Chapter 67

"Hey? Su Lan is looking at us."

Yang Jinxian unconsciously straightened his back, extremely excited, and even waved his hand affectionately. Su Lan glanced at him and then focused on Zhang Tan.

"Su Lan seems to be looking at Zhang Tan," Li Rui said hesitantly, "Do you know each other?"

He asked Zhang Tan.

Zhang Tan said as he turned to leave, "Why would I know a big star? She was clearly looking at you."

"Looking at me?" Li Rui's heart skipped a beat, his expression excited. He gazed at Su Lan in the crowd, but the fans were causing a commotion, almost pushing Su Lan over. The staff quickly formed a human wall, blocking their view.

Escorted out of the crowd and onto the red carpet, Su Lan looked back at where Zhang Tan had been standing, but he was already gone.

Zhang Tan and Yang Jinxian returned to the grand theater, found their seats, and sat down. Unfortunately, their seats were not next to each other and were quite far apart.

Yang Jinxian was in row 9, while Zhang Tan was in row 20, clearly showing the difference in their status in Li Rui's heart.

A short while later, Su Lan and the lead actors of the movie entered. Zhang Tan watched as she took her seat in the front row.

The director took the stage to speak about the experience of making the movie, praising the lead actors, and received a round of applause. The lead actors also came on stage to share their feelings and thoughts about their roles, following the usual流程 of a movie premiere.

About half an hour passed, and at eight o'clock, the host reminded the main cast to leave the stage, and the movie finally began.

This theater could hold a thousand people, and there were still many fans in the rows behind Zhang Tan.

He took out his phone, opened WeChat, and found the class group he hadn't looked at in a long time. There were many unread messages. Starting from the latest, everyone was chatting about their work and life over the past month and a half, and it seemed they were all doing well. Of course, those who weren't doing well wouldn't say so. As he scrolled back, he unexpectedly saw his own name.

"Zhang Tan seems to be in Pudong."

The one who said this was a male classmate. His question received no response, and the topic naturally changed.

How did they start talking about me? Zhang Tan scrolled further and saw this:

"Is the production schedule tight? @Su Lan."

"I heard it's in Pudong? Is anyone from our class in Pudong? We can invite Su Lan for a meal~"

Everyone chatted a lot, and Su Lan also participated.

In summary, no one was in Pudong.

Then it was...

"Zhang Tan seems to be in Pudong."

Zhang Tan read through the chat history and learned that Su Lan had come to Pudong to film. He looked up at Su Lan in the front row, exited the WeChat group, turned off his phone screen, and focused on the movie.

At the same time, in Huangjiavillage.

"Is it done yet? Is it done yet? The chicken isn't done yet?"

Xiaobai, lying on the windowsill, looked at the sky. The stars had come out, and the moon was dragged out, surrounded by them, nibbled into tiny pieces. She hadn't gone to Little Red Horse School today and was very anxious. The kids must be missing her so much.

She rushed into the kitchen and shouted at her aunt, "If you don't let me go to school, I'll set off ghost fire."

"Any minute now," Ma Lanhua said.

Xiaobai tiptoed and looked at the chicken her aunt was making, which smelled delicious. She quickly took a few deep breaths.

"Aunt, why isn't the chicken done yet? Don't be lazy."

"Brat, get out of the way, you're in the way."

Xiaobai was pushed aside. She was also anxious. The chicken took a long time to cook, delaying her from going to the market, and she wouldn't earn much money tonight.

"Aunt, can you do it? Don't brag."

"Brat, there's no chicken for you, don't even think about it."

Xiaobai immediately protested, "Why can't I have it? I pounded the chicken~ I sweated a lot."

"You still have the nerve to say you pounded the chicken. You pounded my hand, it hurt so much, I really want to give you a couple of slaps to teach you a lesson."

Xiaobai immediately jumped back a few steps, worried that her aunt would remember and give her a couple of slaps.

"Hehehe~~ Aunt, I'm sorry, I've said sorry many times, I didn't mean to, I'm so regretful, if I had known, I wouldn't have pounded so hard, why did you tell me to pound harder?"

"You fool~~ I told you to pound the chicken, not my hand?"

Xiaobai shook her head, "No, you told me to pound the chicken."

"Then why did you pound my hand? You fool, were you trying to get back at me for hitting your bottom last night?"

"Aunt~~ I love you so much, look at your big bottom, you're so beautiful..."

"Stop it, get out~~"

"Hehehe~~" Xiaobai laughed awkwardly a few times and wisely left. If she didn't, she might get hit.

This little brat had just pounded Ma Lanhua's hand, making her furious and wanting to beat her up, but she couldn't find the right moment.

The little brat's attitude of admitting fault was too good, always saying nice things. As the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling face, especially a little flatterer.

The chicken, as the name suggests, needs to be pounded with a stick to ensure the chicken meat is evenly cut and the pieces are consistent in size.

Xiaobai volunteered, raised the stick, and pounded, but the first hit landed on Ma Lanhua's hand, hitting a nerve. Her hand went numb, and she jumped as if electrocuted, like being touched by a qigong master.

Xiaobai, seeing this, dropped the stick and ran without a word. Fortunately, she ran fast, or she would have been hit.

