When he was in the village before, his family lived far away from other people in the village, and there were no people of the same age around him. Over time, he liked to follow his sister more.

After entering the city, although he made friends in the private school, he never thought of inviting them to his home. It was not that he didn't want to, but he simply didn't know that this was possible.

The children in the village gathered together to play, picking grass for pigs, digging wild vegetables, collecting firewood and so on.

Feng Tianyou had invited me to his house before, but I felt embarrassed and refused.

"Then I'll ask them later." Hu Zi also cherishes his two new Christian friends.

"Okay, sister knows a particularly delicious food. You guys can make it together and try it then." Li Xi said with a smile.

"What's delicious?" Hu Zi's eyes lit up. He knew that although his sister's cooking was average, she knew a lot of delicious dishes.

For example, squirrel mandarin fish and sweet and sour spare ribs.

"You'll know when the time comes." Li Xi kept it a secret.

"Okay." Since Sister Hu Zi said so, she wouldn't tell him. But he was not discouraged. He planned to go to school and invite his friends to his house during the school break, so that he could eat new delicious food.

Li Xi looked at Hu Zi's determined eyes with amusement. She had long discovered that Hu Zi was a foodie.

Li Xi watched Hu Zi enter the private school, then turned and left. Her morning exercise was over, and she still had medicine to prepare. Although what happened yesterday was just an accident, it did have some impact on Li Xi.

Those two yesterday were just weak minions who appeared to be powerful on the outside but were actually weak on the inside. Although he scared them away with just a few words, he became more certain of his determination to establish a closer relationship with Gu Yin.

She didn't want to have to rely on someone the next time something like this happened.

……

After the first class in the private school, Hu Zi called his two good friends together.

"Feng Tianyou, Hu Jinyu, do you have time during the school holiday?" Hu Zi was a little nervous as it was the first time he invited someone to his home.

"Of course I have time." Feng Tianyou said, "It's already the holiday so I definitely have time."

Hu Jinyu stuffed a strip of meat into her mouth and gave one each to Hu Zi and Feng Tianyou.

"I have time too. I have time during school holidays. Do you want to go out and play together?" Hu Jinyu had something stuffed in his mouth, and his speech was a little unclear.

Hu Zi clenched his hands nervously and said, "I want to invite you to our house.

My sister said she knows something particularly delicious and will teach us how to make it when the time comes.

It’s definitely something you haven’t eaten before.”

"Delicious?" Hu Jinyu's eyes lit up. "Then I will definitely go. It's delicious and I've never eaten it before. It's really delicious. It must be delicious."

Unlike Hu Jinyu who agreed without hesitation when hearing that it was delicious, Feng Tianyou frowned and said, "Don't we have a cook? Why do we have to cook it ourselves?"

"We don't have a cook in our family, only my sister and I." Hu Zi explained. To be honest, he didn't know what a cook did. He had never heard of the word before. He only knew of chefs, and there were chefs in Yunlai Restaurant.

Hu Jinyu nonchalantly stuffed another strip of meat into her mouth, jumped off her stool, and the flesh on her face shook.

"Just make it yourself, as long as it tastes good."

"It must be delicious!" Hu Zi nodded vigorously.

"Where do you live? I'll definitely go there when the time comes." Hu Jinyu smacked his lips. When he thought of the delicious food he had never eaten before, he wished that the school holiday would start tomorrow.

"Then I'll go too." Feng Tianyou hugged his arms, looking reluctant.

"That's great." Hu Zi was very happy that his friend agreed to his request.

The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye it was time for the school holiday.

Before the school holiday, Hu Zi told Feng Tianyou and Hu Jinyu his home address. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep well that night.

The next day Li Xi woke up and found Hu Zi was still sleeping.

"Huzi, wake up. It's time to get up. Your friends will be here soon."

When Hu Zi heard Li Xi's voice, he jumped up from the bed, with a little hair on his head, his eyes were hazy but he tried to open them wide, "I'm awake."

Li Xi rubbed his little head amusedly, "Okay, get up quickly when you wake up."

After Hu Zi got dressed and washed up, Li Xi laid out the breakfast she had bought.

"Have you packed? Come and eat if you're done." Li Xi sat down and took a sip of millet porridge.

Hu Zi climbed onto the chair and started eating. After finishing his meal, he consciously took the dishes and went to wash them.

They usually don't cook at home and eat out, but they will inevitably buy food outside and bring it back to eat like they are doing now.

At this time, those who go to buy food don’t have to wash the dishes, but those who don’t go to buy food have to wash the dishes.

Li Xi never stopped Hu Zi from doing anything just because he was young. She believed that even if a child was young, he should do things within his ability so that he could develop a sense of responsibility.

She didn't want to raise a brother who was lazy and didn't know the difference between grains.

Not long after Hu Zi finished washing the dishes, there was a knock on the Li family's door. Hu Zi, who was sitting in the yard, brightened his eyes and trotted to open the door.

