Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Lin Zhengrong: ...What a nice thought! ...

Rabbit meat is chewier and needs to be stewed a little longer.

Jiang Qiuyue stir-fried the rabbit meat with spices and chili peppers. When the rabbit meat turned orange and started to emit a gurgling aroma, she added hot water.

Add charcoal fire from the stove to the small stove. The fire does not need to be too big. Put the rabbit meat in the small pot and stew it for an hour, then add the taro.

After finishing these things, Jiang Qiuyue washed the rice and cooked it. When the weather got hot, she liked to drink rice soup, so she would keep a little extra rice soup so that she could cook one less bowl of soup.

The sweet aroma of rice wafted out of the pot. Jiang Qiuyue calculated the food in the house and found that it was enough for the family to eat for about ten days.

"When are we going to the army?" Jiang Qiuyue asked Lin Zhengrong.

Lin Zhengrong likes to keep himself clean after returning home. Whenever he sweats after going out, he will wipe his body first or take a shower when he comes back.

He had just taken a shower and his hair was dripping with water. He hadn't had time to put on his shirt yet, and the water fell on his abdominal muscles and slowly slid down.

Jiang Qiuyue's eyes followed the water droplets from top to bottom, and then she looked up repeatedly. When she found Lin Zhengrong looking at her, she asked again embarrassedly, "I'm asking you a question. When are we going to the army?"

"I think we will set off in five or six days. During these five or six days, we will pack everything we need to pack. The journey will take another two days. After we arrive at the army, I will still be on vacation, so I can take you and the children to get familiar with the family compound." Lin Zhengrong has already made arrangements.

Jiang Qiuyue said yes, "I've thought about the house and decided to find someone to rent it out, but we have to find someone powerful, otherwise we can't compete with Wang Chunhua and Lin Fugui. You said we can transport the things at home with a car, but we still have to bring the bedding ourselves."

Looking at the slightly empty kitchen, they actually didn't have much, and the bowls and chopsticks were all rationed. When Jiang Youcai and his friends came to help with the work, they brought their own bowls for eating.

Take away all the pots, bowls, pans, and utensils that can be taken away, as well as clothes and bedding. The remaining closets and beds cannot be taken away and must be left here.

Jiang Qiuyue calculated that she would be on the train for two days, so she had to prepare two days' worth of dry food. The food on the train was expensive and not very tasty. It was hot now, so she could only bring food that would not spoil easily, which was not easy.

Thinking about food, the rabbit meat in the stove was almost cooked. Jiang Qiuyue felt hungry just by smelling the smell, so she put the chopped taro into the stew, stirred it, and cooked it for another 20 minutes before it was ready to eat.

Every time she eats taro or radish stewed with meat, Jiang Qiuyue prefers to eat the side dishes. After the taro is stewed, it is soaked with the aroma of the soup. It is smooth and fragrant in one bite.

Lin Beibei and Lin Nannan came back from playing. They smelled the smell of home and felt hungry. They couldn’t wait to wash their hands and eat.

Jiang Qiuyue saw that the two children had dirty faces and were covered in mud. She learned that they had gone to the fields to catch loaches and clicked her tongue twice, "Aren't you afraid of locusts?"

She didn't dare go down to the ground. She was scared at the thought of those soft insects.

"Mom, what is a locust?" Lin Beibei had no idea what it was. He took out a few snails from his trouser pocket and helped grab two loaches from Lin Nannan's arms.

The loach was very slippery and fell to the ground immediately, swishing its tail. Lin Beibei said with a smile, "Mom, we'll give you more food!"

"There are only two loaches, how can they be enough to eat." Jiang Qiuyue took off their clothes, "Go take a shower first, you are too dirty. Put the loaches in the bucket and keep them. When there are more, I will cook for you."

Whether it is the taro loach stew or the smoked dried loach, they are both delicious. It’s just that the two children are too young. The two loaches are not even as big as their little fingers. I don’t know when they can have enough for a bowl.

After sending the two children away, Jiang Qiuyue took their clothes to wash and asked Lin Zhengrong to watch over the stove.

When the family sat down to eat, a crescent moon appeared in the sky and cicadas began to chirp one after another.

Jiang Qiuyue picked up a piece of taro and with one chopstick, the taro immediately split into two halves, half of which went into the soup. She blew the hot air and took a bite. It was fragrant but not greasy. The spicy taste with the rich aroma of rabbit meat instantly awakened her taste buds and made her want to eat a lot of food.

Lin Beibei on the side had already started to eat voraciously, and Lin Zhengrong also praised it as delicious.

When Niu Zhuangzhuang from next door saw the rabbit meat and taro casserole brought by Aunt Jiang, his saliva hung from the corners of his mouth and he never moved his eyes away for a second.

