Chapter 24 The Four Old Men in the Cowshed
The yard is large and empty, and because no one takes care of it, it is overgrown with weeds. This is the house built by the landlord. The ground is paved with blue bricks. The wasteland on both sides used to be a garden, but now it is all abandoned.
It was summer, and the weeds grew densely together, almost reaching the level of a person's calf. Ye Rou was afraid that a snake would jump out of it. The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. She ran to catch up with Jiang Chen, but she ran too fast and hit her head on Jiang Chen's back.
He turned back with a cigarette in his mouth, his tone a little annoyed, "What are you doing?"
Ye Rou said honestly, "I'm afraid a snake might come out."
Jiang Chen glanced at the yard, pulled her in front and let her go first.
The kitchen was very large, with two stoves, a rice jar at the back, and a lot of firewood piled up in a mess.
A pheasant with its claws tied up was thrown on the open ground. When it saw them coming in, it flapped its wings violently.
When Ye Rou saw the pheasant, she remembered the agreement she and Jiang Chen had made to go to the back mountain to eat chicken.
It was late, and the kitchen was dark. Jiang Chen placed the kerosene lamp on the stove. Seeing Ye Rou staring at the chicken, he remembered her cooking skills and suddenly said, "I want to eat chicken."
Ye Rou nodded, "I'll do it."
Jiang Chen took the chicken out to deal with it.
Ye Rou picked up the firewood and put it aside, then squatted in front of the stove and found a match to light it.
Jiang Chen came back carrying a chicken.
Ye Rou poked her head out from behind the stove, her little face covered with black ash from under the stove.
She stood up holding the fire poker, looking excited. She wanted to show off her skills as a top chef so that Jiang Chen would keep her.
As the old saying goes: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
In her previous life, she lived alone because her parents had passed away. She was a good cook, but she could only make some delicate stir-fries and Western snacks.
The skill package provided by the system is based on the ancient imperial chefs, covering all eight major cuisines and also including methods for making many spices, medicinal foods, pickles, and snacks.
She wanted to show off her cooking skills to capture Jiang Chen's stomach, and a hundred ways to cook chicken flashed through her mind.
Jiang Chen felt that Ye Rou, who had been listless just now, suddenly seemed to be on fire.
He couldn't guess what a woman was thinking, let alone a little devil like Ye Rou.
That’s right, Jiang Chen believed from the bottom of his heart that Ye Rou was a monster that had cultivated into a spirit, and her prototype should be a fox.
He took the fire poker and sat under the stove to steam some rice.
Ye Rou found a kitchen knife and a chopping board to cut the chicken into pieces, and cut the chicken thighs into small pieces to make spicy chicken!
The wild onions and wild garlic she picked in the back mountain last time were a bit spicy, and she was so spicy that she stuck out her tongue. But Jiang Chen ate them calmly and enjoyed them very much. She knew that he could eat spicy food, so she made them into spicy dishes.
Blanch the chicken in water to remove the fishy smell and foam, take it out and brush the pot, scoop a spoonful of lard into the pot, put the chopped garlic slices, ginger slices and green onion segments into it, stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the chicken directly. After the chicken is fried until golden brown, pour in the dried chili and stir-fry until fragrant, add salt and other seasonings, and take the chicken out when it is fried.
A pot of delicious red spicy chicken is served.
The aroma of spicy chicken made Jiang Chen look up frequently. He was an impatient person, and when he smelled the aroma, he couldn't help but take a piece and put it in his mouth.
One piece wasn't enough and he wanted to get another one, but Ye Rou stopped him, "Eat later."
She stood by the stove, flames and smoke rising. She had a slender figure and skillful movements. Jiang Chen watched her cook quietly, the aroma of food and Ye Rou's alluring fragrance filling his nose.
This scene was very ordinary, but it was the first time Jiang Chen had seen it.
Ye Rou cut the other half of the chicken into small pieces, poured oil into the pot, added onions, ginger and garlic and stir-fried them, then added seasonings and stir-fried until they were tasty. Then she poured in slightly boiled water, covered the pot, and simmered it over high heat. When the juice was absorbed and the soup became rich and thick, with an overwhelming aroma, the pot of braised chicken was ready.
Jiang Chen scooped out some and left it in the kitchen.
Ye Rou saw it but didn't ask. This should be the meal Jiang Chen prepared for his four masters in the cowshed.
The two of them sat at the table, and Jiang Chen ate without even raising his head.
The rice that he used to think was bland was then poured with rich soup. Jiang Chen ate three bowls of rice before stopping.
Ye Rou was shocked by Jiang Chen's appetite and wondered how long the rice in the rice jar could last.
Jiang Chen put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Ye Rou. She had finished eating a long time ago and was sitting quietly waiting by the side, with cigarette ash on her face.
Jiang Chen was very clear about Ye Rou's little thoughts.
He said calmly, "Do you really want to stay with me?"
Ye Rou looked up in surprise, "Are you going to marry me?"
"..." Jiang Chen picked up the first dish he had reserved. "Pay me back the two hundred yuan, and you can leave. Until then, you stay here with me."
Just think of it as raising a small animal. It cooks delicious food anyway, so he doesn't lose out.
Jiang Chen went out with the dishes. Ye Rou washed up and lay on the kang, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep. Too many things happened today and they were too confusing.
The Ye family’s affairs are just a piece of juicy scoop.
She opened the system and found that she could draw the lottery again. Thinking about the probability of drawing pink, she felt relieved.
I clicked casually, seemingly unintentionally, but my peripheral vision was actually always glancing at the turntable.
Under her gaze, the golden pointer slowly stopped at the golden area, [Power Pill]!
"The luck has changed!"
A golden ball popped out, and Ye Rou's breathing quickened.
She grabbed the meatball and stuffed it into her mouth. It melted in her mouth and a warm current flowed through her body.
Clench your hands and feel infinite power surging in your body.
She finally had the ability to protect herself.
Now, no one can hurt her.
Just as she uttered the harsh words, there was a loud bang on the iron gate outside.
Ye Rou was startled.
She sat up and looked through the window toward the door.
There stood a black figure!
It’s definitely not Jiang Chen!
The shadow was tall and thin.
Goosebumps instantly appeared all over Ye Rou's body and she froze.
"ghost?"
The dark shadow at the door slammed the iron door again.
The loud noise made Ye Rou's heart beat fast.
The fear of the unknown made her lose the courage to face it.
Her courage was limited to that of a normal person, and this level was still too much. She wrapped herself in a quilt and huddled in the corner of the kang.
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Jiang Chen took the meat and rice to the cowshed.
The cowshed was simple and crude. Jiang Chen had someone renovate it a while ago. When it rained, it was no longer a water curtain cave.
There were four beds and a table inside. Jiang Chen placed rice and dishes on the table.
Wang Guoping came over with a book in his hand, glanced at the dish, and asked in surprise, "Did you make this?"
Li Weijun straightened his back and walked over with his hands behind his back. "With his cooking skills, steaming the rice is already the limit of his ability."
Jiang Chen said calmly, "Someone else did it."
Zhou Yuqing gossiped and asked him, "Do you have a woman by your side?"
The corners of Jiang Chen's lips were slightly curved.
There is no woman, but there is an extra little monster.
He turned his gaze to Old Man Zheng lying on the bed: "What happened to him?"
Zhou Yuqing smiled and said, "Ignore him, a stubborn old man. He's so old, but he's still imitating the young people and going on a hunger strike."
Jiang Chen didn't ask any more questions.
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