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"Are you going to buy lunch food so early?" Yan Xin was stunned for a moment.

I looked at the time and saw that it was only after eight in the morning, which was still very early before noon.

"You can buy better ingredients if you go earlier." Ellie explained to him.

Then he counted with him on his fingers: "It's past eight o'clock now. When we go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and come back, it will be almost ten o'clock. Then we will process the ingredients and prepare the meals, and it will already be noon."

Yan Xin couldn't help laughing: "According to what you said, if you don't have to do anything all day long, just prepare three meals a day, there will be no time."

Liang Wei is cooking here every day, but it doesn't take that long.

Making lunch all morning is really time consuming.

Ellie explained to him: "There are simple ways to make things simple, and there are complicated ways to make things complicated. If you want to eat better, of course the preparation time will be longer. If you just want to fill your stomach, you can make it quickly.

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Listening to the tone of her voice, Yan Xin seemed to know how to cook, and was a little curious: "Your family is so rich, do you also want to cook for yourself?"

Ai Lili nodded: "Yes, when I was a few years old, my mother taught me to cook. Every time she cooked, she had to watch me and ask me to help. Later, she also asked me to sign up for several cooking training classes.

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"Your mother can also cook?" Yan Xin became even more curious.

"She has learned it," Ellie said. "My grandpa used to be a cook. She has been learning from him since she was a child. She is still learning those things now. She takes cooking classes from time to time, but the cuisine has changed to Cantonese style."

This was all she could say.

There are more reasons that are difficult to express.

She remembered that her mother asked her to learn to cook when she was a few years old, and then called her father: "Lily always told me that she wanted to cook for her father. Now she has started to learn to cook. You

Do you want to come and try your daughter’s craftsmanship?”

When she was a child, she was asked to learn how to cook just to gain favor with Cai Qixiang.

When she grew up and asked her to learn how to cook, there was another factor - she wanted to please the man's stomach.

I don’t know where I learned the theory. If you want to capture a man’s heart, you must first capture his stomach.

Learning from herself was not enough. When she was in high school, she was asked to sign up for a cooking class every summer.

Ellie sometimes has the idea that if she spends her summer vacation studying and enrolling in a few classes, maybe she doesn’t need to study abroad. She can definitely get into a university in China instead of

Go to a foreign university.

Of course, her mother would not approve of her idea. Her mother would think that women have to return to the family after all. Whether they have ability or not is not that important. Serving a capable man is the most important thing.

It is enough to have a signboard for international students. In the minds of many people, this signboard is more dazzling than the signboards of famous universities in China.

Her mother's thoughts gave her an unhappy teenage years, and also affected her studies.

However, it cannot be said that it is all without benefits. At least knowing how to cook can make your taste buds less aggrieved.

When Aili said this, Yan Xin became interested and wanted to see what delicious things she could make.

Among the girls he knew, Feng Xi could cook, and Xiao Shiyu could also cook, but like Liang Wei, they all cooked home-cooked meals, and they all learned how to cook at home without any special training.

Passing these things is a wild way of doing things.

He really wanted to know how someone who has learned how to cook cooks.

So I went to the vegetable market with Ellie to buy vegetables.

Only after this trip did he realize that there are so many things to pay attention to when buying food.

Ai Lili didn't bargain, but she was more concerned about the choice of ingredients and was picky, which made Yan Xin feel that this was much more troublesome than bargaining.

While selecting ingredients, Ai Lili also explained to him what kind of ingredients is best for the same ingredients.

However, Yan Xin didn't understand what she said. After hearing it, he quickly forgot it and didn't remember it at all.

Even if you understand a little bit, there are a lot of details involved.

I bought hundreds of dollars worth of groceries at once, and when I got back, it was already past ten in the morning.

On the way back, Yan Xin couldn't help but said to Aili: "You know how to cook so well, you can actually open a food column on the website, take photos of each process and post them, and tell netizens how a dish is made."

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"Not many people like to see this, right?" Ellie said.

"This is not necessarily true. There are still some people who are interested in food." Yan Xin said.

In his memory, a few years later food programs became popular all over the world, and there were even chefs who became Internet celebrities by filming videos of cooking, opened companies, and started selling goods.

Ai Lili thought for a while and said, "I can give it a try in the future."

She could try it later, but she didn't want to try it today.

I bought a lot of ingredients, and when I carried them into the kitchen, Yan Xin said with a smile: "There are so many dishes to cook at noon, it seems that the five of us can't finish them all."

Ellie was stunned for a moment: "Five people?"

"Aren't there five people?" Yan Xin said, "There are two of us, plus Sister Ru, Xiao Yin, and Xiao Yuan, aren't there five in total?"

Aili looked at him and didn't want to speak.

Yan Xin looked at her for a while and understood: "You are thinking of inviting people from the company to come over for dinner, right? Let me just say, can the five of us eat so much? It turns out you still have such a plan."

