Chapter 548: I was even happier when I succeeded in something I had no hope for
"Someone is looking for me? Who is it?"

Chen Hui put down the long pliers and walked out the door.

He Juanjuan and Huang Xiulian were walking towards the village entrance, talking and laughing.

Both of them were a little surprised to see Chen Hui standing at the door.

"Chen Hui, you are not here specifically to pick us up, are you?" Huang Xiu Lian asked with a smile.

"Yes! I feel like there is a very important person very close to me, waiting here specially."

"Sister Xiu Lian, aren't we going to have dinner? Why are you here so early?" Chen Hui asked.

He Juanjuan picked a quarrel and said, "Huh!? Is there only one important person?"

"There must be only one, and you are an accessory!" Huang Xiu Lian took over He Juanjuan's words.

"Why do I feel like you're the one who's attached?"

"I came here with something, unlike you who came here empty-handed."

He Juanjuan handed the bags to Chen Hui and said, "The small bag contains the children's clothes, Wen Jing's folic acid tablets are also in there, and this big bag is the seasoning you asked for."

An Wenyi was about to return to the store.

Hearing that there were children's clothes, she stood silently beside Chen Hui and looked at him expectantly.

What did little girls in provincial capitals wear in the 1980s?

Chen Hui was also very curious, so he took out the skirt from the bag and exclaimed in amazement: "Wow!"

This is a light pink long skirt with layer upon layer of soft gauze making the hem look fluffy.

The top part of the skirt is made of reflective fabric with flowers sewn three-dimensionally on the dress.

The villagers had never seen such clothes.

Even in the provincial capital, only those from well-off families could afford to wear it.

An Wenyi was completely dumbfounded.

"Hey!"

Chen Hui waved his hand in front of her eyes, handed her the clothes and said, "Ask your sister to take you to try them on."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

"Brother-in-law, you must be the best brother-in-law in the world!"

An Wenyi was so happy that she hugged the skirt in her arms, ran into the store and pulled An Wenjing out.

An Wenjing wanted to say something, but was pulled into the house by her.

"Hey! Be careful, don't pull your sister down!" Chen Hui shouted loudly.

When An Wenyi heard this, he immediately let go of An Wenjing's hand.

"Your sister-in-law is quite interesting, and she is at such a lovely age." He Juanjuan said with a smile.

"She is quite obedient, but a little naughty. She is noisy and doesn't act like a girl."

"I'm already preparing the ingredients for dinner. Come in and have a cup of tea first."

Chen Hui said this and welcomed the two people in.

Put the bag on the table in the hall and go back to the kitchen to add firewood.

He Juanjuan and Huang Xiu Lian followed him into the kitchen.

Smelling the aroma coming from the pot, he asked, "Chen Hui, are you cooking chicken soup?"

"It's chicken soup."

"Compared to boiled chicken soup, stewing in water takes longer, but the soup is clear and transparent, and the sweetness of the chicken soup is more obvious."

Chen Hui answered casually and pulled out a thin, long dry branch.

He folded the dry branch into three parts and stuffed it into the stove, then blew on it with a fire torch.

"Uh Chen Hui!"

"It's not that I don't have confidence in your cooking skills, it's just..."

"We can eat chicken soup every day, so why do you make something like this? Isn't it a bit unoriginal?" He Juanjuan asked tactfully.

“It’s chicken soup, but it’s not just chicken soup!”

"Don't worry. I can't guarantee my cooking skills, but when it comes to innovation, even those from the provincial capital may not be able to beat me!"

Chen Hui said confidently.

After all, even if I came from the provincial capital, I was limited by the limited supplies and information of the time. I have seen the diet of the next few decades.

There was also an opportunity, with enough free time, to watch videos every day to see what people from all over the world were eating.

The opportunity to go grocery shopping once a day is just right for me to buy the corresponding ingredients and try to make them myself when I get home.

"Chicken soup is chicken soup. Apart from adding some herbs or something, what else can you do with it?" Huang Xiu Lian asked.

"It smells like chicken soup, without any other herbs added," said He Juanjuan.

"I'm already looking forward to it. What else can he do?"

Huang Xiulian and He Juanjuan couldn't imagine it.

I felt relieved when I heard that Chen Hui had other arrangements.

Chen Hui prepared some firewood, took cups and a thermos, and made tea for the two of them.

I opened the bag that He Juanjuan brought and looked at the seasonings inside one by one. The more I looked, the happier I became.

Lemon, lime, lemon juice, mustard
He Juanjuan bought everything except lemongrass and lemon leaves.

I even bought cumin powder, pepper powder, chili powder, and some high-quality spices and seasonings that Chen Hui didn't mention.

"So, I'm pretty reliable, right?"

"Some of the things here are really hard to find. I had to ask my friends to find them for me." He Juanjuan took credit.

"Sister Juanjuan has put in a lot of effort. There are some things I didn't even expect to find."

Chen Hui said nice things, handed the yellow lemon and green lemon to He Juanjuan, and asked her to take them back and put them in the refrigerator.

Then he stressed anxiously: "Keep it fresh! Don't put it in the freezer!"

"Is this useless?" He Juanjuan asked.

"I can't use it today. It's hard to find. I plan to save it for the end of the month."

"Lemons can be kept in the refrigerator for a long time, so it's fine to use them when the time comes," said Chen Hui.

He Juanjuan understood when he said he would use it at the end of the month.

He nodded and put the things into Huang Xiu Lian's bag.

Huang Xiu Lian and He Juan Juan were drinking tea while Chen Hui went to the kitchen to add some firewood.

Suddenly, two voices came from the room:
"Wow!!"

"Wow!!!"

An Wenjing and An Wenyi came out of the room.

An Wenyi touched the fine gauze on the hem of her skirt and even walked slowly.

"Wenjing, your sister is so cute!" Huang Xiulian praised.

"When this child grows up, she will probably be prettier than her sister," He Juanjuan also said.

"Wow, I can hardly recognize you after you changed your skirt. You look like a girl all of a sudden."

Chen Hui heard the noise and came out to see what was happening, joking with a smile.

An Wenyi just got a gorgeous new dress.

No matter what Chen Hui said, she would not be angry.

He happily turned back to his room, changed his shoes, and ran out to show off to Niu Niu.

Chen Hui gave the task of making the fire for stewing chicken soup to An Wenjing.

Took He Juanjuan and Huang Xiu Lian back to the new house.

Light up the charcoal stove and put the copper kettle on it to boil water.

Take out the cup and tea from the cupboard, put the tea in the cup and wait.

"No need to make tea, just go and do your thing."

"Xiulian and I came here so early because we thought you might not be able to handle it all by yourself, so we came to help!" said He Juanjuan.

"Chen Hui, you have a lot to do during this meal!"

"One kitchen isn't enough for you, you have to cook on both sides?"

Huang Xiu Lian joked and looked up at the cabinet beside the dining table.

I was immediately attracted by the wooden box placed in the most conspicuous position.

(End of this chapter)