At noon, Xia Ming simply cooked two dishes. After all, he was only a guest there and the kitchen did not belong to him. So he cooked a beef stew with tofu and a plate of stir-fried seasonal vegetables.
Xia Ming really deserved the title of âNoble sonâ. Even if he was only washing his hands and making soup in the dusty old room, it was very pleasing to the eye.
He had a good memory. In just a few days, he had already found out the tastes of his two companions. He remembered that the little guy liked meat and tofu and Yuanfeng also liked meat. As for what kind of vegetables they liked, he still doesnât know. It might be because his companions were too picky when it comes to vegetables.
The Luo family now had four people. Luo father and Luo mother were staying in the town. Two dishes alone were definitely not enough for all the people there. Therefore, when Luo Cuihua entered the kitchen, Xia Ming naturally let her make the rest of the dishes.
After all the dishes were put on the table, the plate of beef tofu, and stir-fried seasonal vegetables were greatly welcomed. The plate on the table showed how good the skill of its cook was. The little guy kept moving his chopsticks and kept saying âThis looks so delicious!â
Yuan Feng also nodded and gave a thumbs-up. He thought no wonder the saying goes, to grab a person, first grab his stomach. No wonder the little idiot always barks âBig Brother Xia Ming Big Brother Xia Mingâ. Fake flattering doesnât need money. So this little dude must have barked so many flattering words unreasonably to get free tasty foods. ohoho what an eater!!! However, it turns out that Xia Ming even knew to cook such delicious foods. If the foods were made by him, everyone would have cursed him, his entire family, and even his ancestors.
The tofu was white and tender and the beef was delicate. And unlike the Luo family who was reluctant to put more ingredients, Xia Ming seemed to control the taste extremely accurately. The seasonings and ingredients were just right. People couldnât imagine, it was made with the simplest kitchen ingredients of the farm.
The two old people could hardly chew foods, but they couldnât help holding the tofu. Seeing that the tofu that they were holding on the wooden chopsticks trembled slightly as if they were breaking from the chopsticksâ touch, they hurriedly delivered it to their mouths and then continued to praise Xia Ming.
There were a few other dishes that Luo Cuihua had made.
For example, roast potatoes were tasteless, as if they were not fully cooked. After Yin Minglu ate it with a spoon once, he didnât want to move the spoon again. Yuan Feng also had just picked the chopsticks to eat that when he stopped his action because of its smell. And in that vegetable soup, the color floating on the surface of the soup was even more strange. Even if their mouth was dry, these young people didnât dare to scoop it up, thinking about they will just drink water after dinner than drinking that.
Both Luo family members and guests were satisfied with the meal. They were only a bit unsatisfied because Xia Ming had only cooked two dishes. Those two dishes finished too quickly.
The only person that was unhappy was Luo Cuihua, who was totally ignored the entire time.
She saw the reactions of the people from the beginning to the end. Her expression was extremely ugly. Since she had heard about Luo Yushengâs recent situation that day, her heart had been upset for a while. When she had entered the kitchen, she had wanted to start a conversation with Xia Ming, but the other party ignored her. He looked like he didnât even want to see her, let alone have a chat with her. So she had to give up and start making food.
When you are in a bad mood, you will naturally do perfunctory works. She had put less salt in one dish while too much vinegar in the other. She had already realized that it might not be delicious, but she didnât expect that the three young masters would not give her any face at all. In front of the camera, they almost touched her food with their chopsticks from beginning to last only once. Isnât this telling the audience that she, a rural girl who has been used to housework since she was a child, is not as good as a cityâs teenager who has only learned cooking for a few days?
A few days ago, she wanted to get more screen time in front of the camera by relying on her academic performance. After all, she was mediocre in other aspects, but her grades were relatively good. She has always prided herself on being among the best in her grade, thinking that she can definitely overwhelm these good-for-nothing cityâs teenagers. It turned outâŠâŠâŠâŠ she was defeated by that Xia Ming while doing homework. Whatâs more, that fucker Xia Ming defeated her with so much calm face.
It took her ten minutes to do a math problem. Xia Ming could write the formula and answer the steps to solve the problem at a glance, which made the other two teenagers applaud again and again and again. They boasted so shamelessly: Xia Ming, you are awesome, you deserve to be an international award-winning genius juvenile!
In front of the real genius, she was naturally not given any face. She continuously bit her pen and secretly complained about Xia Ming thinking why didnât he give her the opportunity to show off? Obviously, as a guest, he doesnât need this extra screen time.
