The cannon fodder female supporting role in the misplaced life

Xu Yingying was still pondering, but Li Tongxin noticed that her cousin Yingying had fallen into her own world again. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Cousin Yingying? Am I wrong?"

Xu Yingying came back to her senses and quickly replied: "No, no, it's what you said that gave me new ideas."

"A new idea?" Li Tongxin asked in confusion, tilting her head with eyes full of doubts.

Xu Yingying nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, cousin, you are really my muse."

"Really?" Li Tongxin asked happily with a delighted smile on her face when she heard this.

"Of course." Xu Yingying replied promptly, and then added: "Nothing, cousin, let's go to sleep. I'm still very sleepy."

Li Tongxin felt sleepy as she listened to Xu Yingying's words, so she said, "Good night, cousin Yingying!"

"Good night." With Xu Yingying's good night, the two lay down again. The room returned to silence again, with only the slight sound of breathing echoing in the air.

This time, after falling asleep, Xu Yingying did not dream about Yan Wu and Wang Ke anymore. Li Tongxin also fell asleep peacefully.

When Xu Yingying woke up again, she was surprised to find that it was still dark. But perhaps because she had no dreams in the second half of the night, she had a good rest.

"Xiaowu, what time is it now?" Xu Yingying asked.

"Host, it's almost six o'clock." Xiaowu replied.

I remembered that it had only been less than four hours since I went to bed at two o'clock in the middle of the night last night, but I didn't feel very tired or want to continue sleeping.

Xu Yingying saw Li Tongxin still sleeping beside her, so she got out of bed alone.

The whole house was already dimly lit, but Aunt Qin's family was still asleep. Xu Yingying wanted to go out to the yard and opened the door. Yangguang had already woken up at this time. When he heard the door open, he walked towards Xu Yingying. I don't know if it was because he and Li Tongxin had played with Yangguang for a while last night, so he recognized him. Yangguang didn't bark inappropriately, but just circled around Xu Yingying. After a few circles, he began to act coquettishly towards Xu Yingying. Xu Yingying wanted to laugh when she saw Yangguang's cute look.

He squatted down, touched Yangguang's head, and continued to walk to the yard. Yangguang followed closely behind Xu Yingying.

Although Aunt Qin's house couldn't directly appreciate the sunrise, Xu Yingying could still faintly feel the sun's presence as it rose from the horizon. The sunlight at this time was very soft, in sharp contrast to the scorching heat at noon.

Xu Yingying, rarely awake at this hour, pondered whether to prepare breakfast for Aunt Qin's family. After all, she was already up and had nothing to do, so she decided to return to the kitchen to check on the situation. She opened the refrigerator and carefully examined the ingredients inside. Considering it was still early, making porridge seemed the most suitable option. She found some lean meat in the refrigerator and preserved eggs in the corner of the cupboard, which suddenly made Xu Yingying think of making preserved egg and lean meat porridge for breakfast.

Xu Yingying rinsed the rice and soaked it in clean water for a while. While the rice was soaking, she cleaned the preserved eggs, peeled them, and cut them into small pieces. She placed the eggs in a bowl. She cleaned the lean meat and shredded it. She then placed the meat in a large bowl and marinated it with salt, white pepper, cornstarch, and a small amount of light soy sauce for about fifteen minutes. She then shredded the ginger and chopped the green onions. Set aside.

After gathering all the ingredients, Xu Yingying began to place the soaked rice into the pot and added about five times the amount of water as the rice. She then turned on the stove, bringing the water to a boil over high heat before reducing it to a simmer. She stirred constantly to ensure the rice porridge didn't stick to the bottom of the pot or burn. When the rice had bloomed and thickened, Xu Yingying finally turned off the heat.

At this moment, Xu Yingying glanced at the wall clock and found that it was just past 6:30. At the same time, Qin Shu also woke up from her sleep and prepared to get up to make breakfast. However, when she opened the door, a strong smell of rice hit her nose, making her mistakenly think that she was hungry.

Qin Shu smelled the aroma and walked into the kitchen, trying to figure out the source of the fragrance. She originally thought there might be a mouse in the kitchen, but when she approached the kitchen door, she was surprised to find that it was Xu Yingying who was busy in the kitchen, waiting for Qin Shu and her family to wake up.

"Yingying, why are you busy in the kitchen so early?" Qin Shu rubbed his eyes and walked into the kitchen with a puzzled look on his face.

At this time, Xu Yingying heard the voice and raised her head. Seeing Qin Shu coming in, she smiled and replied, "Auntie, you're awake! I couldn't sleep after waking up. Since I had nothing to do, I got up and prepared breakfast for you."

Qin Shu's eyes moistened when she heard this. She walked over to Xu Yingying, gently stroked her hair and said, "Yingying, you usually have to go to school, and today is a rare weekend where you can sleep late. I didn't ask you to come to your aunt's house to work."

"I'm not here to work. I just made it because I wanted to eat century egg and lean meat porridge. Auntie, you can't blame me for using your kitchen." Xu Yingying said coquettishly.

"How could that be? Auntie is so happy that she can't even express it. How could she blame you?" Qin Shu said with a smile.

"I'll just add the preserved eggs and lean meat to the porridge later." Xu Yingying said.

"Then let me help you!" Qin Shu wanted to help Xu Yingying.

But how could Xu Yingying bother Aunt Qin?

So Xu Yingying pretended to be angry and said, "Auntie, don't you trust my cooking skills?"

"Of course not!" Qin Shu replied quickly.

"That's it, Auntie, go wash up quickly. Leave this to me." Xu Yingying pushed Qin Shu out.

"Okay! I'll go wash up first. If you need help, you must tell me, okay?" Qin Shu still grumbled worriedly.

"Of course!" Xu Yingying replied with a smile.

Xu Yingying returned to the pot, turning the heat back on and stirring the bottom to check for any sticking or burnt ingredients. Once the porridge was boiling again, she added the chopped preserved egg and shredded ginger. Continue simmering over low heat for about four minutes, allowing the egg's aroma to fully infuse the porridge. Now, she evenly sprinkled the marinated lean meat into the pot, stirring quickly with chopsticks to prevent it from sticking. Once the shredded meat changed color, she continued to cook for about another minute and a half, ensuring the meat was cooked through. Cover the pot and turn off the heat.

At this time, Qin Shu had also cleaned himself up and returned to the kitchen. Seeing Xu Yingying was already preparing to divide the porridge into bowls, he took over and said, "Auntie, let me do this. You go out and take a rest."

Seeing her aunt insisting on helping, Xu Yingying left the kitchen and went outside to rest for a while. It was indeed tiring to cook breakfast in the kitchen all the time.