Chapter 449 Waiting for the Lantern Festival (4)
When Ji Xue returned home with her lunch box, Ji Xia was still the only one at home. There was an empty plate on the table, and Ji Xia must have heated up the steamed buns and ate them.
Ji Xia was watching the nine o'clock news on Central Television, and there was a copy of "The Little Princess" on the coffee table.
Seeing that Ji Xue was back, Ji Xia turned around happily, and her sleepy eyes suddenly opened wide: "Sister, where did you go to play? Why did you come back so late? I almost fell asleep."
"I went to my classmate's house. I stayed a little too long. I'm sorry, Xia Xia, for letting you stay at home alone for such a long time." The first thing Ji Xue did when she came back was to pour the food from the lunch box onto a plate and put it in. Heat it in the microwave and wash the lunch box in the kitchen.
Ji Xia stopped watching TV and eagerly ran to the kitchen door, stuck out his little head and watched Ji Xue wash the lunch box.
Ji Xue asked: "Are mom and dad not back yet?"
"Mom came back before, picked up clothes and went out again. She said that dad will be hospitalized for the next two days. She has to go to the hospital and can't come back to stay." Ji Xia said, pointing to the plate on the dining table, "Mom pressed it under the plate. 50 yuan.”
This 50 yuan is naturally the living expenses of Ji Xia and Ji Xue these days.
Ji Xue nodded: "What did Xia Xia eat at night?"
"I ate 4 candies and half a steamed bun left over from the morning." Ji Xia said.
"Xia Xia, are you hungry? My sister brought you some food, and it's still heating in the microwave." Ji Xue turned off the water and threw away the lunch box in her hand, "You can't eat too much sugar, you can only eat 6 at most a day, otherwise Xia Xia will have tooth decay, which will be very painful.”
After scaring Ji Xia, the food in the microwave was heated up, and the two sisters sat around the dining table and began to share the food.
Although it was leftover leftovers from frying, given Tan Weizhou's cooking skills, even the leftovers were extremely delicious. Ji Xia spoke highly of today's dinner.
“It’s more delicious than what dad cooks!”
Ji Xue was tired after working for a long time, and Ji Xia was already sleepy. After eating, the sisters took a shower and then went back to their rooms to sleep.
Jiang Feng could only spend the long night sitting on the sofa in the living room in a daze.
In the next few days, Ji Xue would go to the bun shop downstairs every morning to buy vegetable buns and steamed buns, wake up Ji Xia, go to work at Tan's Restaurant, get off work, pack meals and go home, and start a new day.
On the first day, Tan Lin's wife ran to the kitchen and stayed for a while, staring at Ji Xue to see if she had the idea of stealing from her master. But they only watched it for one day. From the second day on, Tan Lin's wife rarely set foot in the kitchen.
Tan Lin himself said he was worried, but he didn't want to come to the store. His wife was a lazy and slippery person, so naturally she didn't want to keep an eye on people in the kitchen. Do some work.
In the next few days, Jiang Feng also figured out the personnel structure of Tan's restaurant.
Tan Lin is a non-staff member who is unlikely to appear in the Tan family restaurant except for meals, and Tan Rui agrees. Tan Lin's wife is a supervisor who only appears in the Tan family restaurant but does not work. Tan Weizhou is the only chef, Ji Xue and Tan Wenwen are both handymen, one is paid and the other is not paid. To a certain extent, Tan Wenwen is the person who has the worst management experience in the entire Tan family restaurant.
In the first few days, Tan Wenwen often ran away when she got the chance. Anyway, if she was caught running away, she would just get scolded, and her parents would not really beat her.
After Tan Wenwen and Ji Xue got acquainted, they found that as long as she ran away, all the work would become Ji Xue's. Not only in the kitchen, but also in the front, such as serving food, cleaning, and arranging tables and chairs, which were originally done by her mother. As long as her mother is not happy, these tasks will also be done by Ji Xue.
From then on, Tan Wenwen ran away less frequently. Anyway, she could chat with Ji Xue while working. Sometimes sneaking out to play was not necessarily more interesting than chatting with Ji Xue.
By the time Ji Xue worked at Tan's Restaurant on the fifth day, which was the day before the Lantern Festival, Tan Wenwen had already started talking to Ji Xue about everything.
Of course, Tan Wenwen spent most of the time complaining to Ji Xue about her parents.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was the Lantern Festival, during the lunch break, Tan Lin had an unknown reason and had to go shopping with his wife and son, so only Tan Wenwen and Ji Xue were left in the store. Before Tan Wenwen could run home and watch TV, she could only drag Ji Xue to sit at the front desk and complain to her about her parents' favoritism. While complaining, she chewed her mother's melon seeds, as if she would take revenge on her if she finished eating her mother's melon seeds. Damn it.
