Jiang Zhaoyu finished the recording of the Spring Festival Gala on Satellite TV and went home in the snow on the evening of New Year's Eve.
It can be seen that he has been in good spirits recently. It may be the posts from loyal fans protecting his shortcomings, or the comments from the national channel that poked at his heart, which relieved the depression in his heart.
As soon as he entered the door, he felt the spring-like warmth in the room and smelled the tempting aroma of food in the air. He closed his eyes with contentment, then took out two thick big red envelopes from his coat pocket and gave them to Xu's father and Xu. Yin:
"I got the endorsement of brand A, let's be happy together."
Father Xu happily patted him on the shoulder: "The photos are getting better and better! But this business is also very hard, just make it passable, don't work too hard."
Father Xu has always told him this.
But his own small restaurant is what it is today through hard work.
Jiang Zhaoyu hugged Father Xu.
He was not a person who was good at expressing himself. Even though he had thousands of words of gratitude in his heart, he didn't know how to say them, and finally melted into this hug.
"Okay, I'm just waiting for you to start dinner. Yin Yin is also cooking today. She cooks all the seafood. Not to mention, her seafood is more delicious than mine."
Jiang Zhaoyu looked at Xu Yin: "I heard from dad that you got first place in the final exam. What reward do you want?"
"Isn't this it?" Xu Yin shook the red envelope he gave her and said with a smile, "Isn't such a big red envelope enough to be used as a reward?"
"This is different."
"Oh brother, you work so hard, don't spend the money you earn all the time, otherwise you won't be able to find a girlfriend in the future."
Jiang Zhaoyu couldn't help but laugh: "How can it be a waste of money for you to use?"
"In short, this family belongs to us. Don't put all the pressure on your shoulders. Dad owns a small restaurant and I will have a job in the future. Don't accept any job for the sake of this family. Just do what you want to do most. The other ones are me and dad! Isn’t that right, dad?”
Father Xu had already returned to the kitchen. He didn't quite hear what his daughter was saying, but he was trying to persuade his son not to work too hard. He responded without saying a word:
"Yinyin is right! Zhaozhao, you are still young. You should live for yourself at this time. As long as you don't break the law, do whatever you want and pursue any ideals you have. When you get married and have children, then You have to calm down and think about your wife, children and family."
Jiang Zhaoyu: "..."
Why is it that when he comes back this time, everyone advises him to live for himself?
"Because we are a family!" Xu Yin winked at him.
Jiang Zhaoyu smiled in relief: "Well, we are a family."
As if he mustered up the courage, he raised his hand and rubbed the top of Xu Yin's hair: "Then why doesn't Yin Yin use my brother's secondary card? Didn't I ask you to use the secondary card for everything? You don't have to worry about repayment."
"..."
Jiang Zhaoyu still had work on the second day of the first lunar month and had to sign a new endorsement contract. He didn't have much time at home. The family had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner happily. On the first day of the first lunar month, he went to the cemetery to offer incense to Jiang's mother. In the afternoon Xiao Cen drove over and picked him up.
Xu Yin's winter vacation is still half a month away, but she is not idle either. She teaches Xu's father how to prepare marinated buns and make marinade sauce. Every time she makes it, there will be one more dish in the house. Wait until Xu's father completely masters these ingredients. The secret recipe, father and daughter are almost tired of eating lemon chicken feet, braised duck feet, and seafood and tea-flavored eggs with fish sauce.
That's right, when Dad Xu learned the recipe, he figured out the best ingredients for a tea-flavored egg.
This ingredient bag can also be used to stew tea-flavored chicken, but the father and daughter couldn't eat the chicken, so they tried to cook a small pot of tea-flavored eggs.
The tea used was Longjing tea that Jiang Zhaoyu gave to Xu’s father every year around Qingming Festival. He gave it to Xu’s father every year. Xu’s father couldn’t finish it, so he took a handful of the old tea from the year before last and mixed it with more than ten kinds of spices such as cinnamon, star anise, and Sichuan peppercorns. I ordered the best marinade package for tea-flavored eggs.
As soon as I lifted the pot, the rich aroma of tea hit my nostrils.
The father and daughter looked at each other: "It's done!"
The electronic doorbell rang.
Xu Yin went out and took a look at the visual access control. The person who rang the doorbell was a well-dressed old lady, holding a plastic bag in her left hand and holding a chubby four or five-year-old boy in her right hand.
"Who is ringing the doorbell?" Father Xu asked from the kitchen.
"I don't know you. I'll go out and have a look."
Xu Yin put on a long down jacket, stepped on plush slippers, and walked out to open the courtyard door.
The old lady next door rang the doorbell.
Since the Chinese New Year, the smell of braised food has come from next door almost every day, making her grandson hungry.
Usually, the old man would coax him with delicious food. Today, the old man went out to meet old friends. She was alone at home with her grandson. The food she cooked was not to his grandson's taste. The strong aroma from the next door happened to make people sing about empty city plans, making her grandson cry with greed. You must eat delicious food, not the food she cooked.
The old lady couldn't coax her for a long time, but she had no choice, so she had to shamelessly lead her grandson to the next door and knock on the door.
She brought a bag of cherries bought by her daughter-in-law and wanted to trade with her neighbor for some vegetables that her grandson would like to eat.
Xu Yin didn't know what to say after hearing this.
In the past few days, because I taught Father Xu how to prepare marinated ingredients, I did have a lot of braised food, but to make the kid next door cry, is it too exaggerated?
She looked down at the child, who looked up at her aggrievedly with two lines of unwiped tears.
"..."
Co-authored or is it her responsibility?
"Ahem, my dad owns a restaurant. He has nothing to do in the first month of the year to think about new dishes. He has just braised a pot of tea-flavored eggs and is about to start dinner. Do you mind if you come in with your kids to have some? Try me. Dad’s craftsmanship.”
The old lady didn’t expect her neighbor next door, whom she had never met, to be so easy to talk to. She said with a smile, “Excuse me! I’m really embarrassed.”
"It's okay, we've eaten a lot, and we're worried we won't be able to finish it all."
Seeing that he was the next door neighbor, Xu's father naturally treated him politely and brought out the cold dishes and snacks that he and his daughter had made together in the past few days.
Shuai Shuai smelled the fragrance of tea-flavored eggs, and his eyes lit up. He followed Dad Xu to the kitchen step by step, shouting "Uncle" and "Uncle" in his mouth, not to mention how sweet it was.
After trying Father Xu's cooking, the little guy wanted to stay here and refused to go home.
It was the old lady who pretended to call his mother, and then coaxed him: "Your mother is coming home soon. She has brought you delicious food. If you don't go back, it will be gone."
Then he followed his grandma home three times.
Before leaving the house, he raised his little face and asked Xu's father crisply: "Uncle, when will you make delicious food again?"
The old lady staggered and almost tripped over her grandson's cheeky words.
After that, Shuai Shuai often went to Xu Yin's house to play, mainly to watch Xu's father cooking on the kitchen counter.
If the old lady can't find her grandson at home, she can definitely find her next door.
As time went by, the old lady and her family became embarrassed. Seeing that Xu Yin's yard was empty with no green plants, they sent a few pots of flowers over. They had nothing else, and they had the most flowers. Pots of wintersweet, jasmine, Chinese rose, crabapple, and camellia were brought into Xu's yard, which immediately added a bit of joy to the empty yard.
(End of chapter)
