books44 Chapter 182: Coal Briquettes and Matchmakers Arrived
Chapter 182: Coal Briquettes and Matchmakers Arrived
"No, I just think that we should just maintain the relationship of revolutionary comrades. My plan in recent years is to respond to Chairman Mao's call, study hard, and make progress every day. As for other things, I don't think too much.
As for the reason why I told you so much, I think it’s better to make some things clear.”
When Liu Hui heard Shen Jiaren say this, he knew that there would be no development between the two of them in the short term, but Liu Hui felt that as long as they did not completely refuse, there was still a chance to try, so he said to Shen Jiaren, "You add more firewood, and I will get you what you want to eat first. As for the skin and my one, I will take it back later."
Shen Jiaren nodded and started adding firewood into the stove.
"Xiao Shen, I'll go prepare the beggar's chicken first. You watch the water boil. Call me when it's done."
After Shen Jiaren agreed, Liu Hui turned around and left the kitchen and went to Shen Jiaren's yard.
Liu Hui saw traces of mud in the yard, "Xiao Shen, did you mix mud just now?"
"Yeah, I just made some baked sweet potatoes. Because I'm not very good at it, I made two kinds, one with mud and one without mud. But part of it has been burnt."
Liu Hui smiled and said to Shen Jiaren, "If you want to eat roasted sweet potatoes, go get some more. When I make the beggar's chicken, I'll make some for you. I can't brag about the other things, but my skills in roasting sweet potatoes and potatoes are not exaggerated."
When Shen Jiaren heard Liu Hui say this, she immediately ran from the kitchen to the west room to get a few sweet potatoes and put them in front of Liu Hui. She squatted next to Liu Hui and watched how Liu Hui wrapped the sweet potatoes with mud.
Liu Hui saw Shen Jiaren squatting in front of him, so he said to her, "There are some particularities in baking sweet potatoes with mud. It cannot be generalized. It depends on the size of the sweet potatoes and the symmetry of the sweet potatoes. The more symmetric the sweet potatoes are, the better the taste will be. For baked sweet potatoes, you have to choose slightly larger ones, but it doesn't matter whether the size is symmetrical or not. Just look at the size when baking the mud.
The condition of the mud will also affect the taste of the sweet potatoes, and everyone has different preferences for roasted sweet potatoes. After you eat more, you will be able to quickly figure out what you like and how to cook it to your liking.
However, you need to take your time to do all these; they cannot be accomplished in one go.
Next time you want to eat it, you can come to my house. We have many ways to cook sweet potatoes, especially when winter comes, we are very creative with food.”
"That's so embarrassing. Besides, it's not good for me to go to your house when I'm old. I can buy some in the village later."
"What's the big deal? You can buy from anyone, so why not buy from mine and give my family some other income?
Besides, Goudan and Erya have nothing to do in the winter, so you can just play together then."
Shen Jiaren felt a little ashamed after hearing this. She felt like she was loved just now, but why did it feel like she was coaxing a child now?
Shen Jiaren didn't say anything, and Liu Hui also quickened his movements.
After Liu Hui prepared the beggar's chicken and sweet potatoes, he took them to the kitchen, and Shen Jiaren followed him into the kitchen.
Liu Hui entered the kitchen and sat directly in front of the stove. He began to put the beggar's chicken and sweet potatoes into the stove.
When putting it in, he took out the sweet potato leaves that Shen Jiaren had just put in.
After Liu Hui sorted out the sweet potatoes that were edible, salvageable, and inedible, he began to add firewood to the stove. However, the firewood he added this time seemed to be selective.
Seeing Shen Jiaren squatting in front of him again, Liu Hui said to her, "Okay, go out and find something else to do. I'm going to stir-fry something here soon, and there's something in the stove, so you can't add more firewood. Go back and find something else to do. I can do it myself."
"Really? Are you sure you can do it alone?"
"Sure, go ahead, I can do it myself."
Seeing that Liu Hui's answer was particularly firm, Shen Jiaren nodded, walked out of the kitchen, went to the yard, and prepared to play with the military dogs.
