Takeo Saeki drove back home.
When he opened the door and went in to change his shoes, Takeo Saeki smelled the strong smell of mapo tofu coming from the restaurant.
The instinct from the people of the motherland made Takeo Saeki swallow his saliva involuntarily, and the middle-aged man shouted happily.
"Ga coconut, did you make mapo tofu today?"
Gayako, holding a frying spoon, leaned out half of his body from the kitchen.
"Yeah, Gangxiong, go wash your hands and come over to eat."
Takeo Saeki put on his slippers, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and then returned to the dining table and sat down.
Gayako put several dishes on the dining table one after another, and gave Saeki Takeo and Saeki Toshio a bowl of rice for himself.
Sitting down with the rice bowl, Kayako seemed to have thought of something, and before he had a bite of the rice, he said to Saeki Takeo who was holding the rice with mapo tofu soup.
"Gangxiong, when I went to the supermarket today, I met a little girl who must have just graduated from school."
Jiaye put down the rice bowl in his hand, held his face in one hand, and smiled softly.
"This girl said she came to the supermarket to buy vegetables and cook for her boyfriend."
Kayako laughed.
"That girl is quite cute, but she is a bit silly, and she has no idea how to cook."
Takeo Saeki swallowed the rice with mapo tofu in his mouth, and asked curiously.
"Gaye, do you like that child very much?"
Kayako has a social fear. He always wears a hat and a mask when going out. He is so nervous that he can't speak when he is questioned. Now he suddenly said someone other than his family, obviously he has a lot of affection for that person.
Kayako nodded slowly.
"Well, that child is gentle and kind, and the way the child's eyes light up when he talks about her boyfriend reminds me of me before."
There was a little nostalgic look on Jiaye's face.
"I wasn't used to cooking either."
Takeo Saeki nodded.
"Indeed, when I used to live here."
Takeo Saeki looked at Toshio Saeki who was eating well beside him, and said to his children.
"Your mother used to make a poached egg and can burn it."
Saeki Toshio, who was eating, slowed down the speed of eating. The little guy blinked his eyes. He wanted to say something, but after all, he thought about being the best and gentlest mother to him, Saeki Toshio still lowered his head and continued to cook.
Kayako, who was opposite Takeo Saiki, said displeasedly.
"Everyone has their first time. It's not bad if I can fry poached eggs for the first time."
Takeo Saeki initially stayed at Kayako’s house as a tenant. Kayako had no interest in this tenant at first, until later, when the two parties began to contact each other and lived with each other’s warmth, Kayako began to have a strong urge to do something for Takeo Saeki.
Cooking has become one of the best ways to show one's self-worth, but it is a pity that Kayako, who had been withdrawn and socially fearful before, has always eaten the dishes cooked by his mother, and his cooking skills have not yet been trained.
So it is a matter of course, or there should be no exceptions, the first time Kayako made fried eggs, not only did not make a runny egg yolk, but the edges of the fried eggs were burnt.
But Takeo Saeki still finished eating the burnt poached eggs.
Thinking of this, Takeo Saeki started laughing.
"I remember that I finished eating the failed fried eggs, and every time you made fried eggs, I said don't make fried eggs, just cook instant noodles, and put a nest egg in the instant noodles after cooking."
Nested eggs are much simpler than fried eggs. Basically, when the instant noodles are boiled, you can crack an egg inside and cook them by yourself without any other operations.
Gaye's face became more and more displeased.
"I knew that you had been eating instant noodles before, not because you liked instant noodles, but because you disliked my craftsmanship, right?"
Even if Jiaye felt this before, he was too embarrassed to say it, but now that he has trained in crafts, Jiaye dares to say it face to face.
Takeo Saeki shrugged.
"You don't even know that the omelette you made back then contained a piece of egg shell the size of a fingernail. I swallowed it without daring to chew it after I ate it."
Kayako: "..."
"Ah, there it is!"
Takeo Saeki clasped his hands together.
"Ga coconut, you wait here for a while, I'm going to buy something."
Kayako said in surprise.
"Hey, isn't this still eating? Can't you wait until the meal is over?"
Takeo Saeki stood up.
"It's only when you eat that you have the taste."
Takeo Saeki left the restaurant.
Toshio Saeki, who was cooking, looked up at his mother, Kayako said hurriedly.
"Junxiong, continue to eat and leave your father alone."
Saeki Toshio lowered his head and continued to eat. The child didn't have much appetite. After finishing a bowl of rice, he wiped his mouth and went upstairs to rest.
Jia coconut also picked up his rice bowl, looked at his own dining table, and then at the gate not far away.
When the Kayako was almost eaten, the sound of the door opening and footsteps came from the direction of the entrance.
Kayako turned his head to look towards the entrance, and after a while, Takeo Saeki walked in, wearing an out-of-fashion ancient costume and holding a bag of instant noodles.
Kayako didn't understand it at first, but as the memory in his mind came back to life, Kayako's bright red lips slowly opened, with a look of astonishment on his face.
The clothes that Takeo Saeki wore were the clothes that Takeo Saeki wore when he was a tenant.
At that time, Takeo Saiki was still poor, and he only had a set of branded clothes that could be seen on his body. This set of clothes almost became Takeo Saiki's all-weather wear. Kaya had washed this suit for countless times.
Takeo Saeki walked up to Kayako, and put the bag of instant noodles in his hand in front of Kayako.
Takeo Saeki smiled.
