Chapter 37

“…”

Jing Xian thinks Song Ning is a lovely girl, but she is really silly.

"Two halved pig heads and a bowl of halved shrimps."

As she spoke, Song Ning nodded and looked at Jing Xian eagerly, wishing she could find someone to marry right away. Jing Xian didn't even dare to ask her if she wanted to order anything else.

If Song Ning really marries someone just for this little bit of food, then she would be a sinner.

"Are you sure I want to bring this to your wedding?"

Song Ning stared at the pig ears, and all he could think about was the feeling he had when he ate them that day. They smelled really good.

"It will be so impressive to bring this with me. It will let others know how generous my good friend Song Ning is."

Are you sure it's not embarrassing?

The expression on Jing Xian's face is hard to describe.

"Do you want to marry a chef?" Jing Xian regretted it right after she said it. She saw the eagerness in Song Ning's eyes and quickly changed the subject, "But chefs don't cook when they go home."

"Really?" Song Ning looked suspicious.

"Have you ever seen a hotel chef go home to cook?" Jing Xian asked her.

Song Ning said: "I don't know the hotel's chef, how could I not know?"

“…”

Jing Xian felt that if she didn't explain it clearly today, Song Ning might marry a chef someday. Even though she had never seen the world, she could tell that Song Ning's family background was extraordinary and her family would not let her marry anyone casually.

"The chef never cooks when he gets home, and when the family members do cook, they always find fault with it. They say, 'This dish shouldn't be cooked this way, it doesn't taste good.' Either this part is not good, or that part is not good. If you don't believe it, ask when you encounter it."

Jing Xian is not just scaremongering.

She had really heard people complain.

At that time, the old man did not jump up, but looked a little disappointed. At first she did not understand, but later she realized that the old man was just that kind of person. He had never cooked a meal for his wife in his entire life.

Later, the end of the world came, and his old wife stopped the zombie daughter-in-law to protect him, giving him a chance to survive.

But what's the use of such regret?

Why didn't people treat their wives better when they were alive?

Jing Xian packed up and carried her things to see Song Ning off.

"Come over for lunch tomorrow." Jing Xian looked at Song Ning who was listless and added, "I haven't finished the pork head I bought before the New Year, so I'll cut a big plate of it for lunch."

Song Ning suddenly felt happy.

When they arrived at the door of the art troupe dormitory, Jing Xian handed the small basin in her hand to Song Ning: "When you make porridge tomorrow morning, heat this up and eat it with the porridge."

"What is this?" Song Ning lowered his head and wanted to take a look.

The impatient look was simply unbearable to watch: "Shrimp!"

In the dark night, she saw Song Ning's eyes suddenly light up, so bright that it was frightening.

I am completely speechless.

"Okay, hurry in! Remember to warm up the kang before going to bed." It's so cold in winter, and you'll get sick if the kang is too cold.

"I know."

Song Ning held the small basin in his arms and ran into the house as if it were a treasure.

When they came during the day, they had already put their luggage in the house. Her brother also prepared firewood for her, so when she came back, she only needed to heat some water for herself to wash and light a kang.

Song Ning never took his eyes off the shrimps.

The water is hot.

She sat on the floor of the outer room, soaking her feet and staring at the shrimps.

There is actually no difference between eating it tonight and eating it tomorrow morning.

It's all hers to eat anyway.

She reached out and took the small basin on the pot lid, and ate shrimps while soaking her feet.

The lobsters were all eaten before I finished running.

Song Ning picked up the shrimp shells guiltily, and after thinking for a moment, he threw them into the stove to destroy them.

Because she ate too much, she couldn't sleep, so she sat on the kang and did the splits, practicing basic skills.

Jing Xian originally planned to take the small road, but thinking about what happened last time, she deliberately changed to the other side.

As soon as I walked over, I heard a familiar sound of banging.

Jing Xian paused and wanted to leave quickly.

But the two men didn't let her go.

The man panted and shouted, "I've been so frustrated these past few days! Didn't you say your husband would go back to his hometown for the New Year and you wouldn't go with him? Why did you go with him?"

"Do you think I'm willing to go to that shabby place of theirs?" the woman said with disdain, "If it weren't for the child in my belly, I could only find a cheap father. Do you think I'd be willing to marry that big fool?"

