As Hu Yujiao spoke, she prepared to take the peach wood from Chi Yunchen's hand.
Chi Yunchen turned sideways and quickly avoided her hand.
He said to her in a cold voice, word by word: "No need!"
Hu Yujiao: “…”
She clenched her fingers and continued to move closer to him: "Third brother, don't be so cold to me. I'm sad when you are so cold to me." After saying this, she made a tearful expression.
Chi Yunchen looked at her coldly: "Whether you are happy or sad is none of my business!"
He was too lazy to pay any more attention to Hu Yujiao, so he walked past her and quickly went down the mountain.
Hu Yujiao looked at his back, feeling resentful and angry.
He treated her like this for that woman Su Maner! What made her inferior to Su Maner?
She chased after him: "Third brother..."
"Look at that Hu Yujiao. She is still entangled with Chi Yunchen. How can this woman be so shameless?"
"That's right. I heard that she was kicked out by Chi Yunchen. I just want to say that it's a good thing. If you keep a woman like this at home, something bad will happen sooner or later!"
Two villagers suddenly came out from a side road. They were going up the mountain to chop firewood.
When the villagers saw Hu Yujiao lingering around Chi Yunchen like this, they couldn't help but say a few words.
Hu Yujiao didn't expect that there were other people on the mountain.
She was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the two villagers. Seeing the contempt in their eyes, she felt a little blocked in her heart and a trace of embarrassment appeared on her face.
Chi Yunchen was walking faster and faster in front, and Hu Yujiao turned around and wanted to chase him again.
However, she stopped herself from catching up when she thought of the other villagers.
…
Chi Yunchen returned home carrying the things. As soon as he entered the yard, he smelled the aroma of food.
Chi Jiayue, who was playing in the yard, saw him coming back and hurried over to him and said, "Third Uncle, you're back."
After saying that, he took the machete from Chi Yunchen's hand very obediently.
Chi Yunchen glanced at him: "Didn't I ask you to take care of your third aunt in the room? Why did you come out?"
Chi Jiayue looked at him with her round eyes: "Uncle, Auntie is much better now. She said she doesn't need to rest anymore. She is cooking now. The shredded carrot cakes she made are delicious. I just ate two pieces."
Chi Yunchen: “…”
He was a little surprised. Su Maner was actually cooking?
He glanced towards the stove, his eyes flashed slightly, and he quickly put down the peach wood in his hand and walked towards the stove.
In the stove room, Grandma Chi was lighting a fire, while Xiao Wanxiu and Chi Yunbo were sitting beside them, each holding a baking oven and warming themselves by the fire.
Seeing Chi Yunchen coming back, Chi Yunbo stood up from the stool under him: "Third brother..."
Chi Yunchen didn't look at him, but looked at the woman who was busy in front of the stove.
The woman had a coarse cloth apron tied around her waist, and her hair, which had originally been loose behind her head, was now simply tied up.
She held a spatula in one hand and a large bowl in the other, and was scooping the golden fried cakes from the pan into the large bowl.
Feeling the gazes on her, she paused for a moment, turned her head and looked at him and said, "Are you back? You must be tired. Sit down and rest for a while."
Chi Yunchen looked at her. He was silent for two seconds, then walked towards her quickly and said, "You are injured, so you should rest for a while. Just let me take care of the cooking."
As he said this, he was about to take the spatula and bowl from her hands: "Go and have a rest!"
Su Maner, however, slightly turned her body to avoid his movements.
She raised the corners of her mouth and smiled faintly: "I don't feel uncomfortable at all now, so I don't need to rest. Besides, cooking is not that tiring, I can do it."
After a pause, he said, "Besides, your cooking is not as delicious as mine. My cooking is comparable to that of a hotel chef."
Chi Yunchen: “…”
He frowned slightly, as if he had not expected her to brag so much.
Grandma Chi, who was lighting the fire, said, "Man'er's food is delicious. We each tried a piece of radish cake just now. We didn't know that radishes could be made so delicious."
In the past, they would stir-fry radishes or stew them in soup with some minced meat.
But no matter whether it is fried or stewed, it is not as delicious as the shredded radish cake made by Maner.
As Grandma Chi spoke, she glanced at the cakes in the bowl. She was an old woman in her seventies, but she was drooling over the cakes.
Xiao Wanxiu echoed, "Yes, the cookies made by Man'er are especially delicious. Just now Jiayue said that this is the most delicious thing he has ever eaten."
Chi Yunchen glanced at the shredded radish cake in the large bowl.
The pancake was fried to a golden brown, exuding an alluring aroma, and it looked really delicious.
Su Maner scooped all the cakes in the pot into the bowl. She suddenly picked up a piece of cake with chopsticks and put it to Chi Yunchen's mouth: "Try it."
Chi Yunchen: “…”
He frowned, looked at her, then looked at the cake, and said, "No, I'll eat it when I eat!"
Su Maner: "..." I didn't expect him to be able to resist the temptation of delicious food. He has great determination!
She stared at him, and when he wasn't paying attention, she quickly stuffed the cookie into his mouth: "Try it."
Chi Yunchen's face darkened instantly.
It was obvious that her actions displeased him.
But soon his gloomy expression brightened.
He tasted the radish cake in his mouth, a little surprised.
