Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Noodles with pork fat and sauerkraut

Jiang Qiuyue felt satisfied with Lin Fugui's words.

The house she lives in now belongs to her, with three bowls, three pairs of chopsticks, and ten kilograms of brown rice, ten kilograms of sweet potatoes, and ten kilograms of potatoes.

There was also a vegetable plot behind the house, of which Jiang Qiuyue took about 50 square meters. She planned to build a kitchen and toilet there, as she did not want to share it with the Lin family.

All the things were divided up, and it was getting late. Hu Haizhi still said, "Qiuyue, don't be afraid. If you have any problems, come to me. If anyone dares to bully you and your son, I will settle the score with them!"

Jiang Qiuyue is a military dependent. If something happens to a military dependent in his brigade and the incident spreads to the town, he, as the brigade commander, will be in trouble.

"Okay, Captain. I'll take you there." Jiang Qiuyue sent Hu Haizhi and the others to the door. When she returned to the yard, she saw the Lin family members staring at her viciously.

Wang Chunhua was so heartbroken that she burst into tears after losing her money. "Now that you are satisfied and have given all the money to you, how are we going to live in the future?"

"Mom, what you said is wrong again. Are you satisfied?" Jiang Qiuyue is not a saint, so she can't sympathize with me. "If you hadn't treated me so badly and scolded Beibei and Nannan as bastards behind their backs, I wouldn't be so discouraged. Today, it's because Sanzhu cheated on me and scolded me that I'm afraid of splitting up the family. You should blame yourselves."

It's good to separate the family. She has her own yard and can do whatever she wants. She doesn't have to rush to cook before the Lin family comes back. She can lie down whenever she wants.

Wang Chunhua was so angry that she pinched her younger son. After seeing Jiang Qiuyue leave, she cried and asked what to do.

Lin Fugui also frowned, "Stop crying, do you still want to be laughed at? Wait for Dazhu's reply. If he doesn't care about us, I will go to the army and report him for being unfilial!"

"Yes, Dazhu can't ignore us. I raised him with great difficulty." Wang Chunhua wiped her tears. The mother-son relationship was not important. What she cared about was how much money she got.

The Lin family placed their hopes on Lin Dazhui, while Jiang Qiuyue went to the Niu family next door.

Today, Auntie Niu was enthusiastic in speaking for her. It just so happened that she needed someone to help build a wall, so she came over to give the Niu family a chance to make money.

"It's Qiuyue, have you eaten?" Aunt Niu put down her chopsticks and stood up.

They were having dinner at home. The food was similar to that of the Lin family, with wild vegetables, cooked sweet potatoes, and a plate of pickled vegetables.

"I haven't eaten yet." Jiang Qiuyue had just finished speaking when Aunt Niu brought her a bowl. She hurriedly said, "My two children are still waiting at home, so I won't eat. I came here to ask Brother Niu and Uncle Niu if they are willing to help me with some work. I will pay them and give them a meal at noon."

Aunt Niu has two daughters and two sons. Both daughters are married. The eldest son got married and had a child, Niu Zhuangzhuang. The youngest son is in junior high school in town. Their family is not large, but not small either. It is not easy for Aunt Niu and her husband to support such a large family.

Especially since Aunt Niu couldn't stand the hard work, she couldn't go to the fields to earn work points, so she lost another source of income.

"Why should I pay you? We are all neighbors. Just let them help you tomorrow if you want something done." Aunt Niu shook her head and said she didn't want any money.

But Jiang Qiuyue didn't want to let someone work for free. "Listen to me first, auntie. I'm dividing my family. Since I'm dividing my family, I want to build a wall to divide my yard. I also plan to build a new kitchen and toilet. It won't take one or two days, it will take at least ten days or half a month. You must pay me, three cents a day. If you don't accept the money, I'll find someone else."

I heard that Jiang Qiuyue had to build a wall and a kitchen, and it would definitely take more than one or two days to complete.

Seeing Auntie Niu getting embarrassed, Jiang Qiuyue went to see Niu Dali, "Uncle Niu, if you don't do it, I'll still have to pay someone else. If you do it, I'll feel more at ease. You will definitely not cheat me, right?"

"That's for sure. You know who we are." Niu Dali said immediately, "Okay, let's make it like this. Forget about lunch. We live so close, we can just go home and eat."

