Chapter 40 Chapter 40 "Wait for Zhengrong to come back..."...

Jiang Qiuyue had already cooked the dishes and boiled noodles for the five children, letting them eat first. Braised pork with rice was cooking in the pot, and Wu Shuangshuang's lover Lin Rong came in from the back door with a bottle of wine in his hand.

Lin Rong was tall, and he looked a bit silly when he laughed. After he entered the house, Wu Shuangshuang asked him to help carry the firewood. "Let him do it. Your husband is not back yet, so you don't have to move around."

Jiang Qiuyue opened the lid of the pot with a smile. The bacon and rice had been fried in advance. Now the rice grains were plump and soaked with the aroma of the bacon. Jiang Qiuyue sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions on it, and the bacon rice was cooked.

Just then she heard someone talking at the door, so she took off her apron and went to open the door.

"I thought the voice sounded familiar. You guys are awesome. Come in, everyone. The rice is almost ready."

Jiang Qiuyue smiled and leaned over to make a gesture of invitation, saying, "Thank you for helping me clean the house. It saves me a lot of energy. You can try my cooking later and see if you like it."

Bai Xiu Xiu said that this house has not been occupied for more than half a year, so you can imagine how dirty it is.

So Jiang Qiuyue was really grateful to Chen Guowei and others for their help. After all, she herself was not that fond of doing housework.

When everyone saw that Jiang Qiuyue, Chen Guowei and Xiao Zhou were relatively calm, everyone else couldn't take their eyes off them, especially the two young people who were not yet married.

Who can tell them what Lin Zhengrong meant by simplicity?

Liu Xue exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, you are so beautiful. No wonder Deputy Head Lin wanted to hide it. Do you know how he described you?"

"How to describe it?" Jiang Qiuyue was also curious, but Lu Dacheng pulled Liu Xue, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

"What's the big deal? I didn't say anything bad." Liu Xue looked at Jiang Qiuyue with a smile, "Deputy Head Lin said you were very simple. Now it seems that he said that on purpose because he was afraid that others would miss you."

Jiang Qiuyue laughed twice. She was not surprised that Lin Zhengrong would describe her like this. After all, she was indeed hard-working and simple enough in the past.

"Don't just stand there, come inside and have your meal." Jiang Qiuyue invited everyone into the house. After the five children were full, Wu Shuangshuang asked them to go out and play.

When everyone saw the meal prepared by Jiang Qiuyue, they were amazed again.

Even though Liu Xue came from a working-class family, she saw a table full of dishes, many of which she had never seen before, and said, "Sister-in-law, did you prepare too much?"

Chen Guowei couldn't help swallowing his saliva. It turned out that the fragrance just now really came from the Lin family. "Yes, sister-in-law, you are cooking better than during the Chinese New Year."

Xiao Zhou's saliva had already flowed to the corners of his mouth. Chen Guowei next to him wiped it off for him. He turned away awkwardly and said, "Those who didn't come are really unlucky."

"Is there anyone else who hasn't come yet?" Jiang Qiuyue asked.

Chen Guowei spoke first, "Weng Yuan had something going on at home, so he didn't come. He was unlucky not to get to taste your cooking. To be honest, I originally thought that you would go to the cafeteria to get food, but I didn't expect you to cook it yourself."

Everyone was seated, and Jiang Qiuyue also sat down. In fact, most of the dishes were her favorites. She took a bite of the bacon rice, which was full of the aroma of the bacon and accompanied by the fragrance of green onions. She then took a bite of the kimchi that Wu Shuangshuang brought, which was very appetizing and refreshing.

When the others started eating, they were all amazed.

"It's so spicy!" Liu Xue ate a piece of boiled fish, "but the fish meat is tender and tasty. Even though I don't like spicy food, I can't help but want to eat it."

Lu Dacheng gave Liu Xue fried tomato and egg, and shredded pork with Beijing sauce, "Try these two non-spicy ones. If you eat too spicy, your mouth will swell."

Seeing their affection, someone laughed, which made Liu Xue embarrassed. "Oh, I can pick it up myself. You eat it quickly."

