The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 137 Rice Cake Soup

The house that Chen Huihong rented to Qu Jing was located at 1101, Building E. It was a small one-bedroom apartment with fine decoration.

When Qin Huai met Chen Huihong in the elevator carrying the moving gifts he had just bought at a nearby shopping mall this morning, the two looked at each other in surprise.

How should I put it, we have a good understanding.

They are all air purifiers, and they are of the same brand.

"Sister Hong." Qin Huai was the first to break the awkward silence, "Why did you think of buying so many houses in the community?"

Qin Huai knew that Chen Huihong had many apartments in Yunzhong Community, but he didn't expect that the apartment types were so complete.

Chen Huihong lives in the same type of house as Luo Jun, and rents the same two-bedroom apartment in Qinhuai to Qin Congwen for free, and now rents a one-bedroom apartment to Qu Jing.

Qin Huai didn't even know there were one-bedroom houses in the community. He thought his house was the smallest one in the community.

How did the developer Luo Jun design the community? Is the concept of designing the housing units to allow everyone to buy a suitable housing unit? Can the housing prices be lowered a bit?
"I had some spare money at the time, so I thought about buying a few more apartments so I could rent them out for financial management," Chen Huihong said. "But then I ran into a few troublesome tenants and unscrupulous agents, so I just gave up."

"How much did you pay for this air purifier?" Chen Huihong asked.

"599."

"It's too expensive. When I first stocked up, it only cost more than 300 yuan."

"store?"

"Next time someone is moving and giving you gifts, just take them from my house. I have seven or eight more in my utility room."

"next time?"

Chen Huihong nodded calmly: "Don't I have several houses on hand? If the next person you unlock is not a resident of our community, just use the old method to let him move in!"

"I think it's definitely not a resident of the community. If there were other monsters in our community, Luo Jun would have spotted them long ago."

As she spoke, Chen Huihong walked out of the elevator holding the air purifier, and Qin Huai followed.

Ring the doorbell.

Qu Jing opened the door. Perhaps because she was at home and the people who came were her family, Qu Jing did not wear a mask or gloves, which was a rare occurrence for her.

She was wearing a very casual, loose, light-colored long-sleeved trouser suit, and her lips looked slightly red, much better than the day she was in the hospital. The skin on the back of her hand was completely exposed, and the scar was exposed to the air.

The decoration inside the house is very ins style, with fabric sofas, light-colored curtains, white dining table and chairs, and a vase without flowers on the sideboard, whose function is unknown.

Luo Jun had already arrived and was sitting on the fabric sofa watching TV. On the cabinet in the living room was an air purifier that had not yet been unpacked.

Luo Jun glanced at the air purifiers in Qin Huai and Chen Huihong's hands, then turned around triumphantly and continued watching TV.

It seems his air purifier is more expensive.

Qu Jing brought slippers for the two of them and said, "The food will be ready soon. I'd like to trouble you to sit in the living room for a while and watch TV."

After saying that, Qu Jing trotted into the kitchen. It was obvious that the struggle with the kitchen had entered a white-hot stage.

Qin Huai took a deep breath and did not smell any obvious burnt smell.

It seems that Qu Jing’s cooking skills are pretty good, at least better than Chen Huihong’s.

Qin Huai sat on the sofa and took a look at the TV. Hmm, it was Luo Jun’s favorite fantasy drama.

"The fruit this afternoon is much better than yesterday's." Luo Jun spoke as soon as Qin Huai sat down.

"Thank you for the compliment." Qin Huai smiled. The fruit he asked Zhang Shumei to come and get this afternoon was made with the fillings that Zheng Siyuan had not failed with, so it was naturally better than yesterday's.

"But it's still far worse than what Xiao Jiang did." Luo Jun continued, giving Qin Huai a slightly disdainful look, "You can't complete the side quests if you don't know the specific things, and you can't complete the side quests if you know the specific things."

Qin Huai:......

Did Bifang get angry today? Why did he start shooting at me right away?
Chen Huihong smiled and tried to smooth things over: "I think Xiao Qu is in very good condition now. He can live at least another 8 years!"

Qin Huai: "...Is it possible that we are not at Luo Jun's house now, and Qu Jing is still in the kitchen."

"The kitchen in this house is very soundproof. With the door closed, you can't hear anything being said outside while cooking." Chen Huihong said, "I think Luo Jun just doesn't want Xiao Qin to see his last memory. After all, according to the normal development of the plot, the last memory should be the reason why he became what he is today."

"That's why he deliberately mocked you, telling you not to practice Guo'er and make more rice cakes that Xiao Qu likes to eat."

Luo Jun didn't say anything. It seemed that Chen Huihong was right.

One day the plant and tree spirits will uncover Bifang's secret plans.

Qin Huai knew that he should say a few words to express his attitude: "Don't worry, Mr. Luo, I have a very methodical way of doing things. I can do it step by step or at the same time."

"I know how to make rice cakes, but I also need to practice making Guoer."

