Chapter 043

Discuss this matter with Chen Jinfeng.

Chuxia returned to school to attend the last half day of classes this week.

When she finished all the work in the evening, Chen Jinfeng came to see her again.

Chen Jinfeng called Chuxia out of the office and said to her, "I've arranged everything for you. Don't worry about preparing it tomorrow. Come to my house early in the evening. I'll prepare the pot and firewood for you."

Chuxia was naturally very happy, and she took Chen Jinfeng's hand and said thank you.

With Chen Jinfeng's words, Chuxia felt relieved to prepare the ingredients.

The next morning after breakfast, she put on her backpack, walked to the door of the boys' dormitory, called Lin Xiaohan, and then took Lin Xiaohan to the commune.

Since Lin Xiaohan has agreed to do this with her, and she has also promised to give him half of the money if she makes it, then of course she has to bring him along to work.

She wanted to set up a noodle stall with him so that she could call him along if something happened.

According to the plan, they would invite five people tonight.

Apart from the brigade secretary Liu, the brigade captain Liang Youtian, and the women's director Chen Jinfeng, the remaining two were the militia captain Wu Changming and the brigade accountant Qin Xue.

Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan were not rich enough to treat five people to a table full of delicious food.

So they went to the commune and bought two pounds of pork belly and three pounds of flour within their means.

Then I bought a rooster at the market, as well as some side dishes such as potatoes and mushrooms.

As for the other vegetables you need, you can just pick them from the fields.

It took most of the day to prepare all the ingredients.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Chuxia once again carried the backpack and the bamboo basket, went to the door of the boys' dormitory, stretched her head slightly and called Lin Xiaohan.

After calling his name, she asked him, "I'm going to Aunt Jinfeng's house to start cooking now. Are you coming?"

Lin Xiaohan didn't answer in the dormitory.

Ten seconds later, he walked out, stood in front of Chu Xia and asked, "You went to the commune market to buy things this morning. Why don't you go for this opportunity to earn some performance?"

Hearing what he said, Chu Xia looked at him, smiled at him and said, "Then show more."

After saying that, he took off the backpack filled with potatoes, pork and vegetables and put it in Lin Xiaohan's hand. Then he took the rooster with its legs tied and put it in Lin Xiaohan's hand as well.

Lin Xiaohan: “…”

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Lin Xiaohan carried a backpack with a rooster on his back, while Chuxia carried a bamboo basket with a bag of flour, and they went to Chen Jinfeng's house together.

When she reached the gate, she called out "Auntie" into the yard and Chen Jinfeng came out.

Seeing that Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan brought so many things, Chen Jinfeng hurried over to greet them enthusiastically.

He took the rooster from Lin Xiaohan and took Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan into the kitchen, saying, "This chicken needs to be stewed for a longer time to taste good, so we have to cook it earlier. It should be about the same time when they are all done. When the time comes, I will go to the brigade headquarters and call them, and they will all come over."

Chuxia went to the kitchen to put the things down and said, "Thank you, auntie."

Chen Jinfeng sighed and said, "I'm eating all your food for free, and you keep saying thank you. Please stop saying these two words. If you keep saying them, I won't dare to eat anymore."

Chu Xia laughed when she heard this and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. I promise you that no matter whether it can be accomplished or not, I will definitely not make things difficult for you."

Since Chen Jinfeng had already agreed, she didn't think about whether it would cause any trouble or difficulties.

She has always been a kind-hearted person and has never been afraid of others bothering her.

She was too lazy to say these polite words to Chu Xia, and just said: "Let's not talk about anything else, let's start cooking, if there is anything you need my help with, just tell me."

Chu Xia naturally didn't want her help, "Just take a rest and wait for dinner."

Chen Jinfeng naturally couldn't rest. She glanced over the things that Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan brought, and finally her eyes fell on the rooster in her hand. She said, "Then let me help you kill the chicken. You city kids have definitely never killed a chicken before, and this is what I am best at."

She really got it right.

In my entire life, Chuxia has chopped chicken, roasted chicken, and eaten chicken, but I have never killed a chicken.

Looking at the rooster's round eyes, Chuxia hesitated and said nothing.

Lin Xiaohan said, "Aunt, just teach me how to kill, and I'll do it."

Chen Jinfeng had already taken the knife in her hand and said to Lin Xiaohan, "Why are you, a grown man, joining in the fun? Just go and take a rest and don't hang around in the kitchen."

