When Zhao Hexiang said this, she raised her head and glanced at the expression on Lu Yuanting's face to see if Lu Yuanting was disgusted or something.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yuanting took a serious look at the things in the woven bag and then asked Zhao Hexiang.
"How can we make these things to suit Xia Xia's taste?"
"Put these pickles and crispy radish with your chopsticks, they go really well with rice. These vegetables are dry and cooked differently, but this one is suitable for stewing, stewed with pork belly. The oil, water and aroma of the meat are all stewed in it, it smells delicious. And this one..." Zhao Hexiang's eyes lit up when she heard Lu Yuanting's question, and she started to speak.
She spoke in great detail, and ordinary people would feel impatient listening to her. However, Lu Yuanting was different from his rough appearance. He nodded and carefully wrote down what Zhao Hexiang said.
"Can you really cook? You're not just saying nice things, are you? Sometimes he uses the excuse that he's busy in the army and asks his wife to do laundry, cook and serve him." Su Zhongshu spoke from the side, his eyes falling on Lu Yuanting, with a bit of pickyness towards the man who might be his future granddaughter's son-in-law.
"Zhongshu!" Zhao Hexiang pulled Su Zhongshu's hand.
Lu Yuanting didn't get angry when he heard what Su Zhongshu said. He looked over and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a sound coming from the village.
"It's on fire! It's on fire!" someone shouted loudly, sounding anxious.
Hearing this, Zhao Hexiang and Su Zhongshu, who worked in the yard, changed their expressions, rolled up their sleeves and prepared to go and help. They were all from the same village and neighbors, so if anyone had problems, they should lend a hand.
"Let's go." Lu Yuanting's eyes darkened and his face became stern. He was ready to get down to business. He rolled up his sleeves and took the buckets and other things in the yard.
There were no such things as pumps back then, so firefighting had to rely on manpower, scooping water from the river bucket by bucket.
As soon as the gate of the yard was opened, Su Zhongshu saw that there were many more people at his door. They were all villagers. They were holding water buckets filled with water from the river.
"Zhongshu, Lianxiang, something happened, your...your family clinic is on fire!!" The person walking in front of the gate of Su Zhongshu's courtyard spoke, panting.
"Yes, yes, let's go and take a look. Everyone has rushed over, but why did it catch fire for no apparent reason? There's not even a spark." Someone from another village also spoke up.
The clinic is on fire?
Su Zhongshu was stunned when he heard this, and his steps became bigger. How could this happen...
When they rushed to the clinic, they did see flames rising. The fire spread extremely quickly, and using buckets of water to put out the fire was like a drop in the bucket; there was no reaction at all.
"How did the fire break out out of the blue? Fortunately... my old man can go home and rest today." Zhao Hexiang looked grim, she covered her chest with her hands, still feeling a lingering fear.
It’s okay if the house burns down, as long as no one is hurt.
Hearing what Zhao Hexiang said, the person next to her spoke with some hesitation on his face.
"Lianxiang, I'm telling you something, don't get excited. I seemed to see Xia Xia go in, but I didn't see anyone come out."
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