Chapter 15

“Cough cough cough…”

Zhang Liansheng almost choked himself to death, and asked loudly with a red face: "What did you say? Buy meat?"

"Yes, buy meat to make braised pork. What is braised pork? The chef in our cafeteria can't make it, but she can?" Ma Shufen either looked down on Jing Xian or thought that Jing Xian, a country girl, had no such ability. "In the countryside, every household gets some meat at the end of the year when pigs are slaughtered. How can she cook that meat herself?"

Zhang Liansheng felt relieved again.

As a result, he looked down at the food in front of him, thinking that no matter whether it was braised pork or braised red meat next door, it was still meat. The dry noodles in his hand suddenly became even more tasteless.

"Can't we buy some meat?" Zhang Liansheng couldn't help but say.

Ma Shufen ate some dry noodles and drank some vegetable soup. After finishing her meal, she looked at Zhang Liansheng and said, "There are quite a few people in our family. The three little brats are such big eaters, and you, girl, have a big appetite too. You bought such a small amount of meat, and I didn't even get to eat a single bite before it was gone. At least you can still eat a few bites in the army. You just got your salary this month, and the New Year is coming soon, so save some money. It's just right for us to buy more together at the end of the year. Don't even think about it this month."

Zhang Liansheng: “…”

Why did you give birth to so many children?

next door.

Jing Xian opened the pot and saw the golden steamed cake with red dates and sesame seeds on it. It looked like the snacks sold in grocery stores.

"Wow!"

Tiedan and Fusheng's eyes were about to fall out.

Shang Nanchen had seen the world after all. He retracted his gaze and pulled the two children behind him, "Stay away, don't get burned."

"Bring it up there. I'll cook some soup and we'll eat."

Tiedan said in a servile manner: "Mom, I'll light the fire for you."

"Just burn the branches." Jing Xian reminded the boy to avoid stuffing a piece of wood in.

"good."

Jing Xian cleaned the pot, sautéed some radishes, and added some vinegar to make a light radish soup. Shang Nanchen brought the soup over, Jing Xian put hot water in the pot, and went into the house.

The two children sat obediently on the kang waiting, staring at the covered clay pot eagerly.

Jing Xian sat on it, opened the lid and put it aside, and announced, "Let's eat."

"yeah!"

"Let's eat braised pork!"

The two children happily asked for the meat. The braised pork was slightly sweet and tasted absolutely amazing.

Not only the two children, but even Shang Nanchen immediately went to grab another piece.

Jing Xian took the initiative and made five pounds of braised pork.

The big casserole looks like a big basin.

"There's enough meat today, so if you're going to eat, eat it well." Don't eat too much.

Shang Nanchen paused with his chopsticks, reached out and picked up another piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, and then took a bite of cornmeal steamed cake. It was his first time to eat steamed cake, which was a little sweet, not as dry as dry noodles, and tasted very good in his mouth.

It tastes better than the snacks sold in grocery stores.

"Mom, it's delicious! Can we eat it again in the future?" Fusheng's mouth was full of oil, with a happy and innocent smile on his face.

Tiedan also pricked up his ears and listened attentively, but his speed in eating the meat was not slow at all.

"Of course, I'll eat it again in the future." Not to mention the two children, even Jing Xian ate a lot.

She had heard the old man talk about countless delicious foods in the zombie world, and even the cooking methods were deeply imprinted in her mind. This was her first time eating it, and it tasted exactly like what the old man had said.

It’s really delicious!

Jingxian finished eating first. She held the bowl and drank two sips of soup slowly, watching the two children eat voraciously, but it didn't look ugly, it was even a little cute. Especially Fusheng, who smiled at her every time he finished eating.

Such a sweet smile.

Fusheng is such a lovely child.

Compared to Tiedan, he looks more like a kid of his age.

Tiedan was born on the same day as him, but he took on the responsibility of an older brother very early on, and he and his younger brother took good care of themselves.

Shang Nanchen didn't eat much at first. He waited until the two children had finished eating before he started to eat.

The two little kids have so much food that they can’t eat it even if they like it.

There was still a large portion of meat left, and Shang Nanchen ate it with his stomach opened but still couldn't finish it, leaving a small portion.

Jing Xian smiled and said, "Let's continue eating in the evening."

The other three smiled at the same time, all of them looking very happy.

"I'll go clear the table and wash the dishes."

Shang Nanchen paused for a moment, sitting there without noticing anything, and only realized he had eaten too much when he stood up.

Jingxian didn't sit on the kang. She went downstairs to get a few big bones and threw them into the pot to cook. Before dinner, a pot of soup was ready. She put the soup into a small pot, thinking that she could have a few more of these small pots.

"When can I go to the market and buy a few more small jars? Then I can put the salted food in them and just take it out and heat it up when I'm ready to eat. I don't have to cook it for a long time."

Small tanks are not easy to buy, and even if you buy them, they are not easy to transport back.

Before, Shang Nanchen would definitely think that buying this thing was useless, but now he doesn’t think so.

Jing Xian had only been here for a few days, but he felt that his team had undergone tremendous changes.

"In a few days, the logistics staff will go to the market. Let them buy two back then." Shang Nanchen agreed without saying a word, and even learned to ask, "Do you want to buy anything else?"

