I took out a clean cloth that I bought in town today and wrapped the spices in the bowl in it, tying a tight knot so that they wouldn't all leak out when I was simmering the braising liquid.
"So that's why you bought the handkerchief." Jiang Xingzhou's voice suddenly came from the kitchen doorway.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm making braised pig offal, and I plan to take it to town to sell tomorrow," Jiang Hua told the man in front of her.
"Braised pig offal?" Jiang Xingzhou walked over with some suspicion. He picked up the spices from her handkerchief and smelled them.
"Is this the medicine you got from Mingdetang today?"
"Yes, this combination makes spices for cooking. Now we can use this pile to make braising liquid," Jiang Hua explained patiently.
"Do you need my help?" Jiang Xingzhou asked again.
"No need, you can go keep A-Yi company," Jiang Hua refused.
After he left, Jiang Hua focused on simmering the braising liquid. She set up a pot, put the pork bones and chicken carcasses into the cold water, added the prepared braising spices, and crushed a piece of ginger.
Only then did they start a fire and begin simmering. An hour later, a faint aroma of braising liquid wafted from the pot. Jiang Hua lifted the lid, and the originally clear water had changed color, and the braising spices had already released their flavor.
So I switched to a low heat and simmered it for another half an hour or so until the brine was ready.
"Stepmother, what are you doing?" Jiang Jingyi jogged in curiously, with Jiang Xingzhou following behind.
"I'm making something delicious. You can eat it when you wake up tomorrow." Jiang Hua usually answers all of Jiang Jingyi's questions.
"Really?" Jiang Jingyi asked, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.
"Hmm." Jiang Hua added another piece of firewood to the stove, then got up, stretched, and rubbed her aching back in response.
"You should go and rest first."
"Stepmother, you should get some rest when you're done with your work," Jiang Jingyi said to Jiang Hua, acting like a little adult.
"Okay." Jiang Hua ruffled his hair.
After the two of them left, the kitchen became completely quiet.
However, Jiang Hua didn't have much peace for long before the female protagonist system on her body started to annoy her again.
"What tricks are you up to now, you vicious female supporting character?"
"What's wrong? Am I bothering you?" Jiang Hua asked casually.
"You didn't appear in front of the male and female leads all day yesterday. This can't go on!" the system warned.
"Without your appearance, the plot of the book cannot move forward."
“That proves they’re not meant to be,” Jiang Hua replied casually.
However, as if it hadn't heard Jiang Hua's words, the system continued, "Next, the male supporting character Jiang Xingzhou will get injured and almost lose his life. The female lead saves him, and then the male supporting character becomes the female lead's valued protector, loving her but not being able to have her."
Jiang Xingzhou is injured?
Jiang Hua narrowed her eyes slightly, then asked, "Why were you injured?"
After spending the past two days together, Jiang Hua realized that Jiang Xingzhou's martial arts skills were not low. For example, when he went to town today, he walked for a long time but was still very agile. How could he be easily injured?
"Are you willing to cooperate with this system?" the system asked immediately.
"you say."
"Since you're willing to cooperate, I won't hide it from you anymore. Tomorrow, Jiang Xingzhou will go hunting in the mountains and encounter a ferocious beast. Under the influence of this system, that beast will become extremely ferocious."
"When both Jiang Xingzhou were no match for her, at the critical moment, our male and female protagonists appeared. The male protagonist lured away the beast, and the female protagonist took care of the injured and unconscious Jiang Xingzhou."
"The first thing Jiang Xingzhou saw when he woke up was the female lead, and he realized that she was the one who saved him," the system said fluently.
Jiang Hua's lips twitched involuntarily. Your love is love, but other people's lives aren't?
"So, you'll just pretend you didn't know anything about this. You shouldn't have been brought back to life in the first place, and you even had to marry Jiang Xingzhou, which has affected the development of the plot." The system said with a hint of dissatisfaction.
"If you hadn't suddenly come back to life, I would have been living the high life with the female lead, instead of following you, this vicious supporting character..." The system started babbling on and on about how it disliked Jiang Hua.
"Master, I feel like this system is the villainous female supporting character." The little white snake's voice rang out from the space.
“Yes, I think so too.” Jiang Hua nodded in agreement with the little white snake.
Seeing that Jiang Hua didn't speak again, the system's disdainful words grew weaker and weaker until they disappeared.
Jiang Hua chatted idly with the little white snake in the space, and an hour passed quickly. She lifted the pot lid and put the marinated pork offal into the simmering brine, which would then simmer for another hour.
"Is it not ready yet?" Jiang Xingzhou suddenly walked in.
"I just put it in to boil, it still needs to simmer for half an hour," Jiang Hua said, putting the lid on the pot.
"Then you take a rest, I'll watch the fire," Jiang Xingzhou said, sitting down on the stool she had just been sitting on.
"There's still half an hour left. I'll go back to rest after it's cooked." Jiang Hua glanced at the moon outside; it should be eleven o'clock at night.
Jiang Hua moved another stool over and sat down next to him.
Jiang Xingzhou paused when Jiang Hua suddenly sat down next to him, glancing at her with some discomfort.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Hua looked at him suspiciously.
"Did you work this late every day at home before?" Jiang Xingzhou asked.
The original form?
"Yes, after serving Madam Xu, I can only sleep after they fall asleep." Having read the original owner's memories, Xu Er Ya did indeed live such a life.
"Then, what happened that day? Didn't you like Zhou Yingxuan? Why did you agree to marry me?" Jiang Xingzhou asked again.
“I was blind before, and I died once. Nako is naturally clear-headed now.” Jiang Hua said nonchalantly, “Even if they don’t marry you, they will sell me to the village’s idiot as his wife.”
“You’re a good person, so I’ve stuck with you.” Jiang Hua’s tone changed, and she chuckled as she said, “Because you were the only one who could save me back then.”
Have you died once?
Jiang Xingzhou's gaze fell on the scar on Jiang Hua's forehead. The scar had faded considerably. He had seen Xu Erya before.
The same face, but the words and actions were like those of a completely different person. Could it be that after being dead for a while, one's mind really becomes clear?
Jiang Xingzhou suppressed his doubts.
"Don't worry, I'll take responsibility for you," Jiang Xingzhou continued, following Jiang Hua's words.
"Thank you, Jiang Xingzhou," Jiang Hua said suddenly, very seriously.
This thank you is also on behalf of the original owner.
As for those who killed the original owner, she won't let any of them off easily. So what if she's a female lead?
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