"Lifestyle issues are far worse than divorce. Are you trying to drive me crazy?"
My partner is really furious.
Zhang Jizhou pinched the bridge of his nose, looking at him speechlessly, "After working together for so long, is this all you know about me?"
“I trust your character,” his partner said, feeling wronged. “But you don’t know, when you were talking about this just now, the look on your face was like…stupid. It made me suspect that you really are having an affair.”
His partner had a background in political work, and he was more observant and perceptive of people than Zhang Jizhou. Naturally, Zhang Jizhou did not have the habit of philandering.
In fact, whenever he saw a woman, he would deliberately keep his distance, just so he wouldn't be innocently implicated or get into trouble.
But honestly, Zhang Jizhou's...stupid look just now really made people think a lot.
Zhang Jizhou subconsciously raised his hand to touch his face. His expression just now was... well?
He has no way of knowing.
However, Zhang Jizhou was still very happy to know that Fang Yan treated him differently from others.
"Without all that messy stuff, your sister-in-law is enough."
Zhang Jizhou thought to himself, with Fang Yan's views on marriage, or whatever those views were, he would have had a hard time learning them all his life. How could he possibly have the mind to look at other women?
His partner found it quite unbelievable, "Old Zhang, I didn't realize that your child with your wife is old enough to run errands. If I didn't know, just looking at your expression earlier, I would have thought you and your wife were dating."
After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh, "You're lucky, buddy. How many couples can have that these days?"
Nowadays, most couples live together as a couple, and marriages are usually arranged through matchmaking or even by organizations.
For couples who live together out of convenience, their relationship is often just so-so.
Zhang Jizhou thought to himself, "My wife is different from other people's."
But even with his most trusted partner, he dared not say these words aloud, so he remained silent.
They were about to leave for the exercise, so they didn't have much time to talk about anything else and soon got back to business.
The elite squad was busily preparing for the exercise.
Back in the county town, Fang Yan was also extremely busy.
As expected, the bulk pork jerky became a hot seller as soon as it hit the market.
Despite the fact that pork jerky is more expensive than raw meat, it is still in high demand.
Today, Fang Yan had just set up her stall when she saw Grandpa Wei and several of his old friends rushing over.
"Good morning, Mr. Wei."
The little fish beside Fang Yan also greeted her crisply, "Good morning, Grandpa Wei! Good morning, Grandpa Chen!"
He greeted all five old men without showing any favoritism.
The five old men first praised Xiaoyuzai, then looked at Fang Yan's stall. Sure enough, they saw that the stall already had pork jerky in tomato, sweet and spicy, and mildly spicy flavors.
"Xiao Fang, that's so unfair of you! These new flavors came out and you didn't even tell us!"
"I feel wronged," said Grandpa Wei, looking aggrieved.
Seeing their pitiful expressions, Fang Yan momentarily thought she had done something heinous.
She was immediately at a loss for words, "The packaging hasn't been finalized yet, but I was thinking that once it's finalized, I'll bring a pretty gift bag to visit you. That would look even better!"
One reason is that the packaging hasn't come off yet, and another is that the old men ordered seven or eight pounds of pork jerky, which they probably haven't finished eating yet.
So these past few days, Fang Yan hasn't thought about bringing the new flavors over for them to try, so as to save them from having to spend money to place an order again.
"Then why did you send it to Xiao Zhang?" Old Master Wei asked, like a child. "He has other tastes."
Fang Yan found it amusing and could only coax the old men like children, "Zhang Jizhou is in the Northwest, and they eat spicy food. I made some spicy chili sauce for him, but the spiciness might not be to your liking, so I used Zhang Zhou as a test subject."
"Hahaha……"
After she coaxed them like that, the old folks finally cheered up a bit, otherwise they would have been longing for Fang Yan's new product.
If Fang Yan launches a new product but doesn't let them try it, they'll really be unhappy.
"Now, try this mildly spicy flavor that I specially prepared for our people. What do you think?"
Fang Yan brought out a mildly spicy pork jerky, specially prepared to suit the tastes of people in the county town and which had received unanimous praise from her fans, for the old men to try.
"Great! Delicious!"
"Eating this pork jerky with a glass of wine would be absolutely wonderful."
"Xiao Fang, are you selling this? Weigh out two pounds for me."
...
Loose meat is difficult to preserve, so Fang Yan insists on selling all the meat she sells at her stall every day. Therefore, she doesn't prepare too much of each flavor of pork jerky.
The mildly spicy and original flavors sold the best, and she prepared eight pounds of each.
The original and tomato flavors sold slightly less, so she stocked fewer, only five jin (2.5 kg) a day.
Today's mildly spicy version was already booked out by five old men before we even opened for business.
"Xiao Fang, once the packaging is finalized, remember to let us know. I'm going to order some for the Chinese New Year."
After the five grandfathers divided up the eight pounds of mildly spicy pork jerky, they also ordered a little of the other flavors to take home for their grandchildren to try.
Before leaving, they gave Fang Yan some more instructions.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll let you know as soon as the packaging is ready."
Fang Yan immediately made a promise.
The old men finally left, satisfied.
The fans who came to buy meat were unhappy, asking, "What? The mildly spicy pork jerky is gone?"
"How come they sold out so quickly today?"
Fang Yan said, “We have some big customers today who bought everything. We’re out of the mildly spicy ones, but the original flavor is also very good. How about we give you some more original flavor, a couple more skewers of pig’s head, and a glass of lychee wine? That would be the perfect meal.”
The mildly spicy pork jerky was delicious, but the other flavors were just as good.
The tomato and sweet and spicy flavors are available, but because they contain sweetness, many men don't like the sweetness and switch to the original flavor.
Today's braised food and pork jerky sold out early once again.
"Mom, look, isn't that Uncle?"
Fang Yan was busy packing up her stall when Xiao Yuzai suddenly ran over, tugged at her clothes, pointed in a certain direction, and asked.
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