Chapter 5: Tanaka's First Trip

  The two sisters had just left the house for a short while when they saw Jihui. Jihui hurried over, her face still showing the sweat of rushing to get there on time.

  "How did you get out? Are you hungry? Come on, big sister will go back and cook for you right away." After finishing speaking, she wanted to hurry back home. She walked a few steps before realizing that no one was following behind her, the two little ones still looking at her with ill intentions.

  "What's wrong, why aren't you leaving? Father and mother are still waiting in the field." The smallest girl called out in her clear voice, "Big sister, didn't you see that my third sister and I have baskets on our hands? We've already prepared lunch, this is the result of our hard work for a whole morning! Sister, let's hurry to the field. I'm so hungry!"

  "Did you two cook the meal? Is it edible? Don't tell me you've made something that's not even food, your second brother won't tolerate it." After finishing speaking, she lifted up the white cloth on the basket and took a look. "Is this what you two cooked?" Xi Jue asked with a surprised expression. "Yes, I did," San Jie said proudly, puffing out her small chest. "Me too, me too!" Xiangxiang imitated San Jie's pose, also sticking out her own small chest. She didn't feel anything herself, but in other people's eyes, she was wearing a coarse white linen shirt with a green jacket on top, two buns on the side of her head with two silk ribbons hanging down, and big round eyes that sparkled with excitement as she eagerly sought praise. Wasn't she just like a genuine little frog?

  Seeing the two sisters laughing and having fun, Xi Mei also realized that something was amiss. She hummed, as a true lady, how could she be jumping around on the road? It's unbecoming.

  Cut it out, you're still so young and inexperienced, I reckon in other people's eyes, you're just a little kid who plays with mud. Hey, look at this girl, isn't she silly?

  "Alright, alright, I know you two have had a hard time. Can we leave now?" Jihui asked with a specially made humble expression.

  "Alright, I agree. Let's continue walking down the road." The little girl gave a delicate wave of her small hand to direct them. Xi Ju took over the water jug from her and said "You..." with a tone full of affection.

  When the three sisters arrived at the ground, they found that several people were already resting under the walnut tree on the ground. Seeing them coming together was quite strange. Zhao asked, "How did you come back so quickly? Is the meal ready?" "Mom, when I went back, our two little heroes had already cooked the meal. We just ate what's available." Xi Juan said. "They made it? Can we still eat it?" Xi Mei joked straightforwardly without giving face.

  "Ah, whether it's delicious or not, just try it and you'll know. Dad's two beloved daughters, no matter what they make, it's definitely the most delicious." "Hey, look at this doting father. You haven't even eaten yet and you're already praising them to the skies, aren't you afraid that after eating your two daughters' cooking, you'll have diarrhea and won't be able to get out of bed?"

  "Right, right, eat quickly and let your brother taste the craftsmanship of my sister." "Brother, what kind of craftsmanship can they have? I don't need to taste it to know that it's definitely not delicious." Okay, another basin of cold water has been poured on.

  "Everyone, don't guess anymore. I think it looks pretty good. It should be fine, right?" The tone became more and more uncertain. Seeing everyone's lukewarm reaction, Xi Mei thought to herself, "Hmph, don't believe me? Just wait, I'll make sure you're all shocked in a bit."

  "Dad, you don't believe me. I'm going to be heartbroken." She looked at Chen Tianfa with a pretend crying face. Sure enough, seeing her like this, Chen Tianfa quickly coaxed her. "Of course, I believe my dear. Don't cry, don't cry." "Okay, then you eat first." Her little finger pointed at him as if giving orders to her father.

  "Okay, I'll eat first." Chen Tianfa could only force himself to take a bite of the unknown substance in front of him. With the attitude that no matter how bad it tastes, he had to try it, he took a mouthful and unexpectedly found it to be an indescribable flavor. It was like meat but not pork, with a bit of freshness and an inexplicable taste. He had never eaten such delicious meat in his life.

  The action of picking up dishes quickly accelerated. Everyone was shocked by his performance, and they thought Chen Tianfa would spit it out after eating a mouthful, after all, who had ever seen the things in the bowl?

  But Chen Tianfa's expression didn't seem like it was bad, so I tried a bite with an attitude of trying, and unexpectedly the taste was unbelievably good. Although the dish said it was made by Xihe, but the "head chef" didn't even take a bite in actual operation, seeing everyone giving face she also took a bite. Unexpectedly, it tasted better than her mother's cooking. It seems that she has a talent for cooking after all. Haha, someone fell into imagination.

  "Xihe, what are you thinking about? Hurry up and eat, or it'll be finished soon." Zhao interrupted Xihe's daydream. "Got it, Mother, I'm eating right away." Watching everyone taking turns to eat, Ximei was also very excited.

  "Hey, it's about time you asked! What is this meat, I've never had it before? Where did you get it?" This stupid woman only thinks of asking after everyone has finished eating.

  "Yes, yes. What's going on, Third Sister? Let's just follow this from now on." Second Brother Ruihao added from the side.

  "This is made from the freshwater clam meat that little sister picked up from the river. This morning, little sister woke up and said she wanted to eat meat, so we're going to eat this..."

  "What? You say this is river clam meat?" "Yes, that's what we brought back yesterday."

  "Isn't river clam meat supposed to be rough and smelly? How can it taste so good?" "Mom, how could I possibly get this wrong? It really is river clam meat. Don't believe me? Ask little sister, she saw the whole thing from start to finish."

  "Is that so? Then how is this done? There are so many clams in the river, we won't have to worry about meat for our meals from now on." Zhao said excitedly.

  "Sister, San Jie is just like you when it comes to cooking fish. Whatever seasonings we have at home, we just put them in. Isn't that how everyone cooks?"

  Zhao thought for a moment and estimated that it was probably the same, usually when the two children saw her cooking they would follow suit, otherwise how could they be so successful the first time they cooked. Probably just a coincidence. Thinking of this, Zhao said to them "When we get back you can tell me in detail again, next time we want to eat meat we'll make it."

  "Mom, let's do it every day from now on. This is especially delicious. I want to eat meat every day." Ruihao, who was choking on chili oil, added with a hiss, making everyone burst out laughing again.

  Xi Mei saw that she had fooled them and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Just now, it was almost exposed, if Zhao Shi and the others knew this was her masterpiece, her vest would not be preserved. Fortunately, there was still a little three sister in front to help her cover up.

  A family was chatting and laughing, which naturally attracted the attention of many people, including Zhou Dazhuang, the son of Li Zheng. He is 14 years old this year, although he is not big in age, but has many bad habits. The village girls nearby have been harmed by him, but they have to swallow their anger because his father is Li Zheng. Today, he just came back from the town's casino and saw Chen Jia's eldest sister on the road. Originally wanted to go up and chat, did not expect another two little girls followed them all the way here, it turned out that this was the daughter of poor ghost Chen Tianfa. Heaven didn't give face today, forget it. Wait for him to go home and rest well, next time he will ask Chen Jia's mother to take Chen Jia's daughter as a maid. Hmph, when she comes to his house, isn't she still at his mercy? Finally, he glanced at Xikui and went home. At this time, other members of the Chen family did not know that such a person existed.