Chapter 38

"Song Ning!"

Song Zheng was speechless, thinking that this was an unfortunate mistake made by his own sister. If it were someone else, he would definitely kick her out with a sneer.

"What are you doing? You're stupid and you don't want others to tell you what's wrong?" Song Ning was not afraid of Song Zheng, otherwise he wouldn't have called him by his name. "I'm telling you, if you dare to touch me, I'll introduce someone to Xu Ning. We don't have one in our art troupe, but the eldest sister in our art troupe is very enthusiastic. She has hundreds of blind date candidates on hand."

Song Zheng's face darkened: "You also went on a blind date with someone?"

"Why would I want to find a date? My elder sister is not ignorant. She knows that my family is well-off and said that there is no suitable person to introduce to me, so I should not be angry." After Song Ning finished speaking, everyone in the room was speechless.

You say this girl is stupid!

She really has everything.

You think she is not stupid? She always talks nonsense, which makes people anxious.

Xu Ning just opened the curtain and came out from the inner room, with a red scarf around her neck.

Song Ning was stunned by what he saw.

She looked at Song Zheng, then at Xu Ning, and with a click of the tongue, she stretched out her hand in disdain: "Sister-in-law, do you want me to give you some money to change your words?"

"Hey, Song Ning, don't go too far!" Song Zheng frowned.

Song Ning said confidently, "Isn't she my sister-in-law? I called her sister-in-law, but she didn't give me a red envelope? I just married her and she's protecting me?"

Jing Xian whispered to Shang Nanchen: "It's really not easy for Song Ning to live this long."

Shang Nanchen nodded in agreement.

"The red envelopes are ready."

Xu Ning blushed and took out a red envelope for Song Ning. The money was not much, just one yuan, but there was also a beige scarf. Nowadays, people wear square scarves with tassels. They cost seven or eight cents each. The long, wide scarf that Xu Ning took out cost eight yuan.

Song Ning was immediately delighted. She liked light-colored clothes, and this scarf really touched her heart.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Song Ning's words are also very sweet when they are not venomous.

Xu Ning took out another royal blue one and handed it to Jing Xian: "This is for you."

Jing Xian didn't expect that she also had one. She looked at the long navy blue scarf for a long time and was stunned.

This was the first time in her two lives that she had received such a valuable gift.

"Jingxian, don't you like this color? If you don't like it, I'll go back and change it for you. Is that okay with you?" Xu Ning asked anxiously when she saw that Jingxian didn't take it for a long time.

She really wanted to give Jingxian a gift.

She had picked out this gift specifically for the two of them at the department store when she went back home before the New Year.

Jingxian is fair-skinned, so navy blue scarves are suitable for her.

Although this color looks old-fashioned, many old ladies buy square scarves in this color. Compared with green and yellow, she thought the blue scarf was the most suitable for Jingxian at first sight.

But she forgot Jingxian's preferences.

For a moment, the atmosphere was frozen.

Jing Xian came back to her senses and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, I didn't expect I also had a gift."

Xu Ning handed the scarf to her, and her cold voice softened for a rare moment: "Why don't you have any? You have been taking care of me and Song Ning for the past month. Although we have given you money, food coupons, meat coupons and so on, we have eaten a lot. If we eat this in the cafeteria, we won't get much at all."

"That's right, that's right." Song Ning also took out something from his military backpack, "Jingxian, this gift of mine is not yours, so please don't reject it."

Jing Xian looked down at the wooden comb in her hand. It was very delicately crafted and had the word "Xian" engraved on it.

"I've never used such a beautiful comb."

Jingxian used a comb to comb her hair. It was tattered and had all the teeth fallen out, but she was reluctant to throw it away and had been using it for many years.

Song Ning was a little embarrassed: "As long as you like it."

"But I haven't prepared any gifts for you." Jing Xian never thought about receiving gifts, so she never thought about preparing gifts for others.

Behavior

In terms of skills, she still has a long way to go and has a lot to learn.

When it comes to killing zombies, she is no worse than any other warrior.

"If you don't mind us coming over to eat with you every day, then don't say that. Otherwise, I won't be ashamed to come over to eat with you in the future." Song Ning is really frank and unrestrained, which makes people like him.

Xu Ning couldn't say this, but when she heard Song Ning say this, she immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, please don't give up, we promise that we will continue to give you money and food coupons."

