After Shen Jia Nian recovered, she couldn't rest. She was currently on vacation. She didn't even think about work a year ago, so she put into practice her previously shelved plan of learning to cook.
She dug out the menu she had bought earlier and planned to cook a few dishes herself and send them to her neighbor's aunt to taste, which would be a better way to express her gratitude than buying a few boxes of stuff.
The first dish she cooked was Kung Pao Chicken. It is said that the cookbook she bought was recorded according to the standards of a state banquet.
The first step is to turn on your mobile phone and order ingredients online.
Half an hour later, the ingredients Shen Jia Nian bought were delivered to her door. She brought two big bags in and processed the chicken legs first. The recipe said to remove the bones and cut the chicken legs into cubes.
Shen Jianian took the knife and made a few horizontal and vertical strokes on the chicken legs. He had no idea how to remove the bones, so he had to turn on his phone again and search for videos of deboning chicken legs.
There was no way, who made her cooking skills stop at cold dishes.
Shen Jia Nian was busy from about four o'clock in the afternoon to about seven o'clock in the evening, and finally made a few decent dishes. Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, Salt and Pepper Pork Ribs, and Garlic Kale, all are relatively classic home-cooked dishes.
She took photos of several dishes with a sense of accomplishment, then divided out a portion of each dish and carried it to the next door. She raised her hand and knocked on the door, put the tray outside the door, and then returned to her home.
Shen Jia Nian remembered that during the days when she was sick, the neighbor's aunt usually brought her meals around seven o'clock in the evening. She was not sure if her aunt was at home. If her aunt was there, that would be the best. If not, she would come back and heat up the food. It should save a lot of trouble as soon as you can start cooking.
Fu Jichen happened to be at home. Ever since Shen Jianian recovered from his illness, he had not asked Aunt Cheng to make sick meals and send them there. Although he was worried about how she would manage three meals a day, he was even more worried about being found out by her.
He heard a knock on the door inside the house, and resisted the urge to go over and open the door immediately. He deliberately waited for a while, looked at the door mirror first to make sure there was no one outside, and then opened the door.
There is a wooden tray placed on the mat at the door, and on the tray are three small casseroles - the same way of delivering meals.
Fu Jichen raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Shen Jianian no longer delivers fruits and specialties, but feeds "neighbor aunties" instead?
He bent down and picked up the tray and entered the house. Under one of the casseroles was a yellow note paper, which read in beautiful handwriting: Thank you for your care in the past few days. After thinking about it, fruits and specialties are not enough to express my gratitude. Today I specially made a few dishes, but they may not taste good, so I hope you won’t dislike them.
A smiley face was drawn on the back.
Fu Jichen raised his eyebrows. It was not just an accident, but a shock.
He remembered that Shen Jia Nian's cooking skills were average. She once learned cooking from Aunt Cheng on a whim, but she had lost her memory and had probably forgotten all her cooking experience.
Fu Jichen opened a casserole with kung pao chicken and salt and pepper pork ribs, another casserole with mapo tofu, and the last one was stir-fried kale with minced garlic.
The smell turned out to be very good. Fu Jichen went to the kitchen to wash his chopsticks and tasted a piece of diced chicken. His expression instantly changed from anticipation to numbness. The diced chicken was sweet.
He chewed for a while, tried to swallow it, and sighed. Sure enough, he couldn't have too high expectations for her cooking skills.
Fu Jichen tasted the remaining dishes with a taste of poison. He put too much cooking wine in the salt and pepper pork ribs. It tasted like cooking wine and could not taste the salt and pepper. The tofu in Mapo Tofu is stir-fried to a pulp, just like the paste pounded out of a wall breaker. The fried kale can bring out the flavor of the food, but he felt it was undercooked...
This was the first time Shen Jianian cooked for him since their reunion. Fu Jichen was disgusted as he stuffed chopsticks into his mouth one after another, without white rice.
After finishing all the dishes, Fu Jichen drank a whole pot of tea and felt that he could work overtime until midnight tonight.
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The next morning, Shen Jianian received clean kitchen utensils outside the door.
She had tasted the dishes yesterday. To be honest, they tasted very average. Maybe she had a filter on the dishes she cooked. Even if they tasted average, she ate them all without diarrhea.
Shen Jianian took the kitchen utensils back and put them away, and saw the note left for her by the neighbor's aunt.
【tasty. 】
Shen Jianian's eyes lit up. Auntie thought the food she cooked was delicious?
Soon she came to her senses. Her aunt was so kind, and she definitely couldn't bear to hit her. She was just saying polite words to her, and she shouldn't take it seriously.
