Chapter 12: Eating Meat
Liang Jinyu’s cooking skills are not bad. Soon the aroma of meat wafted from the kitchen, making Chen Dani drool.
"How long has it been since we had meat at home?" Chen Dani stared at the pot eagerly, feeling dizzy with the delicious smell.
Liang Jinyu threw the scallions into the pot and thought for a moment: "It's been at least a month."
After all, she had not eaten meat since she married Chen Lai Fu.
"Let me have a taste before the old witch comes." Chen Dani stood on tiptoe impatiently.
Liang Jinyu found a piece of juicy meat and was about to give it to Chen Dani when Wang came into the kitchen with a gloomy face. When she saw the bacon in the pot, her face suddenly changed.
Upon seeing this, Chen Dani quickly snatched the bacon on the shovel and stuffed it into her mouth. Without waiting for Wang to curse her, she ran out.
"If you are a hungry ghost, why don't I eat you to death? The monk can escape but the temple cannot. You dead girl, just wait for me!"
Wang gnashed her teeth in anger, but she couldn't catch up with Dani, so she turned around and vented her anger on Liang Jinyu, "Who told you to make bacon? You are getting more and more daring. Do you really think I don't dare to let the boss divorce you?"
"Okay, I want to see whether Chen Lai Fu listens to you or me." Liang Jinyu didn't care at all and took the lid to cover the pot to prevent Wang's saliva from splashing into the pot.
"Little whore, your tricks——"
"Hey, it seems your son is back."
Liang Jinyu interrupted Wang and shouted outside, "Chen Laifu."
After a while, Chen Lai Fu came in, his clothes were gray and covered with black charcoal dust.
"It smells good. Why is there meat stewing today?" Chen Laifu sniffed vigorously, opened the lid of the pot, grabbed a piece of meat from the pot and threw it into his mouth, saying, "Smells good!"
Wang glared at Liang Jinyu with disdain: "The clothes are hanging outside, why don't you hurry up and collect them?"
"Yes, it's cold today. It will probably freeze over tonight." Chen Lai Fu replied vaguely and ate another piece.
"Got it." Liang Jinyu put down the spatula.
After the sun sets, the temperature drops sharply and the howling wind makes the windows creak.
There were not enough rooms in the Chen family's house, so Liang Dingfang could only live in the firewood room behind the Chen family's house.
Fortunately, when Liang Jinyu first arrived at the Chen family's house, he asked Chen Lai Fu to seal all the windows with wooden boards, so although the light in the room was a little poor, at least it could keep the room warm.
"Dingfang? Are you in the room?" Liang Jinyu knocked on the door.
Suddenly there was a "bang" sound in the room, as if a stool had fallen over.
"I'm here, sister. What do you want to talk to me about?" Liang Dingfang asked hurriedly.
Liang Jinyu frowned: "Your voice doesn't sound right, what are you doing?"
"I'm changing clothes and will be out soon." Liang Dingfang said, and there was a commotion in the room again.
After a while, the door finally opened.
Liang Jinyu looked at him suspiciously, "Why are you changing clothes for no reason?"
Liang Dingfang clenched his hands behind his back and said, "My clothes are all covered in coal dust."
"How's the matter I asked you to find out?" Liang Jinyu asked in a low voice.
When this was mentioned, Liang Dingfang immediately raised his head and asked, "Sister, how did you know that the young master of the Xie family pawnshop would come to Shaozhou?"
"Young Master?" Liang Jinyu was also surprised.
"Yes, when I went there today, Xie's pawnshop was busy inside and outside, even the door was cleaned thoroughly, and they said that someone would arrive tomorrow."
"So that's how it is." Liang Jinyu understood instantly.
It seems that the reason why the silver hairpin in the previous life was worth such a high price was because of this young master.
If it weren't for permission from the higher-ups, how could a pawnshop owner pay such a high price for an ordinary silver hairpin?
"What is the name of this young master? Do you know?"
"I asked, but he refused to tell me. Why, do you know him?"
"I don't know him, I'm just curious." Liang Jinyu shook her head.
Their Liang family originally lived in Yangsu, and they had very few relatives and friends, and none of them had the surname Xie.
"Looks like I have to go to the city myself." Liang Jinyu muttered.
"By the way, sister, we can't come back for the next three days." Liang Dingfang said as he remembered something.
Liang Dingfang worked with Chen Lai Fu in a kiln factory, which not only burned bricks but also burned charcoal in winter. Although the work was a bit hard, the pay was good, so many people rushed to get a job there.
As the weather is cold and the New Year is coming to an end, charcoal is in short supply, so the owner decided to hurry up and burn more.
"Your body can't stand it, working day and night." Liang Jinyu was a little worried.
Liang Dingfang said indifferently: "It's okay, I have a good foundation and can withstand the test, but..."
"Just what?" Liang Jinyu asked.
Liang Dingfang lowered his eyes and said unwillingly: "He took all the wages."
Liang Jinyu's expression suddenly turned cold. "Who told him to take it? How could you give him the money you earned from work?"
"Chen Laifu said I was young and asked the accountant to transfer all my wages to him directly."
“Shame on you.”
Liang Jinyu scolded that in the past she was exhausted just taking care of the Gu family and paid too little attention to Ding Fang, so she didn't even realize such an important matter.
Although Dingfang is young, he has been working for Chen Laifu for two years, but he does not have a penny on him.
These two siblings really work like slaves for the Chen family!
"Don't worry, sister will definitely get the money back for you." Liang Jinyu patted the other person's arm comfortingly.
"It's time to eat!" Chen Lai Fu shouted in the main room.
Wang stopped him and said, "Why are you shouting? Eat your food, and eat quickly."
The light in the main room was dim and the food had already been served on the table.
Liang Jinyu picked up the bowl, but found that there was not a single piece of meat in the radish stew!
"Mom, where's the meat?" Liang Jinyu asked.
Wang rolled her eyes and said, "What kind of meat? I haven't seen any. Some of them are already good to eat, but they still want to eat meat. Don't you even look at what you have?"
Liang Jinyu scanned the bowls of Old Man Chen and Chen Laifu, and clearly there were several pieces of meat in their bowls.
[The old woman hid all the meat in the room. Ah~ I want to eat it too. 】
Chen Dani took two mouthfuls of corn rice and stared straight at Wang's room, which made her very angry.
Liang Jinyu immediately put down his chopsticks with a "pop".
Chen Laifu smiled and tried to smooth things over. He picked up a piece of radish with chopsticks and put it in Liang Jinyu's bowl. "This radish is stewed with meat. It's delicious too."
"Since you think it tastes good, why don't we change to another bowl?" Liang Jinyu asked as she picked up the bowl.
Chen Laifu looked at Wang hesitantly, "Mom, what do you think?"
"What are you looking at? Eat your own food. If she doesn't want to eat it, then so be it. You can save some food." Wang scolded, hoping that Liang Jinyu would eat less.
Chen Laifu looked at Liang Jinyu helplessly, "How about I scoop some soup for you?"
"I don't want to eat anymore!" Liang Jinyu stood up suddenly.
"It's better not to eat it. If you have the ability, don't eat a single bite!" Just when Wang was feeling proud, she saw Liang Jinyu suddenly walking towards her room.
"What are you doing?" Wang hurriedly chased after him.