Ai Lili said: "We don't have to cook all these dishes for lunch today, we can also cook a meal in the evening."

Yan Xin said oh.

Ai Lili added: "I think it's better not to call Sister Ru and the others over for the time being. You can eat first and see if the food I cooked is to your liking. If you think it's okay, there's no need to call them over again."

It's too late, it wouldn't be too embarrassing."

Yan Xin finally understood that Ai Lili didn't even think about calling Gu Ru and the others over to eat, but just wanted the two of them to have a meal together.

He didn't say anything.

When cooking, he was on hand to help Ellie throughout the process.

However, he is not a competent shooter either. He cannot do many tasks and can only do the simplest ones.

Sometimes Ellie would ask him to help with this or that, and then she would turn around and see that what she was doing was not what she was doing, so she had to do it herself.

To be precise, Yan Xin is more like a person standing next to her to cheer her up, and he is here to be the atmosphere group.

He was able to help Feng Xi when cooking and help with the dishes, which was slowly honed.

But there was no way to do anything to Ellie.

It's not the same thing at all.

Many times he could only stand at the door of the kitchen and watch Ellie do this.

Watching her wearing an apron and working in the kitchen, I still don't know how it tastes, but I can tell from her skillful knife skills that she is someone who has practiced it.

Yan Xin couldn't help but have a thought in his mind: "Whoever marries this girl will be really lucky."

But when I think about this beautiful girl with a good temper and good cooking skills being married to another man, I feel very unhappy.

——How could such a good girl be married off by someone else?

Another thought secretly emerged in my heart: "If I could marry a girl like her..."

That thought quickly turned into another: "If only I could marry her..."

Then I felt like my heart was beating faster, and I didn't dare to think about it any further.

At around eleven o'clock, he was standing at the door watching Ellie work, and then his cell phone rang.

He took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and saw that it was a call from Gu Ru.

After getting through, he asked with a smile: "Sister Ru, what can I do?"

Gu Ru said: "Chen Li and Liang Wei went on a trip. There is no one to cook. We are going to eat out. Do you want to come over?"

Yan Xin hesitated for a moment, looked at Ai Lili who was cooking, and said: "No need... you guys go and eat."

I almost called Gu Ru and the others over.

Gu Ru snorted and asked, "Is Lily at your place?"

Yan Xin said: "Yes, at my place."

Although Ai Lili was cooking, she also listened to Yan Xin answering the phone.

I couldn't hear Gu Ru's words, but I could hear Yan Xin's words.

From Yan Xin's words, you can roughly guess what Gu Ru on the other side is talking about, and you can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Secretly cooking for Yan Xin without telling Gu Ru and the others, it made her feel like a food thief, which was a bit immoral.

If they wanted to come over, she wouldn't know what to do.

There's definitely no way to stop it, but it's the first time I'm cooking for someone I like, and some other people come, so it doesn't feel that perfect.

It's okay for everyone to eat together in the evening.

For the first meal, she hoped that it would be just Yan Xin and her.

After Yan Xin finished saying this, he added: "We are discussing some things about the company."

Gu Ru said: "Okay, I won't delay your discussion, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Ru said to Xiao Yin and Xiao Yuan next to her: "It seems that after Chen Li and Liang Wei go on a trip, they will have to live a two-person world. During this time, we must be discerning and careful."

, don’t disturb them two.”

Both girls agreed.

One is their boss and the other is the alternate boss lady. Don't interfere with them at this time.

If you don’t understand this bit of human society, how can you get out and mingle in society?

After accepting the call, Aili asked Yan Xin what he said, and Yan Xin told the truth. He invited them to go out for dinner together, but he refused.

When they went out to eat, they even called her, for fear that they would be hungry. Ai Lili could sense Gu Ru's kindness.

Thinking that I was already cooking but didn't invite anyone over for dinner, I felt even more guilty, a little sorry for such an enthusiastic friend.

She knew that Yan Xin responded like that because she gave the advice not to invite them over for dinner.

It's her fault.

However, given a chance to make a new choice, she would still advise Yan Xin not to invite them over for dinner.

It's her fault. Anyway, this is the first time she cooks for someone she likes. She hopes that this first time can be more pure without the involvement of others.

After making this call, no one finally came to disturb me.

By around 12:00 noon, several dishes were finally ready.

They were put on the table one by one. I don’t know if they are delicious or not, but they smell delicious and look quite appetizing.

After loading the rice, Ai Lili asked again: "Would you like some wine?"

"Do you like drinking?" Yan Xin was a little curious.

Ai Lili quickly denied: "I don't like drinking, and I don't know how to drink. I just think it's more ritualistic for two people to have a meal and drink a little wine."

Yan Xin laughed: "Do you still want to drink red wine?"

Ellie nodded: "Well, red wine is more ceremonial."

Yan Xinke doesn't like drinking at all, not even red beer or white beer.

