Sheng Guoer looked at Meng Xingzhou's face and felt something was wrong, so she said, "Sir, if it's not convenient for you to say it, forget it."
Meng Xingzhou nodded.
Back in Dongxiang Village, Sheng Guoer and Meng Xingzhou returned home after saying goodbye, only to see Chuntao sitting in the yard.
"Chuntao, why are you here?"
Chuntao glanced at Sheng Guoer and said, "I had something to do at home yesterday, so I'm here to get my bowl today."
Sheng Guoer said oh, then went back to the room and took out a coarse porcelain bowl. When Sheng Guoer handed it over, she said, "Chuntao, don't you really want to make pancakes?"
Chuntao said calmly: "Guo'er, I'm not very good at cooking, but every time I cook, I cook it carefully. I know that your husband doesn't like to eat it, but every time mine is picked out, the leftovers are left over. Mr. Eat my food only if you choose.”
Sheng Guoer felt a chill on her back, wondering if she heard her conversation with Meng Xingzhou?
Unexpectedly, Chuntao said: "It was Song Silang who told me. He was joking with me, and the people next to me also said this!" After saying this, Chuntao's eyes turned red and she shed tears: "I knew I wasn't that good. I just tried my luck. I even chipped my husband’s teeth.”
Sheng Guoer sighed and said, "It's okay, Chuntao, everything others say is just fart, don't take it too seriously, those people are wrong!"
In fact, what Sheng Guoer said was also to herself. After all, she had also told Meng Xingzhou that Chuntao's cooking was not delicious. Therefore, Sheng Guoer also felt guilty.
"Let's do this. I'll teach you how to make pancakes. After you make them, no one will say anything about you."
After finishing speaking, Sheng Guoer took Chuntao's hand into the kitchen and started teaching her step by step. Slowly, Chuntao finally mastered the secret of making pancakes, and the pancakes she made gradually became softer and more delicious. .
Sheng Guoer said: "Chuntao, you are very smart. If I open a spring cake shop in the future, I will definitely ask you to be the master chef!"
Chuntao burst into tears and smiled, saying, "What's more, isn't this all what you taught me!"
Sheng Guoer smiled and said, "I'll show them my skills another day!"
Chuntao patted her chest and said, "Don't worry!"
Chuntao went home happily with the advanced version of pancakes she made. Sheng Guoer looked at the green mountains in the distance. At this moment, the sun was setting in the west. Shen called out: "Guoer, come here for dinner."
"I heard that the third daughter-in-law of the old Chen family is going to give birth in the next few days. The old sister-in-law of the Chen family asked me to help. Guo'er, my mother may not be at home these days. You and Sheng Shi should take care of yourselves!" Mrs. Shen! While serving porridge to Sheng Guoer, he said, "If you don't want to cook these days, go to the butcher Lao Zhang's braised meat shop to buy some food."
Sheng Shi said, "Come on, mother, his braised food is not as delicious as my sister's."
Mrs. Shen rolled his eyes at Sheng Shi and said, "Good guy, your mouth has become naughty now. I've been hungry for you for three days, and the dirt will taste delicious to you."
Sheng Guoer smiled. It seemed that he was not the only one whose blood suppressed his younger brother.
The Shen family has been living in the Chen family these days, and Sheng Zhi's family endorsed it. Sheng Guoer still prepared the official meal and sent it to the construction site of the school as usual.
Only this time, Sheng Guoer's rice was eaten by her husband more often, which made all the girls present envious.
Meng Xingzhou consciously chose a blue and white porcelain bowl, so he could eat delicious meals every time.
After work, Sheng Guoer was walking on the mountain road. Birds were chirping, and Meng Xingzhou's voice came from behind.
"Miss Sheng!"
Guo'er looked back and saw Meng Xingzhou dressed in shorts, his sweat glistening in the sun, and his tall body like a hill walking towards her.
"Miss Sheng, let's go together!" Meng Xingzhou asked with a smile.
Sheng Guoer nodded, and the two walked side by side. Meng Xingzhou took the thing from Sheng Guoer's hand and held it for her.
The two walked silently on the road. Meng Xingzhou looked at Sheng Guoer from time to time. When Sheng Guoer's eyes turned to him, Meng Xingzhou quickly turned his head to the side.
Unconsciously, we walked through the mountain road and arrived at the door of Sheng Guoer's house.
Sheng Guoer took the things and said, "See you tomorrow."
Meng Xingzhou nodded.
At this time, Sheng Guoer put down her things, took out a handkerchief and said, "Here it is, for wiping sweat."
Meng Xingzhou took Sheng Guoer's handkerchief and said, "Thank you."
Sheng Guoer smiled, turned around and flew back to the house like a little butterfly.
