"Really?" Grandma Lu's eyes lit up when she heard that there was braised pork elbow.
Grandma Lu looked a little anxious and couldn't help but want to take a look. When she saw the plate of braised pork elbow, Grandma Lu's eyes turned slightly red and she was really moved.
That day Meng Chuyuan asked her what she wanted to eat, and she subconsciously said braised pork elbow. Grandma Lu didn't pay attention to it at first, but she didn't expect that Meng Chuyuan actually made braised pork elbow for her.
This dish has special meaning to Grandma Lu. She followed Grandpa Lu when she was young. At that time, the living conditions were not that good and she was relatively poor. It took her a long time to save enough money to buy an elbow, and then gave it to her. Make braised elbow.
Since the death of her wife, she has never been able to find the familiar taste again, so Grandma Lu has not eaten this dish for more than 20 years.
When she was chatting with Meng Chuyuan that day, Grandma Lu really didn't think much about it. Now when she saw the plate of braised pork elbow in front of her, she actually recalled the past.
"Grandma, I'll give you some to try." Lu Qianling took a pair of clean chopsticks, pried off some elbow meat, and slowly handed it to grandma's mouth.
When Lu Qianling was about to bring the elbow meat to her lips, Grandma Lu opened her mouth and took the meat into her mouth. The skin was smooth and soft, and she didn't feel the pig hair that was piercing her mouth or affecting the taste, and the soup had completely penetrated into the meat. , soft and glutinous.
Lu Qianling looked at her grandma expectantly and asked gently: "How does it taste?"
When Grandma Lu ate this braised pork elbow, she almost forgot what this dish tasted like because she hadn’t eaten it for so long. Now this taste has awakened her accumulated memories.
Although it wasn't even close to the taste in her memory, it was close enough.
Meng Chuyuan has her own unique way of making it. She pays attention to removing the fishy smell and adds more seasonings like tangerine peel. The cooked elbow meat has a refreshing fragrance.
Grandma Lu was so excited that she couldn't speak. After a while, she nodded, "It's delicious."
While they were chatting, Meng Chuyuan had already started frying the last dish.
"It's time to eat." Meng Chuyuan put the fried snow peas on the plate and washed the pot at the same time.
Lu Qianling took grandma to the restaurant first, and then came back to help serve the dishes.
Meng Chuyuan took the cooked yam and pork ribs soup out of the pot and put it on the dining table.
Seeing that Lu Qianling didn't take her grandma to wash her hands just now, Meng Chuyuan put down the soup and specially found a clean wet towel.
"Grandma, let me wipe your hands."
The old man didn't move so neatly. As soon as he sat down, Meng Chuyuan was too embarrassed to ask his grandma to get up and wash her hands.
"Okay." Grandma Lu was very cooperative, turning sideways to face Meng Chuyuan, and then stretched out her hand.
Meng Chuyuan bent down, took Grandma Lu's hand, placed it on his palm, and then wiped her hand clean carefully.
She had soaked the towel in warm water. It didn't burn her hands when she wiped it, and it was very comfortable.
After a long time, Meng Chuyuan finally wiped the palms and backs of Grandma Lu's hands: "Okay."
Grandma Lu looked up at her, feeling more and more that Meng Chuyuan was becoming more and more pleasing to her eyes and very lovable.
Even though he is young, he is a good cook and he is considerate and polite to his elders.
What touched Grandma Lu the most was that Meng Chuyuan got up early to go to the market to buy vegetables and make braised pork elbows for her.
Mother Lu had a birthday party to attend in the evening, and Grandma Lu happened to be going back this afternoon, so she simply stayed at home.
After lunch, Lu’s mother sent a driver to drive Grandma Lu back. Lu Qianling had to attend evening self-study today, so she followed her back to the city.
Meng Chuyuan was responsible for getting Grandma Lu into the car and fastening her seat belt.
While waiting for Lu Qianling, Grandma Lu took Meng Chuyuan and chatted for a while in the car.
Lu Qianling took her time to put away her textbooks and followed her mother slowly.
"Mom, can you take me to your birthday party? I really don't want to go back to school so early."
Lu's mother told her that she would take Meng Chuyuan to attend a friend's birthday party in the evening. Lu Jinsen had been leaving early and coming back late these days, and had not eaten at home, so she asked Lu Qianling to leave now.
Lu Qianling tried to persuade her mother, hoping that she would agree to his request.
However, Lu’s mother had already persuaded Meng Chuyuan to accompany her, so she was not soft-hearted towards Lu Qianling, “I asked you to go back to your room in the school district, but I didn’t ask you to go back to school now. If you don’t leave now, you will not only have no food to eat, but no one will send you food.” .”
"Then I'll leave tomorrow?" Lu Qianling raised his eyes and carefully observed Mother Lu's expression.
"No!" Mother Lu glared at her angrily and said, "Can you give me a break? No matter how bad your second brother is, he is still a respectable college student. Look at yourself...what do you look like?"
Lu Qianling is well-behaved and looks particularly obedient in her school uniform, but there is a big contrast between her appearance and her personality.
"Then I want to stay at home for a little longer..." Lu Qianling pulled her mother's sleeves and started acting coquettishly.
There was a hint of disgust in Mother Lu's eyes, and she swatted her hand away and revealed it ruthlessly: "Stay a little longer? I think you want to have more fun."
"..." Unable to make her mother relent, Lu Qianling could only go back obediently.
Seeing Lu Qianling about to get in the car, Meng Chuyuan stopped communicating with Grandma Lu and got out of the back seat.
Meng Chuyuan saw Lu Qianling's reluctant expression, reached out and touched her head, and said, "Go to school well."
Lu Qianling complained dissatisfiedly: "What's so good about going to school..."
Meng Chuyuan narrowed his eyes, looked at her calmly, and said softly: "Then do you want to be the bottom of other students? They won't be grateful to you, and they might laugh at you behind your back."
"Don't look down on me so much, okay? My grades are pretty good, and there are several people behind me."
Lu Qianling has not yet passed the exam and is ranked last, so naturally she does not agree with what Meng Chuyuan said.
"You also said there are only a few, but aren't they close to the bottom? There should be a grade ranking posted after every exam, right? Can you find your name?"
"...If you can't find it, just stop looking."
"Don't make excuses for your lack of effort."
Meng Chuyuan lowered his eyes, looked at her, and said: "You said that the teacher is partial and other students don't like you. Don't you want to compare with them all? When you finish the exam and rank high, no need You go to great lengths to find it, and others can see it when they scan the list, how cool is it to use magic to defeat magic."
Lu Qianling was silent for a few seconds, and she began to admire you unconsciously: "What you said makes sense, but I can't refute it."
"You are not working hard for others." Meng Chuyuan smoothed the broken hair from her forehead for her, looked at her for a moment, and said calmly: "Learning is your goal now, don't forget to be kind to yourself and also be kind to yourself. Be tough on yourself.”
She has also fallen and knows the feeling of being trapped in confusion, which is suffocating and depressing.
(End of chapter)
