Chapter 53: Xu Xian Learns to Cook
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It turns out that men are much more talented than women when it comes to cooking.
Li Xiaoyao taught him a few simple dishes, first learn to make vegetables, and then learn meat dishes.
From holding a knife to cut vegetables, to stir-frying on the heat, to whether it is salty or light, Li Xiaoyao has been teaching him to cook all day long.
Xu Xian was embarrassed at the beginning, and then he was a little fascinated.
Making a dish that is full of color and flavor will give people an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
At dinner in the evening, Li Xiaoyao praised Xu Xian in particular.
"Scrambled eggs with tomatoes and shredded pork with green peppers, these two dishes are made in Chinese, and it is the first time he learned to cook, and it is very good to be able to make it look like this." After speaking, he took the lead in applauding, and everyone applauded, and there was a bit of a pyramid scheme.
Xu Xian was a little shy, sitting next to him and smirking, it was time to eat, Xu Xian paid special attention to Meng Shu.
Meng Shu took a few bites of the dishes he made and boasted: "Xu Xian, I can't see it, it's really good." β
Xu Xian smiled happily and said, "It's Brother Li who teaches well." β
The fat man took a sip, patted him, and said, "It's really good, just your hand, you can capture the hearts of many girls." β
Chen Chu looked at him, and the fat man immediately shut up and ate quietly.
After dinner, it was getting dark, Chen Chu asked the fat man to send him home, but Xu Xian refused again and again.
The fat man couldn't help but say that he came out with him, Xu Xian had no choice but to let him send himself.
An hour later, the fat man returned. Xu Xian lives with his sister and brother-in-law, Chen Chu's impression is that Xu Xian's sister Xu Jiaorong is a gentle, graceful and kind woman, and her brother-in-law Li Gongfu is an ordinary and ordinary head catcher.
The Xu family's family situation is very ordinary, and even in Xu Xian's own words, the family is poor.
When the fat man returned, everyone quickly gathered together for a meeting to discuss the next thing.
Chen Chu hadn't seen Bai Suzhen for many days, and Bai Suzhen must be anxious. The easiest way to get a woman to give up her love for a man is to destroy the man's image.
When the sky was slightly bright, Meng Shu went out, took a boat to Qingbo Gate, and found a house according to the address given to her by Xiaoqing.
Before Meng Shu knocked on the door, the door opened, and it turned out that Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing were preparing to go out. As soon as she opened the door and saw Meng Shu, the second daughter was a little surprised and surprised.
Xiaoqing held Meng Shu's hands and said, "Sister Meng Shu, why are you here?" β
Meng Shu grinned: "Sister Xiaoqing, I'm here to call you to our house for dinner." β
Xiaoqing said: "Okay, I want to try Meng Shu's sister's craftsmanship." β
Meng Shu smiled slyly and said, "I didn't do it." β
"Oh?" Xiaoqing was surprised: "Could it be your father-in-law?" Does he know how to cook? β
"Oh, you'll know when you go, let's go."
When taking the boat, Bai Suzhen couldn't help but ask her about her relationship with Chen Chu. Meng Shu went all the way to the end, and moved out of the lie of refugees fleeing the village.
Bai Suzhen was overjoyed in her heart and said, "Then Gongzi Chen is also at your house?" β
Meng Shu nodded: "Well, we all live together, and the Taoist priest I met in the Imperial Tablet Pavilion that day, he and my eldest brother are old friends, and they also live in our house for the time being." β
Bai Suzhen was excited, looking forward to seeing Chen Chu again.
Meng Shu led the two daughters to stand outside the Zhu Mansion, and Xiaoqing praised: "Your Xianggong's business must be very big, such a big mansion, there are no thousands of taels of silver, but you can't buy it." β
Meng Shu said casually: "Normal, average, let's go in." β
After entering the door, Bai Suzhen saw a few familiar faces, the man with glasses and Mayor Zhang sat at the stone table to play against each other, and Li Xiaoyao watched the chess without saying a word. He Yu and Zhang Xixi sat under the eaves embroidering pillows, Xu Xian was cooking in the kitchen, and the fat man was working on the side. Only Chen Chu was missing.
Meng Shu introduced everyone to Bai Suzhen's two daughters one by one, and everyone nodded at them with a smile, and then continued to do their own things.
"Sister, sit down, I'll pour you a cup of tea."
After bringing the tea, Meng Shu reminded her to be careful of scalding.
Bai Suzhen's eyes kept searching, but she couldn't see Chen Chu, she couldn't help asking, "Sister Meng Shu, why don't you see your third brother?" β
"It should be at home." Meng Shu turned her head and asked, "Who saw the third brother?" β
When the fat man heard this, he poked out half of his head and said, "I got some silver from me in the morning, saying that I haven't seen Miss Xian'er for a long time, and my heart is tight." I told him that there was a guest at noon, so let him come home early, it should be soon. β
Bai Suzhen's heart sank and asked, "Miss Xian'er?" β
Meng Shu snorted and said, "That fox spirit in Yicui Pavilion, since that bastard of the Hu family took the third brother to go once, the third brother was fascinated by that fox spirit, and he didn't go home for several days, and he didn't go to see her these days, thinking that he had cut off contact, but he didn't expect to go again." β
Xiaoqing suddenly snorted angrily, "I thought he was an infatuated man, but I didn't expect him to be a womanizer, it's really sanctimonious." β
"Xiaoqing, don't talk nonsense, you are not very familiar with Chen Gongzi, how do you think Chen Gongzi is good or bad?" Bai Suzhen's face was slightly pale, and her eyes showed sadness.
