Chapter Fourteen: The Legend of Chili Face

  Zhang Yue walked out to interrupt the argument between the two brothers and said to Chen Zhi Gang: "Let's discuss something? I'll cook for you, and tonight, honestly let your parents sign for you, don't make me wait. Is that okay?"

  "Can you cook?"

  "Will it work?!"

  Chen Zhigang looked at his crying brother, then looked at Zhang Yue and thought for a moment before saying: "Alright."

  Zhang Yue turned her head into the kitchen, sat on the stove to boil water and prepare to cook noodles. At the same time, she washed out the vegetables, cleaned and chopped the scallions, at this time the water was boiling, Zhang Yue put the noodles in, and when it was about to roll over, she threw the vegetables directly into the pot. At the same time, on another stove, there was a wok, she poured oil into it and heated it up, then added a few Sichuan peppercorns and slowly fried them over low heat. At this time, the noodles were already cooked, Zhang Yue put the vegetable noodles in two large bowls, facing her brother in the outer room, shouting: "Clear the table!"

  Then in the bowl with good noodles, put salt, a little soy sauce, a little vinegar, suddenly saw that there was also a bottle of chili pepper next to it, and pinched some into one of the bowls. Finally, add scallions, remove the peppercorns from the wok, and pour hot oil over the noodles. With a "sizzling" sound, a wave of fragrance wafted up.

  "Smells so good! Can you make liangpi?" Chen Zhigang and his brother squeezed into the kitchen.

  Zhang Yue helped Chen Zhigang carry out the noodles and put them on the table. She looked at him: "Is your family from Shaanxi?"

  "How did you know?"

  "Your family's chili noodles are from Shaanxi, aren't they? They're so fragrant!"

  After putting the bowl away, Zhang Yue looked at her watch and saw that it was almost six o'clock. She quickly grabbed her school bag and shouted to Chen Zhi Gang: "Don't forget what you promised me!" After finishing speaking, she turned around and hurried downstairs to go home.

  The next day, Zhang Yue was waiting at the classroom door early in the morning for Chen Zhi Gang. After meeting, he grabbed his school bag without saying a word, took out the test paper, saw the signature on it, and let out a long sigh of relief.

  Chen Zhigang and others finished their work, picked up their schoolbags, looked at Zhang Yue with disdain, and muttered: "Don't believe people!"

  Um, okay, Zhang Yue rubbed her nose and followed him in.

  "Here!" As soon as she entered the door, Chen Zhigang handed her a can of food.

  "What?"

  "My mom said thank you for cooking for us and asked me to bring you the chili sauce."

  "Oh? That's really embarrassing, no need, no need."

  Chen Zhigang stuffed the bottle into Zhang Yue's hand and turned to leave. "Take it if you want, throw it away if you don't."

  "Uh, help me thank Auntie!" Zhang Yue looked at the jar in her hand and hurriedly shouted. That night, Zhang Yue took the chili powder back home and gave it to Grandma. Grandma asked what was going on, so Zhang Yue told her the whole story from start to finish.

  "Grandma found it very strange: 'You can cook noodles? And also liangpi? You've never even eaten them, how can you make them?'"

  Dizzy, Zhang Yue forgot this matter completely. Because her husband in the previous life was from Shaanxi, although Zhang Yue is a southerner, she also made delicious noodles, especially Shaanxi flavor. But how to say this?

  "Oh, don't we have a cookbook at home? I was just flipping through it for fun."

  "Do we have a recipe for noodles at home? How come I don't know about it? When did you find it and let me take a look too?"

  Where can I find this thing? Zhang Yue randomly responded while turning her head and leaving the kitchen. Grandma followed out and shouted from behind: "Don't take advantage of others, see what's suitable, and return a gift to them!"

  "What's the point of saying anything, with Chen Zhi Gang's arrogant attitude, whatever I say he'll just throw it back at me. Besides, we're classmates, what's the point of being so calculating and manipulative?" Zhang Yue muttered to herself as she entered the room.

  "Sister, what did you say?" Zhang Qing looked at her sister and asked.

  "What's wrong with you? It's already this late and you haven't done your homework yet?"

  "Sister, you're so annoying, extremely annoying! Do you know that? Mom's not home, why are you acting like a housekeeper? You're even more overbearing than mom!"

  Zhang Yue kicked her sister's butt and said, "I told you, when mom is not at home, you listen to me. You'd better behave yourself and don't be too optimistic, or else you're asking for a beating!"

  "Grandma, my sister hit me!" Zhang Qing shouted loudly towards the door.

  Zhang Yue had no patience with her and shouted at the door: "Grandma, don't mind her, she didn't do her homework, I'm educating her!"

  Grandma got angry and came out of the kitchen with a rolling pin: "What's wrong with you girls, shouting all day? Can't you talk properly? Yueyue, don't bully your sister. Qinqin, listen to your sister, she can't harm you! Neither of you is allowed to shout again! You're not even like little girls! If I hear it again, each of you will get a hit!" After grandma went back to the kitchen, the two girls stopped making trouble and quietly did their homework.

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