sinovels Chapter 733 Bestowal
Chapter 733 Bestowal
Chapter 733 Bestowal
After Xue Yuantong plucked the wild duck, the duck's beautiful body was revealed. The wild duck was very small, not even as big as a chicken, weighing only a little over two kilograms.
Xue Yuantong picked up the knife again and cruelly chopped it into pieces.
When Yao Yiyao, a little girl from the city, saw this scene, her eyelids twitched. It was too brutal!
Her cat was shaking with fear and wanted to run away!
Xue Chuchu was surprised: "The meat is so good."
It looks very fresh, unlike the domestic lazy duck, this wild duck is lean, thin-skinned, and has almost no fat.
Although Yao Yiyao didn't understand much, she could tell that the duck meat was very delicious.
She saw Xue Yuantong repeatedly washing the duck meat, so she used her only common sense and asked, "Don't you need to blanch it?"
She vaguely remembered that the meat needed to be blanched to remove the blood foam.
Xue Yuantong: "No, this duck meat is good, it tastes better if you don't blanch it."
While she was busy, Xue Chuchu was not idle. She was responsible for preparing some condiments, such as chili peppers, ginger slices, etc.
When there are important ingredients, the humble Chu Chu often helps out and takes the opportunity to learn Tong Tong's cooking skills.
Xue Yuantong shouted outside the kitchen: "Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning!"
She asked Jiang Ning to make the fire, because only a farmhouse pot could be worthy of a wild duck.
Jiang Ning walked into the house carrying a plastic bag.
Xue Yuantong first noticed the rice in the bag, and her eyes curved immediately. It must be the new rice that Jiang Ning brought, super fragrant rice!
Immediately, she saw the lotus root in Jiang Ning's right hand and asked again, "What is that?"
Jiang Ning placed the lotus root diagonally on the chopping board and said, "You can process the lotus root at noon."
Xue Yuantong immediately picked up the lotus root and tore off the plastic wrap. She cut off a small piece, revealing the snow-white color as solidified fat. She put it in front of her small nose and smelled it. The fragrance wafted away, and her eyes lit up.
It is definitely a new product brought by Jiang Ning! Just like tomatoes and watermelons before!
She cut off a piece of lotus root with a knife, peeled it and cut it into small pieces.
The lotus root is as white and tender as jade, and it makes people feel comfortable just by looking at it.
It is not like those fat lotus roots on the market that have been bleached, nor is it like those yellowish-brown lotus roots.
Xue Yuantong picked up the lotus root and took a bite. It tasted extremely crisp and refreshing, just like eating fruit. His teeth became addicted to it.
After taking a few bites, the sweet taste melted in his mouth, and Xue Yuantong's eyes shone brighter.
When Xue Chuchu saw Tong eating lotus root, she picked up a piece and tasted it. The coldness on her face was alleviated by the sweetness.
"Jiang Ning, eat it!" Xue Yuantong fed him a piece.
She saw Yao Yiyao sitting on a small stool again. She had received so many gifts and was definitely a distinguished guest for the Xue family.
Xue Yuantong gave her a piece: "Yaoyao, you eat too."
The Maine Coon cat in Yao Yiyao's arms stretched out its claws to grab food, but was frightened by Xue Yuantong's look and buried its head in Yao Yiyao's arms.
Yao Yiyao didn't care at first, "What's so delicious about lotus root? If the cat likes it, just give it to it."
But after taking it into her mouth, her expression suddenly changed and she swallowed it whole.
Xue Yuantong was proud and showed off: "Is it delicious?"
Yao Yiyao: "No taste."
Xue Yuantong gave her another piece.
This time, while Xue Yuantong turned around, the Maine Coon stretched out its claws to grab the lotus root slices, but was slapped back into Yao Yiyao's arms.
The Maine Coon was stunned, a look of human-like sorrow appearing on its face.
It hurts too much.
In the end, Xue Yuantong took pity on it and gave it a piece. He stretched out his hand for half, then thought that he shouldn't be too nice to a pet, so he broke off another half and gave the remaining one-third to the Maine Coon cat.
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When cooking, Jiang Ning was in charge of lighting the fire.
Yao Yiyao felt embarrassed because she was the most idle person in the entire kitchen.
However, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu knew that she was a distinguished guest, so they did not ignore her and even chatted with her while cooking.
Xue Yuantong asked her if she had gone to the concert.
Because during this summer vacation, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning went to the supermarket to buy things and saw Yao Yiyao, who had run away from home, wearing a doll leather suit and handing out flyers under the scorching sun, just to buy concert tickets.
Yao Yiyao smiled as she talked about this: "I went there once more in October and bought tickets for the inner field."
Since her father took over the Changqing Liquid Project, the originally wealthy family has seen a substantial increase in wealth. When listening to her parents chatting, they said that it would be no problem for them to earn two to three million this year.
Xue Yuantong had never been to a concert before, so she asked curiously, "How much is the ticket? Is it worth it?"
