Chapter 368: only one chopstick per person
When they got home, Liao Shan and Liao Jie, who had already returned from their hometown, were preparing dinner for the night. They often came to the house to play, but every time they saw Li Haitang, they were a little nervous and nervous, and would respectfully shout, "Hello, Mr. Li."
"Xiao shan, Gon Freecss, thank you for your hard work." Li Haitang led the two children into the house and said to them with a smile, "I'll cook tonight. Please cook the rice, wash and cut the vegetables."
"Okay."
Li Haitang went back to her room to change into a loose and casual outfit, gave the two children a bath, and let them sit on the sofa eating watermelon and watching cartoons. She went into the kitchen and put on an apron to prepare dinner.
"Xiao shan, Gon Freecss, you guys go watch tv too. Your mom will be enough to help me in the kitchen."
Both of the liao family's children were honest and shy, their elder sister was particularly gentle and quiet, and their younger brother was a little more lively and cheerful, but far less mischievous than the other boys, who were good students.
When Liao Shan went out, he blushed and reported, "Mr. Li, I took a book from your study today and didn't tell you in advance..."
"It's okay. You can take the books in the small study whenever you want to read them. Just put them back where they were after you read them." Li Haitang smiled. The books in the small study downstairs were all biographies of wild history that she had collected from all over the country, and some of them were interesting novels that she had brought back from abroad.
"Okay, thank you." Liao Shan smiled shyly.
Peng Yumei urged, "Shan, put it back where you left it after reading it. Don't break it. These books are very precious. They are not textbooks in your school."
Although she had not gone to the small study to get the books, she had seen Jiang Chuheng personally tidy up and clean the bookcase every month, and some books were carefully bound and protected, which was probably not ordinary books.
"Mom, I know." Liao Shan nodded repeatedly.
When Jiang Chuheng came back from work, the kitchen was already filled with a strong fragrance. Seeing that the person holding the spoon in the fire was his wife, he pushed open the glass door of the kitchen. "Honey, why did you get off work so early today?"
"I'm back." Li Haitang turned around and smiled at him before replying, "There's not much to do today. I'll leave after I'm done."
Jiang Chuheng sniffed his nose and said in a certain tone, "Do you want chicken tonight?"
"Yeah. Sister-in-law mei fang sent us two cured chickens and two cured ducks last week. They haven't even started yet. Tonight, we'll cook a cured chicken, some fried beef you like, some braised chicken legs that the children like, and some braised prawns."
"They're all good dishes. Can I open a bottle of wine tonight?" Jiang Chuheng had not tasted alcohol for months since she banned it last time.
Li Haitang glanced at him with a smile. "Sure, open a bottle of white wine to satisfy your cravings with Brother Liao."
Liao Minghui was her chauffeur and dutiful. She usually drank nothing, even at home at night. She drank juice at most, and only a small glass during the holidays. In fact, Li Haitang also gave him a lot of good wine, but he did not open a bottle to drink, and they were all stored in the room cabinet as collectibles.
With his wife's instructions, Jiang Chuheng turned around with his briefcase and shouted with a smile, "Brother Liao, go to the wine cabinet and pick up a good bottle of wine. Let's have two drinks tonight."
"Sure." Liao Minghui, who was sitting on the sofa watching tv, got up with a smile and asked, "White wine or red wine?"
"White." Jiang Chuheng liked the smell of wax and felt it was nice to drink white wine when eating the taste of wax.
"Dad, you guys drink. We want drinks too. I want orange juice." Lying on the sofa like a frog, Duoduo raised his head and asked.
"Is there any orange juice at home?" Jiang chuheng asked.
Liao Shan quickly got up to open the cupboard and shook his head, "There's no juice. There's only half a carton of milk."
"Xiaoshan, you can buy a box of juice now. It's available at the convenience store outside the neighborhood." Jiang Chuheng ordered.
"Okay."
When their drinks and juices were ready, the dishes in the kitchen were all out of the pot. Li Haitang came over with the last big pot of spiced chicken legs. "Tonight, a big pot of spiced chicken legs for you to eat."
"Wow, it smells good. I want two." Duoduo was so happy that he almost jumped up.
"Slow down, it's still hot." Jiang Chuheng quickly grabbed her. After the wife put the dishes away, she put one in the bowl for her daughter. "Duoduo, you can't eat it yet. Cool it before you eat it, or you'll burn your mouth."
"Dad, I'll cool myself." Duoduo couldn't wait to eat. She puffed and puffed, and the cute and soft look really softened Jiang Chuheng's heart.
Jiang Chuheng also gave his son a cold one and poured them a glass of orange juice. "Drink some juice first. After drinking the juice, the chicken legs will be almost cold."
Li Haitang quickly sat down and let the two grown men in the house drink. She took care of the two children and ate. She helped them cut the chicken into small pieces with a knife and let them eat it with chopsticks.
Seeing that both father and liao uncle were full of praise for the cured chicken, and the brother and sister of the liao family also liked to eat it, An' an pleaded, "Mom, I want a piece of cured chicken too."
"Okay, I'll give you one each." Li Haitang picked out two pieces of pure meat for them and introduced them, "This dish is fried with a lot of chilies. It's very spicy. You may not be used to it. If it's too spicy, drink some juice immediately, okay?"
"Oh." They usually eat spicy food, but it's less spicy.
After eating the chicken, the brother and sister maintained the same exaggerated expression, and then took a big gulp of juice.
Li Haitang couldn't help but smile at their cute looks. "Do you want another piece? Mom will wash the hot smell off the water before you eat it?"
"Mom, no more." Duoduo shook his head first.
"I don't want it either. It's too spicy." An' an shook his head and pointed at the braised prawns. "Mom, I want a prawn."
"Okay." Li Haitang immediately put a shrimp in a bowl and skillfully shelled it for him to eat. He was still saying, "There's also a cured chicken. Next time, don't put so much chili in it. I'll steam it for you. I'll steam it together. Then you two can have a good taste of it."
"Mom, uncle likes to eat cured chicken. Give the rest to uncle. Let's not eat it." Duoduo said suddenly.
The little girl had always been close to her uncle. Seeing that she missed him so much, Li Haitang agreed to nod, "Then take the chicken to grandpa and grandma's house this week. Let's eat together."
"There are too many people. Each person is only enough for one chopstick." Jiang chuheng said.
"There are also two preserved ducks. Leave one for you and Brother Liao to continue drinking and give one to them." A chicken and a duck would be enough for everyone to split two or three chopsticks.