The Soul Reborn

17. Assisting

Today it seems that Zhu Haimei is unlikely to go to the city, as it should help Brother Huang to prepare food. He felt he had to repay the kindness of Brother Huang who last time also came to his house to help him cook.

After finishing cleaning, Zhu Haimei took a short rest. After seeing the clock showing at four o'clock, he rushed to Kak Huang's house with a watermelon.

When Brother Huang knew that Zhu Haimei was coming, he greeted him warmly. "Oh, you just come I'm happy. Why bother with watermelon?" Qiang Qiang who heard his mother say watermelon, immediately ran over to the mother. "Mom, I want to eat watermelon." Brother Huang who heard it immediately patted his son's head. "Hey, why are you so disrespectful, call aunty."

"Auntie!" Call Qiang Qiang out loud.

Zhu Haimei was shocked when he heard the call, but he liked it.

As soon as he entered Brother Huang's house, he saw that there were two tables that were put together and surrounded by ten folding chairs. It seems that Brother Huang invited more people than the time to eat together at Zhu Haimei's house. In addition, there was also a small table with four folding chairs placed beside the table.

Zhu Haimei then started rolling up his sleeves and went into the kitchen. In one corner of the kitchen there are green vegetables, potatoes, eggplants, long beans, cucumbers, chili, and bok choy. All of these vegetables are grown in Kak Huang's own vegetable field. Although the amount is small, but there are still dried foods, ear mushrooms, shitake mushrooms and white ear mushrooms. As for the meat dish there is bacon and chicken meat.

Since Wu Tianlei's hometown is in northeastern China, it's no wonder that there is plenty of dry food in his home.

"Sister, how about I wash and cut the vegetables and you become the main chef today?" Said Brother Huang while laughing.

Zhu Haimei replied, "Well, why not? How many people came today? I saw there were about ten folding chairs. Is the food enough?"

Brother Huang laughed at hearing that. If you talk about the number of people who will come, his family has enough pride. Wh why? Because her husband had a good relationship with people, so his guests would fill the two tables. They would all definitely come if they did not have a sudden event.

Brother Huang then answered Zhu Haimei's question with a slightly puzzling answer, "The last time I ate at your house, it was the best moment of my life since coming here." Zhu Haimei suddenly understood what he meant. They were gathered here not just to eat, so he did not have to worry about the portion of food.

Zhu Haimei then immediately shifted the topic of conversation. "Does Brother Huang have flour?"

"Have it, the flour and the oil I brought from my hometown, so please use it at will." Answer Brother Huang.

Not long after, there was someone knocking on the door of Brother Huang's house. Brother Huang immediately went to open the door. He was surprised to see who was coming. "Eh, Chunlan, you've come yes, let's hurry in."

Zhu Haimei who was in the kitchen then peeked out. "Oh!" Exclaims. He knew that woman. He made her cry, she was not a brave person. And sure enough, Chunlan who was Lin Haisheng's wife immediately shrieked upon seeing Zhu Haimei.

Brother Huang then immediately pulled Chunlan's hand to let him in. "Listen, are we pregnant?"

Chunlan lowered her head and replied in embarrassment. "Yes, it's been three months."

"Come here, today you don't do anything. Here is already me and Captain Shen's wife." Brother Huang said.

Zhu Haimei walked up to them. "Right, I used to be the bad one, don't put it in the heart huh. Today I'm going to cook the food, just think of it to make up for my old mistakes."

It seems Chunlan is a person who has a warm personality, not like Kak Huang who is deft and neat, or Zhong Yan who is very smart in establishing social relationships. This made Zhu Haimei have a good prejudice against him.

While Chunlan accompanied Qiang Qiang to play outside, Zhu Haimei and Kak Huang were busy cooking in the kitchen. First, they cook one pan of tudoudunji (chicken potatoes soy sauce seasoning), then cook fenzhengmuer (a dish made of eggs and ear mushrooms). After that, Brother Huang soaked a lot of ear mushrooms and steamed them. Then he took out the beans and fried them and served them on two large plates. Now he is busy mixing shitake mushrooms with sugar, then serving them in the basin.

