Chapter 115 Torture of Her
Village Chief Wei meant that they shouldn't bother Su Yuanzheng anymore; the old men could figure out a way to find out.
They had agreed to go to town together after lunch. Before entering the town, Village Chief Wei was still saying regretful things to his wife, Yang Shuying.
"Xin Ya is such a good catch, it would be better for her to just marry anyone than to mess around outside."
"It's just a pity for Butcher Chen. He only has one daughter, and now she's so unreliable..."
As Yang Shuying wiped the table, she sighed, "You need to take care of yourself. Bring a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water to drink; the weather outside is hot."
"Bring more, and bring some for them too. We old men can't deny we're getting old, we're just too old."
"Yes, I should be at the age where I can relax in the rose garden, look at the flowers, drink tea, and retire."
"I should still take care of village affairs; after all, I am the village chief!"
After finishing his meal, Village Chief Wei drank some water, took a few bottles of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water (a traditional Chinese medicine for relieving internal heat), and went out with a military green satchel slung over his shoulder. He hadn't gone far when he heard Liu Changgen from the same village running over, calling out, "Village Chief, Village Chief..."
"What's wrong? Why are you running?"
In this weather, I'm sweating even sitting down. I'm too old to run around like this.
"If you get heatstroke later, who will be responsible? Speak slowly."
Liu Changgen was covered in sweat and his mind was blank. He quickly grabbed the village chief's hand, "Village chief, something's happened, something's happened, something's happened..."
"What's wrong? Huh? You can't go?"
"No, something terrible has happened!"
"What's wrong?"
Liu Changgen grabbed the village chief's hand and quickly said, "Old Chen, he's gone."
"Where did you go?"
At their age, "gone" isn't a good word. "Gone" usually means someone has died, and it's not a good thing to say "died," so they just say "gone."
"He was driving..."
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Wei breathed a sigh of relief. "You should have said so earlier! You gave me quite a fright."
"He, he drove, drove... drove into the city."
"Why are you driving into the city? Didn't we say we'd go together?"
“He said he didn’t want to drag us down with him. Xin Ya has caused enough trouble for the village. He decided to go find her himself and bring her back.”
Where will he look?
"I don't know, I drove off and that's why I came to find you."
"It's all over, it's all over."
Village Chief Wei was covered in sweat, standing under the blazing sun, feeling dizzy and unwell.
In Rose Garden, Su Yuanzheng personally cooked twice-cooked pork.
Xia Yutong finally got through the worst of her pregnancy reactions. Now that she was over three months pregnant, she could eat some meat. Early in the morning, she went to Butcher Chen's place and bought a piece of pork belly that was half fat and half lean. It was a perfect cut of meat.
Around noon, wash the meat, place the skin on a pan and sear it until it's golden brown and slightly black, and you can smell the burnt aroma. Then, scoop a spoonful of water into the pan and blanch the meat until it's thoroughly cooked.
After cooking, take out a good piece of pork belly. The cooked meat has improved in texture and looks very elastic.
Wash off the paste from the skin, cut it into thin slices, and under the bright sun, the fat looks almost translucent...
Take out the pre-chopped green peppers, ginger, fermented black beans, and garlic cloves, and start making a delicious twice-cooked pork dish.
This is how it's eaten in the Southwest Basin region. Su Yuanzheng learned it from someone there when he was working on a construction site...
The people there are very capable; they can eat spicy food, cook, and have high emotional intelligence.
When Su Yuanzheng ate this dish with his fellow workers at the construction site, his first thought was that she would definitely love it... so he learned how to make it.
Su Yuanzheng cooked the dish and plated it. Xu Lei and Jiang Yu, who were sitting next to him, were drooling with envy. They had already eaten half of their meal, and they picked up their chopsticks, wanting to go over and have a bite.
Su Yuanzheng raised his hand and slapped it away with a loud "What are you doing?"
"Let me try a piece..."
"Brother Yuanzheng, I love twice-cooked pork the most."
"no."
He frowned. "It's for Tongtong."
Just then, Su Qinglian arrived and said, "Even my own sister can't eat it?"
Jiang Yu rolled his eyes and said seriously, "Sister Qinglian, of course not."
“Expedition, I’m your own sister.”
Jiang Yu said in a strained voice, "Even my own sister won't do. Brother Yuanzheng said it's for Tongtong~"
The last four words were for Tongtong... especially the one that made Su Yuanzheng almost kick him in the butt, but luckily Jiang Yu ran fast.
Su Yuanzheng happily placed a large plate of twice-cooked pork in front of Xia Yutong. Sure enough, she loved it and her eyes lit up when she saw the twice-cooked pork.
"It smells so good."
She was using a small tool to work with the wood; carving wood is a long and tedious process.
Sometimes, seeing her meticulously carving on such hard wood, Su Yuanzheng thought to himself that even he, a grown man, struggled to chop firewood, especially when he went up the mountain with his father to cut down trees. Some of the trees were old and had large, thick trunks that were impossible to cut down. It would take dozens of cuts to loosen them.
His Tongtong is so capable; she can even carve things on wood.
"Tongtong, have a bite."
Xia Yutong didn't put down her tools. She opened her mouth, and Su Yuanzheng saw her pink and tender lips, which stirred up waves in his heart.
He suddenly realized that he would rather stuff something else into her mouth than the twice-cooked pork in his hand.
He actually did it, extending his finger.
Xia Yutong was puzzled and frowned, "Su Yuanzheng..."
He chuckled. "Just kidding."
Xia Yutong snatched the chopsticks from his hand and ate by herself, enjoying the food immensely.
"Mmm, delicious, so fragrant!"
"Does the meat smell better now?"
"Much better, smells so good, tastes so good, the fermented black beans are delicious too."
Most people don't know that you need to add fermented black beans when stir-frying twice-cooked pork.
Xia Yutong ate most of the twice-cooked pork. Su Yuanzheng then opened some rice, added some stir-fried water spinach and fried tofu, a balanced meal of meat and vegetables. With a spoonful of light seaweed soup, Xia Yutong was stuffed.
She wanted to lie down as soon as she could hold on, and didn't want to move, feeling that taking even one step was torture.
Just then, someone outside suddenly shouted, "Where's the expedition?"
"Xu Lei, is Yuanzheng there?"
"It's inside."
Liu Changgen and Village Chief Wei both knew that this small wooden house was where Su Yuanzheng would stay when he was guarding the land, and his wife was also inside.
"Expedition! Expedition!"
"Why!"
Su Yuanzheng walked to the door and was shoveling half a plate of twice-cooked pork that Xia Yutong had left into his mouth. The twice-cooked pork was mixed with a little oil from the bottom of the bowl, along with some rice and a stalk of water spinach. He ate it in big mouthfuls.
It was too hot, so the man rolled up a section of his shirt, revealing his waist and abdomen. As he ate his rice, the lines of his waist and abdomen became very prominent, making Xia Yutong want to touch them with her foot.
"Village chief, Uncle Liu, what's wrong?" he asked, having just swallowed a mouthful of rice.
"I need your help, something's happened!"
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