After Liu Hui saw Shen Jiaren leave the kitchen, he started cooking.
When Shen Jiaren was playing with the military dogs, she found that every dog had eye boogers in the corners of their eyes. Each eye boogers was particularly large and yellow in color.
Shen Jiaren then remembered that she had not given the dogs a bath or poured water for them. She didn't know whether these military dogs had had any water in the past few days. These military dogs were probably getting inflamed.
Shen Jiaren remembered that when she was in her hometown, she heard the elders at home say that boiled eggs can reduce internal heat. In addition, Liu Hui was also cooking in the kitchen, so Shen Jiaren quickly gave instructions to several military dogs, asking them to carry her bowl to her side.
When Shen Jiaren saw the rice bowls lined up in front of her, she quickly poured some milk into several bowls and then beat three eggs into each bowl. Duoduo only beat one egg.
After all, it is not realistic to take the baby to the veterinarian. But as for eggs, I have a lot of them now, so eggs are not a problem at all.
But the problem is that the trainer said before that military dogs can eat eggs, but he didn't specify whether they are raw or cooked.
Forget it, let me drink some milk and eggs to cool down the body first.
When I go to town the day after tomorrow, I will ask the veterinarian if there are any feeding guidelines.
While Shen Jiaren was still watching the military dogs drinking milk, she heard Liu Hui calling her.
Shen Jiaren hurried to the kitchen to see what Liu Hui wanted to call her for. It turned out that Liu Hui had already fried the meat and asked Shen Jiaren to put the meat in the west room and keep it there for himself.
After Shen Jiaren ran three times to put the things in the west room, Liu Hui also cleaned up the kitchen and put the things he brought and the things Shen Jiaren gave him into the backpack and prepared to go home.
Seeing Liu Hui preparing to open the door to go home with a basket full of things on his back, Shen Jiaren hurried over to open the door for Liu Hui.
When Liu Hui walked out of the door, he turned around and said to Shen Jiaren who was standing behind the door, "Your thoughts are just your thoughts. It's fine if you want to make progress. It's fine if you want to study hard and go to school every day. It's fine if you want to follow Chairman Mao, but it doesn't stop me from following in your footsteps, and it doesn't stop me from walking behind you.
What you want is what you want, and what I do is what I do. If you need anything, just come to me.
Or I will be at the place where we met on the mountain today every night. If you have something to do, you can go there to find me."
Liu Hui left without giving Shen Jiaren time to react.
Shen Jiaren was confused after hearing this. I won’t be in the village much tomorrow, so how can you pursue me? But she didn’t think too much and just closed the door. She only had three words for herself and the other person: Let it be.
After Shen Jiaren poured milk into each military dog's bowl again, she cleaned up, washed up, and went to bed. After all, she still had to collect coal briquettes the next day.
The next day, after Shen Jiaren woke up, she was not sure when Brother Chang Kai would come, so she moved all the pine cones and chestnuts in the manor under the awning.
Because Sister Hongmei wanted the chestnuts first, Shen Jiaren picked them up first.
Because the chestnuts were still in their shells when they were picked up, Shen Jiaren knocked them with a stick to make a crack and then used her gloved hands to pull them out.
After picking all the chestnuts, Shen Jiaren started to crack pine cones.
While knocking, Shen Jiaren remembered that there were cucumbers and some mushrooms that she had collected earlier in the warehouse outside the manor, so she packed them in baskets and placed them under the awning together with the chestnuts.
When Shen Jiaren packed up the chestnuts and pine cones and put them there, preparing to find something else to do, someone started knocking on the door.
However, the sound of knocking on the door this time was unlike the previous ones. Not only was it rhythmic, but the sound was also even and powerful.
When Shen Jiaren opened the door, she saw that it was Brother Chang Kai and a man driving a tractor parked at the door.
Shen Jiaren was very surprised. How could Brother Chang Kai know where her home was if he had never been to her home?
After all, I was just thinking about whether I should go to the village entrance to welcome him.
Who knows, someone might come to you on their own.
Chang Kai saw Shen Jiaren open the door and asked, "Where are these briquettes and coal for you to unload?"