Eight Fresh Soup

Chapter 4 Women's Party (1)
Du Xiaomei's villa is a small European-style building, two stories high, and the exterior walls are painted creamy yellow.

As soon as Moran pushed open the small gate of the courtyard, she heard someone calling her name loudly.

"Molan!"

With a burst of cheerful screams, Du Xiaomei, who was wearing a white sarong, came down from the steps of the villa with a smile on her face, rushed to her in three steps at a time, and gave her a warm hug.

"Honey! Why did you arrive so late, and you are the last one!" Du Xiaomei laughed.

"You can't blame me, you know how inconvenient the traffic is." Moran said with a smile.She saw Dai Rou smiling at her leaning against the exquisite black iron floor-to-ceiling windows.

"Hi!" She greeted Dai Rou.

"Hi!" Dai Rou asked, "Why are you here so early?"

Knowing that he was mocking himself, Moran gave her a blank look.

At this time, Jiang Rongxi's voice came from the ear.

"Molan! Why are you here so late? We thought you weren't coming."

Then, Jiang Rongxi could not help but pull her into the room.

Moran and Jiang Rongxi, who are majoring in finance at university, have always hit it off very well.Not only do they share similar tastes—both love to cook—but Jiang Rongxi has been Moran’s personal financial advisor since the two met.Whenever Moran encounters financial problems, he will ask Jiang Rongxi for advice immediately, and no matter how idiotic Moran's questions are, Jiang Rongxi will patiently answer them one by one.

They also have a lot in common when it comes to dressing. Neither of them like too much color, miniskirts, navel-baring outfits, or heavy makeup.Moreover, Moran thinks that Jiang Rongxi always knows how to wear cheap clothes for a good price. In fact, as long as she stops there, you will naturally be attracted by her elegant and quiet temperament. Moran thinks, The so-called Huizhi Lanxin probably refers to women like Jiang Rongxi.

When Liao Yongli was a young chef, he fell in love with Jiang Rongxi at first sight when he participated in their culinary club activities for the first time. Unfortunately, at that time Rongxi was already famous, so he had to give up.Now Liao Yongli is Du Xiaomei's husband, Moran thought, this is probably the reason why Du Xiaomei has deliberately alienated them from these few years.

Compared to Jiang Rongxi, Du Xiaomei is indeed slightly inferior.Not to mention that five points have been lost in appearance, other aspects are also very different.The 27-year-old Jiang Rongxi used to be a senior auditor of a well-known overseas company. He earned a lot of money. He often traveled between Europe and North America. He even drove a small white Toyota. Du Xiaomei, who was 2 years younger than her, became a Housewives hardly have anything else to do except watch TV and go to beauty parlors every day, let alone a career.

However, Du Xiaomei also has her advantages. Her father is the boss of a large private pharmaceutical company. Anyone who has anything to do with medical care can make a fortune these days, let alone pharmaceuticals. It is not an exaggeration to be a wealthy daughter.

Originally, Jiang Rongxi was the most outstanding one among them, but things got tricky.A year ago, she was found to be suffering from chronic nephritis. Unfortunately, when she got sick, the company was changing the contract for another year. Because of this, she lost her job and is currently recuperating at home.Although she herself was surprisingly calm about such a fate, every time Moran saw Rong Xi, who was plump and pleasant, was getting thinner and thinner, she felt very sad in her heart.

Fate is so unfair.she thinks.

After entering the house, according to the usual practice, you have to admire the furnishings in the house. Everything here reflects Du Xiao's beautiful and ostentatious character.Although Moran felt that the resplendent decoration was tacky, and that the overly luxurious decoration was not suitable for this small villa with an area of ​​only more than 300 square meters, she still admired enviously: "The house is so beautiful!"

"It was more beautiful when it was just renovated, but it's a bit old now." Du Xiaomei smiled and handed Moran a glass of orange juice.

"It cost at least 25 yuan." Jiang Rongxi said.

