Chapter 357 Oh no! Doctor Jiang, help!
Clearly, this table of dishes couldn't have been prepared in a short time.
At a glance, there was fish, meat, and even crab. In this winter, there were all kinds of fresh vegetables, as well as a huge, bubbling pot.
The pot was bubbling and sizzling, and the rich aroma made Chi Heng gasp for breath.
Then, she realized, "Wait a minute, even if you two have been cooking the whole time, you couldn't have made this much! And these are peaches? It's winter, how come these peaches are still such a good color?"
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at Li Rong, only to see that his face was stiff and red from holding back his anger, but he couldn't say a word.
He simply smiled and said, "This fish and crab meat are canned goods that I made in the autumn. Including these fresh fruits, they are all canned."
After thinking for a moment, he explained, "The canned food I'm talking about is prepared food that's sealed and stored in jars. So it's just been heated up a bit, and it's ready to eat now. It's not just peaches; this is hawthorn too, you can try some."
As Jiang Nuanzhi spoke, she pointed to the two porcelain bowls on the table. In fact, the winter weather in the Great Wilderness is cold, and all kinds of food are stored relatively well. Even if they are frozen into ice and stored away, they can be kept for a long time, unless they are stored in a cellar.
Chi Heng listened in a daze, then lay face down on the table, staring intently at the food.
Jiang Nuanzhi's words not only shocked Chi Heng, but also left Li Rong, who had just returned home, completely bewildered, staring intently at the food.
Jiang Nuanzhi found it amusing, so she picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of canned yellow peach, and brought it to Li Rong's lips.
Li Rong's Adam's apple bobbed slightly. He stared at Jiang Nuanzhi in a daze for a moment, then opened his mouth and ate.
"Is it tasty?"
Li Rong nodded, and the next second, he swallowed it down in one gulp: "It's delicious."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
Chi Heng looked at this one, then at that one, and then got down with a resentful expression.
Well, so what if he has a wife? Look how capable he is!
He gritted his teeth and circled around, trying to find someone to feed him. After looking around, he finally swallowed hard, his expression growing increasingly resentful.
"Uncle Chi, please move aside."
Ping'er went to pull the table at that time, and Chi Heng was in the way, so he blocked her.
Chi Heng took a step back, her deep gaze falling on Ping'er.
Ping'er didn't notice anything different and continued to stretch the table out on her own.
Chi Heng stared at it, watching as the dining table, which originally seated only six or seven people, was stretched out to a much longer length, eventually accommodating more than a dozen people.
Forgetting his resentment for a moment, his eyes widened in disbelief: "This table can transform too!!"
Even Li Rong was taken aback: "Anuan, this table is very nice. I've never seen a table like this before."
"Daddy, isn't Mommy amazing? There are so many amazing places in our house. Baozhu will take you to see them later."
Li Rong couldn't help but rub his daughter's head: "Okay."
Seeing their reaction, Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but chuckle: "I intentionally placed two tables in the kitchen. This small square table can be turned into a large round table, so all of us can sit down."
Jiang Nuanzhi loves to eat, and her kitchen is a combined dining and cooking area, much larger than usual, nearly forty square meters, easily accommodating more than twenty people.
"I'll do it, I know how to do it!" The waiter volunteered and immediately ran to the front to demonstrate the skills he had learned in the past two days.
This successfully left Li Rong, Chi Heng, and Sun Wen and Sun Wu completely dumbfounded.
It seems that men have a natural interest in such mechanical devices, and for a while, several people gathered around the round table, looking at them intently.
Jiang Nuanzhi didn't disturb them. She glanced at the sky and then looked at Ping'er: "Ping'er, go and check on your Grandpa Jing and the others. It's time for the change of personnel. See if they've been delayed by something. If not, tell them to hurry back for dinner. Also, call the uncles and elders outside as well."
"Yes, Mother," Ping'er replied, put on her clothes, and went out.
Soon, everyone outside came in. Jiang Nuanzhi greeted them and then invited them to come in and wash their hands.
"You all escorted my husband back on this journey, which must have been arduous. Let's not wait any longer and eat," Jiang Nuanzhi urged everyone to eat first. In fact, they were indeed hungry. After making excuses for a while, they couldn't resist the temptation of food and started eating.
On this side of the round table, there was also a table full of the same food.
Jiang Nuanzhi had left a chimney under the large table so he could light a fire and cook hot pot. The round table didn't have a large pot, but a copper pot filled with glowing red charcoal would cook the same thing.
Just as things were getting lively inside, they heard a rapid knocking on the door.
"Dr. Jiang, Dr. Jiang, are you home? Something terrible has happened!"
Jiang Nuanzhi had just received the bowl from Li Rong, and before she could even take a bite, she immediately got up and hurried out the door.
"Please enjoy your meal, everyone. I'll go check on things." Li Rong put down his youngest daughter, put on his clothes without saying a word, and then went out the door.
Chi Heng hurriedly stuffed two bites of meat from the table into her mouth, and then quickly put on her clothes. Sun Wen and Sun Wu were even faster.
Upon hearing that something was amiss, the soldiers could no longer sit still and almost all of them stood up.
As soon as Jiang Nuanzhi stepped outside, she heard a commotion coming from the back of the village.
There were many people inside, so they couldn't hear clearly. But now that they've come out, they realize something is wrong.
He immediately opened the door, and upon seeing the person in front of him, he frowned: "Third Brother? What's going on?"
This man was Uncle Zhang's third son, and he had even eaten at their house. Now, his hands and clothes were covered in blood, and Jiang Nuanzhi immediately sensed something was wrong.
"Dr. Jiang, refugees have attacked the village. Uncle Li's son, Zhu Zi, had his thigh slashed off and is bleeding profusely! We can't stop the bleeding! Please come and take a look!" Zhang's third son said, almost bursting into tears.
"Don't worry, I'll go get the first-aid kit right away."
Jiang Nuanzhi immediately ran back, grabbed the medicine box, and went out.
Li Rong frowned and looked at Chi Heng: "Take good care of the children, and seal the doors and windows tightly. Leave two people to guard the house, and the rest of you will come with me."
"yes!"
Before leaving with his men, Li Rong grabbed the cloak that Jiang Nuanzhi hadn't had time to put on before hurrying away.
"Make way, make way quickly, Dr. Jiang is here."
When Jiang Nuanzhi and Zhang's third son arrived together, the noisy crowd around them automatically made way for them.
"It's no use no matter who comes; his lifeblood has been severed, he's not going to survive! Hurry and take him back!" He sighed, then his eyes turned cold as he stared into the distance: "Those bandits seem to be coming again! You young people, hurry and help!"
There was a fortune teller named Wu in the village, now over seventy years old, who often treated strange ailments for the villagers. He was quite well-known. Recently, everyone had joined forces to fight against the evildoers who came to burn, kill, and loot, all according to his instructions.
Ahead, the old man, Uncle Xin, and Chen Shu were facing off against a group of about thirty to fifty people, and they seemed somewhat outnumbered. Hearing Wu Banxian's words, the group snapped out of their daze, grabbed their weapons, and rushed to help.
It's not that they have a particularly good relationship, but rather that the village only has so many able-bodied men. If something happens to any of them, the defenses will become increasingly weak. Winter has only just begun, yet the number of refugees is already rising. The future will likely become more difficult day by day. If these people were to break into the village, the consequences would be unimaginable!
(End of this chapter)
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