Chapter 102 Chapter 102 Wang Tingting

In the evening, Zhang Yuandong told Lin Yue that some of his comrades wanted to come over tomorrow for a quick meal, to celebrate Qiao's relocation and to warm up the kang. Actually, those people were supposed to come today, but Zhang Yuandong considered that they might not be able to buy food at the last minute, so he discussed with them and decided to have the meal tomorrow night.

Lin Yue was still struggling with what to buy tomorrow, but Zhang Yuandong had already thought about it. "Write down what you need in advance. I'll get up early tomorrow morning and go to the market to buy vegetables. You just need to have a good rest!"

Lin Yue thought that the meat in the market might not be easy to buy, so he said, "There are several villages nearby. Why don't I go to the village tomorrow and find someone to buy some chicken, duck and fish."

Zhang Yuandong disagreed. He told Lin Yue a story: "When I was on the border, I heard a story. A female comrade from the city passed by a village and asked for a glass of water. She never came out again. My wife is so beautiful. I can't go to a strange place alone."

Lin Yue felt a chill on her back, and instantly understood what he meant. She suppressed her inner uneasiness and asked, "Your troops are still stationed here. Will something like this happen in the nearby villages?"

Zhang Yuandong always thought that the place where Lin Yue lived before should be a paradise, where she was too well protected to understand the evil of human nature. Now that he had the chance, he was eager to tell her more.

"Although the troops here have a certain deterrent effect, they still can't stop people from taking risks. If they run into a bad guy, the situation will become irreversible. For the sake of her reputation, this female comrade may swallow her anger or even marry him to clear her name. The female comrade I just mentioned was locked up soon after she entered the village and was not released until she became pregnant. At this time, she had no way out. She had no other choice but to marry that man."

Lin Yue was very angry: "Isn't there anyone who cares about what they do?"

"If the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate it. The woman doesn't dare to tell the story, fearing that it will affect her reputation. This kind of thing may not be a problem for the whole village, it may just be an individual's behavior. There are always a few second-rate people in every village. They live in the countryside and have no ambition. If they want to marry a satisfactory wife, they can only take risks. So I told you to be careful and don't go to these dangerous places alone."

Lin Yue nodded. She never dared to be arrogant because she had space. There were so many insidious tricks in this world that you couldn't guard against. If she didn't take it seriously, she might fall into trouble somewhere.

The two of them calmed down. Lin Yue wanted to talk to him about his child going to kindergarten, but Zhang Yuandong bullied him and suppressed him, and all the words he wanted to say were blocked in his throat.

Before going to bed, she thought vaguely, no wonder she was told to have a good rest tomorrow morning, her feelings were waiting here. She snorted coldly, thinking about the trouble she was going to find Zhang Yuandong, but her body was not strong enough and she fell asleep quickly.

Before dawn the next day, Zhang Linghan and Zhang Wanli followed their father to the vegetable market. Lin Yue was probably the one who loved to stay in bed the most. Even Little Mushroom woke up and played by herself in the small bed. Only Lin Yue and little Sisi in her arms were still in a sweet dream.

The market hadn't opened yet, but there was already a long line at the door. Zhang Yuandong and his two children arrived relatively early, and when they came out after shopping, there was still a long line behind them.

Because they had guests coming to dinner in the evening, they bought a lot of food. Lin Yue gave him a general direction, and what dishes to make in the end still depended on what they bought this morning. Zhang Yuandong carried a large vegetable basket, and the two children each carried a small vegetable basket. They left the vegetable market and walked home together.

Passing by the queue, Zhang Yuandong felt a strong gaze staring at him. He turned around and saw Wang Tingting in the queue. However, Wang Tingting was not looking at him, but at the two children.

Zhang Yuandong met her gaze, nodded lightly, and left with the two children. Zhang Wanli and Zhang Linghan followed Zhang Yuandong's gaze and saw a tall, thin, and very beautiful aunt standing in the team. This aunt had a very good temperament, with an indescribable taste, but the way she looked at them was a little strange.

The two children were curious and kept looking back even after they had walked a long way.

Wang Tingting looked away indifferently, but she was not calm inside.

Wang Tingting's father had been very kind to Zhang Yuandong, but he rejected their marriage and rushed back to his hometown to get married, which made her lose face. This was too much, and no matter what the reason was, she could not accept it.

However, his father did not care about all this and still arranged opportunities for him to make military achievements. Not long after he took office here, he transferred him to his side. It was almost as if he did not care so much about his own son. No wonder many people said that his father was training Zhang Yuandong as his successor.

Although she despised Zhang Yuandong's ungrateful behavior, she could not deny that he was indeed very capable. Because of this, she felt even more unwilling and often thought about this question: the woman who married him was just an ignorant little girl from the countryside. What ability did she have to make Zhang Yuandong reject her?

Just now, she finally saw the two children of Zhang Yuandong and that woman. No matter how big her prejudice was, she couldn't deny that these two children were really good-looking. Not only were they good-looking, but they were also well-raised. They didn't look timid at all. They didn't look like children who had just come out of the countryside in a small county town!

