After closing the door, Zhao Ning walked into the house.
"Xiao Ning, who was it just now?" Zhao Amu asked while sitting in the room sewing clothes without raising her head.
"It's Ziqi, she bought meat and asked me and my brother to go to his house for dinner." Zhao Ning sat beside Ah Mu.
"Didn't you say that you didn't get much money when you separated? Why don't you save some money." Zhao Amu frowned disapprovingly.
"That's what I said, Ziqi said he knew it well, but I think Ziqi and I seem to be separated, not as straightforward as before." Zhao Ning said with some complaints. When there are good things to share together.
Zhao Amu listened to Zhao Ning's words and said appreciatively: "Ziqi is a good child. He has experienced so much and grown up to be sensible. You thought that before he got married, he is not alone now. He is a family leader. , To do things, you must have a charter and plan, how can you act like a child."
"Why can't it, we are very good friends." Zhao Ning said unconvinced.
Zhao Amu shook her head, this brother of mine is really worried, if he doesn't know what to do after getting married, it seems that he has to discipline him well.
Zhong Ziqi came home, lay on the door and listened, very quiet, he reached out and knocked on the door: "Zheng'an, I'm back, open the door."
As soon as the words were finished, the door was opened immediately, and Zhao Zhengan, with red eyes, rushed over and hugged Zhong Ziqi in surprise, and kept saying, "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law."
Zhong Ziqi patted his head with some distress, guessing that this guy has been sitting behind the door since he left: "Look, I'm not coming back, I won't leave you alone."
Zhao Zhengan nodded happily, and walked into the room holding Zhong Ziqi's arm.
"I'm going to cook. If someone knocks on the door in a while, you can open the door. If you are bored, you can continue to pull weeds, or come to the kitchen and help me light the fire. Will the fire work?"
"Yes, I often cook for Emma." Zhao Zheng'an said proudly, patting his chest. He didn't want to leave his wife for a second, so of course he chose the latter. He took a small bench and sat by the kitchen stove waiting for instructions. The eyes followed Zhong Ziqi's movement.
Zhong Ziqi let him watch indifferently, first washed the rice bought today and mixed half of the brown rice into the pot. There are usually two big pots in this village, which is very convenient for cooking.
Signaling Zhao Zhengan to start cooking, Zhong Ziqi cut the pork belly bought today into pieces, washed the pork liver and spare ribs and put them aside to marinate. He intends to keep the remaining fat to produce oil, and he will keep some pork offal and bones to eat slowly.
Heat oil in a pan, sauté garlic, onion and ginger until fragrant, add pork ribs and stir-fry until they turn white, pour in an appropriate amount of water and stew until rotten, add salt and a little sugar before leaving the pan, and stir-fry the starch rice separately before serving plate. Seeing Zhao Zheng'an obediently lighting the fire, Zhong Ziqi picked up two chopsticks and put two ribs in a bowl and handed them to him: "Try it, is it delicious?"
Zhao Zheng'an couldn't wait to take it, he hasn't eaten meat for a long time, even if the family made meat, he wouldn't eat it, and Ah Mu would scold him. Zhao Zhengan took a bite of the pork ribs without thinking it was too hot, and immediately looked at his wife with bright eyes: "It's delicious, my wife's cooking is the best."
Zhong Ziqi also laughed. He is passionate about cooking when people support him. The spicy pork slices for the second course, the pork belly used, mainly tastes spicy. The chilli came out hot, and he squatted in front of Zhao Zhengan with a wicked heart, watching him eat the meat into his mouth, chewed it twice, his eyes turned red immediately, and he breathed in his mouth, his wicked heart was satisfied, and he stood up. He scooped up a bowl of water from the water tank and handed it to him: "Is it spicy? Drink some water."
Zhao Zhengan hurriedly picked up the bowl and drank it down. Zhong Ziqi reached out to take the slices of spicy meat away, but Zhao Zhengan resisted strongly.
"This is too spicy, you can't eat it."
"Eatable, delicious, don't take it away."
Zhong Ziqi scratched her head and looked at him: "Then you should tell me if your stomach is uncomfortable, and we have to go to the doctor if it gets too spicy."
Zhao Zheng'an nodded quickly, still holding the bowl tightly in his hands, for fear of being snatched away.
At this time the door sounded, Zhong Ziqi asked Zhao Zhengan to continue eating, he went to open the door, and it was Zhao Ning and Zhao Sheng who opened the door: "You guys are here, come in quickly, the meal will be ready soon."
Zhao Ning sniffed and looked at the kitchen with bright eyes: "It smells so good, Ziqi, did you make this?" Zhao Sheng couldn't help swallowing when he smelled the fragrance. It is not very good for him to go with a foolish brother, but Ah Mu said that it has nothing to do with Aning. Aning is a brother who is not afraid, so he followed.
Zhong Ziqi smiled and said, "Of course I did it, or who else could it be?"
"Wow! I didn't know you could do this."
"There's still a lot you don't know, go into the house, you'll be fine soon, I'll ask Zheng'an to accompany you."
Zhao Ning waved his hand: "I'll help you, learn by the way, let Zhao Zheng'an talk to my brother."
