Border Cook

"Okay, I'll write it quickly." Xia Mingyue agreed with a smile.

Because of the laughter and chat just now, Xia Mingyue's sleepiness was much relieved. She felt awake and after perking herself up a little, she clenched the pen in her hand.

He wrote all the remaining words stroke by stroke, and asked Jiang Zhuguo to help write them again to make sure that Xia Mingyue had indeed written down all the words. Then the two of them washed up and rested.

The next day, Xia Mingyue rushed to the small canteen of the county school in the early morning light.

At this time, Niu and others were rolling noodles, frying eggs, cutting cabbage, and frying tofu slices according to Xia Mingyue's instructions last night.

Xia Mingyue tied on an apron and started to get busy.

Wash and drain fresh autumn chives, cut into small pieces, fry them in a pan over low heat until the chive pieces become browned and shriveled, then scoop them out with a strainer.

Let the oil cool down a bit, pour in the sauce made by mixing soy sauce and sugar, stir thoroughly, simmer for a while, then pour into a bowl, let it cool thoroughly and set aside.

Put the rolled and thinly cut noodles into a pot and cook them. Add a little oil and salt while cooking to prevent the noodles from sticking together. Take them out and scoop a spoonful of thick scallion oil on them, stir evenly, sprinkle some fresh chopped scallions on them, and then add a fried egg with both sides golden on top, and then it is ready to serve.

The noodles are rich in flavor and full of onion aroma. The fried eggs are crispy on the surface and tender on the inside. The combination of the two complements each other.

In order to avoid the taste irritation caused by the mixture of scallion oil noodles and eggs, Xia Mingyue specially used finely chopped cabbage and fried and then shredded dried tofu as side dishes. It tastes crisp and refreshing, and is appetizing.

With a bowl of hot noodle soup, this breakfast in the morning can be said to be a comfortable and refreshing one.

A group of students felt that the scallion oil noodles were really delicious, and they were even more surprised and delighted when they saw that the person helping to mix the noodles was not someone else, but Xia Mingyue.

"No wonder the food in the canteen has been so delicious these past two days. It turns out the new cook is Madam Xia!"

"Then we are really going to have a great time these days."

It’s simply the beginning of the best life!
"Madam Xia, can we order food later?"

"Yesterday's twice-cooked pork tasted very good. Can you make it again for lunch today?"

"I prefer yesterday's Luoyang cabbage..."

The students were talking to Xia Mingyue happily, and someone reminded them, "Shh, keep your voice down..."

As he said this, he pointed his mouth towards that side.

All the students shut up immediately.

It was definitely a coincidence that we invited Madam Xia to cook in the canteen, but we must never let the headmaster and Master Dai know Madam Xia's true strength.

Otherwise, your wonderful life may come to an abrupt end...

This must never be allowed to happen!
Everyone exchanged glances, then nodded to each other. They no longer chatted and joked with Xia Mingyue, but just nodded and smiled at her as a greeting.

Xia Mingyue understood what the students were thinking, she smiled, and continued to be busy serving noodles and scooping scallion oil for the students.

Here, Zhou Zhiqing and a group of teachers were still having dinner together.

The noodles were chewy and had a rich flavor. Zhou Zhiqing enjoyed the meal so much that he couldn't help but squint his eyes.

The other teachers also couldn't stop eating.

Dai Changnian was the same, but after entering the small canteen, he frowned slightly and said nothing until he finished his bowl of noodles and drank a small bowl of noodle soup, then left on his own.

Didn't even say hello.

This is obviously not in line with the style of Mr. Dai, who is usually very particular about etiquette.

"Master Dai, are you okay?" A master said with some concern, "I've felt something strange since yesterday."

"Yeah." Shen Yongan nodded, "I'll go take a look later." "I'll go with you." Zhou Zhiqing was also a little worried about this.

Xia Mingyue was originally invited to capture Dai Changnian's appetite and sort out his thoughts. If Dai Changnian gets stuck in a dead end...

Zhou Zhiqing was thinking about this matter, so after hurriedly finishing his delicious scallion oil noodles, he went to Dai Changnian's residence with Shen Yongan.

The door was ajar, and through the gap, one could clearly see Dai Changnian sitting at his desk with dull eyes and a dejected face.

Zhou Zhiqing and Shen Yongan, who had never seen such a situation before, were both shocked and very worried. They pushed the door open and walked in.

"Master Dave, are you okay?"

"President Zhou, Master Shen." Dai Changnian raised his eyes and smiled bitterly, "I seem to be sick."

"Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Zhou Zhiqing hurried over to Dai Changnian and touched his forehead. "Fortunately, you don't have a fever."

"It's not that I'm sick." Dai Changnian explained in a muffled voice, "It's here, here and here."

As he spoke, he pointed to the stomach, heart, and head respectively.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Zhiqing and Shen Yongan were both a little confused.

Dai Changnian sighed before saying, "I think the food cooked by the new cook in the canteen is very delicious. It's more delicious than anything I've ever thought before."

I thought it was something...

It’s normal that Madam Xia’s cooking is delicious.

But Dai Changnian took it seriously now, was it because they pretended that the food was not tasty yesterday, so he began to doubt himself?

"To be honest, Master Dai, we also think the food is delicious." Zhou Zhiqing touched his nose and explained embarrassedly, "It's just that I was embarrassed to praise it yesterday, so I said it's not as good as what Chef Wei made."

"That's right." Shen Yongan nodded, "Master Dai's taste is fine, so we shouldn't worry about it."

Dai Changnian shook his head. "That's not the point. The point is, I want to eat some more."

Zhou Zhiqing, "..."

Shen Yongan, "..."

I thought something big was happening again!
"Then I'll ask the kitchen to make some more for Master Dai?" Zhou Zhiqing said, "What does Master Dai want to eat, Luoyang cabbage, radish meatballs, or twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts?"

"Or is it the scallion oil noodles and cabbage with fried tofu shreds that we had this morning?" Shen Yongan also said, "No matter what Master Dai wants to eat, the canteen can make it. It's not difficult."

"But I'm not a person who likes to indulge in food. Now I'm in this state. What a shame..." Dai Changnian gritted his teeth.

The tone was dejected, even a little choked.

At the end, there was even more anger.

It's really annoying.

He is a teacher, a scholar, who only cares about teaching and educating people, and urging those saplings to grow into towering trees and become the pillars of the country.

He boasted that this was his only pursuit and he never cared much about other things. He could be said to have no desires or demands.

But now, his stomach was upset, his heart was panicking, and his mind was not clear...

He actually began to think about food all the time, and even walked around the canteen several times in the morning just to think about eating early. (End of this chapter)