If there is one thing I like, it is the sweet wine from my hometown, the sweet kind brewed with glutinous rice. It basically doesn’t taste like alcohol, and it should be said that it is more of a drink.

Then there is pineapple beer. In his previous life, he liked to drink Guang's pineapple beer. When it first came on the market, it was very cheap. A can was sold for 80 cents in Tianyou City.

But that's not even wine.

There is some beer in the refrigerator, and sometimes someone drinks a little.

There are no red or white ones.

For the sense of ceremony that Ellie said, he still stood up:

"In that case, I'll go down and buy a bottle of wine. Which brand do you think is good?"

This was the first time that Ellie cooked for him. She had been busy for a long time and wanted to have a sense of ceremony. He felt that it was necessary to satisfy her wish.

When the words came to her lips, Ai Lili changed her tune: "I don't drink much, and I don't know what brand of red wine is better. You can just buy a bottle."

"Okay, just wait a minute, I'll be back soon."

Yan Xin said, picked up the keys and wallet and went out.

There is a supermarket in the community, and there is red wine in the supermarket, so you don’t have to go far.

When we arrived at the supermarket, we went straight to the red wine section.

He didn't know what kind of red wine was better, so he had to use a stupid method, which was to buy the most expensive one.

There weren't many luxurious things in this supermarket. The most expensive red wine cost two to three hundred yuan a bottle. Yan Xin couldn't understand any of the words on it, so he bought a bottle and went upstairs.

It only takes about ten minutes.

Then I regretfully discovered that there were no glasses for drinking red wine.

But this is not a big problem. There is a large bag of disposable cups on the refrigerator. Just find two.

But in this way, the sense of ceremony is a little worse.

Fortunately, when I bought this bottle of red wine, I also got a bottle opener, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to open the bottle.

Seeing Aili skillfully opening the red wine with a corkscrew, Yan Xin felt that she must have drank some red wine.

Ai Lili also saw something strange in his eyes, so she explained:

"I don't like drinking, but my mother likes to drink red wine. She said drinking this is good for health. Every time I have dinner with her, I am the one who opens the bottle for her, so I am better at doing this."

Yan Xin said oh, not doubting anything.

In fact, Yan Xin is not used to Cantonese food and always feels that the taste is too bland.

The food in his hometown is more spicy, compared with Cantonese food, it is spicy and salty.

Having grown up in such an environment, I am not used to eating such light dishes.

However, several of the dishes prepared by Ai Lili were quite to his liking.

Although it is on the lighter side, it is not unbearably light.

I don’t know if these dishes are supposed to taste like this, or if Ellie made some adjustments to accommodate his taste.

All in all, he enjoyed his meal quite happily.

It feels much better than Liang Wei’s craftsmanship.

She cooks better than the few girls he knows who can cook. Neither Feng Xi nor Xiao Shiyu can compare with her in terms of cooking skills.

While eating, he was also drinking.

He didn't like the taste of red wine, but that didn't mean he couldn't drink it at all. At least in his opinion, it tasted much better than Huoxiang Zhengqi water.

After drinking some wine, I feel a little dizzy.

Look at Ellie's face after drinking red wine, her face becomes more and more beautiful.

I couldn't help but sigh: "Sister Lili, you are so beautiful and capable. Anyone who marries you will be really lucky."

Ai Lili pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I'm not really capable. My mother helped me find the previous job. The next job is not within my ability either. It was you who helped me."

"You are already very capable," Yan Xin said seriously, "If nothing else, your cooking skills are enough to open a restaurant. If you can make the taste like you, the restaurant business will definitely be good!"

What he compares here are the small restaurants where he often eats, including restaurants where a meal costs five yuan.

It's not one of those high-end restaurants.

He rarely went to high-end restaurants to spend money, and he never spent more than ten times in total. He ate more at roadside shops and restaurants that catered to workers at the bottom.

In comparison, the food cooked by Ai Lili is indeed more delicious.

Ai Lili's heart moved, and she felt that this seemed to be a way out.

In fact, she is still a little sensitive and doubts her ability to live independently.

After all, her mother found her last job, and this job was given to her by Yan Xin, which has nothing to do with her own abilities.

She also worked as the general manager of Starlight Entertainment for a few days, but she herself didn't notice much difference between the company with her and without her.

This caused her to fall into serious self-doubt - Am I a waste? Am I unable to live independently without the help of others?

In fact, she really wanted to prove herself.

——This is also a problem that only the children of wealthy families have. They care about those false things.

Children from truly poor families don't care about those things. As long as they can improve their lives, they are successful.

If your cooking skills are really enough to open a restaurant and have a relatively good business, then you can be considered to have the ability to survive independently.

He smiled and asked: "If I opened a restaurant, would you come and spend money?"

"That's necessary," Yan Xin said, "Sister Lili, you are such a good cook. If you open a restaurant, I will have three meals a day at your place."

Aili glanced at him: "If I don't open a restaurant, I can still cook for you every day."