They had just gotten married and were in the middle of a romantic time, so today only Lu Dacheng brought his family here.

Chen Guowei also ate the boiled fish and couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister-in-law, your fish is so delicious. And the fried pork with peppers is much better than the one in the cafeteria!"

Xiao Zhou nodded in agreement, "Yes, sister-in-law, I have never eaten such delicious food. If you have anything in the future, you must call me and I will definitely come to help."

Chen Guowei smiled, "You are thinking about the food here, right?"

Xiao Zhou laughed and didn't deny it. While everyone was talking, he quickly ate a few more bites.

"If it tastes good, eat more." Jiang Qiuyue also felt that she had performed well today. She doesn't drink, so she put down her chopsticks when she was full.

While they were eating and drinking, an old man stayed outside the wall for a long time.

The guard next to him couldn't help swallowing his saliva, "Chief, you haven't had dinner yet, shall we go back first?"

"Hmph." Yu Guanghui lost his appetite when he thought of the food from the cafeteria, "I don't want to eat!"

"How can this be possible? You haven't eaten anything recently. If this continues, the hospital will blame me for not taking good care of you." Xiao Li cried, "How about you tell me what you want to eat and I'll go to the cafeteria to get you some food? Or ask the cafeteria to cook two dishes for you?"

Yu Guanghui waved his hand and said no, and walked home, "You can go to the cafeteria by yourself."

"Chief?" Xiao Li chased after him with a headache. Since the chief's lover passed away, the chief had no appetite and looked thinner. Xiao Li felt very stressed because of this.

"Please eat a little, please..."

Jiang Qiuyue and the others had no idea what was happening outside the wall.

At this time, Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang were cleaning the kitchen, and the men were still drinking.

Liu Xue came in and said that everyone had almost finished eating, so she helped bring in the bowls.

"So early?" Jiang Qiuyue walked to the living room.

Chen Guowei said, "Thank you for the treat, brother and sister-in-law. We'll have a drink together next time Zhengrong comes back."

Everyone was a knowledgeable person. They knew that Lin Zhengrong was not at home, and only Jiang Qiuyue and the two children were there. They didn't want to play too late, so they left when it was almost time.

Jiang Qiuyue understood what Chen Guowei meant and sent them out with a smile, "You guys should walk slowly. Wait for Zhengrong to come back and then come back to play at home."

Without a man at home, one must be careful to avoid suspicion, so what she said was to wait for Lin Zhengrong to come back.

After the two guests left, Lin Beibei stopped playing and helped her mother wash the dishes.

Wu Shuangshuang was watching with interest, "Your two kids are so good at working even though they are still young."

"All rural children are like this, and it's also good to cultivate their hands-on skills. I'm not the kind of person who takes on everything myself," Jiang Qiuyue said.

After cleaning up, it was already past eight o'clock. It was rare that Jiang Qiuyue was still awake so late. After saying goodbye to Wu Shuangshuang, Jiang Qiuyue closed the door and took the two children to bed.

Looking at it today, Lin Zhengrong's comrades are all pretty good.

The next day, Jiang Qiuyue started writing letters. The first letter was to her second sister, reporting that she was safe and asking how she was doing. Another letter was sent to Gao Juanjuan, telling her that she had settled down.

At this time, Jiang Xiahe had just finished a fight with Wang Chunhua.

"This is not your house, what right do you have to occupy it?" Wang Chunhua sat on the ground with her forehead bruised. After Jiang Qiuyue left, she came to find Jiang Xiahe every day and they fought every day.

As a result, Jiang Xiahe fought desperately. On the first day, she was evenly matched with him, but she was defeated in the past two days. "Jiang Xiahe, you shameless slut, it's not enough to kill your parents, you also come here to kill us. Get out of here!"

Jiang Xiahe had been fighting with Wang Chunhua every day and had gained experience. "This is my sister's house. She let me live in it. Why don't you let me live in it? You two are no longer related. You have nothing to do with my sister. It's only natural for her to let me live in the house!"

