Chapter 21(1/2)
Yan Meng ran to the kitchen to look around. The program team was well prepared, with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. The refrigerator was filled with various ingredients, enough for them to eat for a few days first.
She rubbed her hands secretly. The program team found out that it was a conscience, and it was rare to be stingy once.
I was happy for a second, and I swept the corner of my eyes to a post-it note on the refrigerator door: All ingredients are provided in advance, please pay the program team according to the price after eating. The following long strip clearly states the quantity and cost of each ingredient.
Haha—Ha, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, you're invincible.
Because it was the first meal for the babies to come to their house, Yan Meng planned to make a meal for everyone and was not ruthless with the ingredients. Anyway, there was always a way to make money after using it.
Yan Meng cut and washed in the kitchen, picked out a big fat fish from under the refrigerator and started cutting the fish fillets. Not long after, Lu Yiran walked in and said, "I'll make it with you."
It is true that Lu Yiran looks tough and handsome, but through these few hours, Yan Meng has found that he is actually a big boy who has not grown up, and is no different from a young man like Xiao He, who has just grown up, which makes people wonder if he can cook.
She asked, "Can you cook?"
Lu Yiran looked confident: "Of course, my best dish is fried eggs with tomatoes."
Yan Meng: Well... OK, the children seem to like to eat fried eggs with tomatoes.
The two of them were working their own way in the kitchen. After more than ten minutes, they saw Lu Yiran bringing a bowl of black things in front of him. After smelling it carefully, there was a burnt smell.
Yan Meng: "This is..."
Lu Yiran's face did not change: "Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, but I seem to have put more soy sauce."
Yan Meng looked into the bowl with no words, brother, are you sure you just put too much? I thought you poured half a bottle of soy sauce in.
Lu Yiran picked up a chopstick: "Do you want to try it?"
Yan Meng's head was shaking like a rattle.
Lu Yiran brought the dishes to the restaurant, sank the dantian, and shouted: "Children can wash their hands and prepare for dinner!"
A few children ran over with their short legs. King and Tongtong ran the fastest, climbed onto the table in three or two, took a look, and then went downstairs with disgust on their faces.
Xiao King: "I'm not very hungry either."
Tongtong: "I'll go and see if there is any pickled vegetables in the refrigerator."
Lu Yiran couldn't even catch the two slippery boys, so he had to put all his expectations on Xixi and Xiao Yueliang who were late.
"Xixi, do you want to taste the eggs that your brother stir-fried?"
Xixi glanced at it, turned around and hugged Chi Chen's thighs: "What my mother said is right, and now there are no cookies. How should I live!"
Lu Yiran:...
What did you make wrong with scrambled eggs with tomatoes?
Chi Chen rubbed Xixi's hair and said, "Xixi doesn't cry, my sister's food hasn't come out yet."
A scent of fragrance floated out of the kitchen, and several children sniffed, touched their stomachs and shouted: "Sister Lemon, when can I start eating?"
Six dishes and one soup were served quickly. The children had already sat at the dining table and waited with saliva, and they started to cook rice together.
Yan Meng made two portions of boiled fish, one with original flavor and spicy food, and the other with no chili for the children.
She pushed the fish in front of Chi Chen without revealing her traces, and Xiao He on the opposite side was unhappy: "Sister Lemon, if you let me go, I can't even get it!"
"Your arms are so long, just stretch them a little longer." Yan Meng didn't even look at him, lowered her head and took her food, and looked at Chi Chen from time to time.
Chi Chen picked up a piece of fish and put it in the mouth. Yan Meng poked the rice in the bowl and waited nervously for his evaluation.
Chi Chen looked at her, nodded and smiled: "It's delicious." Then he picked up a few more chopsticks.
"Then I'll make it for you every day in the future...you can eat it!" Yan Meng suddenly felt happy, feeling that she could eat two bowls of rice today.
The dishes on the plate were quickly swept away. Lu Yiran kept recommending his scrambled eggs with black tomatoes, but the children ignored him and touched his round belly and climbed off the table with satisfaction.
After eating and drinking, Xiao He took the initiative to take charge of the important task of washing dishes. The other three took their babies upstairs to clean up the room they wanted to live in. Yan Meng took the girls to sleep on the third floor, and the second floor was the dormitory for four boys.
Xixi and Xiao Yueliang slept with bunk beds, and the room was arranged like a princess room. The two girls liked it very much and jumped on the bed.
After packing up the room, I took them to the bathroom to take a shower. After everything was done, it was getting late. Xixi and Xiao Yueliang climbed into the bed without coaxing her, and they fell asleep soon.
Yan Meng returned to his room and made the bed. He was about to take his pajamas to take a shower when his cell phone rang and Chi Chen sent a WeChat message.
——We're done, do you need help upstairs?