Since the news that Zhang Yuandong's wife was coming to join the army spread, the family compound had never stopped speculating about her. It was said that Zhang Yuandong once said that his wife was good at farm work, and there were several children to take care of at home. Everyone speculated that his wife should be big and strong, with dark skin, a loud voice, and a bad temper.

But looking at the two children, they didn't look like they were raised by an ignorant rural woman. She became even more curious about Zhang Yuandong's wife.

Someone was coming to visit in the evening, so Lin Yue didn't cook much for lunch. There was still a lot of bone soup left from yesterday, so she simply soaked some dried seafood and used the bone soup to make a seafood stew.

In the afternoon, she went to the kitchen early to prepare the ingredients. Zhang Yuandong bought a lot of meat dishes, including chicken and fish. There was a black fish in it, which had been killed and scaled. She planned to make garlic-flavored black fish fillets, so she first cleaned the fish, deboned it, sliced ​​it, and blanched it in boiling water for later use. Then put oil in the pot, add minced garlic and chili to stir-fry until fragrant, add a little soy sauce and sugar, and finally pour the black fish fillets in, stir-fry evenly, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and then serve.

There was no oyster sauce and light soy sauce at that time, so the only way to cook was to use dark-colored soy sauce. If you poured too much, the dishes would be black and look particularly ugly.

The spareribs had been cooked in the pot for a long time and were now soft. Lin Yue originally wanted to braise the spareribs, but after thinking about it, he decided to stir-fry them with potatoes.

The most difficult thing to deal with was the large piece of pig intestine that Zhang Yuandong bought. This thing was difficult to wash. In her previous life, Lin Yue was late for grilled intestines that were cleaned by others, but she had never cleaned this thing herself. She had no place to find rubber gloves, so she could only pinch her nose and carefully wash both sides of the intestine twice with flour and salt.

In fact, there is nothing in the pig intestines except fat, but the smell is a bit unpleasant. She used the pig intestines to stir-fry a dish of green pepper and fat intestines, which was a dish she liked very much in her previous life. However, she didn't eat a single bite this time. In the following years, she cooked this dish many times, but never ate it again.

Just as she finished processing the pig intestines, Wang Tingting poked her head out of the kitchen door. Lin Yue made eye contact with her and smiled politely. This person was obviously from a good family, and judging by her figure, she might have even learned dancing. It was not easy to learn art in this era. Without money and connections, it was impossible to find a teacher.

Lin Yue could roughly guess this person's identity. Zhang Yuandong was afraid that she would misunderstand him, so he had already informed her in advance.

When he just graduated from college, his old boss wanted to introduce his daughter to him, but he had no plans to get married at that time, and the girl was not yet 18 years old, so he just couldn't bring himself to do it, so he refused. Who knew that Sun Hongmei suddenly arranged a marriage for him in his hometown, and he hurried home to get married, which seemed to be deliberately not giving face to his old boss. Although he later explained to his old boss, he still felt a little embarrassed every time he saw the girl. It was not until now that Wang Tingting got married and the conditions of the person she married were very good that he felt a little relieved.

Wang Tingting met Lin Yue's gaze and felt a little embarrassed. She coughed twice to cover up and simply went into the kitchen.

She was quite surprised by Lin Yue's appearance. When she saw the two children this morning, she felt that they did not look like people from the countryside. Now that she saw him in person, she was even more surprised. She secretly thought that if those gossipers in the family compound saw Lin Yue's appearance, they would be shocked!

She stretched out her hand and greeted him awkwardly: "You are Zhang Yuandong's rural wife, right? Hello, I am Wang Tingting, the wife of Gu Qingping from the Third Regiment." After she finished speaking, she felt a little regretful. It sounded as if she was deliberately looking for trouble. Her ears turned red with embarrassment, but she still pretended to be calm and stretched out her hand, waiting for Lin Yue's reaction.

Lin Yue wiped his hands with a towel and said with a smile: "Hello, I'm Lin Yue. I just washed the pig intestines, and my hands are not clean, so I won't shake hands with you."

Wang Tingting was not annoyed. She stood aside and watched Lin Yue busy with curiosity. She asked, "Are you preparing dinner for tonight? I heard from my family patron that he is going to your house for dinner tonight. Are you starting to prepare it now?"

Lin Yue didn't stop his movements and replied, "Yes, you don't have to cook tonight, come to my house and eat together!"

Wang Tingting shook her head and said bluntly: "I'm not going. Your house is full of old men tonight. I won't join in the fun!"

Lin Yue smiled and did not continue to invite, and then made another dish of deep-fried small river shrimp, Chinese cabbage, and shredded sweet potato, and two cold dishes, one of which was tofu with green onions and the other was cold shredded Chinese cabbage.

Zhang Yuandong also bought a chicken. She simply chopped off two chicken legs and made them into teriyaki chicken legs, and used the rest to make a large plate of chicken.

So, a total of eight dishes were prepared. Then I would make some hand-rolled noodles and eat them with the broth from the big plate of chicken, and tonight's meal would be complete.

She smiled at Wang Tingting and carried the dishes back to the house. Wang Tingting followed her example and carried two dishes, followed her foolishly and went into the house.