Lin Lan smiled and said: "I am Cheng Yaojin going into battle - just the three-axe, rich in oil, strong in taste and spicy!"
"I don't even have a three-axe! Dongzi always thinks that the food I cook is not delicious!" Yao Xiuyun said with a smile.
Lin Lan liked the cheerful little Yao very much, and looked at her with a smile: "You are busy with work, how can you have time to make food!"
Yao Xiuyun laughed at herself: "My mother said I am a bad person. Every time I fish for kimchi, the kimchi will bloom every time!"
After hearing this, Lin Lan remembered that her younger sister was also like this, and said with a smile: "There are such people. A sister from my mother's family is like this."
At this time, a bicycle bell rang at the back door, and a moment later Yang Dingbang came in with a beautiful woman wearing a white base, light blue floral puff sleeves, and a pleated long skirt.
The woman looked at the dirt on her shoes, looked up at the smoky kitchen, frowned, took a step back and stood behind Yang Dingbang.
"Xiuyun, you are already here!" Yang Dingbang looked at Xiao Yao and smiled.
Xiao Yao glanced at his girlfriend and said with a smile: "You guy, we have been here for a while, and your master just came."
Yang Dingbang smiled and said, "It's my fault! I'll punish myself with three drinks later!" Then he said to Lin Lan, "Sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work."
Yang Dingbang held the wine bottle and frowned at the glass he pushed away. The atmosphere became a little awkward.
Lin Lan smiled and said: "I heard that the best compliment to a chef is to eat all the food he cooks!"
Xu Dong also said: "Yes! If you don't come, we will eat them all."
The old lady came over when she heard the conversation. Seeing the two of them laughing so hard, she slapped Yang Dingbang angrily: "Dongzi and Xiangyang are in the main room. Hurry up and take Qingya to sit in the main room."
Seeing him pouting, Lin Lan said with a smile: "Next time! Next time I will ask you to come with us."
Yang Dingbang took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "You brat, where did you go again?"
Lin Lan smiled and put the braised chicken with taro on the tray, sprinkled some chopped green onion and coriander leaves on top, and put the chicken stewed with mushrooms into the soup basin...
Ye Qingya glanced at the sweat-stained Dandan, then turned to look at the green rice fields behind the house.
Ye Qingya nodded and picked up the bottle.
Yang Dingbang smiled and nodded: "Yes, the hardest thing today is my sister-in-law. I give you a toast!"
Yao Xiuyun smiled and nodded: "I promise to eat it all."
Ye Qingya smiled slightly: "Hello!"
Ye Qingya's face turned red: "Thank you, grandma, I can't drink at work."
“It looks delicious.”
Yao Xiuyun sniffed: "Sister-in-law, I will come early to learn how to make pickled fish with you next time we have dinner."
Dandan nodded: "Don't forget it!"
"Qingya!" Yang Dingbang looked at the women standing aside and pointed at Lin Lan and Yao Xiuyun respectively, "This is Lin Lan, my sister-in-law, and this is Yao Xiuyun, the daughter-in-law of my buddy Dongzi." He then introduced to the two of them, "Ye
Qingya, my girlfriend!"
Lin Lan nodded, took out the cold chicken nuggets and steamed pork ribs from the steamer, and put them on the tray. Yao Xiuyun brought them to the main room to serve.
Yang Dingbang suppressed his unhappiness and said with a smile: "Just sip a little, just to make sense."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you had to work the night shift." Yang Dingbang opened a bottle of soda and placed it in front of Ye Qingya, "You can do whatever you want."
"I also made it randomly. I don't know if it will suit your taste."
Lin Lan also said: "Yes, you go to the main room and I will serve the food right away."
He glanced at the dishes on the table and felt that they were not much different from those in the restaurant. Thinking of what he had eaten at his cousin's house during the Chinese New Year, he couldn't help but feel shocked.
Dandan raised the soda bottle and shouted: "Cheers!"
