Chapter 17: Being Calculated
It takes about one and a half to two hours to stew. When you eat it, cut the pig's stomach open and the chicken inside will be tender, chewy and delicious.
Pork tripe and chicken soup is not only delicious but also rich in nutrition. It is especially effective in nourishing people with weak body, qi deficiency, cold stomach and weak spleen. Of course, it is more suitable for postpartum women.
The fire in the stove was so strong that the soup in the pot kept bubbling. The hot steam floated into the air through the lid, and the aroma was overwhelming. Su Sanlang smacked his lips and couldn't help drooling.
A greedy little cat.
Su Ruojin poured soup into the small soup pot and said to Su Sanlang with a smile, "You want to eat, right?"
"Sister..." Su Sanlang was used to acting like a spoiled child. He knew there was food when he heard it. He quickly pulled up his legs and hugged his sister who was standing on a small stool serving soup. "I want to eat, I want to eat..."
The little guy was not strong enough to hold on to, and he even shook Su Ruojin, which frightened her so much that she quickly called Su Dalang, "Brother, quickly pull Agan away, it would be terrible if he gets burned."
Su Dalang had come over and gently pried open his brother's hands, "Don't worry, Ajin will give you something to eat."
"I want to eat now."
The little guy refused and still clung to Su Ruojin. She had no choice but to pick up a piece of chicken liver, which was soft and easy to chew. She blew on it and put it into his mouth. Only then was the naughty kid satisfied and happily stayed away from her.
Before Shu Tong and Dong's mother came back, Su Ruojin would first bring a bowl of stewed soup to Cheng Yingzhen, and let her eat it first with fried dough sticks or steamed dumplings. She would also use small bowls to give each of the Su brothers a small bowl so that they could also have a taste and satisfy their cravings.
During the confinement period, not only did Cheng Yingzhen's complexion become rosy, but the two brothers of the Su family also became much fairer and more tender.
In the Su family's master bedroom, the fire was burning brightly, and the room was as warm as spring.
Cheng Yingzhen had a snack with her two sons. Su Ruojin sat by the bed and played with her little brother. The mother and daughter were having a great time.
It was almost noon. Su Ruojin cleaned up the dishes from the snack and went out of the bedroom to the kitchen. She heard the noise outside the door getting closer and closer, as if it was reaching her doorstep. She quickly put the dishes on the kitchen table, wiped her hands, put on her hat and went to open the gate.
When the door opened, the alley was not wide and the crowd was separated by mule carts. Shu Tong pulled the mule rope anxiously, "Don't pull my cart, can you please let us in first..."
Mother Dong also said, "Sir, we are just getting home. Please ask them to let us go. We are in, and you can do whatever you want."
Shu Tong and Mother Dong were really unlucky. The cart they pulled back was pulled by the tribesmen that Su Ruojin saw. They wanted to go around the cart to catch the mother and daughter at the other end of the cart.
The mother and daughter held on to the cart tightly to prevent them from turning around.
The two sides were at loggerheads. If it weren't for the patrol from the Five Cities Army, the mother and daughter would have been no match for the fierce tribesmen.
"Sir, please save us... I beg you..."
In just one hour, the mother and daughter were taken out by the tribesmen from somewhere. Their clothes were torn and dirty, like those of disaster victims.
The patrol officer said: "It is only natural to pay back debts. We cannot save you."
"Master Guan, we don't owe them any money at all. They just made it up to sell us to a brothel. Master Guan, please help me and my son."
The woman fell to her knees and kowtowed, looking so pitiful and miserable that all the women watching in the alley shed tears.
The patrol officer was indifferent: "We are all from the same clan. Let's go home and discuss everything. Don't argue here. If you don't leave, I will arrest you all."
When several tribesmen heard that the patrol officer was on their side, they were secretly happy, thinking that the few dimes they had just given them were not wasted. They put on the appearance of good citizens and said, "Excuse me, sir. It's all because I didn't discipline my tribesmen well. I will take them away immediately."
The patrol officer looked impatient and said, "If you don't get out of the capital, I will arrest you all." After saying that, he raised his hand and forced people to make way.
Seeing that the patrol officer had left, the mother and daughter had no hope of escape. The woman looked as pale as death, and the tribesmen in her eyes were as excited as man-eating devils, baring their fangs and claws, and rushing towards the mother and son.
"God!"
The woman just screamed, turned around and ran into the wall of Su's courtyard.
Bang! Blood splattered instantly.
In an instant, time seemed to have paused and all the sounds around disappeared.
Everyone was shocked.
Suddenly, a heart-wrenching voice roared: "Mother... Mother..."
Oh no! Before Su Ruojin could call Shu Tong uncle, the young lady also hit the wall and was covered in blood in an instant.
Everyone: ...
Those tribesmen: ...
The patrol officer turned around and said: …
Someone has died, so we have to do something about it.
Su Ruojin stood at the gate of her own yard and watched the cannibalistic society. It was so dark.
When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the pond will suffer.
Su Ruojin was just wondering why these people didn't ask a doctor to save them, but the patrol officers from the Bingmasi didn't care about their lives at all and actually had the mother and daughter carried away. The Su family, who were innocently implicated, not only didn't get a word, but their mule cart and even Shu Tongshu were taken away by the Bingmasi people as evidence.
The procedures of ancient government offices could cause a lot of trouble. Shu Tongshu was afraid that he would be called in for questioning by people from the government office every now and then. How could he do business then?
A chill came over Su Ruojin, and suddenly she seemed to understand that she was killing three birds with one stone. The Su family was being plotted against!
In the cold wind, Su Ruojin stood at the door, looking at the entrance of the alley.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and only a few neighbors stood by the wall and said to Dong's mother, "Hurry up and rinse it off with hot water." It was more than a month before the Chinese New Year, and it was really upsetting that such a thing happened.
Mother Dong thanked the neighbors for their concern while wiping away tears. What was going on? It was clearly someone else's business, but why were they the ones who suffered the consequences in the end?
“Second Madam…” The north wind was howling, and Mother Dong shielded the young master from the wind. She called out to him a few times, but he didn’t move at all, as if he was frozen. Her heart ached, “Second Madam, we haven’t done anything wrong. We were just summoned to the government office for questioning. It’s not a big deal, really… it’s not a big deal…”
The noise at the door had already alarmed the people in the house. Su Dalang was sent out by Cheng Yingzhen to see what happened. Seeing that his daughter had not returned to the house, he could not help but lift the curtain and come out, "Ajin...Ajin..."
Standing at the door, Su Ruojin wished she could turn into Superman and fly out of the alley, kicking those bad guys out of the earth one by one. You insidious and cunning villains, just wait for me.
Su Ruojin was so angry that she was fuming. She quickly analyzed the breakfast business over the past month and wondered who she had offended.
The old lady Xu who didn't learn the craft? Or the small vendor selling breakfast in the Xiqiao Lane area? Or did she not find a way to make money and didn't give enough bribes to the patrol officers and the city officials?
If it was so difficult for an eighth-rank official to do business, what about ordinary people at the lower level? Why was it so difficult to live a comfortable life? Suddenly, Su Ruojin was extremely depressed.
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