Chapter 779 - Whats So Good About Congee (2/2)

This was Xiao Xing’s way of compensating for Yuan Zhou. As for why he hadn’t offered to make the congee himself, it was because he couldn’t cook.

The difference between congee and gruel was quite big.

“Um?” Yuan Zhou’s eyes lit up. This was a very creative idea. He felt like if he continued eating what he had been eating, he would die. He had to eat something different for lunch to give his stomach some sort of relief.

Since the tourist guide was kind enough to extend him this invitation, Yuan Zhou agreed to go cook lunch at Xiao Xing’s house.

After asking a few questions, Yuan Zhou gained a rough understanding of the ingredients and condiments Xiao Xing had at his home.

He should be able to make two variations of salad to go along with the congee.

After strolling around for a bit, Xiao Xing brought Yuan Zhou to his home. There would be ups and downs in the tourism industry. As a huge portion of tourists to Thailand were Chinese, their tourism industry would be affected by politics at times.

A while ago, there was some tension between the two countries but now that they had a new king, the tension had eased. Xiao Xing was making a decent amount of money doing this. As a man with a girlfriend, even if he was not staying with his girlfriend, he still needed to ensure that his room was clean. His house had one bedroom and one living room, and although it was quite bare of furniture, it was spacious and neat.

“This is my home. Is it clean?” Xiao Xing introduced proudly.

“Not bad.” Yuan Zhou noticed some long hairs at the corner of the room and some dust on the glass windows, but he still nodded out of politeness.

“Of course. My girlfriend came over to clean the house after I left yesterday. She is pretty and good. What is the term you guys have for a girl like her?” Xiao Xing asked proudly.

“Virtuous,” Yuan Zhou said.

“Yes, she is virtuous,” Xiao Xing nodded repeatedly as he brought Yuan Zhou into the house.

When talking about Xiao Xing’s girlfriend, Yuan Zhou wasn’t paying much attention. He only nodded politely to indicate that he was listening.

After all, his stomach wasn’t feeling very good. He did not have the energy to focus on some love story.

“This is the kitchen. I don’t normally use it, but my girlfriend will use it every now and then to make some food for me. The rice is in the cabinet, the vegetables are in the fridge, and the condiments are on the table. Use anything you want,” Xiao Xing gave a short introduction.

“Thank you.” Yuan Zhou nodded.

“Don’t worry about it. Do you need my help with cooking?” Xiao Xing asked.

“No. I will make some congee and two salads for lunch. Will that be fine?” Yuan Zhou asked.

“Yes. Use anything you want. My girlfriend was the one who bought them,” Xiao Xing could not stop talking about his girlfriend.

Yuan Zhou was somewhat speechless as he grumbled inwardly, “Is having a girlfriend that big of a deal? Um… yeah, that seemed to be quite big of a deal indeed.”

“Let’s have congee together for lunch then,” Yuan Zhou said.

“What’s so good about congee? It’s tasteless. I’m fine. I will eat some instant noodles,” Xiao Xing shook his head.

That’s right. As far as Xiao Xing was concerned, the congee the Chinese people would eat were completely bland and was not delicious. With how mushy the rice grains would be and how bland it would taste, he had no interest in it.

“You will know what’s so good about congee after trying it,” Yuan Zhou gave a nonchalant reply.