Geng Lu resisted the urge to swallow her saliva. How could it smell so good
The dishes cooked by Xue Yuantong are much more delicious than those cooked by her mother.
Xue Chuchu had just put down the big plate when Xue Yuantong came over with another big plate. It was still filled with crayfish. There were too many shrimps to fit on one plate.
Geng Lu came to her senses and followed him to the kitchen to serve the dishes. As for Jiang Ning, he sat on a square stool like a master.
Xue Chuchu brought another dish, it was chicken pancake, well, a small portion, with only half a chicken.
10 pounds of shrimps may sound impressive, but there is actually very little meat in them, maybe only one or two pounds. If you want to fill your stomach, it is definitely not enough for four people.
In particular, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu are big eaters.
Looking at the chicken pancakes on the table, Jiang Ning smiled knowingly, remembering that last year, when he had dinner at Xue Yuantong's house for the first time, Aunt Gu made this dish.
Geng Lu finally brought a small plate. The dish was stir-fried green beans with shredded pork. It was green and attractive, and you could tell how crispy it tasted just by looking at it.
Xue Yuantong announced: "Spicy crayfish, chicken pancakes, lentil and pork shreds, all ready!"
"It's so hot, so hot, I want a Sprite!"
I cooked in a clay pot today. It was really hot in this weather to use a clay pot.
In order to make lunch more enjoyable, Jiang Ning didn't lower the temperature in the kitchen much.
Xue Chuchu put out a few plates filled with spices. When eating the shrimp, dip them in the spices to make them taste better.
She took out another tissue and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Xue Yuantong picked up the chilled Sprite, unscrewed the lid vigorously, and poured himself a glass.
She drank it in one gulp, the coolness melted away the heat, and she felt so comfortable that she almost went to heaven.
"Wow, this is so refreshing. Is there anything more refreshing than having a glass of iced Sprite on a hot day?"
She sat on a small stool with her legs spread out, feeling so comfortable that she didn't want to move.
Jiang Ning held up the big watermelon.
Xue Chuchu said: "I'll get you a knife to cut the melon."
Jiang Ning: "No, there's nowhere to cut."
Four dishes plus plates and cups almost filled the table.
"Ah, then you go to the kitchen and cut it?"
As Xue Chuchu finished speaking, Jiang Ning used his hand as a knife and chopped the watermelon into pieces.
He broke the watermelon into two halves with his hands, revealing the bright red flesh, which was mouth-watering, and the air became sweet.
Xue Chuchu looked surprised and amazed at the skill.
Xue Yuantong put down the cup, and the bottom of the cup touched the dining table with a "bang" sound.
"Jiang Ning, I want to eat melon."
Xue Chuchu also saw Jiang Ning break off a piece of the watermelon with his fingers, and it was as smooth as if it had been cut with a knife.
She was puzzled, how did he do this
Jiang Ning gave one tooth to Xue Yuantong, and gave one tooth to Geng Lu and one to Xue Chuchu.
Geng Lu took a bite and felt cool and sweet. These two feelings seemed to penetrate not only into her mouth but also into her heart. She ate a piece and the tiredness from fishing for shrimps in the morning actually dissipated a little.
"Delicious!" Geng Lu praised.
Xue Chuchu opened her little mouth and tasted it. She moved her mouth and whispered:
"When swallowed, the smell of smoke and fire is gone, and when it enters the teeth, it makes the sound of ice and snow."
As soon as this sentence came out, Geng Lu's eyes changed when he looked at her, as if to ask, "Why are you so outstanding?"
Geng Lu wanted to imitate Xue Chuchu and use elegant poems to praise the deliciousness of watermelon, but she searched her mind and couldn't find the right words. Finally, she uttered:
“This melon is really delicious.”
Although Geng Lu's family conditions are not very wealthy in Yuzhou city, she has two houses, a small storefront for collecting rent, and a car, which can be considered upper-middle level.
However, she had never eaten watermelon as delicious as the one she had today in her life.
Geng Lu ate the whole piece of watermelon in one go. Just as he finished, Jiang Ning handed him another piece.
Geng Lu was delighted: "Jiang Ning, you eat."
"I'm eating." Jiang Ning said.
This melon was a high-quality melon variety that he asked Shao Shuangshuang to find. It was planted in Huqi Mountain, then soaked in a cold pool, and finally taken out and eaten.
Not only does it have a perfect sweet taste, it is also extremely beneficial to the body. It can relieve fatigue, beautify the skin, and relieve heat and promote salivation.
Geng Lu took a photo of the melon with her mobile phone and sent it to her mother to prove that she had a lot of fun, and then sent it to the group.
The students in the group are very active, especially Shan Kaiquan. Ever since Bai Yuxia sent the message, he wanted to sleep in the group 24 hours a day, just to wait for Bai Yuxia to appear again.
A thousand years of waiting.
Wang Longlong: "This melon is not bad."
Hu Jun was released from the ban, and he said: "It's OK, the melons from other places are still better."
