Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 773 32. Enthusiastic Chef, Girl on the Road

Taking advantage of their daughter's move, the restaurant was closed this morning so the couple could sleep a little longer.

Lao Che got up and took a look at his son, got dressed and went to the living room to see his daughter's bedroom door open.

Xiaoche didn't know what time he got up from bed and was lying in front of the desk doing homework.

Hearing the movement outside the door, Xiao Qi stopped writing and turned his head, "Dad."

"You write first," Lao Che said, not disturbing his daughter, "I'll come up later and we can set off."

The car nodded.

Lao Che: "If you're hungry, eat some bread first."

Car: "I'm not hungry."

Then the old car hurriedly went downstairs.

Nail was already busy in the shop, and Lao Che arrived and the master and apprentice started working together.

"Master, how many portions of roast meat should we share?"

"Just three servings."

"A little less."

"Pack some of everything, just enough for a week. From now on, we will send some over every week to try not to occupy Teacher Li's refrigerator."

"What about this fish?"

"Bring the fish with you and I'll cook it for lunch."

After a while, the master and apprentice packed the various meats that had been cut into boxes into a foam box.

"Master, it seems there are still too many."

Lao Che looked at the full foam box, hesitated for a moment and took out a box of elbows and a box of pork heads, "That's it."

"Did you talk to Teacher Li?" Nail Ding put the two boxes of meat back into the freezer.

"I didn't say anything." Lao Che's idea was very simple. He could put as much as the refrigerator at Teacher Li's house could hold. He did this for the convenience of Teacher Li and his daughter, "Let's talk about it after we get there."

Cooking is actually not troublesome. The key is that the preliminary preparations are a bit troublesome, especially for people like Teacher Li who work so busy every day.

With what he has prepared, you can just take out the meat and melt it if you want to eat it. Add the onion, ginger, and garlic to the pot, and just throw the cooked meat and side dishes into the pot. If you want to eat rice, eat rice, and if you want to eat pancakes and steamed buns, eat pancakes and steamed buns.

"I guess Teacher Li won't be able to come back at noon when she is busy. Linlin can do it herself quickly."

Nail: "How about I cook at noon from now on."

Lao Che: "Forget it, it won't be a problem after a long time. Just listen to Teacher Li."

After the master and apprentice finished cleaning up, Lao Che asked Ding Zhui to buy buns opposite, and he went upstairs first.

Sang Ping has packed up, and the car is checking the luggage for the final time.

"Yes, check everything carefully and make sure you don't leave anything behind."

"Yeah." Xiaoche responded and turned her attention to the piano. On the piano was her most precious little object.

Then she heard a squeak.

As soon as I ran out of the bedroom, I heard Aunt Sang's voice coming from the kitchen.
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In the kitchen, Sang Ping asked in a low voice while hugging Zhizhi.

"Let her stay at Teacher Li's house today."

Lao Che: "I originally had to go to Teacher Li's house for class early tomorrow morning. Why should I come back tonight? Didn't Teacher Li say what I said that day?"

Sang Ping sighed lightly and did not answer.

Lao Che smiled: "Why, I still can't bear to part with you."

Sang Ping glared at Lao Che complainingly: "What do you think, she has never lived outside by herself."

Lao Che: "I just went to Yanjing during the summer vacation."

Sang Ping: "Can it be the same?"

Lao Che: "Then she will go to college in the future. You won't see her more than a few times a year."

Sang Ping sighed again: "How come you have grown so big all of a sudden and you have to leave home?"

Lao Che: "The one from the Sui family is also in her first year of junior high school. She has gone out to live on campus. Besides, she is coming back during the weekend holidays. It's not like she won't come back. It's all temporary now."

Sang Ping nodded, but from the bottom of his heart he did not agree with Lao Che's words. She had an inexplicable premonition in her heart, fearing that her daughter's return home would only be temporary after she left.

There was a knock on the door in the living room, and then the couple heard footsteps. When they came out of the kitchen, they saw that the car had already opened the door.

"Come on, come on, we have steamed buns, wontons, soy milk and fried dough sticks." Ding Ding outside the door looked excited.

The cart seemed to have bought too many nails and said, "I can't finish them all."

Nail: "Hey, I'll eat the rest for lunch."

Xiaoche: "Aren't you going to the teacher's house soon?"

Nail: "I won't go in. I'll come back after I deliver the things to you."

Lao Che: "Hurry in and get something to eat, and then leave as soon as you're done. Teacher Li said we all have to go at noon."

The car suddenly became happy.

He said he bought too much, but the last two fried dough sticks and a steamed bun were still eaten by nails.

After eating and drinking, the family was ready to set off. Before going out, the car was the first to go downstairs without going back to the cabin to take another look.

Zhizhi was sent to the hardware store next door, and the remaining four people took a taxi and set off.

"Have you brought everything?" Dingzhidulu asked.

"Yeah." Xiaoche nodded.

Nail: "I see you haven't taken away the treasure on the piano."

