My gorgeous wife
Chapter 294 - 272: I’m Looking at the Steps for Cooking

Chapter 294: Chapter 272: I’m Looking at the Steps for Cooking

Li Chen sat down and then started to pick up a piece of egg Lin Yi had fried, and then he took a bite!

The rich, unmeltable taste of salt spread in his mouth, with even grains of salt that the saltiness immediately spread throughout Li Chen’s mouth!

Salty!

Really salty!

Did all the salt get poured in there?

Li Chen almost wanted to throw up, but when he looked up, he saw Lin Yi’s gentle, happy, and expectant eyes.

"Gurgle"

He swallowed hard, put down the egg, and hastily grabbed the milk that was set aside, gulping down a mouthful.

Phew, thank goodness my beautiful wife didn’t process this milk as well, or else I would’ve been killed by the dark cuisine.

Seeing Li Chen’s reaction, Lin Yi smiled faintly, "Eat slowly, it’s okay, I’ll make some more."

Hearing Lin Yi’s words, a cold sweat broke out inside Li Chen, and he hurriedly forced a smile, "Baby, what shall we do after we finish eating?"

Lin Yi thought for a moment, then her face lit up, "We’ll go to the market to buy groceries later and then we can cook when we get back. I’ve recently fallen in love with cooking and feel that I can still improve."

After speaking, Lin Yi noticed that Li Chen was staring at her blankly, his chopsticks holding the egg suspended in mid-air, as if he had turned into a fool.

"Husband, what’s wrong?" A puzzled expression appeared on Lin Yi’s beautiful face, and Li Chen immediately reacted, "Oh, baby, I was saying you’re finally resting at home, so why not do some leisurely activities? Like going to see a movie, or going to the amusement park, the Zoo is also nice. There’s an African lion at the zoo, very fierce. Plus, we could also try the snacks on the pedestrian street."

Li Chen said in a hurry, jokingly. No, this can’t happen; I must divert my beautiful wife’s thoughts, or else I would have to live in misery.

"Not at all, I think cooking is also quite interesting." Lin Yi smiled faintly. She and Lin Xiaoxiao had different personalities. Lin Xiaoxiao liked to play and was more wild, but Lin Yi preferred tranquility and different activities.

"Alright, husband, let’s go out later. We’ll have a good stroll at the market and then you can carry the things."

By this point, Li Chen had no choice but to agree.

Lin Yi had intended to eat breakfast too, but when she turned around to come back, she found that the breakfast on the table had all disappeared. She looked at Li Chen with confusion only to see that he had eaten hers as well and was energetically wiping his mouth, still chewing, looking somewhat exaggerated.

"Husband, next time I’ll make more for you, no more eating mine, okay?" Lin Yi reproached lovingly, but her face was brimming with happiness.

Li Chen looked up, squeezed out a smile, and nodded, while nearly bursting into tears at the corners of his eyes. Damn, this was pain mixed with pleasure.

If his beautiful wife had tasted her own cooking, wouldn’t she see through everything?

So, in order to keep Lin Yi thinking his culinary skills were great, Li Chen could only sacrifice his own stomach. Of course, the big bottle of milk on the table had already been completely drunk by Li Chen.

"Baby, let’s buy something to eat on the way later." said Li Chen.

Lin Yi nodded her head, then went upstairs to change her clothes and prepare to go out.

Li Chen also changed his clothes and when Lin Yi came down, he was taken aback.

Lin Yi had changed into an extremely simple and plain dress, and even wore a straw hat with a butterfly knot on her head, looking fresh and playful, a stark contrast to her usual style, yet still unfathomably beautiful.

People rely on clothes, indeed, but generally speaking, when it comes to beauties, wearing most types of clothing will make them look beautiful. That’s an innate factor that cannot be changed later in life.

"So beautiful." Not saying another word, Li Chen looked at Lin Yi as she came downstairs, hugged her, and gave her a long, wet kiss.

Then, under Lin Yi’s coquettish gaze, he took his beautiful wife by the hand and stepped out, walking with a commanding air, seemingly ready to announce to the whole world that Lin Yi was bagged by him, err, no, that she had become his woman.

The two of them chatted and laughed along the way, and Li Chen’s heart was also quite relaxed; when he saw a beggar by the roadside, he directly threw down a ten-yuan note, then waved his sleeve elegantly and left.

Before long, they arrived at the market.

Inside the market, seafood was one category, vegetables another, and live poultry another, divided into many categories, and arranged neatly, not dirty and disordered like before.

Inside, there were already many people picking out food for the day. As the old saying goes, "food is the most important thing to people," and indeed, food is of utmost importance to a family, and the mothers who painstakingly prepare it warrant the utmost respect. In the West, there is a tradition of giving thanks before meals to express gratitude for the food.