"Probably more than that. The most important thing is that it took a lot of effort to purchase the equipment. Take the toilet in the bathroom on the first floor as an example. I bought it from Germany. The quality is so good that even a hot water bottle can be flushed down. There is also the toilet in the bathroom. The shower, I also bought from Germany, has a thermostat, hot water can be used at any time, and I’m not afraid of freezing. Ah, as for the kitchen stove, I ordered it to be made in Japan, which is very easy to use.” Du Xiaomei said lightly Said in a tone.

"It's like a palace." A soft voice came from the side, and Mo Lan immediately turned around, and it turned out to be Zhao Yanshu.

Zhao Yanshu is the most beautiful among them, but also the most cowardly and timid.It stands to reason that pretty girls are usually very popular with boys, but Zhao Yanshu is not. Her lack of self-confidence and independent personality conceal her beauty, making her look uncompetitive among the same sex.As far as Moran knew, she had been in love three times when she was in college, and all three times ended with the other party moving on. Because of this, Zhao Yanshu cried in front of her countless times.

"Yan Shu, long time no see!" Mo Lan walked towards her affectionately, and couldn't help but look at the dress on her body.Mo Lan knew it, and Mo Lan also had one similar to this one, but the price and brand were quite different. When she bought it, Zhao Yanshu went to buy a counterfeit one within a few days. Lan Zeng was very annoyed by this, but there was nothing she could do about it, because she knew that Zhao Yanshu just had no idea and liked to imitate others.

"Mo Lan, you are still the same. You are still so young." Zhao Yanshu said.

"You too." Moran glanced at a small ruby ​​wedding ring on her ring finger, thinking how she and her husband have been doing all these years.

"This house is really beautiful." Zhao Yanshu admired sincerely.

"Xiaomei is rich, so of course she needs to decorate it well." Mo Lan said while glancing at Jiang Rongxi, and the two smiled knowingly.

"You seem to have gained weight recently, Yan Shu." Jiang Rongxi looked at Zhao Yanshu seriously.

"Really? No." Zhao Yanshu touched her face worriedly.

"Don't listen to her! You are still the same! You are beautiful and slim!" Seeing Zhao Yanshu's frightened look, Mo Lan couldn't help pushing Jiang Rongxi, Jiang Rongxi smiled, and Mo Lan and Zhao Yanshu couldn't help laughing together .

But Du Xiaomei didn't smile, and Moran found her standing behind the sofa, thinking.

"Since everyone is here, let's have dinner." Du Xiaomei said suddenly.

Speaking of dinner, Moran just ate a bowl of instant noodles at home at noon today, and her stomach was already growling with hunger, so she immediately agreed.

"Okay, Mei, I'm waiting for your big meal!" she said.

"Isn't it eight fresh soup? I'm salivating too!" Jiang Rongxi blinked at Mo Lan, and Mo Lan understood that Jiang Rongxi also took it as a joke.

"Yeah, I cooked a big pot!" Du Xiaomei walked ahead and led the way, and turned around with a secret smile, "Come with me, the restaurant is behind."

Moran followed Jiang Rongxi on her arm. At this moment, she suddenly thought that Dai Rou seemed to have run into the garden to make a phone call, so she turned her head to call her, but saw Dai Rou staring at the French windows with a gloomy face, with a gloomy expression in her eyes. Full of viciousness and hatred, she had never seen Dai Rou's face like this before, so she couldn't help being shocked.

"Do you still remember the story of Baxian Soup?" Du Xiaomei asked in a soft and delicate voice while serving soup for each friend.

"Of course I remember." Jiang Rongxi said.

"It's terrible. Zhang Suping seems to be a very good-tempered person. I've never seen her quarrel with others. Even if people talk about her, she just laughs it off. I didn't expect that she would do such a thing." .” Zhao Yanshu frowned as she stared at Tang in front of her.

