Chapter 93 Fighting with Barbecued Pork Rice
Jiang Shangqing became several shades darker and thinner, and he looked like a dried corn stalk that could be blown down by a gust of wind.
Yu Zhile hadn't seen him for a long time, and when he saw him for the first time, his brain took several seconds to react.
Hearing his question, she looked confused: "What do you mean?"
"Just now, I saw your father beating your fiancé by the river." Jiang Shangqing thought about it and decided to tell her what he saw.
Yu Zhile asked: "When?"
"Ten minutes ago." Jiang Shangqing replied, "I ran into Zhang Wenxin on the path and asked her to tell you."
Yu Zhile frowned slightly. She was still at home at that time and was curious why she didn't see Zhang Wenxin looking for her, and the path was empty when she went out.
Thinking of this, she didn't bother to pick vegetables and walked out quickly.
"What dish do you want?" Jiang Shangqing asked.
Yu Zhile didn't even turn his head and replied, "Green vegetables."
Jiang Shangqing was stunned, watching her back disappear in the vegetable garden.
Yu Zhile came out of the cowshed and before he even reached the courtyard, he saw Zhang Wenxin from afar.
"Le Le, are you going to pick some vegetables?" Zhang Wenxin's eyes were wandering and she didn't even notice that the basket was empty.
Yu Zhile could tell at a glance that she was hiding something from him, so he asked directly, "You went to the river? Was it my father who took you there, or was it Zhou Yuesheng?"
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Zhang Wenxin's expression fell, and he stepped forward and put his arm around her.
She took Yu Zhile around the Yu family courtyard and walked towards the beach, and told him everything about Yu Haiguang asking her to go to the river.
When Jiang Shangqing was leaving, he stepped on a dead branch and was noticed by Yu Haiguang and others. They hurriedly followed him, only to find that he had told Zhang Wenxin about the matter.
They thought that Jiang Shangqing and Yu Zhile would not have any intersection, so they just found Zhang Wenxin and asked her not to tell Yu Zhile about it.
"Zhou Yuesheng has a bruise on his face, how could he hide it?" Zhang Wenxin muttered, "Although Grandma Hu is a miracle doctor, she shouldn't be able to make the bruise disappear immediately."
Yu Zhile smiled, and then said expressionlessly: "Who knows, maybe we can keep it a secret."
"Ah?" Zhang Wenxin asked in confusion.
She watched in confusion as Yu Zhile pushed open the back door of the courtyard and followed him in.
"Huh? Sister, why did you come back from the backyard?" Chen Zhao asked in surprise.
Yu Chi also stared at her curiously.
At this moment, there was a knock on the front door.
Yu Zhile walked straight to open the door and saw a basket full of fruits and vegetables. He knew that it was sent by Jiang Shangqing, so he brought it to the side of the water tank.
She picked out the vegetables to be eaten tonight and scooped water to wash them.
After that, the atmosphere in the courtyard fell silent, and Chen Zhao desperately winked at Zhang Wenxin.
Zhang Wenxin pursed her lips into a straight line, glanced towards the west room, and then remained silent.
"It's almost time, we can start a fire." Yu Zhile shook the water off the rapeseed leaves.
"Sister, I'll do it, I'll do it." Chen Zhao stood up suddenly and ran to the pot cover kiln. "Is fifteen sticks of firewood enough?"
After getting a positive answer, he skillfully built a firewood tower in the kiln, then grabbed a handful of dry reeds, lit them, and placed them at the bottom of the overhead rack.
After a while, a raging fire broke out in the kiln.
"When the firewood is burned to this level, you can put it in and roast it." Yu Zhile used a thin wooden stick to move the charcoal around.
At this time, there was no open flame in the kiln, and the red-hot charcoal blocks were emitting heat.
The skinless pork belly lost its original color after being pickled and was dyed into a sauce color all over.
Yu Zhile took a grill made from wire mesh, spread the meat on it at equal intervals, poured the sauce on it, carefully pushed it into the kiln, and closed the kiln door.
"What are you doing? The sauce tastes sweet and has a flavor of wine." Zhang Wenxin found it novel and couldn't suppress his curiosity.
Chen Zhao repeated Yu Zhile's previous words and introduced her to him. She opened her lips slightly and her eyes widened.
As time passed, a sweet but salty meaty smell appeared in the air.
Zhang Wenxin and Chen Zhao looked at each other, and both showed surprised expressions.
Yu Zhile noticed their expressions and burst out laughing.
"Bake for about fifteen minutes, take it out, turn it over, and pour the sauce on it." She opened the kiln door and hooked out the grill.
The upper surface of the grilled meat becomes darker in color and is covered with thick sauce, which makes it look shiny and oily, and is very appetizing.
The lower surface that is not directly facing the charcoal fire is much lighter in color.
Yu Zhile moved the charcoal, pushed the grill in, and closed the kiln door again.
She planned to make it into barbecued pork rice, and after simmering the white rice, she started preparing the side dishes.
"When blanching vegetables in water, add two drops of oil and the vegetables will remain green and tender." Yu Zhile told the two of them the small details.
After the rapeseed was cooked, she started to fry eggs, five in each pot. Two pots were just enough for one for each person.
Chen Zhao pointed to the remaining sauce and asked, "What's the point of keeping this?"
“Boil the sauce and pour it on the barbecued pork.” Yu Zhile replied.
As she spoke, she poured all the sauce into a clean pot, scooped up a small half spoonful, and used the residual heat to simmer until it became thick and sticky.
The steaming sauce exudes an even stronger salty-sweet flavor, like an invisible feather, constantly teasing their taste buds.
Everything is ready, the time is right, the barbecued pork can be taken out of the kiln.