"Don't mind, don't mind." Jing Xian finally smiled, "I'll put the things in first, and you two can go in and sit down."

Xu Ning gave Song Ning an admiring look, and Song Ning raised his chin proudly.

Don't you even look at who she is? You can tell whether she has the ability or not just by looking at her move.

There is no one in this world that Song Ning cannot coax.

The cooking materials were already prepared, so we could just cook the food. There was no need for so many people to help in the outer room. Song Zheng entered the house, and Shang Nanchen was also pulled in.

There were three lesbians left in the outer room.

Song Ning didn't know how to do anything, so she was in charge of lighting the fire. Xu Ning just watched Jing Xian cook silently and helped out.

Jing Xian looked at Xu Ning and said jokingly, "Are you planning to study hard?"

Song Ning also looked at Xu Ning jokingly, making Xu Ning's face blush.

"He can't cook, so I must cook. I can't come to your house for free meals every day of the year." Xu Ning was not very good at cooking, and she didn't think it was a big deal before.

Since having so many meals at Jing Xian's house in the month before the New Year, Xu Ning has had new demands on her life.

"This braised pork is made with great care. It looks easy to make, but in fact the taste is different for each person. Why do some people's dishes taste better?" Jing Xian shared the little secret, and not only Xu Ning, but even Song Ning listened carefully.

Xu Ning suddenly realized: "So it's so complicated?"

"It's not complicated. It's much simpler than the steps of your surgery."

After Jing Xian said this, Xu Ning felt that making braised pork was not troublesome at all.

There wasn’t that much meat, so Jing Xian deliberately put in a lot of abalone.

Made a big pot of braised pork.

Cooking in a big pot is delicious.

The aroma makes your stomach growl.

Fusheng smelled the aroma at the door and shouted, "Brother, our mom is making braised pork today!"

Zhao Xiuzhi came back from the backyard and stood by the wall when she heard Fusheng calling. Suddenly, a breeze blew over and she smelled a strong fragrance. Zhao Xiuzhi drooled and her stomach growled.

"Eating meat all day long is not a problem for going poor." Zhao Xiuzhi grumbled to herself, but she couldn't move her feet, as if she had taken root.

Mrs. Wu was waiting for firewood, but she didn't come back after a long time. She saw her son coming in and said, "Your daughter-in-law has gone to get firewood and hasn't come back in a while. Go and see if she fell down or something."

After saying this, Old Lady Wu lowered the curtain.

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhanfu turned around and walked towards the backyard. When he reached the entrance of the alley, he saw Zhao Xiuzhi standing there like a fool, staring at the next door.

Another gust of north wind blew over, and the aroma of cooking from next door came over. He took a deep breath and immediately understood why Zhao Xiuzhi was standing here.

He frowned and whispered, "What are you still doing here? Are you lighting a fire and cooking?"

Zhao Xiuzhi saw Wu Zhanfu and wanted to ask him when he came, but she didn't have the face to ask him when she saw Wu Zhanfu's gloomy face. She just walked into the house with firewood in her arms.

Wu Zhanfu glanced towards the next room and went back to his room.

When it was time to eat, Gou Sheng'er ran back and saw that there was no meat on the table. He said to Mrs. Wu, "Grandma, I want to eat braised pork, too!"

"Grandma will ask your aunt how she made it tomorrow, and then she will make it for you when she comes back." Grandma Wu still loved her son very much.

Zhao Xiuzhi wanted to have braised pork in brown sauce, but she thought it was too expensive, so she couldn't help asking, "How much meat do you want?"

Mrs. Wu looked at her son, and Wu Zhanfu said without hesitation: "Buy!"

Zhao Xiuzhi was so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys all hurt, but she dared not say anything.

What? That person is her mother-in-law. Since she got married, she has never scolded her or said a bad word about her mother-in-law.

The most serious one was when I came here and said those words at Shang Nanchen’s house.

She also knew that she was wrong, but she did it for the best of her own good.

"Grandma, can I eat braised pork tomorrow?" Gousheng'er was so excited, "I'm craving braised pork! Li Yudu said that the braised pork made by Tiedan's mother is the best. It makes you want to swallow your tongue. I want to eat it too!"

Grandma Wu loves her granddaughter and also loves this precious grandson: "Eat, grandma will cook it for you tomorrow night."

