"Yes, sister-in-law."
"I recognize you as Brother Yu, so isn't she Sister Yu?"
But Liu Yiliang didn't understand Ye Qingshui's embarrassed look.
Liu Yiliang wanted to eat the food cooked by Ye Qingshui, so he tried his best to please her. He remembered that Ye Qingshui often came to the educated youth center to look for Brother Yu, and it was obvious that she had taken a fancy to Brother Yu. Liu Yiliang thought that it would be right to be a little sweet.
So under Xie Tingyu's scorching gaze, Liu Yiliang called out again.
"Sister-in-law's food is delicious. I'm not exaggerating. These days, nothing I eat tastes good. Shen Weimin came here secretly behind my back. I just happen to have time to come here today. Won't sister-in-law invite me to have a meal?"
Liu Yiliang was still single, and after meeting Ye Qingshui and having a meal with her, he figured it out. Brother Yu was indeed insightful and saw the value of Sister Yu.
Brother Yu is such a picky eater and doesn't like to eat anything. If he marries a wife like this, I guarantee he will be fat and plump after being fed.
Ye Qingshui's face turned red now.
Xie Tingyu and her had agreed to divorce, but divorce is a shameful thing after all. Ye Qingshui had not told anyone else, and presumably Xie Tingyu had not told anyone either.
She hurriedly tried to stop Liu Yiliang and wished she could find needle and thread to sew his mouth shut.
"Liu Liu Liu! Please stop calling me like that. I'm not used to it. Just call me Shui Ya!"
She proved her innocence and whispered to Xie Tingyu: "Let me make it clear to you first, I didn't ask him to call me that. I'm not his sister-in-law, sister-in-law, sister-in-law. You can talk to him about it later. How can I get married if I'm called that too many times?"
That expression, the look of patting his chest as if wanting to distance himself from the matter, made Xie Tingyu feel very subtle.
Although he didn't like this name very much, but...
Xie Tingyu nodded imperceptibly, then turned to Liu Yiliang and said earnestly, "Yiliang, please come and teach Shuiya how to raise pigs when you have time. She has no experience."
Xie Tingyu deliberately ignored the matter of calling the name.
But Liu Yiliang didn't think so. He saw Ye Qingshui and Xie Tingyu whispering to each other and he smiled secretly.
"What's the point of being free? I'm at the educated youth camp. Sister-in-law, feel free to come and see me when you're free."
Ye Qingshui was really afraid of Liu Yiliang. She left quickly after saying a few words.
"I'll go cook, you guys continue chatting."
Liu Yiliang silently watched Ye Qingshui go to the woodshed. As the first wisp of green smoke rose, the aroma of food drifted from the woodshed. He couldn't help but imagine Ye Qingshui starting a fire, cutting meat, washing rice and cooking...
At this time, he really envied Xie Tingyu. How did he find such a good wife? Not only was she good-tempered and beautiful, but she was also a great cook.
Liu Yiliang also wanted to find a wife with such good cooking skills. He had lived through many hard days of lack of food and clothing, and a little bit of delicious food would make people miss him for a long time. He was not as wealthy as Brother Yu, who came from the capital and had a very good family condition, so he could have some meat every now and then.
Liu Yiliang did hard labor and was able to get some food and meat coupons from the animal husbandry station every month to supplement his nutrition. He took all the meat coupons he was given this month with him, just to have a good meal.
He coughed forcefully and said, "I came at the right time. There was still work to be done at home, such as fetching water or chopping wood. I did it."
He swallowed hard.
Liu Yiliang went to find firewood after he finished speaking. Children from poor families were very honest. They had to do some work to feel at ease when eating at other people's homes. If Ye Qingshui had cooked this meal, Liu Yiliang would probably be willing to chop firewood for a few days.
Ye Qingshui was relieved when she sneaked into the woodshed. They were all dog noses. They were all waiting for her to cook and eat.
Yesterday she was busy memorizing lessons and had no time to cook, so she hurriedly prepared a marinade for the pig's feet and put them in a jar that was used to pickle sauerkraut in the previous winter. The marinade is a unique secret recipe, made with thirteen kinds of spices, also known as thirteen-spice marinade. The food marinated with it is fragrant and tempting, making people want to taste it.