"It's different. Just listen to me." Jiang Qiuyue didn't give the Niu family a chance to object. She said as she walked out, "It's settled. I'll wait for you at home tomorrow and we'll go buy bricks together."

She and Hu Haizhi agreed that he would borrow the village's tractor for a day and she would pay for the gas.

After returning home, it was already dark. Jiang Qiuyue cooked some noodles for the two children, and after the meal, went to bed early.

The next morning, Niu Dali and Niu Jianshe came to find Jiang Qiuyue, and they went to the production team together.

Wang Youren took them to the brick factory. When they came back, Niu Dali wanted to talk to Jiang Qiuyue several times, but he was too embarrassed to do so. In the end, it was Jiang Qiuyue who asked what was the matter first.

"It's like this, your aunt's brother has many boys, and they can eat a lot. I thought that Jianshe and I are too slow to do it, so can we call two more boys to do it together?"

The brother-in-law's family was in trouble, and Niu Dali wanted to help him, but he was afraid that Jiang Qiuyue would be careless, so he specifically added, "It seems that there are more people, but the number of days is less, so the wages you give will not increase!"

Jiang Qiuyue also wanted to finish quickly, so she smiled and said no problem.

"Okay, then I'll let them come tomorrow!" Niu Dali is an honest man, and so is Niu Jianshe. Both father and son worked hard to unload bricks.

Jiang Qiuyue went to cook. She went to the brick factory today and had no time to buy meat. At noon, she rolled some noodles and fried a bowl of sauerkraut with lard.

The hand-rolled noodles were smooth and tasty, and with some pork fat and pickled cabbage, they were fragrant but not greasy. Jiang Qiuyue likes spicy food, so she added her own chopped pepper sauce, and was very satisfied after taking a bite.

The Niu family father and son devoured the food voraciously. Niu Jianshe gave a thumbs up and said, "Sister-in-law, your pickled cabbage is so delicious. I have never tasted anything better."

Jiang Qiuyue smiled and said, "I didn't buy any meat today. I'll make you something more delicious tomorrow."

Niu Dali hurriedly said no, "We are all farmers, we are not picky about food, and it's not New Year's Day, so don't buy meat." He was already embarrassed to have lunch at Jiang Qiuyue's house, feeling that he was taking advantage of her. If he ate the meat bought by Jiang Qiuyue, would he still have the face to live up to it?

Jiang Qiuyue smiled, and went to the city to buy meat early the next morning.

She got 200 yuan from the family division, and now she was rich, so she would not suffer any more. The Niu family worked hard for her, so she had to treat them well.

After going to the black market once, I was much more experienced the second time.

Jiang Qiuyue bought ten kilograms of meat in one go, and the owner of the meat stall was surprised, "Miss, are you having a banquet?"

"I guess so." Jiang Qiuyue didn't want to attract attention. No one knew anyone anyway. "I want pork belly and lean meat."

Fatty meat is the most expensive, and she just doesn't like eating pure fatty meat. Seeing that she was generous, the boss said he would give her the bones at a lower price, so Jiang Qiuyue asked for another three pounds of large bones.

I bought thirty eggs, a big carp, and some other ingredients, and finally carried the iron pot home.

After arriving home, Niu Dali brought three young men and worked hard. As the young master, Lin Beibei would come over with water from time to time.

"Beibei, come and help me light the fire." Jiang Qiuyue just shouted and Lin Beibei and Lin Nannan came running over.

"Mom, let me help you!" Lin Beibei loves helping his mother the most now. His mother praises him every day, and even his sister starts to smile a little.

He didn't understand what dividing the family property meant, but he was very happy when his mother told him that he wouldn't have to compete with grandma and the others for the kitchen.

Wang Chunhua refused to let Jiang Qiuyue use the kitchen again, so Jiang Qiuyue asked Niu Dali to build a simple stove first and use fat to heat the newly bought pot so that the food would not stick to the pot when cooking in the future.

She marinated the meat and hung it up, and put the bones in the pot to make soup, and soon the aroma wafted out.

The Jiang brothers smelled the aroma and their stomachs started to growl. They walked over to the side of the cow hut and asked, "Cousin, was the mixed noodles made by Sister Lin really that delicious yesterday?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Niu Jianshe kept praising Jiang Qiuyue's cooking skills after he returned home. "Didn't you smell it? We should also have noodles for lunch today."

