Can you really cook in the kitchen? How many women can really cook in the kitchen? Among the older sisters present, a considerable proportion belongs to the type of "opening their mouths when food comes".

  Liu Qingqing doesn't need to be mentioned, she started learning opera at the age of five or six and didn't even know how to cook rice properly, let alone stir-fry dishes.

  Ye Nan is another special case, the youngest among her siblings, commonly known as "lazy treasure" in Qinghe dialect, parents' darling, the one who doesn't even bother to pick up a fallen broom, never been to the kitchen.

  Huang Ying is also a capitalist miss, she can't even wash her own clothes and needs others to do it for her. Letting her cook and do chores is like trying to get a mother pig to climb a tree, it's not going to work.

  The other three, only Li Yajuan is a master of cooking skills, and the first place is almost certain. Zhu Qin and Jiang Yuexing have some similarities, when they were new daughters-in-law for a few years, they had entered the kitchen, but they could only cook rice and dishes, not to mention any cooking skills.

  Li Ya-jun went to the kitchen first, and the other five were still being silly or preparing. The kitchen could hold at most two people at a time, and another position was vacant.

  Xiang Tianliang smiled and took out a small booklet, "Quick Recipe", flipped through it and said: "You can learn from the book, whoever cooks which dish, can tear off that page, no need to rush, just do it."

  At the same time, with his other hand, he took advantage of the cover of his clothes to poke at Liu Qingqing's waist.

  Liu Qingqing was as clever as ice and snow, and with a glance from Tian Liang, she understood his intention.

  "Hehe, I'll just cook two or three dishes, gotta go grab a spot first."

  As she spoke, Liu Qingqing got up and went to the kitchen with a twist of her small waist.

  In fact, she can't even cook. But with "Master Chef" Li Yajuan by her side, there's no worry that the dishes won't be cooked to perfection.

  On this side, Zhu Qin and Huang Ying were a natural combination, Jiang Yuying and Ye Nan also gathered together, holding the torn menu, studying it seriously.

  Xiang Tianliang smiled and got up from his seat, walked to the cabinet, took out a pair of binoculars from the drawer, and then slowly went upstairs to the second floor.

  The Liu Qingqing family's house is a villa-style building, a two-story small building with two courtyards in the front and back. The two courtyards are connected by a passageway about 2-3 meters wide on each side. The walls surrounding the courtyard are not high, less than 2 meters, made of bricks.

  The surrounding environment is a small street in front, a river behind, and two narrow alleys on both sides, each about 3-4 meters wide. One end of the alley connects to the small street, and the other end leads directly to the riverbank.

  The buildings in three directions are all higher than Liu Qingqing's house. The house on one side already belongs to Zhu Qin, and now it is under the control of Xiang Tianliang.

  The danger comes from the three connected siheyuan on the other side, and the row of four-story buildings across the street, as well as the several sedans parked in both directions of the alley.

  Holding a telescope, quietly searched every direction towards the sky.

  There's nothing unusual, which is exactly what's not normal. He doesn't believe it; he takes the stuff out of the bank. Those who have been fixated on this will not easily let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

  The courtyard is quiet and soundless, the row of cypress trees standing by the wall are bare, showing the bleakness and desolation of winter.

  He put down the telescope and walked out of the living room alone, circling around in the courtyard for a few laps.

  At this time, his heart was uneasy, because his two ears had stopped working for many days, and he couldn't judge whether his plan could be implemented smoothly.

  The bait has been cast out, now it's just a matter of whether the fish will take the hook or not.

  Sometimes patience is the best way to achieve success.

  Everything around, can't escape the eyes that are heading towards the sky. The black Santana on the small street, with its window curtains tightly closed. The second-floor window of the quadrangle courtyard at the alley entrance, which was slightly ajar on winter days. And another yellow tricycle parked at the alley entrance for a long time, with the driver's face still not showing up... Details, details determine the development of things, the teacher said it right, the process of solving the case is to find and analyze the details, isn't it the same now?

  Li Yajuan stood at the living room door and waved towards Xiang Tianliang.

  Slowly facing the sky, and then returned to the living room.

  "Is anything wrong?" Li Yajuan asked in a low voice.

  "Up until now, everything is normal."

  "I know you've put a lot of effort into this house and yard."

  "Hehe, friends come and there's good wine, enemies come and there's a hunting rifle, that's our basic principle."

  Li Ya Juan smiled and asked: "Don't you want to take a look at the two dishes I made?"

  "Need to look at it? Those few foolish women, even if they join forces, are no match for you."

  Toward Tian Liang said, picked up the military backpack, winked at Li Ya Juan, "I'm going to hide things."

  Li Yajuan smiled and said, "Hide a bit more carefully."

  He glanced at the kitchen towards the bright sky, those five women were busy and happy, who had time to take care of this side.

  "Sister Li, please close your eyes, count to ten and then open them again."

  "One, two, three...... eight, nine, ten."

  Li Yajuan counted up to ten and when she opened her eyes again, she was stunned.

  It's unbelievable, Xiang Tianliang was still standing in the same place, but the bag on his hand had disappeared.

  Li Yajuan couldn't believe her eyes, she wiped them a few times with her hand, just about to speak, the person from the kitchen came out, so she had to swallow her doubts back into her stomach.

  "Xiao Xiang, come and try our dishes." Zhu Qin said with a smile.

  Twelve dishes, steaming hot, were placed on the coffee table in the living room.

  Pretending to be a natural and effortless eater, putting on airs, chopsticks haven't moved, mouth is already open.

  "Hmm... cooking, after all, has five basic requirements: shape, color, fragrance, taste, and nutrition. You understand the first three, while shape and nutrition are our family's unique requirements. Shape refers to appearance, and nutrition is about nourishment, both indispensable components of a dish, just like a person's overall appearance and inner cultivation..."

  "No need to taste, Sister Li has already ordered the dishes, you won't object, will you?... Fried tofu with sauce, sweet and sour carp, just looking at them makes me very hungry."

  "Damn, who cooked this dish? The green vegetables have turned yellow, the bean sprouts are like thin threads... And what's with this scallion and egg stir-fry, where did the egg yolks go?... Oh my, the creator of this stir-fried meat dish is really creative, some slices are as thin as paper, while others are thick as blocks, some are cooked through, while others are still raw..."

  The women are laughing, beautiful people, but the dishes are really ugly, and it's normal to be criticized.

  Apart from Li Ya-jun winning the first place, Jiang Yu-ying and Zhu Qin won second and third places respectively. Liu Qing-qing "unexpectedly" ranked fourth, fifth was Huang Ying, and the vice-class leader unfortunately went to Ye Nan.

  Ye Nan almost cried, and Xiang Tianliang quickly hugged her.

  Being affectionate in public is a great privilege, Ye Nan smiled happily with embarrassment.

  "Hehe, Ye Jie, next time you should stir-fry the egg yolks too, can't just leave them like that."

  Everyone laughs, career women enter the kitchen, and there are many laugh points.

  At this time, Liu Qingqing's older brother rang loudly.