Seeing this, Xu Ji quickly picked up the small bowl and showed Zhang Jiayang the fresh dish.

"Look, this is kimchi. You don't know, when Sister Xue first opened the jar, the smell alone made your mouth water."

Xu Ji wanted someone to suffer from the saltiness of kimchi like he did, so naturally he wanted to praise it to the skies.

However, the kimchi looks rather ordinary now, and it doesn't smell very appetizing anymore.

He couldn't come up with any more words of praise to attract Zhang Jiayang.

Lin Siqi and Zhuang Xue had been secretly observing Xu Ji ever since they saw him bring people in.

Watching him rack his brains to praise the kimchi in order to entice Zhang Jiayang to try it.

But in the end, he found that kimchi wasn't very appealing, and he didn't know why he insisted on trying it.

"Never mind, don't let its ordinary appearance fool you, it's actually very delicious."

Before giving up on his prank, Xu Ji struggled one last time, just in case he ate it.

Zhang Jiayang carefully examined the pickled vegetables in the small bowl, but he couldn't see anything special about them.

However, since Xu Ji recommended it so strongly, it's worth a try.

So he also tried it out and tasted the flavor of kimchi.

"Ptooey, ptooey, Xu Ji, is this what you call delicious!" Zhang Jiayang chewed a couple of times, then realized something was wrong and spat it out.

Just as Xu Ji saw Zhang Jiayang about to try, he found a spot where he could escape quickly.

Before the other person could get angry and hit him, he darted away from the scene.

"Hahahaha." He went out, and only after he left and didn't see Zhang Jiayang come out did he burst out laughing.

Zhang Jiayang drank a bowl of water before he felt the saltiness in his mouth dissipate.

Before he could even go out to confront Xu Ji, he saw Lin Siqi and Zhuang Xue laughing uncontrollably.

"No, Sister Xue, Lin Zhiqing, you two must have known he was trying to play a trick on me, so why didn't you stop him?"

Lin Siqi and Zhuang Xue were in the kitchen the whole time, so they must have seen Xu Ji's embarrassing situation.

Everyone knows kimchi doesn't taste good, yet no one warns them; they just silently watch the show.

"Well, neither of us expected that someone would actually take the bait."

They were genuinely surprised that Zhang Jiayang could be so naive as to actually believe Xu Ji's words.

Besides, it's so much fun like this, why would they want to stop it?

The two of them are here, so they can even watch the show live.

Filled with embarrassment at being tricked and resentment at being laughed at, Zhang Jiayang went out to seek revenge.

"Xu Ji, come out and face your death!" By the time Zhang Jiayang left, Xu Ji had already disappeared without a trace.

Xu Ji wasn't stupid; he knew he couldn't win against him, so he secretly hid himself.

The people outside had all heard Zhang Jiayang's roar and Lin Siqi and Zhuang Xue's laughter coming from the kitchen.

Although they didn't see what happened from outside, judging from the current situation where Xu Ji and Zhang Jiayang were hiding and searching respectively...

Given Xu Ji's sudden promotion of kimchi earlier, it's clear that this matter is probably related to kimchi.

Just then, Dingxiang finished washing the pig liver and was heading to the kitchen.

Seeing him like this, I asked directly, "Is the kimchi very salty?"

As soon as Zhang Jiayang heard people mention kimchi, he felt a salty taste on his tongue.

"Dingxiang, did your brew fail? It's so salty." There was a hint of pitifulness in her voice.

However, Dingxiang was not one to show mercy to women. "That kimchi is meant to be eaten with rice. Why did you have to eat it like that?"

"I added so much salt when I soaked it, didn't you guys see?"

Their Sichuan pickled vegetables are clearly delicious, but they themselves don't know how to eat them, yet they dare to say they've ruined them.

Zhang Jiayang refused to admit that his bad luck was due to his forgetfulness and gluttony.

"Well, fine, it's all Xu Ji's fault. He's already tried it himself, and he wants me to try it too. Let's see if I can catch him."

Zhang Jiayang felt that he and Xu Ji had formed a deep grudge, and he vowed to take revenge.

After returning home, Shen Mu Ning washed herself and changed her clothes in her room before coming out.

Although she had been inside the house the whole time, she was fully aware of the feud between the two men.

I just felt that they were both a bit childish and greedy, but the atmosphere was still quite nice.

Just as Zhang Jiayang was about to look for Xu Ji, Shen Mu Ning called out to him.

"Hey, Zhang Zhiqing, where's my basket?" She had been lingering in the drying yard for too long and had forgotten about it.

She only remembered her basket when she was taking a shower; it was brought back by Zhang Jiayang.

Zhang Jiayang scratched his head, wondering how he could have forgotten to return the basket to Shen Zhiqing.

Remembering how Shen Mu Ning faced the wild boar in the deep mountains, he didn't dare to delay and quickly took out the basket he kept in his house.

"Here, I put it in my room when I got back, I forgot to give it to you earlier."

"It's alright, I forgot too. I should thank you for carrying the basket back for me."

Shen Mu Ning thought about getting the fruit out of the container; she would keep the ones that could be kept, and deal with the ones that couldn't be kept immediately.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Jiayang assumed she had taken the basket back and was going to put it in her room.

Unexpectedly, Shen Mu Ning simply placed the basket on the edge of the well.

"Some of the fruits here can't be kept for long, so I'd like to process them now."

Although she can store wild fruits in her spatial storage to keep them fresh, she has a large basket on her back, and it would be bad if they all suddenly disappeared.

If she had known, she shouldn't have put so much in the basket.

"Hu Zhiqing, can you do me a favor?" Shen Mu Ning had some wild fruits in her basket that she didn't recognize, so she had to ask someone for help.

Among the educated youth, Zhuang Xue, who was the easiest to talk to and often took care of them, was in the kitchen, so she could only ask Hu Meiling for help.

Hu Meiling also went to the drying ground to watch the pig slaughter today, so she tried to avoid Shen Mu Ning whenever she saw her.

Although the captain said that it was Shen Mu Ning and Chu Ming Xu who killed the wild boar.

In the eyes of other members of the Johor Bahru brigade, the two of them probably got a good deal.

But those of them at the educated youth settlement all knew very well just how strong Shen Mu Ning really was.

Ever since she saw the size of that wild boar, she has been filled with lingering fear.

If she had offended Shen Mu Ning back then and gotten punched by her, she might not even be alive today.

She didn't think she was as strong as a wild boar, so she wanted to avoid Shen Mu Ning whenever she saw her.

But I never expected that I wouldn't be able to escape.

"Shen Zhiqing, um, what do you need me for?"

Hu Meiling was afraid that she would be beaten at any time, so she stood far away from Shen Mu Ning when she answered.

Shen Mu Ning sensed her resistance and was speechless, wondering how terrifying she was.

She clearly said she wanted me to be there at noon, but now she's acting like this. Are women really that fickle?

"I just wanted to ask you if you recognize these wild fruits."