Chapter 42 Why didn't you see me? You starved to death

It is certain that some people are jealous, but with the example of the two old ladies Zhang and Li, they only dare to be jealous behind their backs.

Su Heng didn't care. He went back and drove Luo Yan for a ride before saying goodbye to them and going to the village clinic to find Song Wan.

Passing by the big tree at the entrance of the village, they became much more restrained, but the old ladies and old men who were habitually sitting there chatting watched Su Heng's figure passing by on his bicycle.

An old lady asked, "Isn't that the one from the Lu family?"

There are only two families with the surname Lu in the village, and the brothers of Lu Mingchuan’s grandfather are called the Old Lu family to distinguish them.

Old Mrs. Zhang and Old Mrs. Li were also there, but they had a conflict over the last compensation issue for Su Heng.

They sat in different places and would spit at each other when they saw each other.

They also saw it, and looked at Su Heng with jealous eyes. He stretched his neck to stare at her receding back on the bicycle, and his hands, like dry bark, rested on his thighs and twitched uncontrollably.

Damn it, this is all their money!

The old man on the side pulled the old lady Huang who was talking and signaled her to shut up. Didn’t he see that the old ladies Zhang and Li were about to faint from anger?

Old Mrs. Huang, who was being held back, pursed her lips indifferently. What was wrong and why people were not allowed to speak? If she were to say it, she would say that these two people deserved it.

However, the person who had ridden over fell back.

Su Heng suddenly thought that if she wanted to raise a cat, she could ask the old ladies at the village intelligence center; they would definitely know who had one.

"Hello grandmas, do you know anyone who has kittens?"

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Huang quickly asked, "I have one at home. Do you want to raise it?"

Her big cat just gave birth to five cubs. Now every household has little food, so how can they feed the cats?

If no one wants them, I have no choice but to throw them away. Otherwise, I can't afford to keep so many.

Su Heng was delighted. She had asked the right question. "I want one. When can I go catch one?"

Old Mrs. Huang waved her hand: "It's not even a full month yet. When it's a full month, come to my house and pick one."

So the two of them made an appointment to go to Old Lady Huang's house to catch cats.

After Su Heng left, Old Lady Zhang said sarcastically, "You can't even afford to eat, yet you still keep a cat. You're such a spendthrift woman."

This remark also touched Old Lady Huang's heart. She had a bad temper and immediately retorted: "How come I starved you to death and you still have the energy to spit shit here!"

The two old ladies immediately put their hands on their hips and started cursing, but in the end, Old Lady Huang was slightly better.

Su Heng had no idea that this was happening behind her. When she arrived at the clinic, she saw from a distance two people drying herbs in the open space outside the house.

It’s Cheng Yi and Song Wan.

Su Heng stopped the car and asked with a smile, "Cheng Zhiqing is also working at the clinic?"

Cheng Yi knew she had no good intentions when he saw her, and his handsome face was full of helplessness: "I just happened to be free, so I came to help."

Song Wan couldn't stand Su Heng's teasing gaze any longer, so she quickly asked before Su Heng could speak again, "Why are you here today?"

Su Heng pretended to be sad and covered her chest: "Why, he can come, but I can't."

Song Wan was amused by her: "Of course I came. I see that you seem to be feeling uncomfortable in your chest, so I'll give you two injections."

"That's not necessary."

Su Heng walked over and looked at the medicine drying on the winnowing basket, then looked at Cheng Yi.

Then he pulled Song Wan over and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to celebrate at my house? I happened to get some food in the city today, so let's make it for tomorrow."

As he spoke, he leaned close to Song Wan's ear and said, "Do you want to take him? Otherwise, don't take him. There's a handsome younger brother coming tomorrow."

When Song Wan heard this joking remark, she couldn't help but smile and patted Su Heng.

Cheng Yi had been listening alertly since she pulled Song Wan over to whisper something to him. He didn't hear anything else, but only heard the three words "handsome brother".

He immediately walked over with a smile and asked, "Celebrating Wanwan? I want to go too, is that okay?"

Su Heng said maliciously: "You should ask Wanwan about this. Can he go?"

Song Wan held his forehead and signaled Su Heng to be more restrained: "Go, he comes with me."

"Okay, see you tomorrow then!"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow."

Su Heng was riding her bike home when she ran into Lu Mingchuan who was herding ducks back.

The ducks and geese have grown a bit and need to go into the water to move around.

Lu Mingchuan had previously asked the well-drilling team to dig a hole in the corner of the wall next to the chicken coop, and drove the chickens out through this hole every day to get some fresh air.

When Su Heng saw him limping, she suddenly felt that she was a bit abusing the cripple.

She suddenly felt a pang of guilt for letting the lame man release the ducks.

After parking the car in the yard, Su Heng ran over, took the stick from Lu Mingchuan and said, "Let me drive it."

Lu Mingchuan calmly handed the stick to her and said, "You can't catch it."

"Don't look down on me. It's just a matter of chasing ducks." Su Heng said as he waved his stick to chase the ducks towards the wall.

I don’t know if the ducks were too stupid or what, but the originally neat team became chaotic, with “quack” sounds everywhere, but they just refused to go through the dog hole.

Especially the two big geese. Geese are aggressive by nature, and Su Heng doesn’t often feed them, so the big geese are not familiar with Su Heng.

Seeing that she was about to hit him with a stick, he immediately flapped his big wings and rushed over to bite her.

Su Heng was so scared that she quickly hid behind Lu Mingchuan.

The two big geese were grabbed by the scruff of the neck by Lu Mingchuan halfway through the journey, and they immediately stopped moving obediently.

Seeing this, Su Heng acted arrogantly: "They are going to rebel! They dared to bite me, so they will have to eat goose stewed in an iron pot tonight!"

A sweet voice came from behind, and a smile appeared in Lu Mingchuan's eyes.

In the end, he was the one who rushed in to finish the meal, but of course, he didn't get to eat the goose.

They are still half-grown geese and haven't even started laying eggs yet, so how can they be stewed? Let them escape this disaster for now.

Su Heng even cut some eggplant into the stewed noodles with beans and minced meat for dinner.

Today's eggplants are long and thin, which are much more delicious than the short and fat round eggplants of later generations, especially after absorbing the minced meat and soup, they taste almost like meat.

Eat well, drink enough, and have a good night's sleep.

The next day, Su Heng got up early in the morning.

Because she wanted to cook hot pot, she had to prepare the hot pot base early. There were a lot of dried chilies hanging under the eaves, and some garlic.

There was no butter. Su Heng held the can of lard and used up half of it in a month.

I couldn't help but scoop out a big spoonful, and promised myself that I would only be extravagant this time.

To stir-fry the base ingredients, you first need to use green onions and ginger to fry the oil to bring out the aroma. Su Heng was once again thankful that they lived in a remote area, otherwise the aroma from cooking would have been pelted with stones every day.

As soon as the washed and chopped dried chilies were put into the pot, both people in the kitchen were choked.

Lu Mingchuan looked at the pot full of peppers, the red was dazzling, and he tried to hold it in, but he couldn't help asking: "Is this too much?"

Su Heng choked and ran to the door to breathe some fresh air. She turned around and said, "No, it just smells spicy. You'll know when you eat it."

The peppers in the north are not that spicy, they just look scary.

Put the peppers into the pot and season them. After a while, the base ingredients will be ready. Put them into a large porcelain bowl and set aside.

The soup base is made with those two large bones, which are cooked in a casserole on a small coal stove.