Chapter 100 Happy birthday, Bao

Chapter 100 Happy birthday, Bao

With a salary cap of 150 yuan, after signing the star player Ji Wei Xia, only two-thirds of the salary space was left.

"What other prospects do you have next?" Chen Yuan asked Chef Xia.

"Roast duck counts as chicken and duck. Shrimp counts as seafood. Then you should choose another one among meat." Xia Xinyu thought for a while and then said, "Of course, roast duck can also be counted as meat. It's not that your eating habits are more biased. Is it light and seafood? You can also buy some other seafood.”

"It's your birthday."

Chen Yuan has forgotten how many times he reminded Xia Xinyu about the birthday girl's identity.

Doesn't she know that what the birthday boy said on that day is just like the rules and must be followed?

"I can do it, and I have to slowly get used to your food."

After Xia Xinyu finished speaking with a smile, she suddenly realized something and was stunned.

Then, looking at Chen Yuan, who was reacting like him, but obviously hadn't reacted yet, he quickly added: "What I mean is, after all, the university might be here in the future, so you have to get used to it slowly. Food here.”

Oh, that's how it is.

I thought you said you would marry here in the future.

Then you say it, you only dare to say it in your heart, right?

Just mouth high, mouth high.

"I can do it. When I go to your place to eat, as long as the food is not very spicy, I can accept it." Chen Yuan said.

Although spicy dishes are still the main ones there, and there are few dishes that Chen Yuan can eat, Xia Xinyu's cooking taste seems to have become coastal.

At least the few times he tried it, it was flavorful and not spicy.

It's quite interesting, it tastes more like Jingbei.

"Let's do this. Let's make another sweet and sour short ribs and add a steamed seabass." After thinking for a while, Xia Xinyu gave this plan, "Of course, there should also be vegetables, let's stir-fry lettuce. .”

After she said this, Chen Yuan gradually fell silent.

"What, are you not satisfied?" Xia Xinyu asked puzzledly.

"No." Chen Yuan shook his head and said with a complicated mood, "As a wanderer in a foreign land, I have never eaten such a sumptuous home-cooked meal..."

"homesick?"

Xia Xinyu saw the change in the other party's mood.

"That's not true. After all, school has just started not long ago." Thinking of today's dinner, Chen Yuan said truthfully, "It's really thanks to your birthday that I can eat so many delicious foods. Thank you."

"Pfft." Xia Xinyu was amused and responded jokingly, "Thank you too. If you didn't celebrate my birthday, I would probably have eaten some noodles tonight."

"Nothing."

After Xia Xinyu said this, guilt was like a boomerang, hitting Chen Yuan in the back of the head.

If her aunt hadn't told her, she might have spent October 24th as usual.

And she now regards all this as his intention.

"The eighteenth birthday is the most important. Next time it will be better than this one."

Pushing the shopping cart, Chen Yuan walked in front, not facing her when he said this.

"Eh?" Xia Xinyu followed in confusion, "Why didn't you have a good time this time?"

"Not awesome enough."

"How could it be possible?" Xia Xinyu said sincerely, "How else can we celebrate our birthday? If the next one turns eighteen, we can just go to the riverside and put up a lantern and eat some delicious food."

Chen Yuan, I am easily satisfied.

"Besides, you will be the first to turn eighteen." Xia Xinyu stood next to Chen Yuan and changed the subject, "You come from home early then, two days before school starts, and I'll give it to you."

"You don't have to come early, I won't even go back." Hearing this, Xia Xinyu was stunned and whispered, "Then if you don't go back, you will..."

"I need to make up some extra classes. There is no vacation during the summer for the second year of high school, isn't your school?"

"Ah, yes, I almost thought I was still a freshman in high school. I was so confused." Xia Xinyu finally realized what she was doing and smiled awkwardly.

Yes, Chen Yuan had reason to stay in Xia Hai at that time.

Unlike this winter vacation, he had no reason to stay in Natsumi.

Chen Yuan, who continued to listen to his heart's words, felt more and more that he was really incomplete in terms of his 'heart'.

My incomplete heart couldn't be worth a good price in northern Myanmar.

Looking back now, she was the one who remembered her birthday, she was the one who considered the arrangements for winter and summer vacations, and even the equation '504+121=625' was Xia Xinyu's major patented invention.

Damn, my words are too subtle.

After the two bought the middle row, had the seabass taken care of, and picked the vegetables, Xia Xinyu suddenly stopped while passing the fruit wine cabinet and suggested, "You don't have to go to school tomorrow anyway, how about a drink?"

"You have also become a drunkard."

Chen Yuan thought he was the only alcoholic who didn't know what he was doing in school, but thought he was very busy, so he needed some cold beer to heal his soul.

As for Xia Xinyu, a cup like this is better than a sip?

"The sparkling bar, the degree should be a little higher." Xia Xinyu said confidently.

"Okay, you're fine."

