Chapter 199 I look like a Dalmatian now!
When Pei Jiuyan returned from Aunt Tang's house, Qin Suisui and Zanzan were already drinking their second bowl of soup. Both of them had the same milky white paste stains on the corners of their mouths, like they had grown a small mustache.
Pei Jiuyan chuckled: "You two shouldn't just keep drinking soy milk, you'll get hungry soon. You should also have some of the egg pancakes I made."
Zan Zan chuckled, tilting her little head to look at the small bowl in Pei Jiu Yan's hand: "Daddy, what are you holding? What delicious food did Aunt Tang give you?"
Qin Suisui looked over expectantly upon hearing this.
Pei Jiuyan shook the bowl in his hand: "She said it was spicy dried radish she made herself, and brought it for us to try."
"Wow! The spicy pickled radish is ready to eat? Quick, quick, let me try some!" Qin Suisui's eyes lit up. She knew that Aunt Tang had made spicy pickled radish before, but Aunt Tang said that it was her first time making it and she didn't know if it would be successful, so she only made a little herself first. If it was successful, she would teach Qin Suisui how to make it.
After Pei Jiuyan placed the bowl on the table, Qin Suisui couldn't wait to pick up a radish and try it. The dried radish, coated in chili sauce, was yellow and oily, with a little sauce and chili powder on it. Upon tasting it, the sun-dried radish was crisp and chewy, with a numbing and spicy flavor that was quite strong, but not overly salty at all—a perfect accompaniment to rice!
Zan Zan also loves to eat it. The mother and son ate it bite by bite, and the whole table was filled with the "crunch crunch" sound of them chewing the dried radish.
This scene was so heartwarming that Pei Jiuyan didn't want to go to work. Starting today, he would be at sea for a few days, and the return date was still undecided.
Before leaving, he pressed his forehead against Qin Suisui's forehead and said, "Wife, be good at home these days. If there's any heavy work, just wait for me to come back and do it. Just eat and drink well."
Qin Suisui was also a little reluctant, as this was the first time he had gone to sea since Pei Jiuyan was injured. But he heard that there had been some problems with the research at sea, so he had to go and check it out.
"Go ahead and don't worry. Remember to eat the things I brought you. Don't forget to eat when you're busy. Zan Zan and I are waiting for you at home."
Pei Jiuyan lowered his head and gently pecked her lips, not daring to kiss her too deeply, afraid of getting into trouble, afraid... he couldn't bear to. Besides, he probably exhausted her last night.
His fingers moved slightly, gently touching Qin Suisui's collarbone. Qin Suisui trembled involuntarily. Through the thin fabric of her shirt, she could almost feel the warmth of Pei Jiuyan's fingertips, and... countless sparks seemed to be burning all over her body.
Knowing they were going out to sea today, this guy tormented her all night, even taking several deep breaths on her collarbone, leaving a deep red mark there. As if he had found a new pleasure, he started kissing her all over her body, leaving one ambiguous red mark after another, beginning with her collarbone.
Last night, after she was taken to take a bath, she saw herself in the mirror and almost cried because she felt so wronged.
"Pei Jiuyan, look what you've done! I look like a spotted dog now!"
Pei Jiuyan chuckled softly, then lowered his head and pecked her lips: "How can you talk about yourself like that? You're a Dalmatian, so what am I?"
"Butcher! I feel like you want to eat me!"
Pei Jiuyan raised an eyebrow. That wasn't wrong. When they were doing that, he really wanted to crush her into his very bones. But he was afraid she would be in pain and start whimpering and crying. Even though he was about to explode with pent-up desire, he could only patiently coax and beg her.
What a little devil!
He raised his hand and gently stroked Qin Suisui's delicate nose, then smiled and planted a kiss on her cheek: "Wait until I get back..." He suddenly lowered his head, gently nibbled on her earlobe, and then uttered the two ambiguous words: "Eat you."
