42, apprenticeship
Jiang Yuexiu's annual leave officially ends on the eighth day of the first lunar month.
In the past few days, Zhu Yunxuan has been working hard to do housework, trying to make Jiang Yuexiu rest better. He cleaned up all the vegetables and meats that Zhu Chengcai bought for treating guests. He slowly cut them down and put them together for Jiang Yuexiu to use when cooking.
These things are actually nothing big, but Jiang Yuexiu talks about them all day long, and relatives come to the door to talk about them, so that Zhu Yunxuan's reputation of being "behaved" has spread far away.
Zhu Yunxuan felt sad and uncomfortable about all this.
Once upon a time, Jiang Yuexiu never asked him to do housework, and he never had the consciousness of doing housework. Not only did he have no idea of his life, Jiang Yuexiu helped him clean the room and he would think that the other party messed up the room and could not find what he was looking for.
When he first quarreled with his parents because of his sexuality, he felt that his parents could not understand his rigid thinking. But later, after living alone for a long time, he knew that only parents could treat him unconditionally.
He was too wise at that time and made things worse without caring about it. However, he never thought that in such a daughter who was dumped by her partner, it would cause everyone to gossip about whom his wife had not gotten pregnant for a year. There were countless people asking about it openly and secretly. How difficult his parents would do...
When he woke up early in the morning, Zhu Yunxuan washed a bowl of rice and put it into the rice cooker, then added enough water, pressed the rice cooker and started cooking porridge.
I bought this rice cooker not long ago, and it was also for the convenience of cooking. After all, it was too troublesome to use the original earthen stove at home. Now that we have such an rice cooker, cooking is much faster. Zhu Yunxuan, a person who is prone to burn rice by burning fire, can also use the rice cooker to cook.
When cooking porridge with an electric rice cooker, you must be careful. As soon as the water inside rolls, the power supply must be turned off, otherwise the rolling water will overflow from the pot. According to the older generation, the porridge is stewed, so it will take another half an hour to open the lid after turning off the power. Then you will see a pot of fragrant white rice porridge.
At this time, people in the countryside would not talk nonsense when they were pregnant, and of course they would not care too much about pregnancy. However, Zhu Yunxuan was different. Even with his shallow knowledge, he knew that pregnant women needed nutrition, not to mention that Jiang Yuexiu had a poor appetite and lost weight after getting pregnant.
After beaten three eggs exchanged from Lu Lei, put some chopped green onion into it, Zhu Yunxuan stood on a bench, turned on the gas stove, and then took the bowl of oil to add three spoons of salad oil with a spoon. After a while, the eggs can be put in and stir-fryed.
Zhu Yunxuan did not fry poached eggs. After all, it is not easy to fry a good poached egg, but it is much easier to scramble eggs - he just needs to turn on the heat and keep careful not to stick to the eggs and stir-fry them all the time. And after stir-frying for a while, the eggs will be cooked.
This is not the first time he cooked. When he moved a stool to cook egg flower soup for Jiang Yuexiu, Jiang Yuexiu and Zhu Chengcai were both angry and accused him firmly, thinking that he shouldn't have gotten angry. Later, he got his parents' consent on the grounds that Zhu Qiuyue had helped cook.
Now it's the Chinese New Year. His birthday is in the first half of the year, and he will turn seven soon. Now Xusui is eight years old. Occasionally, he hears stories from Jiang Yuexiu and Zhu Chengcai. When they were eight years old, they did all kinds of work, which means that he has been spoiled by his parents. He used to only know how to eat, drink and have fun... Then, he didn't know anything. When he was living alone, he thought that fried rice was made of fried eggs with rice.
When the porridge was ready, Zhu Chengcai, who went to the town to buy vegetables, came back. Jiang Yuexiu had already gotten up. When the two saw the hot porridge and fried eggs, they naturally couldn't help but praise their son.
Zhu Yunxuan opened the things Zhu Chengcai brought back and found ten fried buns and five small buns from it. The small buns were eaten for Jiang Yuexiu, who didn't like greasy, but the fried buns were eaten by Zhu Chengcai and Zhu Yunxuan.