At this point, Yao Yiyao's wealthy mannerisms returned: "The ticket cost more than 4000 yuan, plus the round-trip fare and accommodation, it's probably around yuan."
Xue Yuantong was so shocked that he took a bite of lotus root to calm himself down.
"As for whether it's worth it? I think it's worth it. The whole process is extremely happy! I suggest that you must go to a concert in the future." Yao Yiyao was still happy when she thought of such an exciting scene.
Unfortunately, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu found it difficult to understand, because 4000 yuan was enough for them to eat for most of half a year.
Xue Chuchu and Yao Yiyao are students from the second middle school. They chatted about school matters for a while.
As a student in an ordinary class of No. 2 Middle School, Yao Yiyao looked up to Xue Chuchu who was in the class of Tsinghua University and Peking University.
She told Xue Chuchu: "The boys in our class sometimes talk about you when they chat."
At this point, she saw Xue Chuchu's profile in the smoke. The smoke not only failed to make her look mediocre, but made her even more ethereal.
Yao Yiyao couldn't help but feel a little envious.
She thought she was already very beautiful, but compared to Xue Chuchu, oh!
Xue Chuchu smiled lightly, "Oh, is that true?"
Her only task at school is to study, and she doesn't care about anything else.
"Yes, someone even found out your QQ number and tried to decipher your friends' responses." Yao Yiyao, "Unfortunately, no one could guess it."
A girl with looks like Xue Chuchu will still attract some attention and discussion no matter how low-key she is.
Then Yao Yiyao changed the topic and brought the conversation to Jiang Ning.
She never forgot that it was because of Jiang Ning's rescue that she and her father were able to escape danger last time.
So much so that the look in her eyes when she looked at Jiang Ning was filled with gratitude and an indescribable meaning.
This scene was just captured by the sharp-eyed Chu Chu.
When talking about Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong immediately started to show off his Jiang Ning and even played for her the performance of Jiang Ning recorded at the New Year's Eve party.
Yao Yiyao was surprised when she saw the brilliant sparks on the screen and the uproar from the audience.
She had never expected that Jiang Ning would be such a person in school.
Countless times better than she had imagined.
Xue Chuchu stood in front of the earthen stove, repeatedly stirring the duck meat in the pot with a spatula. The room was filled with fragrance, but it was not choking.
Because Jiang Ning secretly cast a spell to gather all the smoke into the chimney. Otherwise, when cooking hard dishes, the old-style kitchen would be filled with smoke, making it impossible to stay in and choking the nose and eyes.
The pungent smoke was gone, leaving only the tempting fragrance in the room. The spices did not cover up the taste of the wild duck itself, but made it even more fresh and delicious. The Maine Coon licked his tongue restlessly.
Yao Yiyao held the cat in front of her neck and swallowed her saliva secretly. Oh my God, how could it smell so good!
In fact, she didn't need to hide it at all, because Xue Yuantong swallowed even more saliva.
Just as she was craving for it, Xue Chuchu suddenly scooped up a piece of attractive duck meat from the earthen pot. She moved slightly, put the spatula in front of Jiang Ning who was cooking, and said virtuously: "Try it and see if it's cooked through."
Jiang Ning was stunned. He looked at the tenderness on Xue Chuchu's face. At this moment, he suddenly recalled that when he was a child, he stared at his busy mother in front of the stove, and then was suddenly rewarded with a piece of delicious meat.
After a brief moment of confusion, Jiang Ning stuffed the spicy duck into his mouth. At the same time, the three girls in the kitchen all focused their eyes on him.
Jiang Ning took a bite, his mouth was filled with freshness and fragrance, the meat was chewy, followed by the rich and spicy soup.
He commented: "Not bad, delicious."
Xue Chuchu said lightly: "That's good."
She continued cooking as usual.
Xue Yuantong was suspicious for a second, and then she suspected that Chu Chu had changed!
She has indeed changed. I am so close to her, shouldn't this piece of meat be given to me, Tongtong, to eat?
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At noon, the warm winter sun made the door of the bungalow warm.
Zhang the butcher next door had just come back from closing his stall and was eating at his doorstep. He held a bowl of porridge in one hand and a sheep bone in the other, gnawing on it until it was greasy.
At the same time, he smelled the aroma coming from the Xue family and wondered, "What delicious food did Jiang Ning's family make?"
Teacher Qian had a keen sense of smell, and he said, "Meat."
Butcher Zhang: "Nonsense, I know it's meat!"
Teacher Qian usually lives a simple life. He pinched a piece of chicken forkbone and said happily: "Let's eat meat today!"
He ate it cleanly and threw it away. It drew an arc and fell to the ground.
The big wolfhound of Butcher Zhang's family bit it to pieces with a crackling sound.
Butcher Zhang said disdainfully: "You should eat something good. Why are you gnawing on chicken bones every day? I usually feed it pork ribs!"
Teacher Qian glanced at him and said, "What's the point of feeding it so well? Isn't it true that you still can't tame this dog?"
Butcher Zhang wants to smash Teacher Qian’s reading glasses!