Qin Suisui's face flushed red instantly. She quickly turned to look at Zan Zan, who was running out of the bathroom, and nudged Pei Jiuyan, saying, "Stop being so indecent! The baby is still here!"
old?
Are you old?
Pei Jiuyan was already on the ship, but he was still pondering this matter.
Hmm, he seems to be much older than her, five years older! There's a three-year generation gap, and they're almost two! No way!
"Xiao Sheng, when you come back in a few days, go to the military doctor in the next regiment and buy me another bottle of that face cream."
"Yes!" Xiao Sheng's young face remained calm, but inwardly he was screaming, "Help! Why is the commander starting to act like a woman?!"
After dropping Zan Zan off at the daycare, Qin Sui Sui rode her bicycle to the brigade headquarters.
She timed it perfectly; the tofu was just cooked when she arrived.
She ordered the largest quantity, forty jin (20 kg), which filled four large buckets. Since she paid a lot of money, Aunt Zhao felt bad and gave her an extra five jin (2.5 kg).
There was so much tofu that she definitely couldn't carry it all by herself, so Su Yunyi helped her carry the tofu home.
The ten jin of Tang's food was brought back by Lao Guo early in the morning before he went to work.
When Qin Suisui returned home, Aunt Tang had already laid everything out and was cutting tofu. The fermented bean curd needed to be cut into small pieces to make it easier to marinate and preserve.
Upon seeing her return, Aunt Tang shouted at the top of her lungs, "Sui Sui, I've already scolded your brother Guo. He's such a clueless idiot! I told him you also made tofu, and he completely forgot to bring some back for you too!"
"Men are just no good at housework! If you ask him to collect the socks, he'll only collect the socks, ignoring the clothes hanging there getting wet in the rain! If you ask him to wash the dishes, he'll only wash the dishes, ignoring the pile of plates attracting a bunch of flies!"
Qin Suisui chuckled: "Sister-in-law, don't get angry, don't get angry. For the baby's sake, calm down! Calm down! Come on, take a deep breath with me~"
Reminded by her, Sister Tang quickly followed the deep breathing technique that Qin Suisui had taught her, taking several deep breaths until she finally calmed down.
Qin Suisui was also startled. Pregnant women are indeed prone to anger. In addition, Tang's sister-in-law was originally from Sichuan Province and had a fiery temper. After becoming pregnant, she would lose her temper every now and then. Once, she even caused the fetus to be affected.
So Qin Suisui taught her this deep breathing technique, which quickly calmed her down whenever she felt like getting angry.
Moreover, Qin Suisui also said that this method helped her when she gave birth, so Sister Tang practices it almost every day.
After bringing the tofu back to the yard, Qin Suisui immediately put 15 jin into her spatial storage, and planned to use the remaining 30 jin to make fermented bean curd.
Making fermented bean curd is quite troublesome. First, you need to cut the tofu into small squares of about 2cm, and then let it ferment. After fermentation, once white mycelium grows on it, you coat it with a sauce made of chili powder, salt, and Sichuan peppercorn powder. They are making red oil fermented bean curd, so they also need to add red yeast rice brine for marinating. Then, they pour in white wine or cooked oil to seal it from the air. After sealing it for a period of time, it is ready to eat.
Today's main task was to cut tofu into cubes. Qin Suisui moved a stool and took her tools to Sister Tang's house. The two of them worked and chatted at the same time.
A short while later, Sister Tu suddenly arrived carrying two enamel cups.
Because they were working in the yard, Tang's house gate was not closed, and Tu's wife spotted them immediately.
"Oh! They're both there! That's perfect, I don't have to go to either of them!"
"Here you go, Sui Sui, Sister Tang, this is the red bean paste with tangerine peel that I made this morning. The red beans are all cooked until they're soft and sweet. Here's a serving for each of you. Eat it while it's hot!"