At noon, Ye Qingshui took out two of them and steamed them with rice. They were especially delicious, and Xie Tingyu ate an extra bowl of rice for the first time.
Xie Tingyu didn't even look at this worthless pig's trotter yesterday. He didn't even look forward to dinner, and just urged her to recite more. He had a meal at noon today and thought it tasted really good. He even took a shower early, cleaned himself up and waited for dinner early.
Ye Qingshui was right. Xie Tingyu was looking forward to the pork trotter rice. Because Ye Qingshui was very good at making it delicious, Liu Yiliang, who came to eat for free today, was not so cute in his eyes.
Ye Qingshui called his mother to go to the bamboo forest to pick some bamboo leaves, and used the washed fresh bamboo leaves to pad the bottom of the steamer. The steamed rice was fragrant.
Ye Qingshui was still willing to make some very economical and practical things, such as bamboo leaves, which were free, and it was very cost-effective to use them to steam rice to express gratitude to Liu Zhiqing. While cooking, Ye Qingshui hurriedly ate a bowl of rice and hurried to work.
Ye Qingshui cut and crushed the dried herbs, boiled them into a paste, let them cool, and spread them evenly on gauze. Finally, he put the gauze on his face and kept it there for half an hour.
After applying the mask, my face felt cool, as if it was soaked in water, and when I looked in the mirror, I saw it was full of collagen. The skin's ability to recover reaches its peak during adolescence.
After completing her daily skin care tasks, Ye Qingshui put on her mask with satisfaction and took out the Chinese text, which she was least good at, to read.
The other side.
While eating, Xie Tingyu was slightly stunned when he ate the rice steamed with rice with the aroma of rice flowers and bamboo leaves.
He couldn't help but ask: "Why... use bamboo leaves to steam rice?"
This kind of bamboo leaf steamed rice is only made in some fancy restaurants. Xie Tingyu felt very familiar to be able to eat bamboo leaf steamed rice in the countryside.
Ye Qingshui was not there and could not answer him.
Xie Tingyu didn't get a reply for a long time, so he buried his head and continued eating.
The old lady pursed her lips, swallowed the rice and said, "During the years of the 'Great Leap Forward', all the iron in the house was used for donations, and there was not even a pot. When people were hungry in the canteen, Shuiya's mother would chop bamboo to cook. It was a bit of a waste of firewood, but at least they could have a full meal."
Ah Niang agreed, "Yes, Shui'er must be thinking about it very much. Is it delicious? The rice steamed with bamboo leaves is very fragrant. If it tastes good, eat more..."
As she spoke, she went back to eating.
Liu Yiliang also thought the steamed rice was delicious, fragrant, smooth and soft. He had to compare the two. The sweet potato rice in the cafeteria was completely outshined by the rice from the Ye family. He had never eaten such a delicious pig's trotter. The tendons inside were steamed until they were soft and sticky, but the skin outside was still chewy. The marinade was so fragrant that it seemed to have penetrated into the bone marrow. The more he sucked, the more delicious it became.
He clutched his pockets tightly in worry, and suddenly felt that the food coupons he brought might not be enough for this meal.
After eating and drinking, Liu Yiliang left five liang of food coupons and three liang of meat coupons. Although pig's trotters do not require meat coupons, Liu Yiliang thinks it is worth it. This pig's trotter is much more delicious than fat meat, it is oily but not greasy, and the tendons and bones are crunchy when bitten. It is really a joy to eat.
He sucked his thumb contentedly and wiped the sweat from his forehead with satisfaction.
"Brother Yu, I can eat a pound of rice today. But I don't have enough tickets, so I don't dare to eat that much..."
Xie Tingyu didn't say anything because he was not full.
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It was dark after dinner. Ye Qingshui was reluctant to light a lamp to read at night because it would waste too much kerosene and easily damage her eyes. So she was always in a hurry to eat. When Xie Tingyu came back to the room after dinner, Ye Qingshui had already studied for a while.
Xie Tingyu said: "Why don't you light the lamp? Light it up. Compared with knowledge, this little kerosene is nothing."
Ye Qingshui fumbled for the matches and lit the kerosene lamp. She was tired of reciting Chinese yesterday and felt dizzy when she saw Chinese today, so she took out the newly bought math book and started reading.
