"Whether it is a dragon or a worm, we will know in the future." Song Shishi really didn't want to hear about An Jinsheng, so she changed the subject and said, "Your brother Meng will come to set up a plastic tent for me tomorrow, and he may bring a few people with him. Can you kill a chicken? Let them help me. I want to stew a chicken pot."
"Yes, leave it to me." Xu Li patted her chest and promised.
The next day, Meng Xunzhou arrived earlier than Song Shishi expected.
And he brought a lot of people with him.
Counting them, including him, there were five of them.
Two of them were wearing coarse clothes and were probably not from their unit.
Meng Xunzhou introduced them to her: "Let me introduce you to these two masters I invited from the town. They have more experience in building this shed."
"Also, I noticed yesterday that you didn't have enough plastic sheeting, so I asked these two masters for advice and bought some more."
"These two are my comrades, Tiejun and Weiguo. Qiangzi was supposed to come, but he received a temporary mission from his leader, so he couldn't come."
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Song Shishi nodded and greeted everyone else one by one.
With five grown men busy in the fields, Song Shishi seemed much more idle, mainly because she could not help or get involved.
She simply went back and prepared lunch for them with Xu Li.
Since others have worked hard, she has to prepare a good meal to reward them.
Xu Li moved quickly and cleaned the chicken very well.
Song Shishi cut the chicken into pieces, washed off the remaining blood with warm water, and then marinated it with rice wine and salt.
She mainly wanted the chicken nuggets to be more flavorful.
Anyway, it’s still early and the chicken nuggets still need to be marinated for two hours, so there’s still enough time.
There are so many people today, so she can't cook rice as the staple food. That would be too extravagant.
After steaming the corn and sweet potatoes, she went to the yard to pick some Chinese cabbage, radishes, and potatoes.
Xu Li went to the river to catch fish. After counting, she thought there should be enough food.
While the chicken was marinating, Song Shishi prepared all the side dishes.
After the meal, the chicken nuggets were almost marinated.
Put cold water into the pot and add ginger, green onion, rice wine and salt.
When the water boils, use a spoon to skim off the top layer of foam.
Then add mushrooms and bay leaves.
After the soup boiled again, Song Shishi reduced the amount of firewood to make the fire smaller.
The chicken stewed with mushrooms still needs to be stewed for an hour or so, so Song Shishi simply took out a book to read.
When Xu Li came back carrying two fish, she smelled the aroma of chicken soup as soon as she stepped into the yard.
She took a deep breath and exclaimed, "Sister, this smells so good. My mouth is watering."
Song Shishi raised her eyes and teased her: "Look at your useless look. If you like it, I will do it for you again in the future."
Xu Li smiled and put the fish in the basin at the kitchen door, then shook her head and said, "I'm just greedy. We only have one chicken left, and I can't harm it anymore. I'm counting on it to lay eggs."
"If it's gone, I'll buy some next time I go to town."
Song Shishi shrugged indifferently.
Xu Li shook her head firmly and refused, "No, sister, you should save your money. We can't eat like this every day, or people will be jealous."
"Got it, clever guy. Go and prepare the fish quickly. Once the mushroom and chicken soup is ready, we'll cook the fish."
"Hey... I'll go right away."
Song Shishi was reading a book while Xu Li was squatting beside her preparing fish. However, her little mouth was never still and she started talking about village gossip again.
"Sister, let me tell you, a good thing happened yesterday.
Jiang, the educated youth at the educated youth point, was assigned the task of weeding by the team yesterday. But who would have thought that she accidentally pulled out all the vegetable seedlings in the team.
A large area of hair was pulled out. When Jiang Shan's mother found out, she was furious.
Jiang Zhiqing was also a person who refused to obey orders.
Hearing Jiang Shan's mother scolding her so harshly, Jiang Zhiqing became furious and cried aggrievedly, saying that Jiang Shan's mother bullied her.
"Jiang Zhiqing? Is that Jiang Cuihua who shared a room with me before?"
"Yes, that's her." Xu Li nodded. "She was always picking grass for pigs during the busy harvest season. The team leader said he would give her an easier job, but who knew she would do that?"
"And then?"
"Later, the team leader came and said that the vegetable field would be converted into work points and deducted from Jiang Zhiqing's work points.
She cried so hard at that time.
But I see that the educated youths at the educated youth center seem to be somewhat repulsed by her.”
Xu Li spoke excitedly without stopping her hands.
While he was talking, one fish had already been processed.
Song Shishi was not at all surprised that Jiang Cuihua would end up like this.
"What she did was indeed wrong, and the captain handled it fairly."
"Yes, but I also heard that the son of Er Mazi, the drunkard in our village, has been getting close to Jiang Zhiqing recently."
Song Shishi asked in shock: "Are you talking about Zhou Yuan?"
"Yes, yes, it's him." Xu Li nodded repeatedly and turned to look at Song Shishi, "Sister, how come you know everyone?"
"I can't say I know him. He's a relative of Captain Zhou, so I just know a little bit."
"Oh, I see..." Xu Li didn't think much about it and washed the fish in her hands.
When the food was ready, Meng Xunzhou and the others had not returned yet, so Song Shishi asked Xu Li to watch the fire while she went to check on the private plot herself.
To get to the private plot, one had to pass through a dense grove. Just as she was about to pass, she suddenly heard the voices of a man and a woman talking in the woods.
Because the woman's voice sounded familiar, she slowed down her pace and moved closer.
"Brother Yuan, you promised me before that you would help me and not let me suffer, but look at me now..." The woman began to cry as she spoke.
Because they were closer, Song Shishi could tell that the woman who was speaking was Jiang Cuihua.
Why didn't she stay at the educated youth center and instead ran to this grove to have a secret meeting with a man?
"I did agree, but you won't even let me touch you, so there's nothing I can do." The man spoke in a strange tone.
Thinking of what Xu Li told her today, Song Shishi also guessed who the man was who was having a secret meeting with Jiang Cuihua.
"So what do you want?"
"Let me kiss you, and I'll help you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Shishi heard Jiang Cuihua's low exclamation and Zhou Yuan's increasingly heavy breathing.
It's really...indecent and shameless!
Song Shishi blushed and left quickly.
But she was so ashamed and angry that she didn't pay attention to her feet and stepped on a branch, making a crisp sound.
The sounds from the grove suddenly stopped.
Then Zhou Yuan shouted, "Who! Get out!"
Song Shishi quickened her pace, not daring to look back, and ran towards her private plot.
"Ouch!"
She accidentally bumped into someone, who helped her steady herself.
Only then did Song Shishi see clearly that it was Meng Xunzhou.
"What's wrong? Why are you so flustered?"
Meng Xunzhou looked behind Song Shishi and didn't see anyone, so he asked.
She wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to describe what she had just heard. After hesitating for a long time, she just said, "The food is ready at home. Why don't you go back and eat first and then make it?"
Meng Xunzhou carefully studied her expression, and after a long while he nodded and said, "I'm just about to go back. Go slower next time. The roads in the village are not easy to walk on. Be careful not to sprain your ankle."
"Yeah." Song Shishi lowered her head, not daring to look at Meng Xunzhou.
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