Chapter 46 – Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cooking

“Father and son have no sense of decency!”

In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaoru hangs up the phone call he just received from Lao Shen with a confused look on his face.

Tonight the four of us are having dinner together and she has bought a lot of food for herself and Asaba Rika has also bought a lot of food.

Asaba Rika, who was just about to roll under the covers in the living room in embarrassment, felt much more at home in the kitchen.

The point is that Shen Yu’s mother is very nice to talk to and she loves to talk to Zhang Xiaoru.

“Auntie, is this much garlic enough?”

Asaba Rika volunteered to help peel a lot of garlic and his fingers were red with spice.

“That’s enough is enough.”

Zhang Xiaoru rushed over to take the bowl of garlic and asked Rika to wash her hands, otherwise she would feel bad if her pretty little hands got as rough as hers.

“Auntie will teach you, you don’t need to peel the garlic, just put it on the chopping board and pat it with a knife, the skin will fall off as soon as you take it.”

“So… ……”

Asaba Rika feels that he has learned.

But Zhang Xiaoru told her, “But when you need garlic for cooking, ask Shen Yu to peel it and put it in the fridge in a plastic bag, it won’t go bad.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t make it so easy for him, just waiting for dinner like a grandpa.”

Zhang Xiaoru doesn’t know his son well, he knows with his buttocks that Asaba Rika must be the one who does all the cooking and dishwashing.

“It’s fine, it’s fine, I’m not tired.”

“Then don’t spoil him either, or he’ll get more and more out of line.”

Asaba Rika could only nod, feeling that Shen Yu’s mother is also quite amazing ……

The menu for dinner has been decided, four dishes and one soup, pork bone and corn soup, braised pig’s feet, steamed sea bass, cola chicken wings and stir-fried baby bok choy, very typical Chinese cuisine.

“Auntie, can I learn to cook from you?”

Asaba Rika looked at Zhang Xiaoru with anticipation, watching the Chinese housewife handle the ingredients with such dexterity that she felt as if Shen Yu’s mother was performing kung fu, her eyes wide with admiration.

The pig’s trotters were so big that they were chopped off with a clatter, and the sea bass was beautifully reshaped and finely and evenly chopped with shredded ginger, spring onion and red pepper.

The point is that Zhang Xiaoru was talking to her while she was working, doing such delicate work as if she could do it with her eyes closed.

Asaba Rika was amazed that if she were to handle the ingredients, she would not have been able to finish them in half an hour, but Shen Yu’s mother had them ready in less than 10 minutes.

“Of course you can.”

Zhang Xiaoru laughed: “You must not have eaten braised pig’s feet in Japan, this is my aunt’s speciality, Shen Yu likes it the most and I make it for him every time he comes.”

So Shen Yu likes braised pig’s feet ……

Asaba Rika secretly made a note to ask him what he liked to eat when he was shopping at the supermarket before, and he said whatever he wanted, when he clearly had something he liked very much ……

Shen Yu is really not what he says he is.

Asaba Rika is determined to learn this dish well, so he is naturally more committed to it.

Zhang Xiaoru Blanch the chopped pig’s feet first and set aside.

“This step, ah, is to remove the blood and sloppy smell from the pig’s feet, and I’ll teach you to fry the sugar colour.”

“Mmmmmm!”

Asaba Rika is ten times more talented than Shen Yu when it comes to cooking, and Zhang Xiaoru makes it easy to teach him.

“Put oil …… put icing sugar …… to use low heat, stir like this, you see, it slowly turns red in colour …… ”

“Think pot to!”

“What pot?”

“Eh? Ohhhh, that means so good! Auntie you’re so good!”

Zhang Xiaoru has heard many compliments from people, but from their expressions, one can always see the compliment or the polite look on their faces.

In a flash, Zhang Xiaoru felt a bit smug, after decades of cooking, someone finally knew what they were doing!

“Haha, that’s nothing, well, just fry it until it’s this colour, it’s going to get mushy.”

“Uh-huh! I remember that!”

Zhang Xiaoru also brought over the blanched pig’s feet: “Now put the pig’s feet in, stir-fry on the colour, you see …… colour up it, put star anise, cinnamon, incense leaves, ginger, vinegar …… ”

Asaba Rika was so serious about learning, her little nose sniffed and sniffed and she said with delight, “It smells so good! I can already smell it very, very strongly!”

“Not yet, the pig’s feet need to be stewed to be tasty, that meat, it melts at the first bite, it looks fatty but not greasy at all, let’s give it a press in the pressure cooker.”

Zhang Xiaoru pours the pig’s trotters into the prepared pressure cooker, presses them for a few minutes, then pours them out into a casserole dish and simmers them for 20 minutes.

“It smells so good!!!”

Asaba Rika is a crave.

Zhang Xiaoru brought a bowl and served her a pig’s trotters first: “Come on, daughter, try it.”

Asaba Rika was a bit torn: “I haven’t eaten yet, would it be rude of me to do so aunty ……”

“Who dares say you are rude, this is my special permission, those who are busy in the kitchen have the privilege of eating first, look at those two gents, let them starve.”

“Then, then I’ll eat it.”

Asaba Rika took the bowl, picked up the chopsticks and couldn’t wait to pick open the meat of the pig’s feet, which was already cooked very well, and the fragrance emitted.

“So delicious!”

“Eat more if it’s good, and when you learn, make it for Auntie next time.”

“Mmmmmm! And I want to make it for Dad and Mum, they haven’t had it either ……”

I can’t help but think of my father and mother in Japan, the time there is an hour faster than here, they should be eating ……

So I took out my phone, took a picture and sent it to my mother, telling her that the next time I came home, I would cook a lot of new dishes for her to try.

“Tell your aunt honestly, are you getting used to living here?”

Zhang Xiaoru, who is also a mother, was touched by the thought of Shen Yu going abroad, which would have been a great worry for her.

Shen Yu had mentioned many times before that he would like to study abroad, but she and Shen had turned him down, unable to let him go.

Asaba Rika lowered her head and ate her pig’s trotters while saying.

“I’m still a little bit uncomfortable with it …… because I’m not too familiar with it, but I like it here, and then Shen Yu and everyone is very, very nice to me …… I’m trying to get used to it, I’m still worried that I I bought a lot of food today, I downloaded the cooking software, I have to learn little by little ……”

“Have you ever gone anywhere else to hang out besides going to school? Sunan Lots of fun places to go.”

Asaba Rika shook his head, “I’m a pretty dumb person, I can’t always remember my way around, so when I get familiar with the place, I can go and play on my own.”

“Ask Shen Yu to take you, won’t he? Is this how the brat takes care of you? Leaving you at home to cook for him? Wait for me to teach him a lesson ……”

Asaba Rika hurriedly pulled Zhang Xiaoru back and explained, “No, no, no! Shen Yu is very nice to me! I know he’s actually a very gentle person, he’s not like me, he’s a person with a goal and has serious things to do, my things are too small ……”

“What’s the point of looking at a couple of broken computers all day long, with such a beautiful girl standing in front of him, still acting like a stone monkey!”

The more Zhang Xiaoru thought about it, the angrier he became, and he went downstairs with a spatula to beat someone up.