kingnovel Chapter 279 That’s it, let’s eat first
Chapter 279 That’s it, let’s eat first
At that time, she felt strange. There was a canteen on the construction site, and Zhou Jianye was a lazy man. He would never complain about the food and would cook it himself. So how did he suddenly learn how to cook?
But at that time, my father was getting worse day by day. Not only did his hematuria become more and more serious, but his temper also began to change drastically. The increasingly poor test results and critical illness notices made her more and more panicked. She simply didn't have the energy to think about these trivial matters.
These few years seemed to have passed in a flash. Her sister, father, and the old lady downstairs passed away one after another. The warmth and happiness she once had also gone away along with the people who brought her warmth and happiness. Her temper also gradually disappeared like her energy. It seemed that she could no longer be happy or have an appetite.
A small bowl of steaming porridge was pushed in front of her. Dong Mei took it mechanically and put it into her mouth mouthful by mouthful. After drinking two mouthfuls, she even forgot to let the porridge in the spoon cool down.
After taking two bites in succession, the hot breath spread from the tip of the tongue to the throat, along with the rich aroma of porridge and seafood. Dong Mei seemed to have even become dull and hot in the head, and her whole body was immersed in a burning pain. She didn't know whether it was the physical stimulation of being burned or the inexplicable dullness in her heart. A huge tear rolled down from her eye unexpectedly.
Zhao Xiaojing on the side was slowly blowing the porridge on the spoon with her head down. Dong Mei wiped her eyes hurriedly, lowered her head a little embarrassedly, and used the thick smoke to cover her eyes.
She didn't know what was wrong with her. She had so many unreasonable emotions during the New Year's Day dinner.
"Ding. Dong. Dong." The phone in her pocket rang with messages, and Dong Mei hurriedly lowered her head and took out her phone.
The source of the news was the Sunshine Sisters Group, and three people in the group were sending messages asking her.
“@董梅: Where is Dong Mei? Why is there no movement?”
“@Dong Mei: Are you going to Zhou Jianye’s mom’s place today? Is everything okay?”
“@董梅: If you don’t even grab the red envelopes, you won’t wash all the dishes for the whole family, right?”
Dong Mei flipped up and found that three of the four people in the group had posted their family reunion dinners, were chatting enthusiastically, and were sending red envelopes, but there was no news from her.
Dong Mei took a photo of the food on the table and sent it to the group, then she replied to the three people, "I didn't go to Zhou Jianye's mom today. He drank too much yesterday and was in the hospital with an IV drip. I just got home and was too busy to check the news. My niece made lunch, and we are eating now."
As soon as the message was sent, Ge Jinhua's voice call popped up. After the two chatted about what was going on, Ge Jinhua said excitedly, "That's great. ** and I will go find you. Bring your niece along. The four of us will get five stars. ** just learned it and has been very excited these two days."
** is Ge Jinhua's husband, the retired lawyer that Dong Mei and Zhao Xiaojing mentioned. Dong Mei didn't expect that the two of them would be fine during the Chinese New Year. She also didn't expect that after they said they wanted to find them yesterday, they would come to her door today.
Dong Mei paused and asked tentatively, "Aren't you busy? I just happened to have something to talk to you about, and I said you were busy during the New Year, so I said it would be a few days."
"I'm not busy. My daughter and son-in-law are spending the New Year in Jiang Province this year. Most of the older generation in our two places have passed away, so there's nothing to be busy about. What's your business? Is the five-star card important?" Ge Jinhua said.
"Zhou Jianye cheated on his wife. Let's talk about it after you guys come. Don't tell them yet."
The person on the other end was obviously shocked by the news of the explosion and Dong Mei's calmness, and didn't know how to react for a moment. After a long time, he replied with an "OK" and hung up the phone.
Zhao Xiaojing's heart moved, "Third Aunt, is the friend whose husband is a lawyer that you mentioned yesterday coming?"
"Yes, on New Year's Eve, they actually had time to come to my place. It's really a good opportunity today." Dong Mei sighed. "That's good. The sooner I solve it, the sooner I'll be free."
"Third Aunt." Zhao Xiaojing knew that the system's universal potion had taken effect. She took the bowl in front of Dong Mei with a smile, filled it with half a bowl of hot porridge, and used Dong Mei's spoon to mix the temperature evenly. "Now that things have come to this, let's eat first."
Dong Mei's eyes moved slightly. She took the bowl through the mist of the hot pot and gently touched it with her lips to check the temperature. This time, the porridge that had been cold at the bottom of the bowl mixed with the boiling porridge in the casserole, and the temperature was just right.
The chopped lettuce that had been simmered in the pot for a while no longer had the crispness it had just now, and seemed a lot more wilted, but it seemed to blend better with the porridge when you drink it.
The seafood that I just thought was fresh but didn’t taste carefully now turned out to be dry, fragrant and firm. After being boiled with the porridge, the porridge also took on the unique concentrated aroma of dried seafood.
Taking another bite of the chicken, I felt that it was not tender, but the meat itself seemed to have a slight sweetness. The more I chewed it in my mouth, the more fragrant it became. Paired with the dipping dish on the side, the spicy red oil and the slightly sour vinegar burst on the tip of my tongue at the same time, stimulating my taste buds and even spreading along my nasal cavity. The original light taste suddenly turned into a violent taste invasion, and I suddenly woke up in a stimulating pleasure.
She has a bad temper, a slow brain, and has lived a cowardly life seemingly without suffering any loss; her closest sister and father have passed away one after another, and the only eldest brother left is snobbish and irresponsible; her marriage that has lasted for decades is in name only, and her husband, who is already in his fifties, has a five or six-year-old son outside of his home, and he is calculating in money and never gives her a penny more.
My daughter is just like me, with all the bad habits. She doesn't have a job but stays at home all day, bossing people around and looking for trouble. Not only did she inherit her father's laziness, but she also inherited my stupidity. Every time I see the couple, the atmosphere between them becomes more and more tense.
But what can I do? At this moment, all these slowly faded away, leaving only the sour, spicy, fresh, fragrant and smooth tastes in my mouth, the aftertaste of the two songs, and the appetite that seemed to have been opened afterward.
That’s it for now, let’s eat first.
Across from her, Zhao Xiaojing raised her eyes and secretly glanced at Dong Mei, who seemed to have let go of her worries after being hurt by the spicy food. She suddenly felt much more comfortable, secretly praising herself for being smart, and carefully dipped a sip of the dipping sauce into her mouth.
This dipping sauce was not the slightly spicy version she had made at the beginning, but one she had just made secretly in the kitchen while Dong Mei wasn't paying attention.
The new dipping sauce was spicy and sour, and she added the extra spicy red chili oil that she had poured on Su Yuchen at noon.
Su Yuchen loves spicy food. On the first day after returning home, she complained to her several times that the food at home was tasteless without chili. Therefore, Zhao Xiaojing specially looked for the dried chili peppers that Dong Mei had stockpiled, selected the spiciest variety and upgraded it to a special grade. She only took a bite of the jar of red chili oil at noon and she was so fascinated by how spicy it was.
Seeing Dong Mei eating absent-mindedly with a dazed look on her face just now, Zhao Xiaojing suddenly remembered what she had read before that spicy food is a sense of pain. Eating spicy food in moderation can stimulate one's appetite and relieve one's depression. So she tried it secretly, and did not expect the effect to be so effective.