Meng Xingzhou looked at Sheng Guoer's back and smiled.
After several days of hard work, the school was finally built. According to the old rules, the most beautiful girl in the village should bring everyone a banquet to congratulate her. This important task naturally fell on Sheng Guoer. .
Sheng Guoer carefully prepared some modern recipes, and started preparing the banquet with the eldest daughter and the young daughter-in-law.
Sheng Guoer's menu stunned these women. They had never heard of such dishes as gold and silver hooves, fried beans with three shreds, steamed pork ribs with black bean sauce, fish in West Lake vinegar, and dried croquettes.
When these dishes were served on the table, the whole village was shocked. In the past, the best food for people in the village was the braised meat and barbecue from Zhang Butcher’s family. Now Sheng Guoer can actually make so many kinds of food from all grains. The novel dishes surprised everyone.
What’s even more surprising is that these dishes are also surprisingly delicious.
These seemingly ordinary home-cooked dishes in modern times actually became famous dishes in ancient times. Li Zheng, Uncle Li, gave a thumbs up and said, "Guo'er, if you open a restaurant, who in the countryside can compete with you!"
Sheng Guoer smiled slightly: "Uncle, thank you."
In fact, Sheng Guoer had this plan for a long time, but it was almost winter now, and the vegetables in the greenhouse were not fully grown yet, otherwise she would definitely prepare to open the food shop.
There is also the research and development of weeding machines and agricultural tools. Sheng Guoer feels that he has a lot of work to do.
Let's do it slowly and step by step, there's no rush now anyway.
Meng Xingzhou was naturally the main guest at the banquet. When everyone was changing glasses, Meng Xingzhou's eyes would fall on Sheng Guoer from time to time.
After the banquet was over, everyone returned to their daily lives. At first, when the school started, many people would listen, but as time went by, no one would listen after everyone got used to it.
Sheng Guoer would listen to it from time to time because she thought Meng Xingzhou's voice was very pleasant, so she would stay outside the school for a while when passing by to get water.
On this day, Meng Xingzhou went to draw water from a shallow well. From a distance, he saw Sheng Guoer coming with a bucket.
Meng Xingzhou rolled his eyes and poured out the water.
Sheng Guoer didn't notice Meng Xingzhou in the distance. She carried the bucket and walked towards the shallow well.
Suddenly Chuntao came over.
"Guo'er!" Chuntao said with a smile, "Are you here to fetch water?"
Sheng Guoer nodded and said with a smile, "Yes!"
Chuntao said: "Hey, let me fetch water for you. Last time you taught me how to make pancakes, and I was thinking about how to thank you. I'll go for you! You wait for me here, and we'll go back together. , I just want to ask you how to add fillings to the pancakes. And how to make the dry croquettes."
Sheng Guoer smiled and refused: "No, I can go by myself."
Chuntao stopped Sheng Guoer and said, "If you don't let me go, you're looking down on me!"
Meng Xingzhou, who was at Qianjing's side, could see clearly how the two were pushing and shoving. As a result, Sheng Guoer still couldn't resist Chuntao, so Chuntao walked over to Qianjing carrying a bucket.
Meng Xingzhou's face looked a little cloudy. He quickly put the bucket down, filled it up as quickly as possible, then picked it up and walked down the slope.
"Sir, are you here to fetch water too!" Chuntao looked at Meng Xingzhou in surprise and asked. She wanted to say a few more words, but she saw that Meng Xingzhou just nodded to her, and then passed by with a cold expression.
"Sir, what's going on?" Chuntao was a little confused.
When Meng Xingzhou appeared, Sheng Guoer was a little surprised.
"Sir, how can you fetch water by yourself?" Sheng Guoer asked.
"Oh, stretch your muscles." Meng Xingzhou said with a smile.
Sheng Guoer smiled, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "By the way, sir, it's time to go to my house for a pie tomorrow."
According to the rules in the village, every household provides Mr.'s daily meals. Tomorrow it will be Sheng Guoer's turn.
"What do you want to eat?" Sheng Guoer asked, and Meng Xingzhou smiled and said, "The food you cook is delicious, anything is fine!" After saying that, Meng Xingzhou left.
Sheng Guoer looked at Meng Xingzhou's leaving figure and thought to herself that this gentleman was really honest.
The next morning, Sheng Guoer got up early, prepared some mushroom and meat fillings, and made some steamed dumplings with mushroom fillings. When she was done, she sat in front of the door, picking garlic and looking outside the courtyard door. .
At noon, Meng Xingzhou walked from the birch forest with a book under his arm and a smile.