The audience may sigh at the fact that although this Luo Cuihua grew up doing these things, she still couldnât beat a cityâs child who was there to âimproveâ himself. Sure enough, rural children are inferior to cityâs children. But audiences will not have much reaction, because this was expected. She lost to Xia Mingâs cooking so badly. She doesnât even want to imagine how the audience might attack her using various other reasons.
She thought of the previous shots again, all of which were small Luo Cuimiao stepping on a small bench and cooking for everyone. Everyone will definitely wonder if she, the eldest sister, has been a lazy ass all year round and made her five or six years old little sister work so hard. So her cooking skills were so bad.
She didnât want to carry such a bad reputation. So she deliberately stared at the empty plate of beef and said with red eyes: âI didnât cook meat. Although I know you guys like meatâŠbut we are different from Yusheng. He only needs to study hard in the city, but here in the village, we still have to plan carefully what to eat for a day. â
She directly misinterpreted the fact that the teenagers did not eat her dishes because the teenagers liked meat and she did not make meat dishes. Thatâs the reason they didnât like her dishes. Itâs not that her dishes were uneatable. In her words, she also discredited her younger brother. The subtext is that her younger brother enjoys the blessing in the city and does not need to worry about the price of firewood, rice, oil, and salt.
âItâs not that I didnât make meat deliberately butâŠâŠ..but you guys donât know how expensive beef is here. Our poor families usually eat it only during the New YearâŠâ The girl wiped the corners of her eyes and hiccuped.
She clearly meant that these pigs cityâs teenagers have eaten too much of their Luo familyâs food. And the Luo family being too generous, in order to entertain them, they also let out the beef that they usually canât afford to eat. The teenagersâ expressions fell suddenly. Yin Minglu also darkened his expression to cooperate with the other two teenagers. His expression was childishly sad.
Luo Cuimiao pulled her sisterâs sleeve awkwardly thinking how can her sister say such stupid words. Their brother went to the city. Those people were generous enough to let him have such a blissful life there and they also gave him a lot of good things. In exchange, the three big boys were sent over. As a condition of signing the contract, the program group and the three city families had given the Luo family a lot of expenses and so many living allowances.
Among them, the Yin and the Xia family who hadnât accepted their children, besides giving money, they had also given away new sets of solid wood furniture, a lot of dried seafood and various daily necessities, etc. Not to mention the others, only a single set of furniture was of thirty to forty thousand yuan.
It is said that children in adolescence have a sharp increase in appetite due to physical needs. So the three young people who are growing up definitely will have a lot of appetites. But even if they will eat and drink too too too much for three months in the Luo family, in front of those allowances that the Luo family had received, their eating costs was like a drop in the bucket.
Collecting money from other people and still complaining because the money givers are eating your familyâs meat too much, this behavior is reallyâŠ
Luo Cuimiao couldnât say anything in front of everyone. She had received a beautiful ball pen set. Its ink was smooth which had made her writing very smooth too. It was much easier to write with it than the two other pens that she had bought in town for a yuan. She didnât want to stop writing after using that pen. So she had practiced writing all night before stopping.
And her sister, who obviously had also used the same kinds of stationery products, has forgotten that the person who had provided them with those stationeries hoped that they could take care of the three teenagers.
Itâs a pity that Luo Cuihua did not receive the hint that her little sister was trying to give. She only wanted to get rid of the bad impression that she might have left in front of the audience. Anyway, this kind of contract between the cityâs families, the Luo family, and the program group was private. Most of the audiences in front of the TV donât know the inside story and might really think that she was using money and resources carefully and not wastefully and sympathize with her.
This girl was really smart. While beautifying herself, she also blacked out her brother at the same time.
Xia Mingâs eyes were getting colder and colder. After all, she was a person who had been in his heart for more than ten years. It was not easy to let his feelings fade away so quickly, but now after the girl said such a thing, the last bit of a feeling towards her died.
He didnât speak, but got up and left. That attitude showed his discomfort. The other two teenagers also had the same hatred but could not say a word to Luo Cuihua. So, they also turned back to the room.
Luo Cuihua kept tearing. Humph!!! She is not afraid of the cold faces of these three teenagers because they will have to eat food cooked by her for the next three months. Even if they are stubborn and arrogant and donât want to eat what she cooks, they will only starve themselves for nothing. And heheâŠshe will lose nothing.
Luo Cuihua thought this way. And after she acted miserable enough in front of the camera, she returned to her room with peace of mind.
As a result, the next day she learned that the three teenagers had gone to help the villagers to build a new house. They worked very hard in digging and cementing bricks. All they wanted in a return was a delicious meal for themselves.