Before Jiang Qiuyue left, I specifically told her that she could no longer swallow her anger like before. If she didn't want to be bullied, she had to be more open-minded than the other party.

Seeing that Wang Chunhua was still not convinced, Jiang Xiahe turned around, went into the house, took out the painkiller, and threw it at Wang Chunhua, "I'll make sure you come here every day to cause trouble. I'll make you smell bad, and I'll make you smell bad completely!"

"Tsk!"

Wang Chunhua couldn't dodge in time and took a bite of the food in her mouth. She vomited out of disgust.

At the Lin family next door, Lin Erzhu wanted to go out and take a look, but was stopped by Qian Li, "We have already separated, Mom is asking for trouble, you are not allowed to go and see."

Lin Erzhu frowned, "It's true that we're splitting up the family, but if Mom takes the house back, won't we also benefit?"

Qian Li snorted coldly, "Do you think your parents are confused? They have already divided the family property. Can the house they want back be given to us? Lin Erzhu, don't be greedy. There are not so many good things in this world that you can have both."

Qian Li now sees clearly that Jiang Qiuyue is not easy to mess with, but Jiang Xiahe is not afraid of death.

That's right. Jiang Xiahe's husband was shot and her parents' family didn't have any contact with her. She was alone and had nothing to be afraid of.

If the mother-in-law can take the house back, she can do so. If she can't, then so be it. She won't show up anyway.

Lin Erzhu has always regretted the separation, otherwise his and hers reputation wouldn't be so bad. Sanzhu and Lin Xiao wouldn't be able to come back for a while, he was too impatient.

Hearing his mother screaming outside and his father not going out to see, I knew his father was very hypocritical. He let his mother take the lead in such matters and finally went out to ask what was wrong in a fake way.

Now the people watching outside dared not approach Wang Chunhua. When Hu Haizhi heard that it was Wang Chunhua who was causing the trouble, he did not come to see. As long as no one died, they could beat her as much as they wanted.

Wang Chunhua staggered to her feet and pointed at Jiang Xiahe, "You...you will get your comeuppance!"

"Then I'll be waiting!" Jiang Xiahe crossed her arms over her chest, "From now on, I'll leave the urine bucket for you every day. If I'm not happy with you, I'll beat you. Wang Chunhua, let's see who's more noisy!"

She closed the door and was not afraid of being labeled a shrew. It was actually better this way. She had to be more frugal when living alone to avoid being bullied by others.

Wang Chunhua shouted that she couldn't live any longer, but no one dared to approach her. When she returned home, Lin Fugui rejected her and told her to go to the river to wash before coming back.

Wang Chunhua lamented her miserable life. Just as she got home after taking a shower, she saw Jiang Xiahe rushing out. "What are you doing? I didn't provoke you now."

"I told you, I'll beat you because I don't like you. What other reason do I need?" Jiang Xiahe held a wooden stick in her hand and beat Wang Chunhua until she screamed and ran back to the yard.

Now Wang Chunhua was really scared. She had never seen anyone more unreasonable than Jiang Xiahe!

Jiang Xiahe beat Wang Chunhua away and planned to do the same thing every day until Wang Chunhua was really scared, and then she would stop.

At this time, she saw Zheng Wenbin coming again, and hurried back to close the door.

Zheng Wenbin arrived at the door and threw the food he had brought into the yard. Without saying a word, he turned around and left.

Jiang Qiuyue didn't know about the situation in Taohua Village. After she sent the letter, she took her two children to visit the family compound.

The family compound is very large. In addition to the supply and marketing cooperative and canteen, there are also cinemas and bathhouses. The facilities in the family compound can meet everyone's daily living needs.

There are also villages nearby, and sometimes the troops would take some things to the villages to exchange with people.

Jiang Qiuyue looked at the empty courtyard, took the money, and planned to go to the village to buy two laying hens.

Now there is a regulation that each household in the town can only raise two chickens. Jiang Qiuyue thought that the children had nothing to do, so they could catch some insects to raise chickens. With chickens at home, they don't have to buy eggs often. Eggs are now rationed and need to be bought with the food supplement book.

