Sister Bei chuckled lightly, made no comnt on the matter, then said to Gu Fuqiao and Chen Bajin: "You two ca here for my buns, didn’t you? Just in ti, I just made so new buns, try them, I think they’re better than before."
As she spoke, Sister Bei took out the freshly stead buns and placed them on a table, then invited them, "You two, co over here and try them."
As soon as the buns ca out of the stear, a cloud of white steam rose up, carrying a delicious aroma.
Gu Fuqiao and Chen Bajin hurried over. Each bun was thin-skinned and full of at filling, to the point that—
just by looking from the outside, you could see the at inside.
Chen Bajin had been craving Sister Bei’s buns for a long ti. Seeing the buns, she imdiately grabbed a pair of chopsticks and stuffed one into her mouth. But she was too eager— the buns were still a bit hot, having just co out of the stear!
She quickly fanned her mouth, saying, "Hot, hot, hot!" Although she said so, she didn’t have the heart to spit out the bun, and tried her best to chew it.
Chen Bajin hadn’t swallowed the bun yet and hurriedly said to Gu Fuqiao, "Mmm... so... so good!" Only after saying this did she finally swallow the bun.
Gu Fuqiao and Sister Bei saw Chen Bajin like this and couldn’t help but laugh.
Sister Bei noticed Gu Fuqiao wasn’t eating and urged, "Sister-in-law Yan, you should try so too, the buns taste really good."
Sister-in-law Yan... Hearing this address, Gu Fuqiao couldn’t help but laugh. She called Yan Zhen Guo ’Old Yan’ at ho, and he was nearly ten years older than her. Being called Sister-in-law Yan made her feel much older too.
"No need to call that, Sister Bei, it’s too formal. Just call Ah Jiao." Gu Fuqiao smiled at Sister Bei, then picked up her chopsticks to try Sister Bei’s buns.
Truth be told, it was her first ti trying Sister Bei’s buns, and they were indeed delicious. Just one bite and the at juices flowed out, so juicy and flavorful. There must’ve been sothing special added to the filling; it tasted exceptionally good!
"Sister Bei, your cooking skills are really good!" Gu Fuqiao felt that since she ca here, she had t a Su Jili who was great at cooking, and now Sister Bei, who was also amazing at it!
If these two tead up in business! Tsk tsk.
Wouldn’t they have chain stores all over the country!
Gu Fuqiao thought, if she brought so buns back for Yan Zhen Guo, he’d definitely be amazed by the skill. But knowing her Old Yan’s nature, he’d probably keep a straight face while finishing every single bun.
"Sister Bei, could you teach how to make these buns?" After eating two, Gu Fuqiao put down her chopsticks and asked Sister Bei.
"Of course." Sister Bei smiled briefly. When she looked at Gu Fuqiao, her gaze seed distant, as if she was seeing soone through her.
Hearing Sister Bei agree, Chen Bajin quickly put down her chopsticks too, saying, "Then, Sister Bei, teach too! This delicious thing, you have to teach too!"
"Sure." Sister Bei chuckled but looked at them with a bit of hesitation, "But today my gas canister ran out; you’ll have to wait at least until tomorrow."
Sister Bei didn’t use wood; she used a gas canister because it’s faster for business than wood.
Upon hearing this, Chen Bajin quickly said, "Then, Sister Bei, teach us at our courtyard. Aren’t you curious about our courtyard? Just co to my place to teach! Ah Jiao, don’t you think so?"
Gu Fuqiao also wanted to learn how to make buns, so she nodded and said, "Yes, Sister Bei, teach us! It’s not far. I’ll ride my bike to take you back later!"
Sister Bei initially wanted to decline, but seeing their enthusiasm, she relented and said, "Actually, I think it might not be the best idea. Your husbands shouldn’t be ho during the day, right?"
Gu Fuqiao and Chen Bajin thought that Sister Bei was probably worried about awkwardness with their husbands, so they both nodded and said, "They’re not ho during the day."
"That’s good then, I won’t feel awkward. I really don’t like interacting with unfamiliar people... especially n." Sister Bei said with a helpless smile.
For so reason, when Gu Fuqiao saw Sister Bei’s bittersweet smile, she felt there must be a story behind it.
Moreover, it seed so poignant.
"Then let’s go now!" Chen Bajin couldn’t wait any longer and stood up.
Gu Fuqiao nodded too, considering they could only carry one person on the bicycle, and since the distance wasn’t too far, they carried the materials for making buns and walked back.
Just as they arrived at the residential compound, Gu Fuqiao ran into Cheng Zhang, who looked surprised and said, "Sister, why are you here?"
Gu Fuqiao was puzzled; was she not supposed to be here?
She waved the ingredients for making buns, taken from Sister Bei’s shop, and said, "Buying groceries, what’s up?"
"Ah!" Cheng Zhang sighed, "So that’s it! The captain forgot to bring sothing out and went back to get it. Not sure if he has the keys."
Upon hearing Cheng Zhang’s words, Gu Fuqiao nodded and said, "No problem, he usually has them."
After all, Yan Zhen Guo was different. She was used to being forgetful, so it was normal for her not to have the keys. But saying Yan Zhen Guo, a trained and organized research person, had no keys? That didn’t make sense.
In fact, Gu Fuqiao thought it would be odd if he did forget.
At that mont, Sister Bei, overhearing their conversation, ca up to Gu Fuqiao after Cheng Zhang left and said, "Since your husband is back, let’s go to Bajin’s place to make the buns instead..."
Gu Fuqiao knew Sister Bei was shy, but she felt like Sister Bei was avoiding Yan Zhen Guo for so reason.
Since Sister Bei was a calm, restrained person, her face rarely showed much emotion.
But Gu Fuqiao felt that even if Sister Bei was avoiding him, it wasn’t a problem... Even though she might be overthinking it, avoiding is better than clinging on!
So Gu Fuqiao nodded and said, "Sure, anyway, let’s just make them at Bajin’s place. Bajin, rember to clean up after we’re done!"
"Got it!" Chen Bajin laughed, "To learn how to make buns... so I can make them for Jian Country in the future... I’ll clean up as many tis as needed!"
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