"Do you want to have soup tonight?" Seeing Bai Yuyou looking eager to join the couple's activities, Ye Shuang immediately changed the topic.
"Soup..."
"Yes, what soup do you want to drink?" Seeing this little foodie's attention was attracted by food, Ye Shuang smiled slightly.
Bai Yuyu thought for a moment and lowered her eyes, "I, haven't drunk it."
"Never tried it?"
"Huh." Bai Yuyou seemed to have remembered something, "I have tasted the soup of instant noodles, it's salty and spicy."
"That doesn't count." Ye Shuang said gently, "Since that's the case, let's make a corn and radish rib soup. We can save the soup for later."
"Save the soup?"
"Yes."
"What is '省汤'?"
"Uh..."
After buying some fresh spare ribs at the local market, Ye Shuang and Bai Yuyou went home and immediately went into the kitchen.
"Bai Yuyou, give me some ginger." Ye Shuang cleaned the spare ribs a bit, then took out the soup pot he bought.
"Okay."
Bai Yuyou has already learned how to cut vegetables. At least she won't make the gesture of holding the knife high and chopping down anymore, after all, she wouldn't have enough hands even if she had several.
Ye Shuang put the spare ribs into cold water, then added a few slices of ginger and turned on the stove to blanch them.
"You've done a great job." While teaching Bai Yuyou, Ye Shuang also didn't hesitate to give her compliments.
Bai Yuyou didn't show any expression, but from her slightly swaying bangs, we could tell that she felt very happy after being praised by Ye Shuang.
"How could people from our province not know how to make soup?" Ye Shuang looked at Bai Yuyou beside him and said with a smile, "Remember this well, so you can make it for yourself in the future."
Bai Yuyou suddenly looked up, slightly tilted her head, and said, "Make it for myself... Aren't you going to drink it with me, Ye Shuang?"
Ye Shuang was taken aback. He didn't expect Bai Yuyou to be so sensitive, so he said, "I also want to drink it. I mean I want to drink what you've cooked."
"Oh." Bai Yuyou looked at the pot that was gradually starting to bubble, and nodded his head.
"The first step of making pork rib soup is to blanch the ribs," Ye Shuang explained. "The purpose of blanching is to remove impurities and blood foam, so it needs to be put into the pot with cold water."
Bai Yuyou asked, "Why do we need cold water?"
"For hot water, the blood foam and fat in the ribs will solidify and lock in the meat, which can't be discharged. So we need to slowly heat it with cold water to let it be released."
Ye Shuang explained it in great detail, just to let Bai Yuyou learn how to take care of herself after that.
The next steps are quite simple. Skim off the foam and then add carrots and corn. It can be considered a homemade version of corn and carrot rib soup.
"Add some salt." After the soup was almost done, Ye Shuang added some salt, "By the way, remember to add salt before taking it out of the pot, because adding salt too early will make the pork ribs tough, and the flavor won't come out easily, and the taste will also be much worse."
Bai Yuyou nodded her head.
"The taste is fine." Ye Shuang served some in a bowl and let Bai Yuyou taste it, "Give it a try."
Bai Yuyou took a sip of the clear pork rib soup in the bowl.
"It's so delicious..." Bai Yuyou's fair face showed a faint blush. The sweet and tender rib soup made her feel warm all over.
"Right?" Ye Shuang smiled.
At this moment, Bai Yuyou handed over the bowl and left a sip, "Ye Shuang, you should also drink... It's very delicious."
Ye Shuang looked at the bowl in Bai Yuyou's hand and had to say, "No."
"Why?"
"Because the bowl I've drunk from can't be given to others casually," Ye Shuang said.
Bai Yuyou didn't understand, but still nodded after hearing him say that.
Ye Shuang cooked two more dishes, and then taught Bai Yuyou how to fry an egg. When she fried out a black unknown object, Ye Shuang realized that this girl might not have any talent for cooking.
It was already 7 pm after dinner. This time, Bai Yuyou didn't insist on taking a shower with Ye Shuang, because Ye Shuang told her that she could only choose one between taking a shower and sleeping together.
Bai Yuyou thought about it for a while and finally decided it would be better to sleep together.
Because I can only take a shower for a while, but I can spend more time with Ye Shuang when I sleep.
After seeing Bai Yuyou went to take a shower, Ye Shuang just took out his phone and planned to casually browse the news for a while, but he found that Chen Hai had sent several new messages.
Chen Hai: Are you free? Let's go out for tea!
After Ye Shuang saw this news, he directly called Chen Hai.
Not long after, the call was answered on the other end, "Hello."
"Why did you suddenly mention drinking tea?" Ye Shuang asked.
"Uh..." For some reason, Chen Hai's voice suddenly sounded a bit unnatural. After a few seconds, he said, "Let's get together if you're free."
Ye Shuang didn't notice the abnormality in Chen Hai's voice, so he directly agreed, "Sure, I just finished dinner too. Where shall we meet?"
"Have you eaten yet? Then forget it. Take a good rest after eating." Chen Hai suddenly changed his tone.
Ye Shuang smelled a strange odor, "What's wrong with you? You're so weird."
"No... I'll give you the address."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Shuang took another look at the bathroom, and after thinking for a while, he said through the bathroom door,
"Bai Yuyou, I'm going out to meet my friends. After taking a shower, you should stay at home quietly."
The next second, the bathroom door opened, and we saw Bai Yuyou walked out confidently, "Going out?"
"Stupid, don't run out like this naked." Ye Shuang immediately pushed Bai Yuyou back. About a minute later, Bai Yuyou, who was still wet in her clothes, appeared again.
Ye Shuang: "..."
He felt a bit regretful. If he had known, he would have waited for Bai Yuyou to finish taking a shower.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Ye Shuang took out a large bath towel to wipe the water droplets on Bai Yuyou's hair, and then said, "Raise your hand."
Bai Yuyou cleverly raised her hands, and Ye Shuang took off her clothes that were soaked and revealing her skin, then wrapped the young girl in a bath towel.
"I don't want to separate from you," Bai Yuyou said in a low voice.
Ye Shuang suddenly realized that this girl seemed to be a bit too clingy to him, even though they hadn't spent much time together.
But considering what Bai Yuyou has gone through, it's not surprising that she would cling to me, who she has nothing to rely on.
Ye Shuang thought for a moment, since Chen Hai has already met Bai Yuyou, it wouldn't be a problem to bring her along. Then, he could prepare some snacks for Bai Yuyou, and let her sit quietly on the side.
"Then let me take you there together."
"Okay."
"Don't suddenly hug me like this, I've even dropped my bath towel!"
According to the place agreed upon with Chen Hai, Ye Shuang rode a motorcycle and brought Bai Yuyou to the destination, which was actually an apartment owned by Chen Hai.
After reaching the twentieth floor, Ye Shuang rang the doorbell of a house.
"Chen Hai."
Not long after, the door opened, but it wasn't Chen Hai who appeared, but a tall, beautiful woman with wavy hair.
"Ye Shuang!"
"Chen Qin?"