The taste of this cake has the fragrance of radish, a strong aroma of oil, and a hint of scallion.
These three flavors mixed together are surprisingly harmonious and delicious.
He frowned for a few seconds, then stood aside and started eating in silence.
Xiao Jiayue took the machete to the main room and put it away. He quickly rushed into the stove and looked at Chi Yunchen who was standing by the stove eating shredded carrot cake. He swallowed hard and his little mouth couldn't help but smacked as Chi Yunchen chewed.
Seeing little Jiayue's greedy look, Su Maner smiled. She took out a small bowl from the cupboard, picked up three pieces of cake from the large bowl and put them into the small bowl.
She handed the small bowl to Xiao Jiayue, patted his head and said, "Eat."
Xiao Jiayue suddenly grinned, and his eyes narrowed into slits.
He held the bowl in his hand and said to Su Maner with a smile, "Thank you, Third Auntie. You are the best."
Su Maner was amused by his words and felt a little happier. This kid is really easy to bribe. He was bribed with just a few cookies.
Grandma Chi glanced at Xiao Jiayue and said to Su Maner, "Maner, you don't have to give in to him too much. If you give in too much, he will develop bad habits."
Su Maner's eyes fell on Jiayue's thin body: "He is still young, it's okay to tolerate him occasionally." This child is really too thin, she really wanted to show more sympathy to him when she saw him.
Listening to Su Maner's words and looking at her pitying eyes towards Xiao Jiayue, Chi Yunchen's eyes moved slightly and a strange emotion flashed in his eyes.
There is a steamer on the stove, and something is steaming in it.
Su Maner reached out and picked up the lid. As soon as she opened it, a fragrant aroma came out from inside.
Smelling the fragrance, several people in the kitchen swallowed uncontrollably.
Chi Yunchen looked into the pot and saw a large bowl placed on the grid of the steamer. The bowl was filled with white things that looked like cakes.
He frowned. "What is this?"
Su Maner smiled and said, "This is white carrot cake."
Carrot cake? Chi Yunchen's eyebrows tightened even more, "Carrots can be used to make cakes?"
"Yes." Su Maner nodded, picked up the handkerchief at hand and prepared to bring out the bowl.
Chi Yunchen looked at her movements and stretched out his hand to stop her, saying, "I'll do it!"
As he spoke, he walked forward, picked up the handkerchief, held the bowl with the handkerchief, and brought the bowl out.
Grandma Chi looked at his actions and smiled slightly.
Yunchen was afraid that Maner would get burned.
After all, Man'er has delicate skin and tender flesh. If she gets burned, it will definitely be terrible.
Although Yunchen looked quite indifferent, she knew that he must care about Maner in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have taken over the work from Maner.
Chi Yunchen put down the bowl and took another look at the pot. There were two steaming eggs on the grid of the pot.
He took out the egg, rinsed it in cool water, and handed it to her, saying, "Here you go!"
He knew that she had cooked the egg for herself.
After all, there was no meat at home, so the most precious thing was the egg.
She ate pickled mustard greens every day at her parents' home, so she must have cooked the egg for herself.
However, she pushed his hand away and said, "Give this egg to Xiaobo and Jiayue. They are still growing and should be nourished more."
Chi Yunchen: “…”
His expression was slightly distorted, and it was obvious that her words shocked him.
Chi Yunbo and Grandma Chi were also shocked.
Grandma Chi was stunned for a moment and said, "Xiaobo and the others won't eat it, so you should eat it, Man'er. I know that you have been wronged by marrying into our family. You used to eat meat every day at home, but in our house, you can't even see a speck of meat. This egg...you should eat this egg. You don't have to give it to Xiaobo and Jiayue."
Grandma Chi really felt that Su Maner was wronged. After all, a girl from the town had to marry into such a poor family in their village. If this wasn't wronged, then what was it?
Su Maner took the two eggs and gave one to Chi Yunbo and Chi Jiayue respectively.
She turned to look at Grandma Chi and smiled slightly, "Grandma, I don't feel wronged. Since I'm married into this family, I am the daughter-in-law of this family. In the future, we will share the hardships and happiness together. And I also believe that Yunchen is an ambitious person, and he will definitely make our family prosperous."
She said this and glanced at Chi Yunchen.
Chi Yunchen's brows were tightly knitted together, he stared at her, his eyes became deep.
He moved his thin lips and was about to say something.
But Su Maner spoke first: "I'll make some cold shredded radish and stir-fry some cabbage. I believe that by the time the cabbage is done, my sister-in-law will be back." Su Maner turned around and walked back to the stove, picked up the shredded radish in the bowl beside her, and began to add seasoning to mix it cold.
Chi Yunchen just stood there and looked at her deeply. Seeing her standing there working peacefully, with a faint smile on her fair face. His eyes became deeper and deeper, with a hint of inquiry in them.
…
Li Cuihua’s house next door.
When Li Cuihua saw Hu Yujiao coming in, her face darkened and she shouted at Hu Yujiao, "Where have you been? It's almost dark, why haven't you cooked dinner yet? What, you still want to wait for us to finish and serve you?!"
The author has something to say: Are there any babies reading this? Come out and leave a footprint. I really want to see your footprints. I wonder if your footprints are bigger than mine.
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