"Knock knock!" There was a knock on the door.
Meng Shu walked over to open the door, Chen Chu was full of alcohol, his body swayed and stood outside the door, holding a beautiful woman dressed in flowers and branches in his arms.
"Oh, it's Xiaoshu."
Meng Shu frowned, "Third brother, why do you drink so much wine?" I also brought back a woman who didn't bother with me, didn't I tell you that I had a guest at noon? β
The woman was reluctant, clinging to Chen Chu's body, and said, "Who doesn't have to be three-hundred-and-four?" Chen Gongzi and I hit it off at first sight and had a very happy conversation, and Chen Gongzi invited me to his house, not me crying and begging. Hmph, Chen Gongzi, since the family is not welcome, then I will go. β
Chen Chu grabbed her hand and said, "Hey, what are you going to do." He turned his head to look at Meng Shu again, and his face suddenly became stiff, "Xiaoshu, what's the matter, go prepare some drinks and meals and send them to my room, I have something to talk about with Beibei." β
Meng Shu was dissatisfied: "Third brother! β
Chen Chu didn't seem to hear it, grabbed Beibei's waist, smiled with a face, and walked in slowly.
When they walked to the compound, the glasses man and the others had a strange expression, and the fat man poked his head out and glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Hey, it's not Xian'er, it's a change again?" β
Chen Chu saw Bai Suzhen, but he glanced at it, didn't say hello, and walked into the room with Beibei's little waist around it.
Bai Suzhen's eyes were red, and she lowered her head, and it wasn't until the sound of the door closing from behind her that she raised her head and exhaled.
Xiaoqing asked with concern, "Sister, are you okay?" Or I'm going to eat that bastard, and the province will always make you sad. β
Bai Suzhen shook her head with a smile and said, "Engong's position in my heart is unique, but I am just a stranger in Engong's heart, and I can't force Engong to like me." β
Xiaoqing said distressedly: "Sister, why do you want to do this, you just want to repay the favor and leave him a sum of gold and silver money." β
Bai Suzhen shook her head and said, "Engong saved my life, how can I repay the mundane things at will?" I don't expect to be able to stay with Eun Gong for a long time, but I must see Eun openly and happily live this life, otherwise I will not be at ease. β
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat, lady, fourth sister and fifth sister, clean up the table." The fat man shouted at the top of his voice.
Today's dishes are all made by Xu Xian, except for a pot of fish soup and a chicken, all the others are vegetarian dishes.
It's not full of color and flavor, but it definitely looks better than the dishes in this dynasty restaurant.
More than a dozen dishes were served, and the fat man took off his apron and threw it aside, saying, "Today's dishes are all made in Chinese, and I have worked hard in Chinese." β
Xu Xian smiled embarrassedly: "It's all taught by Brother Li, as long as you don't dislike the food I make." β
"Xiaoshu, do you want any food and drink? Why hasn't it been delivered yet? Chen Chu's roar suddenly sounded in the room.
The glasses man shook his head and sighed, Meng Shu stood up angrily, and before he could scold, he was pulled down by the fat man and said, "I'll go and bring it to the third brother, you eat first, eat first." β
Xu Xian glanced at it with some doubts, thinking that Chen Chu was sick, so he didn't think much about it.
Xiaoqing's mood was even worse than Bai Suzhen's, she didn't have much appetite, but after taking a bite of the dish, she was greatly surprised. The taste of this dish was so delicious, it was better than the food of any restaurant she had ever eaten.
"Sister, you eat some, Xu Gongzi's cooking skills are really good."
Meng Shu saw that Bai Suzhen was not very happy, and asked, "Sister Bai, what's wrong with you?" Is the meal unappetizing? β
Bai Suzhen is a guest today, if she doesn't eat anything, it will be bad after all, she smiled and shook her head, trying not to let others see the change in her mood.
Like Xiaoqing, when she ate the food, she was greatly surprised, and at the same time looked at Xu Xian in surprise. It's hard to imagine that such a delicious meal was actually made by a man.
Xiaoqing curiously asked Xu Xian about his cooking skills, and Xu Xian told him some of the cooking skills that Li Xiaoyao taught him.
"It turns out that Li Gongzi is the real master." Xiaoqing looked at Li Xiaoyao with admiration.
Li Xiaoyao took a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Where is the master, but he is a little picky about eating, so he has nothing to study." In fact, Hanwen's cooking skills are very good, I still have a few delicious dishes here, and I will hand them over to him in the next few days, if the little young girl has time, come back tomorrow, and let Hanwen make you another table. β
Xiaoqing naturally hopes in her heart, such a delicious dish can't be eaten in a big restaurant outside.
"Won't this disturb Mr. Xu too much?"
Xu Xian shook his head again and again, "Don't bother, it's okay." β
Xiaoqing smiled happily: "Wow, my sister and I are so blessed." β
Several people at the table looked at each other cautiously, and saw the smiles in each other's eyes.
"Smack!"
In the back room, there was a sudden sound of the table toppling over and the dishes and chopsticks falling to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Chu scolded: "Get out, you get out of me!" β
"Squeak!"
The door was pushed open, and Bei Bei walked out of the house in a panic, her clothes damaged in several places.