The phone rang. Shen Jianian picked it up and took a look. It was a message from Bai Changxia.
"My dear, your birthday is coming soon, how do you plan to celebrate it?"
Shen Jianian's birthday is December 31, the last day of this month. If it weren't for Bai Changxia's reminder, she would have almost forgotten her birthday. Her life has been a bit chaotic recently and she didn't pay attention to the date.
She replied: "I haven't thought about it yet."
Bai Changxia sent a voice message: "If you have no other arrangements, I will go to your home then. I have never been to your new home once, so I will take advantage of your birthday to warm your house and celebrate the New Year together! Let's make it A big table of dishes, a cake and a bottle of red wine to celebrate. How about it?"
Shen Jianian: "Don't you need to spend the New Year's Eve with your husband?"
Bai Changxia: "Their company has accepted a cross-border cooperation, and they are very busy and have no time to celebrate the New Year."
Shen Jianian had no objection, as she happened to be more interested in cooking recently.
"No problem!" She replied to Bai Changxia enthusiastically.
After confirming the birthday arrangements, Shen Jianian looked around and considered whether to buy some more decorations. Since you have decided to celebrate the New Year together, your home should be decorated more festively.
As she said, Shen Jia Nian sat on the sofa with her phone in her arms and searched for New Year decorations on the shopping app. Many exquisite and beautiful small items came out. She bought a bunch of them and sent the screenshots to Bai Changxia to see.
Bai Changxia sent a thumbs up expression.
Shen Jianian smiled and opened her circle of friends. She didn't have many friends, so she quickly finished checking them out. When she was about to log out, Zhao Shunyi just sent a message.
【Picking feet at home. 】
The accompanying picture is a photo of her lying on the sofa wearing Disney co-branded pajamas, with a pillow covering her head.
Shen Jianian suddenly remembered that she still owed Zhao Shunyi a meal. She clicked on the other person's profile picture and sent a message: "Do you have time to have dinner together?"
According to what Zhao Shunyi said about her picking her feet at home, she should have time.
As expected, Zhao Shunyi replied instantly: "Yes!"
Shen Jianian smiled, typed a few words and sent them: "Noon or evening?"
Zhao Shunyi: "Let's go tonight. My agent will come over to talk to me later."
Shen Jianian sent an emoticon of a pig making an OK gesture.
The two decided to have hot pot together at seven o'clock in the evening. Around six o'clock, Shen Jianian packed himself, put a furry bag on his back, locked the door, and subconsciously glanced at the next door.
I don’t know when I can meet my neighbor’s aunt.
Shen Jia Nian pressed the elevator button and put her hands into the pockets of her down jacket. While she was waiting, she stood on her tiptoes in boredom.
The elevator arrived, the door opened, and she was about to walk in when an intellectual and elegant woman came out holding a plate of pastries in both hands.
The woman is about thirty years old, with thick hair that hangs vertically down to her waist. Her skin is very white. She wears a long black dress with a cross collar and a diamond necklace around her neck. The pendant is stuck in the sexy groove, revealing Her calves were wrapped in flesh-colored stockings, and she was wearing a pair of stiletto heels. As she passed by, a faint scent of bergamot perfume came with her.
Shen Jianian's eyes were fixed on her. Is she the aunt next door?
At such a young age, it seems inappropriate to call her aunt.
Shen Jianian pondered for a while, but before she could ask the doubts in her heart, the other party spoke to her first, with a soft voice and a smile: "Hello, may I ask, which household do you live in?"
The woman thought very simply. There were only two households on the floor. If she asked which household the girl lived in, wouldn't the remaining one be the man's home?
"No. 2602." Shen Jia Nian was stunned and answered her.
The woman got the answer she wanted and smiled even more happily: "Thank you."
Shen Jia Nian asked hesitantly: "Do you live next door to me?"
The woman's eyes widened a little, and she didn't understand why she asked: "I'm not." She raised the cake in her hand and showed it to her, "I am a resident on the 20th floor, and I am here to deliver cakes to your neighbor. I will give you cakes this afternoon. I made it by myself and took more than two hours to work on it. By the way, is your neighbor at home?"
It turned out to be not the neighbor's aunt. Shen Jianian shook his head and said, "I don't know, I've never seen her."
The neighbor's aunt is a warm-hearted person. She should not only be kind to her. Other residents in the building have also been taken care of by her, so this lady will give her cakes.
"Oh, that's it. Then I'll go over and knock on the door and ask." The woman was not sure whether she could see the man she fell in love with at first sight after dressing up so carefully.