Only then did Gousheng'er obediently start to eat.

Hongmei couldn't help but wonder what the braised pork tasted like. Was it really that delicious? Wu Zhanfu didn't say it, but he was thinking how nice it would be to have a meal of meat. Only Zhao Xiuzhi was unhappy.

Eat, eat, eat. All I do is eat all day long.

Don’t you know that money is hard to make and shit is hard to eat?

I have had dinner.

Song Zheng and Xu Ning got together to leave. Since they had obtained their marriage certificate, they could naturally live together. They also sent Song Ning back. Jing Xian was relieved to know that she didn't have to send Song Ning back.

To be honest, she now has a psychological shadow about going out at night.

After the people left, the two children took a shower and lay down on the kang to sleep.

Tired from playing during the day, Tiedan and Fusheng were talking in their sleep. Fortunately, the quilt was thick and the two children did not roll around, otherwise Jingxian would have to worry about whether they would roll off the floor.

Jing Xian took a bath and sat on the kang.

Shang Nanchen came in with a few frozen pears and placed them on the edge of the kang: "Would you like to have two?"

"Eat one."

Before dinner, the frozen pears were ready. Song Ning and the others ate one each, but Jing Xian didn't eat any. She wanted to taste the frozen pears. To be honest, the last time she ate frozen pears seemed to be a lifetime ago.

She only remembered that the frozen pears were very sweet and cool, and eating them while sitting on the kang in winter was a really wonderful experience.

"Then you eat, I'll go wash it."

"Um."

Shang Nanchen went out and closed the door.

The room was warm. Jing Xian sat on the kang with her feet under the mattress, feeling warm.

She took a frozen pear and placed it on her lips. She bit a little and a stream of juice came out, sweet to the heart. Jing Xian sipped the juice from the frozen pear and didn't feel cold at all. There was only one word in her mind: sweet!

She finished her pear soup and slowly began to eat the pear.

It's a bit icy, and when you bite it, it's juicy and sweet. The whole frozen pear is gone in just a few bites.

She looked at the frozen pears in the bowl, her eyes full of eagerness to try them.

After a while, he took another frozen pear and ate it.

There is also a pear tree in the yard. When it blooms next year, she will take good care of it. When it bears pears, she will freeze them and save them for winter. There is also an apricot tree in the yard. She doesn't know if it will bear many fruits. If it does, she will definitely not be able to eat them all. When the time comes, she will dry some apricots so that the children can have snacks in the winter.

Jing Xian was eating frozen pears with a lot of thoughts in her mind.

This was the ordinary life she most desired in her previous life and at the end of her life.

She finished eating a frozen pear, and Shang Nanchen had just finished washing his.

"I'm going to wash my hands." Jing Xian watched him come in and prepared to wash her hands. "Eat that frozen pear. It's quite sweet."

Shang Nanchen doesn't eat like Jing Xian. He takes a long time to finish a frozen pear.

He finished the frozen pear in two bites. Jing Xian poured some hot water into the basin and he came out of the inner room holding the basin.

Jing Xian saw that there was no pear in his hand, then looked up at him swallowing the food in his mouth, and was speechless for a while.

"Have you finished eating?" How long does it take?

Shang Nanchen said: "Does it take a long time to eat a frozen pear?"

“…”

Okay.

People are different.

After she washed her hands, she asked Shang Nanchen to wash them as well. Shang Nanchen was very obedient. After washing his hands, he stood behind her, waiting for him to pass him a towel to wipe his hands. Jing Xian hesitated for a moment and passed the towel over.

Shang Nanchen is happy to receive

After wiping it, he put his hands on the rope hanging in the outer room, put his arms around Jingxian's waist, and led her to the west room.

Jing Xian: “…”

Shang Nanchen is different in the dark than in the daytime, as if he has become a different person.

By the late night, Jing Xian couldn't take it anymore.

She yawned and said, "Go to sleep."

In the dark night, Shang Nanchen licked his lips and said with lingering emotion: "I don't want to sleep."

"But I can't take another leave. Shang Nanchen, you have to understand the importance of slow and steady growth." Jing Xian was so sleepy that she seemed to have forgotten something.

the next day.

Shang Nanchen made breakfast.

Jing Xian got up just in time to eat the ready-made food. The food was all leftovers from yesterday, so it didn't take too much time to prepare. But having someone cook for you and getting up to heat up the food yourself are two different things.