Qin Suisui hurriedly got up to take it: "Wow! It smells so good! This dried tangerine peel smells amazing!" Dried tangerine peel is both a food ingredient and a medicinal herb. Qin Suisui has a keen sense of smell and recognized it immediately, so she said it subconsciously.
To everyone's surprise, as soon as she heard this, Sister Tu burst into laughter: "That's right, this dried tangerine peel was brought back from my hometown by my brother-in-law a few days ago. Nothing is famous in our area except dried tangerine peel. I heard that many people in the black market get their goods from our fellow villagers!"
Qin Suisui nodded: "It's really good. Sister-in-law, do you have any more? Could you spare a pound for me?" She was currently making pills that required some dried tangerine peel, and she had already used up her stock in her space.
"Yes! Yes! My brother-in-law brought me a big bag, about ten pounds! You can easily distribute more. After you finish drinking, go back with your sister-in-law to get it!"
Qin Suisui beamed with joy: "Thank you so much, sister-in-law!"
Tu's wife looks no different from before now. Maybe she's just overthinking it?
After finishing the red bean soup, Qin Suisui went to Tu's house with her.
Tu's wife's house wasn't far from theirs, and although it was a bit smaller, it was still a small bungalow with a yard. Qiongtan Island was a large area with few people, and the houses in this batch of family compounds were all newly built, so the living conditions were much better than in other tenement buildings.
As soon as Aunt Tu opened the door, Qin Suisui saw a man sitting in the yard. Upon closer inspection, she was startled. This man! Wasn't he the one she and Su Yunyi had met at the state-run restaurant in town?
The man seemed to be reading a book. Hearing the door open, he looked up from his book, smiled at them, and asked, "Sister-in-law, who is this?"
"Oh, this is Sui Sui, the wife of Commander Pei from our family compound. She saw that the dried tangerine peel you brought was good and came to our house to ask for some."
The man nodded to Qin Suisui: "Hello, I'm Shen Jian."
Qin Suisui was almost convinced that this person was Shen Shen's younger brother, and that it was probably okay for Sister Tu to be close to him. Maybe she was just overthinking it!
Aunt Tu took out the dried tangerine peel and helped her put it into the cloth bag, saying with a smile, "My brother-in-law works at a machinery factory in the city. He's been staying at our house on business in town lately. He's off today!"
"Working in a machine factory? That's a real talent!" Qin Suisui's praise was sincere, because she had just seen that the book Shen Jian was reading was about machinery and maintenance, suggesting that Shen Jian should be engaged in a technical job.
"Absolutely! I've always thought that my brother-in-law is much more capable than my husband, Lao Shen!"
Qin Suisui looked over and saw that Tu's sister-in-law was exceptionally radiant in the sunlight. But she felt that this expression didn't seem like the pride one would show when talking about their own juniors; instead, it carried a strange...shyness?
Shy? Just thinking about that word made Qin Suisui shudder.
Pei Jiuyan's business trip, originally scheduled for 3 to 5 days, was extended to ten days due to unforeseen circumstances. He had someone else deliver this news to her.
When she received the message, Qin Suisui was at home coating fermented bean curd with sauce. It was drizzling outside, but fortunately the weather had been good the past few days, and the fermented bean curd had already sprouted mycelium. Now all she had to do was coat it with sauce, put it in a jar, and seal it.
Thirty catties of fermented bean curd were used to make three large jars. Fortunately, Qin Suisui had brought back many pickle jars from the glass factory beforehand, which were enough to hold them!
I had just sealed the fermented bean curd when I suddenly heard a "whooshing" sound outside. Zan Zan, who had been playing at the gate of the yard, ran in in a panic. His straw hat had fallen off, and his face was wet with either rain or tears. The little guy was so frightened that his voice was almost incoherent: "Mommy... Mommy... Aunt Tang... so much blood... so much blood..."
Qin Suisui was shocked. Why was Sister Tang bleeding when she was perfectly fine?
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