"God bless! Jinyu!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

The three children were very excited to meet each other. This was their first time to visit their classmate's home.

"Come in quickly." Hu Zi took their hands and led them into the yard.

Li Xi heard the noise and came out, and saw Hu Zi holding two children on the left and right. The child on the right was wearing Xiangfei-colored clothes. He was a white and chubby little boy, and it was obvious that he ate well.

The child on the left has a pair of big eyes flashing under his thick eyebrows, and his black pupils are looking around the small courtyard in front of him with great spirit.

After Hu Zi dragged them in, Li Xi went out and negotiated with the servants who brought them here, asking them to come back in the afternoon to pick them up, and that she would keep an eye on them in the meantime.

The servant had already received the master's instructions and didn't say much when he heard it.

When Li Xi returned, the three children were already sitting in a row in the yard waiting for her.

Before Li Xi could ask, the fat boy Hu Jinyu had already run up to her, looking up at her curiously, "Sister, my name is Hu Jinyue, he is Feng Tianyou, we are both good friends of Hu Zi.

Sister, what is the delicious food that Hu Zi mentioned? "

"Want to know?" Li Xi squatted down and asked him.

Seeing Li Xi squatting down and looking at him at eye level, Hu Jinyu was stunned for a moment. No one had ever spoken to him like this before.

Hu Jinyu was still young, and except when he was being held in someone's arms, he always looked up at others.

Looking at the beautiful sister in front of her, Hu Jinyu blushed, "I want to know."

Li Xi looked past Hu Jinyu at Hu Zi and another child who were walking over, and said with a smile, "Hu Zi and Tian You, do you want to know too?"

"Yeah." After so many days, Hu Zi's curiosity has grown stronger day by day.

Feng Tianyou also nodded.

"I can tell you, but we need to work together to taste this thing, so can you come and help?"

"Sure, sure. No problem." Hu Jinyu agreed eagerly.

"Now that everyone agrees, let's get started."

Li Xi took out three small aprons that she had prepared and handed them to them.

Hu Zi took it and put it on skillfully, then helped Feng Tianyou and Hu Jinyu put them on.

Li Xi also put on her own apron and took them into the kitchen.

It was the first time for Feng Tianyou and Hu Jinyu to come to the kitchen, and they kept looking around with curious eyes.

Hu Jinyu pointed at the chicken legs on the plate and said, "Sister, are we going to eat chicken legs today?"

Feng Tianyou and Hu Zi looked at Li Xi. Chicken legs were not something rare.

"That's right." Li Xi saw the confusion in their eyes, "Familiar things can also be made to taste different. Come on, wash your hands first."

What Li Xi is going to teach them to make today are children’s favorite foods, fried chicken legs and fried sweet potato strips.

Li Xi specially ordered the chicken legs yesterday and had them delivered early this morning. The sweet potato strips were brought from home. She and Hu Zi rarely cook, so there are still quite a few sweet potatoes left at home.

The three children who were washing the dishes were each standing on a small stool.

Li Xi gave each of them a small bowl with a chicken leg in it.

Feng Tianyou and Hu Jinyu looked down at the raw chicken legs in the small bowl, then looked up at Li Xi, at a loss as to what to do. They had all eaten chicken legs before, but this was the first time they had seen raw chicken legs.

Hu Zi had seen it before, but he had never dealt with it.

"Here, these are toothpicks, one for each person." Li Xi handed each person a toothpick, "What you have to do now is to use the toothpicks to poke holes in the chicken legs."

Upon hearing this, Hu Jinyu took a toothpick and started stabbing the chicken leg again and again, the flesh on her face trembling with effort.

Hu Zi's movements were slower but more careful, and he used almost the same amount of force each time.

Only Feng Tianyou held the toothpick without moving.

"Tianyou, what's wrong?"

Feng Tianyou pursed his lips. He was afraid, but looking at his friends who were fighting vigorously beside him, he didn't want to admit it. Li Xi glanced at the raw meat in his bowl. Hu Zi had even seen pigs being slaughtered in the village, so he naturally wouldn't be scared by a chicken leg. From their clothes and appearance, it can be seen that Feng Tianyou and Hu Jinyu both have good family backgrounds.

However, Hu Jinyu is obviously a little fat boy who loves to eat, otherwise he would not be so fat. With delicious food hanging in front of him, he is not afraid at all.

Before Li Xi could comfort him, Hu Jinyu stopped what he was doing and turned to look at him, "Tianyou, don't you know how to pierce a chicken leg? It's very simple.

Watch me do it, first lift the toothpick, then stab it hard!"

Hu Jinyu demonstrated it once and asked, "Do you understand?"

Feng Tianyou: “…”

Doesn't he know how to do it? He doesn't dare to do it!

But he didn't want to lose face in front of his friends, so he turned pale and raised the toothpick to poke.

