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Chapter 186 Wang Qin: Do you still like me?
After looking at Yang Xingyu for a while, Zhen Xin nodded slightly, "Okay, if that's the case, then go back quickly tomorrow, and pay attention to safety on the road."

Yang Xingyu was greatly relieved.

As long as she doesn't insist on meeting Qi Meilan with him tomorrow, then this Valentine's Day will still be happy.

……

The next morning, Yang Xingyu opened his eyes and saw Zhen Xin's sleeping face like a begonia. She was sleeping soundly, with her hair spread out on the pillow, which made her delicate face look very charming.

This is her residence, and he came here to rest with her last night.

A breakup is better than a wedding. They both had a good rest last night.

Perhaps out of guilt for having two different things to do, Yang Xingyu got up, washed himself briefly, and started making noodles.

Because Zhen Xin said last night that she wanted to eat noodles today.

As people from the south of the Yangtze River, Yang Xingyu and the others have not had the habit of eating noodles since they were young. They would only cook some noodles occasionally when there was no time to cook.

As for eating dumplings every Spring Festival?

Feel sorry!

They really don’t have the custom of eating dumplings during the New Year here, and many people don’t even know how to make dumplings at all.

However, as a chef who graduated with a culinary major, he also learned pasta when he was learning cooking.

Chinese food, Western food, pastry, and food carving are the main things they learn.

However, Yang Xingyu is most interested in Chinese food, and is much less interested in Western food, pastries, food carving, etc.

Therefore, he rarely makes pasta.

But he still has the skills to make hand-rolled noodles.

However, Zhen Xin doesn’t have a rolling pin here.

This left him scratching his head. Should he use a mop handle?
This thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't actually do it. After kneading the dough, he took a kitchen knife and used the blade to flatten the dough bit by bit, and then flatten it again.

Finally, press the good dough into a nearly rectangular pancake about one centimeter thick.

He grabbed a handful of dry flour and sprinkled it on the table, turned the dough over, and then used a kitchen knife to cut a knife on the edge of the dough. At first glance, he cut out a thick noodle about one centimeter wide.

But if you look closely, you will find that he has not cut the two ends of the noodles from the dough. The two ends of this surprisingly thick noodle are still connected to the dough.

When he lifted the kitchen knife, he wiped the thick noodles to the left with his left hand. The noodles rolled on the table, forming a spiral shape.

The kitchen knife in his right hand made a second cut, and a second thick noodle was cut out, but the two ends of this noodle were still connected to the dough.

As before, he wiped the second noodle with his left hand, and while pulling the noodle to the left, the noodle rolled on the table, forming a spiral shape.

This is adding energy to the noodles.

Cutting it down, each noodle is one centimeter thick, and both ends of each noodle are connected to the dough. Every time a noodle is cut out, Yang Xingyu will pull the noodle with his left hand and let it rest on the table. Tumbling, spiraling in shape.

After a while, all the rectangular noodles were cut into noodles about one centimeter thick, but the ends of all the noodles were not cut off.

At first glance, it looks a bit like a tensioner in fitness equipment.

It is a piece of fitness equipment that uses several springs to connect two handles.

Since the noodles were cut into the shape of a tensioner, it would be a pity not to pull them a few times. So Yang Xingyu grabbed another handful of dry flour and sprinkled it on the noodles, and then rolled up all the noodles on the table.

Grasp the two uncut ends of the dough with both hands and roll them together, so the noodles are also rolled together.

Just like wringing out wet clothes, twist up with your left hand and twist down with your right hand.

All the noodles are twisted into a twist and tightly intertwined.

Immediately, Yang Xingyu pulled them out with both hands, and then pulled them out again.

The noodles, which were originally about one centimeter thick, were suddenly stretched and stretched again.

As he stretched his hands again and again, the noodles in his hands were stretched thinner and thinner, and stretched longer and longer.

After a while, it was stretched to more than one meter long, and each noodle was stretched to the thickness of dried noodles.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done such a fancy job. When he saw these noodles taking shape, Yang Xingyu couldn’t help but smile. He was a little worried that he wouldn’t be able to make ramen properly because he hadn’t done this for too long!

After all, common ramen on the market requires adding something when mixing the noodles.

Otherwise, the noodles will break as soon as you pull them.

And Zhen Xin doesn’t even have a rolling pin here. Is it possible that there are ingredients for making ramen?

impossible!
Fortunately, he did it just once.

