jingshu, I looked at the calendar this morning and found that tomorrow is your mother's birthday." You know, we are soldiers, we usually spend less time with our families, and we finally go back to college, and we are busy teaching students, opening projects, and doing research every day, so we haven't prepared your mother's birthday properly for many years. ”
Ye Jingshu listened to it and secretly scolded herself for being careless. Recently, I have been asking my mother to take care of myself, but I didn't notice that such an important day was coming, so I asked, "Dad, do you have any good ideas?" ”
"Alas, I was thinking of waiting for your mother's birthday to take you to the nearby garden to see the flowers and climb the mountain. However, yesterday I heard from your mother that their unit has been busy with the creation of a civilized city in City A recently, and she will have to work overtime in the unit tomorrow and come back in the evening. Father Ye was even more worried.
As for the birthday, Ye Jingshu knew that in the next two decades, there were more and more ways to celebrate: couples could go out together for a romantic candlelight dinner, watch a romantic love movie, and order a look fashio by the way
The variety of cakes is also dazzling.
However, in this day and age, people can at most just eat a homely meal together. Originally, after listening to her father's words, Ye Jingshu was also ready to celebrate her mother according to the pattern of twenty years later. However, parents are more conservative and too upright, and they may not be able to accept too avant-garde ways of celebrating. So, let's prepare according to the pattern of this era.
Thinking of this, Ye Jingshu said: "Dad, you don't have to worry too much, let's just have a good meal with Mom." ”
"Then let's wait for your mother to come back and go to the Splendid Restaurant, and order a few more dishes that your mother likes." When Ye's father heard this, he felt that his daughter's doctrine had a way, so he readily agreed to Ye Jingshu's proposal.
When Ye Jingshu heard this, her father misunderstood what she meant, so she smiled and said, "Dad, I mean, let's make a good table at home and don't eat in a restaurant outside." The price in the restaurant is still secondary, mainly because the hygiene cannot be guaranteed, and it may be uncomfortable to eat. ”
Father Ye was even more worried when he heard this: "Jingshu, you don't know, usually your mother is in charge of our family, how can we cook!" ”
Ye Jingshu smiled slyly: "Dad, don't underestimate me, see me show you a hand today!" ”
Although Ye's father was very worried about her level, but seeing that Ye Jingshu looked confident, he felt that it was better not to dampen his daughter's enthusiasm, and it was a big deal to go out to eat if it was bad.
Just do it. Ye Jingshu went out with the fifty yuan sponsored by her father. Don't underestimate this money, this is half a month's salary for my father!
Looking back on the previous life, twenty years later, prices are rising gradually! Ye Jingshu remembers that the most popular sentence at that time was "Alas! Everything is rising, but wages are not rising! "Think about the price of goods at that time, isn't it, in the city a pound of eggs cost several pieces. However, now that prices are low, things are fresh, and there are not so many genetically modified foods, it is indeed more reassuring to buy them.
After a period of bargaining, Ye Jingshu went home with a bunch of vegetables and meat that she had swept in the vegetable market, but thinking that her mother was too busy with work, they only ate some of the simplest noodles and rice, and there were no other seasonings at home except salt and soy sauce. So when passing by the spice stall, Ye Jingshu bought a lot of things that she would use for cooking.
After returning home, Dad Ye was distressed when he saw his daughter carrying a large bag in her hand, and hurriedly took it over. Ye Jingshu also gave her father the rest of the money to buy vegetables by the way.
Looking at the money handed over by his daughter, Father Ye was shocked. How can you still give birth to more than half of your money when you buy so many things? Wouldn't it be that the bosses who sell things see that Jingshu is young and the things sold to her are not fresh?
