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Chapter 408 Let’s Cook Together
"Guoguo's mother, I came to ask you, how do you arrange your meals every day?"
"Yes, yes, that's what we're asking about. You know, we all work together, and although we're paid the same, the food can't be too different. Otherwise, if we talk about it later, it'll be embarrassing for everyone. What did you do for lunch today? What are you planning to do tomorrow?"
Zhou Guo and others looked at each other in bewilderment. The wages are the same, and the meals have to be cooked the same way?
Li said, "Each family prepared different dishes, and each must have its own specialty. I thought today was the first day of work, so we should eat better. I chopped up a rabbit and a pheasant for them at noon, and stewed them with pine mushrooms. The rabbit and pheasant were brought back by Guoguo and her husband when they went to the mountains to carry wood. Then there were some stir-fried wild vegetables. It was a big pot, and a soup, which was a meat dish, a vegetable dish, and a soup. What did you cook for lunch?"
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Cheng's mother was in her forties. She smiled when she heard this and said, "I thought you had prepared some delicious food. The people who work at your house said how delicious the food was. We thought we had prepared a lot of delicious food. So we just made a simple stir-fried meat for lunch. We thought it was the first day of work, so we should prepare some good food. So we killed a chicken and made some egg drop soup. Everyone was very satisfied with the food."
Each family talked about what they did at noon.
Scrambled eggs with leeks, steamed egg custard, stir-fried wild vegetables, stewed mushroom soup, boiled an egg per person...
The food is not bad.
Li smiled and said, "The food is not bad. Each family has different circumstances. We have Xiansheng and Guoguo, so we have more game meat. You have a lot of chickens, so you don't have to worry about eggs. You can make whatever you have at home. Anyway, we are paid, so it's not for free. Who can say it's not right?"
Although they said so, everyone was still hesitant. If the food was not prepared well and not as good as others, wouldn't people laugh at them if the news got out?
Each family then realized the difficulty of building a house together. Everything is in the eyes of others, so naturally everything will be compared. People are afraid of comparison. They can't compare the size of the house, so how can they not compare the food?
When Zhou Guo saw how worried they were, he had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, after Zhou Cheng's mother Zhang took a look at Zhou Guo, she said to Li: "Let's discuss it. There are only four families anyway. Why don't we cook together every day and make the same thing. Each family will contribute their own portion. It just so happens that Zhou Guo in your family cooks delicious food. Let her be the chef. What do you think?"
Zhou Guo laughed out of anger and said, "Fourth Grandma, if you want me to work, shouldn't you ask me about this? What's the point of asking my mother? My mother can cook for me."
Li smiled and said, "Yes, I can't be the master of this girl, you can ask her yourself."
Zhang's face froze, and she forced a smile, "Guoguo, what do you think? You are the one cooking for so many people. If this gets out, who wouldn't praise you for being capable?"
Others also said: "Yes, yes, your cooking is delicious and varied, why don't you show off your skills?"
Zhou Guo was unhappy. It was one thing to cook for oneself, but it was another to be ordered around for nothing. "Grandmothers and aunts, I am young, and the dishes I cook are fine for my family, but it is not suitable for me to be in charge of the big pot. Besides, today's dishes were not cooked by me, but by my mother. Aren't you looking for the wrong person?"
Zhou Sanyuan's wife said, "Don't people say that you cook delicious dishes and have many ideas? We all count on you to come up with some ideas. This is also work for your family, so why are you not happy? Little kids should be more diligent, otherwise no matter how big the family business is, it will not be able to withstand lazy people eating it up."
Zhou Guo smiled faintly and said, "Yes, of course we can't compare to you, Auntie. People who come to your house to work can't even get enough to eat. We can't compare to your frugality. It seems that your family will rely on you to make a fortune in the future."
No one spoke.
Sanyuan's wife said with a stiff face, "How can they not be full? I cooked so much rice for them and steamed so many buns. It's just that if we cook too much rice, it won't taste good for the next meal. Every meal tastes better when it's cooked fresh. I cook according to each person's appetite, and no one complains that they are not full."
No one spoke. They were all from the same village and came from the same place. Everyone knew each other's background. Everyone knew what kind of person she was, and her family had suffered a lot like this.
So no one spoke up.
Zhou Guo said, "Yes, you cooked according to each person's appetite. I'm afraid you think everyone is like your little girl, who only eats so little in one meal. You asked me to come up with some ideas. I wonder how much food and vegetables you have to provide for one meal?"
Everyone raised their heads when they heard this and said, yes, let’s not take advantage of others.
Sanyuan's wife was unhappy. She said, "I am your aunt after all. How can you speak to me like this when I am one generation older than you?" Just as she was about to get angry, Li spoke.
Looking at Zhou Guo, he said, "Guo Guo, why do you talk like that? This is your aunt, she is older than you. Even if she did something wrong and said a few words to you, you can't say that. Don't do that again in the future."
After saying that, he looked at Sanyuan's wife and apologized with a smile, "Sanyuan's wife, don't take it personally. I've spoiled this girl. She can't stand being wronged. Once she's wronged, she'll get angry. You're a big shot, so don't bother with a child like her."
Everyone nodded and said yes.
Sanyuan's wife could only hold back her anger, and after hearing what Li said, she became even angrier.
Zhou Guo snorted coldly and turned his head away from her. There are really all kinds of birds in a big forest.
Zhang said, "So will this work? It will be more lively if we all cook together, and there will be more varieties of dishes. It's not just one family doing it. We all bring our own food to help, and when we're done we take the food back. This way everyone can eat the same food, but with more variety."
Li was very hesitant. They thought it was not troublesome to cook at home. One meat dish, one vegetable dish and one soup were a good arrangement. The only thing was that there were not many vegetables. Many vegetables in the vegetable garden had not grown yet. The only thing that could be eaten now was leeks, but they could not eat leeks for every meal. If they could cook with everyone, at least they would not have to worry about what to eat every day.
Zhou Mi said: "The houses that each family wants to build are of different sizes. Ours is the largest one, so it will definitely be built behind yours."
The merger and separation is still a hassle for their family.