The car started driving and the conversation got back on track.
"How's the journey going?" Erin said.
"Fortunately, I slept on the plane" Wendy replied
"It's peaceful now, have you considered moving back?"
"I was just thinking about that. Betty still has to go to school. It would be more convenient to move back."
Betty's home is not in the UK, and it would be a long way to go into details.
In the beginning, Wendy and Irene only got to know each other at Hogwarts. They were about the same age and were cousins, so they had a very close relationship. Shortly after graduation, they both got married.
The difference is that Wendy is getting married to someone she doesn't know because of a family marriage. Although Erin and Gray are also the result of a marriage, after all, they are classmates and have known each other for a while.
The main reason why Irene was willing to marry Gwen was because he was the only one in their family, and her future children would not be controlled by the family. Irene did not want her children to have the same fate as hers, even though she did not hate Gwen.
Rui.
As a result, Wendy discovered that her husband was a Death Eater shortly after getting married. Therefore, Wendy, who was still pregnant at the time, left her husband and family.
Speaking of which, the two were indeed good friends, and their destinies were surprisingly similar. Irene's husband died in the battle, and Wendy's husband was also killed later.
But Irene is the widow of a hero, so Wendy is in a terrible situation. Because she betrayed the family, the Death Eaters wanted to take revenge on her. The decent wizards were also extremely unfriendly to her. Desperate, Wendy found Irene for help, and Irene
Send her abroad to settle down.
As an aside, Erin and Wendy are both outstanding wizards who graduated from Slytherin.
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The car arrived home soon, and everyone went back to the house to pack their luggage. The house was very warm. Not only did they cast magic, but they also lit the fire. Everyone took off their coats one after another.
"Auntie can live directly at our house, and there are no outsiders here," Ivy said while helping Erin and Wendy pack their things.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll disturb you from doing bad things?" Wendy's eyes wandered over Ivy and Betty.
"If you don't bother me, what bad things can I do now?" Ivy rolled his eyes.
"Haha——" Erin and Wendy, the two unscrupulous mothers, started to laugh.
Indeed, the reason why they were so relieved that Betty and Ivy were hanging out together was because Ivy was still young and even if he had the will, he didn't have the ability.
Ivy had nothing to do with these two women - oh - and Betty, and all three. It was almost lunch time, and Erin and Wendy went to the kitchen in the living room, and Ivy ran upstairs.
Go, Betty is packing his luggage.
"Come on, follow me to the mall to buy something, and I'll make something delicious for you."
"Go by yourself, it's so cold outside. Besides, the luggage hasn't been packed yet." Betty was unmoved.
"It's so boring for me to go alone~ You accompany me, we can match up men and women." Ivey's face was close to hers.
"No, you must be going to buy seasonings. What's the point?" Betty pressed her face against his face and refused again.
"Okay, what do you want me to bring you?" I had no choice but to give up.
"Buy more snacks, desserts, etc. It will be useful when watching TV at night."
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It was already relatively cold in London in December, with the temperature dropping into the single digits. Ivy was wearing airtight clothes and walked towards the supermarket, taking an umbrella with him. Although it wasn't raining now, it might be better later.
, the weather here is just as unreliable as Irene.
Fortunately, the place is not too far away.
Tesco has many stores in the UK. They sell some Chinese seasonings and foods, such as the familiar Laoganma, Tsingtao beer, Chinese soy sauce, etc. Unfortunately, it is too early and there are no exported pot bottoms yet.
Aiwei is going to make some hot pot base ingredients by himself.
Thanks to various short video apps in his previous life, he knew the basic process of cooking. But because he had never done it before, he was reluctant to experiment with the rare food he got at Hogwarts, so he could only buy some ordinary materials first.
Practice your hands.
Ivey came to Tianchao's materials area. To be honest, he didn't have high expectations. In this day and age, there are probably not many things available.
"Ginger, rock sugar, green onions, white wine, dried chilies..." Only half of the accessories were found
"Cinnamon, tangerine peel, cloves..." There are only three spices
Fortunately, Doubanjiang is actually sold, which is beyond Ivey’s expectations. After leaving Tesco, Ivey continued to the next supermarket. Whole Foods Market, Waitrose, M&s (Marks and Spencer) - Ivey visited all the old supermarkets.
Only then will everything come together.
After getting on the bus, Ivey rubbed his sore legs. He had walked such a long way to buy all the materials, and when he was leaving, he also found the Yuanyang Pot, so he was now carrying large and small bags in his hands.
back home
"Why did you buy these things?" Eileen was very confused when she saw that he was carrying a large bag of things and a pot on his back.
"Cooking—" Ivy panted and put the things on the ground.
"Oh, Ivy already knows how to cook?" Wendy always looked teasing.
"I won't tell you yet, here - you learn how to use it first." Ivey took out a few pairs of chopsticks and handed them to them.
"What is this?" Erin held one in one hand, as if using a knife and fork.
"Do you want to knit a sweater?" Wendy put two chopsticks together and picked them skillfully a few times.
Betty is quite familiar with it. Ivy taught her how to use it as early as Hogwarts.
"Let Betty teach you how to use it first. I have to try my dishes a few more times."
"Let's talk about it later. Let's eat first." Eileen brought all the dishes.
"Okay, let's eat."
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At 3:30 in the afternoon, all the ladies went shopping. Irene handed over the kitchen to him. In order to prevent Ivy from burning down the house, Irene also prepared a triggering "fire extinguishing spell".
Of course, Ivey argued with reason. He felt that he had been insulted. But he was ruthlessly rejected by the three ladies.
"Damn it, you really treat me like a child"
Ivey was very angry. He went to the kitchen to vent his anger on the ingredients and took out a piece of ginger to slice. Sadly, he found that he couldn't hold the kitchen knife steadily and almost cut his own hand.
"grass!"
Ivey used his magic power, and the kitchen knife in his hand slowly became fit.
"Slice the ginger, smash the garlic, cut the scallions into sections..." I don't know if this is a common problem among otakus, but Ivey always likes to mutter while cooking. His knife skills are pretty good, and the food preparation goes smoothly.
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Then, put the bean paste, chopped green onions, black bean paste, rock sugar, fermented glutinous rice - a lot of seasonings and accessories into a pot and mix well.
After stirring for five or six minutes. Seeing that it was almost done, Ivey was about to pour in the butter when he suddenly slapped his head.
"Oh! What a pig brain! I forgot to soak in the spices!"
"It's a waste of so much material, start over!"
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"My dear, are you okay yet?" Erin and the others were watching TV in the living room, waiting to eat the big meal that Ivy mentioned. They had already learned how to use chopsticks, but it was just not very standard.
Several people use chopsticks the same way they use pens to write
"Don't rush - hurry up, hurry up." Ivey was sweating profusely. After three failures, he finally came to the last step.
When the ingredients in the pot are almost dry, add the soaked spices and continue to stir-fry, then add the soaked Sichuan peppercorns, and finally add some chili noodles. In fact, British people don't eat spicy food very much. They mainly eat sweets.
, so Ivey only added a little bit. It happened to be very humid here and he could remove the moisture.