Children will start school after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

So today the two children still have to go to the hospital with Jingxian.

When she came out of the house, she met Old Mrs. Wu standing at the door.

"Auntie, you're up so early?" Jing Xian greeted the old lady with a smile.

Mrs. Wu came over with a smile and said, "We are waiting for you here."

"Is there something wrong, Auntie? If you have something to say, just come to our house. It's so cold waiting here." Jing Xian felt that this old lady was really a particular person.

"I just want to ask you how to make braised pork in brown sauce." Old Mrs. Wu asked very cautiously, "Can I tell you this?"

Jing Xian was startled, and immediately understood what the old lady meant. The old lady was worried that there was some skill in her braised pork that could not be passed on to others.

"Yes, they are all home-cooked dishes. There is nothing wrong with it. When do you plan to make it?" Jing Xian was worried that the old lady would misunderstand, so she explained, "We just had braised pork yesterday, and we may not be able to eat it for a long time. If you plan to make it today, I will go over and teach you. Otherwise, I said that when you cook it, there will be some parts that you can't remember."

Mrs. Wu thought this was a good idea: "I plan to do it in the evening. You are also very busy at noon. If you are not busy in the evening, come over and teach me."

"Okay, then if you go to buy meat today, see if there is any abalone for sale. It's better to buy more. It's not expensive. When you cook it with the braised pork, you can use less meat and it will still taste good." After Jing Xian finished speaking, she saw a smile on the old lady's face.

"Then I understand. I'll go buy some more." Old Mrs. Wu smiled and walked away from Jing Xian at the intersection.

Today is not the market day, so if you want to buy seafood, you have to go to the fishing village.

It’s a long way from here to the fishing village, and with the old lady’s small feet, it will probably take her even longer to get back.

The old lady's back reminded her of her grandmother.

If my grandma were alive and I followed her here, I would definitely run out early in the morning to buy seafood without a ticket and come back to make delicious food for her.

Jingxian doesn't have a bicycle, and she has always felt that a bicycle is not a necessity.

Now I think it would be nice to have a bicycle.

If she had a bicycle, she could at least ride it to take the old lady there, and the old lady wouldn't have to work so hard.

"Mom, when I grow up, I will also make braised pork for you." Fusheng noticed that Jingxian was in a bad mood, so he jumped in front and looked up at Jingxian and said to her, trying to make Jingxian happy.

Jingxian's mood improved instantly.

"Then I'll be waiting."

Tiedan said, "Then I'll buy meat!"

This guarantee is real and affordable.

This made Jing Xian rub their heads and I can expect to enjoy a peaceful life in the future.

The hospital is busy.

It seemed that someone was injured and sent here. The whole hospital was very busy. The pharmacy was also very busy. She didn't even have time to sit down and drink a sip of water. She didn't have time to rest at noon and stayed in the hospital.

Seeing that she didn't come, Shang Nanchen took the child back and prepared a meal and brought it to her.

While Jing Xian was eating, she said to Shang Nanchen, "I've never been so busy before. Some doctors even came down to ask me which medicines are more suitable. This morning, I was not only taking medicines, but I also kept talking."

Jing Xian was really tired.

He drank half a cup of water in one breath.

Night

The last time I went back, Shang Nanchen didn't come back.

The meal was easy to cook. Jing Xian stewed the potatoes and asked the two children to light the fire. She also washed the bean sprouts and put them in a basket to drain the water, waiting for Shang Nanchen to come back before frying them.

She went next door and taught old lady Wu how to make braised pork.

Mrs. Wu had already prepared the meat and abalone in advance as Jingxian had agreed.

Jingxian came over and taught Mrs. Wu how to cook according to the steps.

Zhao Xiuzhi came back after a while, lifted the curtain and saw Jingxian standing at the door of their house. She was stunned for a moment and went into the house without saying a word. Old Mrs. Wu frowned, but didn't say anything.

"Just turn up the heat until the sauce thickens." Jing Xian said, planning to go back.

Old Madam Wu asked Hongmei to light the fire and sent Jingxian out herself: "Jingxian, thank you so much for coming today."

"Auntie, they say that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. If you say so, I will be embarrassed to ask you for anything in the future."