Jiang Youcai swallowed his saliva and said, "I saw that Sister Lin was stewing big bones. I haven't tasted meat for a long time. When can I eat?"

His brother Jiang Youde patted his head and said, "Eat, eat, eat. All you know is to eat. You are indispensable. Hurry up and work. We are being paid."

"I got it, brother. I'll do it right away!" Thinking of eating big bones, Jiang Youcai worked even harder.

The wall has not been built yet, Qian Li is also cooking, and when Lin Erzhu and his brothers saw Jiang Qiuyue cooking pork ribs, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

I wanted to avoid seeing it, but when I returned to the room, I could still smell the fragrance.

Lin Sanzhu was beaten by his father and was very angry. "Brother, you and mom are really mean. Why do you say bad things about Jiang Qiuyue behind her back? Otherwise, we can have some meat too."

"How dare you say that?" Lin Erzhu glared at him, "If you hadn't cheated on me, would Jiang Qiuyue have found a chance to split up the family?"

"Why are you blaming me? It was you and mom who made Jiang Qiuyue feel disappointed first!"

Seeing that his two sons were about to quarrel, Lin Fugui slammed the table twice, "Shut up, before Dazhu replies. Behave yourself. Whoever causes trouble again, I will beat him first!"

The recent things happening at home have made him extremely anxious. He cannot handle Jiang Qiuyue and can only wait for his eldest son's reply.

Lin Erzhu and the other two didn't dare to speak again, but the fragrance coming from outside made them very hungry, so Lin Sanzhu could only drink water.

After Jiang Qiuyue finished stewing the bone soup, she added the noodles.

The Jiang brothers were so fascinated by the bowls of noodles topped with delicious bone soup and some fried sauerkraut.

Niu Jianshe wiped Jiang Youcai's saliva with disgust, "Stop drooling, don't scare the children."

Jiang Qiuyue first served the two children noodles, and then called Niu Dali and the others to eat, "You guys can eat as much as you want, I have more in the pot."

She knew that young guys could eat a lot, especially after working, so she cooked more for them.

"Okay, sister-in-law!"

Jiang Youcai couldn't wait any longer and took a sip of the bone soup. It was so delicious that his eyebrows almost fell off. He didn't care that the noodles were hot and ate them in big mouthfuls. "Delicious... oh... really delicious!"

Jiang Youde also ate so much that he didn't even bother to say a word, while Niu Jianshe went home and gave his share to his wife and children.

When Niu Jianshe came back, Jiang Qiuyue handed the bone soup she had left to him, "I see Zhuangzhuang has been here eight times. Give it to Zhuangzhuang and the others to try."

"No... no need." Niu Jianshe didn't expect Jiang Qiuyue to still think of his family. His face immediately became red. It must be because Jiang Qiuyue saw him carrying the bowl home. "Really, no need, I..."

"You guys help me with the work, so I should cook for you, but I want to thank Auntie Niu. She helped me a lot in the past. Didn't you say that we are all neighbors? We should take care of each other." Jiang Qiuyue said with a smile, "Go quickly, I still have things to do."

Niu Jianshe returned home with a red face. When he came back, he was holding a bamboo basket filled with seasonal vegetables. He placed them directly on the stove regardless of whether Jiang Qiuyue wanted them or not. "My mother said that since you just separated from the family, Aunt Lin would definitely not let you enter the vegetable garden. These vegetables are for you to eat. If there are not enough, I will go and pick more."

After saying this, Niu Jianshe left in a hurry, fearing that Jiang Qiuyue would say no.

Jiang Qiuyue happily accepted it. A neighbor is worse than a distant relative. Since Lin Dazhu is not at home, she can get along well with the Niu family, which will be much more convenient in the future.

Life is always a good thing. It would be too annoying if you were surrounded by people like the Lin family.

Seeing that Jiang Youcai and the others had almost finished eating, Jiang Qiuyue skillfully instructed Lin Beibei and the other two to wash the dishes.

"Sister-in-law, what are we going to eat tomorrow?" Jiang Youcai burped. This is what he cares about most right now.

Jiang Qiuyue smiled and said, "Let's eat braised fish!"