Chapter 884 Extra 2: Ji Xia Chapter (3)
If I were to use one sentence to describe Jiang Feng's performance at the New Year's Eve dinner last night, it would probably be "Died before leaving the battlefield, which makes the hero burst into tears."
Even though it was already the first morning of the Lunar New Year and he was woken up by the sound of firecrackers, Jiang Feng still had the memory of the fight at the New Year's Eve dinner last night in his mind.
Obviously when he was helping the old man last year, Jiang Feng still remembered to eat more in the kitchen to fill his stomach. This year, perhaps because he was too nervous about cooking in his first year, Jiang Feng was only thinking about whether the portion of the food was enough, and completely forgot about the serious question of whether he could eat it.
Let's put it this way, if Jiang Feng's table were not filled with juniors, he had already established an extremely high status among his cousins, and Jiang Junqing and Jiang Junlian seemed to be the younger brothers, and Jiang Feng might not even have had enough to eat last night.
It's so tragic.
Too cruel.
The words "the weak eat the strong and the fittest survive" were vividly reflected on the Jiang family's New Year's Eve dinner table.
Jiang Feng sighed, looked at the time and it was only six o'clock, and got up to go to the kitchen to make breakfast.
This may be the tragedy of those in power in the Jiang family. While gaining everyone's respect, they have to get up early to make breakfast.
The whole family is still waiting to have porridge in the morning, and Grandma Jiang is still waiting to eat red bean dumplings.
Hey, it’s the first day of the Lunar New Year, so can’t we skip breakfast?
Jiang Feng, who insists on eating breakfast every New Year's Day, said he just wants to eat without cooking.
Before Jiang Feng reached the yard, he bumped into Jiang Weiming, who had woken up early. Jiang Weiming seemed to be in a very good mood. Although the smile on his face was no different from usual, Jiang Feng could feel that his smile at this time was not a habitual one. The smile on the face is a smile that comes from genuine joy.
"Grandpa Third, happy New Year." In fact, Jiang Feng had already said this to Jiang Weiming after midnight last night, but he felt that he should say it again on the morning of New Year's Day.
"Happy New Year, did Xiaofeng have enough to eat last night?" Jiang Weiming asked with a smile.
Jiang Feng:...
Even Third Grandpa saw the way he didn't get any food last night and had to rely on Jiang Junlian to pick him up food?
Jiang Feng's heart was already in turmoil, but he still tried hard to maintain a happy New Year expression on his face, and said slightly stiffly: "I'm full. How can I not be full during the Chinese New Year?... I still ate half a bowl of rice."< br>
In fact, Jiang Feng misunderstood Jiang Weiming's meaning. What he said just now was just to lead to the next sentence: "I just took over and made some noodles and mixed the sauce. Xiao Feng can go to the kitchen and cook whatever he wants to eat." Well, I remember there is still some soup left from yesterday, so just use the soup and cook it directly.”
Jiang Feng immediately became energetic. He didn't even think much about Jiang Weiming who had already prepared the noodles at six o'clock, mixed the noodles and the sauce. He also forgot about his identity as the person in charge of the Jiang family, and walked towards him. Run to the kitchen.
Having porridge in the morning is just for fun. If you really want to eat breakfast, you have to see grandpa and third grandpa.
When Jiang Feng ran into the kitchen, the old man and Grandma Jiang were also in the kitchen.
The old man is frying spring rolls. They have just begun to fry, and they are fragrant and tempting. Grandma Jiang is eating the boiled spring rolls with seasonings, one bite at a time.
"Xiao Feng is up. You can cook whatever you want." Grandma Jiang said with a smile.
It was obvious that Jiang Feng was the first person in the Jiang family to get up besides the three elders.
Not only do you not have to make breakfast yourself, you also have to eat it and you can even choose it yourself.
There was no doubt about which one to choose. There was a large pot of broth left over from yesterday in the refrigerator. Jiang Feng divided the large pot of broth into two portions and poured them into two pots. One pot was used to cook the noodles, and the other pot was used to cook the noodles. Naturally, it was impossible for him to finish a large pot of broth. Anyway, there were people getting up one after another. If they wanted to eat, they could just cook it themselves. He had already poured the broth into the pot first.
A dozen or so noodles, a small bowl of noodles, some soup stock, and the sauce prepared by Jiang Weiming, squatting beside the old man's pot to watch the freshest fried spring rolls, extremely crispy and delicious, Jiang Feng is happy Like a god.
After the happiness, Jiang Feng didn't forget to leave something else for the Jiang family. They bought a lot of fresh seafood for his needs during the New Year this year. They didn't use much at all on New Year's Eve. There were also a lot of fish, shrimps and crabs raised in the kitchen. With. Cooking porridge is the easiest thing for Jiang Feng. It is easy to do and does not require brain or effort. Jiang Feng cooked a pot of seafood porridge and left the kitchen after the porridge was cooked.