"She also helped me prepare meals in the cafeteria." Moran said, but she threw away those meals without touching them, because just by the color, she knew they were tasteless, and Zhang Suping didn't know that she never ate them. garlic.

"I've only met her twice, and she looks pretty nice." Jiang Rongxi carefully wiped the dinner plate in front of her with a paper towel, and the wide-brimmed silver ring on her middle finger made her hands look whiter and slender.

"Sometimes, I also admire her for being able to do things so thoroughly." Du Xiaomei finally filled a bowl for herself, and then sat down Shi Shiran.

"Why not?" Dai Rou stuffed a stick of radish into her mouth and chewed, "That's how you should treat a heartless person! Otherwise, men always think that women are easy to bully."

"However, she seems to have killed the wrong person." Jiang Rongxi gently put down the dinner plate, "It was the heartless man she really should have killed, not the girl. In fact, Zhang Suping was also a victim."

"I agree." Mo Lan moved his chopsticks and put a piece of boiled chicken in his mouth, the taste was just enough.

Moran thought that her and Jiang Rongxi's point of view would get a positive response immediately, but to her surprise, after she finished speaking, there was no sound at the dinner table.She regretted being involved in this discussion about cheating men. She is a living example now, and she is really afraid that if she is not careful, she will become a talking point at the dinner table.So she interrupted: "Hey, this fried chicken tastes good."

It's a pity that no one paid attention to her.

"I think sometimes rivals in love are more hateful." Zhao Yanshu said softly.

"That's right." Dai Rou firmly agreed.

"Yeah, if I encounter a similar situation, maybe I will do the same." Du Xiaomei said sweetly.

Moran glanced at Du Xiaomei with great interest.

"Could you not cook your husband's rival in love into eight fresh soup to entertain us?" Jiang Rongxi stared at the soup bowl in front of him and asked with a half-smile.

"It may be that if someone becomes my rival in love, I might really do it!" Du Xiaomei smiled sweetly, while scooping up a sip of soup into her cherry lips, savoring it carefully, and then she seemed to enjoy it He exclaimed in admiration, "The taste of mushroom chicken soup is really first-class."

"Mushroom Chicken Soup? Isn't it Eight Fresh Soup?" Zhao Yanshu asked stupidly.

Moran didn't bother to talk. She knew that the so-called eight fresh soup was just a gimmick.

"Grass chicken, mushrooms, fungus, shiitake mushrooms, Coprinus comatus, ham, potatoes, onion, ginger and other ingredients, there are more than eight delicacies." Du Xiaomei answered solemnly, wringing her fingers.

"It turns out it's Ba Xian, you really know how to bluff people!" Jiang Rongxi picked up a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks and put them on the dinner plate in front of her. Moran knew that she was basically a vegetarian now.

"Sorry, dear, I didn't scare you." Du Xiaomei stuck out her tongue at Jiang Rongxi.

"You should ask Yan Shu about that." Jiang Rongxi replied with a smile.

Zhao Yanshu blushed and denied, "How can I have it?"

"Xiaomei, what good news do you want to announce to us?" Dai Rou asked suddenly.

"Yes, you said you have something to announce to us." Zhao Yanshu echoed.

Du Xiaomei looked around at the four girlfriends present.

"I'm pregnant," she said with overwhelming excitement.

The whole place fell silent for a moment.

"Great, Xiaomei, congratulations!" Moran congratulated Du Xiaomei first. She was not sure whether this child would make Liao Yongli happy, but Du Xiaomei was obviously very happy about it.

"Are you pregnant?" Dai Rou was full of disbelief.

"It's really good news." Jiang Rongxi smiled gently.

"How many months?" Zhao Yanshu seemed a little at a loss, and finally asked.

"Three months, so it's not obvious yet." Du Xiaomei's face was brimming with happiness.

"It may take a while for the stomach to appear." Jiang Rongxi said with a smile, "Congratulations, Xiaomei."

