Meng Chuyue shook her head with a smile, "It’s okay, I was planning to make extra anyway for Tong Wen and the others to eat, adding two more doesn’t matter. I’m just making four dishes and one soup, it’s not tiring, don’t worry."
Shen Ci grinned, "...then let me help you."
Anyway, he didn’t need to study.
Meng Chuyue really did make just four dishes and one soup.
But they were all served in bowls, one table upstairs, one table downstairs, totaling eight bowls, even though they were small.
The four dishes were steamed green beans, vinegar mixed eggplant, four-joy meatballs, and shredded pork with green peppers, while the soup was clear old duck soup.
Meng Chuyue ate downstairs. The Tong and Xia families, while eating, gave her a thumbs up with their left hands.
On the third floor, Han Muyang and Zou Xiaojun were deeply moved as they ate.
Inside, Han Muyang marveled but didn’t show it externally, eating elegantly and quickly.
Zou Xiaojun, however, couldn’t help but exclaim from time to time.
"It’s so delicious, how could it be this good? Even chefs in big hotels couldn’t match this, right?"
"You really have it good, Shen Ci..."
Because Shen Ci didn’t clarify, and they also didn’t have time to ask, they thought Meng Chuyue was living with her parents or other relatives on the second floor and that the cooking was done by Meng Chuyue’s parents, so they didn’t talk about her.
A bit later, Brother Quan not only brought ample bedding but also brought Han Muyang and Zou Xiaojun some clothes to change into.
Of course, when he left, Han Muyang bought a hundred pounds of premium fruit at eighteen yuan per pound from him to be given to Han Xiao.
That was a bit of nepotism.
Fruit Store sold its premium fruits in limited quantities; each person was only allowed to buy twenty pounds.
Though it was possible to queue multiple times, the number of buyers was too vast, and a second chance to queue was nearly impossible.
Though Han family had many members who could line up, they also had many who shared the fruits...
In short, it was never enough.
Han Muyang and Zou Xiaojun thought they would hardly sleep that night.
Unexpectedly, after 11 p.m., with the help of Shen Ci to thoroughly understand an English and a physics test paper, they fell asleep next to their pillows.
They woke up after six o’clock and found that Fruit Store had already opened and was still incredibly busy.
After they washed up and prepared to look for Shen Ci, they saw him coming up with a big bowl of steaming hot white rice porridge.
Seeing them, he handed the white porridge to Han Muyang, "You take this in first, I’ll fetch the rest."
Han Muyang, Zou Xiaojun, "..."
Shortly after, Shen Ci brought up two steamers of small soup dumplings for the stunned Zou Xiaojun, "You take this in first, I’ll fetch the dishes."
Zou Xiaojun swallowed hard.
Finally, Shen Ci came up with a tray carrying three dishes and six fried eggs.
The three dishes were cold wood ear mushrooms, cold sliced fern root, and cold green peas.
Of other things, Zou Xiaojun loved everything, but for the cold sliced fern root that he had gotten tired of, he really wasn’t interested.
Initially, he focused only on the other dishes.
Then, seeing rich young master Han Muyang picking up piece after piece with his chopsticks, out of curiosity, he picked a small piece...
Then, "Damn, is this a new variety of fern root? How is it so delicious?"
Shen Ci ignored him with a cold look, and Han Muyang rolled his eyes at him and also ignored him.
He chuckled and picked up another bunch of fern root.
When they left, the tea in Han Muyang and Zou Xiaojun’s cups was also the herbal tea brewed by Meng Chuyue.
Having tasted it, Zou Xiaojun thought he definitely wouldn’t be nervous during his exam today.
And sure enough, he was unusually calm when he entered the exam room today.
Later, finding that many of the question types in today’s English paper were mentioned in the test paper from Shen Ci yesterday, he felt a bit thrilled, took a sip of the herbal tea, and suppressed the shock.
Haha, he was truly lucky this time.