The man said vaguely, "Why don't you come to me? I can be your son's cheap father."

"Looking for you? You run faster than a rabbit, but I wanted to catch you? It's useless to say this now. Hurry up, if someone sees us, we will be finished."

Jing Xian didn't expect that she could hear such a secret.

I don’t know who was so unlucky to be targeted by such a woman.

"What are you afraid of? Then you can divorce him and I will marry you." The man said in a stuttering voice.

The woman groaned and cursed, "You are just wishful thinking. Do you think I will be left starving after I marry you?"

"You slutty old woman just likes to cheat honest people." The man cursed, but the woman was not angry at all. She smiled and flirted with him.

"Isn't that what you like about me?"

"Grass!"

The man swore something, and everything he said afterwards was full of dirty words.

Jing Xian walked very fast, but still listened to the whole process.

She never thought she would be so unlucky.

This kind of shit can happen twice.

As soon as he entered the room, Shang Nanchen was wiping himself with his bare chest. When he saw Jing Xian, he said, "Are you back? You just went to see someone off, why didn't you ask me to go with you?"

Jing Xian thought to herself that it was a good thing that she didn't ask him to go with her.

Otherwise, if they both heard that shit together, it would be even more embarrassing.

"I can do it alone."

Jing Xian didn't dare to look at Shang Nanchen and walked quickly into the house.

Tiedan and Fusheng had both washed and were lying in bed. When they saw Jingxian coming back, Fusheng asked happily, "Mom, you're back?"

"Well, you two should go to bed quickly, otherwise you won't be able to get up tomorrow morning."

Jingxian walked over, and Fusheng immediately lay down. Jingxian tucked him in, and then tucked Tiedan in, and used her coat to press the feet of the two brothers. She didn't leave, but sat on the edge of the kang, and the temperature of her face slowly dropped.

Wait until the two brothers fall asleep.

Shang Nanchen just came in and asked her to wash up.

"Let me get some clothes." Jing Xian opened the cupboard and went out with some clothes to change into.

Shang Nanchen had already finished washing.

If you don't come in, you're boiling water.

There is a pot of hot water in the pot at this moment.

He knew Jingxian was clean, so whenever she was at home, he was the one who did the warm water work.

The stove in the outer room was still on, and there was no kettle on the stove, so it wasn't cold to take a shower in the outer room.

Jing Xian felt the gentle and considerate heart beneath Shang Nanchen's tough exterior, and suddenly felt that it was her luck to meet a divorced old man like Shang Nanchen.

This kind of luck may be due to the terrible things she experienced in her previous life.

After taking a shower, I returned to the house.

Jing Xian's quilt was next to Shang Nanchen's, as if after she accidentally moved over last time, the whole family tacitly allowed her to sleep here. It was cold outside, and she got into the quilt, which was warm and comfortable.

Shang Nanchen reached out to turn off the light. He had been married for more than two months, and his wife had been lying next to him, but he had never touched her. If he told others about it, no one would believe it.

Especially when I saw Jingxian coming into the room after taking a shower, I couldn't help but have wild thoughts in my mind.

If you're not careful, you'll lose control.

He reached into Jingxian's quilt, grabbed her hand, and pulled her towards him.

Jing Xian was strong, but thin, the kind of woman with a small frame. She was caught off guard and was pulled from under the quilt. She didn't dare to struggle, fearing that she would wake up the two children.

"What are you doing?" she asked in a low voice.

Shang Nanchen held the person in his arms and made Jing Xian dare not act rashly without saying a word.

He was very strong, and his muscles were so hard that she couldn't breathe. Jing Xian felt his hot temperature through her thin clothes, and her cheeks gradually became warmer.

Her mind was in a mess and she suddenly thought of the shameless couple on the street.

She had never seen anyone do that kind of thing, but she had heard of it and knew about it.

She also knew that she could only do this with her husband.

If you follow someone else, it would be considered improper.

She thought of the coquettish elder sister in the team. She was called the elder sister, but in fact she was only three years older than her. It was said that when she was young, her family was very rich. Later, her fiancé had an affair with her best sister, and that best sister even plotted against her to have sex with a strange man. She was unwilling to settle the score with that woman, but was met with crazy revenge from her fiancé.

