Chapter 8 - One Month Anniversary, Part 2 "Preparation"

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"Now, stop fooling around and help me with the groceries, I need to put them away

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"Now, stop fooling around and help me with the groceries, I need to put them away. There is some raw and frozen food dying out here." she seriously says after slapping him on the chest. Donghua lets go of her and lets her put the groceries away. He helps her with the dry ingredients since he knows where some of them go. After, when they are done Donghua pulls her over to the dining table to eat the breakfast he brought over. "Jiu'er why did you buy so many things? Is there a test today that you needed to practice for?" Donghua curiously asks while he sips on his tea. "Ummm... no. just needed to stock up." she hesitantly says, trying to hide the surprise while fidgeting with her breakfast.

~~~ Three hours ago~~~

"Let's see for tomorrow's dinner... I want to have a three... no no no... I want a five course meal! Let me plan this out, property... before going to the supermarket. I don't want to forget anything!" she speaks out loud to herself while writing down the menu and ingredients.

Amuse-bouche

French Kiss Oyster Ceviche

Hors D'oeuvre

Truffle Parmigiano-Reggiano Arancini Rice Balls

Pan Sear Goose Foie Gras with Fresh Figs and Toasted Baguette

Soup

Baked Lobster and Crab Bisque with Puff Pastry and

Main

Individual Beef Wellington, Red Wine Au Jus

Truffle Brie Mash Potatoes

Fresh Truffle and Wild Mushrooms in Mixed Green Salad with Truffle Vinaigrette

Dessert

Parmigiano-Reggiano and Truffle Soufflé

Blood Orange Crème Brûlée

"Now, that menu looks like a Five Michelin Stars quality! He he he he! Now let's go shopping!" she happily sings out while skipping out to the apartment.

~~~At the supermarket~~~

As Fengjiu enters the supermarket she grabs a cart and two baskets. She heads over to the fresh produce aisle first.

"Produce aisle... I need blood oranges... wild mushrooms, mixed greens... Ummm maybe some vine grape tomatoes to give it some colors. Potatoes... what kind of potatoes should I use? Rustics... Red skin... Mini white... Yukon gold... Ohhhhhhh they have the vitelotte blue potatoes! I'll get these! I bet Donghua never ate this before. Now I need some chestnuts for the fillings... Ohhh these figs look so fresh... Ohh from Greece by air! Okay, I'll need five of these... Ummm... I need some carrots, limes, lemons, red onions, garlics... chives... cilantro... Ummm... What else? Ummm... I have some of the other ingredients at home... so I think I'm done here... Ummm Wait... uhh almost forgot the most important ingredient! Truffles!" she talks to herself throughout the whole time in the produce aisle while picking out her ingredients.

          

A boy was watching from afar as Fengjiu picked out her ingredients. He walks up behind her quietly, thinking about how to start a conversation. "Hey, Fengjiu! What are you doing here so early in the morning! You normally do all your grocery shopping on the weekend or evenings." the young boy asks. He is one of the boys from the building she lives in. "Oh! Morning! I have an important event coming up so I had to pick up some stuff for it. Are you just getting off work?" she politely replies to him. She actually doesn't even know his name at all. All she knows is that he lives on the same floor as her, he's in a different major and he works overnight in this supermarket.

"Yeah, I am about to head back to sleep before class. Do you need any help with the groceries? I can wait for you and help you carry them back!" he happily asks, hoping to get a chance to ask her out. "Thank you for the offer. But I still have a lot more stuff to pick up. It might take much longer. You should head back and get some sleep before class." she kindly rejected him. "Umm... Okay then! See you later!" the boy walks away looking defeated while Fengjiu is too dense to know that he has a crush on her. The boy wants to turn back and tell her that he likes her but he has no guts to. He thinks it would be too awkward afterwards if she rejects him so he just lets it be for now. "I will have another chance to ask her. We live in the same building and the same floor! There will be tons of chances!" he encourages himself.

Fengjiu heads over to the bakery section and picks up a loaf of French baguette then heads over to the seafood section. "Let's see which one of you is super lively..." she says while using the tongue and picking up lobsters out of the water. "Oooo look at you dancing away! It's you Lucy!" she says to the lobster while placing it in the paper bag then she moves over to the crabs.

"Umm... These crabs look way too small! They are still babies! I won't yield much meat from them... I might as well just get the frozen crabmeats... At least I don't have to deshell them." she contemplates on her choices. She moves over to the oyster, she looks at the variety and she finds the ones she wants. "French kisses, you guys look bigger than your regular sizes... It must be, New Brunswick's water is doing well this year! Lucky us!! He he he he!" she giggles away while picking out a dozen of them. She walks over to the freezer and grabs a bag of frozen crab meat then places it in her cart's basket.

After Fengjiu walks over to the fresh meat section. "Now let's see... Monsieur, can you give me one piece of beef tenderloin but cut into halves, and a tray of goose foie gras please?" she politely asks the butcher. "Oui Madame..." the butcher replies and hands her the packed items after a few minutes. She walks over to the deli counter and looks at her choices of parma ham and cheeses. "Madame, can I get one pound of the Pio Tosini parma ham slightly thicker than the regular slices... a two-pound brick of parmigiano-reggiano and one-pound brick of brie." she politely asks the lady. "Oui Madame..." the lady replies back and after a short while she hands Fengjiu the packed items.

She walks over to the dairy section to pick up a pack of brown eggs, a pack of puff pastry, butter, milk and heavy cream. "I really can't wait till tomorrow's surprise dinner. He really hasn't even mentioned it either. He normally has stuff planned out and tells me a few days in advance. Or was the Moulin Rouge trip, the celebration? Or did he forget about it? Or people don't really celebrate these small anniversaries?" she ponders on the questions while she waits in the check-out line.

~~~Back to Present TIme~~~

"Jiu'er, it's our one-month anniversary tomorrow! I hope you booked the night off from work! I have planned for us to go on a boat cruise and dinner at another Michelin Star restaurant!" he happily telling, Fengjiu his plans. "Oh... I... thought you forgot about it or thought you might not care about these small things." she surprisingly says to him. "He didn't forget at all! He has planned the night out for us! But I really wanted to stay here and have a romantic candle night dinner. Just the two of us." she says in her mind. "Of course I won't! Anything to do with my Jiu'er I will never forget at all." he sweetly says to her while grabbing a hold of her hands.

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