Chapter 53 Chicken Stew
Zhou Ziwen's figure is indeed impeccable. He is not the type of muscular tyrant with a burly figure covered with muscles. Instead, he has a leopard-like figure, which is very well-proportioned and full of streamlined beauty.
In fact, his type is the healthiest.
"It's for holding this thing! I don't have pockets, so I have to wrap it in clothes." Zhou Ziwen raised the clothes package in his hand with a bright smile on his face.
This smile made the two girls blush and their hearts beat faster.
"Hey, Brother Ziwen, hurry up and put on your clothes." Chen Qiaoyi stomped her feet, feeling inexplicably jealous.
Her object can only be seen by her and no one else can see it.
"Haha, okay." Zhou Ziwen came to Chen Qiaoyi and opened the package of clothes in his hand.
"Oh, it's mushrooms, Brother Ziwen, where did you find them?" Chen Qiaoyi's face was full of surprise, and she even forgot to urge him to put on his clothes.
"It's not far up there, but I don't recognize this mushroom and I don't know if it's edible." Zhou Ziwen said.
"It's edible. I recognize this mushroom. It's an oyster mushroom." Shen Zhaodi said on the side.
"Oh! Are you sure? This is no joke. If you accidentally eat poisonous mushrooms, it can be fatal." Zhou Ziwen asked.
Although he also thought it was an oyster mushroom, he was not very sure. The oyster mushrooms he knew were all white, while this one was gray. Although they looked similar, he did not dare to confirm it easily.
"Yes, it's oyster mushrooms." Shen Zhaodi said confidently, "I used to eat them often at my second aunt's house."
"Then let's eat it today, Comrade Shen Zhaodi, our lives are in your hands. If anything goes wrong, I will come to you in the evening!" Zhou Ziwen joked.
"It's okay, just come to me and see if I beat you up or not." Shen Zhaodi raised her fist.
Shen Zhaodi has a tomboyish personality and has been playing with boys since she was a child, where fighting and swearing are common.
"Let's go and take the mushrooms back first."
After a while, Chen Qiaoyi and Shen Zhaodi had filled two backpacks. Zhou Ziwen no longer planned to chop firewood and prepared to go home with the backpacks on his back.
"Okay, let's hurry up and don't wait until we get home. Sister has already prepared dinner." Chen Qiaoyi also urged.
Her sister is quite good at cooking, so if she goes home late, this might really happen.
"Let's go home."
Zhou Ziwen and Chen Qiaoyi carried backpacks, and Chen Zhaodi carried a bundle of branches. The three of them went down the mountain and soon returned home.
Zhou Ziwen had a keen nose and as soon as he arrived at the door of his house, he smelled an enticing fragrance.
"Whose family is stewing chicken?" Zhou Ziwen sniffed, but his eyes were fixed on the Chen sisters' house.
"Where? Why can't I smell it?" Chen Qiaoyi also sniffed her little nose and looked around with her little head.
"Could it be Sister Shiying stewing the chicken?" Shen Zhaodi guessed.
"What are you dreaming about! Where do we get chickens from?" Chen Qiaoyi retorted.
"I think it's possible. The smell really comes from your house." Zhou Ziwen said from the side.
"Really? I'll go check it out."
Chen Qiaoyi had a blind trust in Zhou Ziwen. When she heard what he said, she immediately ignored everything else and ran home with the basket on her back.
"Wow, sister, it's really our family that's stewing chicken!"
Soon, Chen Qiaoyi's loud shouting voice was heard from the room.
"Keep your voice down, are you afraid others won't hear you?" Chen Shiying's scolding voice was also heard from the room.
Outside the house, Zhou Ziwen and Shen Zhaodi looked at each other, both revealing expectant expressions.
"Sister, where did this chicken come from?" As soon as they entered the house, they heard Chen Qiaoyi's question.
"Zhou Chaoyang exchanged the chicken with the villagers and asked me to stew it for dinner." Chen Shiying said.
"Sure, this kid knows how to live." Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.
“Yes, Zhou Chaoyang’s family conditions seem to be very good, so it’s no problem for him to eat some meat.” Shen Zhaodi said.
"Although the chicken was obtained by Zhou Chaoyang, we can't eat it for free. I think we should share the money together." Zhou Ziwen said, touching his chin.
He was unwilling to take advantage of others. Although Zhou Chaoyang might not care, he didn't want to eat for free.
"Yes, the money should be paid." Sisters Chen Shiying and Chen Qiaoyi nodded at the same time.
"Don't look at me. I don't want to eat for free. Let's share the cost." Chen Zhaodi curled her lips.
Although her family conditions were slightly worse among the five of them, they were not so poor that they could not afford a chicken.
Given her personality, she would never do anything like eating for free.
"That's a deal." Zhou Ziwen said firmly.
When eating together, we are afraid of this kind of interest issues. Fortunately, Shen Zhaodi and Zhou Chaoyang are not stingy people, and the Chen sisters don’t like to take advantage of others. The five of them have always lived together in harmony, without any messy issues.
At dinner that night, everyone praised Zhou Chaoyang highly and also talked about sharing the expenses.
Originally, Zhou Chaoyang was going to pay for it alone, but after everyone's persuasion, he agreed to share the cost equally.
In fact, Zhou Chaoyang felt that he had made too little contribution to the team, so he thought of buying a chicken to compensate for it.
But I didn't expect that others would not agree with this statement.
After all, they had just arrived in the countryside and were still in the process of adapting to working in the production team.
Everyone can understand that you must be very tired after work every day and have no mood to do housework.
Zhou Ziwen and his five companions finished off a rooster weighing over ten kilograms in one meal.
But they also ate so much that their stomachs were full and they lay down on the chairs and didn't want to move.
Zhou Ziwen didn’t have any problems, even though he ate the most, he had a big appetite!
Usually, he is the one who cleans up the meal at the end, and there are no leftovers at home.
After resting for a while, Zhou Chaoyang regained his energy. This kid did nothing but wander around the house under construction.
The construction progress in the village is very fast. The rammed earth walls are now being built and the main structure of the house has been completed.
Zhou Chaoyang and Shen Zhaodi's houses were built together, there was no particular order of priority, and the progress of their houses was almost the same.
According to the current progress, it will be completed in three or four days.
"Chaoyang, Zhaodi, there's a tradition in the village that on the day a house is completed, we need to invite the construction team and friends to dinner. You can prepare in advance."
Zhou Ziwen also came to check out the construction progress.
"What did you do back then?" Shen Zhaodi asked.
"I did it together with Yiyi and the others. We invited Secretary Wu and his family, as well as people from the Youth League Institute," said Zhou Ziwen.
"You also invited people from the Youth League Institute?" Zhou Chaoyang was a little surprised. He knew that Zhou Ziwen didn't have a good impression of the people from the Youth League Institute.
"Hey, we are so close to the Youth League Home, we see each other every day. Building a house is a happy event, and it will also increase popularity if we all have fun together." Zhou Ziwen explained.
(End of this chapter)
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