Teacher Qian was intoxicated: "Oh, I can't get enough of this fried chicken fork bone with soybean sprouts. I can't get enough of it!"
Butcher Zhang was too lazy to bother with this poor guy. He could not even eat four dishes in his lifetime!
Today Xue Yuantong cooked four dishes: stir-fried wild duck, fried shrimp, cold lotus root slices, sweet osmanthus lotus root, and a soup: pork ribs, lotus root, corn and peanut soup. The soup was full of lotus root fragrance and very sweet.
Jiang Ning moved the heavy wooden square table to the door, half of which was exposed to the sun.
Soon, several dishes were served. The staple food was the dough pancakes stuck to the edge of the pan when frying duck. The bottom of each piece of dough pancake was covered with soup, which looked particularly tempting.
Xue Yuantong said: "If you don't want to drink soup, you can drink grape juice."
Unfortunately, Jiang Ning was the only one drinking grape juice. The three girls were all attracted by the lotus root and pork ribs soup. They each filled a bowl and it was about to overflow.
Before we ate, Zhang the butcher next door glanced at us and said, "You guys took a lot of trouble to prepare lunch!"
Teacher Qian chewed on the chicken fork bone and said: "It's not good for young people to indulge in food all day long! It will easily wear down their fighting spirit!"
Yao Yiyao felt very strange. They were clearly neighbors, so why did she sense a weird tone in their voice?
Jiang Ning smiled, he stood up and put a few slices of cold lotus root in a small bowl. After blanching the lotus roots, he added appropriate amount of soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, and then mixed them with raw garlic, coriander and sesame seeds. The color was bright and the appearance was excellent.
Jiang Ning gave two slices to Butcher Zhang and two to Teacher Qian: "Try our signature dish today."
When Yao Yiyao saw this, she thought to herself: "Jiang Ning is not only skilled in martial arts, but also courageous and careful. His moral character is outstanding. He is simply repaying evil with kindness."
Her liking for Jiang Ning increased significantly.
Ever since that dangerous experience, she was extremely frightened every time she thought about it when she returned home, and even had nightmares for several days in a row.
At the dinner table, my father praised Jiang Ning highly, saying that he had a bright future!
Teacher Qian got the cold lotus root slices and said in a critical tone: "What's so good about it? It doesn't taste like meat at all. It's not as good as my fried bean sprouts with chicken fork bones."
After saying that, he ate it up with a crunch. He couldn't stop at all and finished both slices of lotus root without pausing for a moment.
Teacher Qian was very poor and had never eaten many good things, let alone the spiritual creatures nourished by the spiritual land.
After finishing the meal, he felt a huge sense of loss and discomfort, and his heart was filled with endless emptiness.
He looked at the chicken fork bone in his hand and suddenly felt it tasted like wax.
The world is meaningless.
The same was true for Butcher Zhang. As a meat eater, after he finished eating two pieces of lotus root, he kept looking at Jiang Ning's table.
Teacher Qian couldn't help asking, "Xiao Jiang, why did you only give it to your uncle Zhang and not give it to me, Old Qian, to try?"
Jiang Ning told the truth: "You've finished eating."
Xue Yuantong pointed at him and laughed: "Teacher Qian is really a master at pretending to be confused!"
Teacher Qian's face turned dark and he regretted asking.
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"It smells so good, the duck smells so good! Xiu!" Yao Yiyao praised while eating, and she couldn't stop eating, her chopsticks moving quickly.
Because the cat in her arms was too much of a nuisance, she simply threw the cat out the door to bask in the sun.
Xue Chuchu said: "The duck meat is very good, very fragrant and has no smell."
Xue Yuantong stuck close to Jiang Ning, his eyes full of intimacy: "Jiang Ning, you are so nice!"
Xue Chuchu, who was watching from the sidelines, was speechless. In the morning, Tongtong was still resentful towards Jiang Ning for not having breakfast, but when she got something delicious, she quickly forgave him and even became closer.
I guess even Jiang Ning himself doesn’t know about Tongtong’s mood change.
Xue Chuchu picked up another piece of osmanthus lotus root, which was made by stuffing the lotus root with the fragrant rice brought by Jiang Ning, and then adding rock sugar, red dates, and honey, then boiling and steaming it to make a dessert snack.
It was sweet, soft and had an excellent taste. Xue Chuchu ate three slices in a row, and her mouth was filled with a light and refreshing fragrance.
Inadvertently, she glanced to the east and saw two people and a dog staring at her. They were Butcher Zhang, Teacher Qian, and the big wolfdog.
Xue Chuchu picked up some cold crispy lotus root. She usually ate in a gentle manner, but at this moment she deliberately made some noises when chewing.
The looks in the eyes of the two men and the dog became even more intense, almost emitting rays of sunlight. Xue Chuchu couldn't help but laugh in her heart.
The biggest joke in the world is to give first and then take away.
Only then did she realize how bad Jiang Ning was.
Then, she thought of how Jiang Ning had threatened her, and the funny feeling immediately disappeared.
Because she found out that she was also a poor person being played around by Jiang Ning.