Tang Yunling rushed to tell Lu Baiwei what she knew: "Don't tell me, I saw from a distance that Li Ruicai is really good-looking."

"He has a good appearance, a good family background, and is completely devoted to Feng Shishi."

"I heard that she was sick, so I took leave from the army and came all the way to our brigade to see her."

"This Li Ruicai is such a romantic. I don't know what Feng Shishi, that pig-brained person, is thinking. If it were me, I would have agreed to this Li Ruicai. It's not easy to find someone who treats you well."

These words elicited a resentful look from Zhou Yanfeng.

Tang Yunling ignored him and pulled the rope that tied the snakeskin bag together with Lu Baiwei.

In addition to the eight-jin reservoir fish and a few large pig's trotters brought by Shen Junqian, the rest were seafood from the south, including large abalone, dried shrimp, dried mangoes, dried lychees, and longans.

Seeing the big abalone, Lu Baiwei wanted to eat abalone stewed with chicken.

The team has a rule that a family can raise two chickens, but they won’t actually care if someone secretly raises more.

Lu Baiwei and Zhou Yueying each raised four chickens.

After all, Li Rui is from the same compound as He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng. Shen Junqian and He Ting's joint business still has to rely on his uncle's help.

Lu Baiwei instructed Zhou Yanfeng and Tang Yunling: "You go catch the chicken, Lingling, you go soak the abalone. Today we will kill a chicken and make abalone and chicken soup."

"What about the pig's trotters? Shen Junqian said he bought some to stew red dates for you."

"Change the way you eat it and make some braised pig's trotters."

Lu Baiwei did the light work, Zhou Yanfeng helped out, and Tang Yunling was the head chef.

When He Ting brought Shen Junqian back from the rabbit farm, the food was already cooked.

Fragrant braised pig's trotters, a big pot of boiled fish, chopped pepper fish head, abalone stewed in chicken soup, dry-pot prawns, fried eggs with toon, fried tofu and stir-fried fresh shepherd's purse.

When Feng Shishi slowly brought Li Ruicai to the brigade clinic, Li Ruicai was tempted by the table full of food.

There are seafood in the south, and as long as you know how to prepare them, there is no shortage of food swimming in the water.

He had eaten a rich diet in the south, and thought that he had arrived in the remote Xiangyang Brigade, where he would have to eat steamed buns and sweet potato rice.

What awaited him was a table full of delicious dishes that were no less delicious than those in a state-owned restaurant.

Fortunately, he thought He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng came to the countryside to suffer, but this is the result.

Li Ruicai suspected that he was dazzled. When he sat down, he asked He Ting and Zhou Yanfeng: "Do you eat like this all day? Or is it to entertain me?"

"It's definitely not okay to eat like this all day long. Many people on the team only eat meat a few times a year."

"But during festivals or when guests come, the dishes can't be too shabby."

"My sister-in-law's cooking is so delicious. Even the chefs in state-owned restaurants can't cook it like her. Come and try what my daughter Lingling cooked according to my sister-in-law's teachings."

Zhou Yanfeng called Li Ruicai: "Okay, stop talking nonsense and try my Lingling's cooking."

Tang Yunling initially objected to Zhou Yanfeng calling her "Lingling" and even kicked him.

Zhou Yanfeng said that this is how He Ting called Lu Baiwei, and he would also call her that.

It won't work even if I beat him.

I kicked him several times and was glared at by my parents Tang Jinghe and Ye Hongying.

Tang Yunling was numb now and just wanted to eat the food, so she didn't care what he said.

After Zhou Yanfeng finished cheering for He Ting, everyone sat down around the table.

Feng Shishi, who came only with Li Rui, could neither sit nor stand.

Seeing that she was hesitant and unwilling to sit down, Tang Yunling got angry.

"Feng Zhiqing, I still have to invite you, right?"

"no!"

Feng Shishi wanted to leave, but couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food.

She said shyly, "I'm here to pay Dr. Lu's medical bills."

Without waiting for Feng Shishi to take out money to pay for the medical expenses, Li Rui quickly took out two Big Unity banknotes from his pocket.

"Sister-in-law, is twenty yuan enough for medical expenses? I'll pay it for Shishi."

He was very grateful to Lu Baiwei for saving Feng Shishi: "I was helping with work in the fields and heard from Shishi that she almost lost her life."

"Thank goodness, sister-in-law, you found a way to reduce her fever, and you even went to the educated youth center every day to do moxibustion despite your big belly."

It doesn't cost so much medical expenses to treat Feng Shishi.

However, the medical expenses cannot be waived because of Li Ruicai. After all, the clinic belongs to the brigade and must be handled impartially.

Lu Baiwei called Feng Shishi, "Sit down and eat first. I'll go to Sister Yueying to settle the medical expenses later. It's whatever it is. Sister Yueying will help me keep the accounts."

"You want me to sit down, I'll sit down. I'm embarrassed..."

Feng Shishi felt that she couldn't bow her head in front of Lu Baiwei, and wanted to say something.

Tang Yunling got angry and glared at her fiercely: "Feng Shishi, you don't want to drink the wine, right? Be careful or I'll assign you to carry manure later."

Feng Shishi: “…”

When Feng Shishi heard that she would be assigned to carry manure, she was so scared that her face turned pale and she fell down on the stool with a red face.

Everyone at the table was looking at Tang Yunling, and Zhou Yanfeng was so anxious that his scalp was about to explode.

He subconsciously reached out to cover Tang Yunling's mouth: "Auntie, could you please stop talking so much?"

"Don't even check the time."

Tang Yunling felt embarrassed too.

Isn't this just a matter of speaking rashly?

It is indeed not allowed to talk about carrying manure while eating, so she smiled awkwardly.

Shen Junqian quickly tried to smooth things over: "The food on the table today is so delicious, your partner wants us to eat less."

Tang Yunling opened Zhou Yanfeng's hand and smiled embarrassedly.

"You figured this out!"

"Eat, eat..."

Everyone at the table was eating some food and using their chopsticks to pick up the braised pig's trotters.

He Ting didn't rush to eat and picked up a piece for Lu Baiwei first.

Afraid that she would eat fish bones, he picked up some boiled fish and carefully picked out the bones for her, then gave her the fish fillets with the bones removed.

Lu Baiwei seemed to be accustomed to He Ting's care, and raised her head and smiled at him.

With this smile, Feng Shishi felt that Lu Baiwei wasn't so annoying anymore.

Is this how she and He Ting get along?

The He Ting she knew was the king of the kids in the compound, the leader of the group of kids who grew up together. He never had to take care of anyone, and everyone always praised him.

Feng Shishi felt a pang of sadness in her heart. She looked at Lu Baiwei's belly and then at how He Ting treated Lu Baiwei.

She realized that things had come to this, and no matter how unwilling she was, it seemed that it was too late to undo what had happened.

Seeing the interaction between He Ting and Lu Baiwei, she originally had no appetite to eat.

After eating a piece of boiled fish, Feng Shishi's eyes immediately lit up. The slightly spicy taste stimulated her taste buds. She didn't care about He Ting and Lu Baiwei anymore. She just wanted to turn her grief and anger into appetite.

She has had a poor appetite since her illness.

The dishes that Lu Baiwei taught Tang Yunling to cook were spicy and a little sour, which immediately increased her appetite.

After eating a few chopsticks of boiled fish and half a bowl of rice, she began to sweat a little on the back of her neck and felt relaxed all over.

Li Ruicai saw that she was enjoying the meal and was afraid that the braised pig's trotters would be gone, so he picked up a piece for her.

"Eat a piece of pig's trotter. This braised pig's trotter is delicious."