Chapter 27: Revealing shortcomings
“Sister-in-law, you haven’t added alkaline noodles yet, and you need to use warm water to make the noodles.”
“Oh, that’s right, I even forgot about it.” Guan Lei She hurriedly searched around on the tableware rack in the kitchen, and saw a white powdery plastic bag. She guessed that it must be alkaline noodles, so she grabbed a handful and was about to throw it in.
"Sister-in-law, this is not alkaline noodles." Zhao Mei quickly stopped, "This is soda."
Guan Lei was embarrassed and just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. She really regretted it. , why don’t you learn it at home? She clearly knows that women have to cook when they get married.
Seeing that she really didn’t know how, Zhao Mei sighed, closed the door and whispered: “Forget it, sister-in-law, you probably haven’t cooked much, I’ll help you cook, and I’ll teach you if I have the chance in the future. Let me teach you, the difference between alkaline noodles and soda is actually very easy. If you touch it, the alkaline noodles will have a grainy texture, while the soda will have a powdery feel.”
Guan Lei tried it, and it was really good. .
“Actually, it’s okay. We have a dough machine at home, but it happened to be broken in the past few days. Let’s get it repaired. You won’t need to roll dough in the future. It would have been troublesome when I first got married. There are nearly ten people in their family, and rolling out the noodles once can exhaust everyone."
Zhao Mei moved quickly.
Guan Lei feels that it is necessary to have a good relationship with Zhao Mei. After all, not to mention that this woman will be rich in the future, she can help her a lot now.
She thought for a moment and took off the silver earrings on her ears. These were the ones her mother had made for her at the silversmith when she was singing this year. They were decorated with delicate roses.
"Zhao Mei, if you don't mind it, you can wear these earrings."
Zhao Mei was startled, then waved her sticky hands and said, "How can this be done? , How could I ask for something so valuable from you? Please put it on quickly.”
“It’s okay, I wanted to give it to you yesterday, but I was too busy yesterday and never had the chance. What does it matter if you give me a gift? Besides, you have been helping me." Guan Lei just stuffed the earrings into Zhao Mei's pocket.
"Hey, I'm just rolling out the dough, it's nothing." Zhao Mei kneaded the dough hard and pointed to the window, "They should all still be sleeping, but you can also help and keep an eye on it. Don't let it happen." My mother saw it."
Guan Lei said with a smile: "It's okay, I think my mother is very kind and gentle."
Zhao Mei was obviously stunned. She nodded and said: "That's good, but I have to take care of things a lot."
"That's very similar to my mother. My mother also likes to take care of things."
She is very agile. Zhao Mei quickly rolled out the noodles, and then helped cut the potatoes and cabbage. She originally wanted to help fry the sauerkraut, but Hehe seemed to wake up and cried loudly in the side room. She forgot about the next process. After telling Guan Lei seriously, she went to coax the child.
“Remember, you must add some seasoning when frying the sesame seeds, otherwise there will be a fishy smell. Take out the sesame seeds first after frying them. When making soup, put the tomatoes first, boil the water, then beat the eggs and add salt. vinegar, and finally boil the water.”
"Okay, I've written it down."
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Guan Lei brought all the noodles to the main room, already exhausted and sweating profusely.
Not to mention the cumbersome steps of making noodles, just pulling out the noodles almost made her die on the spot. The noodles rolled out by Zhao Mei were too strong and fell into the pot when she picked them up on the chopsticks. In desperation, She had to use a large colander to hold the soup, and she had to use a rag to wipe off the soup outside the bowl. In short, she was in a hurry.
And under Zhao Yang's instruction, she went to the kitchen to get vinegar and oil to pour on chili peppers and garlic.
Zhao Yang’s father, Zhao Hongcai, picked up the meal without saying a word, and the others also started to use their chopsticks.
Zhao Lan frowned after taking a bite and said, "How can you eat it so bland? Is there no salt at home?"
"Aren't there pickles?" Zhao Mei fed the child. Rice, said, "It tastes just right in a bowl."
"That's how you eat it, I don't like it." Zhao Lan put down his chopsticks.
"Leilei, go help Lan Lan get the salt." Zhao Yang took a bite of the noodles and said vaguely, "She always has a strong taste. Remember to put more in her bowl when you cook in the future. Take it with a pinch of salt.”
Guan Lei is so angry.
As a reborn person, she knew what kind of person Zhao Lan was. Not to mention other things, what kind of good thing could a 24-year-old leftover woman who had not yet married out be? She remembered that her sister had vaguely mentioned that Zhao Lan had a bad reputation before, but she didn't say anything specific.
However, Zhao Yang doted on this sister. Every time he came back from the county town, he would buy her clothes, skin care products, etc.
Why should she serve such a person?
She pretended not to hear and continued eating.
"Hello?" Zhao Lan shouted arrogantly, "Didn't you hear what my brother said?"
Zhao Mei couldn't stand it anymore. She had always had a bad relationship with her sister. The two of them have been quarreling since childhood. Today, she took Guan Lei's earrings away again, and they are even more attracted to her.
“Look at you, you are already 24 years old, and you are still so young. My sister-in-law is new to the family, is it your turn to give orders?”
Feng Zhuanhong glared at Zhao. Mei glanced at her and gave her a look that said, "I just know my elbows are turned out."
Zhao Lan was not to be outdone: "Why are you anxious? I didn't talk about you. Besides, you are already married. This is our family's business. Why are you anxious?"
"Say it again. "Zhao Mei's eyes widened.
"Is there anything I dare not say? You are already married, and you run to your parents' house every two days. You probably don't even know how the people in the village laugh at you."
"What about you? You're not married, and you don't even know how many are pregnant in your belly..."
"Zhao Mei!" Zhao Yang scolded.
Guan Lei was so happy that she listened to their family's gossip with open ears and prayed that they would talk more.
It turns out that when my sister said she had a bad reputation, she was referring to this!
Zhao Lan looks pure and innocent on the surface, but she is actually a slut in her heart.
She chuckled in her heart and looked down on Zhao Lan even more.
But as the future mother of the family, she still said something like a sister-in-law: "Zhao Mei and Zhao Lan, you two, stop arguing. We are all sisters, so don't hurt the harmony."< br>
Zhao Lan didn't appreciate it at all, because Zhao Mei exposed her shortcomings. She was furious at this time and scolded her even worse.
Keep on, keep on, some more, some more.
Guan Lei shouted in her heart.
The only thing that surprised her was that Zhao Hongcai was as if he was deaf. He was not affected at all and continued to eat.
"Stop arguing. Are you two afraid that I will live for two more days? You argue every day and make the house a mess." Feng Zhuanxia slammed down the bowls and chopsticks and said loudly, " It's such a big deal, it's worth it for you two to expose each other like this, Zhao Lan, you have to add salt yourself!"
Zhao Lan kicked the stool away, snorted and went out.
Guan Lei is so touched!
Her mother-in-law is really the best mother-in-law in the world!
She couldn't wait to come home quickly and tell her mother this.
(End of this chapter)