Luo Jun: "... Just practice, I want to see when you can master Xiao Jiang's skills." Qin Huai was a little curious when Luo Jun said this. Qin Huai leaned forward slightly and looked at Luo Jun with a half-smile on his face.

"I remember when I first read the mission details, I asked you what it was exactly, and you said you couldn't remember, it was a noodle fruit but not a normal noodle fruit. I thought you really didn't remember it at the time, but now I think you remember it very clearly."

Chen Huihong also looked at Luo Jun.

Luo Jun replied calmly: "I really don't remember it at that time."

"Have you looked through the photo album?"

This question was asked so suddenly that Chen Huihong and Qin Huai both paused and shook their heads.

"My family was poor when I was a child and we had no money to take pictures," Chen Huihong said truthfully.

"When I was a child, the orphanage was poor and we had no money to take pictures." Qin Huai spoke the truth.

Luo Jun was choked by the two people's answers and said speechlessly: "You will know after flipping through the photo album. There are many things that may be in your memory, but you can't remember them at all before opening the album. In your mind, there are only vague impressions and vague shadows. Only when you see the photos can you remember the clear pictures."

"I don't even have the photo album now. It's at Qin Huai's place. How would I know what it is if he doesn't look through it?"

"What photo album?" Qu Jing pushed open the kitchen door and came out with two plates of food. She placed the dishes on the table and said, "Let's eat."

The three of them were seated.

The dishes were very simple, a plate of stir-fried cabbage, a plate of minced meat and tofu, a plate of eggplant and beans, a plate of freshly steamed braised ham and a plate of duck in sauce.

You can tell at a glance that the pork leg and pickled duck were bought from a stewed food store.

The last thing served was a bowl of red bean rice cake soup.

"It's a bit simple. I don't know how to cook meat, so I can only stir-fry two simple vegetarian dishes, and I went to the braised food store to buy some food to make up the number. This soup is red bean and rice cake soup. When I moved last time, I cooked this at home and ate it with President Qu. The rice cakes are not as good as the ones Qinhuai makes by hand every day. I bought them at the supermarket at noon today." Qu Jing introduced the dishes embarrassedly.

"Mr. Luo, just drink some of the red bean and rice cake soup to taste it. Elderly people tend to have indigestion and stomachaches when they eat glutinous rice at night."

Luo Jun looked at the red bean rice cake soup and said, "I don't like boiled rice cakes."

Chen Huihong smiled and praised: "Your cooking skills are not good? It's much better than mine! Xiao Qu, you have been busy studying and working these years, but I didn't expect that you have secretly hidden a good cooking skill. The cabbage you stir-fried is much better than mine!"

Qu Jing served herself a bowl of red bean rice cake soup: "I don't usually cook, I usually eat at the hospital cafeteria and Qinhuai's dim sum."

"It's more convenient now that we've moved here. We can eat directly in Xiao Qin's canteen." Chen Huihong is worthy of being the publicity ambassador of Yunzhong Canteen.

Qin Huai also silently served himself a bowl of red bean and rice cake soup.

To be honest, Qin Huai had never eaten rice cake soup before.

The Qin family does not use rice cakes to make soup. They sprinkle sugar on them and fry them, or bake them into crispy rice cakes and spread them with sauce. A slightly more complicated dish is to slice rice cakes and scramble them with eggs, which tastes salty.

Rice cake soup...

This dish may not be included in Zhao Rong’s recipe.

Qin Huai took a sip of the soup first.

The red bean and rice cake soup made by Qu Jing is not made with soaked red beans, but with red bean paste bought from the supermarket. The soup is very sweet, and the red bean paste that has settled to the bottom can be tasted in the morning with a sandy texture. The rice cake is cut into small pieces. It is estimated that the rice cake in the soup has almost melted due to the long cooking time, and the soup also has a sticky feeling when you drink it.

It's warm and perfect for winter.

Very homely, and inexplicably appropriate for the occasion.

"This soup is good." Qin Huai said, "It uses red bean paste. If you eat it as breakfast in the morning in winter, it should be very popular."

"It's going to get cold soon, I have to try it in a couple of days."

Qu Jing held the bowl, looked at the home-cooked dishes on the table, then glanced at the exposed scar on the back of her hand, and then looked at the other normal people.

Seeing that everyone was drinking the red bean and rice cake soup first, Luo Jun wanted to have a small bowl of soup for himself.

Chen Huihong discovered that Luo Jun secretly put two pieces of rice cake into the soup and exposed it on the spot.

Qin Huai, who was standing by and trying to smooth things over, said that it was okay to eat two pieces, as Luo Jun had eaten a lot of rice cakes before.

No one cared about her weirdness, and no one commented on her cooking skills. They just sat together and had a happy meal.

For Qu Jing, this scene of sitting together with friends and happily eating without any need to hide seemed as distant as something from the previous life.

You don't need to turn on the air conditioner in this weather, but it's actually quite hot if you wear long sleeves indoors.

Qu Jing rolled up her sleeves and picked up the bowl: "Then I will definitely go to the canteen more often in winter to show my support."

(End of this chapter)