Rebirth in the 60s: A Path to Counterattack-Chapter 328. Filial piety is the best flavor enhancer
Although the cooking skills of the two sisters are nothing compared to their dad, they are a big fat zero.
It’s like the difference between an apprentice and a master chef. They aren’t even worthy of carrying his shoes.
But they have boundless filial piety!
That should make up for all the deficiencies in their cooking skills, right?
After all, that’s how it plays out on TV.
Clearly, the female lead’s dishes are salty, bitter, and obviously burnt, but the male lead can still eat them with full enjoyment as if it’s some supreme delicacy.
Following this logic, the dishes cooked by the two sisters with full filial piety might just cover up their poor cooking skills in gold. They could even win their mother’s favor more than the carefully prepared dishes by their father!
What’s more gratifying and proud for a mother than having grown-up daughters at home?
With such feelings in mind, Xinzhi and Xinyue started busying themselves with selecting, washing, and cutting vegetables.
While Lian Xi held them accountable for lighting the fire, fetching things, and taking out the trash.
The three siblings worked together in concert, and after quite a busy while, they managed to make two dishes and a soup.
The dishes were stir-fried green beans with meat and a newly learned recipe from a cookbook, fish-flavored pork. The sisters agreed that since their mom had been eating and vomiting a lot recently, some meat would be good to nourish her body.
The soup was made with some seaweed that Lianshan had just bought from the city, and three eggs were added, making a particularly fresh and nutritious seaweed and egg drop soup.
Xinzhi carried the soup, Xinyue carried the fish-flavored pork, and Lian Xi carried the remaining dish of stir-fried green beans with meat.
The three siblings entered the house together, proudly presenting the dishes they had worked together on.
Honestly, although their filial piety was commendable, since Xinzhi and Xinyue rarely appeared in the kitchen, their cooking skills couldn’t even be described as rusty.
They could just about scramble an egg or cook instant noodles!
No matter how meticulous they were, the soy sauce in the stir-fried green beans with meat was a bit too much, and the vibrant color of the green beans was nowhere to be seen.
The fish-flavored pork didn’t have that issue.
But those pork strips were as thick as a pinky finger, weren’t they?
The seaweed and egg drop soup was alright, just that the egg pieces were a bit large.
This...
It might look fine, but what about the taste?
Chenchen hesitated a bit, fearing that the sisters had made it too salty or bland, undercooked or overdone, and their mother would be too tender-hearted to say anything.
Just like those silly male leads on TV, where the female lead’s cooking is practically poisonous, yet out of sentiment or love, they willingly act as guinea pigs, seemingly without regret even if they get a stomachache.
Mother’s love for her children is definitely deeper and more real than that illusory romance.
To prevent their pregnant mother from being attacked by his sisters’ potentially experimental cooking, Chenchen felt it was necessary to try it first.
After all, with his strong and sturdy physique, he could take it; just consider it testing for poison for mom!
With this in mind, Chenchen picked up his chopsticks with a smiling face: "Oh my, my baby sister and little sister actually made two dishes and a soup! Impressive, impressive. Let your brother taste it first. My stomach is still empty!"
Having starved all afternoon, he was just thinking of enjoying a big meal when mom threw up so vigorously. With their worry and anxiety, this dinner was naturally delayed indefinitely.
So, really, he was quite hungry by now.
But his pondering look followed by a brave determination didn’t escape Xinzhi’s eyes, and she irritably blocked his chopsticks: "If second brother was hungry, why didn’t you say so? Didn’t dad work hard to prepare a whole table of food? With a balanced mix of meat and vegetables, it’s all there for you to eat as much as you like.
As for these two dishes and a soup that the three of us siblings made, there’s no need for you to bother.
We are well aware of mom’s special period and have been especially cautious.
Afraid of being too salty, bland, undercooked, or burned and spoiling mom’s appetite, the three of us tried it several times before serving.
It’s genuinely reliable; there’s no need for you to test for poison!"
Xinzhi gritted her teeth, emphasizing the words "test for poison."
Seeing Chenchen’s eyes flicker, a little guilty, Xinzhi knew she had hit the nail on the head.
Her little face grew even more serious, and that little mouth became like a machine gun, ready to fire off at any moment.
Seeing that the son and daughter were about to argue over their respective concerns for her as a mother, Shuzhen quickly interjected with a laugh: "Oh, stir-fried green beans with meat, fish-flavored pork, and seaweed and egg drop soup. My eldest and second daughter do have some knack; on their first serious attempt at cooking, they managed to make these look decent. Really good, I must taste them.
Later, I’ll boast about it to your second aunt. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Don’t think that just their family’s Jiajia is a great cook, our Xinzhi and Xinyue are also capable of both household and kitchen tasks at a young age!"
As she said this, Shuzhen picked up two green beans with her chopsticks.
"Hmm, the taste isn’t bad. It’s just that too much soy sauce was added. Next time, add a little less; green beans look cuter when they’re a bit greener. Before the meat goes into the pot, remember to mix it with some cornstarch; this way, the cooked meat or pork strips will be more tender and smooth!" After taking a bite of green beans, she also tried two pieces of meat, and smiled as she commented.
Seeing her swallow down a chopstick of green beans without dashing towards the bathroom as usual,
instead, she seemed at ease, commenting as she ate.
This really made the boys happy, and the clever little Xinqing quickly scooped a bowl of rice over: "Mom, mom, just trying the dishes without rice will make you thirsty, have some rice with it, and keep guiding big sister and second sister as you eat!"
Having come to their senses, Xinzhi and Xinyue nodded repeatedly, looking at Shuzhen with full eagerness to learn.
Being diligent and inquisitive is a good thing, and Shuzhen has always been supportive.
Her daughters having good cooking skills could only be beneficial, and since they were keen to learn, as a mother, she had to cooperate actively!
So she talked while eating, giving detailed improvement advice on the two dishes and one soup one by one.
Unnoticeably, the bowl of rice in her hand was also quietly finished.
In the collective gaze of the twelve eyes of their father and the five siblings, an oblivious Shuzhen realized what had happened only then, and looking at the empty bowl, she was pleasantly surprised: "Wow, I actually ate a whole bowl of rice without feeling even a bit of nausea or the urge to vomit. Haha, today I really owe it to my eldest and youngest daughters!"
She recalled how during her last life, while pregnant with their youngest son, she vomited from beginning to end, expecting to experience that hardship all over again this time.
Suddenly having a nausea-free full meal was truly a rare and precious thing for Shuzhen.
"As long as you can eat, it’s good, as long as you can eat, it’s good! Xinzhi, Xinyue, since your picky little brother approves of your cooking, from now on, could you two sisters work a bit harder, alright?" Lianshan said with full delight, looking at Shuzhen with no signs of nausea, and then lovingly entrusted the sisters with this important task.
Of course, to spare his wife from suffering, he wouldn’t accept anything other than a positive response.
