Chapter 20: Madam, Take a Bite

Pushing the wheelbarrow, Chen Jie quickly returned to the village.

The county where Chen Jie is located is called Mianshui County. It is adjacent to the Mianshui River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. It has eight large towns under its jurisdiction, and each town is composed of three to five villages.

For example, Chen Jie is located in Mianshui County, Xiantao Town, Xiantao Village, and under Xiantao Town there are three villages: Shangtao, Zhongtao, and Xiatao.

Chen Jie quickly returned to his village.

When Chen Jie came back from outside pushing a cart, all the villagers looked at him in shock, because Chen Jie bought so many things this time that it filled up a whole cart.

Moreover, the car was full of good stuff, including bags of grain, large chunks of pork fat tied with hemp ropes, and all kinds of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. All these things added up would probably cost two or three taels of silver.

This Chen Jiusi has made a fortune!
Chen Jie pushed the cart through the villagers' envious eyes.

"Uncle Erba."

On the way, Chen Jie saw Chen Erba and called out to him. Chen Erba immediately exclaimed, "Jiu Si, what are you doing?"

Chen Jie said: "Oh, there is no food at home, so I bought some."

As he said this, he continued to walk towards his home. At this time, not far away under the roots of a big tree, Chen Jie's other cousin, Chen Sanliu, was saying that Chen Jiusi was a spendthrift and had ruined his cousin's foundation. If he had known this would happen, his cousin would have given the foundation to him. How could he let his cousin's foundation fail?

Several people listened to Chen Sanliu's complaints with smiles on their faces but contempt in their hearts. Why?

Mr. Chen has a daughter, why should he give the thing to you? And with your heartless and ungrateful behavior, if the thing falls into your hands, it will be like throwing meat buns at a dog, and there will be no return. Can you still care about the life or death of Chen Jiusi?

However, even though they knew it, the neighbors had to maintain outward harmony with each other and just laughed it off.

Just then, Chen Jie passed by pushing a wheelbarrow, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"Hey, look, Chen Jiusi."

"Oh, it's really Jiu Si. He, he must have made a fortune. Look at all the things he bought. He bought bags of grain. How much money did it cost?"

"Yes, there's still pork. Chen Jiusi has made a fortune!"

"This cartload of money must be worth at least two or three taels. When did Chen Jiusi become so rich?"

"What's so strange about this? A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Mr. Chen's family is so wealthy that even if he loses everything, it's normal to have a few taels of silver left. Who would have known that in that corner, if you just touched it, you could find something valuable?"

"makes sense!
As several people were talking, Chen Sanliu's eyes almost popped out.

How come his family still has money?!

Is it true that Chen Jiusi has been losing so much, will he never be able to lose all his money? How much money did his cousin leave behind?
It would be great if this money was given to me.

Chen Sanliu's eyes turned green with jealousy. Listening to what the people around him said, he snorted coldly, "Humph, you spendthrift, even if you have money you can't spend it like this! How can a farmer eat meat like that? You don't know how to live."

A few people who were enjoying the cool air along could hear the smell of jealousy from a distance.

They looked at each other and said nothing.

Chen Jie didn't care what others said and pushed the cart directly to the door of his house. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the little kid sitting on a small stool at the door, staring at something on the ground.

After looking for a while, it seemed to see something, stretched out its hand to pick up something, put it in its mouth, smacked the taste, and muttered: "Little ant, don't get lost, otherwise you will be eaten!"

"Rui Rui, I'm back."

Chen Jie shouted, and Ruirui, who was sitting at the door, looked up and suddenly saw Chen Jie, and then her eyes were attracted by the things on the cart.

"Fatty!"

Ruirui stood up immediately, and then ran over quickly, and started to call Rourou, but when he got in front of me, he immediately changed it to "Brother-in-law~"

If you don’t know her, you would think she likes her brother-in-law very much.

The gate opened and Chen Jie came in pushing a cart. Ruirui stared at the things on the cart and shouted, "Sister, brother-in-law is back!"

"Brother-in-law bought a lot of things and came back." After hearing this, Su Yunjin came out of the house and saw Chen Jie and the things in Chen Jie's car. Her face was full of shock.

"this?!!"

She knew that there was not a penny in the family, so where did Chen Jiusi get the money?
She looked in disbelief.

Chen Jie didn't say anything else. He just handed the seasoning to the little kid and said, "Help carry it to the house."

"Hey!"

The little kid was so excited that he helped Chen Jie carry the seasonings inside.

Chen Jie carried a bag of rice, then carried most of the pork and walked into the house, and said to Su Yunjin, "Don't just stand there, help carry it!"

Su Yunjin hesitated for a moment, then immediately said, "Hey~"

As he spoke, he went over to help with the things, and soon all the things were carried into the house. Su Yunjin then asked, "Where did this come from?"

Chen Jie laughed and said, "Haha, I was lucky today. I found a ginseng in the mountains. I went to the town to sell it for some money and bought this rice and flour."

After saying this, Chen Jie took out a handful of silver from his pocket, about eight cents, and said, "This is the remaining money, you keep it!"

"I!?"

Su Yunjin was shocked. Chen Jie smiled and said, "Yes, you are my wife. What's mine is yours!"

As Chen Jie continued to move things out, Su Yunjin looked at the silver in her hand, she was stunned, and her mind kept echoing: You are my wife, what's mine is yours.

Madam?
She looked back at Chen Jie who was moving things, and Su Yunrui who was as happy as a little butterfly, and tears rolled down her cheeks again.

It’s not that she likes to cry, but she has experienced darkness, so she is moved to tears by this little bit of light.

In fact, she didn't care about this little bit of money. What she cared about was that Chen Jie had her in his heart. She was even more touched that he didn't gamble with the money, but bought food that his family urgently needed. He really learned well!

"Sister, my brother-in-law bought so much meat, why are you still crying?"

The little kid saw his sister secretly wiping tears and asked in confusion, she usually cries because she is hungry, but why is she still crying when she has food to eat? I don’t understand, I don’t understand.

Chen Jie finally moved all the things into the house. There was a cellar inside the house, which was used to store cabbages. After putting the things in, Chen Jie looked at the pork and said to Su Yunjin, "Cut some to make bacon, and use the rest to make oil."

Su Yunjin nodded, and Chen Jie found a knife and began to dismember the fat. He first cut a large piece of pork belly, about five pounds, to make bacon.

I cut another two pounds of pork belly, and I'll leave this for Uncle Erba.

Then we start cutting the pig fat into large pieces, wash it, and refine the oil residue.

As soon as the meat was put into the pot, the little kid would lie on the stove and watch, asking every few seconds: "Brother-in-law, is it ready?"

Chen Jie couldn't help laughing when he saw the greedy look on Little Bean's face. Su Yunjin on the side said, "How can it be that fast?"

The little bean pouted and said, "Why is it still not good?"

Chen Jie didn't say anything. He watched the fat in the pot slowly become thinner, produce animal oil, and turn into a browned color. Then Chen Jie knew it was ready.

He scooped out three pieces with a strainer, blew on them, and gave one piece to the little kid.

The little bean couldn't wait to stuff it into his mouth, and his mouth was full of oil. Chen Jie also ate a piece. Mm, it was really delicious.

Looking at the last piece of lard residue left, Chen Jie picked it up and handed it to Su Yunjin.

"Taste it."

Su Yunjin was slightly stunned, but did not resist. She opened her mouth and bit the lard residue that Chen Jie handed over, but accidentally touched Chen Jie's fingers.

Her face turned red instantly...

(End of this chapter)