Chapter 98 How about... I work as a shopkeeper?

After lunch, Lizhan borrowed a ox cart from the village and went to the town.

Xia Juanjuan was kneading dough and making steamed buns at home.

In rural areas, people usually steam several baskets of steamed buns or steamed dough sticks before the New Year. After New Year's Eve, until the fifth day of the New Year, people have a rest period and do nothing except cooking.

Steamed buns are sweetest and most delicious when they are just out of the pot. If they are left for too long, the moisture will be lost and the taste will be greatly reduced if you eat them hot.

However, Xia Juanjuan had space, so she put the freshly steamed buns into the space, and when she took them out to eat, they were still the same as when they were just out of the pot.

Because she was going to have a big fight at noon, she made all white flour steamed buns this time, and also steamed two extra baskets of sugar buns, red bean paste buns and meat buns.

Meat buns are a combination of meat filling, bamboo shoots, cabbage, radish and wild mushrooms.

After taking the food out of the pot, I gave each of the three kids a big meat bun to eat. Most of the rest was put into a space, and a small amount was put into a basket, covered with gauze and hung on a hook in the house.

Li Zhan said he was going to the town, but actually he went to the county seat.

He went to visit a retired comrade-in-arms who was a manager at the Youth League Office in Mo County.

He wanted to check the details of the educated youth Xu Jiayuan. Although the information of the educated youth was transferred to each commune, he could get a general idea by asking Secretary Zhao.

But he was concerned about Xu Jiayuan's social connections for no reason, and was afraid that the villagers would spread rumors. If the news of Xia Juanjuan's attack leaked out, it would be bad. So he simply asked higher-ups.

It would be a shame to go home empty-handed during the New Year, so he cut two pounds of pork and brought it over.

The old comrade is much older than Liezhan. He retired from the army due to age and now holds a fairly high position in the local area.

He received Li Zhan warmly and agreed to Li Zhan's request immediately.

After finishing the conversation, Li Zhan resigned as he still needed to buy some coal briquettes.

When he returned to the town, the coal briquettes in the supply and marketing cooperative had been sold out, but there was still loose coal at a cheaper price. So Li Zhan bought a truckload of loose coal and borrowed the honeycomb iron mold used to make coal briquettes, so that he could make them himself.

Xia Juanjuan laughed when she saw it.

"The Chinese New Year is only two days away. You really know how to find work for yourself. Why not just burn the loose coal instead of making it into briquettes?"

"How can that be done? The coal stove is used to burn coal briquettes. If the coal is not burned fully, there will be smoke. In winter, if the doors and windows are closed, it will be dangerous!"

Xia Juanjuan was quite surprised that a rough guy from the countryside knew all this, but seeing that he insisted, she stopped trying to stop him.

In the evening, Xia Juanjuan stewed the chicken she had killed in the morning into soup.

The pork, chicken, fish, etc. prepared before the New Year are actually meant to be eaten until after the New Year, so just like steamed buns, they will no longer be fresh after a while.

The main reason is that life is tight and there is no condition to cook and eat immediately.

Xia Juanjuan had no shortage of supplies, so she could do whatever she wanted and must eat fresh food.

The chicken soup contains wolfberries, dates, and fresh slices of a whole ginseng. It also uses the spiritual spring water in the space, and also contains wild matsutake mushrooms, black fungus, and winter bamboo shoots that were previously dug up in the mountains. It is quite nutritious.

There were so many things happening that day that she even forgot to ask him about the gunshot wound he received on the deserted mountain. Anyway, chicken soup is good for the body.

Sleeping at night became a headache.

Although there are two rooms in the house, there is only one kang. She slept with her three kids before, but last night... Lizhan sent the three kids to Zhou Qiuhe's room...

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help blushing when she thought of what happened last night.

Ahem...Hold it! You must not show that you remember what happened last night!

After boiling hot water for the three kids to wash their faces and feet, the three kids took off their cotton padded jackets in tacit understanding, got on the kang, and crawled into the quilts.

Lizhan saw the three little brats sleeping neatly in a row, with only their three little heads sticking out of the quilt. Three pairs of big eyes were looking at Lizhan in unison, as if they were afraid that he would send them to the aunt's room again. He couldn't help but laugh dryly.

He actually...really has this plan.

Juanjuan was unconscious last night, so he couldn't be too beastly.

But tonight is different, Juanjuan has returned to normal...

With a wife, children and a warm bed, he couldn't help fantasizing about it several times during the day...

Xia Juanjuan came in after washing herself and said with a smile: "Hey, why are you so active tonight that you've already crawled into bed? In the past, you wouldn't go to bed until eight or nine o'clock!"

Lizhan sighed quietly, he had to thank him for that.

After Xia Juanjuan finished speaking, she looked at the kang and couldn't help but feel hot on her face.

The kang was actually not small. The three kids took up about half of it. The remaining half was enough to accommodate Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan.

There are so many people in every household in the village, but don't they all sleep on one kang?

But in this case, people will inevitably become close to each other.

But the three little ones were still sleeping in a row against the wall. In front of Li Zhan, she couldn't ask them to move to the middle and let the two adults sleep on both sides.

Otherwise, it's like she dislikes him...

After the entanglement, Li Zhan suddenly said: "How about... I work as a floor clerk."

Xia Juanjuan didn't say anything, and it wasn't clear if she was shy. In front of the three kids, he was willing, but his wife might not be, so he just slept on the floor, so that she wouldn't have to endure too much pain.