Ye Jingshu saw her father's puzzled look, smiled and said with relief: "Dad, look at you, don't you believe in your daughter's ability?" You can rest assured, everything is very fresh, and the price is not cheap, but the bosses see that their daughter is sensible, has a sweet mouth, and can bargain, so they sell it to me cheaply! Dad, you go and rest, and I'll do the rest of the cooking. ”
Looking at the time, Ye Jingshu knew that her mother would come back from work in less than three hours, so she had to move quickly.
It takes a long time to boil the porridge, so Ye Jingshu cooked the porridge first, and then quickly washed the vegetables and cooked the rice. Vegetables are simple, but meat is more complicated. But fortunately, there are more pots at home, and you can do it at the same time:
Blanch the big bones and chicken feet first, then wash them, pour oil and fry the chives, ginger and garlic, Ye Jingshu puts the processed pork ribs into the pot and stir-fries, pours beer, adds boiled meat, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce for coloring, and then adds rock sugar to enhance freshness, and begins to stew; On the other side, Ye Jingshu put the fried chicken feet into the braised soup she had prepared, and with the experience of running a braised meat shop in her previous life, these dishes were naturally no problem for Ye Jingshu. The processing method of fish is relatively simple, directly put onions, ginger and garlic on the pot to steam, pour on the steamed fish soy sauce, tsk, that taste, not to mention how fresh it is!
Father Ye is really not at ease, Jingshu has never been in the kitchen, how can he let her mess around? But when Father Ye approached the door of the kitchen, he was attracted by the bursts of fragrance, opened the door, and saw that his daughter's cutting skills were very skillful, and the whole operation was orderly, like a professional chef. I don't know where I learned this cooking skill, but when my wife comes back, I have to ask if I taught her secretly.
Ye Jingshu quickly fried the last green vegetable, cleaned up the table, and put all the dishes on the table. At this time, Ye's mother happened to come home from work, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw her husband and daughter waiting for her together, and said, "Happy birthday!" ”
Ye Mu was surprised at first, and then smiled: "Okay, thank you!" I didn't expect you all to remember it. ”
Walking to the dinner table, Ye Mu was stunned: steamed fish, sauce bones, tiger skin chicken feet, fried vegetables, and her favorite rice and sweet potato porridge.
"Jingshu, did you go to the Splendid Restaurant with your father in the afternoon? It's going to cost a lot of money to eat on this big table, right? ”
Hearing his wife's question, Father Ye proudly replied: "This is all done by our daughter who went to the market to buy vegetables in the afternoon!" Let's try it. ”
With that, he automatically picked up his chopsticks. What surprised the Ye family and his wife the most was that these dishes not only looked good, but also tasted very outstanding, I heard that they were made by their daughter, Ye's mother asked curiously: "Jingshu, who did you learn these dishes from?" Mom never taught you! ”
When Ye Jingshu heard this, she chuckled in her heart: she originally wanted to do her filial piety, but she forgot that she didn't know how to cook at all in her previous life, so she could only lie: "Mom, I have a college classmate who can cook, and I learned it all from her." ”
After hearing this, Ye's father and mother did not doubt him, and the three of them happily enjoyed this rare free and warm moment.
After the meal, Mother Ye pulled Ye Jingshu over and said, "Jingshu, I have worked hard for you today, my mother is very moved." In this way, my mother gave you this bracelet, saying that jade can bring auspiciousness to people, and my mother hopes that this jade bracelet can keep you safe and peaceful. As he spoke, he took off the bracelet and put it in Ye Jingshu's hand.
Ye Jingshu looked at this bracelet, and her nose was sour: In his previous life, Pu Dagui saw this bracelet and pushed his mother into the abyss. In this life, I must protect my parents and let the family be together forever.
Looking at her daughter's red eyes, Mother Ye was startled: "What's wrong?" Tears again? Although the bracelet is very important to your mother, in her mother's heart, nothing compares to your health and happiness. ”
Ye Jingshu couldn't hold back anymore and nestled in her mother's arms: "Thank you, Mom, we'll all be fine." ”
This day is destined to be happy.