Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

Lou Xiaoe swore.

She had never tasted soup like this before.

She was a worldly-wise woman, and had drunk quite a bit of soup, both thick and light.

But the one in front of her was definitely a delicacy she had never tasted before.

When you take a sip, you will first smell a strong aroma in your mouth. This aroma is the purest kind, and you want to have a little bit of it in your mouth. The soup wanders in your mouth, and you feel like you are in a summer forest. When you feel a little stuffy, a breeze comes at the right time. It feels like you can enjoy the passion of summer without having to endure the scorching sun.

Comfortable and transparent.

Once it enters your mouth and stomach, a warm feeling rises up uncontrollably, making you feel fascinated.

The difference is that Lou Xiao'e tasted it first.

Xu Damao first opened the wine and poured a glass for Cao Wei and himself.

"Come on, let's have a drink first. To be honest, I've been craving this drink for a long time. Today, I have to have a good drink."

"Okay, have a drink with Brother Damao."

Hearing this, Lou Xiao'e's heart skipped a beat again.

Wine doesn't really go well with soup. Generally speaking, people drink a bowl of hot soup before eating. From a scientific point of view, it can fill their stomachs. From a chef's point of view, the smell of wine is not easy to dissipate, so don't ruin the taste of the soup. In any case, as a chef, Cao Wei should have reminded him, but he accepted it.

Not caring at all.

He smiled at Lou Xiaoe and winked.

Oh no! It's coming for me!

This sentence popped up in Lou Xiaoe's mind for the second time.

A little angry, and a little irritated.

"Hiss~Ha!" Xu Damao tilted his head back and took a big sip. Then his facial features suddenly contracted and then relaxed. He couldn't bear to let go of the aroma of the wine in his mouth. After a while, he exclaimed softly and said, "Good wine!"

I don’t know about other things, but Xu Damao knew whether the wine was good or not. His dissatisfaction just now disappeared in an instant.

With a smile on his face, he gave Cao Wei a thumbs up and said, "Brother, this is it. This wine is really amazing."

"I'm glad that Brother Damao likes it. Come, come, try my cooking." Cao Wei happily served Xu Damao a bowl.

Xu Damao picked up a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth. With a light sip, the chicken was cut in his mouth, like a mother's hand, smoothing out the impact of the wine. His tightly furrowed brows couldn't help but relax a little. Then, a strong aroma burst out at this moment. The rich aroma of mushrooms and the fat of chicken kept teasing his taste buds.

"Good...delicious!" Xu Damao said vaguely.

Just then, a swallowing sound was heard outside the door.

A few people seemed to sense something and turned around to look.

I saw Banggeng and Xiaodang standing at the door, staring at the steaming chicken soup and swallowing their saliva. Banggeng was fine, but Xiaodang's saliva was already flowing out. He put his fingers in his mouth and sucked hard.

Xu Damao frowned again: "Go, go, go home and eat."

Banggeng and Xiaodang didn't move. They just stared at him, not saying a word or moving.

Xu Damao was a little annoyed and wanted to stand up and drive them away. At this time, Lou Xiao'e said, "Hey, the children want to eat, let them eat a little."

Ignoring Xu Damao's anger, he took another bowl and a pair of chopsticks and filled a bowl.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't take too much." Xu Damao wanted to get angry when he saw Lou Xiao'e like this, but because Cao Wei was here, he couldn't say much and just gave her a reminder.

Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes at him, took the two children and went to the side room.

After the child left, Xu Damao felt a little annoyed and poured himself another glass: "Come on, drink."

"Brother Damao, whose children are these two? Why are they so unruly?" Cao Wei clinked glasses with him and asked casually.

[Positive emotions +300]

Xu Damao slapped his thigh and said, "You are breaking the rules, aren't you? You didn't come earlier or later, but you came at dinner time. A widow's family is a widow's family. There are no rules at all."

My goodness, I was busy with this and that, and I made a chicken and made it delicious, but you didn't have any positive emotions at all. Now I say give you 300? You, Xu Damao, are really amazing.

Cao Wei secretly complained.

"The widow, the one in the middle courtyard?"

"Hehe, when I mention widow you think of the one in the central courtyard. Are you attracted to her?" Xu Damao raised his eyebrows with an indescribable look of vulgarity.

"Brother Damao, don't talk nonsense. Why would I fall in love with a widow? But it's true that she is pretty."

Xu Damao looked at Cao Wei in confusion.

"how?"

"Nothing much, the stupid cook in the middle courtyard just fell in love with her."

"He Yuzhu?"

"Why call him He Yuzhu? Call him Shazhu! I'm telling you..."

Whenever Xu Damao talks about Sha Zhu, he starts to complain endlessly.

"Okay, go ahead. There's no more. Don't look at me like that." Lou Xiao'e took back the bowl and chopsticks in her hand, ignoring Banggeng's pitiful appearance. She knew that if she went back to get another bowl, it would be unreasonable.

Seeing that there was no chance left, Banggeng cleverly said "Thank you Aunt Lou" and ran away with his sister.

When Lou Xiao'e returned, Xu Damao was loudly complaining about Sha Zhu.

Seeing Lou Xiao'e coming back, Xu Damao said unhappily, "If it were you, I shouldn't have given it to that ungrateful little bastard. They have so many tricks."

"Say less, the child is hungry, and their family is having a hard time too."

"If it's easy for their family, it's easy for our family too!" Xu Damao slammed the table with a "bang", and the sound became louder and louder.

"Okay, okay, Brother Damao, your sister-in-law is kind-hearted. Good deeds will be rewarded. More children, more blessings. More children, more blessings." Cao Wei hurried out to act as a peacemaker.

Look at this bastard, how bad he is. All the words of comfort he gets are “more children, more blessings”.

"Haha, more children, more blessings." Xu Damao chuckled and poured himself another glass of wine: "Come, drink."

Lou Xiao'e's face also looked bad. She sat down, glared at Cao Wei fiercely, picked up the bowl, and began to eat silently. After taking a bite, her brows relaxed. Then she remembered Cao Wei's words and glared at him fiercely again. Her cute appearance almost made Cao Wei laugh out loud.

"Pfft..." I couldn't help it in the end. This fierce and ferocious look was so beautiful.

"What's wrong?" Xu Damao raised his head in confusion.

"It's okay, I choked. I drank too quickly. To be honest, I haven't eaten chicken for a long time. Nowadays, it's not enough to have good cooking skills, you also have to be like Brother Damao and have the ability to get such a good pheasant." Cao Wei talked nonsense without blushing or beating his heart.

[Positive emotions +350]

It's you indeed! Xu Damao!