"Miss Kayako, can you cook instant noodles for me? I want to add a fried egg."
Kayako is a little dazed. In the era when she was not married but just in love, Saiki Takeo would call her Miss Kayako.
Match it with what Takeo Saeki is wearing now.
The past days rolled by, but Jiaye couldn't help but look at the unfinished dishes on his table.
Takeo Saeki understood what his wife meant and responded.
"I'll finish the dishes, just eat with instant noodles."
Kayako looked at the rice.
If Takeo Saeki doesn't eat, there will be a lot left over.
Takeo Saeki looked upright.
"Leave the rice and cook rice for Junxiong tomorrow!"
Gako let out a chuckle.
In many literary works she has read, when describing the love of parents for their children, it is always the parents who leave delicious food to the children, or the children eat the leftovers, and the chicken legs are eaten by themselves.
It's better on my own side, I left the overnight meal for my children.
"Okay, Mr. Saeki, wait a moment."
Jia coconut picked up the bag of instant noodles and got up, and went to the kitchen. After a while, there was a strong smell from the kitchen.
Ten minutes later, Kayako came over with the instant noodles with a strong seafood aroma, and went to Takeo Saiki again, and put the instant noodles in front of Takeo Saiki.
Takeo Saeki picked up the instant noodles with chopsticks. The instant noodles had a very simple sesame oil flavor, but at this moment, the strong aroma of seafood stimulated Takeo Saeki's nasal cavity, and Takeo Saeki couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
Gayako said proudly.
"Handmade with coconut, seafood instant noodles."
Saiki Takeo asked curiously.
"You... what did you add?"
Gayako proudly showed off.
"It's shrimp oil and kelp. The shrimp oil is left over from frying the shrimp heads before. Seaweed is an essential ingredient for my instant soup. In fact, making noodles is very simple. As long as the soup base is strong enough, the noodles will not be unpalatable."
Takeo Saeki picked up the noodles with his chopsticks and took a bite.
It is really full of the aroma and umami of sea prawns, coupled with the crispy kelp, and the boiled eggs after frying. Obviously it didn't take much time, but the taste is very mellow and fragrant.
Takeo Saeki sucked a few mouthfuls of noodles, picked up a few more dishes with chopsticks, and after half of the food was eaten, Takeo Saeki said suddenly.
"When I ate instant noodles before, Kaya, you added ingredients to my instant noodles, right?"
Jia coconut looked nostalgic.
"Ah, when I saw Gangxiong eating these instant noodles, I was thinking, eating instant noodles is not healthy, Gangxiong, you still have to go to the construction site every day, you must need to replenish your body, I will try to add some ingredients to your instant noodles, such as kelp, beef cubes or something."
Kayako laughed.
"In the beginning, I wanted to use the cheapest and most convenient way to add flavor to instant noodles. Later, I learned how to make soup after being instructed by a Chinese restaurant chef on the corner."
After the soup was finished, Kayako began to learn cooking and other dishes.
Up to now, Jiaye's culinary skills have become the best among married wives.
Looking back on the past, it's a little hard to imagine that Jia Coconut has such a good craftsmanship, but at first she just hoped that the instant noodles eaten by her lover would be more delicious and nutritious.
"It's more than that, isn't it?"
Takeo Saeki ate a few pieces of mapo tofu and said vaguely.
"Although you haven't told me, Jiaye, I know."
Takeo Saeki stared into his wife's eyes with a smile.
"After you failed to cook, you ate it all by yourself, right?"
Jiaye was silent for a few seconds, and held his forehead.
"Gangxiong, don't remind me of that time, okay?"
Cooking skills cannot be achieved overnight, and must go through long-term training. At that time, Takeo Saeki and Kayako had no money, and they couldn’t afford to spend even just on food. Sometimes they would go to a Chinese restaurant on the corner to satisfy their cravings, and the two of them would eat a mapo tofu together.
For this reason, when Kayako adds ingredients to Saeki Takeo's instant noodles, he will use himself as a trash can.
The ones that don’t taste good are eaten by themselves, and the ones that are delicious are added with an egg for Saeki Takeo to eat.
Although she fears the society and has some low self-esteem, Kayako's care for her lover and small self-esteem tell her that she doesn't want Takeo Saeki to show the expression of "I'm going to die" when he eats the omelette she made for the first time.
Therefore, in order to make Takeo Saeki look happy, Kayako had more than a hundred experiences of being fooled by her own cooking ideas.
But why, these stupid things are so sweet when I think about them now?
Chapter 107 I am willing
Takeo Saeki finished his instant noodles, and sipped the extremely delicious shrimp oil and seaweed soup.
As soon as the hot soup poured down, sweat broke out from the surface of his body, Takeo Saeki put down the soup bowl, and said after exhaling a mouthful of seafood-flavored breath.
"Ga coconut, do you know how I know that you ate all the bad innovative instant noodles by yourself?"
Kayako jokingly said.
"It should be because my complexion is too ugly after eating those failed products, can you see it?"
The reality is not anime, movies, especially people who live together. Kayako thought that it was the first day when he ate his own failed product, and Takeo Saeki noticed it a little bit.
Jia coconut's acting skills are not good.
Takeo Saeki nodded.
"Well, back then, Jiaye, your expression really made me suspicious, but what is certain is that one day, you said that you had your menstrual period, and you threw away the half-eaten instant noodles."
Gayoko smiled wryly.