Chapter 31

Last row.

Ye Fengjiao was still mumbling and complaining to Zhuang Cuizhu unhappily.

Zhuang Cuizhu was a little impatient, but her husband was the chief of staff, and she couldn’t lose face for him, so she had to say in a nice voice: “It’s just a ticket, why bother?”

“One cent is still money, and the more we save, the better.” As long as it wasn’t eaten, Ye Fengjiao would feel distressed even if she spent a penny.

She rolled her eyes at Ye Fengjiao, and seeing Jiang Yan and the others chatting happily, Zhuang Cuizhu rolled her eyes and whispered to Ye Fengjiao, “I heard that Captain Lu and Jiang Yan got married, and they are treating us to dinner tonight.”

“What? A treat?”

Ye Fengjiao was so surprised that her voice rose several octaves. She looked at Jiang Yan in front of her and said loudly, “Jiang Yan, you guys are treating us tonight? Then you have to buy more meat. Don’t be stingy and only cook two or three non-vegetarian dishes. Who are you trying to fool?”

Several sisters-in-law frowned. Yuan Sufeng defended them, “What are you saying? Everyone has a good family. Just eat whatever you want. What? Do you think this is a restaurant and you can order food?”

Feng Yingchun also said: “The men have already discussed it. Our family members are not going. Why are you so excited? You won’t get anything to eat.”

When Ye Fengjiao heard that she couldn’t eat meat, she disagreed, “Why can’t the family members go? Isn’t the purpose of a wedding banquet to make it lively?”

He Hongxiu sneered, “Then why didn’t you treat us to some meat when you got married to Deputy Battalion Commander Ge?”

“It’s a completely vegetarian banquet. There’s not a speck of meat to be seen.”

Thinking of this, Yuan Sufeng got angry. She had given an enamel bowl as a gift, but her husband ate a bellyful of vegetables without even a speck of meat.

“I don’t have any experience.”

Ye Fengjiao felt guilty, but she thought that even if she couldn’t have it, she had to let her man have it.

So she said, “Jiang Yan, we must have meat when treating guests. It can’t be less. Your Captain Lu is the most promising one. It would be bad to lose face.”

“Hey, I have a bad temper.”

Yuan Sufeng couldn’t stand being bullied, so she rolled up her sleeves and was ready to fight. Jiang Yan quickly stopped her, looked at Ye Fengjiao and said coldly, “Don’t worry about it, just mind your own business.”

Seeing Jiang Yan say this, Ye Fengjiao knew that she would definitely prepare meat dishes, and more than one.

That’s enough.

Having experienced famine and knowing what it feels like to starve to death, she doesn’t care what others think.

Only what you eat is real, everything else is nonsense.

He Hongxiu and the others didn’t like Ye Fengjiao very much. They were very angry when they mentioned her. Yuan Sufeng whispered to comfort Jiang Yan, “Don’t listen to her nonsense. No one’s family is rich. Just make one or two meat dishes.”

Feng Yingchun also whispered, “Don’t show anything in front of her, no matter if it’s meat or vegetables, as long as she sees it, you will definitely get something.”

Jiang Yan nodded and said, “Thank you, sisters-in-law. I will be careful.”

He Hongxiu smiled and said, “You guys underestimated Miss Jiang. The men at home are going to enjoy themselves tonight.”

Feng Yingchun was very curious, “Is there another surprise?”

“Nothing much, just adding some new tricks to make it look more novel.”

Jiang Yan naturally couldn’t say that she had prepared a lot of meat dishes, so she decided to wait until tonight and let everyone see for themselves.

Ye Fengjiao had been paying attention to this side. When she heard Jiang Yan’s words, she hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, yes, add some variety. It would be better if there were more meat dishes, preferably all fatty meat. The men usually train very hard, let them have a good meal too.”

“…”

The topic suddenly became dull and everyone lost the desire to talk.

Half an hour later.

When the bus arrived at Baiguo Town, Jiang Yan and He Hongxiu had a clear goal and went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Yuan Sufeng, Feng Yingchun and Zhuang Cuizhu went to the nearby agricultural and sideline products market, and Ye Fengjiao also came to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Looking at Ye Fengjiao behind her, He Hongxiu said helplessly: “Didn’t you make an appointment with Su Feng and the others? Why are you following us?”

“Of course I’m going to buy things. If you can go, why can’t I?” Ye Fengjiao said confidently, carrying a backpack and walking towards the supply and marketing cooperative in the distance.

Jiang Yan pulled He Hongxiu’s hand and whispered, “Forget it, sister-in-law. If she wants to follow me, let her follow me. Just pretend she doesn’t exist.”

He Hongxiu was so angry. Jiang Yan guessed Ye Fengjiao’s intention of following them and just found it funny. Was it really necessary to go to this extent?

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Ye Fengjiao looked here and there but didn’t buy anything, while Jiang Yan went straight to the meat stall.

There were a lot of people in the supply and marketing cooperative, and the meat stall was packed with people. The supply of pork in the town was small, so buying meat was even more difficult.

