Chapter 35

Jiang Sui put one hand on her waist and looked through the kitchen window at Song Sichen who was catching chickens outside, with a compassionate look on her face.

Song Sichen, who was washing himself with chicken feathers all over his body, had a crack on his smile.

In her eyes, his exhaustion just now was just a momentary illusion?

The man returned to his cold look, his voice was neither salty nor bland, and there was no expression on his face.

“Then I thank you very much.”

He spoke so formally that Jiang Sui couldn’t tell whether he was truly thanking her or being sarcastic.

Jiang Sui put down the spatula: “That’s not necessary.”

As long as he doesn’t try to kill her in the future, she will be grateful.

After finishing the work in the kitchen, the three chickens in the yard have already started to eat grass leisurely.

After eating the grass, the two hens nestled nearby and clucked.

But the rooster seemed to have set its sights on Song Sichen’s head.

It attacked several times, trying to land a foot on his head.

“Chuckle, chuckle—”

After being caught by Song Sichen for the third time, he tied up its wings and gave it a yellow card warning viciously.

“If you fly over my head one more time, I promise you’ll be at the dinner table tonight.”

The rooster opened its throat and crowed, “Cock-a-doodle-doo.”

Its eyes were about to pop out.

As if sensing its fear, Song Sichen let go with satisfaction.

“Song Sichen, how come you even bully chickens?”

Jiang Sui came out of the kitchen and happened to see the rooster with its wings tied up.

Song Sichen scratched his messy hair with one hand and didn’t bother to pay attention.

How does that sentence go?

You can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.

Just like——

Jiang Sui will never see that it was the chicken that bullied him first.

“Chickens will fly once they grow wings. In order to avoid being targeted by people with ulterior motives, it is better to build a chicken coop.”

Jiang Sui was afraid that the chicken would fly out, so she closed the door first.

Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Anping are both very despicable people, and their intentions are really hard to let people down.

If we leave these two chickens alone, I’m afraid we won’t see even a single feather from them tonight.

“There is a piece of blue net in the side room. I picked it up from the field before. It should be useful.”

Song Sichen bent down to put on his shoes, then turned and went to the side room.

After a while, Song Sichen stood on the north wall holding a net.

Jiang Sui pulled the other end of the net and walked in the opposite direction.

Two bricks were used to press the net on the top of the wall, and two wooden boards were placed across the wall.

When it rains, the two chickens can have a place to shelter from the rain.

After catching two chickens and putting them in the net, their movement space was limited to the open space in the north, which saved a lot of trouble.

“Not bad, Song Sichen. It seems you are not completely useless. I thought you city people knew nothing.”

The sun was shining brightly at noon, shining on Jiang Sui’s body and casting a layer of golden light around her.

Song Sixen moved his throat and looked away.

There is a small piece of vacant land in the yard, and the ginger spikes can be dug out and used to grow vegetables.

She also lives a self-sufficient life, which is beautiful to think about.

Song Sichen had to go to work in the afternoon, so he didn’t have much time left for lunch.

Jiang Sui used the leftover breakfast to feed the two of them.

Song Sichen took the farm tools and left while Jiang Sui was still humming in the kitchen.

She handled the ribs deftly.

There will be movies shown in the evening, and the subsidy for each movie is 40 cents.

With the subsidy alone, she could buy a pound of pork if she watched one more movie twice.

Jiang Sui suddenly put down the knife and raised his arm calmly: “Thank you for the movie subsidy from the educated youth from Dahe Village!”

It’s a bit of a pity that the production team is stewing meat today.

Originally, Jiang Sui could have eaten the production team’s meals.

The production team usually serves a mix of meat and vegetables, and I heard that there will be braised pork today.

The chef who cooked the meal was a retired chef from a state-owned restaurant!

To have a delicious meal, you only need 4 taels of food coupons. What’s the difference between this and not having any money?

In the original owner’s memory, the production team did not always have banquets.

The white flour steamed buns are something that every household only eats during festivals.

Although you can’t eat as much eggs and meat as you want, it’s okay to eat them to your heart’s content.

Even the buns are made of the leftover pork scraps after the fat has been drained out. When you take a bite, the aroma of the meat mixed with the dried radish is so fragrant that your mouth is filled with oil.

After coming to this place, Jiang Sui hasn’t eaten meat for a long time.

Just thinking about it, tears were about to flow from the corners of her mouth.

She swallowed her saliva and decided that once she passed the exam to become a health worker, she would be able to work two jobs and greatly improve her life.

Food is the most important thing for people, and she lives just to feed herself.

“I used to work day and night in the hospital, and now I’m here and I still have to work two jobs. God, am I the worker you chose?”

Jiang Sui was tired.

Why can’t she be a pampered young lady who can have whatever she wants to eat?

Jiang Sui processed the ribs, soaked them in clean water, and chopped all the prepared onions, ginger and garlic into fine pieces.

Add soy sauce to marinate, then add some salt and put the soaked ribs into a bowl.

Then spread the sauces on the ribs, cover the lid with Jiang Sui, and wait quietly for the ribs to be flavored.

In addition to the ribs, there was also some tenderloin.

After much hesitation, Jiang Sui decided to splurge today and make two meat dishes.

All preparations were ready, the sun was still bright outside and it was very early.

Jiang Sui suddenly thought of a small hill if she went out and turned east.

The phrase “live off the mountain when you can” is something Jiang Sui learned a long time ago after watching various videos on major self-media platforms.

She carried a bamboo basket on her back, took a sickle, and walked up the mountain.

This mountain is not very high, and if you are lucky, you should be able to find some game.

No matter what, there are always wild vegetables.

It was still hot that day and there were many mosquitoes. Before reaching the mountain, Jiang Sui had already been bitten by several mosquitoes.

The bushes on the mountain are not very tall and the air is colder.

With the shade of these plants, the journey was not as hot as we had imagined.

Jiang Sui took the sickle and cleared a path ahead.

There is no road on this hill, so it is obvious that not many people come here.

“Wow, I knew there would be something good.”

After passing the bumpy rocks, Jiang Sui smelled a strong fragrance.

As a medical student, it is common sense that this smell comes from the incense sticks from other mountains.

Fragrance of the mountain is a medicinal herb, so it can naturally be both a medicine and a food.

Many people use it to make soup. Its rhizome looks similar to chicken feet and has an extremely strong aroma.

It can be smelled across the mountain, hence the name “Geshanxiang”.

After reaching the conclusion, Jiang Sui became more motivated.

She continued to climb up, climbed over a rock taller than a person, and reached the back of the mountain.

What comes into view is a vast expanse of incense from across the mountain.

Jiang Sui’s eyes were about to pop out of her head.