bestfiction Chapter 162 The Rural Girl in "Metamorphosis" 5
Chapter 162 The Rural Girl in "Metamorphosis" 5
After arriving home, Liu Yuxi greeted her grandmother and took out the meat and large bones she had bought from her basket. The meat weighed less than a pound, and the large bones were the clean leg bones, which were cheap. She had bought them specifically to make soup and noodles.
I picked some vegetables from the backyard and started preparing lunch. These past few days, I've been making meals that taste a little better each time, so that her grandma can gradually get used to the persona of her being a good cook.
Just as I finished washing the vegetables, I heard Lin Ziye roaring from next door: "Why did you take my phone? Why did you take my iPad? Why can't I keep my food?"
Liu Yuxi felt that the early episodes of this show must have been the male lead's darkest past. Didn't he watch any previous episodes before coming? How could he ask such questions?
Ignoring what was happening over there, I cooked some rice, made braised pork with potatoes, stir-fried water spinach with garlic, stir-fried green peppers and eggplant strips, and stewed a big pot of bone broth.
Liu Yuxi and her grandmother enjoyed a delicious meal, but there was too much food. They had originally planned to make hand-pulled noodles with pork bone broth for dinner, but now they could only eat leftovers.
After lunch, the grandmother and grandson were about to take a nap when a loud commotion broke out next door. "Is this food fit for humans? Even pigs wouldn't eat this!" Then they heard the sound of a stool being smashed on the ground.
Liu Yuxi could now roughly imagine why her grandmother had died young in the original owner's two lifetimes. Let alone the original owner's grandmother, who was frail and timid, Liu Yuxi estimated that even the widow Sun wouldn't have been able to endure it in the long run!
She thought the neighbor's business was none of her concern, and since her grandmother slept in the east room, which was further away from the neighbors, the noise shouldn't disturb her grandmother's rest. But who knew that her courtyard gate would be pounded on loudly, accompanied by Lin Ziye's loud shouts: "Liu Yuxi, Liu Yuxi, are you home?"
Liu Yuxi slipped on her slippers and rushed to the gate, hissing, "Shut up!" as she opened it. Then she whispered to Lin Ziye, "Keep your voice down. Don't you know the elderly need a midday nap? Who taught you to knock like that?"
Perhaps Liu Yuxi's expression was too serious, or perhaps the first "shut up" stunned Lin Ziye, and he didn't react for a moment.
"Say something! Why are you knocking on my door at this hour instead of taking a nap?" Liu Yuxi continued to ask. Lin Ziye then realized what was happening and said, "I didn't know you were taking a nap. Do you have any food? I'm hungry!" When he said "I'm hungry," you could still hear a hint of grievance in his voice.
Looking at the boy in front of me who seemed to have become quite dejected after just half a day, I thought to myself that this program was being broadcast live, and since you've come to me, you can't blame me for trying to ride your coattails.
"Want some leftovers?" "What kind of food?" "What? What kind of food do you want? If you want some, shut up and come in. If you don't want some, go back to sleep!"
Lin Ziye had no idea what Widow Sun had cooked for lunch, but Liu Yuxi's tone was so unpleasant. Although he felt aggrieved, he still went into Liu Yuxi's yard. "Don't speak loudly, my grandma isn't feeling well, she's sleeping!" "Okay!"
He took Lin Ziye and the PD who was filming him to the kitchen, and asked the chef who was filming him if he had eaten. So he put two bowls of rice and leftovers in a large bowl and heated them together in the soup pot.
While the two of them were having dinner together, Liu Yuxi acted in front of the camera, saying, "You think this is enough to get us on TV? How was this filmed?"
While acting out a scene in front of the camera, she wondered whether she should study medicine or acting in this life. Studying medicine would allow her to spend more time with her grandmother, but acting would bring in money faster, and with money, she could take her grandmother to the hospital sooner.
Let's think about it some more. This show will take a month to film, so there's no rush. Let's get some familiarity with the male lead and the production team first!
Lin Ziye ate half a bowl of rice in one go before he had a chance to speak: "I'm starving! I didn't eat this morning. What kind of dishes does the old lady at my place cook? They're like boiled food. Liu Yuxi, your grandma's cooking is so delicious!"
"I cooked them!" "What?" Lin Ziye and the PD who was filming were both surprised. After all, Liu Yuxi was only 9 years old, and the dishes she cooked were as good as those in a restaurant!
"What's so surprising? It's just cooking, it's easy! Eat up! Go back to sleep after you finish, I need to take a nap."
After the two finished their meal and each drank a bowl of pork rib soup, they returned to Widow Sun's house, hoping that the young master would wash the dishes later.
After washing the dishes, Liu Yuxi went back to her room to rest. She still needed to think about how to manage the pace of skipping grades; it couldn't be too fast.
Furthermore, if she wants to enter the entertainment industry, she needs to increase her exposure through this program and let others see her. Otherwise, in this remote mountain village, when will she ever have another chance?
As she pondered, Liu Yuxi fell asleep. Around 3 p.m., her grandmother woke her up, telling her she couldn't sleep anymore or she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
I washed the clothes from the past two days, tidied up the house, weeded the vegetable garden in the backyard, and set up some trellises. We have a total of six chickens: one rooster and five hens.
Liu Yuxi wants to raise more chickens. Raising chickens is not as tiring as raising pigs. In the past, the original owner was young, and even if she was diligent, she could not do much work. Her grandmother was too busy with the household chores to handle everything. Now that Liu Yuxi is efficient, raising more chickens is definitely possible.
I told my grandma about this, and she also felt that Liu Yuxi had been doing most of the housework lately, so raising a few more chickens would be good. She told Liu Yuxi to pick out the hatching eggs and let the hen hatch a brood of chicks. The roosters could be kept for the New Year when they grew up.
Having been here for several days, Liu Yuxi had only eaten meat at home today. Although she wasn't particularly fond of meat, her body reacted strongly to the news that they would eat young roosters during the Lunar New Year, and she swallowed hard.
Since they had almost finished eating the leftovers from lunch, Liu Yuxi decided to stick to her original plan and prepare to knead dough to make hand-pulled noodles.
Just as she was kneading the dough, there was another knock on the door. This time, it wasn't like the house was being torn apart. Grandma opened the door, and Liu Yuxi heard Lin Ziye's voice: "Grandma, is Liu Yuxi home?" "Yes, yes, little Xi, that kid from the city is looking for you!"
"Hey, Grandma, tell him to come to the kitchen!" Lin Ziye went into the kitchen and saw Liu Yuxi kneading dough in a yellow basin. "Liu Yuxi, what are you having for dinner tonight?"
"Eating noodles! We're kneading the dough right now!"
"Um, can I have dinner at your place tonight?"
"What? You've gotten addicted to freeloading? My family hasn't taken any money from the show. Look at my family's situation, how can you have the nerve to come and eat for free every day?"
"I'll give you money!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuxi laughed, continuing her work, and asked, "Do you have any money on you?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ziye wilted. "I can give you an IOU. Once the show is over and the production team returns my phone, I'll have the money. How about 10,000 yuan a month?"
He really is a young master; he has no idea about prices and keeps talking about things in units of tens of thousands. Liu Yuxi rolled her eyes at him and asked the PD next to her, "Uncle, does your production team allow him to freeload meals?"