Is her cooking that good?

The touch under his hand was soft and boneless. Zhou Chenglei withdrew his hand and took a step back.

Jiang Xia also nonchalantly stirred the dishes in the big iron pot.

Great-Grandmother said with a smile, "Oh, I didn't expect A'Lei to be so considerate of his wife. Jiang Xia, just let him do it."

Zhou Chenglei said again, "I'll do it."

This time he didn't reach out.

Jiang Xia didn't look at him. "No need, I can do it. Go wash the White Clam for me."

She was worried that the White Clam might have sand, so it needed to be blanched and cleaned before being used to make a Garlic Steamed Angled Luffa.

Zhou Chenglei was also embarrassed to stay, so he obediently went out to wash the White Clam.

Jiang Xia cooked with two iron pots by herself, and she also arranged for the use of two small stoves.

Because most of the meat was seafood, which was easy to cook, and there were many people helping, Jiang Xia managed to create ten dishes and a soup in about two hours.

The men chatting outside had long been enticed by the aroma from the kitchen, and the gluttons in their stomachs were clamoring.

The Guang Zong Yao Zu brothers went to herd cattle and ducks. When they returned at nightfall, they came over to eat. The children smelled the aroma from the kitchen and gathered around the kitchen door, praising Little Aunt for making such fragrant dishes.

Tian Caihua scolded and chased them away several times, but they were unwilling to leave.

Later, Jiang Xia smiled and sent them out to help pick some flowers for plating, and they ran out happily.

When the food was served, everyone was stunned by the colorful, fragrant, and beautifully plated dishes.

Jiang Xia had experience working as a helper in the back kitchen of a five-star hotel in her previous life. She decorated the Braised Pork Belly with the purple eggplant flowers picked by the Guang Zong Yao Zu brothers; she arranged the Blanched Tiger Prawns in circles, with a small red flower carved from a carrot in the middle, looking like a plate of blooming peonies; the Tiger Grouper was cut into circles and steamed, garnished with shredded scallions and red peppers, and the fish's mouth was highlighted with a angled luffa flower, resembling a peacock spreading its tail, lifelike and beautiful!

Usually, everyone just cooks the dishes until they are done and puts them on a plate. They would never arrange them so neatly, let alone think about decorating them.

Father Zhou: "Did Jiang Xia make this? It's arranged so beautifully that I can't bear to eat it."

Mother Zhou smiled and said, "How do you know Jiang Xia made it?"

Father Zhou gave her a meaningful look: "What do you think!"

When his wife and eldest daughter-in-law cook, they only aim to cook it well enough so that it doesn't cause diarrhea. How could they make it so fancy?

Mother Zhou secretly stepped on his foot.

Zhou Chengxin exclaimed, "Fourth Sister-in-law, you have such great skills, you've been hiding them!"

Great-Grandfather: "This is more than just good skill, this skill is even better than a State-Owned Restaurant!"

Great-Grandmother said happily, "This is the first time in my life that I've seen dishes made to look like flowers. I've really learned something today."

Zhou Yongguo gave Jiang Xia a thumbs up: "Granddaughter-in-law, great skill!"

Then he said to Zhou Chenglei next to Jiang Xia, "Grandson, you are so lucky!"

Zhou Jie imitated his father: "Little nephew, you are so lucky!"

Zhou Chenglei ignored the banter of the father and son. His attention was on the dishes on the table. He was someone who had eaten at state banquets, and he suspected that if she had more ingredients, she could create a table of state banquet dishes without any problem.

But is her cooking really that good?

Jiang Xia lived in her previous life28year,after the age of three, she always lacked clothing and food,even not having time to eat because of working,often skipping meals or eating irregularly.only after graduating from university and paying off her medical expenses,did she feel relieved,and then when cooking, she liked to make the dishes look, smell, and taste perfect,she also liked to plate her own meals nicely,arranging each dish beautifully,that was her only pleasure in her spare time.

But the original owner could never have done this so well.