Lin Xiaohan didn't bother to talk to her any more. He took the rooster and the kitchen knife from her hands and walked into the yard while saying, "Aunt, please don't look down on me. I can do everything, whether it's in the kitchen or outside the kitchen."

Chen Jinfeng found that she had no way to deal with him, so she had to go out and teach him.

Chu Xia did not follow him out to see. She smiled and asked Chen Jinfeng, "Aunt, which bowl do you use to knead dough?"

Chen Jinfeng turned around and answered her: "Anything on the stove can be used. You can use it as you like."

Chuxia then turned around and looked around the stove, took out an enamel basin with a big carp printed on the bottom, washed it with clean water, put it on the table, and poured all the white flour she had brought into it.

Chen Jinfeng was outside teaching Lin Xiaohan how to kill a chicken.

Lin Xiaohan's actions were decisive and quick, and now all the enthusiasm had been released.

Chen Jinfeng hurried to the kitchen to get a kettle and took out a basin.

He went outside and poured the boiling water from the kettle that had just been boiled at noon into the basin, and asked Lin Xiaohan to put the rooster in the boiling water to scald it, so that the feathers would be easier to pluck and pluck cleanly.

Lin Xiaohan followed Chen Jinfeng's instructions and put the rooster in boiling water.

While scalding, he asked Chen Jinfeng, "Is it enough to just pluck out the hair and take out the internal organs?"

Chen Jinfeng then told him in detail what to do after plucking the hair.

After taking out the internal organs, you cannot throw away all of them. The chicken hearts, chicken livers and chicken gizzards are all edible. Wash them clean and stew them together with the chicken later. It will also be a meaty dish.

Lin Xiaohan understood and said to Chen Jinfeng, "Aunt, I know everything. You can go and take a rest. I can handle it."

Chen Jinfeng was still a little worried, "Can you do it?"

Lin Xiaohan smiled and said, "It's OK. If it really doesn't work, you can help deal with it in the end."

After hearing what he said, Chen Jinfeng stopped watching in the yard.

She thought that standing there was a waste of time and might as well find something else to do, so she went into the kitchen and rummaged through the backpack that Lin Xiaohan brought with her.

Chuxia kneaded the dough and said to her, "Aunt, you take a rest, we can do it."

Chen Jinfeng took out some pork from her backpack and said, "I can't wait. What are you going to do with the meat? Tell me and I'll do it for you."

Chu Xia saw that Chen Jinfeng was really restless, and was afraid that she would be really unhappy if she didn't let her do it, so she gave in and said, "Auntie, just cut off the pig skin and chop it into cubes."

Chen Jinfeng responded and went to wash the pork in a basin.

After washing it clean, she came to the table and, as Chu Xia had said, she took the clean chopping board and kitchen knife, cut off the pig skin, and then sliced ​​and diced the meat.

While cutting the pork slices, Chen Jinfeng stretched her head to look into the yard.

Then she continued to slice the meat, and said with a smile in a low voice, "Xiao Lin is a really good kid, one in a million. I've lived to this age, and I've seen a lot of people, but I've never seen anyone like him. Whether it's things outside or things at home, he does everything in a very good way. He has the looks and the skills. He can make money outside and cook at home. He has a good personality, is warm and sweet. From top to bottom, inside and out, there's nothing wrong with him."

Hearing Chen Jinfeng praising Lin Xiaohan so exaggeratedly, Chu Xia just pursed her lips and smiled slightly.

So if someone seems almost perfect in front of you, with no flaws or shortcomings at all, you don’t have to think about it, because he or she is definitely pretending.

Chuxia didn't say anything.

Chen Jinfeng glanced at Chuxia and asked, "Xiaoxia, you and Xiaolin are together all day, the two of you..."

Of course Chuxia understood what Chen Jinfeng meant.

She quickly replied, "Aunt, we are just classmates and colleagues, nothing else."

Chen Jinfeng smiled and said, "Xiao Lin is such a good young man, he is in front of you every day, don't you have any thoughts? Let's say that good things should be kept within the family, you know what I mean, right? If you can't go back in the future and find a partner in the village, I don't think you will find anyone better than Xiao Lin."

Chu Xia also smiled and said, "Aunt, he doesn't like me."

After saying that, an idea popped into his mind, and he added, "At most, he'll appreciate my cooking skills."

