"How can I not be anxious? At your age, people in our village already have children." Aunt Niu was a little anxious.
She really fell in love with Chen Shiying. Her youngest son was of marriageable age, and it would be a great honor for him to marry an educated youth.
Of course, this is also because her family conditions are pretty good, otherwise she wouldn't have thought of marrying a beautiful one.
In the countryside, beautiful women are not popular, only capable ones are popular.
"Niu Sanjia, can't you see? The educated youth from Dachen doesn't want to find a partner in the countryside. Even if they do, they want to find someone as outstanding as Xiao Zhou. That kid from your family is so cunning and dishonest at work. Who would want to marry him?"
Seeing that Aunt Niu was still trying to keep pestering, Zhang Yang's second aunt spoke up to help.
"What nonsense! My Xiaosheng is just young and hasn't done much heavy work. He'll be fine when he grows stronger."
Hearing that her purpose was exposed, Aunt Niu hurriedly defended herself.
"Oh!"
Aunt Zhang and Aunt Niu are relatives because of Zhang Yang. Although Aunt Zhang dislikes Aunt Niu's behavior, she is not prepared to fall out with her. She just sneers, which makes Aunt Niu quite embarrassed.
Because of Aunt Zhang's interference, Aunt Niu felt embarrassed to introduce a date to Chen Shiying again.
Zhou Ziwen on the side winked at Chen Shiying quietly. Chen Shiying chuckled and shook her head, indicating that everything was fine.
She is now Zhou Ziwen's woman. Although this relationship is not open to the public, she is not planning to get married.
After communicating for a few nights, she found that she could no longer live without him.
Although she doesn't know how long this relationship can last or what to do in the future, she cherishes the present time with the idea of living one day at a time.
Because of Aunt Niu's incident, the kitchen was silent for a while, but soon returned to normal with the conversation among the aunts and grandmas.
With so many people helping out in the kitchen, the preparations were completed quickly.
The white flour buns are steamed in the pot and the meat is stewed on the stove.
Needless to say, Zhou Ziwen's craftsmanship is excellent. In just a short while, a fragrant and tempting aroma came out.
"Xiao Zhou, your cooking skills are really good. Do you have any secret? It smells so good."
Aunt Zhang asked expectantly.
You can tell whether the craftsmanship is good just by smelling it.
Although she hadn't eaten it yet, she was sure that the taste of this pot of meat was not something she could cook.
"There's no secret. It's just about adding more seasonings. Didn't you see me making it just now?" Zhou Ziwen explained with a smile.
Zhou Ziwen’s cooking is not like those chefs who keep all his secrets hidden so that even his apprentices can’t learn from him.
He didn't hide his skills when he was at his worst. The methods were the same anyway. He just had a more accurate control over the ingredients and timing.
"I saw it, but I don't understand why it smells so good." Aunt Zhang was a little puzzled.
She did see Zhou Ziwen cooking, and it was no different from her usual cooking, although he used more seasonings. But she knew that the real advantage lay in Zhou Ziwen's cooking skills.
While they were busy in the kitchen, Zhang Lei came back from outside with his new wife.
Zhang Lei’s wife is from Niushan Village above. Niushan Village is also a relatively large village with a total population of about seven or eight hundred people. It cannot be compared with Dabazi Village, but it is not much different.
There is also a brick factory in Niushan Village, and the production team is relatively wealthy.
Hearing the noisy sounds outside the kitchen, the aunts and grannies who were not busy in the kitchen also ran out to watch the fun.
"Brother Ziwen, let's go take a look too!"
Chen Qiaoyi said expectantly.
"Okay, we're almost done here, let's go out and join in the fun." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
He also wanted to know what it was like when the villagers got married, but he thought it should be pretty much the same.
After all, when he got married, he asked Uncle Wu for advice.
When they came out of the kitchen, they just saw Zhang Lei carrying his new wife in.
The new bride wore a festive red cotton-padded jacket and a small red flower on her head. Although she was not very pretty, she looked pretty.
Looking at Zhang Lei's joyful expression, you can tell that he is very satisfied with his daughter-in-law.
After carrying his wife into the house, they held their wedding in the hall.
Weddings in this era are relatively simple. The new bride kowtows to her parents-in-law, and the parents-in-law take out the red envelopes they have prepared long ago.
Then, in the presence of relatives and friends, they read a quotation from the leader, and in the presence of the leader's portrait, the new daughter-in-law officially married into the family.
"It's no different from when we got married!"
After witnessing the wedding of the bride and groom, Chen Qiaoyi was a little disappointed.
"It's almost the same." Chen Shiying rolled her eyes at her sister in annoyance.
She hasn't even had a wedding yet!
"Ziwen."
At this time, Zhang Yang came over.
"Is dinner ready?" Zhou Ziwen asked.
"It's almost done. Do you need to prepare anything else?" Zhang Yang nodded.
"No need, all the preparations are done, we are just waiting for Brother Zhang to speak." Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.
"Let's do it!" Zhang Yang said without hesitation.
"OK."
Zhou Ziwen nodded and turned back to the kitchen.
"Yiyi, make the fire bigger."
In the kitchen, Zhou Ziwen stood by the stove, and Chen Qiaoyi was responsible for lighting the fire for him.
"Okay, I'll add some more firewood. If it's not big enough, just tell me." Chen Qiaoyi agreed and stuffed a handful of pine needles that were easy to burn into the stove.
"Okay, add more, the bigger the better."
Zhou Ziwen likes to use high heat when cooking, so that the dishes will be fragrant.
Chen Qiaoyi often makes fire and can be said to be an expert at it.
After a while, the big iron pot was burning hot and even smoke was rising.
Zhou Ziwen added a little oil to prevent it from sticking to the pan, and then poured in the chopped meat.
Swish!
The plump meat sizzled under the high temperature and soon emitted a fragrant aroma of oil.
Although he hadn't added any seasoning, the aroma of the meat alone made the guests outside drool.
When the meat and oil in the pot are almost fried, Zhou Ziwen takes out the meat and then scoops up the oil and stores it in an oil pan.
In the countryside, most people eat lard. When there is no oil at home, they will buy a piece of fat meat, cut it into cubes and start frying it.
When the oil in the meat comes out, some oil residue will remain. When you add a few pieces to the dish, it will taste very delicious.
Especially the fried cabbage with oil residue, which is a special delicacy.
Some people will also fry some oil when eating meat at home, just like Zhou Ziwen is doing now.
Then, Zhou Ziwen put some of Zhang Yang’s homemade fermented black beans into the pot, and then added ginger and garlic. After sautéing them, he poured the meat in and added some sugar to enhance the flavor.
Then add a little soy sauce to color it. At this time, the braised pork looks very tempting.
Even the aunties and grandmas watching from the sidelines began to drool. (End of this chapter)
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