His cell phone is still in the room.
As soon as he arrived at the main hall, Jiang Feng met Jiang Juanlian, who had just woken up. Her hair was still messy and she hadn't combed it. She didn't know if she had washed her face and brushed her teeth. She was still wearing pajamas.
It was rare to meet Jiang Junlian so early in the morning. She basically slept in every New Year's Day, sleeping until Aunt Five went to her room to pick her up and go to the village to pay New Year's greetings. Basically I never catch up on breakfast, I always eat it while paying New Year greetings.
Jiang Juanlian's eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Feng, and she grabbed him without force or loudness. She carefully looked around and asked in a low voice like an underground party joint: "Brother, is there breakfast in the kitchen?"< br>
"Yes." Jiang Feng's voice was lowered a lot unconsciously by Jiang Junlian, "There are noodles, seafood porridge, and grandpa is still frying spring rolls."
Jiang Junlian suddenly became energetic, and her eyes emitted a strange light. Jiang Feng thought she was going to run to the kitchen, but he didn't expect Jiang Juanlian to run back. While Jiang Feng was still standing there in a daze, he dragged Jiang Junqing, who looked bleary-eyed and had slap marks on his hands that were probably still dazed after being slapped by her, to the kitchen, swearing in a low voice as he ran.
"Sleep, sleep, sleep! There are kitchen counters, noodles, seafood porridge, and spring rolls. I set the alarm clock specially this morning, knowing that my brother will make delicious food. If I don't go, dad's alarm clock will go off and they will get up! ”
Jiang Feng:...
What else can he say? Maybe this is the bond between twin sisters. They don't forget to call the other one when they have something to eat.
Jiang Feng shook his head and went back to the room. He picked up his cell phone and saw that the six missed calls were all from Xia Xia. This shows Xia Xia's determination and perseverance in wanting to be the first to give him a New Year's call.
Jiang Feng was about to call back when the seventh call came.
Answer.
"Happy New Year, Master! Am I the first one to give you a New Year's call this year? You probably haven't received a New Year's call from others before, right?" As soon as I answered the call, I heard Xia Xia's energetic and somewhat excited voice on the other end of the phone. From the sound of her voice, she knew that Xia Xia on the other end of the phone was very happy.
Sure enough, it’s more fun to go home during the Chinese New Year and spend time with my mother-in-law, cousins, and cousins, or maybe the Chinese New Year itself is worth being happy about. Jiang Feng felt that Xia Xia's spirit in her words was much better now than when she was in Tai Feng Tower before the holidays before the Chinese New Year.
"Of course Xia Xia is the first one to make a New Year's greeting call. It's only a little after seven o'clock now. Who would make a New Year's greeting call so early as you." Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Has Xia Xia had breakfast?"
"Eat, Master, let me tell you, I made all our breakfast this morning. I made fried noodles with soybean paste, egg noodles, beef noodles and fish ball noodles. My sister made fried soybean paste and braised beef, but the fish I made the pills myself! It’s not just my mother-in-law who eats them! Even my uncle, aunt, and sister Pingping said it was delicious. My aunt also said that I can be a chef like my sister in the future." Xia Xia said with pride, "Master, you have breakfast. ”
"I have eaten. I ate hand noodles, noodles, and fried spring rolls this morning." Jiang Feng said.
"Wow." Xia Xia sighed, not knowing which one she wanted to eat.
"How are you, Xia Xia? Did it go well for you to go home for the New Year this year?" Jiang Feng began to ask routinely, and you couldn't blame him for asking such a boring-sounding question. Even though Xia Xia and Ji Xue have money now, they still follow the old habit of buying train tickets when traveling. They are reluctant to buy tickets for sleeper berths. They change trains and have to walk halfway. It takes the two sisters more than a day to go home during the New Year. At that time, the journey home during the Chinese New Year was much more bumpy than ordinary people carrying large and small bags.
Xia Xia began to tell Jiang Feng what she saw on the train when she returned home during the Chinese New Year. After returning home, she talked about the reactions of her uncle, aunt, and several cousins. She focused on telling Jiang Feng about the brilliant achievements that Jiang Feng had made this year, thanks to her mother-in-law's propaganda. , everyone knows what a great master she has.
They were all trivial things, but Xia Xia's words conveyed a feeling of returning home in rich clothes.
Like last year, Xia Xia didn't mention her parents at all.
"Oh, and Master, my mother-in-law dried a lot of dried fish this year. She carefully selected them. I will ask my sister to bring them to you after the new year."