After stabbing several times, he suddenly realized that there was nothing to be afraid of.

Seeing the three little ones getting better and better, Li Xi took out a large plate to put the skewered chicken legs on, and followed them to skewer the chicken legs. If she saw who had run out of chicken legs, she would give them another one.

Soon a large basin of chicken legs was cooked.

"No more!" Hu Jinyu clapped her hands and smiled with satisfaction.

Feng Tianyou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally finishing it. It was quite fun, but his hands were a little sore.

"Sister, what next? How to cook it?" Hu Jinyu thought that the chicken legs he made must be delicious and he wanted to eat them now, but he also knew that raw chicken legs should not be eaten.

Hu Zi frowned as he looked at Hu Jinyu calling him "sister" with a smile. Why did he always get closer to his sister?

Li Xi didn't notice Hu Zi's jealous thoughts, and put a brined chicken leg in the small bowl in front of each of them. Then, she took the Orleans marinade, five-spice powder, and pepper powder that she had prepared long ago and poured them into their small bowls respectively, and then added some sugar and salt.

"Now use your little hands to spread all the seasonings evenly."

Li Xi said as he put the remaining seasonings into the large bowl in front of him, rolled up his sleeves, and began to stir.

She prepared a lot of things for today's fried chicken, not to mention the five-spice powder and Orleans mixture. The price of pepper in Jiangning City is higher than gold. Just this small plate cost her nearly twenty taels.

Feeling distressed, Li Xi turned his grief and anger into motivation and stirred the chicken legs in his hand vigorously.

Seeing this, Hu Zi and the other two also applied the cream with their hands.

Seeing that it was almost time, Li Xi asked them to put down the chicken legs and wash their hands first.

The three kids came back from washing their hands and watched Li Xi divide the marinated chicken legs into two portions and pour a pile of red powder into one of them.

"What is this?" Hu Jinyu asked curiously.

"This is chili." Li Xi likes to eat spicy chicken legs. She was not sure if they could eat spicy food, so she simply made two servings and let them eat whichever they wanted.

"Chili?" It was the first time Feng Tianyou heard this word.

Li Xi bought this pepper from a Hu merchant by chance while shopping. They called peppers "bird-stop peppers". He originally wanted to sell them as potted plants, but he didn't expect that due to improper maintenance, they became half-dead, so he planned to sell them at a low price.

Li Xi didn't expect that she was so lucky. She bought them at a low price and picked the small red peppers. She saved some for seeds to plant herself and ground the rest into pepper powder. She had been waiting for this day.

Hu Jinyu only cared about one question: "Is it delicious?"

"The peppers are very spicy. You are still young and cannot eat them."

"Ah?" Hu Jinyu looked eagerly at the spicy chicken drumstick that Li Xi was stirring. The more he said this, the more he wanted to eat it. "Can we have a little bit?"

Hu Zi and Feng Tianyou also wanted to eat it, but they were obedient children. Although they wanted to, they did not force it because Li Xi had already said that it was not suitable for children.

Li Xi rejected Hu Jinyu, "It's delicious even if it's not spicy."

"Okay then." Hu Jinyu knew that Li Xi was not someone who would spoil his grandmother in everything, so it seemed that he would not be able to eat chili peppers.

Next, you need to marinate for an hour before frying.

Li Xi told Hu Zi and the others about the pickling and asked them to go to Hu Zi's room to play with the toys first. There were not many toys, actually. They were just educational toys that Li Xi had people make for Hu Zi, such as the Nine Rings, the Tangram, the Huarong Dao and the Luban Lock.

These are the results of the ancients' intellectual development. Playing more games will help develop children's thinking abilities.

It was the first time that Feng Tianyou and Hu Jinyu saw these toys, as they didn’t have them at home.

Hu Jinyu and Feng Tianyou were lying on the bed playing Huarong Dao, arguing with each other non-stop.

"We should go this way!"

"No, this is the way to go!"

"No, listen to me!"

"I won't listen to you!"

Hu Zi looked at his two good friends who were about to fight, shook his head, and lowered his head to continue unlocking his Lu Ban lock.

An hour passed quickly in the game.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Xi called the three of them to the kitchen to light the fire. In fact, they could not help much, but she felt that they still needed some sense of participation.

When the oil pan is 70% hot, Li Xi coats the chicken legs in batter, then applies flour and shakes off the scales. He then fries them on low heat for ten minutes until they turn golden brown. After frying everything, he frys them again to enhance the crispiness of the chicken legs.

As soon as the frying started, the kitchen was filled with the aroma of fried chicken legs. Hu Zi and the other three had been busy for a long time and finished their work, and they were already very hungry.

By the time all the chicken legs were fried, Hu Jinyu's stomach was growling.

He held his stomach and looked at Li Xi, "Sister, I'm hungry, can I eat?"

Li Xi put the pierced chicken legs on the table, "Come on, one for each of you, try it first."

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