Guo Kunnan: "?? Why do you say that, Brother Jun?"
Hu Jun said: "I never bought melons before, but when I wanted to eat some, I would go to the melon field with my friends in the village and pick a few."
(Shan Xiao is observing while diving)
Shan Kaiquan: "I have done this before, but the boss of Guadi over there is very strict, and I was almost caught several times."
"I heard before that someone stole melons and had his legs broken."
Guo Kunnan: "Stealing melons is okay, at most you steal a few, but some people are really bad, they just do things to sabotage it."
After chatting for a while, Dan Kaiquan posted a picture of a pot of bone soup.
Wang Longlong: "Wow, Brother Quan eats well!"
Shan Kaiquan: "There will be a sports meet next Monday. I will catch up in advance and prepare for the competition, and try to get a good result."
He thoroughly demonstrated his efforts in front of his classmates, hoping to attract Bai Yuxia's attention.
Unfortunately, only good brother Guo Kunnan was attracted:
"Brother Quan's attack is powerful."
He posted a photo of his lunch, an ordinary home-cooked meal.
Lu Qiqi posted a picture of a spicy hot pot, with a simple shop in the background and another strange girl in the picture:
“Eat with my good sisters.”
Then the group gradually evolved into sharing lunch.
Zhang Chi, who was moving cement, looked at the 5-yuan lunch box in his hand and fell into deep thought.
…
Before eating.
Xue Yuantong gave each of them a pair of disposable gloves.
When eating shrimp, you need to peel the meat, which will inevitably get your hands covered in oil. This can be avoided if you wear disposable gloves.
Xue Chuchu was just about to put on gloves when Tongtong handed her another pair of white gloves.
White gloves are a bit like workers' work gloves, but lighter and thinner.
Xue Chuchu was a rustic girl who had never seen the world. She asked curiously:
"What is the use of this white glove?"
Geng Lu guessed, "Wearing plastic gloves first, then white gloves, will provide more protection. Do you think it's Jiang Ning?"
Jiang Ning said: "No."
"Ah?" Geng Lu was a girl from a small town and didn't understand.
Xue Yuantong looked proud: "Huh, I saw it on TV. If you only wear plastic gloves, your hands will feel stuffy and uncomfortable."
"If you put on white gloves first and then put on plastic gloves over them, it will be much better."
Xue Chuchu followed her instructions and put on white gloves. She looked at the shrimp on the plate, then at her gloves, and muttered:
"So classy."
Geng Lu was equally amused: "It feels like I'm attending a high-end banquet."
They both put on gloves, and Xue Yuantong used a claw to catch a shrimp.
Xue Chuchu said: "Tongtong, don't you wear it?"
Xue Yuantong snorted, "I don't like wearing it, I like sucking juice."
Xue Chuchu agreed: "Indeed, if you wear gloves, it will affect your fingers."
She looked at the rich soup in the plate of braised crayfish and was very tempted. If it were just her and Tongtong, she would definitely not wear gloves.
Unfortunately, with Jiang Ning and the others around, Xue Chuchu was embarrassed to do that.
She cares a lot about shame. In front of outsiders, Xue Chuchu is always calm and ladylike.
Geng Lu peeled a piece of white and tender shrimp meat. Her first thought was to give it to Jiang Ning, but considering the presence of others, she had to give up the idea.
The first piece was given to Jiang Ning, it’s so obvious!
She was not worried about Xue Yuantong, but about the girl named Xue Chuchu. She was smart and clever. If she acted too proactively, Xue Chuchu might see through something.
With this in mind, Geng Lu originally wanted to eat the shrimp meat.
But suddenly an idea came to her mind. She put the shrimp meat into Jiang Ning's bowl and said with a smile:
"Jiang Ning, thank you for bringing me to the river to catch shrimps today. I'll thank you with the first piece of shrimp meat!"
Sure enough, saying this immediately cleared her of suspicion.
Jiang Ning took a sip of the spice and said, "Then I won't be polite."
Geng Lu felt extremely satisfied watching him eat the shrimp. The first piece of shrimp he ate today was peeled by her herself.
This sense of accomplishment lingers in my heart like flowers blooming in a field of flowers.
The sun outside was getting stronger.
A breeze blew through the main room near the door, brushing gently across her cheeks and blowing up the girl's hair.
Xue Chuchu ate shrimps, shrimps, melons, pancakes and drank Sprite silently.
This table of food was indeed sumptuous. Xue Chuchu knew that it was definitely not cheap. The shrimps alone were worth a lot of money. If you were in a restaurant, you might not even be able to buy them for two or three hundred yuan.
Although her mother found a good job, the family has been in debt to relatives over the years, and her mother's salary is much lower than Aunt Gu's.
So her material conditions were not good at ordinary times. Every time she came to Tongtong's house, she had the most sumptuous meal she had eaten in recent times.
While eating, Geng Lu took pictures of the food and showed them to her mother, telling her that her daughter was doing very well and she didn't need to worry.