After her family went bankrupt.

Those retaliations haven't stopped yet.

My brother got into a car accident.

My father jumped off the building.

Her mother, out of hatred for her, also committed suicide in the hospital.

Her family was torn apart. If the end of the world had not come and she had awakened her supernatural powers, how would she have been able to avenge her family?

Her best friend begged her on her knees, saying that it was her fiancé's idea. The fiancé cried and said that it was her best friend who seduced him. Anyway, dogs bite dogs and get fur in their mouths.

The older sister felt that life was boring, and she spent her days drunk and dreaming, hanging out with different men.

There are good-looking boys and powerful people with special abilities...

Jing Xian didn't understand why her elder sister did this.

At this moment, she felt her violent heartbeat and her breathing was disordered.

Sudden.

Shang Nanchen lifted the quilt, carried her on his shoulders, and quickly got down from the ground. Jing Xian screamed subconsciously, but she immediately covered her mouth for fear of waking up the two children. Shang Nanchen opened the door, lifted the curtain, closed the door, and walked directly to the west room.

Shang Nanchen pushed open the door of the west room and stuffed Jingxian into the quilt.

The quilts and mattresses here are all new, and were made by Jingxian herself.

She prepared the food in advance because she thought Song Zheng would stay at home for one night. However, she knew that Song Zheng came here with the intention of pursuing his wife, and after catching her, he couldn't wait to take her away and had no intention of staying.

now……

Jing Xian heard Shang Nanchen close the door quickly, then crawled into the quilt and hugged her again.

"Are you scared?"

Jingxian heard him ask.

She is afraid.

But before he could finish his words, Shang Nanchen's low and hoarse voice rang out: "Don't be afraid."

He was actually quite unfamiliar with the place, and he failed to find the right place several times. He was sweating profusely from anxiety, and Jing Xian suddenly became less nervous.

Caught off guard, she opened her eyes wide and held his arm tightly.

Jing Xian couldn't describe how it felt.

Anyway, my legs are like noodles and my waist is sore that I get angry when I move.

She scolded Shang Nanchen weakly: "Go get some water."

Shang Nanchen didn't complain at all. He went downstairs to pour water and took the initiative to help her wash.

Jing Xian was about to go back to sleep, but just as she was about to sit up, Shang Nanchen came back.

"Just sleep in this room and go back tomorrow morning."

"That's fine."

She was so tired that she didn't even have the strength to move a finger. She was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes and just wanted to sleep.

Afterwards, Jing Xian realized how naive she was.

Sometimes men are so selfish that you can't imagine.

She opened her eyes and found that it was almost afternoon.

The children were not at home, but Shang Nanchen was lying on the kang, reading a book in his hands.

Jing Xian wanted to lose her temper when she saw the culprit. Shang Nanchen noticed her movement and hurriedly sat up and asked, "Are you hungry? There's rice in the pot. I'll get it for you."

Having said that, the man went downstairs.

After a while, he came in with a jar of brown sugar water.

"Drink something to warm your stomach." Shang Nanchen looked at Jing Xian, whose eyes were full of anger but she couldn't express it, and was a little reckless.

He turned around and went out.

He had never been like this before.

I don’t know why, but I can’t help myself when I see Jing Xian.

Shang Nanchen brought the meal over, Jing Xian got dressed, went downstairs to wash her face and brush her teeth, came back with a cup of brown sugar water, drank it slowly, and enjoyed Shang Nanchen's service.

Jing Xian didn't even look at Shang Nanchen in a good way. She was determined not to get used to this kind of shit.

"Angry?"

Shang Nanchen was not a fool. Looking at that frosty little face, he could tell that Jing Xian was furious.

Jing Xian didn't even glance at him and focused on eating.

The meal was cooked by Shang Nanchen.

Learn to cook shrimps and other seafood like her. Anyway, pay attention to the tips and boil them in water, and they will taste delicious.

Jingxian didn't eat breakfast or lunch, so she was very hungry now.

She ate two steamed buns, finished all the shrimps, and drank a bowl of soup before she felt her strength restored.

"Are you really angry?" Shang Nanchen came in after cleaning the table and washing the dishes. When he saw Jing Xian, he went up to her and said, "Can I listen to you next time?"