In this way, Zhao Zheng'an was kicked out of the kitchen, and went to talk with Zhao Sheng according to his wife's words. Before leaving, he even looked at the unfinished meat in his bowl with aggrieved eyes.
The last dish was pork liver with small cucumbers. Zhao Ning helped him light the fire, and Zhong Ziqi was in charge of cooking. Zhao Ning smelled the aroma and his stomach growled: "Ziqi, you... are you really planning to live with Zhao Zhengan?"
Zhong Ziqi paused her cooking hand, and said without changing her face: "Otherwise, I'm already married to him, and I won't live with him or anyone." Even with the closest people, there are some things that cannot be said, let alone Zhao Ning He is still not familiar with his personality, so he can't casually say something amazing, so as not to spread it.
Zhao Ning said anxiously: "But he is an idiot, and he can't work. You live on three acres of land? You can't produce much food."
"Actually, life is very good now. I don't have to be ostracized by my uncle and uncle at Zhong's house, and I'm separated from Zhao's house. Zhao's family can't come to make trouble. This is the only good life after my parents passed away, right? I will also find a way to make money, and you know that a good person like me is rare." What Zhong Ziqi said was a little serious, but it didn't happen.
Of course, Zhao Ning also knows that if a brother who has no father and no mother, and his relatives dislike him, he will be fine if he marries into a good family. rice, because they know that even if you are wronged, you will not be able to escape and have nowhere to go.
In fact, there is a living example in the village. It is also a family with the surname Zhao. One of the elder brothers, Ah Mu, died early. The father married a stepmother, who treated him as badly as possible, and later married without even a dowry. So I suffered a lot of grievances and torture at my natal family, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and made a big fuss. I was divorced by my in-laws and came back. I was divorced so that my brother was looked down upon by others, and people pointed at him behind his back. Even if he knew the reason might not be here. It's wrong, but being suspended is still not acceptable to the world.
And good people will not marry a brother who has been divorced. This brother's family disliked him for being ashamed and didn't let him in, and said aloud that the water thrown by the man this brother married had nothing to do with the family.
But after all, they are from Zhaojia Village, and most of them are related to relatives. The village head can't turn a blind eye to this homeless and helpless brother, and finally lent him money to build a hut in the village. That's where the family settled down, usually alone, embroidering and weaving frames at home to earn a little money, turning a blind eye to the foul language outside.
Zhao Ning also knew that it was too late to say anything now, and he was just complaining to his friend. Zhong Ziqi put the dishes away, and shook her head, knowing that he was doing it for his own good: "Don't worry, this life is like drinking water, knowing how warm and cold you are. You think my life is not good, but I think I am not bad now. Eat whatever you want , what you want to do, I am the master of my home."
"Pfft." Zhao Ning's little worry was washed away by Zhong Ziqi's strange remarks, but he had to admit that what he said made sense. No wonder Ah Mu always let himself and Ziqi learn from each other. Nothing compares.
A delicious dinner started at night. Zhong Ziqi didn’t eat much. He had a small appetite. He had eaten his own food for so many years and didn’t feel anything special. But the other three didn’t think so. Zhao Ning really wanted to Criticize Ziqi for not putting so much oil in cooking, it’s a waste, but he can’t open his mouth at this time, especially the spicy pork slices, the three of them breathed in but didn’t dare to stop their chopsticks for fear of being robbed. Zhao Zheng'an doesn't think people are behind when they steal things stupidly, let alone this is his home, and this is made by his wife, so it is only natural that he should be confident.
Zhao Sheng was quite shy at first, but he quickly abandoned this unnecessary emotion and joined this silent battle. Zhong Ziqi ate a lot at noon and is not too hungry now, so he eats slowly, but he is quite satisfied seeing the delicious food of these three people. This is a common problem as a chef, and he hopes that his dishes can be recognized by everyone.
But soon Zhong Ziqi had to eat big mouthfuls, because Zhao Zhengan, who was sitting next to him, didn't forget to hold a chopstick for him when he ate by himself. Zhao Zheng'an added another hand: "Okay, you can eat by yourself, this is enough."
Only then did Zhao Zhengan give up and concentrate on eating his own food.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Ning was a little surprised: "Ziqi, this Zhao Zhengan treats you well, I thought you were a fool who didn't know anything." Zhao Ning was reminded by Ziqi not to call him a fool, but to call him awkwardly daimyo.
When Zhao Zhengan heard him mention his name, he patted his chest proudly: "My wife." I don't know if he really understood.
"puff"
"puff"
Two snorts sounded at the same time.
Zhong Ziqi looked helplessly at the two who covered their mouths and laughed, and they didn't blame them, but Zhao Zhengan's appearance was a bit funny at the moment, his little face looked like a little cat, with oil stains here and there. , there is still a bone in his mouth, which was moved to the right cheek when he was speaking, and it bulged so that people wanted to poke it, but he still had to show a very proud look to make people laugh.
After the meal, the four of them sat lazily on the chairs and puffed out their stomachs. Zhao Ning burped and said contentedly, "Ziqi, when did your cooking skills become so good? I don't even know."
Zhong Ziqi said with a look of sadness all over her face: "My mother taught me when I was reborn, but I haven't used it all the time. You don't know it and don't blame it."