Shortly after, there was a woman who came with a three-year-old little girl. This time, Zhu Haimei did not know him very well. Brother Huang also introduced him. "This is Guizhi, wife of Vice Company Commander Li Fu An. When I came here, he was back in his hometown with his son. Now he's back here again." Guizhi wanted to get into the kitchen and help them, but they did not need his help. In addition, he also brought his son.

The whistle at the training ground was heard, not long after they heard the sound of a group of people rising up. Those people were really strong, even the sound of their footsteps could be heard from the fifth floor.

Wu Tianlei first walked into the house. "My wife, it smells good." Once he reached the kitchen and saw Zhu Haimei cooking, he became embarrassed. "Haimei, you're the cook." Then Brother Huang came and said, With my cooking skills, how could that table possibly be filled with cooking? This is all thanks to Haimei's help."

"Then, you don't get too tired, Haimei." Said Brother Wu.

Zhu Haimei answered quickly. "I won't be exhausted." Actually cooking in the kitchen in hot weather like this is a torture. Not to mention they use fire to bake to make the air in the kitchen becomes very hot. But the last time there was a meal at his house, Brother Huang also helped. Therefore, Zhu Haimei must still help in return for Brother Huang's kindness. He then calmly served fenzhengmuer in the basin, then added some ingredients.

The guests arrived one by one and Shen Dongyuan came right at the time when Zhu Haimei was taking out tudoudunji. Upon seeing Zhu Haimei wearing an apron, Shen Dongyuan frowned. "You cook?" Zhu Haimei replied. "Yes, I'll go cook first." Then Zhu Haimei returned to the kitchen.

On a small table, there was a watermelon fruit that had been cut and one of the pieces had already been bitten by someone. If you look around, it's a child's bite. Shen Dongyuan then took out a piece of watermelon that was still intact and brought it to the kitchen. "It's too hot in here, eat it."

Zhu Haimei was too happy when he received Shen Dongyuan's gift just now, so he wanted to prance in joy, but then he came to his senses and tried to remain calm. 'Is that how happy you are, Zhu Haimei?' Thought Zhu Haimei. He then received the watermelon with a smile. "Thank you."

After handing over the watermelon, Shen Dongyuan did not immediately leave the kitchen, he asked about the cooking that was in the pot. Then the feeling of pleasure that had succeeded in Zhu Haimei pendam also appeared again. In the end, he told Shen Dongyuan to immediately come out of the kitchen.

People were coming more and more, but Zhu Haimei remained unmoved from inside the kitchen. Then he heard a woman's voice. "Oh, there's a lot of this, I'm not late, am I?" He perfectly recognized the voice, it was Zhong Yan's voice.

"Sister Huang, your cooking ability is getting better and better, I can smell your cooking from inside my house." Zhong Yan said. Hearing that, Zhu Haimei smiled bitterly. Zhong Yan is truly a sycophant.

Brother Huang then answered him with a small laugh. "Don't you think it was Captain Shen's wife who helped me cook all this." This time, he did not hear Zhong Yan's voice but someone else's voice, "Tasting Captain Shen's wife is now well known throughout this military area. Today it turns out we have good luck to be able to eat it. But the luckiest one is of course Captain Shen, isn't it Captain Shen?"

"Of course." Captain Shen replied proudly. And upon hearing that, Zhu Haimei cursed inwardly.

Zhu Haimei then heard Zhong Yan again speak up. "It turned out that Captain Shen's wife had become so kind that people praised her. I'm going to the kitchen to see if I can help. It's not good to just wait for food like this."

But Brother Huang quickly pulled him. "Don't, Teacher Zhong. You are a teacher. In the kitchen there is also me and Haimei, you just sit here to accompany Chunlan and Guizhi."

Zhong Yan took advantage of that to return to his seat.

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