"Then just listen to me..." Hmm?

Jing Xian was surprised to find that her abilities were growing very slowly.

This is ridiculous!

Jing Xian felt that she must have not woken up yet.

"You can't just watch me get angry and have bubbles all over my mouth, and let outsiders laugh at me when I go out, right? Besides, every couple is like this, it's normal." Shang Nanchen felt that his chance had come, and while Jing Xian stopped by herself, he defended himself with reason and evidence.

Jing Xian looked at him suspiciously: "Are other people like this too? How do you know?"

She suspected Shang Nanchen of betraying him.

"Many of them are rough and uncouth, and they don't mind talking about anything. Let's not talk about others, but you know Chen Dongping, right? He is the type who doesn't hold back. I've heard him bragging to others several times." Shang Nanchen was honest and frank, and his purpose was very obvious.

Jing Xian looked at Shang Nanchen with disdain, always feeling that something was wrong: "Isn't Chen Dongping unmarried? If he wasn't married, he..."

"Then I don't know." Shang Nanchen would never speak for anyone in front of his wife.

"This guy is really not good. Stay away from him in the future." Jing Xian has no good feelings for men who have casual relationships before getting married.

Shang Nanchen said: "I would do this even if you didn't tell me."

Chen Dongping is no longer the same person as before.

A few years ago, he was also a man who had been to the battlefield. Now there are still wars in other places, but Chen Dongping seems to have changed into a different person. He is not only greedy for pleasure, but also a little despicable.

"I've asked for leave from the hospital for you. You can go to work tomorrow." Shang Nanchen reported to Jing Xian, "There's a market today, and I bought a lot of shrimps. I also bought some black fungus. What do you think we should do? From Song Zheng's tone yesterday, it seemed that he would come over today. If he comes, we still have to prepare dinner. I'll cook dinner, and you just need to give instructions from the side."

Really very sensible.

Moreover, he talks a lot.

Compared to the day we first met, he is like two completely different people.

Jing Xian was not polite and gave orders as she should. As for the preparations, it didn't matter if Song Zheng and his wife didn't come, because they had a glutton at home anyway. No matter how much food there was, he could finish it.

Just as the dishes were ready, we heard the sound of a car outside.

Shang Nanchen went out to see, and sure enough, he saw Song Zheng and Xu Ning coming back. Jing Xian saw that Xu Ning's face was flushed, and her temperament was not as cold as before, but a little shy.

"Come in quickly!" Shang Nanchen called out, "Did you just get here?"

Song Zheng said as he walked: "I've been here for a while. I plan to stay here for a while."

They were still outside at the moment, so Song Zheng didn't explain in detail.

After entering the house, he said to Shang Nanchen: "You told me about that matter. I told my grandfather and my father. They attach great importance to this matter and plan to wait and see. If the conditions are right, let everyone in the city eat it. Now there is a shortage of supplies. We are guarding a huge sea, but we treat this thing as garbage. You say, except for the fishermen on the seashore, who have nothing to eat, they rely on this thing to survive without starving to death.

Others don’t eat this stuff at all.”

"This thing is inconvenient to transport, and it will no longer be fresh once it dies," said Shang Nanchen.

Song Zheng said: "This is a big problem. Our coastal areas are not just yours, but also in many other places. Many people don't have enough to eat, and even many working families don't have enough to eat. In winter, there is nothing to eat here. In addition to potatoes, cabbage, and radishes, the only things left on the table are pickled vegetables and sauerkraut. Just like Comrade Jing Xian said, seafood is rich in nutrition, high in value, and can improve physical fitness. No matter how difficult it is, we must find a way to let the people eat it."

"If fresh food is not available, frozen sea fish will do. As long as other things are frozen and edible, they can be shipped out." The biggest difficulty now is transportation. There is no other solution unless the transportation problem is solved.

Jing Xian came over and said, "Eating these things won't really solve anything. People are now starving. Whether it's fish or shrimp from the sea or the river, if they have no oil in their stomachs, they won't be able to resist hunger. The reason why the soldiers are allowed to eat these is because they can have meat for every meal, while the people in those villages can only have two meals of meat a year. There are so many people in every household, how many mouthfuls can one person eat?"