"I'll get bored in the future, so what's the point of congratulations." Du Xiaomei frowned and complained insincerely, "Sometimes I really envy you, Rong Xi, how chic it is to be a DINK, and don't care about anything, but I Well, I’m afraid to think about it.” Jiang Rongxi married her boyfriend who had been in love for many years as soon as she graduated from university, but she hadn’t had children in the past few years because she was busy with work.

"Yeah, I really admire your courage. The thought of having a baby makes my head grow bigger." Jiang Rongxi said lightly.

"But, do you really like children? I remember you swore at that time that you would never have children in order to keep your figure." Dai Rou's words were a bit unpleasant, but Du Xiaomei didn't care.

"For love, I can sacrifice anything." She raised her head slightly, as if issuing a declaration.

"So the flamboyant Liao Yongli is really nice to you." Dai Rou spoke aggressively, and Moran couldn't help kicking her under the table. She really didn't understand why Dai Rou was so aggressive today. She wasn't like that before. In this way, she at least knows how to be polite on the scene.

"Of course, after he found out that I was pregnant, he was so happy and crazy." Du Xiaomei responded to Dai Rou's question with triumph.

"Then congratulations." Dai Rou said dryly after being reminded by Moran.

"Hey, I have too many things to do now. Yong Li has ordered a maternity magazine for me for a whole year, and also found an old professor in the Maternal and Child Health Hospital for me. I heard that she is very skilled in medicine, but I haven’t decided yet whether to give birth in the Mainland. I really want to go to Hong Kong or Canada to give birth. You know my cousin is in Canada. The conditions there may be better, but there are also problems when giving birth abroad. Most of them will advocate that you have a normal delivery, but I'm really scared, I haven't decided whether to have a natural birth or a caesarean section, and if I have a caesarean section, it may leave scars, but Yong Li said that it doesn't matter, even if I have a thousand scars on my body, he will still love me. But, I Haven't figured it out yet."

"I also have an appointment with a designer to come to my house next week. I want him to design the most beautiful nursery for my baby, but I have to have a spectrum in my mind first. I have to order a crib and baby products from Europe. , I don’t know which brand is the best, oh, there are too many things to consider, I really wish I had three heads..." Du Xiaomei complained repeatedly.

Moran felt that this was a typical Du Xiaomei language style, with more enthusiasm than sincerity. In fact, everyone present knew that she was showing off how happy her life was at the moment.To be honest, Moran was really jealous of her.

"A thousand scars?" Dai Rou showed an expression of disbelief.

"Yes, these are his exact words." Du Xiaomei shrugged.

"He can really talk." Dai Rou said angrily.

"He has already chosen a name for the child. He said it doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's my child, he will like it. You don't know, when he first heard that I was pregnant, he was so happy that it was like I won the lottery of 500 million. That night, he specially ordered a candlelight dinner for the two of us in a French restaurant. Before the meal, he gave me a large bouquet of red roses, and there was a small gold-plated card inside the flowers, which said 'To Mother of my child', oh my god, I didn't know before, he would be so caring, and of course he ordered the most expensive red wine..."

"Isn't it true that pregnant women can't drink alcohol?" Dai Rou immediately pointed out.

"Of course I didn't drink it. The smell of that wine made people intoxicated." Du Xiaomei pushed away a pinch of Liuhai hanging from her forehead, and the large diamond ring on her finger gleamed, "You may not believe that that night, He asked me to wear maternity clothes for him to take pictures, and he was still lying on my belly talking to the baby, I was almost annoyed by him. Now every night, he has to touch my belly to sleep, man Is it so easy to have a child? I really don't know what new tricks he will come up with in a few months, I am almost annoyed by him..."

"Are you okay, Yanshu?" Jiang Rongxi suddenly interrupted Du Xiaomei's endless talk, Mo Lan and the other two turned their heads at the same time, and found that Zhao Yanshu's face was pale, her hands were trembling, and her expression was painful.

"What's wrong?" Moran touched her shoulder.

(End of this chapter)