CHAPTER 160: CHAPTER 56: PAN-FRIED BUNS (PART 2)

slid over to Du Xixi’s side and flashed a silly grin on the electronic screen, "It’s an honor for 2569 to work for madam, and 2569 is not tired at all!"

Du Xixi patted the fluffy shell of 2569 and didn’t say much, just smiled and urged everyone to start eating, "Our 2569 is always quick at cooking. Although it was kept warm in the kitchen for a while, it’s still somewhat cooled down. It’s better to finish eating quickly, or else it will lose its warmth."

"Indeed." Ke Xing was the first to pick up his chopsticks, grabbed a piece of the tiger-skin green pepper made by 2569, and thought it was quite tasty, though not as good as what Du Xixi makes. "For breakfast tomorrow, are we still having the big white buns made by Ah Lan?"

Ke Lian gets up early and is the first one awake in the family, so everyone’s breakfast is prepared by Ke Lian with big white buns and small dishes like the pickles Du Xixi had made earlier since a certain Marshal only knows how to make big white buns...

As a soldier, even after retirement, Ke Xing doesn’t have high demands for food. Back in the day, when he was working in the Military Department, he managed with nutritional supplements for decades without a word of complaint, especially since they hadn’t invented "Stone Rice" back then.

Later, when "Stone Rice" was invented, it was in such scarce supply that not every soldier could have it. To treat everyone equally, the Military Department meals remained nutritional supplements, the most basic and worst-tasting ones at that.

Don’t ask why; the answer is there are too many monks and not enough gruel. Too many monks - too many soldiers; too little gruel - the Military Department has a limited budget.

But after Ke Xing retired from the Military Department, he could eat "Stone Rice" at home every day and became increasingly disdainful of nutritional supplements. After Du Xixi joined the household, the diet completely transitioned from "Stone Rice" to authentic gourmet food, and Ke Xing not only rejected nutritional supplements but removed even "Stone Rice" from his menu completely.

With this notable taste requirement, Ke Xing found Ke Lian’s big white buns tasty but got weary of the monotonous breakfast of pickles and buns every day.

Ke Lian sensed his father’s deep disdain for the big white buns and earnestly looked at Du Xixi, saying, "Xixi, why don’t you teach me a few more breakfast recipes?"

Clearly, Ke Lian was also a bit tired of big white buns.

Chen Yin rolled his eyes and unceremoniously ladled some braised pork sauce over his rice, mixed it, and took a bite, squinting contentedly, "I quite wish I could eat big white buns every day. Heaven knows how I survived all these years on nutritional supplements."

Unlike Ke Xing, Chen Yin could eat "Stone Rice" every day, and now that the Cultural Relics Bureau has managed to produce qualified gourmet food, his diet has improved considerably.

But Chen Yin is busy, too busy to eat gourmet food. Even a sip of water or nutritional supplement requires the Rob to remind him to drink it on time.

If there were a contest for the hardest working model of the day, His Majesty Chen Yin would undoubtedly be on the list.

When he has no time to enjoy gourmet food, nutritional supplements are Chen Yin’s daily source of nutrition. He takes a quick sip in the morning and another quick one at noon, and for someone with modest energy needs like Chen Yin, that’s how a day goes by.

Ke Lian and Ke Xing now have plenty of time to eat big white buns, and this is the part Chen Yin envies most about them.

Miao Miao sat closely beside Du Xixi, seemingly also tired of big white buns, gently shaking Du Xixi’s clothing side, and when Du Xixi looked over, showed a pitiful expression.

The expression said it all — Miss, I don’t want to eat big white buns anymore!

"I’m not tired of them!" Du Xixi, who also ate big white buns every morning, couldn’t help but smile, covering her mouth at the visible trend of dislike for big white buns among Ke Lian and the others. "Tomorrow I’ll make pan-fried buns for everyone, and Ke Lian can learn from me. If you can’t learn it, I’ll teach you something else."

Pan-fried buns besides the stuffing, it’s the frying process that requires some skill. Du Xixi thought Ke Lian’s chances of learning it were pretty high. However, after speaking, Du Xixi recalled countless occasions where she had to kick Ke Lian out for not controlling the heat properly and hesitated.

Ke Lian can learn to make pan-fried buns...right?

Du Xixi pursed her lips, seeing Ke Lian nodding with a smile, looking confident to learn pan-fried buns by tomorrow, just shook her head in her heart and temporarily set aside any doubts she had about Ke Lian.