The houses in the family compound have electricity, which is much more convenient than Taohua Village. However, there are more people here, so Jiang Qiuyue has to be careful if she wants to secretly buy some meat.

When she arrived at the village, Jiang Qiuyue was a stranger and someone immediately asked her who she was looking for.

Jiang Qiuyue only said that she was visiting relatives, and Wu Shuangshuang told her that there was a family at the end of the village who raised chickens and were nice people, so she went straight to them.

After hearing that it was Wu Shuangshuang who introduced them, the other party put down his guard. Granny Wang looked at the door before pulling Jiang Qiuyue into the house to sit down. "I have chickens at home, but I can't sell you two at once. Wait a minute, I'll go to my daughter's house to ask."

She saw that the two children were cute, so she grabbed a handful of peanuts and gave them some.

The living conditions of the villagers were not as good as those in the city and the army, not to mention the income. The whole family depended on working in the fields to earn money to eat.

So when people from the army came to exchange things, they were very happy to do so. After all, there were good things in the army, such as sugar and some cloth, which were difficult to buy even if they had money.

Not long after Jiang Qiuyue came, Grandma Wang came back with a little hen. "Big sister, I'm not trying to trick you. Although this little hen hasn't laid eggs yet, it will lay eggs in a month. If I sell you an old hen, it may not lay eggs next year."

Seeing Jiang Qiuyue's delicate skin and tender flesh, she thought that Jiang Qiuyue came from the city to follow the army and didn't know anything about rural affairs.

When Jiang Qiuyue heard this, she knew that Grandma Wang was a down-to-earth person. She didn't have a ticket, so it would be more expensive. But Grandma Wang said that there was a chicken that hadn't started laying eggs yet, so she only wanted two yuan each.

Jiang Qiuyue gave the money without hesitation. Before leaving, she thought of the dried food that Lin Zhengrong had brought back, and asked Grandma Wang if she had any. "Or maybe some fresh fish and shrimp?"

"We do have some dried goods, but no fresh ones," Grandma Wang explained. "Nowadays, you can't go fishing on your own. We have to secretly place some traps or go fishing when the tide goes out. We don't know when the tide goes out, so we can't be sure."

After a pause, Grandma Wang added, "If you really want to buy fresh ones, you can go to your supply and marketing cooperative. If there are boats going out to sea to fish, the supply and marketing cooperative will sell them."

You need a ticket to buy anything in the supply and marketing cooperative, Jiang Qiuyue just wants to spend more money to eat better. And once the catch is on the shelf, it is also very popular, and you may not be able to get it.

Jiang Qiuyue felt it was a pity, and thought that she might be able to eat seafood more often when she got to the beach. "It all depends on fate. There will always be a chance to meet one."

Seeing Jiang Qiuyue's kindness, Grandma Wang smiled and said, "When you go back later, put more grass on the backpack so that no one can see it and avoid gossip from the people in the family compound."

Jiang Qiuyue smiled and said yes, then took the two children home.

It was lunch time, and there were not many people on the road. She walked fast and there were no acquaintances on the road.

However, when she was almost home, she saw a young man standing at the door of her house, standing on tiptoe, looking at something.

Jiang Qiuyue instantly became alert, carefully watching who was passing by.

"Comrade, don't get me wrong, I'm not a bad person, I just have no choice. Can I ask you for a favor?" Xiao Li had just bought noodles for the leader, but the leader only took one bite and stopped eating. Xiao Li was so anxious.

After much thought, he was desperate and tried every possible means, as he remembered that the leader had been standing outside the wall of this family for a long time.

Jiang Qiuyue opened the lock, put the backpack into the yard, and asked the other party what was the matter.

"It's like this, our leader has always had a poor appetite, but he stayed near your house for a long time yesterday. Just the smell made me drool, so I was thinking, can you cook something for him?" Xiao Li hurriedly took out money, "I can give you money, or if you want something else, I can exchange it with you."

"Sister-in-law, please, the leader assigned me to look after the chief, but the chief is getting thinner and thinner. I can't live up to the leader's instructions!"