SIAS Chapter 188.2

Six pairs of eyes were looking at her eagerly, waiting for her to assign tasks, so the motivation to cook came up all of a sudden.

Although learning cooking is mainly to satisfy her own appetite, it is also satisfying to share delicious food with relatives and friends occasionally and be praised by them.

Every cook likes to see that what they make is expected and liked by others!

Although cooking is not an easy task, the real time-consuming and labor-intensive part is the preparation work such as washing and cutting vegetables in the early stage, which is hard and boring.

After putting the food in the pot, it will be very fast. If it is stewed, it is more comfortable. The process of watching the ingredients become cooked and emit fragrance is also very fulfilling.

Now she has six small workers to help her. She only needs to grasp the last link after putting it in the pot, while other work can be assigned to others, which is quite convenient.

What’s more, there was a ‘small worker’ who knew her cooking habits well.

Yi Qingqing didn’t hesitate to be polite to them.

She first sent Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Zhihe to fetch water. The water tank in Li Mengxue’s house was very large. If they filled it up, they wouldn’t have to worry about it today.

Then she asked Yun Guyuan to chop up the pheasant she brought.

She didn’t need to explain this in detail. Yi Qingqing had already taught Yun Guyuan how to stew chicken with potatoes. With his copy-paste cooking skills, it would definitely be right.

As for the remaining female comrades, Qian Lailai took on the job of peeling potatoes, while Wang Lingling and Li Mengxue were responsible for washing the cabbage for making dumplings in the afternoon.

Yi Qingqing mixed the dough and let it rise, and then she washed the rice and cooked the rice.

Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Zhihe came back from fetching water and helped to light the fire and wash the vegetables.

Everyone was busy, working and talking.

Qian Lailai told them about the gossip and interesting stories in the village literacy class.

While talking and laughing, the preparations were quickly completed.

The rice was almost cooked, so she took it out and put it on the kang to prevent it from getting cold.

The chicken stew started, and Li Mengxue and the others had no place to help.

Seeing that they were all gathered around the pot, Yi Qingqing simply said, “You have nothing to do. Leave one person to light the fire, and others can go and play.”

“You go and play. I’ll light the fire for Qingqing!”

Li Mengxue, Qian Lailai, and Wang Lingling said in unison.

Then they looked at each other in bewilderment.

It was New Year’s Day, so of course, they couldn’t touch the sisters’ hair and waists for the job of lighting the fire, so they reached a consensus in a civilized, harmonious, and quick manner.

Yi Qingqing watched the three of them bring their small stools over and squeeze by the stove.

This small earthen stove has probably never been so popular.

It was just about lighting the fire, but the three of them squeezed together, all looking at her with their chins propped up. The gossipy light in their eyes was visible to the blind, and no one remembered their own job.

Yi Qingqing sighed helplessly and tapped the edge of the pot with the spatula in her hand: “Add some fire!”

Without even turning her head, she moved aside to make room for Yun Guyuan who came over with a ladle. He skillfully scooped out the remaining water at the bottom of the pot.

The gossipy light in the eyes of the three people who were making the fire became stronger. Occasionally, they whispered to each other and then laughed meaningfully.

How could Yi Qingqing, who was keen on eating melons and watching the show, not know that her melon was being eaten by them?

As expected, you have to pay for what you have done.

Some melons are only delicious when they are eaten in other people’s homes.

They were not rushing to make the fire, but they were clearly rushing to watch the show and eat melons.

 

 

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