When her aunt's anger had subsided, she appeared and apologized repeatedly.

The method for making chicken is to first cook the chicken, then divide it into parts like the neck, ribs, breast, back, thighs, and wings. The chicken breast, thighs, and wings are deboned and pounded with a rolling pin to cut into strips, which is called chicken. The other parts are put back into the pot to make soup.

At some point, Xiaobai appeared again, tiptoed, and stood by Ma Lanhua's feet, peeking at the freshly made chicken on the table.

"So fragrant."

"Get out!"

"Why are you so mean?"

"Afraid I'll steal some."

"I'm a good child, this is for Mr. Zhang."

"Then what are you doing now?"

"I'm not eating, I'm just smelling."

"Don't drool on it."

Ma Lanhua caught her and pushed her out of the kitchen, telling her to get lost.

A short while later, the chicken was cooked, and the breast and thighs were taken out and placed in a bowl, drizzled with a secret red oil, and it was done.

"Brat, brat~~"

"What?"

"Come here, come here."

Xiaobai peeked at the kitchen door, worried her aunt would hit her but couldn't resist her curiosity.

"Do you want to drink chicken soup? I'll give you a bowl, sit outside and drink it slowly."

The best and most tender parts of the chicken, like the breast and thighs, are used for chicken. The remaining parts, like the ribs, neck, and claws, are used to make chicken soup with red dates. Ma Lanhua gave Xiaobai a large bowl and placed it on the coffee table in the living room, telling her to sit there and drink it slowly.

"If you burn your mouth, I'll tear it off."

"I know."

Ma Lanhua went into the kitchen and packed the fragrant chicken into a disposable container.

Mr. Zhang will surely like it, but the only uncertainty is whether Mr. Zhang can eat spicy food.

She didn't know if Zhang Tan could eat spicy food, so she asked Xiaobai. The little brat patted her head and said Mr. Zhang could eat very spicy food, urging her to add more chili to the red oil.

"Aunt~~" Xiaobai's voice came from the living room.

"What? Did you burn your mouth? You deserve it, I won't pity you."

"It's so good, Aunt, you're really good at making chicken."

Ma Lanhua felt proud, paused in her packing, and hesitated. She used chopsticks to pick out a piece of golden chicken breast from the container, put it in a small bowl, and brought it to the living room.

"Here, try Aunt's chicken."

"What? I'm not drinking chicken?"

"You're drinking chicken soup, this is chicken."

Xiaobai shouted, "Aunt, are you making fake chicken for me?"

"Shut up, if you don't drink, I'll drink it."

Ma Lanhua finished packing the chicken, and Xiaobai was still carefully drinking the chicken soup. She took a small bowl, scooped out the chicken claws from the pot, and sat next to Xiaobai to chew.

Xiaobai immediately stared at her, licking her red-oil-covered lips, "Wow, Aunt, it must be so good?"

Ma Lanhua rolled her eyes, knowing her thoughts, "Do you want to eat?"

Xiaobai nodded vigorously.

Ma Lanhua gave her a chicken claw, and Xiaobai took a few bites and handed it back, "The chicken claw is so hard to eat."

Ma Lanhua scolded her, saying that the boiled chicken claws wouldn't be good, as the essence was in the soup.

Suddenly, Xiaobai picked up her bowl and poured chicken soup into Ma Lanhua's small bowl. Ma Lanhua asked angrily, "Brat, what are you doing?"

"Aunt, your chicken claws are not good, you drink the soup."

"Enough, enough, you're spilling it on the table~~ What are you doing, you can't even use your hands."

"Hehe~"

After eating, the two went out and arrived at the school. Ma Lanhua handed the bag to Xiaobai and instructed, "When Mr. Zhang comes, give it to him and say thank you for taking you out to play, and invite him to eat chicken. Got it?"

"Got it."

"Say it again."

"*&%￥#@！%"

"You're as stupid as a pig's brain."

"I'm smart!"

"Then say it."

"Mr. Zhang, eat chicken, eating chicken will make you strong."

"Did I teach you to say that?"

"Yes."

"You fool! You should say, thank you, Mr. Zhang, for taking me out to play. Although I'm a brat, my aunt is a good person, and her chicken is super good. I'm giving it to you. If you like it, give a thumbs up, got it?"

"Got it."

"Say it again."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for taking me out to play. Although I'm a brat, my aunt is a good person, and her chicken is super good. I'm giving it to you. If you like it, give a thumbs up, got it?"

"Got it, don't say it again."

"Got it."

"Got it, don't say it again."

"Got it!"

"I said, don't say 'got it' again."

"What? Do you say it or not?"

"Don't say it!"

"Then why are you saying it?"

"......I'm so angry."

She kicked Xiaobai's bottom, and Xiaobai finally understood.

"Got it."

"Okay."

Xiaobai tightly hugged the bag.

"Go."

"Aunt, bye~~"

Xiaobai ran excitedly into the school.

"Don't run! Be careful the chicken falls."

Xiaobai immediately stopped and started walking in small steps, shouting excitedly, "Brat~~ Brats~~~~ Is anyone here???"

PS: I want to eat chicken for dinner, (ˉ﹃ˉ)