Li Chen looked around and saw that most of the people were older aunts and uncles, or people in their forties or fifties. There weren’t many as young as they were.

Lin Yi headed first to the vegetable area, looking at the vegetables, she seemed unsure where to start, but the veteran vegetable-selling aunts didn’t hesitate, "Miss, these radishes are good, they make for a fresh soup, and are nutritious too. For a handsome guy like your boyfriend, he should eat more radishes."

Lin Yi smiled sweetly, "Alright, I’ll take a few radishes."

"Miss, these eggplants are nice too, you could go home and make a minced meat and eggplant dish; it also has a nourishing effect for the skin."

Lin Yi’s face turned a shade of red, and she nodded, "Then I’ll take a few eggplants."

"Miss, you should also take a look at this, Chinese yam. It’s really effective for your boyfriend. It’s a great tonic for the kidneys if he eats it."

Lin Yi nodded, "Then I’ll take that too."

"Miss, let me recommend you this..."

Li Chen was already dumbfounded at the side, damn, on one hand, he was impressed with the sales pitch of the auntie, while on the other, he was speechless about Lin Yi’s naiveté. How could she just buy whatever others were selling?

But there was nothing he could do; if there was someone to blame, it was the auntie’s sweet talk. With such skills, it’s a pity she wasn’t in sales.

In Huaxia, the sales industry is among the most profitable. There’s a saying, "Trust anyone, even ghosts, but never trust a salesman’s sweet talk." This just shows how important eloquence really is.

Under the auntie’s impressive selling prowess, it didn’t take long before Li Chen found himself holding two big bags of vegetables.

The auntie watched the two leave, content, as she put the money into her purse and waved, "Come back again next time."

After that, Lin Yi went to the fresh food section.

"Want to buy some? Fresh grass carp, yellow croaker, common carp, we have it all. How about some? We even have wild soft-shelled turtles," said the man wearing rain boots with a booming voice, holding a net bag in his hand.

"I’ve heard that soft-shelled turtles are quite nourishing. I’ll take a soft-shelled turtle," Lin Yi spoke up.

Li Chen was startled and asked, "Why buy a soft-shelled turtle? Yellow croaker would be fine."

"It’s because of you," Lin Yi glanced at him flirtatiously with a hint of red coloring her face. Li Chen, in that aspect, truly acted recklessly, what with once at night, once in the morning, and sometimes even another time when the mood struck. Could he really keep up with that pace?

Li Chen realized what she was hinting at and, though slightly amused, also felt touched. Look at her, my beautiful wife.

However, after some thought, Li Chen meekly added, "But you’ve never cooked turtle before."

"It’s okay, I’ll look it up online," Lin Yi said with a slight smile.

Hearing her response, Li Chen felt a moment of silent pity for himself. Did this mean he was going to be a guinea pig once again?

Thinking about all the ingredients that were about to be transformed into his beautiful wife’s culinary experiments, Li Chen felt a renewed sense of dread.

It couldn’t go on like this. Li Chen’s mind raced, and soon, a lightbulb went off.

If his beautiful wife loved cooking so much, he shouldn’t dampen her enthusiasm. Instead, the only feasible solution was to join in and subtly improve his beautiful wife’s cooking skills. Wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?

Genius, Li Chen thought with relief, though he also forgot that his own cooking skills were barely passable. But at least, he could measure ingredients like salt with relative precision, not too much, not too little, just right.

Then, Lin Yi went to the poultry section and stopped at the sight of the hens clucking leisurely with their red combs.

In the end, Lin Yi picked out a black hen described as naturally raised and especially good for making nourishing soup.

Looking at the ingredients in his hands, two big bags of vegetables in the left, a soft-shelled turtle and pork ribs in the right, and a curious chicken head peeking out from another bag.

Lin Yi then went to buy some spices before heading back to the villa.

It was almost 11 AM by that time, and Lin Yi was excited, "Husband, I’m starting now."

"Honey, let me help you, you might not be able to manage by yourself."

Li Chen said immediately, half-jokingly. There was no way he could let Lin Yi handle lunch on her own; otherwise, would there still be a lunch to eat?

For the sake of his stomach’s happiness, Li Chen had to step in himself, at the very least, to make sure the food was edible.

Lin Yi nodded, then brought the ingredients into the kitchen, and the two prepared to begin cleaning and other preparations. But then Lin Yi said, "Wait for me a moment."

Lin Yi turned and went back to the room, returning with her laptop which she then placed in the kitchen.

Li Chen looked puzzled, "Honey, didn’t I take leave for you at the company?"

Lin Yi’s face turned slightly red, "I need to watch the cooking steps."

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Li Chen felt awkward inside. Learn as you go, a real-time lesson; my beautiful wife truly embraces this concept to its fullest.