"Just come to me if you have any problem. As long as you can use an old lady like me, it's all right." Old Mrs. Wu liked Jing Xian from the bottom of her heart. When she returned to the house and saw Zhao Xiuzhi standing in the outer room with a gloomy face, she felt upset.

Hongmei lowered her head and dared not speak. Gousheng'er had not gone out to play since he knew they were going to eat braised pork today. He squatted at the door and made a fire with Hongmei, and did not notice that the atmosphere was not right.

Seeing his father coming back, he said loudly, "Dad, we're having braised pork tonight. My aunt from Tiedan's family taught my grandmother how to make it. It smells so good! Come and smell it."

Wu Zhanfu smelled the aroma before he even entered the house, and smiled: "Mom, are we really going to eat braised pork today?"

"Go wash your hands and eat."

As soon as Mrs. Wu spoke, everyone in the family, young and old, lined up to wash their hands.

Gousheng'er followed the old lady like a little tail, and didn't even notice that his mother gave him a cold look. Even if she noticed, Gousheng'er wouldn't care. He has the best relationship with his grandmother now.

Jing Xian returned home and thought Shang Nanchen had come back, but he hadn't.

The two children were already hungry.

Jing Xian served half of the dish and ate it with the two children first, and left the rest of the rice in the pot, waiting for Shang Nanchen to come back and eat.

"Mom, can you teach me to recite ancient poems?" Fusheng came over and sat next to Jingxian.

Tiedan took the textbook on his own initiative and sat on the other side of Jingxian.

Jing Xian was originally quite worried about Shang Nanchen, but now she had no time to worry about him and taught the two children to recite ancient poems.

By the time the two children washed their feet and went to sleep, Shang Nanchen hadn't come back yet.

Jingxian was worried that something had happened, so she put on her clothes and went to the next door to ask.

Ma Shufen heard the knock on the door and came out. When she saw Jingxian, she said, "You're asking why your captain Shang hasn't come back yet, right?"

"Yes, sister-in-law, Captain Zhang is back?" Jing Xian asked.

"They haven't come back. But you don't have to worry. Something must have happened in the army. If they go out on a mission, they will come back to say hello to their families." Ma Shufen's words made Jing Xian's heart rise again.

Fortunately, I knew Shang Nanchen was still in the army, so I went home.

Just as she was about to enter the yard, she saw someone walking towards her not far away.

It was pitch dark and I couldn't see who it was.

Jing Xian has supernatural powers and better vision than ordinary people. When she saw that one of the people was Shang Nanchen, she stood still. When she waited for people to come over, she noticed that there were two children.

Zhang Liansheng talked to Shang Nanchen and went back.

Shang Nanchen brought the two children with him. Seeing Jing Xian standing at the door, he asked in a low voice, "Why are you out?"

"I saw you didn't go home, so I went to ask my sister-in-law next door. Just as I was about to go back, I saw someone coming over. It looked like you were waiting here for a while." She glanced at the two children and found that one was quite tall, and the other was about the same age as Tiedan and Fusheng. She didn't ask much, "Have you eaten? Why are you back so late?"

"Not yet." Shang Nanchen said.

"Then hurry in and don't stay outside. It's quite cold." Jing Xian opened the door and let them in.

Shang Nanchen wanted to close the door, but Jing Xian pushed him, and Shang Nanchen went in first, carrying the two children. Jing Xian closed the door, put in the door bolt, and went to the private room to carry a bundle of firewood back to the house.

The outer lights were on.

The two children did not go into the house, but stood on the ground outside the room.

Shang Nanchen was lighting a fire with firewood. Jing Xian put the firewood next to him, washed her hands, went into the cupboard to get some brown sugar, and made two jars of brown sugar water for the two children.

"You two go into the house and sit on the kang. Have some brown sugar water." Jing Xian didn't know what the two children were called. After she finished speaking, she saw the two children looking at Shang Nanchen.

Shang Nanchen said: "You two go into the room and get on the kang."

The two children then entered the house.

Jing Xian took out a few more wolves and put them in the pot, and also put the salted pork head meat in a large bowl to heat it up.

I went to the west room to get some shrimps and prepared them while the rice was heating up.

Shang Nanchen whispered, "These two children are the children of my former comrade-in-arms. My comrade-in-arms died in battle a few days ago. When their grandparents heard about this, they also died."

"Where's your mother?"

"Remarried."

She remarried just a few days after his death?