Chapter 18 Is her cooking so good?
The touch under his hand was as soft as boneless. Zhou Chenglei retracted his hand and took a step back.
Jiang Xia also turned over the vegetables in the big iron pot as if nothing had happened.
The great-grandmother smiled and said: "Hey, I didn't expect Ah Lei to love my wife so much. Xiaoxia, just let him come."
Zhou Chenglei said again: "I'll do it."
This time he didn't reach out.
Jiang Xia didn't look at him: "No, just let me come. You go and wash Bai Bei for me."
Bai Bei was worried about the sand and needed to rinse it with water and then use it. Let’s make a steamed melon with garlic paste.
Zhou Chenglei was too embarrassed to stay any longer, so he obediently went out to wash his hands.
Jiang Xia cooked with two iron pots alone, and she also arranged two small stoves.
Because most of the meat is seafood, it is easy to cook, and there are many people helping out. In about two hours, Jiang Xia was able to cook ten dishes and one soup.
The man chatting outside has long been aroused by the aroma coming from the kitchen, making his stomach growl.
The Guangzong Yaozu brothers went to herd cows and ducks, and came here to eat when they got back after dark. The children smelled the aroma of the kitchen and gathered around the door of the kitchen, praising the deliciousness of the aunt's cooking.
Tian Caihua cursed and drove away several times, but they refused to leave.
Later, Jiang Xia smiled and sent them out to help pick some flowers for the dishes, and they ran out in a hurry.
When the food was served, everyone was shocked to see the delicious, delicious and exquisitely presented dishes.
Jiang Xia had the experience of working as a helper in the kitchen of a five-star hotel in her previous life. On the braised pork, she decorated the plate with purple eggplant flowers picked by Guangzong Yaozu’s brothers; The circle is arranged, with a small red flower carved from carrot placed in the middle, which looks like a plate of blooming peonies; the tiger spots are cut into circles and steamed, garnished with shredded onion and red pepper, and the mouth of the fish is A flower that is more beautiful than a melon is the perfect finishing touch, just like a peacock opening its tail, lifelike and beautiful!
Everyone usually cooks the dishes casually and just puts them on the plate. How can they be arranged so neatly, let alone decorate them?
Father Zhou: "Is this made by Xiao Xia? It's so beautifully presented that I can't bear to eat it."
Mother Zhou smiled and said, "How do you know it's made by Xiao Xia?"
Father Zhou gave her a meaningful look: "What are you talking about!"
My wife and my eldest daughter-in-law are cooking. They just want one to be cooked well and not have diarrhea after eating. How can they do it so fancy?
Mother Zhou secretly stepped on him.
Zhou Chengxin exclaimed: "The four brothers and sisters are so good at their craftsmanship that they hide it so well!"
Great Grandfather: "This is not only good craftsmanship, this craftsmanship is simply better than that of a state-owned hotel!"
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My great-grandmother said cheerfully: "This is the first time in my whole life that I have seen cooking made like flowers. I really learned a lot today."
Zhou Yongguo raised eyebrows at Jiang Xia Thumbs up: "My grandson is so good at her craftsmanship!"
Then he said to Zhou Chenglei next to Jiang Xia: "My grandson, you are so lucky!"
Zhou Jie imitated his father: "My little nephew, you are so lucky!"
Zhou Chenglei didn't care about the verbal excitement of the father and son. His attention was on the food on the table. He was someone who had eaten at the state banquet. He suspected that if he gave her more materials, she would be in trouble. Table state banquet is not a problem.
But is her cooking skills so good?
Jiang Xia lived for 28 years in her previous life. After the age of three, she was short of food and clothing. She even had no time to eat because she worked part-time, so she was often hungry and full. It wasn't until she graduated from college and paid off her medical expenses that she felt relaxed. Then she liked to cook dishes that looked delicious and delicious, and she also liked to arrange dishes when eating by herself. She arranged every dish beautifully. That was her only thing in her free time. fun.
But there is absolutely no way the original owner could do this well.