Zhang Wenxin and Chen Zhao stood on Yu Zhile's left and right, staring at the kiln door intently.
The tempting aroma rushed towards the three people along with the heat.
Then, bright red strips of meat appeared in their sight.
The edges of the meat were roasted until they were charred, and after being cut into slices, only the outer surface of the meat was sauce-colored, while the inside was white meat.
Chen Zhaosheng cooked the rice, Zhang Wenxin spread the fried eggs and vegetables, and finally Yu Zhile spread the meat and poured the sauce on it.
The three of them churned out bowls of barbecued pork rice like an assembly line.
"Grandma, Uncle Yu and Aunt Yu, you're back just in time. The barbecued pork rice is ready." Chen Zhao walked out of the kitchen carrying two bowls of rice, just as they arrived home.
Hu Qulian scooped up some water to wash her hands, and asked with a smile, "What new dishes are we having today?"
"Barbecued pork rice from Guangdong province." Chen Zhao responded and went back into the kitchen.
Several people took turns washing their hands. Yu Zhile looked around the yard and didn't see Zhou Yuesheng and Xiao Hu.
"Brother Zhou and Sister Hu took Old Yu home." Yu Yue was patted on the arm by Yu Wanqin and paused for a few seconds. "Step-grandma was sent home. She fainted."
After being frightened unconscious by Yu Haiguang last time, Old Mrs. Yu was bedridden for several days and had to drink more than ten bowls of Chinese medicine before she could barely get out of bed.
After recovering from the illness, she always felt dizzy and had palpitations, and had splitting headaches from time to time, but she was reluctant to spend money to go to the town hospital for examination.
When I heard that Hu Qulian was giving a free clinic, I was too embarrassed to go at first. But this afternoon, I couldn't bear it anymore and walked to the clinic alone on crutches.
Unexpectedly, when she saw Yu Wanqin, her eyes rolled back and she fainted again.
Hu Qulian took her pulse, gave her a few injections, and wrote a prescription for Doctor Jiang to get some medicine.
Afterwards, Zhou Yuesheng removed the door panel and carried the person and the medicine back to Yu's house together with Xiao Hu.
"It's the first time I've seen such barbaric people. We kindly carried the old man back, but they framed us." Xiao Hu's voice was heard outside the yard, "It's really good intentions but bad results."
Two men pushed the door open and walked in, both covered in bruises.
Xiao Hu's hair was messy, and there were several long strands hanging from his sleeves, as if they had been torn off by some clawed animal.
In contrast, Zhou Yuesheng looked much more disheveled, with a purple bruise on his cheek and at the corner of his mouth.
"What's wrong?" Yu Zhile subconsciously took a step forward.
Xiao Hu rolled his eyes and said, "We were carrying the person, and as soon as we put him down, the old lady's son and daughter-in-law rushed over and beat us up."
Zhou Yuesheng cleaned the wound in silence.
Yu Zhile went back to the house, bought a bottle of ointment from the mall, and applied it on him.
The ointment with a herbal texture brings a cool feeling when it comes into contact with the skin.
"Okay, thank you." Zhou Yuesheng had kept his eyes down and suddenly widened the distance between them.
Yu Zhile paused, his hand stopping in mid-air.
On the other side, Xiao Hu was eating the meat in big mouthfuls, and the resentment in his heart had been dispelled by the barbecued pork that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Barbecued pork made with skinless pork belly is also called fat char siu. It is fat but not greasy and more fragrant.
The meat slices are juicy and delicious, and paired with the salty and sweet sauce, the taste is mellow and makes people want to take a big bite of rice.
The boiled rapeseed is fresh and refreshing, and the fried egg is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, adding a bit of surprise to the process of enjoying the food.
"It's really, really, really delicious." Chen Zhao enjoyed the meal, squinting his eyes and shaking his head as he savored the taste.
Zhang Wenxin sighed and agreed, "This is my first time eating this kind of salty and sweet dish. I want to eat it over and over again."
"Hmm, hmm." Xiao Hu's mouth was full, and after hmming for a while, he had to nod vigorously.
The three of them livened up the atmosphere at the dinner table, making everyone else forget about other things and enjoy their meal.
After dinner, it was getting dark, so Zhang Wenxin left first.
"Did you know that Jiang Shangqing is back?" Yu Zhile asked Chen Zhao who was washing dishes.
Chen Zhao opened his eyes wide, exclaimed, quickened his movements, and asked, "I don't know. No one told me when he came back."
"I saw him in the vegetable garden in the afternoon," said Yu Zhile.
Her voice was not loud, but it attracted the attention of Yu Haiguang and Zhou Yuesheng.
"Sister, I'll go back first." After washing the dishes, Chen Zhao hurried back to the cowshed.
Yu Zhile hummed, but his eyes swept towards Yu Haiguang and the other man, looking at them one by one.
For the next two days, the atmosphere in the courtyard was a little weird, but no one pointed it out.
After drinking several bowls of bitter and smelly medicine, Old Lady Yu became lively again and began to slander Yu Haiguang and Yu Haizong everywhere in the village.
She kept talking about how Yu Haiyao took good care of her during her illness, while Yu Haiguang and his brother never even entered the door and were still eating and drinking.
Yu Haiguang ignored her and let her drag the villagers to speak ill of her.
In the past few days, Old Lady Yu has been using all her strength to tell stories so well that the villagers would take a detour when they saw her.
However, Yu Haiguang still did not respond.
Old Mrs. Yu thought she had Yu Haiguang under control, and she was in high spirits. She was secretly planning how to snatch some things from him, and she put it into action one evening.
What she didn't know was that as she walked towards the Yu family's courtyard with a proud look on her face, the old man of the Yu family, who had just finished deep-sea fishing, was returning to the village in a ox cart.
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