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Chapter 102 The food cooked by two people is delicious

While peeling garlic, she looked up at Chen Chen from time to time.

The latter would also look at Lin Muxi while processing the ribs.

Especially when her hands as smooth as jade came into his sight, he would be stunned for a moment.

Those hands, pink and delicate, looked particularly tempting under the kitchen light, and even gave people an unexpected urge... to taste them?

This sudden thought made Chen Chen secretly surprised, and he quickly calmed his mind.

There were two times when their eyes met, and every time they did so, they would smile at each other in tacit understanding.

Chen Chen processed the ribs and peeled the garlic for Lin Muxi.

After a simple cleaning, Chen Chen smashed it with the back of a knife and put it into the ribs together with the ginger. He then added soy sauce, oyster sauce, peanut oil, salt and cornstarch and stirred well.

Cover it with a layer of plastic wrap and then put it into the pot and steam it.

In order to save time, Chen Chen planned to steam the ribs and rice together in a pressure cooker.

The kitchen in Chen Chen's house has a separate door. When cooking, the door is opened to allow for sufficient light and ventilation.

Today he opened it only a crack.

After he put the ribs and rice into the pressure cooker, someone suddenly opened the door outside and an old lady who was about seventy years old appeared.

The old lady had a hunched back, her short gray hair was a little messy, and her skin was wrinkled due to age, but she looked quite energetic.

The old lady pushed open the door and the voice came in first.
"Xiuying...it turns out that Xiaochen is cooking. I thought it was Xiuying. Oh, this is your girlfriend, right? She's so pretty!"

"Yes, aunt."

Chen Chen's answer was as loud as a bell, so loud that it seemed as if he was arguing with someone.

Lin Muxi was startled by his sudden voice and leaned closer involuntarily.

Seeing this, Chen Chen quickly turned around and explained to Lin Muxi in a gentle tone:
"This is my aunt. She's old and her hearing isn't very good. If you don't speak loudly, she won't be able to hear you. But don't be fooled by her. She's a kind-hearted person."

The old lady walked in with a smile and asked Lin Muxi enthusiastically: "Little girl, what's your name?"

Lin Muxi lived in Yuecheng when she was very young. After so many years, although she can understand the Yuecheng dialect, she cannot understand the accent of the elderly.

Seeing this, Chen Chen quickly helped translate: "Auntie is asking for your name."

Lin Muxi suddenly realized. She tried her best to open her voice, imitating Chen Chen's previous behavior, and responded loudly: "Aunt, my name is Lin Muxi."

However, speaking loudly was not her strong point. Instead, her voice sounded coquettish and she seemed to be acting like a spoiled child.

The old lady seemed a little puzzled by her response.

Seeing this, Chen Chen patiently explained again: "Auntie may not have heard clearly, it's okay, I'll talk to her."

Having said that, he turned around and repeated to the old lady in the same loud voice as before:
"Aunt, her name is Lin Muxi, you can just call her Xiaoxi."

"Oh oh oh, creek." The old lady finally understood and a kind smile appeared on her face.

Lin Muxi smiled embarrassedly, nodded gently, and decided not to shout anymore to avoid making a fool of herself.

The old lady caught a glimpse of the two lonely tomatoes on the chopping board, and a look of distress suddenly appeared in her eyes:

"Why are you eating just this one dish? Hey, I just happened to make braised pork with taro. I'll go get some for you guys right away."

Chen Chen quickly said, "Auntie, that's not necessary."

But the old lady ignored Chen Chen's words and turned around and hurried back to her home.

Not long after, she came back with a big bowl of fragrant meat and said enthusiastically, "Here, take it and eat it."

Chen Chen declined again: "Aunt, it's really not necessary. We also steamed the spareribs."

"Xiaoxi, take it quickly, don't go hungry." The old lady handed the bowl to Lin Muxi without saying a word. Lin Muxi was a little at a loss for a moment, not knowing whether to take it or not, and his face was full of flattered expression.

She looked at Chen Chen for help, and the latter smiled helplessly and said, "Go get a bowl to put it in."

"Okay." Lin Muxi responded as if relieved, and hurried to look for dishes.

"The bowls are in the disinfection cabinet." Chen Chen reminded from the side. "Oh, okay."

After living in Chen Chen's house for so many days, Lin Muxi realized today that she seemed to be unfamiliar with everything in his house.

I don’t know where the vegetables are, where the garlic is, and even where the bowl is.

In fact, if guests came, she wouldn't know what to serve them.

"Auntie, thank you for the meat." Lin Muxi said obediently, holding the bowl in both hands.

"Don't be polite. Just tell your aunt if you need anything. Xiuying is the same. She didn't even tell me when she went to visit relatives and left the two children at home." The old lady said as she walked home with the empty bowl.

After the little incident, the two continued to prepare lunch.

The ribs are steamed in a pressure cooker together with rice.

About 20 minutes is enough.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes is simple.

Wait until the rice is almost cooked before cooking it, and the timing will be just right.

20 minutes later, the two people brought all the food to the table.

A fragrant dish of braised pork with taro, steaming hot steamed spareribs, and a simple scrambled eggs with tomatoes...soup.

Because there were two main dishes, Chen Chen put more tomatoes and eggs when cooking and made it into soup directly.

Quite hearty.

The two of them sat down, and Lin Muxi was a little impatient.

She took out bowls and chopsticks from the sterilizer, scooped out two bowls of rice, placed one in front of Chen Chen, and took the other bowl for herself.

"Senior, I'm going to start now."

"Eat."

Lin Muxi was the first to pick up the steamed spareribs made by Chen Chen and put them into her mouth to savor them carefully.

Chen Chen asked nervously, "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious! Senior, you're awesome!" Lin Muxi gave Chen Chen a thumbs up while eating.

The food cooked by Chen Chen’s parents is also delicious.

But today's meal was made by themselves, so it has a different meaning.

Lin Muxi thinks it tastes better.

"As long as it's delicious."

Chen Chen was really afraid that this meal would go wrong.

Fortunately not.

"My aunt's braised meat with taro is also delicious. Especially the taro, which is soft and has the aroma of meat." Lin Muxi praised it highly.

"If my aunt hears you say that, she will definitely be very happy."

All in all, the first time they cooked was a success.

After dinner, Lin Muxi wanted to wash the dishes, but Chen Chen forced her to rest.

After washing the dishes, the two of them basked in the sun in the yard.

The time came to 1.30: pm.
Chen Chen said to Lin Muxi, "You can take a rest this afternoon. I have to go practice."

I didn't go to practice this morning.

We have to catch up on the progress in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)