Okay, okay, Xinyu pretended.

"Actually..."

When Chen Yuan put a bottle of sparkling wine into the shopping cart, Xia Xinyu said slowly and with a smile: "Don't be affected by some things on the Internet. There are only a few people who are extravagant. The life of ordinary people is Such."

Xia Xinyu could tell that Chen Yuan felt that this birthday was very ordinary, so he specifically promised her to have a great birthday next time.

But actually, she was very satisfied.

There is no more expectation.

So boys, don't think about that mess.

"Hey, I was discovered by you."

Since the other party understood this, Chen Yuan had no choice but to act as if he had been seen through and said: "I have been brainwashed by consumerism. I think it is perfunctory not to have a big screen in Times Square to scroll Happy Birthday. You are teaching me a lesson."

"Don't be poor, let's go back and cook."

Xia Xinyu patted Chen Yuan on the shoulder and urged him to speed up his pace.

Hurry up and celebrate your birthday.

You may think that the gifts are cheap, you may think that asking me to cook for my birthday is disrespectful to the birthday girl, or you may think that it is mediocre to have no other activities except extra meals and cakes. These are all things boys will feel when their abilities are limited. Some anxiety.

But you obviously forgot...

Whether you enjoy your spring outing or not depends entirely on who is sitting next to you.

…………

After the sea bass is processed, marinate it with cooking wine, green onion and ginger for subsequent steaming.

At this time, Chen Yuan took a toothpick to pick out the shrimp lines one by one, opened the back, and prepared for the salt-and-pepper shrimp.

Xia Xinyu, on the other hand, took the cooking very seriously and tried her best to make a sweet and sour short ribs.

Dishes of this level of difficulty are indeed not something that a player like Chen Yuan can get involved with.

It is also a classic delicacy. The difficulty of braised pork ribs is far inferior to that of sweet and sour short ribs.

That is, the step of frying the sugar color is the finishing touch.

If there is a slight deviation, the color of the ribs will be ugly.

If it is too light, it will lose color; if it is too dark, it will be burnt.

These four little cooks are so terrifying!

"I've finished processing the shrimp..."

"Shh." Xia Xinyu raised her finger to show that she couldn't be distracted.

Even though she is the one, she may not be able to get the candy color right every time.

After a relatively 'long' process, the rock sugar bubbles appeared one by one, and the color of the sugar gradually turned into dark brown. Xia Xinyu put the previously blanched ribs in and stir-fried with garlic. Basically, each one was dyed. After coloring, turn on the high heat and add light soy sauce, star anise and fragrant leaves, and finally pour in the pre-heated boiling water to cover...

After this set of procedures was completed, Xia Xinyu left the room with the shrimps she had prepared, and warned: "After the water boils, turn to medium-low heat and simmer for forty minutes. Remember to use chopsticks to stir it, so as not to burn the pot!"

"Okay, where are you going?"

"Of course it's my room. You only have one stove here, so how long will it take to do it?"

After saying that, she slammed the door.

Chen Yuan, on the other hand, stood in front of the pot and waited honestly according to the instructions of the Holy Heart.

At this moment, my aunt's WeChat message came over.

Yun Dan Feng Qing: Xiao Chen, have you already eaten?

Glancing at the empty small table, he fell into deep thought.

Chen Yuan: Not yet, the food is still being served.

Yun Dan Feng Qing: Can you send me a photo later to see what you ate?

Send photos?

Damn it, you thought we were eating outside!

Moreover, she didn’t know that Xia Xinyu was her neighbor, let alone that they lived in the same room, and that her little niece would make her drink alcohol later...

But I can't refuse such a reasonable request.

So, A few moments later…

On the dining table, there are steamed sea bass, sweet and sour short ribs, roast duck, salt and pepper duck rack that comes with the roast duck, salt and pepper shrimp, stir-fried lettuce, and the most important C position is left.

He picked up the cake from the ground and placed it in the middle. Just as he was about to take it apart, Chen Yuan suddenly remembered that he hadn't picked up the sparkling wine that had been chilled for a while, so he got up to get it.

But when he got it and turned around, Xia Xinyu had already opened the cake and took off the transparent box.

Then, he turned to look at himself and asked in a low voice with slightly red cheeks: "Is this my cake?"

In response, Chen Yuan quickly explained: "That thing was written by the cake shop clerk on her own initiative. I didn't even know she wrote that kind of blessing."

"But……"

Looking at Chen Yuan who couldn't see the words on the cake from this angle, Xia Xinyu maintained her weak momentum and asked: "What did she write on her own initiative? How did you know before she opened the cake?"

Chen Yuan: "..."

I'm straight, you ask me?

"This..." Xia Xinyu's face was still hot. She wanted to stop making such a fuss, but it was difficult for her who didn't see much of the world to do so.

You can understand these words if you look at them separately.

But when put together...

