The God of Cooking Educated Youth in the 70s

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Chapter 20 Meet Again

Oh, it's not good for you to be so enthusiastic. Xue Miao, a Beijing girl at heart, didn't close her eyes. She looked him up and down and commented loudly: "Not good-looking at all." She is obviously a rib spirit, not only not pleasing to the eyes, but also makes people get stye.

Xue Miao was not particularly surprised. In the past, her grandfather took her out to collect folk customs during holidays. She had some understanding of local customs. People in some places in the south do like wild bathing. Especially here, the local ethnic minorities regard water as a gift from God. Men and women bathing together in the holy water and meeting each other "frankly" did not mean anything obscene. Although the 1970s were special, it was also an innocent era.

The boy failed to show off and was embarrassed. He dived into the water and was too embarrassed to come out.

"Hahahaha..." The people in the river laughed.

A girl asked, "Are you looking for someone?"

"I'm looking for Secretary Ruiban's house."

"That's my house. You are the educated youth living in the north, right? The one who is coming to visit my house?"

Seeing Xue Miao nod, the girl immediately wrung her hair and got on the shore wetly. The outline of her body was faintly visible under her wet skirt. Xue Miao didn't feel embarrassed when she saw the boy, but she blushed when she saw the girl's body.

Thinking that people here not only like to take cold showers, but also like to take hot springs, and men and women bathe together, Xue Miao became curious and asked the girl who was walking side by side with her on the way home, "Do you also take hot springs together?" She was too embarrassed to ask this question after taking off all her clothes.

"Of course," the girl blinked, "Would you like to come together someday?"

"..."

"Hahahaha, I'm just teasing you."

The girl's name is Ruiyin, the youngest daughter of Secretary Ruiban. She is passionate and hot-tempered, which is very much to Xue Miao's liking. The two of them walked and talked all the way and soon arrived at Secretary Ruiban's house.

The secretary's house is at the innermost of the village, also by the water, surrounded by green trees. The house has logs as pillars, bamboo walls, and a straw roof. From a distance, it looks like a human figure. It has two floors, with livestock at the bottom and people living at the top.

As soon as she entered the yard, Ruiyin shouted loudly into the house: "Guests are coming."

At the entrance of the second floor stairs, seven or eight people, young and old, rushed out. They all walked downstairs flexibly and surrounded Xue Miao. They smiled widely and welcomed her to their home. Their smiles were brighter than the sun. Xue Miao felt that she was surrounded by a large circle of sunflowers.

Seeing that Xue Miao also brought a bag of precious milk powder as a gift, the eldest daughter-in-law of the secretary of the Rui class ignored Xue Miao's persuasion that she had already eaten lunch, and went straight to the chicken coop to catch a chicken and kill it for her to eat. It took a lot of persuasion to persuade her. Xue Miao was a little overwhelmed by the host's enthusiasm, and sweat was hot on her forehead. What a lovely family.

The thin Ruiban secretary must have been a handsome young man when he was young. After hearing Xue Miao's purpose, he said, "You want to learn about our Dai food? Then you have found the right person." He pointed to the kind old lady who was sitting on a bamboo chair and listening to them with a smile, "The best cook in our village is here." The old lady is the secretary's mother. She usually takes care of the meals for large-scale activities in the tribe. She is also a chef.