She did have some grudges against Captain Zhang when he was still a hunter, but after she saved Hu Zi's mother because of Chen Fengjiao's incident, the relationship between the two families began to improve.

Since the old village chief passed away, Captain Zhang has always stood up for her, just like a reliable elder.

"Nothing went wrong, everything went smoothly. Uncle Zhang, why don't you call your aunt and Hu Zi over too? They can have dinner here tonight."

Captain Zhang had something to say, and since we could chat a bit more during dinner that evening, he didn't refuse and agreed.

Since she was hosting a dinner party that evening, Chen Yunyun prepared all the pork and side dishes she had bought from the commune.

The pigs of that era didn't eat much feed, and they were all carefully bred by the various production brigades, so they were all plump and strong.

The pork that Chen Yunyun bought was marbled with fat and lean meat.

This kind of meat is perfect for braised pork belly and twice-cooked pork with chili peppers.

She poured oil into the iron pot, added the rock sugar she had bought, and gently stirred it with an iron spoon until the rock sugar melted and gradually turned into a caramel color.

Once the pork is cooked and chopped, it is put into a pot and its clean surface is colored. This step is called caramelizing sugar, and it requires a very high degree of control over the heat; if the heat is too high, it will burn.

After this step, the pork chunks are coated with a syrup-like layer of rock sugar, making them shiny and beautiful.

Chen Yunyun was quick and efficient, and soon a large table of dishes was on the table.

The main dish was braised noodles. Chen Yunyun mixed a special pork sauce and poured it over the noodles, making it very tempting.

She prepared the braised pork exceptionally well, with a vibrant color and an extremely powerful flavor. One bite was bursting with juicy goodness, the fatty meat was springy and tender, not greasy at all, and melted in your mouth. The lean meat was full of the aroma of the seasonings, making it especially delicious with rice.

Tiger ate with his mouth full of oil, muttering, "Godmother, your cooking is getting better and better! This fatty meat is so delicious!"

Captain Zhang and Tiger's mother were eating Chen Yunyun's cooking for the first time, and their reactions were similar to Tiger's: "Sister, your cooking is really good. This stir-fried pork with chili peppers is spicy and satisfying."

The pork in the stir-fried pork with chili peppers has a good balance of lean and fatty meat, and the chili peppers were grown using Chen Yunyun's magic touch, making them taste much better than those sold at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Captain Zhang kept eating with his chopsticks, sweating profusely as he ate.

There were seven people at the table, and everyone was wolfing down their food. Chen Yunyun did a lot, but it was all gone.

Tiger poured the last bit of braised noodles into his own bowl, slurped it up twice, and quickly finished it. Satisfied, he leaned back in his chair and let out a burp.

Tiger's mother wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth and whispered, "Look at you, I told you to eat slower and you didn't listen. Your godmother will laugh at you later."

Chen Yunyun smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll treat my godmother's place like my own home."

Captain Zhang, who hadn't said much, said, "Tiger, take your younger siblings out to play for a while."

Chen Yunyun knew that Captain Zhang had something to say.

"Young lady, the Xu family is quite cunning."

Captain Zhang revealed everything he had investigated: "When you were electing the factory manager, it was their family who secretly sabotaged things behind your back."

“The morning you went to the capital, that old lady knocked on my door early in the morning, saying that you caused her son to break his head and caused her daughter-in-law to have a premature birth. She said a lot of nonsense.”

Chen Yunyun knew about the head injury, but her daughter-in-law had a premature birth. What's going on here?

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"The old lady's second daughter-in-law went into labor that night. The baby was only nine months old, and it took her all night to give birth."

"I don't understand why she blamed you. I scolded her, and then the old lady quieted down."

"She has a lot on her plate at home, so she probably won't have time to cause trouble, but you should still keep an eye on her."

"Mmm," Chen Yunyun replied, then heard Captain Zhang continue, "The production team has already assigned people to repair the road; you should have seen that when you came back, right?"

Chen Yunyun was gone for half a month. When she returned, she found that the road from the commune to Xujia Village had started to be repaired.

The road construction will probably take at least six months to complete, because Xujia Village is located in the mountains with steep terrain, making road construction difficult.

"The factory is already half-built. In a few more days, we'll mobilize all the educated youth, and it will be completed in less than a week."

After the factory is built, the next issue is getting electricity. We need to ask the county leaders for help with that, and Chen Yunyun plans to make that trip tomorrow.

With the power supply issue resolved, all that's left is to wait for the machine to arrive.

Purple cloud is just the raw material; what Charles really wants are the active ingredients in the purple cloud. Charles has ordered a batch of extraction machines, which will not be delivered until next month.

Everything is fine so far, and no one dares to cause trouble. Chen Yunyun finally felt relieved. "Thank you for taking care of me, Uncle Zhang."

"It's nothing, I'm just keeping the promise between Grand Ancestor and you."

Xu Family Village will protect Chen Yunyun, and of course, Chen Yunyun must also bring Xu Family Village with her. This was the agreement made between the ancestral master who was skilled in divination and Chen Yunyun.

Currently, Chen Yunyun runs a factory in Xujia Village, which provides job opportunities. In the future, when the factory makes money, she will share the profits with the villagers, which can be considered as part of her keeping her promise.

Meanwhile, Zhang Xiao, with her child, finally met Xu Zhitie.

Xu Zhijin spent half a month in the health center and finally survived. Today is the day he is discharged.

Xu Zhiyin and Xu Zhitie were both there, and Zhang Xiao couldn't help much. She stood aside holding her child, and the group returned to the village.

This was Zhang Xiao's first visit to Xu Zhitie's rural home. The path was muddy, soiling her expensive shoes and trousers. The small farmhouse courtyard was low and cramped, and Zhang Xiao subconsciously frowned.

Kong Guihua was in confinement after childbirth, Lin Li hadn't returned from work yet, and the old lady was alone in the house, doing who knows what. Only Xiao Hua, the only child, was cooking dinner for the whole family.

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