Chapter 171 Guo Junshan cooks porridge and feeds Chen Shuning
Chapter 171 Guo Junshan cooks porridge and feeds Chen Shuning
When Chen Shuning woke up, the yard was already busy.
She rubbed her eyes, stretched, sat up in a daze, and began to put on her clothes.
Guo Junshan's voice came from outside: "Grandpa, I've peeled the rabbit skin, take a look..."
Chen Feng squinted his eyes and looked at it, praising him: "Junshan, your knife skills are pretty good! The skin is peeled quite completely, it's still good to be young~
When I was young, this kind of work was no problem for me. But unfortunately, now my eyesight is blurry and my hands shake when I hold a knife..."
Guo Junshan recalled Chen Shuning's usual tone of voice and said softly, "Grandpa, if you hadn't been there to guide me, I wouldn't have been able to do so well."
"Hehe..." Chen Feng laughed, patted Guo Junshan on the shoulder and said, "You kid, your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter. If you go back to Beijing, won't your unit leaders be so fooled that they lose their way?"
Guo Junshan was stunned. This question was beyond the scope of the syllabus. He had never seen how Chen Shuning answered it.
However, Guo Junshan was smart and could draw inferences from one instance. He immediately replied, "Grandpa, how can this be called coaxing? I'm speaking the truth. Only with your guidance can I make progress!"
Chen Jiawang rubbed his goosebumps. Damn it! He actually saw his sister in Guo Junshan. As a grown man, why not learn to act like Chen Shuning and act like a spoiled child?
Chen Jiawang screamed in his heart: Help! This is too corny! Ah! My ears are dirty...
Guo Junshan coaxed all the elders of the Chen family into smiling, and no one heard Chen Jiawang's shouts.
Chen Shuning pushed open the door and called out crisply, "Grandpa, why are you up so early?"
Chen Feng smiled and said, "Junshan said he wanted to make eight-treasure porridge. He got up early, so I got up too."
Guo Junshan placed the rabbit on the chopping board, picked up the machete, and chopped it into small pieces. He urged, "Shuning, go wash your face quickly! We need to eat early today."
Chen Jiawang didn't want to see Guo Junshan. It was disgusting for a grown man to talk like a girl... He ran into the house, took out the porridge from the pot, and ran to get the bowls and chopsticks.
Liu Xianghua put the pickles on the table and looked at her second son, who was busy running around. She said suspiciously, "Jiawang, did you take the wrong medicine today? Why are you so diligent?"
"Mom..." Chen Jiawang put his chopsticks on the table and said in a low voice, "Mom, don't you think Guo Junshan always imitates my sister's way of speaking? I'm getting goose bumps..."
"What's wrong? Your sister's words are not pleasant to the ears?" Liu Xianghua said with disdain: "Xiao Guo is right to imitate your sister. She is a person who never suffers any loss if she speaks sweetly!"
"Think about your eldest brother. If he hadn't been so sweet-talking, would your eldest sister-in-law have been so happy to marry him? Of course, your eldest brother is also very hardworking, unlike you who only know how to work..."
Chen Jiawang's eyes widened, not daring to think about what he had heard. "Mom, that's not what you said before! You used to say that men have to work harder, and what they do is more important than what they say."
Liu Xianghua retorted, "There's no conflict between being hardworking and sweet-talking. Your older brother and your younger sister are both sweet-talking and hardworking. Only you're clueless and as dumb as a log."
"No—" Chen Jiawang muttered, "Mom, have you been poisoned by Guo Junshan?"
"You've got me hooked!" Liu Xianghua looked Chen Jiawang up and down, then said with disdain, "Learn a little! You're such a grown-up, but you haven't made any progress at all."
"Mom, am I your biological son? He's only been in our house for a few days, and you've already betrayed me..."
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and call your grandpa to eat."
Chen Jiawang walked to the door with his head down and shouted angrily: "Eat!"
After shouting, he glared at Guo Junshan twice. Guo Junshan was confused and had no idea how he had offended Chen Jiawang.
Chen Shuning picked up the bowl, and a strong bean aroma entered her nose. She took a deep breath and started drinking the porridge.
Guo Junshan secretly glanced at her, and seeing that she liked the food, he pushed his bowl forward.
Chen Shuning finished a bowl of porridge and licked his lips, feeling unsatisfied.
Suddenly, a hand appeared in front of her eyes, took her bowl away, and after a while put it back. Her bowl was half full of porridge.
"I haven't had time to finish my bowl of porridge yet, so I'll give you half of it. I'll eat less so I can save some space for meat at noon."
Chen Shuning hesitated. The porridge was delicious, and she certainly hadn't had enough. But if she did, Guo Junshan would go hungry.
While Chen Shuning was still hesitating, Guo Junshan had already finished the remaining half bowl of porridge. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "I'll go clean up. We'll go over and kill the pig later."
In the past, the village would invite a butcher to slaughter pigs, but last time Guo Junshan said that he could slaughter pigs, so this time the village decided to invite Guo Junshan.
Guo Junshan was a good cook, so after slaughtering the pig, they could ask him to prepare the butcher's dish. As for the butcher's share of the reward, the village cadres readily agreed to give it to Guo Junshan.
If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it grass. Inviting anyone is an invitation, and inviting Guo Junshan kills two birds with one stone.
Chen Shuning still couldn't resist the temptation. After finishing half a bowl of porridge, she sighed with satisfaction: "Mmm~ It's so delicious!"
Chen Jiawang couldn't say anything to refute it. It was indeed delicious. He had grown up without knowing that a bowl of porridge could be so delicious.
Chen Feng patted his stomach, feeling a little emotional. He wasn't a greedy person, he had even eaten tree bark when he was working as a leather worker.
But after eating Guo Junshan's food a few times, he felt that he had become greedy. What should he do? If Guo Junshan doesn't come to cook, what will he eat?
Chen Feng was still lost in thought. Seeing that he hadn't moved for a while, Li Zhen pushed him and said, "Old man, what are you doing? Hurry up and go to the brigade. The children are waiting for you."
"Uh-huh..." Chen Feng responded twice, stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back.
Chen Shuning put down his bowl and chopsticks, quickly cleaned the table, washed the pots and pans, and prepared to go to the brigade.
Liu Xianghua took a quilt out of Chen Jiaxing's house and hung it out to dry in the yard.
"Shuning, go help out in the cafeteria. I'll clean up at home. Your dad and the others will be back soon."
Chen Aiguo went into town yesterday to pick up his brother and nephew. They stayed at Chen Jiawang's place that night and will be going home together today.
Liu Xianghua also had a lot of work to do. She had to clean the house and take out the bedding to dry in the sun before they got home.
Chen Shuning knew there was a lot of work to do at home, but the canteen also needed help. He couldn't eat without working, or the villagers would gossip.
"Mom, I'll go over and help. When my dad and the others come back, you can just go over there~"
Liu Xianghua instructed, "Go and tell the old Party secretary that your uncle and the others should go over for lunch. If the villagers don't agree, come back and tell me."
"Mom, don't worry. The villagers have no objections. They actually ate one of our pigs last time. I'm going there."
Ever since the village distributed food, the canteen has never been open.
We are slaughtering a pig today, and the cafeteria is bustling with activity.
When Chen Shuning came over, the pig had already been tied up. Guo Junshan, wearing a dark blue sweater and an apron, was holding a knife and preparing to kill.
Looking up, she saw Chen Shuning squeeze in and said worriedly, "Killing pigs is bloody, and female comrades are timid, so try to avoid it~"
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