However, although the noodles were made, Zhen Xin had no vegetables in the refrigerator. She wanted to make beef ramen for her, but there was no beef.

Because she emptied her refrigerator before going home for the holidays.

Before leaving, I deliberately took all the vegetables in the refrigerator home.

There was no other way, Yang Xingyu could only go to her kitchen to rummage.

After searching for a while, I found two plates of eggs.

Then make egg noodles!
After Zhen Xin got up, she staggered to the living room bleary-eyed and sniffed, smelling the aroma of egg noodles.

Following the aroma, she saw Yang Xingyu cooking noodles for her in the kitchen.

"Did you go out specifically to buy noodles?"

When the question came out, she noticed the flour on the table and a small ball of leftover dough.

Yang Xingyu heard her voice, looked back, smiled and said nothing.

"Did you make your own noodles?"

Zhen Xin was surprised, "Can you make noodles?"

Yang Xingyu: "If you like noodles, remember to buy a long rolling pin later."

Zhen Xin was even more surprised, "You mean you just made noodles without using a rolling pin?"

Yang Xingyu teased her, "Then do you want to guess what I use to roll the dough?"

Zhen Xin shook her head in confusion.

Yang Xingyu: "Then do you know how many legs a man has?"

Zhen Xin's eyes became surprised, "Did you blow too hard?"

Yang Xingyu laughed.

This is obviously a vulgar joke that is only suitable for couples and lovers to play occasionally. For women with a slightly distant relationship, this kind of joke is disgusting.

While eating noodles together, Yang Xingyu asked casually: "What are your plans for today?"

Zhen Xin said casually: "I'll go selling goods with you! Anyway, I have nothing to do."

Yang Xingyu shook his head, "No! As you know, I will close the store at around one o'clock at noon and go to the county to help Qi Meilan. I won't have time to send you back by then. Besides, it's a holiday today and it's so cold outside. Let's Don’t go out to eat tonight. You can take advantage of your free time in the morning to go to the vegetable market and buy some vegetables you want to eat. I’ll try to come back as early as possible in the evening and cook them for you. What do you think?”

Zhen Xin frowned, "You didn't close until after 7pm last night. If you come over at the same time tonight, how about I wait for you to cook, so you don't starve to death?"

Yang Xingyu has already thought about it, "It's okay. Before I go to the store later, I will take my cousin Xiaofei with me. He has almost mastered knife skills now. Today is just a day to practice his selling ability, so tonight I can Come back early and ask him to stay in the store after dark. After dark, there will be fewer people buying roast duck and braised vegetables. He should be able to handle it." Zhen Xin looked up at him in surprise and smiled. Said: "You are really kind to your cousin, you want to train him in everything."

Yang Xingyu smiled and said, "I have two cousins. I am just a little nicer to Xiao Fei. The other one cannot pee in the same pot as me."

……

noon.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer customers entering the store, Yang Xingyu rolled up his left sleeve and looked at the time on his watch.

It's almost 12:[-].

Thinking that he had to come back before 4 o'clock this afternoon to continue selling goods, he took off the disposable gloves on his hands, took off the apron on his body, and casually said to Zhong Xingfei who was tying his hands next to him: "Xiao Fei, I I have something to do in the afternoon and go back to the county town. There are not many customers entering the store now, so I will leave first and leave this place to you. Is that okay?"

He was selling goods at noon today and he kept asking Zhong Xingfei to help him.

Zhong Xingfei should have memorized the prices of all the dishes in this store.

During this period, Yang Xingyu also specially asked Zhong Xingfei to chop roast duck several times and make couple's lung slices several times.

Although Zhong Xingfei is not yet skilled at what he does, as long as there are not too many customers entering the store at the same time, Yang Xingyu thinks Zhong Xingfei should be able to handle it.

"Oh, Ying, it should be fine!"

Zhong Xingfei is not very confident.

After all, today is his first time selling goods.

Yang Xingyu smiled, reached out and patted his upper arm, "It's okay! I believe you can do it! As long as you learn how to sell things, you will never starve to death in your life."

Zhong Xingfei was a little surprised and could not immediately understand what Yang Xingyu meant.

Yang Xingyu was in a hurry to go to the county town to meet Qi Meilan, and he didn't bother to explain to him. He smiled, picked up his bag and keys, and went out.

And just a few minutes after he left, another black Mercedes-Benz car came to the roadside parking space outside the store and slowly stopped.

The car door opened, and Zhen Xin, wearing a long white down jacket, got out of the car.

