Chapter 42: Cooking is a must-have skill

A sleepless night passed.

On the second day, An Ran got up early and went downstairs to see that the sky above his head was navy blue, the morning glow in the east was full of sky, and the sun had not yet stretched out of the clouds.

The neighborhood was quiet.

She trotted for a while before she saw the cleaning staff in the community cleaning up the garbage by the garbage room.

"Morning." On the side of the green dump garbage truck, the little community cleaning aunt in blue overalls greeted her with a smile, "Go for a run again?" ”

"Good morning, Auntie." An Ran was dressed in a white and green tracksuit, panting and running past her.

After running a certain distance, she couldn't help but look back at the cleaning aunt who was sweeping the floor and picking up paper, and saw that she was smiling and talking to another uncle in the community who went out for morning exercises.

In the faint morning light, the smile on her ordinary face was sincere and bright, as if there was no haze in her heart.

She suddenly remembered what the writer Thomas Haas once said: "Many people understand that the weight of life does not lie in the size of its appearance, but in its subjective feelings, and that a peasant who is sensitive to life lives a broader, fuller, and more colorful life than an insensitive emperor." ”

It seems that after discovering that their lives are more real and vivid, she has become fond of observing ordinary people rushing past her.

When I got home after running, my family hadn't gotten up yet, An Ran was a little hungry and was about to go to the kitchen to find something to eat, and as soon as I entered the kitchen, I found that there were many fresh vegetables, fruits, and all kinds of seafood and meat on the kitchen floor.

"Today's green grapes are very fresh, do you want to eat some?" When the back kitchen aunt saw her staring at the things on the floor, she asked her angrily, "If you eat, I'll wash you first, and if you don't eat, I'll tidy up your things first." ”

An Ran understood, and the other party asked her if she wanted to eat grapes, but it was polite, and she was even more anxious about the work under her hands.

"You tidy up your things first." She picked up the cup and poured herself a glass of warm water, and suddenly remembered that there was a banquet going on at home tonight.

- A banquet to celebrate her winning the second prize in the finals of Xiao Sai.

If there had not been a fight between her and her classmates, her adoptive mother would have told her last night about the identity of the guests who would have come to the family banquet today, and discussed her makeup for today.

Also, some time ago, my adoptive mother mentioned it a few times, saying that she would have time to practice dancing during this time.

She didn't pay attention to it at all because she was in a hurry to make up for the class, she didn't skip the dance once, and she didn't even think about what she was going to dance tonight.

With so many things coming at once, An Ran felt that the original arrangement had to be moved back by a day, and it was more important to deal with today's things first.

Thinking like this, she put down her cup and asked the assistant chef who was arranging the dishes, "Is there anything hot in the kitchen that can be eaten?" ”

"The bird's nest that Madame is going to eat later is cooked, and the shrimp wonton has just been wrapped." The assistant chef looked up at An Ran.

"Can you cook me a bowl of wonton now? Whip me another glass of fruit and vegetable juice. An Ran asked.

"Can Miss, wait for me to finish this? I try to be as fast as I can. The assistant chef pointed to the mountains of vegetables piled up on the floor and looked at An Ran in embarrassment.

An Ran saw her anxious and nervous expression and knew what she was worried about, so he put down the cup and walked to the stove, "Where's the wonton?" ”

"Wonton in the fridge." The assistant chef saw that she began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find something, and hurriedly replied.

"Where's the apron?"

"There's another one in the drawer on your left."

An Ran closed the door of the cabinet in front of him, and took out a big red apron from the left drawer and put it on his head, "I'll make the wonton and fruit and vegetable juice myself, you can be busy with yours, don't worry about me." ”

"Hey, okay!" The assistant chef asked with a look of surprise and surprise, "Miss, do you know how to cook wonton yourself?" ”

Mainly because there are too many dishes to be sorted out in the kitchen today, I am afraid that when Mrs. An enters the kitchen later, she will see that she has not finished tidying up, and she will be unhappy and talk about her.

She tried to discuss it with An Ran, but what she didn't expect was that the young lady, who usually looked cold and arrogant, was unexpectedly easy to speak.

Not only was she not angry, she didn't cook for her, but she also generously let her be busy with herself, ready to cook her own food.

It was simply too much of a surprise to her.

The assistant chef who is sorting out the dishes is the new kitchen of the An family, and it has only been less than half a year.

In the past six months, An Ran has not been in the kitchen because of the preparation for the high school entrance examination and Xiao Sai, and she has no chance to understand her.

Usually when I see her, she is cold and silent, beautiful and impersonal, so I think she is as difficult to talk as her mother.

There's a natural fear of her.

This is mainly because Mrs. An has meticulous and strict requirements for the servants at home, once she fails to meet the requirements, she will pick her nose and eyes, scold people without dirty words and mean words, so that everyone in the family is cautious.

If it weren't for the salary she gave, the maids at home would have to be changed twice in three days.

The cooks often whispered in the kitchen that Mrs. Ann was difficult to speak, the kind that she couldn't finish talking about for three days and three nights.

Today was the first time she refuted the master's order, but she didn't expect the beautiful lady in the family to be unexpectedly easy to speak, and a surprised smile appeared on her face.

An Ran looked at her as if she had let go of something, and smiled at her, "I will, did you have breakfast?" ”

"No, you eat first, I'll eat with Lao Liu and them later." The cook quickly moved a box of avocados to the other side of the shelf.

It should be thankful to be able to finish the work under her hand quickly, and having breakfast with the master and helping the cook is unthinkable, of course, she has not looked forward to it.

An Ran took out a plate of wrapped wonton from the freezer compartment of the refrigerator and asked the assistant chef, "Is there shrimp skin and seaweed?" ”

The smile on the cook's face deepened, "Yes, in the cold room above the refrigerator, you can look for it." ”

An Ran quickly took out a jar of good-looking shrimp skin and a packet of seaweed from the refrigerator compartment, then walked to the stove, chose a soup pot, filled it with an appropriate amount of water, put it on the stove, and turned on the fire.

The assistant chef was a little worried that she wouldn't use these, but she was relieved to see her series of actions, "I didn't expect you to really know how to cook, Miss." ”

An Ran took advantage of the boiling time to walk to the kitchen and squat down to choose the vegetables and fruits for juice, "Cooking is a necessary skill for a person's survival, and I must know it." ”

The assistant cook saw that she chose an avocado, a banana, and a few bright green onions, smiling happily and enviously, "A young lady like you, there will be someone to serve in the future, where do you need to cook by yourself." ”1314