Chapter 142: Chapter 142: From Enemy to Best Friend?!
The ingredients for making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall were still on their way, while Jiang Li briefly explained the cooking essentials to Qi Tianyu, and then went to prepare her own dish.
There were so many people in the village, just making a small portion was definitely not going to be enough.
Luckily, the kitchen’s water tank had several fish brought by the fortune-telling villagers, so making a pot of fish soup was feasible.
The fish were very fresh, still jumping around when Jiang Li picked them up.
[Can Jiang Li even kill fish? Bullshit.]
[Isn’t her family rich? First time seeing a rich girl who can cook.]
[The sister above must be new here. Not only can Jiang Li kill fish, but her knife skills are also exceptional. The fish for the Movie Emperor last time was done by her.]
As soon as this comment popped up, Jiang Li brought the knife down, directly knocking out the still struggling fish.
Afterward, the way she gutted and descaled the fish was even more deft. The audience in the live stream hadn’t even reacted, and there were already three or four processed fish lying on the cutting board.
[WTF, what happened? I just went to the toilet, and Jiang Li has already killed four fish?]
[Is Jiang Li a martial artist? Her knife skills are so smooth.]
[Help, I feel like I’m one of Jiang Li’s fish right now, my neck’s all cold.]
[Aaaaah, sister is so cool. From her looks, you’d think she’s a fairy not of this mundane world, but here she is killing fish.]
After finishing, Jiang Li switched to a long, narrow knife to slice the fish.
Her knife skills were exquisite, producing thin, tender, and translucent fish slices.
While she was slicing, Jiang Li looked up, and her gaze met with Wen Jiaojiao’s, who stood at the doorway.
A second later, she looked away.
“You’ve been hovering at the door for five minutes now.”
Wen Jiaojiao felt caught out and her face heated up.
“I wasn’t trying to steal your techniques; I was just…”
She paused halfway through her sentence to gauge Jiang Li’s reaction.
But the other woman kept her head down, deeply focused on slicing the fish.
Wen Jiaojiao felt deeply frustrated.
Was she not making herself clear enough?
[LOL, when did Wen Jiaojiao get here? I didn’t even notice.]
[Princess Wen is hitting on Jiang Li? You’re a princess; why are you hitting on someone else!]
[Wen Jiaojiao has changed completely since she got mushroom poisoning. Remember how arrogant she used to be? Now she even acts shy?]
“Hey.” Wen Jiaojiao raised her voice a bit, attempting to draw the attention of the woman who only had eyes for the fish, “Everyone is preparing to make a dish and go to the village chief’s house for dinner. I…”
“Do you want me to teach you how to cook?”
Wen Jiaojiao was incredibly surprised that Jiang Li saw through her intentions at first glance.
How had she never realized before that Jiang Li understood her so well?
“Yes, I would like you to teach me cooking,” Wen Jiaojiao stepped forward and said.
Jiang Li stood up, setting the sharp knife aside.
“Just say it directly next time, there’s no need to be so coy.”
Does this mean she agreed?
No need to be so coy?
So Jiang Li liked straightforward people, huh?
Wen Jiaojiao immediately lit up and stepped forward to hug Jiang Li’s arm.
“Thank you, Master Jiang, I will study hard.”
[What is this, foes turned friends?]
[Sister Li is really something, turning an enemy into a friend was unexpected! I was waiting for her to put the princess in her place, but she took it to another level.]
“I’m dying, is Wen Jiaojiao trying to please Jiang Li here? Jiang Li just told her not to be coy, and the next second, she threw herself at him.”
“Wen Jiaojiao, not being coy doesn’t mean you should be overly aggressive, acting won’t help you make any friends!”
Jiang Li frowned slightly and quietly withdrew his hand.
Wen Jiaojiao, however, was still immersed in her excitement.
“What are you going to teach me? Buddha Jumps Over the Wall? Fish slices? Or something else?”
Jiang Li hesitated, “None of those are suitable for you.”
Wen Jiaojiao: “!” She knew Jiang Li saw potential in her!
“Let’s start with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.”
“Hahahaha, I’m dying here, isn’t scrambled eggs with tomatoes the first dish everyone learns to cook?”
“It seems Sister Li is struggling, if it’s too hard maybe just teach the Princess how to cook rice.”
Fortunately, the villagers had delivered plenty of eggs.
Tomatoes and other items could be exchanged with the show’s crew for a good score.
Once everything was prepared, under Jiang Li’s guidance, Wen Jiaojiao picked up the knife again and chopped down on a plump tomato.
Seeing that she was doing pretty well, Jiang Li then confidently went on to prepare his special fish soup.
But upon turning around, he saw the almost mashed tomato pulp on the cutting board and Wen Jiaojiao, standing proudly beside it.
“How about that, my knife skills are decent, right?”
Jiang Li indifferently asked her, “Didn’t you know that the tomatoes in scrambled eggs with tomatoes should be cut into pieces, not mush?”
She had turned a perfectly good tomato into a mushy mess.
In the live stream, some people couldn’t help but curse Wen Jiaojiao for “destroying good food,” while others argued that beginners are blameless.
By the time she had managed to properly cut the tomatoes and beaten the eggs, Jiang Li’s fish soup had already started to take shape and its delicious aroma filled the kitchen.
Wen Jiaojiao couldn’t help but take a deep sniff.
“Holy cow, Jiang Li, you’re amazing, the fish soup smells so good!”
She had been vomiting all day in the hospital and had only had a little porridge, her mouth bitter.
Now, smelling such a delicious fish soup, her mouth was almost watering.
Jiang Li scooped up a spoonful and offered it to Wen Jiaojiao.
“Want to try? I added some medicinal herbs to this fish soup; it’s good for the stomach, especially since you just detoxed. Drinking some could help you replenish.”
Looking at that golden, glittering spoonful of soup, Wen Jiaojiao almost teared up.
Jiang Li had actually considered her health and added medicinal herbs.
It was the first time anyone had ever made such a soup specially for her!
“Sure, I definitely want to try!” Wen Jiaojiao took the spoon and gulped it down, not caring whether the soup was too hot.
After drinking, her face lit up with astonishment, and she gave a thumbs up, “Holy heck, this is so delicious, even better than any fish soup I’ve had in five-star hotels!”
“Wen Jiaojiao has turned into a praise superhero, hasn’t she? How can she praise a fish soup like that?”
“It does look really delicious though, the color of the soup is golden yellow and the inside is milky white, I’m almost drooling just watching from the screen.”
“I’m dying, how can Princess Wen be so moved just by drinking soup? Is her acting now better than when she’s on set? She wouldn’t think that Jiang Li made this fish soup specially for her, right?”
Smelling the aroma, Tianyu also squeezed into the kitchen, setting down his case and exclaimed,
“Hey, you guys are really eating without me? What smells so good? Let me have a taste!”
Wen Jiaojiao was somewhat displeased.
This fish soup was made by Jiang Li for her, why did this guy also want a share?
But before she could step forward to stop him, Tianyu had already dashed to the pot, filled a bowl, and downed it in one gulp.
The unique taste and aroma almost blew his eyebrows away.