Noticing Zhou Chenglei's scrutinizing gaze, Jiang Xia had already thought of an excuse and said with a smile, "Someone in my maternal grandfather's family used to be an imperial chef in the palace. My maternal grandfather is a very good cook, and I learned from him when I was a child, but I haven't done it for a long time. I don't know how it tastes, so please bear with it."

Everyone praised her again upon hearing this: "It looks delicious!"

"It smells so good that it makes my mouth water, it must be delicious!"

……

Zhou Chenglei knew that Jiang Xia had indeed lived with her maternal grandparents for a while when she was a child, but that was before she started elementary school, right? Jiang Xia picked up her wine glass, tugged at his sleeve, and whispered, "Shall we, as husband and wife, propose a toast to everyone?"

Zhou Chenglei came back to his senses.

The four words "husband and wife" were like a feather brushing across Zhou Chenglei's heart. He lowered his head and glanced at her fair hand holding his sleeve, and then at the glass wine glass in her other hand, which was printed with a red Double Happiness Character, which they had purchased when they got married.

They were indeed husband and wife, though on the verge of divorce.

He lowered his eyes, picked up the Double Happiness Character wine glass, and stood up.

Zhou Chenglei raised his glass and said, "Thank you all for coming today. Jiang Xia and I would like to propose a toast to everyone. Thank you for your help."

Jiang Xia stood up as well, "Thank you so much for today. Without your help, the house wouldn't have been repaired so quickly. Thank you!"

Good meat and good dishes require good wine. Zhou Chenglei bought wine on the way back, and Jiang Xia found wine glasses and poured wine for everyone before the meal.

She had asked Mother Zhou and the others, and they didn't drink. Only Great-Grandmother said she would have a small glass, so Jiang Xia prepared watermelon juice for the adults and children who didn't drink.

The watermelon was brought by Zhou Jie's mother. It was grown by her family, a Shitou Melon, a very large one. It was so ripe that it had a sandy texture when cut open, and it was especially sweet after being soaked in well water.

Everyone raised their glasses of wine/watermelon juice and stood up, toasting, "Good luck with the move, a prosperous family, and good health!"

Jiang Xia finished her glass in one go, not leaving a drop.

Her posture while drinking was skilled and composed, yet generous and elegant, pleasing to the eye.

Zhou Chenglei glanced at her.

Even he found the two qian of high-proof white wine spicy, yet she, delicate as she was, drank it all in one gulp without changing her expression, as if she had toasted countless times with others.

Great-Grandmother happily finished the wine in her glass and said with a smile, "This child, Xiao Xia, is really good! She's presentable in the hall and capable in the kitchen, a woman who can accomplish great things. A'Lei, your good fortune is yet to come."

Zhou Chenglei picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for everyone, without saying a word.

Jiang Xia playfully replied, "Great-Grandmother has the best eye! Her vision is sharp, and she can tell at a glance that I'm a wife who brings prosperity to her husband!"

Everyone at the table was amused by Jiang Xia's thick skin.

Hearing everyone praising Jiang Xia, Tian Caihua looked at the table full of oily dishes and pursed her lips: Whether she brings prosperity to her husband or not, I don't know, but she's definitely wasteful!

Which family would be willing to put so much oil in their cooking? Half a jar of oil was divided during the separation, and she's almost used it all up in the first meal.

No matter how capable Zhou Chenglei is, he probably can't afford to support her, right?

Zhou Yongguo picked up his wine glass and said to Zhou Chenglei, "A'Lei, you've married a wife who brings prosperity, we grandfathers and grandsons must have a drink! Grandson's wife, you too!"

Jiang Xia responded with a smile. Zhou Chenglei didn't pour wine into her glass. She reached out to take the wine bottle, but Zhou Chenglei took the bottle away and placed a glass of watermelon juice he had just poured in front of her, "This wine has a strong after-effect, drink watermelon juice."

Zhou Yongguo said, "Hey, hey, hey, that won't do. Grandpa is toasting, you have to drink wine! No watermelon juice!"

He heard that the two hadn't consummated their marriage yet.

His grandson was really too pitiful, twenty-eight years old and hadn't tasted a woman's flavor yet.

For the sake of his grandson helping him fight since he was a child, tonight he, as the grandfather, decided to help him out!