"You kid, I'm not not giving you food. Go wash your hands and eat now." Aunt Niu brought the sweet potato rice. Their family's diet was not as good as Jiang Qiuyue's, and they usually ate sweet potatoes and potatoes. Jiang Qiuyue would give her a portion of whatever delicious food she made recently, which made her feel embarrassed.

Niu Zhuangzhuang quickly ran to wash his hands, fearing that he would have no food if he was late. He wet his hands perfunctorily and ran back, holding his chopsticks and waiting for the meal to start.

He really envied Beibei and Nannan. Grandma's cooking was just average, and every day he wondered what Beibei and Nannan would eat.

Aunt Niu still loved her grandson, so she picked up a rabbit leg for him first, and said, "Eat it quickly, but don't tell anyone else after you finish eating, or we will be hurting Aunt Jiang for giving us meat."

Every time Jiang Qiuyue brought food, Auntie Niu would explain it all. Fortunately, Niu Zhuangzhuang remembered it, because Auntie Niu said that if he didn't remember it, he would have nothing to eat in the future.

Nothing is more important than food for the health of a bull.

The other members of the Niu family also started eating, but they were adults, so no matter how delicious the food was, they only took a piece to taste it and left the rest for Niu Zhuangzhuang.

Niu Jianshe quickly finished a bowl of sweet potato rice and served himself another bowl. "Mom, are Qiuyue and the others really going to join the army?"

"Yes, Qiuyue also said that she would leave the bed for us." Aunt Niu praised Jiang Qiuyue again. "She is really nice. I really don't want to see her go. But it's a good thing for her. How can a young couple live apart all the time? It just so happens that you two have been sleeping with Zhuangzhuang. When the bed is brought, Zhuangzhuang can sleep by himself."

The grandson is already eight years old, but the daughter-in-law and son still have no more children. Aunt Niu knows that they have been unable to get things done because of their grandson, which has delayed their continued desire to have children.

With a new bed, she could put a reed curtain in the middle of the room to separate the young couple from their grandson. She also wanted a granddaughter, because her grandson was too tough and not as caring as her granddaughter.

Niu Zhuangzhuang was so focused on eating that he didn't pay any attention to his grandmother's conversation. When he heard his grandmother lamenting that she didn't know when she would be able to see Aunt Jiang again, he asked, "Aunt Jiang lives next door, so she can see her anytime she wants, right?"

He had just swallowed the rice in his mouth, and he couldn't wait to shovel more rice into his mouth.

Niu Jianshe didn't think too much and said directly, "Your Aunt Jiang is going to join the army. The troops have to take a train for two days and one night. You may not see her for a few years."

"What?"

Niu Zhuangzhuang thought he had heard wrongly. When he heard his father say Aunt Jiang was leaving, he didn’t even eat and ran out crying, “Aunt Jiang, please don’t leave. I can’t bear to let you go!”

Niu Zhuangzhuang cried all the way to Jiang Qiuyue. Jiang Qiuyue thought something had happened to the Niu family until Niu Zhuangzhuang asked her why she wanted to leave. Only then did Jiang Qiuyue understand what was going on.

She said, Aunt Niu couldn't be too strict, it wasn't even a day ago.

Jiang Qiuyue smiled and wiped Niu Zhuangzhuang's tears. "Auntie is going to join the army, not locked up. You were crying so sadly, I thought something was wrong."

"Dad said it may take a long time before he can see you again. Auntie, please don't go with the army. Let Beibei and Nannan go, and you come to my house. What will I do if you leave? I can't live without the meals you cook!" Thinking of not being able to eat the dishes cooked by Aunt Jiang, Niu Zhuangzhuang's tears burst out again.

Lin Zhengrong: ...You little brat, you’re just dreaming!

Before Lin Zhengrong could go and pull people away, Aunt Niu and Niu Jianshe came over. They felt so embarrassed when they saw Niu Zhuangzhuang holding Jiang Qiuyue and crying.

Niu Jianshe grabbed his son and said, "Are you ashamed?"

"How am I embarrassed? Is it embarrassing that I can't bear to eat the food cooked by Aunt Jiang?" Niu Zhuangzhuang said righteously, "Grandma's cooking is so bad, I only like the food cooked by Aunt Jiang. Otherwise, Aunt Jiang, take me away and I will work for you!"

For a bite of food, Niu Zhuangzhuang was willing to throw away his manly dignity.

Hearing what Niu Zhuangzhuang said, several adults looked at each other and laughed. Aunt Niu was both amused and angry. She grabbed Niu Zhuangzhuang's ear and said, "You are really the reincarnation of Zhu Bajie. Why is my cooking so bad? If you have the ability, you can cook for me in the future. Come home with me quickly, it's almost dark!"

Niu Zhuangzhuang said no, and only after his father took off his shoes did he look at Jiang Qiuyue aggrievedly, "Aunt Jiang, how long will it take you to leave? Can I still eat the meal you cook before you leave?"

