rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 25 The ill-fated little cousin

"Dong~dong~shua!"

"Dong~dong~shua!"

In the kitchen, the kitchen knife in Chen Li's hand collided with the cutting board, playing a tune that was not in tune.

There was no other way, Chen Li hadn't held a kitchen knife for a long time, and his unfamiliar knife skills made it a bit awkward to cut side dishes.

However, in the eyes of the grandmother and aunt who were watching this scene, it was already a very remarkable thing.

"My dear grandson can cook!"

"Well, Riva's knife skills are better than mine. This smart person learns things quickly!"

"I, Qiangwa, am still learning from other chefs, and my current knife skills are probably about the same as Liwa's!"

Because they were worried about letting Chen Li go under the knife, Chen Li's grandmother and aunt insisted on seeing if Chen Li could really cook. They were quite surprised when they saw it!

In fact, it is not unusual for Chen Li to know how to cook. In rural areas, some children start learning to cook before they even have a stove.

But being able to cook and "being" good at cooking are actually two different things, especially Chen Li's knife skills. It's obviously not an ordinary skill.

As for the Qiang baby that Aunt Chen Li talks about, he is Chen Li's cousin, that is, Aunt Chen Li's eldest son.

Aunt Chen Li has two sons. The eldest is Wang Qiang, who now works as a chef in a small restaurant in Huilong County.

The youngest one is Wang Xiaodong, the little guy who was instructed by Chen Li to lead the way for his classmates just now.

As for Wang Yan, who is lighting the fire at the moment and thinking about what Aunt Chen Li said just now, "Smart people learn things quickly", what does it have to do with knife skills? She is Uncle Chen Li's daughter!

Although she wanted to think about it, Wang Yan didn't say anything because she was a little afraid of her grandma.

It's quite helpless to say that as a contemporary single member of the Wang family, Wang Jianguo gave birth to such a daughter.

Later, Chen Li's aunt became pregnant twice, but she miscarried due to accidents. It was precisely because of these two miscarriages that Chen Li's aunt was physically damaged and never got pregnant again.

So this also created a situation where Chen Li's aunt was very unpopular with the old lady at home.

Even the little girl Wang Yan is a little afraid of her grandma.

"Okay, mother-in-law, and aunt, please don't disturb my cooking here. You can go back and rest."

"By the way, don't cook for lunch. I'll ask Xiaodong to deliver it to you later!"

Chen Li could clearly see his cousin's discomfort, and he knew the reason for it, but there was nothing he could do to change it for the time being.

Although Chen Li is very popular in the eyes of the old lady, the old lady's concept of favoring boys over girls has been there for decades, and this "child" Chen Li cannot understand at all.

In addition, the old lady is not in good health now, and no one in the family dares to quarrel with the old lady. Fortunately, Wang Yan will graduate from elementary school soon and will go to junior high school in the town.

When the time comes, Chen Li plans to let Wang Yan live in his own home, so that he can take more care of this ill-fated cousin in his previous life.

In her previous life, Wang Yan should have gone on to high school after graduating from junior high school, but in the end she had to drop out and go home because of the small tuition fees for high school.

If she had dropped out of school to work outside, maybe Wang Yan's life would have been smoother.

But in fact, one year after Wang Yan dropped out of school, she married a boy from Xujia Village at the foot of the mountain, and her life was not very happy.

As for Wang Yan's age at marriage, getting married in the countryside these days doesn't matter whether you're old enough or not, because you won't bother with a marriage certificate at all.

As long as we have a drink, we are officially married.

When Chen Li was in junior high school, there were female classmates in the class who dropped out and got married.

Even if Chen Li wants to take care of other people's affairs, he can't!

On the other hand, Wang Yan, my cousin, was just in her previous life. At least in this life, Chen Li would not allow those bullshit things to happen.

After "coaxing" her grandmother and aunt out of the kitchen, Chen Li felt that Wang Yan had relaxed a little.

Chen Li smiled and chatted with Wang Yan while cutting vegetables.

"Yanzi, I will go to junior high school later. Do you want to come live at our house then? You can live with your sister Xue then."

"Okay! Will Brother Xiaodong come and live there too?"

Wang Yan has a very good relationship with Chen Xue. When she heard that she could live with Chen Xue, it was too late for the little girl to be happy.

"Your little brother Dong, let him live on campus."

"Young man, you have to learn to endure hardship!"

Chen Li had forgotten that there was another Wang Xiaodong. Although this guy was a few months older than Wang Yan and usually looked like a grown-up, he actually just graduated from elementary school this year.

"Ah, then my dad will probably let me live on campus!"

Although Wang Yan is young, it does not mean that she is ignorant. If Wang Xiaodong also goes to live at Chen Li's house, then she may still go. If Wang Xiaodong lives on campus, it is very likely that she will live on campus.

"It's okay. I'll tell your dad then!"

Chen Li has made up his mind. Although there is not much he can do for the time being, there is still no problem in taking care of this little cousin as much as possible within his ability.

"oh!"

Wang Yan nodded and said nothing. She just used the tongs to stir up the firewood in the stove to make the fire bigger.

The two chatted and lit the fire, and Chen Li also started to cook today's lunch, stewed goose in an iron pot.

Chen Li learned this dish from an aunt from Northeast China.

To be precise, it was the mother of Chen Li's second girlfriend in his previous life who taught him this.

Chen Li combined the cooking methods of Sichuan cuisine and modified the stewed goose in an iron pot to make the taste of this dish more suitable for the taste of Sichuan people who like spicy food.

And while Chen Li was kneading the dough to prepare the pancakes, there was a chirping noise outside the kitchen.

Hearing this sound, he knew that it was his group of classmates who were coming.

"It smells so good! Chen Li. Did you make this?"

"Wow Chen Li, you can actually cook!"

Although it cannot be said that a group of high school students in a small town are completely immune to the cold, there is really no one in this group who knows how to cook.

So when Liu Qingqing and Zhao Xiaoqiu entered the kitchen, they immediately expressed surprise at Chen Li.

Later, when other students squeezed in, they also expressed their surprise and opinions.

There are praises, after all, the goose has been stewed for a while, and the flavor has already come out.

There are also those who disagree, such as Li Yuan. This guy is worried about whether the food cooked by Chen Li can be eaten!

"Li Zi. I didn't know you could cook!"

"You won't have diarrhea after eating the food you cooked, right?"

Chen Li expressed this

"Then don't eat it later. I can give you a bowl of noodles!"

Chen Li drove the car casually, but found out that the person he was driving was Li Yuan. Chen Li stopped the car in time.

"You think I'm stupid! If you don't eat meat, who will eat noodles!"

Li Yuan sniffed and smelled the aroma in the kitchen, but he still had some doubts about Chen Li's cooking skills.

Chen Li was too lazy to pay attention to this guy, so he directly opened the lid of the large iron pot and prepared to paste corn tortillas on the edge of the iron pot.

"Huh? It looks so interesting."

"Chen Li. Can I try?"

Seeing that Chen Li's behavior of "throwing" pancakes on the iron pot was quite interesting, Liu Qingqing also wanted to give it a try.

"Forget it. Don't throw it into the pot for me, or it will become a mess."

At this time, Chen Li couldn't care less about satisfying the little beauty's wish. He smeared the corn tortillas around the iron pot and was about to start making pickled fish.

The group of people came back earlier than he expected, so Chen Li had to hurry up and make food.

After all, they spent money!

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