Chapter 506: Frustrated
The couple looked at each other, then lay down on the bed together.
Wen Shi closed his eyes and said, "Wife, when will we have money?!"
Yi Chichi knew he was referring to something else, so he pretended to be hesitant and said, "Maybe a few decades later."
"...It's been too long. It's unbearable."
"It's tough, but there's nothing we can do. We have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Nothing in this world can be accomplished overnight. Everyone is working hard. You have to believe that success depends on human effort."
The era of exchanging shirts for big planes will eventually pass.
The future is bright.
Now, just endure it.
Yi Chichi turned over and hugged him, "Go to sleep, there will be money, big planes, and big warships."
Wen Shi nodded, then fell asleep holding her.
After a good night's sleep, Yi Chichi woke up at around ten in the morning. He didn't wake up naturally, but was woken up by the sound of people outside.
When I got up, washed up and looked out, I saw that the yard was bustling with activity.
Wen's mother came back from buying meat, and Ji Jian and the others also came back from fishing, and they all had a good harvest.
Wen's mother brought back half a pig, and Ji Jian and the others brought back a lot of fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish, the most of which were oysters.
Yang Qing and her friends were sitting on small stools washing vegetables such as greens, peppers and cucumbers.
"Is there anything I can help you with?"
She spoke, interrupting the laughter in the yard.
Everyone turned around to look at her. Wen's mother saw that she was about to burst out with her belly full, so she quickly stopped her, "Don't come over. Go eat the breakfast I warmed up for you in the pot first."
"Yes, eating is the most important thing in the world. You are eating for two people now, so you can't be careless."
Ji Jian and the others urged her to do so. Yi had no choice but to go back to the kitchen and eat the breakfast that Wen's mother had left for her.
She ate two big meat buns, a cup of soy milk, and an appetizer.
When she returned to the yard after eating and drinking, people no longer drove her away and assigned her a job: peeling garlic.
"These are your jobs, just sit down and peel them slowly."
Zhang Xin was also resting today and brought some garlic to her.
Yi Chizhi said "oh", asked clearly whether he wanted mashed garlic or whole garlic, then took a kitchen knife and started smashing the garlic.
So fast.
Peeling one by one is too slow.
As she was peeling, she remembered something, "You all came to my house, what should I do with my baby?"
Ji Jian was cleaning the hair off the pigskin when he heard the voice and said helplessly, "Are you living your life in a daze? The kids are in school today and won't be home until they get out of school this afternoon."
Yang Qing immediately responded, "It's normal. As the saying goes, pregnancy makes a woman stupid for three years. Although Chi Chi hasn't given birth yet, it's not a big deal."
This made Yi Chichi feel awkward, and he couldn't help but defend himself, "I saw you were all off today, so I got the date wrong."
"I changed out during the shift."
Zhang Xin explained, "I took three consecutive classes and couldn't handle it anymore, so I took a whole day off."
Ji Jian and the others were in a similar situation. Some of them were released because they changed shifts, while others had previously covered for others and were released after their colleagues paid them back.
There aren't many days like this when we can get everyone together.
Therefore, we must cherish this dinner. We don’t know when we will be able to get so many people together again.
After a group of people chatted and laughed while processing all the fish, shrimp, crab and shellfish meat, the most critical step came.
"Chichi, come and marinate!"
Wen's mother took out two bags containing marinade such as cumin. She sighed, stood up, took the bags and started working, not forgetting to worry about the staple food.
"Steamed buns or steamed rice?"
"Prepare the steamed buns, dumplings and rice."
Wen's mother brought out rice and flour. The flour was white flour, and the rice was a mixture of rice and millet. She also prepared sweet potatoes and potatoes.
The group of people worked until after two o'clock in the afternoon before they officially started firing.
I kept the pork belly from half a pig for grilling, and the rest was stir-fried or stewed.
Skewer half of the vegetables and stir-fry the other half.
In addition to grilled oysters, Ji Jian also made garlic oysters under Yi Chizhi's instruction, and the scallops were also prepared in the same way.
I didn't catch any big fish when I went to the beach, but I did pick up a lot of palm-sized sea fish. I marinated them all and then grilled them.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, a faint fragrance began to waft out.
First, Mr. Zhang came with He An. The little girl had a keen nose and smelled the fragrance as soon as she arrived. She rushed in with her short legs and went straight to Zhang Xin, her eyes fixed on the prawns on the grill in front of her.
"Mom, eat shrimp."
"It's just started baking, please wait a little longer."
The shrimps were not cooked yet, so Zhang Xin didn't dare to give them to her.
He An was also well-behaved. He said "oh" and sat with Yi Chichi, staring at the grill without blinking, waiting for the shrimps to be cooked.
Mr. Zhang strolled around for a while, then sat down contentedly and handed a jar to Yi Chichi, "This is your Seven White Ointment."
"It's healed so soon?"
Yi Chichi was surprised and delighted. The old man hummed, "I'm just sitting around doing nothing. This is the only one I have. I'll have to wait for the rest."
Zhang Xin came over and said, "Can you give it to me first?"
“That won’t work.”
Yi Chichi refused and whispered a few words in her ear. Zhang Xin suddenly realized and unconsciously looked down at her belly. After a long silence, she started to bite her ear.
"Does it really work for belly flab?"
“It works.”
No matter what, why did she ask the old man to make her the Seven White Ointment?
The enhanced version of the Seven White Cream not only has the effect of whitening and protecting the skin, but also has the effect of tightening the skin.
In the original world, her family relied on this recipe to thrive in the private skin care customization industry and made a lot of money.
My network of contacts is growing.
Zhang Xin was delighted when he heard this. "That's great. I'll try the second can."
"Let grandpa do it for you."
She didn't lower her voice when she said this, and the old man heard it. He glared at the two of them and said unhappily, "You really can't stand my idleness."
"I'm just sitting around doing nothing."
He An continued with a smile, and the old man was immediately speechless.
If you want to refute it, he said it himself.
I won't refute it, I'll feel uncomfortable.
Yi Chichi and the others didn't care what the old man thought. Seeing him being humiliated, the two of them laughed immorally.
Zhang Xin even said, "Grandpa, just bear with it. After all, An An is your precious great-granddaughter."
"If I didn't consider her face, I would have beaten you two a long time ago."
As she was talking, the shrimps in Zhang Xin's hand were grilled. She handed a skewer to Yi Chichi, gave a skewer of two shrimps to the old man and He An, and then gave the rest to Ji Jian and the others.
"Try my cooking."
"Yes, I have to try it."
It smells delicious when it's roasted, but I don't know what it tastes like.
So, everyone started to taste the grilled shrimp.
"The shell is mushy."
The shrimp in Yang Qing's hand was a little black and tasted a bit bitter. Fortunately, she only bit the tail, but the remaining shell would affect the taste if she didn't remove it.
As a result, after the shell-less shrimp meat entered her mouth, her face wrinkled.
"The meat is a bit tough. I don't think it tastes as good as the one that's blanched."
"Maybe your two shrimps weren't grilled properly."
Mrs. Lei gave a different evaluation. "My string is just right. Let's take turns eating the remaining one."
So, the two of them made an exchange.
Yi Chichi and Wen's mother also made the swap at the same time. One of their shrimps had chili peppers, while the other didn't.
Yi Chichi wanted to eat something spicy.
Wen's mother gave her the remaining one and told her to just taste it.
Yi Chichi nodded to show that she understood. Just as she was about to eat, He An became very interested in the chili powder on her shrimp shell.
"Aunt, let me take a bite."
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