“Oh, don’t worry. I’m telling you I’m sick. If you want to squeeze me, I’ll go to your house for dinner.”

“If you are sick, just stay away. Why are you here?”

“Give me half a pound of fat.”

“Me, me, me, I want a pound of pork belly. The more layers, the better.”

The crowd pushed their way in and shouted to the staff, creating chaos at the scene.

Jiang Yan’s eyes were opened again. This era always makes her look at things in a new light.

He Hongxiu was used to such scenes. Seeing Jiang Yan’s curious and shocked expression, and her usual manners, she thought she came from a good family, so she said, “Sister, I’m going to buy some meat. You give me a push from behind. These old ladies are very strong.”

Jiang Yan smiled and shook her head. If she really forced her way in, she would have to endure so much pain!

She looked at everyone present, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind. She walked to the edge of the crowd and shouted loudly at the top of her voice:

“Oh no!”

“Whose dollar dropped?”

“mine.”

“It’s mine, it’s my dollar, you are not allowed to pick it up.”

When everyone heard that money had fallen, and it was actually one dollar, they hurriedly shouted loudly and lowered their heads to look for the dollar.

Jiang Yan took the opportunity to squeeze in, holding the money and said to the staff: “Comrade, I want one pound of pork belly.”

The staff member was also stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, “There is no lower streaky pork, but there is upper streaky pork.”

Jiang Yan replied: “Okay, then give me a pound of pork belly.”

The staff was very efficient and immediately cut a pound of pork belly for Jiang Yan. At this time, everyone also reacted.

“Who the hell is that? What are you yelling about? Where is the dollar?”

“It’s all for nothing.”

“Give me a pound of fat meat, the fatter the better, no lean meat.”

…

The crowd began to crowd together again, and Jiang Yan walked out from the meat stall carrying a pound of pork belly.

It’s a pity that it was the upper pork belly, not the lower pork belly on the pig’s belly. This is the best pork belly, with alternating fat and lean meat, the lean meat is not dry and the fat meat is not greasy.

Not far away, seeing Jiang Yan buy the meat so easily, Ye Fengjiao, who had been staring at her, opened her mouth wide.

Oh my goodness!

This is a great idea. I will buy meat this way in the future. But Jiang Yan is too stingy. Why did she only buy such a small amount of meat?

Thinking of this, Ye Fengjiao slowly moved closer.

This way.

Seeing Jiang Yan carrying out the meat, He Hongxiu was stunned. It turned out that this was the way to do it. She gave Jiang Yan a thumbs up.

“Sister, you have a very smart brain. You can actually come up with this idea.”

Glancing at the meat in Jiang Yan’s hand, she continued, “This meat is good. It will definitely taste good when made into twice-cooked pork.”

“You are so stingy. Who can eat just one pound of meat?”

Ye Fengjiao was acting sarcastic and complained that the meat in Jiang Yan’s hand was too little.

Not being able to take advantage of what she should have felt was more painful than losing money.

“Jiang Yan, one pound of meat is not enough. We have to buy at least seven or eight pounds of meat. There are more than a dozen of them.”

“It’s just a pound of pork belly. It’s a good thing you can come up with it. You’re from the city. I think you’re not even as good as me who comes from the country.”

“He looked so fake, but I didn’t expect him to be so stingy and petty.”

Ye Fengjiao’s words were very harsh. Jiang Yan glanced at her and responded rudely.

“You are a hen in the pen, clucking every day. It’s not for you to eat, why are you in such a hurry? It’s true that the emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. If you think there is not enough meat, just buy some and cook it for your man.”

“You’ve grown so fat, how much have you eaten? Don’t you have any idea? Deputy Battalion Commander Ge’s rations have made you eat a lot, right? You think everyone has to give in to you because you’re so big, right?”

“The other sisters-in-law didn’t lose their temper because they were of high quality and didn’t argue with you. But you really think you’re a piece of cake. You want to grab a piece of everyone you see, and you’re not afraid of breaking your hands.”

“I’m telling you, I won’t tolerate your bad habits. If you act weird again next time, I’ll have my man talk to your man.”

“Let’s see whether your man is better or my man is better.”

“You…you…”

Jiang Yan fired off a barrage of words, but Ye Fengjiao, who had little education, had no idea how to respond.

He Hongxiu next to her was also stunned and looked at Jiang Yan with admiration.

I didn’t expect that Sister Jiang, who looked gentle, had such a high level of scolding skills. She didn’t even use a single dirty word and scolded Ye Fengjiao so much that she couldn’t respond.

Knowing that she couldn’t win the argument with Jiang Yan, Ye Fengjiao started to speak harshly, “Jiang Yan, I won’t play tricks with you. You can just wait for Lu Yunsheng to be laughed at.”

After saying those harsh words, Ye Fengjiao left angrily. However, she didn’t pay attention to her step and stepped on a small stone, causing her to fall down with a scream.

“Hahaha!” Jiang Yan couldn’t help laughing out loud, and He Hongxiu also murmured, “Serves you right.”

Ye Fengjiao was so angry that she didn’t even dare to turn her head. She quickly got up from the ground and ran away.