Chapter 18

The next day.

Ji Xiaorou, filled with malice, found Wang Dapao, a small follower who usually hung around Li Zhiqiang, and asked him to find some hooligans and vagrants to ruin Ji Wanqing, that bitch.

“Sister-in-law, what kind of grudge do you have against that girl, why do you hate her so much?” Wang Dapao asked curiously.

Ji Xiaorou kept a straight face and acted very cold: “Don’t ask about my personal matters. Remember to find some strong guys, she’s strong, you won’t be able to hold her down without a few big men!”

“This… this is against the law, if you get caught, you’ll go to jail!” Wang Dapao rubbed his fingers, his meaning of asking for money was obvious.

Ji Xiaorou snorted: “Do you know how much money she has? More than two thousand yuan! As long as you get your way, she’ll lose her innocence and marry into your family, it’s like marrying a golden doll! You can ask for whatever money you want.”

“My goodness! Sister-in-law, are you serious, really two thousand yuan?”

The average worker’s salary is only thirty or forty yuan! This huge sum of money is equivalent to five or six years of their salary!

Ji Xiaorou: “How could I lie? Her maternal grandfather was a landlord class before, during the 64th year, he donated all his wealth and got the status of a poor and lower-middle peasant. But you know, even a broken ship has three thousand nails, who would be so stupid to really donate everything? So, after her grandfather died, all the inheritance went to her.”

Wang Dapao’s greed arose!

That was truly a golden doll!

Seeing that the matter was settled, Ji Xiaorou gave her final instructions before leaving: “Make sure you bring more people, she’s very strong, four or five adult men might not be able to hold her down!”

But Wang Dapao no longer intended to find any hooligans or vagrants. He planned to take this golden doll for himself!

On the other side.

Ji Wanqing was researching vegetable planting in her space.

She had read a couple of books about planting, then took the vegetables and fruits she liked from the supermarket and buried them in the soil.

Logically, the seeds in fresh fruits play a role in propagation and reproduction, and the flesh is a natural nutrient.

Like tomatoes, okra, peas, peppers, grapes, peaches, pears… these fruits with seeds can be planted directly.

However, some others, like asparagus, chives, cabbage, Chinese spinach, and water spinach, are picked as food before they bloom and bear fruit, so she needed to find seeds outside.

She had already fertilized the soil, so Ji Wanqing simply buried them in and watered them with spiritual spring water, and she was done.

Since it was for her own consumption, she only planted two plants of each variety, just enough.

After taking care of the fields, Ji Wanqing turned to the kitchen of the small villa to see how the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was doing.

A few days ago, she saw this dish in a cookbook and was immediately attracted by its name.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, even monks would jump over the wall to eat it, how delicious it must be!

Ji Wanqing licked her lips and immediately decided to recreate it.

With her powerful brain and steady hands, she could definitely make the most authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall!

So, in the days leading up to her departure, she had been locked in her room tinkering with this dish.

After all, when she went to the An Province Military Region, she couldn’t guarantee that she would have the same absolute privacy as in the Ji family.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall alone requires nine ingredients for the broth: chicken, duck, pig trotters, pig skin, pork, backbone, ham, chicken feet, and crucian carp.

Just the broth alone requires boiling milk broth and clear broth, the whole process takes two days to complete.

Then, she took out some of the broth, poured in some Shaoxing wine, lit it to infuse it with aroma, and then added abalone, sea cucumber, scallops, shiitake mushrooms, fish maw, fish lips, sea cucumber, tendon, pigeon eggs, and conch meat. After blanching them, she simmered them for two or three hours until they were all tender, then they were ready to eat.

Fortunately, she had collected several supermarkets, so she had all these ingredients. After three days of tinkering, she finally brought out a bowl of golden Buddha Jumps Over the Wall!

The rich aroma, the delicate and smooth texture, the rich and bright color, it was simply a feast for the eyes, nose, and taste buds. You couldn’t stop after just one bite!

It truly deserved its reputation of “When the jar is opened, the aroma of meat fills the neighborhood, even Buddha, hearing it, would abandon his meditation and jump over the wall to eat it!”

Ji Wanqing came out of the space with a full stomach. The rich aroma, even though it only lingered in her mouth, was so strong that people with keen noses could still smell it in this era of food shortages.

“Whose chicken soup is this? It smells so good.”

“This smell makes me so hungry, I want to eat meat!”

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Ji Wanqing held her breath and pursed her lips as she walked past the crowd.

The aroma was indeed powerful, but it was also very wasteful of ingredients.

The broth required so much chicken, duck, fish, and meat, she used a sixty-liter steel bucket to boil it, and after boiling, there were still over twenty kilograms of leftover ingredients, as well as a large pot of broth!

Ji Wanqing stored the edible parts in the refrigerated area of her space, she could tear the meat apart and make a cold dish next time.

As for the broth, it had so many uses.

Plus, this broth was made with her pure spiritual spring water, it was fresh, fragrant, not greasy, and had a lingering aftertaste!

If she stir-fried some greens, and poured a little broth into the wok to enhance the flavor, the taste would be several levels better!

Not to mention making braised pork, lion’s head, and other meat dishes!

With her culinary skills added, Ji Wanqing couldn’t imagine how delicious her meals would be in the future!

It was now two in the afternoon.

Ji Wanqing bought a train ticket to An Province for the day after tomorrow. Before leaving, she planned to go shopping in Yunhe City, buy some seeds and local specialties.

She didn’t know what kind of temperament Jiang Che had. After all, she was going there without even saying hello.

Although her grandfather had sent a letter to the Jiang family before he died, she was coming to fulfill the engagement two years later… it was a bit difficult to explain.

So she decided to choose a gift for Jiang Che. Even if they didn’t hit it off and didn’t get married, she had to show proper courtesy, after all, it was an engagement arranged by her elders.

Ji Wanqing was still wearing ugly makeup today. She would be leaving in two days, and she was too lazy to create any more news that would attract attention.

Once she left the circle of acquaintances in the Ji family, she wouldn’t need to wear these disguises anymore.

After buying ten different types of vegetable seeds at the Agricultural Machinery Camp, Ji Wanqing was just about to put them in her space when five men walking side by side suddenly appeared, filling the small alley.

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

Oh, they’re here to cause trouble.

Wang Dapao, the leader, saw the girl’s delicate features and his eyes lit up, his greed intensified: “Girl, come here, let’s chat.”

Ji Wanqing rolled her eyes and immediately switched to a pitiful look, biting her lower lip: “Chat… chat about what?”

This seductive air of wanting to say something but not saying it was simply irresistible! Wang Dapao rubbed his hands: “Of course it’s good things! Come on, I have a yard up ahead, let’s go there and chat in detail.”

The five big men surrounded the fragile little girl, the poor girl was so scared that her hands trembled, and she followed them blindly.

From the sparsely populated alley to the deserted yard, the five big men’s eyes were filled with malice.

The moment the gate closed, Wang Dapao suddenly felt that the girl in front of him had a different aura.