At the same time, she also had a urge to show off to her mother. After all, her mother had seen Jiang Ning in the morning, and she wanted to show that Jiang Ning had not treated her unfairly.
Well, then Geng Lu sent another picture to the class group.
It was lunch time, and Guo Kunnan said, "It's really rich, two large basins of shrimps, which makes me want to go fishing this afternoon."
Dong Qingfeng said: "Other things about crayfish are fine, except that it's too troublesome to peel them."
Lu Qiqi: "I want to peel it and eat it. If I don't have to peel it, I don't want to eat it!"
Shan Kaiquan: "Crayfish are easy to peel. I am pretty fast at peeling them."
Cui Yu: "Brother Quan, Brother Quan, I eat fast!"
Shan Kaiquan: "Go away."
Chen Siyu: "How do you peel shrimp?"
As soon as he saw one of the twins speaking, Dong Qingfeng immediately spoke up. Normally, they were too far away from each other in class, making it inconvenient for him to display his special skills, but in the group, even though they were far away, they felt like neighbors.
"I twist off the shrimp head first, then start from the tail and remove the shrimp thread."
He was about to continue typing and describe the rest of the process.
Shan Kaiquan couldn't stand it anymore and jumped out to question:
"Wait, don't you devein the crawfish before cooking it?"
Dong Qingfeng was stunned, then said frankly: "Basically no one would go. I heard that if you remove the shrimp thread before cooking, the meat will fall apart and affect the taste."
Shan Kaiquan retorted: "Who said that? These shop owners are just lazy!"
Dong Qingfeng: "I basically don't go back to any of the restaurants I've eaten at. It's probably because of the taste."
Shan Kaiquan used a scientific approach: "Don't you know how many bacteria there are in shrimp threads?"
Originally, Chen Siyu was just asking how to peel shrimps, but because of the shrimp thread, Dan Kaiquan and Dong Qingfeng started arguing in the group.
The two expressed their opinions and tried to present facts and reason.
As the argument became more serious, they became unreasonable and started picking on each other's grammatical errors.
The class group's chat page was filled with message bubbles between the two of them.
The classmates watched the game happily.
Until Bai Yuxia couldn't bear it anymore, she said, "Let's discuss how to peel shrimp."
Shan Kaiquan replied immediately: "Okay."
Dong Qingfeng continued: "Peel the shrimp until the tail is peeled, and then peel it cleanly along the branches and nodes, and then the shrimp meat will be obtained."
At the end, he added, "Shrimp are easy to peel, but crabs are hard to peel. However, I can peel all of them, I just don't want to do it myself. I'll show you my skills when I have the chance."
Bai Yuxia said, "Well, it's similar to the process of me peeling shrimp."
The group was silent for five minutes, and Shan Kaiquan finally spoke again:
“1. First, use two fingers…
2. Then, twist the shrimp tail...
3. The most critical step is to grasp...
4. It’s basically successful…”
Shan Kaiquan’s four comments once again filled the entire chat interface.
The classmates were surprised at Shan Kaiquan's seriousness.
Wang Longlong: "Brother Quan really wants to teach us how to peel shrimp!"
Huang Yuzhu commented: "That's very professional. This is the easiest way to peel the shrimp and it allows you to peel them cleanly without wasting any shrimp."
Chen Siyu: "Wow, so detailed."
Bai Yuxia: "You said it was good."
Shan Kaiquan: "(grin) (grin) This is the easiest way to peel shrimp that I know of."
His vanity was greatly satisfied and he also won the praise of his beloved girl. This was the greatest happiness in the world.
"Brothers, follow my method from now on, and you will definitely enjoy the meal!"
Shan Kaiquan was overjoyed.
Jiang Ning was eating shrimps. He took out his cell phone to check. After seeing the message, he couldn't help but smile.
He raised his phone to take a picture of the dining table. At that moment, Geng Lu reached out her hand holding the shrimp meat. Xue Chuchu's hand in white gloves also held a piece of tender white shrimp meat and put them into Jiang Ning's bowl.
The cell phone camera captured the scene perfectly.
Xue Chuchu rarely smiled: "Jiang Ning, thank you and Tongtong for treating me to a meal."
She peeled several pieces for Tongtong, but she couldn't ignore Jiang Ning. Besides, she was really grateful to Jiang Ning, and he was also a very kind person...
Well, his melon is super delicious.
Jiang Ning admired the photos and said in the group: "I know the easiest way to peel shrimp."
Then he posted this picture:
"Find a girl who's willing to peel shrimp for you."
When Shan Kaiquan saw the two hands in the photo, he was stunned at first, then he became extremely jealous, and his back teeth were almost broken!
Ma Shicheng sent a message: "Correct."
Wang Longlong: “Second.”
Cui Yu: "My brother Ning is right."
A group of students were speaking below, it was quite lively.
Jiang Ning had a calm expression, when suddenly his phone vibrated. Shen Qing'e sent a message:
"My sister's here tomorrow. I heard other relatives are coming to visit. You should be prepared."