Finally, put the stir-fried red rapeseed greens on a plate and bring it to the table, and the dishes are ready.
Lin Lan smiled politely: "There is a lot of oil smoke here, take your girlfriend to sit in the main room."
Everyone raised their glasses with a smile. The three men drank it in one gulp, and the women took a sip.
Dandan joined in the fun with a bottle of soda: "Grandma, aunt, I want to cheer too!"
Yang Dingbang smiled and filled up the wine glasses in front of them, and toasted to them with a smile: "I did it, grandma and sister-in-law are free to do it."
Dandan looked at her: "Auntie, I also want to go to the eucalyptus forest to sell things!"
Yao Xiuyun glanced at him in surprise and squeezed Xu Dong's hand quietly. Xu Dong nodded invisibly.
Lin Lan smiled and said: "This is the last one."
She frowned and said to Yang Dingbang: "I can't drink, I have to be on duty at night!"
"Brother Kai and I are having a hoop-throwing competition." As he spoke, he turned around to see Yao Xiuyun and grinned, "Auntie, why isn't Xiaohai here?"
"Okay!" Lin Lan put the fish into the clay bowl, sprinkled with coriander segments, crushed chili peppers, and drizzled with smoking vegetable oil. The spicy and appetizing pickled fish was ready.
The old lady smiled and picked up the cup: "Okay, let's all have a drink!"
Take out the marinated kidneys, filter out the excess water, add garlic slices, pickled peppers, celery and scallions in hot oil and stir-fry.
Li Xiangyang took the dishes she was carrying and put them on the table: "Thank you for preparing so many dishes."
Dandan turned around and ran to the kitchen: "Auntie, I'm going to ask Douzi to come over for dinner."
"Dad, Dad!" Dandan ran up to Yang Dingbang with a hoop in his hand, sweating profusely, and looked at him with a smile: "Dad, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
The old lady looked at her grandson and smoothed things over with a smile: "Dingbang, Qingya has to work the night shift, open a bottle of soda for her! Qingya, you are not an outsider, you can eat whatever you want."
If he hadn't seen Lin Lan cooking on the stove with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it was her. How could a person have changed so much in less than half a year?
As soon as Lin Lan stepped into the main room, Yao Xiuyun stood up and looked at her with a smile: "Sister-in-law, we can't wait to start."
"Hello Qingya!" Lin Lan and Yao Xiuyun greeted with a smile.
Yao Xiuyun smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, I will help serve the dishes!"
"I really can't drink!" Ye Qingya frowned and pushed the wine glass away.
"Okay!" Lin Lan and the old lady took a sip.
"Come on Lin Lan!" The old lady stood up and pulled her to sit next to her: "Thank you for your hard work, let Dingbang give you a toast!"
Yao Xiuyun smiled and said: "Xiaohai went to visit relatives with grandpa."
Lin Lan smiled and said: "My uncle is the one who works hard. She has washed all these dishes. You should respect her."
"Qingya, you have a drink too!" Yang Dingbang took the bottle and poured wine for Ye Qingya.
The old lady nodded cheerfully: "Okay, let Dingbang give us a toast."
Lin Lan looked at the time and it was already half past five, and said with a smile: "Don't go Dandan, Douzi has gone to the eucalyptus forest with aunt to help."
Liu Xiuyun ate a piece of kidney flower and asked Lin Lan with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the kidney flower you fried is crispy, tender and delicious, without any smell at all. How did you make it?"
Lin Lan smiled and said: "This is a little more troublesome. First tear off the outer membrane, cut it from the middle, and then..."
Yao Xiuyun waved her hands repeatedly after hearing this: "It's too troublesome. Xiangyang, next time you send pork loin over, remember to clean it up before sending it over."
Li Xiangyang rolled his eyes at her: "What a beautiful idea! I'll give you pork loin to eat, and I'll clean it up for you. What do you do with your old winter melon?"