Sheng Guoer saw Meng Xingzhou from a distance through the fence. She stood up quickly, patted the garlic skin on her body, smoothed her hair with a smile, ran to the courtyard door, and opened it.
"Coming?" Sheng Guoer said with a smile, "Sir, come in!"
Meng Xingzhou nodded and walked straight in.
Mrs. Shen warmly greeted Meng Xingzhou to sit down. Sheng Shi saluted Mr. Meng Xingzhou and brought some necessary books to Sheng Shi.
"Thank you, sir." Sheng Shi bowed and saluted, and Sheng Guoer brought the dumplings.
"Sir, please try these dumplings that are only eaten during the Chinese New Year. Guoer knew that your husband was coming and made them early. I didn't even let me use my chopsticks." Shen said with a smile.
Meng Xingzhou looked at Sheng Guoer with a smile and said, "Thank you."
Sheng Guoer said generously: "Thank you, let's try and see if it tastes good."
Meng Xingzhou picked up one, took a bite, and said, "It's delicious. I like dumplings the most."
Sheng Guoer blurted out, "Then if you like to eat, come here often!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Shen coughed and Sheng Guoer smiled.
When Meng Xingzhou saw that none of them were on the table, he asked, "Why don't you eat?"
Mrs. Shen said: "As a rule, sir, eat first, and we eat last."
Meng Xingzhou put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "I don't follow the rules. I always eat with them wherever I eat. Let's go together, otherwise I won't feel comfortable eating."
Sheng Guoer said: "Yes, there are no such rules."
Mrs. Shen thought that her daughter was bold enough, and hurriedly stopped her. Meng Xingzhou said, "If Auntie doesn't eat, then I won't eat either."
When Shen saw this situation, she felt that this Mr. Meng really had no airs. Sheng Guoer also felt that this Meng Xingzhou was different from the people she had met.
So Shen had no choice but to sit at the table, and the family ate with Meng Xingzhou.
"How young are you, sir?" Shen asked while eating.
"I'm eighteen." Meng Xingzhou replied with a smile.
"Sir, you're not married?" Shen's natural words made both Sheng Guoer and Meng Xingzhou tense up.
"No!" Meng Xingzhou returned awkwardly.
"Perhaps Mr. Mr. is spoiled for choice? He lives in the countryside?" Ms. Shen asked, becoming more and more excited.
Meng Xingzhou returned calmly: "My home..."
Sheng Guoer interrupted: "Mom, you are the Minister of Household Affairs, and you ask so many questions."
Hearing this, Mrs. Shen suddenly felt that she had talked too much, and apologized hurriedly: "Oh, sir, don't be offended by my bad mouth."
Meng Xingzhou glanced at Sheng Guoer with a slightly annoyed look, and then said, "It's okay. It's normal for you to ask."
After dinner, Meng Xingzhou asked Sheng Shi to go and read the book. Shen asked Sheng Guoer to clean up. Meng Xingzhou stood up and said, "I'll help her."
Mrs. Shen stopped him and said, "No, the kitchen is a woman's job. You can't go."
Meng Xingzhou said: "I just ate too much, I want to go out for a while."
When Mrs. Shen heard this, she let go of Meng Xingzhou and said, "Okay!"
After leaving the door, Meng Xingzhou walked to Sheng Guoer and picked up the rag to help her clean it up.
Sheng Guoer smiled slightly and remained silent, but saw that Meng Xingzhou washed the bowl very cleanly.
Sheng Guoer smiled and said, "I didn't expect that your husband would do housework!"
Meng Xingzhou put the bowl on the pot stand and said, "Living alone, I know a little bit about everything."
Sheng Guoer pushed Meng Xingzhou with her elbow and said, "Go and have a rest. Don't get dirty."
Meng Xingzhou placed the last bowl on the stage, stood aside and said, "I'll hold it for you later."
Sheng Guoer wiped her sweat and smiled at Meng Xingzhou.
After cleaning up, Meng Xingzhou exchanged a few words with Mr. Shen before leaving.
"Guo'er, go and see off Mr. Shen," ordered Mr. Shen.
When he walked out of the door, Meng Xingzhou suddenly stopped, turned around and took out a red hairpin from his arms.
"I bought this when I went to the countryside to run a school. I remember when I first met you, you were wearing a fringed skirt. This Zhu Chai looks great on you!" Meng Xingzhou handed the Zhu Chai over.
Sheng Guoer felt a little confused at this moment. She took the Zhu Chai and looked at it for a while. Although it was ordinary, it was still exquisite.
Just when Sheng Guoer was about to ask him something, Meng Xingzhou turned around and left.
Sheng Guoer looked at Meng Xingzhou's leaving figure, then looked at the Zhu Chai in his hand, and suddenly felt a sweet feeling.