"Yes, of course." Jiang Qiuyue wanted to laugh when she saw Niu Zhuangzhuang's expression, "Auntie has made something delicious and will send it to you."

"Qiuyue, don't listen to his nonsense." Aunt Niu refused, "He is a child and doesn't know any better. I will teach him a lesson when we get back."

"It's okay, auntie. You've given me a lot of food, and we're on good terms. Zhuangzhuang usually takes Beibei and Nannan out to play, and he's quite sensible." Jiang Qiuyue asked Niu Zhuangzhuang if he had eaten enough, and when he nodded, she touched his dark face and said, "You love to eat so much, you might as well become a chef in the future. Or when you grow up and join the army, come to the army to find auntie, and then auntie will make delicious food for you."

"Okay, I will definitely come find you!" Niu Zhuangzhuang was thinking about a bite to eat, he patted his chest and said, "Aunt Jiang, just wait, I will definitely come find you."

Niu Jianshe's face was red because he had given birth to a greedy son. When he took his son home, his son kept looking back every few steps.

Lin Zhengrong went to close the door. When he came back, he saw Jiang Qiuyue was still smiling. He pouted and said, "Don't take a child's words seriously. Maybe he will forget it in a few days."

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe Zhuangzhuang really has perseverance." Jiang Qiuyue finished her meal and asked Lin Zhengrong to clean up the dishes.

Lin Erzhu and Qian Li next door heard that Jiang Qiuyue was leaving, and they didn't react immediately. But when Lin Erzhu thought that Jiang Qiuyue might be going to join the army, he could no longer sit still.

"Once Jiang Qiuyue leaves, won't her house be empty?" Lin Erzhu's eyes lit up.

Qian Li said yes, "She has kept her yard pretty nice, and she even has her own toilet. You...you are not planning to take her house, are you?"

Speaking of taking advantage of Jiang Qiuyue, Qian Li was a little scared. Lin Zhengrong's warning was still ringing in her ears, and she didn't dare to provoke Jiang Qiuyue and the others.

"Think about it, Sanzhu might be released someday, and he might want to get married, right?" Lin Erzhu analyzed to Qian Li, "After Sanzhu gets married, he will need a house."

"We can't live with our parents forever. Now that Sanzhu and Lin Xiao are going to labor reform, our parents feel sorry for them and will definitely find ways to support them. Don't we have to keep selling our labor to them?"

"My parents might indeed do that." Qian Li said, but she quickly shook her head, "But I'm really afraid of Jiang Qiuyue and Lin Zhengrong. We are no match for them."

Lin Erzhu clicked his tongue and said, "Who told you to deal with Jiang Qiuyue and the others? Aren't parents coming back soon? When they come back, let them go and get the house back. The house they lived in originally belonged to us, and now that Jiang Qiuyue is leaving, the house should be returned to us."

"When my parents want to take back the house, we will move in. Then we will have our own house, which is just like splitting up the family."

Since he was a child, Lin Erzhu has always been a low-key person, but he is also very cunning. He doesn't want to stand out and grab the house, so he plots against his biological parents.

As a daughter-in-law, Qian Li is even less considerate of her parents-in-law. Since her husband has said so, she must have no problem with it.

The two hit it off immediately and just waited for Wang Chunhua and Lin Fugui to be released.

At this time, Jiang Qiuyue didn't know that Lin Erzhu had taken a fancy to her courtyard. After dinner, she took a walk and then took the children to bed.

There was no form of entertainment, and there was not even electricity in the house. After dark, there was nothing to do except sleep. No wonder people had so many children at this time.

The next morning, after breakfast, Lin Zhengrong went to Jiangjia Village.

Fang Zhaodi refused to keep Jiang Xiahe as her son and forced her to go back with Yun Lang. Jiang Xiahe refused, so Yun Lang carried her back and locked her up.

In the morning, Yun Lang came to deliver food. Seeing Jiang Xiahe hadn't even touched her dinner, he pinched her chin hard and said, "Are you really going to starve yourself to death by not eating or drinking?"

Jiang Xiahe glared at Yun Lang fiercely.

She didn't say anything, which made Yun Lang even angrier. He pried open Jiang Xiahe's mouth and poured porridge into her mouth.

“Ahem…”

Jiang Xiahe refused to eat and vomited it all out. Yunlang slapped her hard, and a slap mark instantly appeared on her face. "Yunlang, kill me if you can, or I will divorce you even if I die!"

"Okay, you dare to fight me. Just wait for me, I'm going to find Zheng Wenbin now, and I'll kill him!" Yun Lang tied Jiang Xiahe with a hemp rope, "You know my methods, I can kill Zheng Wenbin quietly, no, I want him to die, I will make him a cripple, and let you watch him live a life worse than death!"