The porridge was not cooked, and it was just right with small buns. Zhu Yunxuan was talking about asking Jiang Yuexiu to eat more eggs, but Zhu Chengcai and others prefer to eat pickles with porridge. In fact, Jiang Yuexiu also likes to eat pickles, but Zhu Yunxuan asked her to eat less, so she didn't eat much. However, sometimes she would inevitably be happy that her son was thinking about him and complained that his son was making a big fuss. Didn't that person eat pickles every day and finally gave birth to a child?
"Mom, can I go to the factory with you today?" Zhu Yunxuan said with a tired look when he saw Jiang Yuexiu.
He can take care of his mother when he goes to the factory, right? In fact, he planned to tell Jiang Yuexiu not to go to work at first, but now women in the countryside work until they are about to be due to due date. How could Jiang Yuexiu give up such a job because of pregnancy?
"What are you doing in the factory? You will be bored at that time." Jiang Yuexiu said with a smile. The factories here are all textile factories and clothing factories, and they recruit female workers. In the past, those factories were not strict in management. There were many women who took their children to the factory to work while taking care of their children. However, the management of the clothing factory Li Yue opened was very strict and was not suitable for Zhu Yunxuan to go there.
"I'm not bored, mom, let me go." Zhu Yunxuan spoke again. He couldn't help but treat Jiang Yuexiu as a porcelain doll that he couldn't touch.
"The factory is in charge of strict management. What can you do if you go? Why don't you ask your father to take you to Li Rui's house, and he should have come back too." Li Yue came back, and of course Li Rui was back too.
Jiang Yuexiu was very persistent, and Zhu Yunxuan had no choice. Compared to staying alone at home, he finally chose to go to Li Rui's place.
Moreover, he has been unable to contact Li Rui these days, and he also wants to ask about the other party’s current situation. I don’t know if it’s because he is always together. He is obviously very busy during the Chinese New Year, but Li Rui is not here, so he is a little lonely.
Li Rui came back last night. As soon as he got up in the morning, he got a news from Xiaohui that the residents opposite them had changed their lives, and now they have become father and son.
"The father of that family is a bad leg and foot, and his son is tall and big, and he is very silent. However, even though he is silent, he is quite filial and pushes his father to take a walk every night." Xiaohui spoke while cooking wontons.
"Do you know what they do?" Li Rui asked again. If there was no accident, the two people should have been sent by Zheng Xianghong, but they didn't know what they had.
However, although he didn't know what the other party would have, he dared not underestimate it. People who are attracted by Zheng Xianghong must have unique features.
"I don't know either, but the old man greeted me and looked like a teacher." Xiaohui said. She still had a good impression of the other family opposite, which was much better than the resident who liked to be petty in the past, but there were only two men in the other family, so she couldn't get too close to the other party.
"Yeah." Li Rui responded. Since he had arrived at his doorstep, he should visit him as soon as possible. If there were no accidents, these two people would also report his situation to Zheng Xianghong while teaching him. In addition, is that veteran still responsible for protecting him? How should he face those two people? Finally, can they also teach Zhu Yunxuan?
Li Rui was thinking about Zhu Yunxuan, and Zhu Yunxuan came.
"How are you doing recently?" Seeing Li Rui, Zhu Yunxuan immediately spoke. The child opposite was no different from before the Chinese New Year, but for some reason, he felt that Li Rui had changed a little.
"I'm doing a good life." Li Rui smiled. Seeing Zhu Yunxuan, he settled down again and was too lazy to think about Zheng Xianghong's thoughts.
"You are not bullied, are you? I remember you said before that the people in Beijing are not good to you." Zhu Yunxuan sat down next to Li Rui, saw Xiaohui washing dishes, and asked again.
"No, my parents were not good to me before, aren't they good now?" Li Rui spoke and told me in detail about what he was in Beijing.
"It's good. Although you may be exposed to Zheng Xianghong's nose when doing things, it's good to get his support." Zhu Yunxuan analyzed the pros and cons and had to admit that Li Rui's decision was more beneficial than disadvantages.
"I plan to visit those two teachers now. Will you go?" Li Rui remembered what he remembered before and asked. Zhu Yunxuan is now learning knowledge in a different way, and he also knows this. Since there is such an opportunity, of course he doesn't want to waste it.