Slowly walking into the store, Zhong Xingfei hesitated for a moment, then smiled and shouted: "Sister-in-law!"

After hearing this title, Zhen Xin had a smile on her face and nodded slightly to him. She glanced twice in the glass room, "Xiao Fei, where is your eldest brother?"

Zhong Xingfei was very honest and said what he had to say, "My eldest brother just left. He said he had something to go back to the county town."

Zhen Xin sighed, then raised her left hand, brushed the cuff of her left hand with her right hand, and squinted at the time on her watch.

The time has just reached 12:[-].

……

The cold wind was howling outside the car. Yang Xingyu was in the warm car, listening to the car music and driving with a relaxed expression.

He had no idea that just a few minutes after he left the store, Zhen Xin would go to that branch to look for him.

Suddenly, his cell phone rang.

He was driving and couldn't answer the call.

He just glanced at the caller ID on his cell phone placed on the center console.

He wasn't going to answer the phone.

But the caller ID showed Wang Qin.

After his rebirth, he only contacted Wang Qin once.

It was the time when he sent a group message to express his love.

Yes, Wang Qin is one of the seven girls who received his confession message.

He still remembered when Wang Qin replied to him that she already had a boyfriend and might get married by the end of the year. She also joked with him: Please be early next time.

Should I ask for an early confession next time?
At that time, Yang Xingyu was speechless.

But he has no complaints against Wang Qin. What is there to complain about?She already had a partner and was getting married by the end of the year. She did not hide this from him, did not hang on to him and waste his time and feelings. She clearly told him the fact that she already had a partner and asked him to give up as soon as possible. He thought it was a good thing and he should thank her.

Since then, he and Wang Qin have never been in contact again.

I didn't expect that the Chinese New Year would be coming soon. According to what she said before, she should be married by now. Why would she suddenly call him on Valentine's Day today?
Could it be that the wedding date has been postponed to later in the year?Is this call to invite me to her wedding?
Yang Xingyu, with various thoughts flashing through his mind, felt that it would be bad not to answer her call.

Not only because she is from the village next to his hometown.

It was also because he failed to confess his love to her last time. If he didn't answer her call, she might mistakenly think that he failed to confess his love to her, so he would fall out with her and not want to have any contact with her again.

This seems very ungraceful.

It got out and made people laugh.

As a girl from the village next to his hometown, Wang Qin knew many of his childhood friends.

It was too late, but it was too early. In fact, Yang Xingyu had just caught a glimpse of the caller ID. Without hesitating for a few seconds, he slowly stepped on the brakes, turned the steering wheel, slowly parked the car on the side of the road, and picked up his mobile phone to answer the call.

"Hey?"

Wang Qin: "Yang Xingyu, is that you?"

Yang Xingyu hummed, "It's me, you should be married now, right? Congratulations!"

Wang Qin was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly sighed, "No! I have broken up, and this marriage will definitely not happen. By the way, how are you now? Are you still single?"

broke up?
So what does she mean by calling me today?
Yang Xingyu had some guesses in his mind and followed her words: "Break up? What happened? When I contacted you last time, didn't you already decide to get married at the end of the year?"

As for whether you are still single?

He didn't say anything yet.

Wang Qin: "Oh! Anyway, we broke up. By the way, let me ask you a question, do you still like me?"

Yang Xingyu: "???"

Although he had already guessed about this just now, he was still surprised when he actually heard her ask.

What does she mean?
Do you have to get married by the end of the year?No matter whether the groom is the same person or not, she still wants to get married?And I, Yang, am now her substitute groom?
Is she using me as a backup?
Not to mention that he already has two girlfriends, even if he is still single now, since he had a crush on her back then, he might consider being the jack before she changes to the spare tire, but let him just be the spare tire?
He asked himself if he could accept it.

Although his native family is very poor, he himself is not very handsome, and his education is not high, but he is proud in his heart.

In the past, he would not consider any girl he fell in love with.

What's more, Wang Qin is in this situation?
After a moment of silence, Yang Xingyu said: "Sorry, I already have a girlfriend now."

Before, Wang Qin told him frankly and didn't hide the fact that she had a partner, and now he didn't want to hide it from her either.

He has always believed that it is kind for men and women not to mislead or hang on to each other.

Now he would pass this kindness on to her.

Wang Qin was silent for a few seconds and sighed: "That's it, then I understand. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

Yang Xingyu: "It's okay."

(End of this chapter)