"Yunlang, you beast, why don't you just die?" After Jiang Xiahe finished shouting, her mouth was stuffed.

There were bloodshot in her eyes and she was cursing Yun Lang.

Yun Lang closed the door and saw his two younger brothers in the yard. He took a deep breath and said, "Brother is in custody now. You should go to the fields. Even if mom dies, you still have to eat. Do you hear me?"

Ever since the news of Yu Qingqing and Jiang Yuanzong's affair broke out, Yunshan has been in a bad mood and has refused to go out. He is afraid of being criticized. The villagers now laugh at him and call him a bastard. Some even ask him in person whose son he would rather be.

Yunhai was also reluctant to go out. "Second brother, let's stay at home for a few days. I would rather eat less than be laughed at. You heard how rude the villagers said."

"Eat less? When did you eat less?" Yun Lang put it down unhappily. He didn't need to pretend to be a good person in front of his brothers. Besides, because of Jiang Xiahe, his true face had been exposed. "Bring your guys with you now. Whoever doesn't go to work will be hungry from today!"

One of them kicked over, Yunlang threw the farm tools on the ground, and forced his two younger brothers to go to the fields.

As for Jiang Xiahe, Yunlang was not worried at all that she would run away. Fang Zhaodi still sided with him and would not come to help Jiang Xiahe.

As for the other members of the Jiang family, Jiang Chuntao was as hypocritical as him. Jiang Yaozu lay in bed and refused to move, let alone care about his sister.

After watching his two younger brothers get up, Yun Lang went to find Zheng Wenbin again. He had to teach Zheng Wenbin a lesson before he could continue to control Jiang Xiahe.

When Lin Zhengrong arrived at the Yun family, he found that there was no one else there, so he quickly untied the hemp rope that tied Jiang Xiahe.

"Wait a minute, brother-in-law." Jiang Xiahe climbed onto the bed, tore off a newspaper, and took out the money inside. "This is the money that Yunlang secretly hid, and also the money left after Yu Qingqing's death. Yunchuan was detained, and my sister-in-law returned to her parents' home. Yunlang left this money in his name for custody. I have to take the money away, otherwise he will collapse even more."

Jiang Qiuyue reminded Jiang Xiahe about the money issue. Jiang Qiuyue said that no matter what happened in the future, if she wanted to survive, she had to have money. And that money was what Yu Qingqing had taken from Jiang Yuanzong over the years. Jiang Xiahe didn't need to feel guilty about taking the money.

The two ran out of Jiangjia Village. Jiang Xiahe was worried about Zheng Wenbin, so Lin Zhengrong said he would go check on him. "Go find Qiuyue, she has prepared everything for you. As for Zheng Wenbin, you don't have to worry too much. Yunlang is not a brainless person like Yunchuan. He said he killed Zheng Wenbin just to scare you."

"Brother-in-law, thank you. I don't know what I would do without you." Jiang Xiahe wiped her tears and ran to Taohua Village without looking back.

As for Yun Lang, he did as Lin Zhengrong said. When he went to look for Zheng Wenbin, he didn't get the chance and came back in the afternoon.

When he got home, he found Jiang Xiahe was missing and the money was gone. After smashing a chair, he ran to Jiang's house angrily.

As a result, Fang Zhaodi and Jiang Yaozu both said that they had not seen Jiang Xiahe. Fang Zhaodi panicked, "Could Xiahe have run away? Should we go find the captain and ask him to help find her?"

"You can't go to the captain!" Yun Lang opened his hands to stop Fang Zhaodi. "If the captain asks why Xia He ran away, how should I answer?"

You can't say it's because he tied Jiang Xiahe up.

The villagers had already seen him attack Jiang Xiahe. If they knew that Jiang Xiahe had run away, they would definitely think that he had beaten Jiang Xiahe again, and his reputation would be completely ruined.

Yun Lang still had to continue living in the village. He took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. "Without the introduction letter, even if she took the money, she can't run far. Let's not make it public and look for her secretly first. I don't believe she has the ability to run away!"

In addition to Jiang Yaozu, Fang Zhaodi also went to find her other two daughters and asked them to help in the search.

As a result, it was dark and there was still no news.

Two days passed like this, and Yunhai met someone from Taohua Village again. He said that he had seen Jiang Xiahe in Taohua Village. Yunlang then remembered that Jiang Xiahe had gone to see Jiang Qiuyue before.

He took his two younger brothers and immediately rushed to Taohua Village to look for someone.

In fact, Jiang Qiuyue and Lin Zhengrong deliberately let Yunlang know this news.

Today is the weekend, which is Qiu Jie's rest time, so Lin Zhengrong called Qiu Jie over. Only with Qiu Jie and his colleagues here can Yun Lang's guilt be proven.