Sun Yuanyuan pretended to be a sister and said to them: "If you two want to grow up and be smart and beautiful, you have to eat these dishes. You see, Dahe and I have brought more dishes than you, but
We'll eat them all, no picky eaters, no waste. Right, Dahe?"
The three of them looked at Sun Dahe together.
"Huh?" Sun Dahe was filling his mouth with big mouthfuls of food. When he heard his sister mention his name, he raised his head blankly and looked at them. His mouth was full and he could only respond with a nasal sound.
The three of them were all amused, but this way, the atmosphere seemed to be more harmonious. In order to prove what she said, Sun Yuanyuan also ate the food on the plate. You know, she usually eats slowly.
Under the guidance of the Sun siblings, the Hu siblings also learned to eat in a decent manner. Parents would always say that children do not eat well at home, but when they arrive at the kindergarten, their meals taste particularly delicious.
Seeing that the four little guys were eating so deliciously, Aunt Pan and Aunt Xiao Wang, who were sitting next to them and taking care of them, no longer needed their intervention at all.
At the next table, Sun Dahai and the others were also eating. Compared to Ma Jian's rough and simple way of eating, Sun Dahai ate much more delicately.
Sun Dahai is also a carnivore and will eat any kind of meat with any taste. However, he does not only eat meat, but also pays attention to the combination of meat and vegetables.
Look at what's on his plate: mutton stir-fried with green onions, braised beef, sweet-scented osmanthus meat, chicken stewed with mushrooms, duck legs in sauce, fried hairtail, a big spoonful of tofu, a few mushrooms and cabbage, served with the restaurant's second choice
Rice is brightly colored and nutritious, making people appetizing just looking at it.
It sounds like a lot, but in fact Sun Dahai only took a small spoonful of each dish. He wanted to taste the chef's skills more.
Ma Jian grew up in a military compound and was known to be a fierce eater. Sun Dahai was no slower than him, and he had one dish for the first bite and another for the next bite. There was no duplicate of the same dish for two consecutive bites.
Watching Ma Jian and Sun Dahai eat, their appetites naturally increased and the frequency increased. The sisters Xia Tiantian and Xia Yuanyuan, as well as Shen Yiyi, who were at the same table, also started eating.
Shen Yiyi ate the earliest, and being a girl, she has a small appetite, so she finished first.
She looked at Sun Dahai's plate and asked, "Brother Dahai, don't you like aquatic products?"
"No, there's hairtail on my plate."
"Oh, I mean, shrimp or crab. I took a look, and except for you and my brother, everyone else in the restaurant will choose shrimp or crab."
"It's only July now, and it's not the best season to eat shrimps and crabs yet. Speaking of seafood, now is the time to eat fish and shellfish. Shrimps and crabs should wait until September or October."
"Hey, Dahai, you're not from the capital. Where did you get this knowledge?" Xia Tiantian asked.
"I like to cook when I'm at home. If you do it enough, you'll know all these common senses." Sun Dahai answered honestly.
"Didn't you say 'a gentleman is far away from the kitchen'? Dahai, you like to cook in the kitchen, so you are not a gentleman enough." Xia Tiantian teased Sun Dahai.
"Literally understood, Mencius's words are to advise people not to kill, not to kill those living creatures. This is the 'benevolence' he advocated.
Connected with the context of Mencius, this is actually just a metaphor. It was used to awaken the "unbearable" in King Xuan of Qi's heart and to advise him to act in a "kingly way" and not to be "overbearing".
This has nothing to do with whether the people who cook are gentlemen or not. It cannot be said that all chefs are villains or women." Sun Dahai felt dumbfounded.
"Then when you cook in the kitchen, don't you kill animals?" Xia Tiantian still wanted to argue.
"Large livestock are now processed in slaughterhouses or meat processing plants. When I cook, I have killed chickens, ducks, and, by the way, fish, shrimps, and crabs.
But what does this mean?
The teachings of Confucius and Mencius advise people to be kind, and hope that people should not kill animals when they can. In other words, they should not kill animals for no reason, and they should not kill animals when they can or should not kill.
They have never said that a gentleman cannot eat meat. You cannot say that those who kill animals to cook are villains, and those who only eat meat without killing animals are gentlemen."
Seeing that Sun Dahai couldn't argue, Xia Tiantian rolled her eyes and said: "Okay, even if you explain this sentence clearly. You said you can cook, what can you do? You can't just talk without practicing, you have to
Make it and let us all try it."
"Miss, you haven't put down the bowls and chopsticks in your hands yet, and now you are thinking about eating?"
"I'm testing you to see if you're bragging. You can't just say you can cook, just think you can cook. Let's talk about it, right?"
"My brother's cooking is delicious. When I go home every week, I am always full."
Sun Yuanyuan had just finished her meal, and when she heard someone questioning her brother's cooking skills, she became a fan and quickly defended her brother.
"Isn't it easy to eat what I cook? When you get back, welcome everyone to my home and I'll cook for you."
"Do you really know how to cook?"
"Why am I lying to you? Cooking is not difficult."
"Brother Dahai, my sister said that cooking is very difficult. She practiced secretly at home several times, but every time she made scrambled eggs she couldn't eat them and finally threw them all away." Xia Yuanyuan revealed the truth.
"Yuanyuan, I told you not to tell anyone about this." Xia Yuanyuan's innocent words made her sister stomp her feet in anger.
"Oh!" Sun Dahai finally understood why Xia Yuanyuan didn't even argue about the captaincy issue, but she had to argue like this about the cooking issue.
Sun Dahai looked at Xia Tiantian with concern as he cared for the mentally retarded boy, but she almost jumped.
However, this time Xia Tiantian learned wisely. She did not continue to question Sun Dahai, but changed her approach.
"Dahai, what do you know how to cook?"
"I can cook most home-cooked dishes. In fact, it is not difficult to learn to cook. Many dishes are similar, and the real cooking methods are those.
I can only say that I know how to cook. I can cook the food well enough for everyone to eat it, but I can never say that it is good. It is very difficult to cook well. It requires talent, hard work and inspiration. I lack it.
Not even one."
"well said!"
Sun Dahai turned around and saw an old man in casual clothes standing by the table holding a plate. It seemed that he passed by Sun Dahai's table while picking up the dishes and heard their conversation.
The old man was excited and interrupted to speak. At this time, he was a little embarrassed. He said to Sun Dahai: "Little classmate, can I sit here?"
Sun Dahai quickly stood up and said, "Of course, please sit down."
After the old man sat down, he asked Sun Dahai: "I passed by here just now and heard what you said. My little classmate, you have learned to cook at a young age?"
"Hello, Grandpa. Someone in my family works in a restaurant, so I have been exposed to these things since I was a child. I am good at eating and always like to invent new ways to eat, so I followed suit."
"No wonder you talk about cooking so well. It turns out that it comes from family education."
Sun Dahai was a little dumbfounded. Where did this old man come from?