In the vegetable garden.

Wearing a straw hat, Chen Guiying first picked a handful of fresh water spinach, then pulled out several stalks of garlic, and then started walking home with the vegetable basket.

Chen Guiying possesses the hardworking and capable qualities of a rural woman. Not only does she keep her home in tidy order, she also takes good care of the orchard and vegetable garden. As for raising chickens, ducks and pigs, these are basic operations.

In addition, Chen Guiying is filial to her parents-in-law. It can be said that Zhang Qiang was very lucky to marry her!

However, there is no perfect person in this world. Chen Guiying is good in everything except that she is a little snobbish and it is difficult for her to treat her relatives and friends equally.

Take Chen Guiying's three sisters-in-law as an example:

My eldest sister-in-law Zhang Qin married a teacher, and now that teacher has become the principal of their village primary school. Although their family’s living conditions are not very good, this identity is still quite respected in the countryside.

Therefore, Chen Guiying's attitude towards her eldest sister-in-law's family was still very good. From time to time, she would send her eldest sister-in-law's family some local specialties such as sweet potatoes, taro, cassava, peanuts, etc. that she grew herself.

My sister-in-law Zhang Zhen married a small businessman. His family runs a wholesale department in a town. Although they don't make a million dollars a year due to fierce market competition, it's still no problem for them to make 200,000 or 300,000 yuan a year.

This income has made the younger sister-in-law the richest among the three sisters. Chen Guiying naturally looks at this younger sister-in-law differently. Usually, she not only gives her local specialties such as sweet potatoes, taro, cassava, and peanuts grown by her own family, but occasionally she also gives her a few very good chickens and ducks raised by her own family. Her attitude is even better than that towards her eldest sister-in-law's family.

Second sister-in-law Zhang Mei married a migrant worker, and her family’s living conditions have always been poor, so Chen Guiying’s attitude towards this second sister-in-law was a little bad.

Of course, this slight difference is only relative, and it does not mean that she will look at the other party with disdain. Chen Guiying's emotional intelligence is not so low. She just does not give her second sister-in-law as many "local specialties" as she does to the other two sisters-in-law and does not give them as frequently.

It was not until four years ago when Jiang Feng, the nephew of her second aunt, was admitted to a prestigious university that Chen Guiying adjusted her attitude towards her second aunt's family. Although they were still not as good as her younger sister-in-law's family, they were not much worse than her eldest sister-in-law's family.

In fact, Chen Guiying knew in her heart that her character of "looking down on people to treat them differently" was not very good, but as the saying goes, "it is difficult to change one's nature", although her husband mentioned this problem to her more than once, she just couldn't change it.

While carrying the vegetable basket and walking home, Chen Guiying was secretly thinking about the reason why her second aunt and her husband and her nephew Jiang Feng suddenly came. After all, in the countryside, people usually visit relatives in the morning. If there is no urgent matter, few people will visit relatives in the afternoon.

Rural people’s vegetable fields are usually not far from their homes, so Chen Guiying returned home before she could figure out what was going on.

"Aunt!" Jiang Feng greeted her immediately when he saw his aunt coming back.

Chen Guiying also greeted with a smile: "Second sister, second brother-in-law, Xiaofeng, you are here!" As she spoke, she put the vegetable basket in her hand on the ground and looked at the new car parked in front of their house with some curiosity.

"Guiying!"

Zhang Qiang was very happy today. He said with a smile on his face, "You see this car? It's the new car Xiao Feng just bought. You don't know, Xiao Feng is very famous now. Do you know what he is doing now? He is actually acting as a matchmaker..."

Next, Zhang Qiang told his wife about the story of his nephew that he had just heard from his second sister, and then took out the bottle of Moutai and said, "This bottle of Moutai is one of the gifts given to Xiao Feng as a thank-you gift for the matchmaking. It's worth more than three thousand!"

Chen Guiying was stunned.

Whether it was Jiang Feng's profession or his terrifying ability to make money, Chen Guiying was extremely shocked.

Although it is not a new thing for rural people to buy cars nowadays, not every family can afford one. At least among the four siblings of the Zhang family, only the younger sister-in-law's family who runs a wholesale department has bought a car. The other three families, including the eldest sister-in-law's family, have not bought a car.

Now, the second aunt's family, which was originally the poorest, has suddenly become the second family among the four siblings of the Zhang family to own a car. This makes Chen Guiying feel mixed emotions and she doesn't know what to feel.

I could only sigh in my heart that this famous university student was indeed extraordinary. No matter what career she took after graduation, she could easily make a lot of money. It was a pity that neither of her two children had a talent for studying.

While secretly sighing, Chen Guiying also immediately adjusted her attitude towards her second aunt's family in her heart, and raised her second aunt's family to the same status as her youngest sister-in-law's family.

Next, under the deliberate flattery of Chen Guiying, the sister-in-law, the two aunts and sisters-in-law chatted while picking and washing vegetables, and their conversation was quite speculative.

On the other hand, Jiang's father, the son-in-law, also started chatting with his mother-in-law.

Seeing this, Zhang Qiang went back to the kitchen and took out the almost cooked chicken and started chopping it.

Jiang Feng also walked in and said, "Uncle, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Then you can season that pot of chicken soup!"

Zhang Qiang knew that his nephew knew how to cook, so it was not difficult for him to adjust the flavor of the chicken soup. He sighed and said, "Xiao Feng, I really didn't expect that you would come back to your hometown to be a matchmaker after graduation. What do you think? Do you plan to be a matchmaker in your hometown for the rest of your life?"

Jiang Feng seasoned the chicken soup while smiling and answering, "Being a matchmaker in my hometown is only temporary. Once I become famous, I will definitely go to a big city. After all, there are many rich people in big cities. If I am lucky enough to meet a big customer, I will probably make much more money as a matchmaker than I do now!"

Zhang Qiang praised while tying his apron: "You are amazing. You have made more money than others can make in a year just by bringing two couples together. It seems that you really have a talent for matchmaking. If there is a suitable girl, please introduce her to your cousin."

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem with that, but I don't know if my cousin is willing to go on a blind date!"

My uncle has two children, a son and a daughter, my cousin Zhang Long and my cousin Zhang Yan.

Among them, cousin Zhang Long is one year older than Jiang Feng, while cousin Zhang Yan is one year younger than Jiang Feng. They are both currently working in Guangdong Province.

Zhang Qiang washed his hands and dried them, saying, "That's not up to him. Please keep an eye on it first, and then arrange for them to meet when your cousin comes back for the Spring Festival."

Jiang Feng tasted it and found it was still a little bland, so he added some salt and said, "Okay, then I'll keep an eye on it for my cousin and arrange it for him when he comes back for the Spring Festival!"

Zhang Qiang nodded, then began to chop the boiled chicken into thumb-thick nuggets, preparing to stir-fry them with garlic. This is one of the most common cooking methods in Bailiang County.

The chicken you choose must be a fat, free-range chicken that has been raised in rural areas for about a year. If it is a feed chicken that has been fed for three or four months, the meat will become rotten once cooked, so how can it be fried to taste good?

The garlic must be made with local fragrant garlic. The all-season garlic sold in the market has no garlic flavor at all.

If the raw materials are used correctly and fried in a large iron pot on a farmer's earthen stove, the seasoning only requires an appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar. No MSG or chicken essence is needed.

When the chicken is almost done, add the pre-cut garlic and stir-fry for another ten seconds before serving. It tastes so delicious.

Jiang Feng doesn’t know about others, but whenever he has this dish, he will definitely eat three bowls of rice with it.