She gets excited when she sees subjects like mathematics, physics and chemistry that involve numbers.
Xie Tingyu briefly explained some formulas and theorems to Ye Qingshui. He was not as patient as usual and soon asked her to study on her own, and handed her a math test paper.
He said: "After reading it, do some questions."
Ye Qingshui was very interested in mathematics, and the more she studied, the more she became fascinated and interested.
When it was her turn to do the exercises, she worked on them for a while, then flipped through the book to check the pages. The rustling sound of flipping pages made Xie Tingyu frown, but he didn't hate it. He thought: Mathematics may not be easy for someone who has dropped out of school for a long time.
Ye Qingshui stared at the question with deep hatred, and finally wrote in the blank part: There is no solution to this question.
There is no solution to this problem.
There is no solution to this problem.
"Shuiya, do your homework well and don't be distracted."
Xie Tingyu was waiting for Ye Qingshui's help.
But Ye Qingshui nodded and then patiently worked on the questions for another half an hour.
Xie Tingyu wanted to use the math problem to talk to Ye Qingshui about eating pig's trotters in the future. Therefore, he sent Ye Qingshui to study on her own without teaching her in detail.
Today's pig's trotters are so delicious. The marinade is so fragrant, and it's also delicious when mixed with rice.
He held the fountain pen and prepared to correct Ye Qingshui's questions. The thumb of his other hand touched the table, and he thought idly: Girls are not quick thinkers, and he specially picked a more difficult test paper for her to write. This rural girl will definitely surrender soon.
He asked Ye Qingshui: "Shuiya, do you think mathematics is difficult?"
Ye Qingshui thought carefully for a while before answering, "It's not difficult."
Although this woman is not very educated, she has always been very confident in herself... Xie Tingyu noticed that every time she encountered such a moment of verification, her eyes always sparkled. Just like last time at the educated youth point.
Xie Tingyu couldn't help but curl his lips.
He looked at her empty test paper and marked it quickly according to the answers. She only got five out of twenty questions right. Although it was a bit miserable and might not have been easy for a beginner like Ye Qingshui, Xie Tingyu was only thinking about braised pig's trotters tonight and nothing else.
"Oh, it's not difficult, why did you make so many mistakes?"
Ye Qingshui looked in confusion, and after a long while he said cautiously, "I think I'm not wrong. I should be right."
Xie Tingyu paused and tapped the blank space on the test paper with his thumb: "Tell me why you left it blank. I want to give you the correct answer, but——"
Ye Qingshui shrugged, propped his chin with both hands and said, "It's right for me not to write it. If you don't believe me, why don't you take a closer look?"
He put down the answer key in the book and read through the questions carefully. But after just one glance, his expression changed from relaxed to serious. His face was slapped.
Because the questions that Ye Qingshui didn't answer were all unsolvable. In other words, the correct answer is that there is no solution to this question.
After a long while, he said, "Well, Shuiya, you did a good job. Don't be superstitious about textbooks."
"The editors of this book did not think rigorously enough."
After saying that, Xie Tingyu threw the book into the trash can.
Pig's trotters...don't even think about it.
For the first time in his life, Xie Tingyu looked at the girl in front of him seriously. This look made him feel as if he had never really known Ye Qingshui.
Although this idea is a bit ridiculous.
Xie Tingyu threw the book away, but Ye Qingshui hurriedly picked it up from the trash can. She said, "Why throw it away? It doesn't matter. I can see the mistakes in it. I'll read it more and try to finish it as soon as possible..."
"After all, I spent money on book coupons to buy it, so it's not cheap! To be able to tell whether it is written correctly is also a process of repeated thinking and verification, don't you think so?"
Ye Qingshui asked "yes or no" twice in a row, with a heavy regret in his voice. Poor people always feel particularly distressed when it comes to anything that costs money.
Xie Tingyu said expressionlessly: "No, you can buy books again, but you can't read misleading books anymore."
Ye Qingshui held the textbook in her hand and thought of Zhou Ke's grandfather. He had said the same thing that day, with a very contemptuous tone. She originally thought that the old man just had a weird temper, but she didn't understand it until today. Zhou Ke's grandfather was a very learned man. He was able to see through the quality of this book at a glance.
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Brother Yu: The pig’s trotter is gone.
Unhappy.
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