Jing Xian shook her head: "Let's buy some rapeseed, any kind of rapeseed will do. I want to find a flowerpot to grow some vegetables in the house. Children can't grow without vegetables."

"Okay. What about something else?" Shang Nanchen asked again.

Jing Xian looked up and said, "If we spend more money, our family won't be able to spend it until the New Year."

Shang Nanchen: “…”

Not really.

Jing Xian did it on purpose.

Shang Nanchen said with a smile: "Weren't you very confident before? Why are you so anxious now? You want to remind me dozens of times a day."

“Is the braised pork delicious?”

Jing Xian glanced at Shang Nanchen and thought, you little brat, I can’t control you?

“Get ready for the weekend.”

After saying this, Shang Nanchen went out to the army.

In the evening, school is over.

Outside, there were sounds of children playing. Jing Xian cooked some bones and served two bowls of soup to the two kids. She asked them, "Aren't you two going out to play? There are so many kids playing outside."

Tiedan lowered his head and drank his soup, as if he didn't hear anything.

Fusheng shook his head and asked anxiously, "Mom, can I stay here with you?"

Jing Xian thought that they didn't want to go out because they wanted to drink soup and eat a piece of meat, so she said, "You guys go out and play, come back when you want to eat. Drink the soup, eat a piece of meat, and then go out."

Even after she said this, Tiedan still didn't respond.

Fusheng said slowly: "Mom, we can't beat them!"

Jing Xian paused and then asked, "Did you often fight with others in the past?"

“I was often beaten.”

After the honest Fusheng finished speaking, he was hit hard by Tiedan. He covered his forehead and said in confusion: "Brother, did I say something wrong?"

Tiedan glanced at Jingxian secretly, his cheeks slightly red, and said in an evil tone: "You are the one who gets beaten, so I beat others!"

"Yeah! My brother is good at fighting!" Fusheng was not angry and had a smile on his face.

Tiedan secretly observed Jingxian's reaction and saw that her expression did not change and she even looked relieved. He boldly said, "Mom, I will protect you from now on!"

"Okay, then you have to eat more." Jing Xian said, putting the big bone in their bowls, "After you eat, go out and play. If you get bullied, come back and tell mom. Mom will help you beat them up."

Tiedan said in a tangled tone, "Mom, let's just say goodbye!"

"Why say goodbye?" Jing Xian asked puzzledly.

Tiedan sighed: "You are so thin that you will fall down if the wind blows. Not to mention others, even the aunt next door can push you down.

Jing Xian, who is domineering in the end times: "..."

It was my first time to be looked down upon in a fight, and it felt quite novel.

"It's okay. If mom can't beat you, there's still your dad." Jing Xian felt that no lady in the entire military region could match her skills.

Tiedan finished eating the meat and drinking the soup. After thinking for a while, he stood up and said, "Fusheng, let's go out and make a snowman."

"Wait for me, brother."

He hadn't finished his Fusheng soup yet, but when he saw Tiedan was about to leave, he drank the soup in one gulp before walking out.

Dinner was easy to prepare, abalone stewed with potatoes and steamed cake on top. Soup was boiling in a clay pot, and everyone drank a bowl of it and went to sleep warm. This was a life she had never dreamed of before.

Being a stepmother is not good, but Jingxian doesn't regret it.

Because this is the best outcome she can achieve for herself in her life.

She didn't know much about the future of this world. It was limited to the little information revealed by the Zhou family's idiot and old lady Zhou when they went to the cellar to beat her and scold her.

That information only concerns the Jing family.

Jingxian missed her grandmother. The old lady whom she still hadn’t seen after two lifetimes was once the best person to her in the world.

I don’t know how the Jing family can move up in this life without her.

Jing Xian thought of the report letter delivered to the Revolutionary Committee, and thought that if Liu Lijuan got the news and wrote to her, she might not receive the letter before the New Year.

Just as Jing Xian was daydreaming, she suddenly heard a child crying outside.

She listened carefully and found that it was Fusheng's crying. She walked out without saying a word.

Fusheng ran home crying, and when he saw Jingxian he shouted, "Mom, someone is beating my brother!"

Jing Xian walked quickly to the gate of the yard and saw Tiedan fighting with a boy who was two heads taller than him. The boy hit the boy's head with his fist fiercely. In a few seconds, he was pinned under the boy's body and beaten.

This is outrageous!

Jing Xian ran over quickly, picked up the brat, pushed him to the ground, squatted down and asked Tiedan: "Where are you injured?"

Tiedan felt it was embarrassing that Jingxian saw him losing the fight, so he got up and threw himself at the boy, hitting him twice with his little fists.

Jing Xian: “…”

The boy was caught by Jing Xian and couldn't fight back. He yelled angrily, "Fuck you, you little bastard, just wait. If you have the guts, let me go. I'll fucking kill you!"

"Who are you scolding, idiot?" Tiedan didn't feel wronged at all.

The boy said, "Idiot, I'm scolding you!"

The children around burst into laughter.

The boy's face turned red with anger and he kept cursing, not a single nice word was said.

Jing Xian sneered: "Who are your parents?"

Before the boy could say anything, a sharp female voice came from behind, yelling, "What are you doing, you bastard? Let my son go!"