Transmigrated as My Aunt in the 70s
Chapter 111 - 105 Hospitality

Chapter 111: 105 Hospitality

Tian Sisi grabbed a basket and picked some green vegetables before heading to the He Family. On the way there, when no one was around, she took out fish, meat, tofu skin, and glass noodles from the shopping basket and slipped them into her basket, covered with green vegetables. When she entered the courtyard, He Xuewen saw his daughter with her basket and smiled subtly, knowing Ah Nan must have brought quite a few vegetables from the blessed land.

"Daddy, Uncle Yang, Uncle Niu, Uncle Wang, I’ll let you taste my cooking tonight, guaranteed to be delicious." Tian Sisi boasted before she even started cooking.

"Ah Nan, you can’t show off in front of Uncle Niu. Your Uncle Niu is a famous chef, who’s worked in big restaurants," He Xuewen chuckled reminding his daughter not to overstate her skills.

Flushed with embarrassment, Tian Sisi realized she was indeed playing the master in front of Lu Ban. Seeing the young girl embarrassed, Niu Sanxian laughed heartily, "Ah Nan, don’t listen to your dad. I’m just a cook in a small town diner, far from a great chef."

A small town diner? Wasn’t that the place where she often bought meat buns? Turning out that this plump chef was the cook from there, no wonder he looked familiar. Now that she took a closer look, didn’t he resemble that chubby waiter? They must be father and daughter, both displaying a ’blessed’ physique.

Tian Sisi took out a plate of sunflower seeds and peanuts from the basket and placed it on the stone table in the courtyard, letting them slowly peel and eat while she went to cook in the kitchen. Inside, Chengsi had already cleaned up the snails, eels, and loaches, neatly arranging them on the stove. Tian Sisi took out the vegetables from the basket and handed them to Chengsi to wash while she went to the backyard to cut more vegetables.

Seeing Tian Sisi leave, Yang Wenbin chuckled to He Xuewen, "Xuewen, your Ah Nan looks so delicate, can she actually cook? It’s no problem if it’s not tasty, but let’s hope we don’t end up in the hospital tomorrow."

Yang Wenbin truly didn’t believe such a princess-like Tian Sisi could cook, looking like she’s never had to do a day’s labour. He wondered what kind of family took in Xuewen’s daughter, raising such a delicate treasure in a mountain village, and this little girl’s demeanor even surpassed those young ladies in Beijing!

He Xuewen wasn’t pleased and huffed, "Then don’t eat later. I was just being modest earlier—my daughter’s cooking skills are actually quite good."

Yang Wenbin just smiled and didn’t tease He Xuewen anymore, who was now completely a doting father of his daughter, intolerant of any slight against her.

Perhaps stimulated by He Xuewen’s words, Tian Sisi outdid herself that evening. The dishes she cooked were fragrant and delicious, the aromas wafting into the courtyard, enticing Yang Wenbin and the others to sniff the air, especially Master Wang, who had loaded a truck that afternoon and digested his midday meal. The scent of meat made his stomach growl.

"Mr. He, your daughter does have great culinary skills, and if nurtured properly, could even become a female chef someday."

Niu Sanxian was actually just jesting. In his view, women were only suited for cooking homely dishes. For becoming a head chef in a restaurant, that role still belonged to men.

However, He Xuewen’s reaction irritated Niu Sanxian. He Xuewen disdainfully glanced at Niu Sanxian’s stout figure, thinking about the delicate and soft Ah Nan growing into a burly physique, navigating through a smoky kitchen tossing pots around, as startling as seeing a delicate flower transforming into a large tree, and decisively shook his head.

He Chengsi really suffered in the kitchen, Sisi’s cooking skills are getting better and better, and it’s so hard for him to only watch and not eat!

Tian Sisi finished cooking the last dish, stir-fried green vegetables with tofu skin, shook her somewhat sore hand, and together with He Chengsi, they served the dishes that were hot in the pots one by one. Considering they were going to drink, Tian Sisi cooked over ten dishes, including double-cooked pork with leek and dried tofu, braised crucian carp, peanuts, spicy snails, dry-fried loaches, spicy eel slices, fried tofu, shredded pork with garlic sauce, green vegetables with tofu skin, hot and sour vermicelli soup, and stir-fried orchid with dried tofu, filling up the living room’s round table.

"Not bad, Ah Nan’s skills are really good, these dishes look delicious."

Yang Wenbin was quite surprised, he didn’t expect Tian Sisi to actually have such good culinary skills. Not to mention the taste, just the appearance and aroma of these dishes were already drool-worthy.

"Come on, let’s eat. Today, let’s drink to our heart’s content, Ah Nan, bring some more liquor." He Xuewen called the guests to be seated.

Tian Sisi pretended to retrieve alcohol from the storage room but actually took out a ten-kilo jar of liquor from the Space, poured it into a jug, and filled it up for Yang Wenbin and the others. Niu Sanxian and Master Wang sniffed the liquor in the cup like dogs and simultaneously exclaimed, "Good liquor!"

Tian Sisi secretly chuckled, birds of a feather flock together indeed. Daddy is a liquor fairy, and his friends are all addicts. These few drank really fast. He Xuewen, feeling sorry for his daughter’s efforts in pouring the drinks, asked Tian Sisi to bring out three more jugs, filled them with liquor, and placed one in front of each person for everyone to freely drink and enjoy.

Master Wang particularly loved the double-cooked pork. He picked piece after piece, eating with great pleasure. Double-cooked pork is a Sichuan dish. Niu Sanxian excels in cooking Hangzhou cuisine and couldn’t cook this Sichuan dish, but he liked it a lot. Tian Sisi’s double-cooked pork was slightly modified – not adding too much chili and Sichuan peppercorn, making it more acceptable for the Sui City people, at least those who were present all liked it very much.

"Ah Nan’s cooking is really good. Why do I feel that your dishes have a bit of Sichuan and Hunan cuisine flavor? They don’t seem like local dishes. Where did you learn to cook them, Ah Nan?" Niu Sanxian, being a chef, immediately recognized that Tian Sisi’s dishes evolved from Sichuan and Hunan cuisines.

Tian Sisi had already prepared her excuse, "I heard Daddy talk about it before. He has been to many places and has eaten many different dishes. He often talks about those dishes with me, and I figured them out on my own. Uncle Niu, do my dishes taste good?"

"Tasty, tasty. Your Uncle Niu didn’t have such skills at your age."

Niu Sanxian didn’t think too much, nor did he find it strange that a little girl could reproduce the dishes with 60-70% accuracy just from someone’s descriptions. After all, everyone has their talents, perhaps Tian Sisi is just talented in cooking!

Everyone enjoyed the meal thoroughly, not only finishing the ten kilos of liquor but also cleaning out the dishes on the table. On average, each person drank about two kilos of liquor, with He Xuewen and Master Wang drinking the most. However, both were quite sober, showing no signs of drunkenness on their faces. In contrast, Yang Wenbin and Niu Sanxian had flushed faces and were nearly drunk.

"He... Mr. He, your...this liquor...is really...really good! To...tomorrow you...must sell...sell me a few...few dozens kilos." Niu Sanxian slurred his words pleadingly to He Xuewen for more liquor.

"Sure, tomorrow I’ll definitely bring good liquor to Mr. Niu." He Xuewen cajoled Niu Sanxian like comforting a child, and helped him to the guest room, while Master Wang took care of Yang Wenbin.

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