Chapter 1214: Do You Know How to Cook Instant Noodles?

Chapter 1214: Chapter 1214: Do You Know How to Cook Instant Noodles?

The worst part is, there was no one present who outranked Zhao Dingli in seniority.

Even he couldn’t say anything about it.

Zhao Guoxian looked at Zhao Gushen.

No one present outranked Zhao Dingli in seniority, so they had no choice but to pick the tallest among the short ones.

Zhao Gushen was considered the highest in rank among them here.

Zhao Guoxian had high hopes for Zhao Gushen.

Zhao Gushen: "..."

In the end, Zhao Gushen really couldn’t withstand Zhao Guoxian’s eager gaze.

And even more so, he couldn’t stand Zhao Dingli’s smug look.

If it weren’t for Ye Fei, could Zhao Dingli have met Li Xiaoyun?

Who are they to each other anyway!

"Do we have enough ingredients at home?" Zhao Gushen thought they surely must be insufficient.

These two might talk a good game, but actually cooking themselves was a rare occasion, maybe twice a week if they were lucky.

They couldn’t possibly be like their family, with such a well-stocked pantry.

Zhao Gushen was actually right.

Li Xiaoyun quickly placed an order on the supermarket app, quietly asking Zhao Dingli, "What are you planning to make?"

Better to pick what Zhao Dingli could make, then buy the groceries accordingly.

"Let me see." Zhao Dingli took out his phone and checked the recipes he had saved on it.

Two of them were already marked, ones he had learned and Li Xiaoyun had also tried.

"These two dishes." Zhao Dingli said.

Li Xiaoyun checked, realizing they had some of the ingredients at home, and added the missing ones to the cart.

"This dish looks pretty simple, I should be able to do it." Zhao Dingli remarked, looking at the untried recipes.

The recipes that Zhao Guoxian had organized for him considered his level, all simpler than simple.

Zhao Dingli had already gone through them and made a plan for himself, so he had a good grasp of the recipes.

He added a few more that he thought he could handle.

Li Xiaoyun added all the necessary ingredients mentioned to the shopping cart and made the purchase.

While waiting for the ingredients to be delivered, Zhao Dingli said to Zhao Guoxian, "Since you’re here, hurry up and list some more recipes for me. I’ve been urging you for so long, and you kept delaying. Now that you’re here, write them for me on the spot."

"Here?" Zhao Guoxian was shocked.

He came as a guest, not as a laborer!

"If you think this place isn’t convenient, you can use the study," Zhao Dingli said.

Zhao Guoxian: "..."

Is that what he meant?

That wasn’t what he meant at all!

"Come on," Zhao Dingli waved him over.

Zhao Guoxian, having arrived at Zhao Dingli’s house, had no choice but to comply.

He could only follow Zhao Dingli to the study.

Zhao Dingli flipped open the laptop cover, which was always in standby mode as he rarely shut it down.

It was convenient to open it up and start using it immediately.

"I need you to write out 10 recipes here," Zhao Dingli assigned a task to Zhao Guoxian, "With your ability, 10 recipes are a piece of cake, just a small matter."

Zhao Guoxian: "..."

"Did I come here to do homework?" Zhao Guoxian said, face dark.

Zhao Dingli acted like he hadn’t heard that, "At your speed, if you work efficiently, it should take only fifteen minutes."

After speaking, Zhao Dingli left.

Zhao Guoxian: "..."

When Zhao Dingli returned, Ye Fei noticed that Zhao Guoxian seemed to have gone without coming back.

"Where’s Guoxian?" Ye Fei asked.

"Doing homework," Zhao Dingli replied without thinking.

Everyone: "..."

What’s this about?

What homework?

Zhao Dingli: "..."

It was all Zhao Guoxian.

Talking about homework came out naturally, causing him to say it too.

"He’s over there writing recipes, and won’t come out until he’s done," Zhao Dingli said.

Even Li Xiaoyun, with her rose-tinted view of Zhao Dingli, had to admit, Zhao Guoxian was really having a tough time.

Seeing Zhao Gushen not looking surprised at all, Ye Fei asked, "When you were kids, surely you weren’t made to do homework under the watchful eyes of your fourth uncle like this?"

"What are you thinking?" Zhao Gushen said, "We were all self-disciplined and strong kids, didn’t need him watching."

Besides, back then, Zhao Dingli was just a teenager himself, barely any authority to speak of.

Zhao Guoxian must have been truly driven to the edge, working hard with determination.

It didn’t even take fifteen minutes; he was done in ten.

"I’ve saved them all on your computer," Zhao Guoxian said.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Dingli was still unsatisfied, "Have your school’s students make instructional videos for me later. Those simple recipes will be a piece of cake for them, anyway."

Zhao Guoxian: "..."

The students are really busy, okay?

"Fourth uncle, it’s one thing for you to boss me around, I’ll let it go since you’re my uncle," Zhao Guoxian said, "But the students at Changping don’t have it easy either, the competitive pressure is immense, they can’t relax for a moment. Any slight slack, and they’ll be overtaken, widening the gap with others. They’re too busy with their own advanced cooking to have time for this."

Isn’t this distracting kids who are trying to improve?

"If you really want to learn, just come audit classes at Changping," Zhao Guoxian suggested.

"Forget it. With fourth uncle’s level, it’s like a kindergarten student auditing university, you wouldn’t understand a thing," Zhao Gushen said with undisguised disdain for Zhao Dingli.

"..." Zhao Dingli chuckled coldly, "I might not understand, but are you any better? Can you even cook instant noodles?"

Zhao Gushen: "..."

"We’re family, can we try to hurt each other a little less?" Ye Fei advised.

Aren’t you satisfied with hurting others outside usually?

"Truthfully, I don’t have time to audit," Zhao Dingli said, "Alright, then, just whenever you’re free, organize more recipes for me."

Actually, it would be more suitable to find Ye Fei.

Zhao Guoxian never had experience in teaching beginners.

From the start of his career, he was titled a genius chef, entering directly into the academy’s management, eventually becoming the principal.

Even when he occasionally teaches a class, the students are all from Changping Academy.

No relation to basic teaching at all.

However, Ye Fei, who runs a food blog, targets the general public.

There are even followers with no culinary skills whatsoever.

So actually, learning from Ye Fei would be most suitable.

But Zhao Dingli was embarrassed to trouble Ye Fei.

When it comes to forcing someone to work, targeting his nephew is much less stressful.

After a while, the ingredients were also delivered.

Given Zhao Dingli’s level, he worked slowly, so he had to start preparing early.

Li Xiaoyun wanted to help, but Zhao Guoxian stopped her, "Aunt, since uncle’s busy, you’re the only host left here, you can’t just leave us unattended."

"Guoxian’s right," Zhao Dingli said, "You stay here and keep them company, let Guoxian come with me."

Zhao Guoxian: "..."

Am I not a guest?

"Look at you, scared for no reason. It’s not like you’re going to work, just supervising is fine," Zhao Dingli said, as if suddenly having a rare moment of conscience.