Her words silenced the two men.

"There is not enough food to raise pigs, so what we need to do now is to increase food production. The surplus food can be used to feed pigs, and only with pigs can we produce meat. When people have oil in their stomachs, and can eat fish and shrimp to supplement the nutrients needed by the body, their physical quality will naturally improve."

All words are useless without food.

The two grown men fell silent.

Xu Ning looked at Song Zheng worriedly. She knew why Song Zheng came here, but after hearing these words, she couldn't help but worry that he would be hurt. However, Song Zheng was not as fragile as she thought.

Song Zheng said: "I heard that the yield of hybrid rice in the south can reach 1000 kilograms per mu, which is doubled. I don't know when we can eat white rice every day. When that day comes, we will definitely be able to raise a lot of pigs and eat meat every day."

When Jing Xian heard this, she looked at Song Zheng in surprise and said, "We grow corn, wheat, soybeans, sorghum, and millet here. Also, fertilizer is a problem."

Song Zheng's face was solemn: "There will always be a way."

The matter was over and no one mentioned it again.

Jing Xian went out to cook, and Shang Nanchen came over to help.

After they both left, Song Zheng and his wife were the only ones left in the room.

Song Zheng lowered his head and looked into deep thought. When he looked up and saw Xu Ning's worried look, he lowered his voice and asked, "Are you worried about me?"

As he spoke, he moved closer and whispered something in her ear. Xu Ning's face instantly turned red and she didn't know where to put her hands.

Song Zheng smiled, opened the curtain and went out.

"mother!"

The sound came in before Tiedan came in.

Jing Xian was in the west room, and Shang Nanchen was lighting a fire. Just as he was about to get up, Song Zheng said, "I'll go take a look."

"Uncle Song, you're here!" Tiedan was not shy and greeted Song Zheng very politely.

"What do you want to see your mother for?" Song Zheng asked standing at the door.

"Something's up!"

Tiedan walked past Song Zheng and went into the house. When he didn't see Jing Xian, he asked Shang Nanchen, "Dad, where is my mom?"

"West Room."

Shang Nanchen rarely talks nonsense.

Tiedan went to the west room, put the basket he was carrying on the ground, and whispered, "Mom, this is what my aunt from Li Yu's family asked me to bring for you."

"What did you take?"

Jing Xian looked down and saw something black and icy inside. They were all frozen pears the size of a child's fist.

"Why did you bring so much?"

Jing Xian didn't have anything to give to others. Thinking that Lin Qingwen didn't know how to cook, she cut up a lot of pork head and a piece of pork liver, put them in a big bowl, covered it with a plate, and put it in a basket. She told Tiedan, "Take this to your aunt at Li Yu's house. Walk slowly so you don't fall."

"Know."

Tiedan is very reliable, he just picks it up and walks out.

Jingxian went out with him and asked him, "Where's Fusheng?"

"She's waiting for me at the door with Li Yu."

Jing Xian walked to the door and saw Fusheng and Li Yu standing outside. "You two should come back early for dinner."

"I know!"

When Tiedan walked over, Li Yu came over to help carry it, and Fusheng walked beside him like a little follower. The three children walked away, talking and laughing.

Jingxian went back to the house and thawed the frozen pears under cold water.

Song Zheng looked at the frozen pear and said, "Hey, this thing is good."

"What's good?"

Song Ning hadn't come in yet, but the voice had arrived first.

Then Song Ning shouted, "Song Zheng, come over and help me! I can't carry it anymore."

Song Zheng went out and saw Song Ning standing at the door panting with a bag of apples in her hand. He walked over and picked up the bag with one hand, saying with disdain, "Why don't you come over first and let me get it? Why did you have to carry it yourself?"

"I know whether you have come or not. If you don't come, won't I have to go the wrong way?" Song Ning walked in with disdain and swallowed his saliva when he saw the frozen pear. "This is delicious!"

Jing Xian smiled and said, "Why are you the same as your brother?"

"Who is as stupid as him? He almost lost his own wife." At this point, Song Ning remembered something. She turned around and asked Song Zheng, "Brother, where is Xu Ning? Didn't you get rejected by her? You deserve it! You really deserve it! You were so pretentious, and now you can't get a wife, right?"