Xiaoche: "Why should I bring those?"

Nail: "Yes, you have to come back anyway."

Xiaoche: "I will definitely come back."

Sang Ping on the side gently held Xiao Che's hand, and Xiao Che then covered the back of Sang Ping's hand with his other hand.

Sang Ping's palms were rough, as was the back of her hands.

The car tightened tightly.
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When Li An received the information about Lao Che, he was ready to make tea and water. He usually went to Lao Che's house to have dinner.

Today, the other party wanted to send a car over, and he was going to entertain the family well.

He went to the market early in the morning to buy vegetables and meat. At noon, he had to prepare a good table.

Seeing that almost forty-five minutes have passed, why haven’t the family arrived yet?
At this point, half an hour's taxi ride was enough. At this moment, Baowan suddenly jumped off the sofa, ran to the entrance and leaned down to be on guard.

Then Li An heard movement outside the door.

There were three knocks on the door, and Li An quickly stepped forward to open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, there were four people standing outside the door with large and small bags.

"teacher!"

The car bared its teeth.

"Come in, come in, nails come in, you don't have slippers, come in quickly."

While Li An called the four people in, he blamed Lao Che and said, "I told you it's almost here and I'll go down to meet you and get so many things."

"No more, no more. I thought I would call you if I couldn't get into the community, but it turned out that the gatekeeper knew Che Lin and let us in."

Lao Che walked in and put down his things.

"Teacher Li," Sang Ping came in last and put down what she was holding.

Li An looked at the things on the floor, filled with cigarettes and wine, in big boxes and small boxes. He smiled but didn't sigh or said: "Sister-in-law, come in quickly."

After inviting the family to sit down in the living room, Li An was about to pour tea when the car got ahead of him.

"Che Lin, please leave it alone."

The cart quickly poured four cups of tea, and then sat down next to Sang Ping.

"Where's Zhizhi?"

"Put it next door." "Hey, let's bring the kids over to play."

Li An picked up the cigarette on the table and handed it to Lao Che, who was still a little embarrassed to pick up the nail.

"Why, are you embarrassed to slap it in front of your master and wife?"

"No, no," Ding Dian hurriedly took it and lit a cigarette for Li An with his backhand.

Li An looked at the car: "Fruits on the table."

Xiaoche got a banana for Sang Ping and an apple for himself.

"Have you finished your homework?" Li An asked again with a smile.

Xiaoche scratched his head, his expression indescribably interesting: "There is also a math paper, half a Chinese paper, and a handwritten newspaper."

Li An: "There aren't many left."

Sang Ping: "These days, she gets up in the morning and does her homework first, and then practices piano in the afternoon and evening."

Lao Chen added: "It was the same this morning. After we got up, we found her doing homework."

Li An smiled: "Not bad, not bad. Hey, what about that? It's still early for dinner, so hurry up and do your homework first."

When Xiaoche heard this, he immediately put down the apple in his hand.

Ang Lee: "Take it to the house to eat, and then write after eating."

Lao Che: "It just so happens that we can help clean it up."

As they spoke, the three of them came to the hut next to the study. The door of the hut was open, and a bright window took up half of the wall, and the sunlight fell all over the floor.

The room was quite spacious, with only a small bed, a desk, a chair, and a set of cabinets with open doors.

There was a brand new pink mattress on the bed, and a pair of small red slippers at the foot of the bed.

There is a desk lamp placed in the left corner of the desk, and next to the desk lamp are two pots of succulents the size of disposable cups.

The whole room was spotlessly clean, and as soon as Xiao Xi entered the door, he fell in love with the two small green plants on the table.

"Teacher Li, you are so polite." Looking at everything in front of him, Lao Che was so moved that he stopped talking about the new house. He knew that Teacher Li was a careful person and he would keep this feeling in his heart.

The key is that the house is too clean. If you ask him to clean it, he can't clean it so clean.

"Chen Xuan gave me an order. I must clean the house carefully for Linlin to live in. No one has lived in this house before, so we don't usually clean it up."

As he spoke, Li An asked Xiaoche to take the time to do his homework.

Several adults left the hut, and Sang Ping felt that she had nothing to clean. She waited until after the meal to help the cart pack the bedding she had brought.

"Teacher Li, I'll cook for lunch, so let's not go out to eat."

Lao Che was interrupted by Li An, "I won't go out. I bought the vegetables in the morning. I will cook them at noon, and we can just eat at home."

Lao Che: "No, no, no, let's do it. I've brought everything, nails."

Ding Dang hurriedly went to the door to get a foam box, and Lao Che took it and opened it: "Teacher Li, these are some ready-made cooked meats. They have everything. I have cut them into boxes and labeled them. Let's have some for lunch, and you and the rest You can see how Linlin eats it."

Li An: "Hey, why are we so polite to each other? She can eat whatever I do."

Nailing interjected: "You're welcome, Linlin loves to eat meat."

Lao Che: "You just eat it. I will prepare some every week from now on. You are not like us. We have time to prepare it."

