Xu Niannian, although she disliked Ji Ruhua, didn’t let her arrival affect her mood.
She carried on with what she was supposed to do.
Sister-in-law Du was responsible for washing and picking vegetables for Xu Niannian.
And Xu Niannian was in charge of cutting.
She planned to have all the ingredients ready before cooking them together.
Sister-in-law Du even thought about calling over another sister to help Xu Niannian cut the vegetables.
The next second, she heard a rhythmic yet rapid sound.
Turning her head, it was Xu Niannian cutting vegetables.
Xu Niannian had a talent for cooking, and equally impressive knife skills.
In her hands, the kitchen knife was as nimble as if it had a life of its own, propelled by its own will.
Whether slicing or julienning, everything she cut was incredibly even and pleasing to the eye.
Sister-in-law Du watched her fair hands move back and forth, almost creating afterimages.
Sister-in-law Du was stunned.
It was her first time seeing someone with such skillful knife work.
Even the chefs in the restaurants probably didn’t have knife skills like hers, right?
It was one thing to have good knife skills, but to be that fast as well?
Sister-in-law Du was astounded.
After chopping the vegetables, with the preliminary preparations done, Xu Niannian began washing the wok and pouring in oil.
Sister-in-law Du watched as Xu Niannian skillfully added ingredients to the pot and swiftly flipped them; despite it just being cooking, Sister-in-law Du couldn’t help but think that Xu Niannian’s movements seemed exceptionally stylish.
Just like a professional chef.
Moreover, as a woman, she was actually able to toss the wok.
Xu Niannian was like a magician, turning ordinary vegetables into a completely different spectacle in the pot.
The bright colors of the dishes stimulated the appetite, and the fragrant aroma wafting out intermittently made Sister-in-law Du lean in for a closer sniff.
"Girl, what’s this you’re making? Why does it smell so good?"
"Kung Pao Chicken," Xu Niannian replied with a smile to Sister-in-law Du.
She had made this dish many times; it was her favorite home-style dish, ’home-style’ because she made it often.
All the vegetables Xu Niannian bought were washed in the stream water, not to mention her cooking skills for now. Chapters first released on Nove1Fire.net
The vegetables cleansed by stream water were of a different quality to begin with, and even just stir-fried, they could release a unique fragrance.
What’s more, Xu Niannian’s cooking skills were outstanding; using stream water was like adding wings to a tiger.
She made more than ten dishes, each with generous portions, because there were many people.
There was Kung Pao Chicken, Butter Sauce with bracken root starch, gastrodia elata pigeon soup, sweet and sour pork ribs, braised crucian carp, chopped pepper fish head, along with several side dishes, and finally Liurong Bao for dessert.
Because there weren’t enough eggs, Xu Niannian only made the Liurong Bao the size of steamed buns.
During her cooking, Sister-in-law Du was dazzled to the point of speechlessness and, without any exaggeration, nearly drooling in anticipation.
Not just Sister-in-law Du, but everyone outside was enticed by the aroma of the dishes, with rumbling stomachs and peering into the kitchen from time to time.
Du Jian, that chess loser, was originally playing chess with a group of men, but then he smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen.
For a moment, the chess pieces in his hand suddenly lost their appeal.
He glanced at the kitchen from time to time, while saying to Jin Yu, "Brat, what exactly did your wife cook? Why does it smell so good?"
Jin Yu, with a smug lift of his eyebrows, said, "Just wait until you eat it, then you’ll know."
Jin Yu was grinning from ear to ear at the praise for his wife.
Apart from Du Jian, Ye Shaoting and the others were all the same, wishing they could just dive into the kitchen.
The sisters-in-law were even more eager, crowding around the kitchen door, wanting to see just what Xu Niannian was doing that was so enticing.
With all the sisters-in-law at the kitchen entrance, Ji Ruhua sitting in the living room suddenly seemed very out of place and isolated.
Seeing everyone surrounding Xu Niannian, Ji Ruhua almost couldn’t catch her breath.