She was a little confused when she looked at the words 'Happy Birthday, Bao' written in cute fonts in red strawberry jam.

Who invented this nickname format?

I've never heard of anyone being called that before...

"Um……"

Chen Yuan didn't know what to say, but he thought it was Xia Xinyu's problem.

Don’t you know it’s reasonable to call yourself Xinbao?

Even if my brother really wrote this, couldn't the birthday girl be more humorous today and make a haha?

Damn college student, you ruined everything!

After about ten seconds, Xia Xinyu gradually calmed down, then looked at Chen Yuan and said, "Thank you... I really mean it."

"what you mean?"

"This blessing is the most special one I have ever seen." Xia Xinyu said honestly, "Although my mother had the wonderful idea of ​​drawing hearts before, but like this, these two words are not My name is really interesting."

Damn it, it’s really not true when you say that.

"Hmm... Mainly because the clerk at the cake shop saw what I had written and thought it was a bit ordinary, so he wanted it to be interesting."

"But you just said you didn't know..."

Well, the conversation broke out again.

Sure enough, it's still a bit too early to call him Xinbao by his nickname.

This kind of thing should be cultivated in a small area.

Xinbao is not suitable for being out of the circle.

"Just admit that you wanted to write it yourself." Xia Xinyu stared at Chen Yuan and whispered reluctantly.

No, so what if you ask me to admit this?

Can you gain anything?

"Yes Yes Yes."

Finally, Chen Yuan admitted that this was his original work.

As for Xia Xinyu, it was as if something sweet had melted in her heart. Her mood was no longer joy mixed with twitching, but a pure feeling that, as the birthday girl, she had been made happy...

Although he didn’t want to be like this, he called me Xinbao.

"Then put in the candles first."

Xia Xinyu stopped torturing Chen Yuan. After all, the other party didn't even call her heartfelt words often. He would definitely feel embarrassed by calling him such a shameful name.

"Wait a minute, I'll take a picture."

"Oh... yes, it is indeed worth recording." Xia Xinyu expressed her understanding, smiled brightly, and made a "yeah" gesture.

Then, I saw Chen Yuan pointing the camera at the table.

You only take photos of vegetables...

Don’t worry, I’m trying my best to make this photo look like it was taken in a restaurant outside. I tried my best not to let my aunt see it. I took her niece to her room.

"Move the wine." Chen Yuan continued to direct.

"Oh." Xia Xinyu put the wine away and her smile gradually faded away.

After Chen Yuan finished taking the photo and swiped the phone a few times, she brought out the wine and put in the candles.

At this moment, Chen Yuan put a small birthday crown on her head with his own hands.

"Um?"

"Wait a minute, I'll turn off the light."

After Chen Yuan lit the candle, he stood up to turn off the lights in the room. Finally, he sat back opposite Xia Xinyu and looked at her seriously with his mobile phone camera.

So, was it someone’s fault that he took the photo just now...

"Should I wear my hair down or in a ponytail?" In front of the orange candlelight, Xia Xinyu raised a smile and gently asked Chen Yuan for his opinion.

"Everything is fine." He replied seriously.

Then, Xia Xinyu took off the rubber band from her ponytail, and her smooth black hair flowed quietly like a stream.

"You seem to have some objections to my ponytail."

Xia Xinyu noticed that Chen Yuan's obvious expression changed when she let her hair down, just like when she took off her twin ponytails in her dream that day. It was really easy to guess his aesthetic tendencies.

"Really not, I think it's okay."

The main thing is that you are good-looking, and I don’t think it’s a big deal if you have braids.

Ugly people often make mischief, but beauties come in all shapes and forms.

"Okay, tell me after you take the photo."

Xia Xinyu clenched her hands into fists, placed them on her chin, nodded slightly, closed her eyes, and posed for a photo.

There is no difference between her in the camera and her in reality.

She belongs to the photogenic category, unlike some girls who are very good-looking in real life but look completely different in photos.

The light of candles 1 and 7, as the entire light source in this room, dispelled the darkness.

But because the candlelight is weak, this light source also has boundaries.

Xia Xinyu's figure was right in the intersection of light and shadow.

Press the shutter and the moment is frozen.

The composition is very clever.

It was so clever that the background was completely hidden by the night, and only she knew where she was.

This photo would actually be safer to send to my aunt, and less likely to be exposed than the previous photo, but...

mine.

——From the abbreviation of ‘this is mine’.

"Then I made a wish."

After hearing the sound of the shutter, Xia Xinyu no longer carried the idol baggage of having to take every photo, and silently made a wish.

Chen Yuan, on the other hand, clapped his hands and sang in standard English that he had practiced in advance: "Happy birthday to you..."

Chen Yuan's voice was very nice and his English was very standard, so Xia Xinyu resisted the temptation to torture him about how to spell 'birthday'.

And in my heart, earnestly pray:

[I hope Yuanbao will go to the same university as me]