"What would you like to eat?"
Once they were inside the farmers' market, Yuan Tiantian casually asked the others. To her surprise, Bai Ying started listing dishes like a professional food critic.
Yuan Tiantian: "..."
I should have never asked! Yuan Tiantian grumbled to herself and decided to ignore Bai Ying's long list.
There were more than a dozen dishes on his list, though not quite twenty. Was he daydreaming?
In the end, Yuan Tiantian made the decision herself. She bought beef brisket, shrimps, streaky pork, and two common vegetables - baby bok choy and Chinese cabbage. Just as she was about to leave, she noticed a stall selling fresh lamb. She bought some and decided to change her plan from white radish and streaky pork to white radish and lamb soup. Then she went to buy some fresh coriander and potatoes.
Without the white radish, the streaky pork could be made into stewed pork with potatoes, which would also taste great.
As for seasonings, there were plenty at home, and they also had rice.
After buying everything, the two men carried the items to the car.
There was quite a lot of stuff. Although there weren't many types, the quantity was large. They had to buy a lot because Bai Ying had a big appetite.
When they got home, Xiaojiu and Ling were watching cartoons and playing in the living room. Bai Ying and Sheng Jing went to the kitchen to help Yuan Tiantian.
Fortunately, the Yuan family's villa was big, and the kitchen had plenty of space. Otherwise, three people in the same kitchen might not even have enough room to stand.
"First, wash the beef brisket and the lamb."
After getting home, Yuan Tiantian cut these two ingredients into smaller pieces so that they would cook more easily.
Sheng Jing and Bai Ying each took one to wash, while Yuan Tiantian was dealing with the streaky pork, cutting it into chunks about the size of a thumb.
Then, she cut the vegetables. She sliced the asparagus lettuce to stir - fry with the shrimps later, cut the tomatoes into pieces to stew with the beef brisket in a casserole, cut the white radish into chunks to cook with the lamb in a pressure cooker (otherwise, it would be hard to get cooked), and cut the potatoes into chunks to braise with the streaky pork.
The remaining dishes were stir - fried baby bok choy and Chinese cabbage in broth. Of course, the broth wasn't really plain. There was a soup base at home, which was good for cooking this dish, though it had a lot of additives and low nutritional value. But it was okay to eat it occasionally.
In the end, the lunch they were preparing consisted of six dishes: tomato and beef brisket, stewed pork with potatoes, white radish and lamb soup, stir - fried shrimps with asparagus lettuce, stir - fried baby bok choy, and Chinese cabbage in broth. The staple food was just plain white rice.
As the food was being cooked one by one, the aroma in the kitchen became stronger and stronger, attracting Xiaojiu and Ling.
The smell of the delicious food was far more appealing than the cartoons.
"It smells so good!"
"Auntie Yuan's cooking is the best!"
The two little girls stood at the kitchen door, chattering. Although they hadn't tasted the food yet, they seemed to have already enjoyed the deliciousness.
"Remember to wash your hands. We'll start eating soon."
Yuan Tiantian finished the last dish, stir - fried baby bok choy. All the dishes were ready.不知不觉, two hours had passed. When they got home, it was almost 11:30 a.m., and now it was 1:40 p.m.
Lunch was late today.
But no one complained because delicious food was about to be served.
Moreover, they might have gotten used to it. There was a period before when they always ate after closing time, so being a bit late was okay.
"Come and carry the dishes."
Yuan Tiantian said to Sheng Jing and Bai Ying.
She went to the cupboard to take out the bowls and chopsticks and rinsed them. Actually, they were quite clean because they were kept in the home's disinfection cabinet.
Rinsing them with clean water was just Yuan Tiantian's personal habit. It wasn't necessary.
There was a round table in the Yuan family's dining room with a beautiful marble - patterned turntable on it. As the dishes were placed on it, their colors and strong aroma made people drool.
When all twelve dishes were on the table, Yuan Tiantian told everyone to start eating, and they all began to reach for their favorite dishes.
As for why there were twelve dishes, there was a reason. The dinner plates and soup bowls at home were not large but small and delicate. So Yuan Tiantian divided each dish into two bowls.
Of course, because the amount of food was large and the bowls were small, there was still some left in the pots even after filling two bowls.
"It tastes so good!"
"Auntie Yuan is the best!"
The two little girls were always fond of the sweet - and - sour tomato and beef brisket, especially when they mixed the soup with rice. They ate happily.
Xiaojiu even shook her cute little head while eating. There were a few grains of rice on her mouth, but she didn't notice at all. She was so cute.
"Eat more if it tastes good!"
Yuan Tiantian didn't start eating right away. Instead, she scooped up a spoonful of white radish and lamb soup. The soup was white, and a layer of coriander was sprinkled on it when it was served. After taking a sip of the soup, thanks to her special treatment, the muttony smell of the lamb was much lighter. With the flavor of the coriander and the sweetness of the white radish, the taste of the lamb soup was at least one level better.
The lamb was tender and delicious, and the white radish was full of water. When you took a bite, your mouth would be filled with juice. It was very sweet and had the special fragrance of the radish.
After drinking a bowl of lamb soup, it felt extremely warm on this late - October day in City B when there was already a bit of chill in the air.
"Come and try the soup."
Except for Sheng Jing, the others were eating the dishes, and not much of the soup had been drunk. Yuan Tiantian quickly urged them to taste it.
"It tastes so good!"
Yuan Tiantian scooped up a bowl for Xiaojiu and Ling respectively. After they drank it, they let out a satisfied sigh, and their little faces were full of joy.
Seeing this, she also smiled slightly and casually started to eat the other dishes.
Yuan Tiantian carefully tasted each dish. Without the blessing of the kitchen - attribute props, to be honest, the taste was a bit worse than that in Tiantian's Food Store. But she was still very confident in her own cooking skills. The food was still delicious.
Her cooking skills hadn't declined. Knowing this, Yuan Tiantian was relieved.
She sometimes wondered if her cooking skills would decline because she relied on the kitchen - attribute tools given by the system. Obviously, she had thought too much.
"Yes, Host. Your worry is unnecessary. Any cooking tool with attributes will only enhance the original taste of the food you make."
Unexpectedly, her thought brought out Si Mo. Yuan Tiantian understood what it meant.
That is to say, if the food tasted bad, the attribute enhancement would still be based on that level, at most raising the unpalatable food to a relatively normal level. On the contrary, the more delicious the food was originally, the higher the enhanced deliciousness would be, and the better the taste would be.
"Wow, you're eating delicious food and didn't even tell me!"
Just then, they heard Yuan Lele's voice in the yard of the Yuan family's villa. Yuan Tiantian and the others looked over from the living room and saw Yuan Lele walking in, followed by someone else - Fang Xieqing.
"Sister, you don't love me anymore!"