It really saved time. When Li An saw this, he no longer shied away. Moreover, he could understand Lao Che. In Lao Che's shop that night, Lao Che finally mentioned the issue of rent, but he refused.

People still need to leave some space between each other, so Lao Che didn’t say anything even though he brought so many things with him today.

"Okay." Li An turned around and opened the refrigerator door, "It's just that this refrigerator can't hold so many things. I still have the meat I bought before."

Dingzhi directly helped with the idea: "It's okay, Teacher Li, I'll take the raw meat away and process it for you before delivering it to you next week."

Lao Che: "The nail is a good idea."

Just do it. With the help of nails, Li An cleaned out the contents of the freezer and put the cooked and sealed meat in the old car.

"Nail, I'll make these sea cucumbers in a while."

Seeing this good thing, Dingzi looked at Lao Che. Lao Che winked at the sea cucumber, which he had already seen, and then asked Dingzi with a smile: "Didn't I teach you?"

"Sea cucumber with scallion oil." Dingzi knew it instantly.

After packing the refrigerator, the three men started working together, and Sang Ping had no place to stand if she wanted to intervene.

"Sister-in-law, please stop busy and go watch TV and drink tea."

It seems that the most redundant person in the kitchen today is Li An. The two masters and apprentices of Lao Che are professionals in the kitchen.

One side dish and one stir-fry. Even though there are only two stoves, the dishes are cooked surprisingly quickly.

The cold dishes were served first and then the hot dishes. Nail also brought his set of carving knives, if for no other reason than to make some flowers look good when setting the dishes.

Li An likes this thing in the kitchen, so he is willing to "stay" in the kitchen. He will learn professional thickening from Lao Che, and see how nails carve carrots into flowers.

By the end, his eyes were running out.

The penultimate dish was steamed seabass, made from nails.

When the nail opened the lid of the pot, a burst of salty and delicious food came out.

"It's strange," Li An asked, "My steps are the same as yours, and I also have these seasonings. Why is there still a fishy smell when I lift the lid of the pot? They are all fresh fish."

Nail: "Teacher Li, when you steam the fish, you must use cold water."

Li An recalled it, and he really said: "Want to steam it with hot water?"

Nail: "That's not right either. Steamed seabass is different from steamed pomfret. Hot water is not enough. You can also use boiling water. Boil the water in the pot and then steam it. This way the fish can be steamed quickly and the meat will be more delicate."

"If cold water is put directly into the pot, it will take a long time to steam, the fish will not be tender enough, and it will be sticky in the mouth."

Ang Lee: "There will still be a fishy smell."

Nail: "No, no, Teacher Li, the fishy smell you smell is not the smell of fish, but the smell of onions and ginger. Steaming onions and ginger for too long will lose the smell."

Li An: "Oh - that's what happened. I understand, I understand. I'll just say it."

"Thanks for the advice."

Nailie grinned shyly, "No, no."

A meal, "There is one more step. Order the steamed fish with soy sauce after it comes out of the pan. Before ordering, remove the steamed onion and ginger. After ordering, put the prepared fresh onion and ginger shreds on top, and finally add the oil. ."

As he said that, Nai Nai carried the cooked oil onto the plated fish, and suddenly the oil was hot again and again.

The whole kitchen was filled with an indescribable fragrance.

"awesome."

As soon as Li An smelled it, he knew that this fish was definitely extraordinary. It turned out that such a colorful dish could be made on the stove at home.

While scrambling to serve the dishes, Li An asked Ding Ding to ask Sang Ping and Xiao Che to prepare for the meal.

The last dish was Mapo Tofu specially made by Lao Che for Li An. The red bean paste he used was made by himself and brought here specially.

"Teacher Li, I fried this can of bean paste myself. It can be used in general Sichuan cuisine."

"Okay, okay, thank you so much. I can be a chef tomorrow too."

Hahaha--

Before the meal, Li An took a picture of the dining table and then posted it on WeChat Moments.

Copywriting: Two chefs are visiting our house today!
In a short time, more than a dozen people liked it.

During the meal, Li An saw Boss

81,000: It’s not like we’ve set off yet.
moment.

Qin Youxinsheng: We will be at the airport soon. Are there guests at home?
81,000: Che Lin’s family

Qin Youxinsheng: Got it, drink it, drink it

81,000: Wish you peace
Qin You’s heartfelt voice: Got it, thank you.
On the way to Daxing Airport, Boss X, who was sitting in the passenger seat, put down his cell phone.

Tang Xiaoxing, who was sitting in the back compartment, was holding a water glass in his hand and looking out the window in concentration.

After a while, Tang Xiaoxing looked away, took out her phone and opened WeChat, swiped to Che Lin's profile picture and clicked on it. The last time the two chatted was at 10:17 pm on September 25th.

He was about to board a plane to Moscow in a short while, and Tang Xiaoxing didn't know how to express his inner feelings.

'Che Lin, I have to leave! '
(End of this chapter)