Yan Meng replied: No, Xixi and Yueliang are already asleep.
Chi Chen: OK, let’s have a break soon.
Yan Meng: Yes, so are you, good night.
Chi Chen: Good night.
Yan Meng held her cell phone and smirked for a long time. She went out her pajamas in the box and took a hot shower. When she was not sleepy, she took out a bag of potato chips and scribble while eating.
After writing the whole chapter, I looked at the time again. It was already early in the morning. She closed the computer and was about to go to bed. I was still a little worried when I thought about it. I walked to the next door and took a look at Xixi and Yueliang.
The door next door was half-closed. Yan Meng turned on the light, and the little moon on the upper bunk was lying obediently in the quilt, while the lower bunk was empty, and the quilt was lifted open, and Xixi disappeared.
She quickly went to the bathroom to look for it, but no one was seen. She panicked and immediately went downstairs.
On the second floor, Chi Chen's door was open, and there was still light inside. Yan Meng walked over and saw Xixi sitting next to Chi Chen's bed with a story book: "Brother, Xixi can't sleep, tell me a story."
Chi Chen was not asleep yet, so he put down his cell phone and sat up. He asked in a dim voice: "What story do Xixi want to hear?"
Xixi handed over the story book: "Everything is OK."
Chi Chen opened the story book, picked a story and read it softly, and gently patted Xixi's back to coax her to sleep while reading it.
Yan Meng: This little goblin, I! Why! This! So sour!
She gently buckled the door twice: "Xixi, why did you run down?"
Xixi looked up at her: "I suddenly woke up and wanted to hear the story."
Yan Meng smiled: "You suddenly disappear like this, my sister will be worried, and if you want to hear the story, my sister can tell you."
Xixi drooped her little head: "But I saw you playing on the computer just now."
“…”
Yan Meng walked in and stretched out her hand: "Be good, let's go up, sister tell you a story. Brother is tired, so let's not disturb him."
Xixi immediately looked at Chi Chen pitifully.
Chi Chen picked the corner of his lower lip: "It's okay, I'm not asleep yet. I'll tell her this story, and you can take her up again."
Yan Meng had no choice but to nod and agreed, sat on the carpet, waiting by the bed with her chin on her back.
Chi Chen's storytelling voice is low, magnetic and gentle, making people fall into trouble as they listen.
After a story was told, Xixi was not asleep yet, Chi Chen continued to tell her the second one.
Yan Meng sat on the side, her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, her head tilted, and she fell asleep.
Chi Chen closed the story book, and Xixi was already asleep beside him. He lifted the quilt and carefully picked her up and sent her upstairs.
After resettling Xixi, he turned back to look at Yan Meng who was sleeping soundly beside the bed, put his hands into his pants pockets, and hesitated whether to wake her up.
He leaned against the table and glanced at her. She changed into her pajamas, her loose long T-T revealed her white and slender thighs, and thin fabric was attached to her back, markings of dark shoulder straps.
Chi Chen withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and his eyelashes drooped slightly, paused for a few seconds, bent down and slapped her shoulder.
"Yan Meng?"
"Well..." Yan Meng sat up in a daze, rubbed her eyes and looked at him.
"Xixi is asleep. I have already carried her up. You can go back and rest."
Yan Meng nodded, stood up staggeringly and walked out: "I'm sorry, I'm disturbing you so late."
Chi Chen helped her: "It's okay."
He took her to the door and watched her walk up the stairs. Yan Meng turned around at the corner and shook her hand: "Good night." His ears turned red and he ran upstairs.
Chi Chen held the door handle and heard the sound of the door closing coming from the upper floor. He laughed softly: "Good night."
Chi Chen didn't have the habit of sleeping in. The biological clock automatically woke up when it was time. He got up, washed up and looked at the children's room. They were still asleep and went out for a morning jog with confidence.
After the morning run, he asked the camera: "Do you know there is a place for breakfast nearby?"
The camera pointed to an intersection: "It seems there is one on that street."
He whispered thank you and ran in the direction the camera pointed.
After buying breakfast, Tongtong and Xiao King got up, and as soon as they saw him, they ran over.
Xiao King: "Brother Chi Chen, you are back. You can save us quickly."
Chi Chen squatted down: "What's wrong?"
Tongtong pointed to the kitchen and lay in his ear and whispered: "Brother Yiran said he wanted to make breakfast for us, but I saw that he had fried 9 eggs."
Chi Chen smiled, patted his shoulder, and placed the breakfast on the table: "Brother, come back with breakfast, you can eat first."
"Yeah! It's Shengjian!" Two boys climbed onto the dining table, and each of them grabbed one.
Chi Chen walked into the kitchen, and white smoke filled the room inside. Lu Yi burned the eggs and forgot to turn on the range hood.
"Yiran? What are you doing?"
To be continued...