"It's not appropriate for me to go, and we may reveal our secrets." Zhu Yunxuan refused. Of course he wanted to go, but doing so could expose himself to Zheng Xianghong's nose... If the matter between him and Li Rui was discovered... Well, in fact, there is nothing between him and Li Rui now.
"You are better than me in acting. If you were exposed, I would have been exposed long ago...Who would have thought that we were reborn?" Li Rui spoke again. Even though he had read many novels, before he was reborn, he felt that such a thing could not happen in reality.
"Let's go! The first time I meet my master, I have to prepare some meeting gifts." Zhu Yunxuan stopped refusing and spoke simply. He really wanted to get this opportunity.
In his life, he hopes that his parents can be happy, and of course he also hopes that he can be happy. Li Rui... His starting point is not as good as the other party. If he falls behind again and again, what else can he show off?
When the two of them visited each other, Xiaohui naturally would not stop him. When Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui entered the house with the same layout as Li Rui's residence, they saw a house with a simple layout without any family atmosphere.
There were not many things in the room and they were cleaned up very clean. If they hadn't seen people, they might have felt that the family had moved out.
There was only one Eight Immortals Table and four benches in the living room. At this moment, an old man wearing glasses and white-haired head was sitting in a wheelchair reading a book. After seeing them, he put down the book in his hand and looked at Li Rui: "You are here."
"Mr. Sun." Li Rui spoke. The face of the 60s and 70s on the opposite side had no expression on his face, but it gave people a feeling of oppression.
I don’t know if it was because Zhu Yunxuan was present, so I didn’t say much: “Nothing happens today. From now on, you come here at 5:30 every morning. I will arrange for you to learn something.”
"Mr. Sun, what do I want to learn?" Li Rui asked again.
"I don't know much. What you want to learn is some gadgets to cultivate sentiment. In addition, it is some things I have learned over the years." Sun Ling said. He was already old and had long hoped to accept a smart disciple. Zheng Tianqi was good, but unfortunately he was destined to embark on the career of the government, so he finally learned from him for five years.
This time Zheng Xianghong asked him to come and teach Li Rui that there is a place with good scenery to support his elderly care. He also thought it was very good, but he didn't expect that Li Rui would bring another person to come... Is this a friendship for children or the wisdom of the superiors?
No matter what, if Li Rui wants him to teach one more person, he must have enough sincerity.
"Grandpa Sun, if you want to teach Li Rui, can you teach me by the way? I can cook for you and help you wash clothes." As soon as Zhu Yunxuan came in, he saw that the other party was holding the original document in his hand. Those twisted letters were the ones that made him feel most powerless. Zhu Yunxuan, who was eager to teach him English, became interested immediately, but he knew very well that no matter what Li Rui was like, they would teach Li Rui, but he was different. If you want to learn from others, you have to rely on yourself.
Sun Ling was stunned. He didn't expect Zhu Yunxuan to say this. A seven or eight-year-old child really knows how to do laundry and cook. However, Zhu Yunxuan said this, but he was more fond of his heart than those who said he was smart. Moreover, Li Rui had already brought this child over, so he could not drive the other party out. At most, he would just write more in his report to Zheng Xianghong.
"Yes, if you can really cook and wash clothes, I will naturally teach you."
At this time, the door suddenly opened, and a tall man in his thirties walked in. He had dark skin and strong expressions. After looking around, he nodded to Li Rui: "Young Master."
"Uncle Jiang." Li Rui also nodded to the other party, eager to try it out. No matter how external behavior is, every man has a martial arts dream in his heart, and of course he is the same.
When he wrote his first martial arts novel in his previous life, he also fantasized about his desire to avenge his enemies.
"Hello Uncle Jiang." Zhu Yunxuan also greeted him and smiled sweetly.
He saw the dishes in his hand with sharp eyes and immediately took them over: "Grandpa Sun, Uncle Jiang, I'll go to the kitchen to pack the dishes, you guys can chat!" As soon as he finished speaking, he took the dishes directly to the kitchen. Now it's time to leave the space for Li Rui and these two people.
