Chapter 16: The Troublemaker
Today, Lao Jiang's family is as lively as it was during the Chinese New Year. When the family of four came over, the delicious aroma of meat was wafting in the air from Lao Jiang's yard.
In the yard, Father Jiang was smoking tobacco while weaving bamboo winnowing baskets with his two sons, planning to take them to the city to exchange for other things when the market comes.
"Dad, eldest brother, second brother." The young couple walked into the gate and greeted the three people working in the yard, one after another.
Father Jiang and the other two looked up towards the door.
"Here she is. Where's your mother?" Father Jiang asked, glancing behind them.
Jiang Hong frowned, "Mom hasn't come back yet? She came back before me."
Father Jiang waved his hand and took a puff of his pipe. "Don't worry about her. She might have started chatting with someone on the way. She knew she was coming back."
Li Yiyi saw that there were only men here, and it was not appropriate for her to stay here alone. She just happened to hear someone cooking in the kitchen, so she rolled up her sleeves and said to Jiang's father, "Dad, you guys chat first, I'll go to the kitchen to help."
Without waiting for Jiang's father to answer, she had already walked towards the kitchen.
The four eyes present followed the figure as he entered the kitchen.
"My third brother's wife has really changed. I didn't believe it when mom told me that before, but now I do. She has never taken the initiative in the past. She wanted to stay as far away from the kitchen as possible." Second Brother Jiang touched his chin and analyzed with the people around him.
Father Jiang took a puff of the pipe in his hand and said, "The third son's wife is a good person. We misjudged her before. She even bought me tobacco. I have lived for so many years and have three sons and a daughter, but I have never enjoyed this blessing. I didn't expect to enjoy it with my daughter-in-law."
Li Yiyi, who was unaware that she was being praised, walked into the kitchen and saw her two sisters-in-law staring at the raw meat on the plate.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, is there anything I can help you with?" she asked, coming up behind them.
When Mrs. Jiang turned around and saw her, she immediately thought of the delicious meal that her third brother's wife brought home yesterday. The children in the family were scrambling to eat it.
"Third sister-in-law, can you cook meat?" Jiang Dasao immediately pulled her to the stove as if she had seen a savior and pointed at the plate of raw pork and asked.
"Does braised pork count?" She thought of her specialty.
"Braised pork! The name sounds like it's delicious. Is braised pork difficult to make?" Jiang Ersao licked her lips. When she heard the name from her third brother's wife, she felt like her saliva was about to flow out.
Seeing Jiang Ersao's greedy look, Li Yiyi held back her laughter and explained the method and taste of the braised pork.
The more she talked, the more Mrs. Jiang Da and Mrs. Jiang Er felt like they were almost unable to swallow their saliva.
"Okay, stop talking. If you continue, I'm going to swallow all my saliva." Mrs. Jiang quickly interrupted her who was about to continue.
Li Yiyi smiled and suddenly felt that this pair of sisters-in-law were quite interesting.
She had learned this from her original body's memories, and she had always believed that the sisters-in-law were difficult to get along with, but she didn't expect that the facts were the opposite of her original body's memories.
"Let's make this. It's so rare for our family to get to eat meat, so the meat must be delicious. Let's not cook boiled meat anymore. The meat always tastes the same. Let's change the taste today." Mrs. Jiang said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll make the braised pork. There's also a cured duck here, why don't we fry them together?" She took out the cured duck in her hand and spoke.
"Hey, you also brought a cured duck." Mrs. Jiang stuttered in surprise when she saw the cured duck in her hand.
From now on, if anyone says bad things about her third brother's wife to her, she will definitely catch that person and talk to them in a good way to shut them up.
"My family of four is here to eat, we can't eat for free," Li Yiyi said with a smile.
After saying that, she also rolled up her sleeves and started to work.
Because there was no seasoning, Li Yiyi only made a simple braised pork. But even so, the aroma still drifted into the yard, causing the men who were sitting and talking to stretch their necks to look into the kitchen from time to time.
"Who cooked today? Why does it suddenly smell so good?" Father Jiang licked his lips and said.
At this time, Mrs. Jiang, who had just come out to the backyard to collect firewood, heard what Father Jiang said, stopped, and said to him with a smile, "Dad, it was my third brother's wife who did it. She made braised pork for us. It was so delicious, even the sauce was fragrant."
After saying that, Mrs. Jiang didn't even look at the reactions of the four men in the yard. She immediately walked towards the backyard.
"I didn't expect that my third brother's wife can cook. I never knew it." Brother Jiang said with a smile.
Jiang Hong didn't say anything, but turned his head from time to time to look towards the kitchen.
The three of them worked quite quickly. In less than half an hour, two large pots of meat dishes, two plates of vegetables and a large pot of coarse grain steamed buns were ready.
As the three sisters-in-law walked out of the kitchen with the food, they heard Jiang's mother's angry scolding.
"Who are you? Do you really think that people in my Jiang family are easy to bully?" Jiang's mother, who had just returned from outside, was panting and cursing as she walked back.
Father Jiang looked up at his wife who had returned and asked, "What's wrong with you? Who has offended you?"
Mother Jiang fanned the air with her hand, found a seat and sat down, her face flushed with anger as she said, "Yang Tao, it's a good thing that the third son's marriage with her didn't work out, otherwise this troublemaker would have made our family a mess."
When Jiang Hong heard this, he frowned slightly, "Mom, what are you talking about?"
After saying that, he saw Li Yiyi standing there, and he calmly stood up and walked towards her.
"Give it to me, don't burn yourself." He walked up to her and took the plate of food from her hand.
Mrs. Jiang Da and Mrs. Jiang Er, who were standing by, looked at the young couple with envy. Then they looked at their husbands who were sitting there motionless, like statues, and would not come forward to help on their own. They were very angry.
Only then did Jiang's mother realize her third daughter-in-law was standing behind her, and she was so scared that she quickly shut her mouth.
"Dad, Mom, we are having braised pork today. It was made by my third brother's wife. It smells delicious." Mrs. Jiang said with a smile.
When Jiang's mother heard that her third daughter-in-law could actually cook, she couldn't help but look at her again.
"Aunt San is so awesome." Jiang Jianguo clapped his hands and shouted this slogan with a greedy look on his face.
Because of the candy incident last time, the Jiang family children are not as afraid of their aunt Li Yiyi as before.
"Thank you Comrade Xiao Jianguo for the compliment. Aunt San will continue to work hard." Li Yiyi smiled and blinked at him.
After spending a lot of time with her original body's two children these days, her maternal love is overflowing and she finds sensible children cute.
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