LRAB Chapter 146 The Alluring Aroma of Meat
Chapter 146 The Alluring Aroma of Meat
Chapter 146 The Alluring Aroma of Meat
After tidying up the bedroom and thoroughly cleaning the room with a cleaning spell, Li Qin was finally satisfied.
Although he doesn't have obsessive-compulsive disorder, he does prefer a clean and tidy environment.
However, a glint of light flashed in Li Qin's eyes as he looked at the study, which was completely empty except for furniture.
He did not intend to leave the study empty.
Instead, he plans to gradually collect books to fill the bookshelves in his study over the next few days.
Of course, no sensitive books can be displayed openly.
Although we are not in the special period of more than ten years from now, the management of books is not too strict.
Li Qin just felt that it was better to take precautions against such things in advance.
Especially since there are quite a few beasts in the courtyard where he is, if Li Qin reveals a weakness, those people will definitely seize the opportunity to pounce on him.
After planning what to do in the study, Li Qin checked the time and found that nearly an hour had passed.
The rabbit stewing in the pot should be almost ready.
He went straight to the kitchen, and amidst the sounds of ping-pong, a rich aroma slowly wafted out.
It quickly spread throughout the entire courtyard.
At this moment, everyone was preparing dinner, and upon smelling this aroma, they all showed expressions of envy.
"This... seems to be stewed rabbit. It smells delicious, and the cooking is quite good. I wonder who made it."
He Yuzhu, who was cooking at the Intermediate People's Court, took a deep sniff of the aroma wafting over and then said with great surprise.
He is a chef with a family tradition, and he even learned his craft at a century-old restaurant in Beijing.
Although I didn't learn all the techniques in the end, I did gain some knowledge about cooking.
He could tell from the smell that it was stewed wild rabbit, and that the cooking was excellent.
However, what He Yuzhu is wondering now is who is cooking?
Having lived in the courtyard house for so many years, he was familiar with the cooking skills of the residents.
He couldn't imagine anyone possessing such skill.
"It smells so good! It smells like meat. I want to eat meat too!"
Across from He Yuzhu's house, the Jia family was having dinner around the table.
However, the food at the Jia family's house wasn't very good:
The table only contained common potatoes, cabbage, and sweet potato and corn porridge.
As the aroma of Li Qin's cooking wafted out, Bang Geng, who was engrossed in drinking corn porridge, suddenly brightened up and started calling out.
Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu, and Jia Zhangshi, who were at the table, also smelled the fragrance.
Now that Jia Dongxu, the head of the Jia family, is still alive, Jia Zhangshi is not like she will be later, only taking two deep breaths when she smells the fragrance.
Apart from that, there was no mention of Qin Huairu coming to ask for meat.
After all, if she really said that, it would be a slap in the face to her own son.
Jia Zhangshi would naturally not do such a thing.
Upon hearing Bang Geng's words, Qin Huairu immediately put down her chopsticks and comforted him.
"Don't be silly, Banggeng. We just ate meat a few days ago, we can't eat it right away, it's not good for your health. You should eat some corn porridge, there's sweet potato in it today, it's really sweet."
On Labor Day, all the regular employees of the steel rolling mill received a pound of wild boar meat.
Jia Dongxu was no exception.
"I don't care, I just want to eat meat, meat tastes good."
The pheasant shook its head and kept insisting on eating meat.
He was not an adult, but just a child, and could not understand Qin Huairu's meaning.
He found the aroma outside very tempting.
Qin Huairu could only continue to comfort her.
Unfortunately, the pheasant didn't care about any of that and kept clamoring for meat:
At first, Jia Dongxu didn't react, but as the noise from the sticks grew louder, his expression turned ugly. "Slap!"
Perhaps annoyed by the noise from the sticks, Jia Dongxu suddenly slammed his chopsticks on the table.
Jia Dongxu stared intently at the stick;
"Eat your food properly, or don't eat at all."
Jia Dongxu's tone was heavy, and his eyes were fixed on the stick.
The noisy sticks suddenly stopped making noise.
She looked at her father cautiously with innocent eyes, a look of awe and fear flashing in them.
Although Jia Dongxu also had his own selfish motives, he didn't spoil Banggeng like Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu did.
If Banggeng does something wrong, he never hesitates to hit or scold him when necessary.
Seeing that Jia Dongxu seemed to be really angry, Bang Geng immediately stopped making trouble.
This incident shows that when naughty kids cause trouble, the solution is actually quite simple: a good beating will do the trick.
When Jia Dongxu was being teased, Jia Zhangshi's eyes flashed with heartache.
However, he knew his son was right, so he didn't interfere or try to sabotage him.
Now that the stick had been suppressed, Jia Zhangshi immediately spoke up;
"Alright, Dongxu, your grandson already knows, so just say less."
As she spoke, Jia Zhangshi touched the head of the stick.
Jia Dongxu didn't say anything, but simply picked up his chopsticks again and started eating.
Madam Jia spoke again at this moment;
"It's also the fault of the meat cook. Why did he have to cook meat? Even if he did cook meat, he didn't know to close the door, letting the smell spread."
Isn't this just deliberately tempting people?
Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu, who was standing to the side, had a strange look flash in her eyes;
She was also a little curious: who was making the meat?
The aroma is so wonderful; this is clearly not something an ordinary housewife could make.
When it comes to cooking skills within the courtyard, the most outstanding person is undoubtedly Sha Zhu, who lives across the street.
Given Sha Zhu's personality, if he were really going to make something explicit, he would have made it public knowledge long ago.
Moreover, she didn't see Sha Zhu go out to buy meat.
Therefore, the person who makes the meat definitely isn't Sha Zhu.
For some reason, a figure suddenly flashed through Qin Huairu's mind;
He was a young man, not very old, with indifferent eyes;
It was Li Qin who had moved out of the courtyard house before, but suddenly moved back today and is now living in the west wing of the backyard.
Could it be him?
Qin Huairu had some doubts in her heart.
Although there was no evidence, she had a hunch that the person who made the meat was most likely Li Qin.
If Qin Huai was just guessing, then Yan Bugui in the front yard must have been sure that Li Qin made it as soon as he smelled the aroma of the rabbit meat.
Yan Bugui was quite surprised at this moment;
He hadn't expected Li Qin to have such culinary skills; the aroma was even better than Sha Zhu's cooking.
Although aroma cannot fully represent the taste of food, it is clear that Li Qin's cooking skills are excellent.
They are even more likely to be better than an idiot.
Immediately afterward, Yan Bugui's heart was filled with regret.
"I've suffered a loss. If I had known Li Qin had such culinary skills, I shouldn't have let him go so easily just now. Otherwise, I could have had a good meal."
Yan Bugui felt he had missed out on 100 million yuan.
Seeing his appearance, the three aunts and Yan Jiecheng immediately asked him why.
Yan Bugui felt that such a thing would be too embarrassing for him as a master strategist, so he didn't want to go into details.
He had no choice but to make up an excuse to fool everyone.
The Yan family members naturally understood Yan Bugui's character, and they could tell immediately that he wasn't telling the truth.
However, Yan Bugui didn't want to talk about it, and there was nothing they could do.