It's not that she feels inferior and thinks she is not worthy of Lin Xiaohan.

But he knew that in Lin Xiaohan's heart, there was no place for women.

Chen Jinfeng looked at Chu Xia, "It's all the same. If he likes your cooking skills, doesn't that mean he likes you? If he likes your cooking skills, can't you use your cooking skills to tie him down?"

Chu Xia continued to knead the dough, smiling as she said, "Aunt, when I look for a partner, I must look for someone who really likes me as a person, not someone who likes me because I'm a good cook, can do housework, am honest and can serve others, and is suitable to be taken home as a good wife."

All these advantages and specialties of her were designed to make her a good wife for Han Ting.

In the novel, when Han Ting finally tasted the bitterness of love and returned to life and needed to stabilize his family, he actually saw that she was the perfect candidate to be his wife.

Chen Jinfeng didn't understand what Chu Xia said, and asked again in confusion: "Who doesn't want to find a good wife when they are looking for a wife? How can they want to find a bad wife? Regardless of whether they are men or women, they must consider these when looking for a partner."

Chuxia didn't plan to talk more about these things with Chen Jinfeng.

She stopped talking about herself and continued with Chen Jinfeng's words with a smile: "You are right. If I were to find a partner, I would also have to examine whether he could be a good husband."

That's right.

Chen Jinfeng said: "That's it."

After saying this, she leaned in front of Chu Xia and whispered, "Xiao Xia, believe me. I never make mistakes when judging people. As long as they get married, Xiao Lin will definitely be a good husband."

Chuxia glanced at Chen Jinfeng and couldn't help but smile.

She could say this because she didn't know that Lin Xiaohan didn't want to be a good husband to anyone.

He is a cold-hearted man who wants to keep everything separate and won't even eat from the same plate with a woman. If he were to marry someone unexpectedly, they would probably have to sleep in two beds.

If anyone marries him, it would be no different from finding an ordinary roommate.

Chen Jinfeng thought Chu Xia smiled and agreed with her.

So she continued, "You better hurry up. If you don't, there will be many people in our village eyeing Xiao Lin. Everyone wants to introduce their relatives to him as a matchmaker."

Chu Xia smiled and thought to herself - if there really was a matchmaker and they really met, the girl would probably run away after being with Lin Xiaohan for less than two times.

If she hadn't wanted to use his energy, she wouldn't have been able to stick with him for so long.

Of course, she didn't say that, but continued, "We have just been in the countryside for a short time, let's talk about it after we have established roots."

Chen Jinfeng thought this made sense, so she nodded and said, "That's right."

Chuxia and Chen Jinfeng chatted and made peace.

She put the dough aside and covered it with a cloth to let it rise, but did not immediately take the rolling board to roll out the dough.

Lin Xiaohan had just finished dealing with the rooster.

He brought the rooster into the kitchen, presented it to Chen Jinfeng, and asked her, "Aunt, what do you think of my cooking?"

After reading it, Chen Jinfeng smiled and praised him, "Very good, very good, Comrade Xiaolin, you are really good."

Lin Xiaohan put the basin containing the chicken on the stove and said, "Aunt, you taught me well."

When Chen Jinfeng heard what he said, a smile instantly spread across her face.

Chuxia’s dough has been kneaded and Lin Xiaohan’s chicken has been slaughtered.

Chen Jinfeng hadn't finished dicing the meat yet, so Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan took the backpack to the yard, sat down next to the water pressurized well, and continued to wash and process the vegetables.

Lin Xiaohan and Chuxia washed the potatoes and peeled them with chopsticks.

While peeling the potatoes, Lin Xiaohan asked Chuxia, "What were you talking about in the room just now?"

Although they spoke quietly, he still heard Xiaolin a few times.

Lin Xiaohan's voice is not loud now.

Chu Xia glanced at him and said in a voice lower than usual: "Aunt Jin Feng is praising you to the heavens and earth, saying that there is nothing wrong with you from top to bottom and inside to outside, and that if you get married, you will definitely be a very good husband."

Lin Xiaohan looked at Chu Xia and asked, "Then what? What did you say?"

Chuxia continued to scrape potatoes. "Of course I told the truth. I said that you don't like women, you probably won't marry a woman, and you don't want to be a good husband. I told her that you once told me: If there is no woman in your heart, you will be a god when you draw your sword!"

Lin Xiaohan: “…”