So she not only ate it by herself, but also took Ji Xue to do it with her. The more, the better, so that her mother would have no melon seeds to eat tonight.
"My mom is serious. Isn't the Lantern Festival a festival? Why open a store? She doesn't do the work herself and leaves all the work to us. It's great to watch TV at home." Tan Wenwen said she can't be there during the Lantern Festival. I was watching TV at home, but I was very dissatisfied that I had to be dragged to work in the store.
Ji Xue was eating melon seeds while listening to Tan Wenwen complain.
"Ji Xue, how will your family celebrate the Lantern Festival tonight?" Tan Wenwen asked.
"My mother has to take care of my father in the hospital. My sister and I live alone. I plan to go to the supermarket to buy her some chocolates when I go back in the evening." Ji Xueyao said, her mouth like an invisible melon seed eating machine that kept feeding melon seeds. Spit out melon seed skin.
Tan Wenwen nodded: "So your sister likes to eat chocolate, and my brother also likes to eat this stuff. I like to eat potato chips, but my mother always only remembers to buy chocolate for my brother and forgets to buy potato chips for me."< br>
In fact, Tan Lin and his wife had never failed to provide food and clothing to Tan Wenwen, but they could not serve a bowl of water evenly, so Tan Wenwen complained. For example, during weekends and winter and summer vacations, Tan Wenwen has to come to the store to help wash dishes, cut vegetables, do chores, etc. Tan Rui only needs to be responsible for happily eating, drinking, watching TV at home, and going to the aquarium and zoo from time to time. , the amusement park is a place where Tan Lin always forgets to take his daughter.
"I remember my mother said that your family also owns a restaurant. Does your father usually let you help in the restaurant?" Tan Wenwen asked.
"I used to go there sometimes, and my dad would teach me how to cook. My sister also wanted to go, but she was too young and my mother wouldn't let him go," Ji Xue said.
"That's great." Tan Wenwen showed an envious expression, "My grandfather also wanted to teach me cooking before, but my dad wouldn't let me."
"Why?" Ji Xue didn't understand.
"He's afraid that after I learn a craft and grow up, my craft will become someone else's when I get married. Really, he won't learn it himself." Tan Wenwen complained mercilessly about her own father, "He won't learn it himself. , Grandpa is not allowed to teach others, what’s the point?”
Ji Xue continued to eat melon seeds.
Tan Weizhou never shied away from anyone when he was making the Trickster's Huadiao Chicken in the kitchen, just like Ji Xue didn't shirk anyone when he was making the Tricklayer's Huadiao Chicken in Tai Feng House. This dish was not learned from the sidelines at all. You can learn it.
Unless a master teaches you step by step, you won't even be able to learn even three points of this dish secretly.
That's why Jiang Feng found Tan Lin and his wife's strict defense very ridiculous. He has no knowledge of cooking and doesn't care about his own father's steps in making Watan Huadiao Chicken to think that Ji Xue can secretly learn Watan Huadiao Chicken just by looking at it.
"But Ji Xue, you are actually quite powerful." Tan Wenwen said.
"Huh?"
"In the beginning, our store also hired helpers, and many of them wanted to be my grandfather's apprentice. My grandfather didn't like them, and even disliked the vegetables they cut. Later, my parents stopped because they were afraid that they would steal their lessons. Ask for help in the kitchen, instead hire a handyman." Tan Wenwen explained, "My grandpa likes the vegetables you cut. He even laughed when he saw you cutting beef yesterday."
Ji Xue could only nod and continue eating melon seeds.
Tan Wenwen sighed again as she spoke: "It's a pity that you are only here during the winter vacation. When school starts, I will have to wash the dishes when I come back from school. My mother definitely doesn't want to wash the dishes, so she leaves all the dishes for me to wash when I come back from school."
Ji Xue finally swam ashore from the sea of melon seeds, stopped what she was doing, and said, "I'm here when school starts."
"Is school starting yet?"
"Yeah."
"You don't go to school anymore?"
"Not on."
"Great, then I'll come back to help you after school starts. I'll also ask you to wash the dishes before I come back. I hate washing dishes." Tan Wenwen said with a smile. She was only in the third grade of junior high school. Students, cannot understand the concept of dropping out of school.
If he didn't have to go to school and have to work at home, Tan Wenwen actually wanted to choose not to go to school.
Ji Xue reluctantly smiled at Tan Wenwen. (End of chapter)