Jiang Feng caught something wrong in Xia Xia's words: "Why did you let Ji Xue bring it to me?"
Xia Xia's tone has not changed, and is still as relaxed and cheerful as before, as if she is talking about a happy little thing: "Because I have decided that I will not go back after the year."
"I want to go to Zhiweiju."
Obviously this is what everyone hopes for, and it is also the smoothest and most suitable path that Jiang Feng and the others had previously planned for Xia Xia. But when these words came out of Xia Xia's mouth, in such a calm, relaxed and pleasant tone, Jiang Feng didn't even want to Know how to answer.
"Master, I think it's good to go to Zhiweiju. I watched the variety show you competed with Zhiweiju before. I think the masters at Zhiweiju have good tempers and great skills. The dim sum they make looks very exquisite. Beautiful, there’s no way I can do that.”
"Master, you are so powerful. Now even my mother-in-law, uncle, aunt, and sister Pingping all know that you are very powerful. My junior sister is also very powerful. You are better than me at cutting vegetables or cooking vegetables and you can give me guidance. I don't want to stay." Do I keep dragging you down like this in the store, lest someone one day hear that I am your apprentice and embarrass you and my junior sister?" Xia Xia's voice was as excited and high-pitched as before at the beginning, but it became lower and lower as she spoke. Quietly.
Jiang Feng's mood became lower and lower along with Xia Xia's voice.
They didn't want to help Xia Xia make a choice before, but now that Xia Xia made her own choice, he felt even less comfortable.
"Xia Xia, one thing you need to know is that if you really go to Zhiweiju and the masters at Zhiweiju to study, you may not be able to come back for many years, and you may not be able to see us once or twice a year." Jiang Feng only said I feel bitter in my mouth, and there is a tangled feeling that my child has finally grown up, but I really don’t want my child to grow up.
"You have to adapt to the environment of Zhiweiju, be familiar with the people of Zhiweiju, live alone, and be prepared to practice ten hours a day. You may not have time to go home during the New Year, and you may not be able to see us once a year." These are what Jiang Feng said are what Xia Xia is about to face. There are more but he did not say them.
Xia Xia didn't go to Zhiweiju to study in a closed private school. She went to learn from a teacher and endure hardship. She had to start as an apprentice. Even if she was very talented and had a certain foundation, she still had to start from scratch and practice the basic skills again. It may even suffer more because of its excellent talent. After all, the world always has high hopes for genius and puts more pressure on genius.
Zhiweiju is not like Tai Feng Tower. Zhiweiju is open all year round. Even on the New Year's Eve, those white desk masters have to go to work as usual. Xia Xia is no exception when she joins as an apprentice. She may not even have annual leave for the first three or four years.
But these are minor issues.
Maybe the masters at Zhiweiju will take more care of Xia Xia in life for the sake of Jiang Feng and Tai Feng Lou, but she will still face many problems outside of life.
What Jiang Feng was really worried about was that Xia Xia was struggling mentally. He knew very well that even though Xia Xia had reached the age of a high school student, her heart was far younger than that of ordinary high school students. Because of her upbringing and family environment, Xia Xia was more extreme than many children, and more extreme than many children. She was full of edges and thorns, and she didn't even have much happiness for many years in her life.
She is more mature than ordinary children, but also more naive than ordinary children.
She is sharper than ordinary children and more fragile than ordinary children.
Even though the edges and thorns on Xia Xia's body have been smoothed away by everyone in Tai Feng Tower in the past two years, it does not mean that they do not exist.
They're just hidden, deep.
Of course, Jiang Feng hoped that these worries were unnecessary and were simply unnecessary and random concerns from his old father. Because it was Xia Xia's initiative to go to Zhiweiju this time, Jiang Feng also believed that Xia Xia really wanted to go and was willing to go.
"Xia Xia, are you really ready?" Jiang Feng asked.
"Master, I'm ready." Xia Xia said, with no trace of loss or frustration in her words. "My mother-in-law is right. Master and junior sister are both so good. I want to become as good as you. I want to be worthy of you." Disciple, senior sister worthy of being a junior sister.”
"And my mother-in-law has already arranged a data plan for me, so I can make video calls to you after get off work in the evening."
"When I finish my studies, I will return to Tai Fung House. Master, I will definitely be on the list of famous chefs like you."
Jiang Feng wanted to say something else, but he felt it was no longer necessary.
"Okay." Jiang Feng said with a smile.
His apprentice finally grew up.
Xia Xia is no longer the same kid as Ji Xia.
Although he is not ready yet, Xia Xia has grown up rapidly and begun to take responsibility for his own life.
Good. (End of chapter)