ushernet Chapter 57 - 57 Going to the Gu Family in the County to Cook
Chapter 57 - 57 Going to the Gu Family in the County to Cook
Chapter 57: Chapter 57 Going to the Gu Family in the County to Cook
“Eldest Sister-in-law Xu, your cooking skills have really improved!” Second Brother Xu praised.
Xu looked at his wife with a face filled with pride.
Eldest Sister-in-law Xu’s face instantly turned red under the man’s gaze.
“It’s all thanks to my little sister’s teaching.”
“Eldest Sister-in-law is a fast learner; she got it after being taught just once,” Xu Ying said admiringly.
Anyway, she definitely learned much faster than when she first started cooking.
“Yingying, I’m going to the county tomorrow. I’ll take you with me,” Second Brother Xu, who had specially taken a day off, just happened to want to visit Qiu Ye in the county.
Xu Ying nodded without refusing, “That works. We’ll have to get up early tomorrow.”
The Gu family’s wedding banquet was not going to be a large affair, but the guests invited were all quite influential in the county, so everything needed to be meticulously prepared.
“Okay,” Second Brother Xu replied.
Mrs. Xu was somewhat worried about her daughter’s physical health—it was an unfortunate coincidence that her period had arrived at this time.
“Daughter, will you be able to do the cooking tomorrow?”
Xu Ying waved her hand dismissively; she was feeling much better now, and the medicine had been quite effective.
Mrs. Xu knew what her daughter was thinking, and looking forward with the same anticipation, she nodded her head and said no more.
Soon, the next day arrived early in the morning.
Xu Ying got up early, ate two eggs, and prepared to set out.
Since Second Brother Xu was taking Xu Ying to the county, Mrs. Xu, who rarely spoke up, also boiled two eggs for him.
The two set out at seven and arrived at the Gu family home just after eight.
“Yingying, you’ve come! I haven’t seen you for a month; I’ve missed you terribly,” Gu Fuying exclaimed as she greeted her with a big hug.
Xu Ying hugged her back and headed straight for the kitchen, “I’ll go check the kitchen first, see how the ingredients are prepared!”
Gu Fuying hurriedly led her to the kitchen.
The wedding banquet was being held right downstairs at the Gu family’s home, and the family had already set up tables and chairs early in the morning—ten tables in total. Two tables were for relatives, two tables for close neighbors, and the remaining were for friends and colleagues.
Xu Ying went into the kitchen and instantly planned a menu in her mind after seeing the ingredients.
Xu Ying explained and continued to be busy, but the man shamelessly picked up the chicken meat she had prepared and tried to leave.
Xu Ying grabbed his wrist with one hand and held a kitchen knife in the other, her eyes icy as she looked at him, “Uncle, what are you doing?”
The man was startled by her expression, and he stuttered, “Isn’t the chicken ready to use once it’s prepared?”
Actually, that wasn’t the case. He knew that Xu Ying had prepared it, but he thought, since she was just a little girl, even if he took it, what could she do to him?
But he hadn’t expected this girl to be so fierce, gripping his wrist so tightly that he couldn’t struggle free.
“Who said you could use it? I slaved away preparing these for half a day, and you just take them to use?”
“I, I didn’t know!” the man said in fear.
“Put it down!”
The man immediately put down the chicken.
Xu Ying released him, and the man ran away in a hurry.
The men in the cold dish area laughed as they witnessed the scene, and when the man walked over, they mocked, “What’s the matter? You thought the girl was easy to bully.
I told you there’s always someone better, don’t think just because she’s a little aunt that you can bully her.”
The man snorted coldly, “Don’t think I didn’t see just now, you don’t think much of her either.”
The middle-aged man touched his nose, feeling somewhat guilty, “I just think this girl’s cooking can’t be that great; even if she’s a genius who has been learning to cook since she was a child, she couldn’t possibly be a head chef, right?”
Moreover, he had seen her palms earlier; there were no calluses whatsoever. Her hands were white and tender, hardly resembling those of someone who’s done heavy work.
Those studying to be chefs, who hold knife handles all year round, practicing chopping vegetables and wielding woks to stir-fry, have long since calloused hands.
“Who knows?” the man said displeased, having been scared by a girl in front of his rival was simply humiliating.
As Xu Ying stayed busy, both men kept an eye on her until they saw her knife skills, which started to change their opinion of her.
Such knife skills can’t be developed in just a few years.
That was true, as back in the apocalypse, Xu Ying’s master was not only strict about taste but also knife skills, and her space operated at more than three times the speed of the outside world.
Three days inside for every day outside, she would practice her knife skills and cooking in the space whenever she had free time.
The middle-aged man immediately started looking forward to Xu Ying’s culinary skills.
His rival scoffed, “How about we make a bet? I bet that girl can only do knife work, but as for cooking, she must be far worse than me.”
The middle-aged man still had some doubts about Xu Ying, but he didn’t want to side with his rival, and finally said, “I bet this little aunt’s cooking is definitely better than yours.”
“Fine, if you lose, give me that bottle of wine from your house,” his rival said.