Aware of Zhou Chenglei's appraising gaze, Jiang Xia had already thought of an excuse and said with a smile: "Someone in my grandfather's family served as a royal cook in the palace. My grandfather's cooking skills are very good. I learned from him when I was a child. But I haven’t made it for a long time, so I don’t know how it tastes, so we will just eat it.” Everyone praised it again: “It looks delicious!”
“Smell. My mouth is watering when I eat it, it’s absolutely delicious!”
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Zhou Chenglei knew that Jiang Xia did live with her grandparents for a while when she was a child, but that was before she went to elementary school, right?
Jiang Xia picked up the wine glass, pulled his sleeves, and whispered: "We, husband and wife, would like to toast you all?"
Zhou Chenglei came back to his senses.
The words "husband and wife" were like feathers crossing Zhou Chenglei's heart. He lowered his head and glanced at her white and tender hand holding her sleeve, and then looked at the glass with the red word "囍" printed on her other hand. The wine glass was bought when they got married.
They are indeed a couple, although they are about to get divorced.
He lowered his eyes, picked up the 囍 wine glass, and stood up.
Zhou Chenglei raised his glass and said: "I'm sorry to trouble you all today. Jiang Xia and I toast you all. Thank you for your help."
Jiang Xia then stood up: "Thank you so much for today, if not Thanks for your help, the house couldn’t be repaired so quickly, thank you!”
Good meat and good food are indispensable for good wine. Zhou Chenglei bought wine by the way, and Jiang Xia found wine glasses and poured them for everyone before eating.
She asked Zhou's mother that none of them drank. Only the great-grandmother said to drink a small glass of wine, so Jiang Xia prepared watermelon juice for the adults and children who did not drink.
The watermelon was brought here by Zhou Jie's mother. It was grown by her parents' family. The stone melon is very big. It is gritty when cut into it. It has been soaked in well water and is particularly sweet.
Everyone raised their glasses of wine/watermelon juice, stood up, and clinked their glasses: "Prosperous move to a new house, a healthy home, and good health!"
Jiang Xia drank the glass directly, not even a drop of it. Leftover.
The way she drank was skillful, calm and elegant, which was a pleasure to watch.
Zhou Chenglei glanced at her.
He felt the spicy taste of the two-cent high-alcohol liquor in his mouth. She was as delicate as she was, but she drank it without changing her expression, as if she had toasted with others countless times.
My great-grandmother drank the wine in the cup happily and said with a smile: "Xiao Xia is such a good kid! He can go out of the hall and enter the kitchen. He is a person who can do big things. Ah Lei, your luck lies behind. ”
Zhou Chenglei picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for everyone without saying anything.
Jiang Xia replied naughtily: "My grandma is the most discerning. She has a sharp vision. She can tell at a glance that I am a prosperous man!"
Everyone at the table was impressed by Jiang Xia's kindness. Mianpi laughed.
Hearing everyone praising Jiang Xia, Tian Caihua looked at a table of greasy vegetables and pursed her lips: I don’t know whether I am prosperous or not, but I am bound to lose my family!
Who is willing to put so much oil in cooking?
The half jar of oil given to each family made her excited at the first meal.
No matter how capable Zhou Chenglei is, he can't afford to support her, right?
Zhou Yongguo picked up the wine glass and said to Zhou Chenglei: "Lei, you married a wealthy husband's daughter-in-law. We must have a drink, and granddaughter-in-law, you come too!"
Jiang Xia responded with a smile. After making a sound, Zhou Chenglei did not fill her wine glass. She reached for the wine bottle. Zhou Chenglei took the bottle away and put a glass of watermelon juice he had just poured in front of her: "This wine has a strong stamina, drink the watermelon juice."
Zhou Yongguo: "Hey, this is not okay. Grandpa is toasting, so you have to drink! You can't drink watermelon juice!"
I heard that the two of them haven't slept together yet.
It is really difficult for his grandson. He is twenty-eight years old and has not tasted the taste of a woman.
For the sake of his grandson who has helped him fight since he was a child, tonight he, the grandpa, decided to help him!
(End of this chapter)