"You're called Li Rui? Do you want that child to learn with you?" Seeing Zhu Yunxuan enter the kitchen, Sun Ling asked. He had heard about Li Rui from Zheng Xianghong. He knew that this child was not simple, so he naturally gave the decision to the other party.
Li Rui nodded: "I want him to learn with me."
"It is okay for a person like you to train a few helpers since childhood, but how much you can learn depends on him." They will teach Li Rui all their money, so Zhu Yunxuan is different.
"Thank you, Grandpa Sun." Li Rui spoke immediately.
"I will be your master from now on." Sun Ling spoke.
"Master." Li Rui shouted.
Sun Ling did not show any abnormality because of Li Rui's identity. The veteran Jiang Yong was different. He did not ask Li Rui to call him master, but insisted on calling Li Rui the young master.
The three of them were talking outside, but Zhu Yunxuan stayed in the room. Jiang Yong's attention was halfway there, but Zhu Yunxuan never came out. Later, the fragrance spread.
Zhu Yunxuan was cooking? Li Rui was stunned for a moment and opened the kitchen door. Sure enough, he saw Zhu Yunxuan cooking on the small stool where he was choosing vegetables. The other party took off his coat but tied an oversized scarf, which was like he had never seen before.
"You can wait half an hour before the meal starts!" Zhu Yunxuan said with a smile, and he had to do it as soon as he said it. He could not always rely on Li Rui, and he had to let the other party teach him willingly.
It's already ten o'clock now, and although the meal starts a little early at half past ten o'clock, the two of them should have eaten early in the morning and should be hungry now.
"You can cook?" Li Rui was a little surprised.
After his rebirth, there were actually many things that surprised him. For example, Li Yue, in his previous life, he never cooked food, but in this life, he used his cooking skills to please the Zheng family during the Chinese New Year. Zhu Yunxuan... He always felt that Zhu Yunxuan was not a person who knew how to cook.
"Of course." Zhu Yunxuan turned around and continued to cook, covering up the expression on his face. He knew how to cook whether he lived alone or later with Lu Ming in his previous life. He practiced cooking skills. He was afraid that Jiang Yuexiu and the others would suspect him at home, so he did not dare to cook more dishes.
Braised pork was being cooked in the pot next to him, but he was now frying vegetables. He didn't dare to be young and had little strength, so his hands became a little sore soon.
"Then let's wait to taste your skills." Sun Ling pushed the wheelchair over and said with a smile. No matter what, an eight-year-old child really knows how to cook, which makes him feel good about it.
The dishes Zhu Yunxuan cooks are very simple, one stir-fried vegetables, one braised pork, one braised radish and one tofu soup.
Originally, he wanted to make more dishes, but Jiang Yong bought not many ingredients, so he could only do this.
There is nothing strange about stir-frying vegetables. In order to make the meat not cut into small pieces, braised pork soup is put in braised radish, which is very fragrant. When the tofu soup is put in shredded pork, the home-cooked dish of three dishes and one soup looks very good.
"I can finally eat something that is not cooked." Sun Ling looked at Zhu Yunxuan and then went to see Jiang Yong.
"Grandpa Sun, try the taste. Let me tell you what you want to eat next time. If I don't know how to cook, I will learn it." Zhu Yunxuan immediately spoke.
"It tastes pretty good," Sun Ling ate a piece of meat. "It's much better than what your Uncle Jiang cooks. He cooks meat every meal. Even if the radish is just cut into pieces, steamed it and let me dip it in soy sauce. As for tofu, it doesn't even have to be cooked. You can eat it by pouring it on soy sauce." He originally wanted Jiang Yong to pack a few dishes, but this big man didn't want to do it because he didn't feel it was affordable.
Originally, he thought that he could use the nanny on the opposite side to summon the opponent, but now someone came to help with the cooking, so he saved him from trying to get the nanny on the opposite side to help.
"Grandpa Sun, if you are willing, I will come here every day to help you in the future!" Zhu Yunxuan knew that Sun Ling and Jiang Yong must have come secretly, so they didn't even invite nanny when there was an elderly person with mobility difficulties. Since that's the case, there is a place where he can work hard.
Chapter completed!