Originally, fellow villagers in the village had to help to build a house. According to the rules, the owners had to invite the helpers for dinner and give them gifts such as a big pack of cigarettes. Therefore, the owner of the house was not surprised if they were asking for food. But the three teenagers were glamorously dressed, each with handsome faces, and they didnât seem to be out of food. So the owner asked them why were they asking for food.
After hearing the answer, the ownerâs face was especially weird. He didnât say much, just called the master who cooks big pot dishes and gave these young people bowls full of braised pork.
In the late afternoon, Luo Cuihua thought that these people should have come back.
As a result, when she asked someone about them, she found that those teenagers saw that someone in the village was getting married and the brideâs family had held a running feast[the kind of feast where people donât go to restaurants and hotels to buy foods like people in the city do. Instead, they set up sheds in their yards, set up stoves, invite two local chefs, and make their own foods for feasts] for the whole village. So the three young boys had gone there.
The venue of the feast was very lively. The gongs and drums were blowing and beating a very festive melody. The bride was very beautiful, the groom was also very blessed, and the feastâs foods were even more delicious. The chefs were killing chickens, ducks, and pigs, washing and cutting vegetables. When the foods were served, they all were delicious.
There were braised prawns, stir-fried lotus root slices, soy sauce braised pork, crab noodles, meatballs, and all kinds of meat dishes. The teenagers at the dinner table gorged on food like crazy.
The bridegroom smiled and said, âEveryone, you guys can eat whatever you want.â
He turned to the bride and said, âWhen did you even hire a photographer? You didnât tell me.â But the strange thing was that the photographer wasnât even taking pictures of them. Obviously, he and his bride were todayâs protagonists. But instead of taking pictures of them, the photographer went to take pictures of the people eating their food on the table. Is there anything to watch when the guests are eating and drinking? The bridegroom did not know what the hell was wrong with todayâs generationâs weird photographers.
The bride was also at a loss. She knew her family was poor. If she hadnât married a city man, she wouldnât have been able to set up this feast. She was still expecting the money that she will get from guests to pay back for the feastâs cost. She had no spare money to hire a photographer.
The two of them didnât know the inside story, but they still smiled gracefully. When they saw the youngest child, they gave out sweets and a red envelope[small red and gold packet containing money given to children] in order to show their generosity.
Seeing the little guy with red lips and white teeth, just wearing a red jacket, the two of them lighted up. They thought that this was a ârolling boyâ[a child who is invited to play and roll on the bed of the newly married couples in order to wish them for healthy childbirth] who was specially invited by the villagers. So they hurriedly pulled him into the room.
So Yin Minglu looked dazed the entire time. He rolled around on the big bed that was sprinkled with red dates, and lotus seeds. He was also taught a few auspicious words, similar to âI wish my brother and sister to give birth to a childâ, âI wish my brother and sister to roll on the bedâŠâŠâŠâŠâ âI wish my brother and sister to give birth to a superman, superwoman, spidermanâŠâŠ.?ââŠ.etc. There was a small red envelope in the palm of his hand at the end.
He squeezed it. But it was not too thin. So he didnât know whether there were notes of five/ten or hundred.
The audience in front of the screen had already hahahahaed.
[Look at how the eldest master, aka domineering and arrogant overlord, is eatingâŠhahahaha like a poor relative who specializes in eating by using the rich relativeâs nameâŠ..bwahahahahaha]
[In order to eat and drink, these teenagers can really fight for it]
[The little guy must have felt extraordinarily awkward. He obviously came to have a meal, but he had to roll on someoneâs bedâŠpfttttt]
[He actually got red envelopes, This time he made a lot of money hahahahaha]
[I see fish and different kinds of meat dishes on the table. This villager doesnât look poor. Is the Luo family too stingy? ă
The three teenagers feasted on othersâ wedding banquets, chatting with guests from time to time. The scene was lively. Luo Cuihua held back her anger and sat in the yard, waiting for them to come back.
The Luo familyâs two old people have always been a little confused. Only just now did they understand what their granddaughter had said yesterday. Seeing that a whole day was about to pass, and the three children had not come back, the two old people were anxious like ants on a hot pot, urging the two girls to find them.
But Luo Cuihua stubbornly refused to let herself and her sister go to find them. She wanted to wait for the three young masters to return by herself. She waited and waited, but unexpectedly, what came was a rumor that said how she was abusing three cityâs teenagers at home by complaining they were eating too much in spite of receiving a lot of benefits from their families.