CHAPTER 58: CHAPTER 58: THE CORNBREAD AT THE EDUCATED YOUTH SPOT WAS UNDERCOOKED

The spicy rabbit cubes looked fresh and aromatic, the mushroom soup thick and rich, with just a smell, the air was filled with its spicy and delicious scent. Jiang Xingwei couldn’t help but swallow, "Xiao Wu, there’s so much that you can’t finish it, let me taste some?"

Jiang Xingye was never stingy with food towards his cousins. Since childhood, after his father sacrificed himself and his mother remarried, he grew up in his uncle’s family. His uncle and aunt treated him as their own, and his cousins cared for him greatly.

But at this moment, he guarded the dishes tightly with his arm and said coldly, "No way!"

He only handed Jiang Xingwei a bread, "This is for you!"

Jiang Xingwei was very angry as he took the bread and took a big bite, instantly he was at a loss for words, "How was this bread made, so delicious!"

Soft, fragrant, and sweet, full of wheat flavor. Although corn flour was added, it wasn’t harsh on the throat, permeating with an oil flavor, one side was crispy, the other side was soft, it was simply indescribably delicious.

In the end, Jiang Xingwei was driven by gluttony, snatched a piece of spicy rabbit cube and took a sip of mushroom soup from Jiang Xingye’s mouth, but it only made him hungrier.

"Xiao Wu, tell me who sent this to you?" Jiang Xingwei had already forgotten they were making dumplings at home, pestering his brother to ask.

Jiang Xingye washed the lunchbox and said coldly, "Don’t think about it, there’s none for you!"

"Alright, alright, so you aren’t coming back to eat dumplings with me?" Jiang Xingwei saw his cousin guarding fiercely, he had to drop the idea, besides, in this era, who would eat someone else’s food for no reason.

"Not going back!" Jiang Xingye frowned.

On the way back, Jiang Xingwei kept smacking his lips, savoring the lingering taste.

Meanwhile, at the educated youth spot, Chen Dewen and the other two held a fist-sized cornbread, their lunchboxes filled with vegetable soup, calling it soup really gave too much credit to this slop.

The vegetable soup was overcooked, and the cornbread wasn’t steamed thoroughly.

Generally, when steaming cornbread, for even heating, a dent is pinched at the bottom, hence it’s called cornbread.

It’s different from the way of making mantou.

But obviously, today’s cook lacked experience.

Kong Lijuan was also cooking for so many people for the first time. It’s not like she hadn’t done housework at home, but her family was poor, her mother always locked the cupboards tightly to prevent her from stealing food, and never allowed her to cook.

She glanced at Zheng Siqi and saw him frowning tightly, feeling a pang of sadness in her heart.

Duan Qingmei placed the lunchbox on the table with a bang, "The sweet potatoes at noon weren’t steamed, and this meal again! Good vegetables cooked into this stuff that even pigs wouldn’t eat, and the cornbread, making something like this is just wasting grain."

Zheng Siqi swapped the cornbread back and forth, pinched a dent himself, and stood up first, "Then steam it a little longer, eat it when it’s cooked!"

He had no appetite at all, no matter how exhausted he was today.

He and Dai Yifeng had decent stamina, children who grew up in the army compound were involved in training since young, their physical fitness was quite good.

But farming work and training are completely different things.

Everyone took their cornbread out and put it back in the pot, waiting for Kong Lijuan to steam it again.

Qu Qiongfang saw she was about to cry, a flash of ridicule appeared in her eyes, but she put on a smile and consoled, "It’s okay, the first time I cooked at the educated youth spot it was like this too, don’t be sad, steam the cornbread quickly, everyone is waiting to eat."

Seeing Zheng Siqi leave, Kong Lijuan felt extremely sad. She really wanted to rush over and say that she could actually do many things like washing clothes and tidying up the house, etc. It’s just because she never cooked before that she failed this time.

But right now, steaming the cornbread was what mattered.

Dai Yifeng and Zheng Siqi stood shoulder to shoulder at the door and laughed, "What do you think they’re eating now?"

Zheng Siqi smiled and shook his head, "I don’t know. But, it must be delicious."

Dai Yifeng slurped, "When can we rest, we go to the mountains to hunt some game and ask Xu Qinghuan to cook us another meal!"

"Alright!" Only this moment did Zheng Siqi show a little energy, letting people see that he was indeed a young man in his twenties.

When Chen Dewen came out, the three all walked outside in tacit agreement.

Obviously, what Dai Yifeng and Zheng Siqi said earlier, Kong Lijuan also heard it, she bit her lip, her heart filled with intense hatred. Xu Qinghuan, it’s Xu Qinghuan again, they went to her home to eat at noon and even wanted to hunt wild game to ask Xu Qinghuan to cook!

At the team leader’s house, the dumplings had just finished, and Chen Dewen and the others came over. They were here to discuss building a house.

Just like Xu Qinghuan said, the team wouldn’t object to them building a house. Calculating the cost, building a single room with a kitchen would cost about forty or fifty dollars, which was far below the three’s expectations.

Without much hesitation, the three agreed immediately.

The team leader called for Jiang Xingwei, "Go and tell Xiao Wu to help plan the house building for the educated youths."

Jiang Xingwei agreed and was ready to go to Jiang Xingye’s house again. The team leader’s wife brought out a bowl of dumplings, "Take this to Xiao Wu, if he doesn’t eat today, let him soak it in the well, heat it up tomorrow and eat it in the morning."

He Yuzhen was furious. She hadn’t eaten enough earlier and wondered why there were so few dumplings, turns out they were hidden by her mother-in-law.

That loafer didn’t even come for a meal, yet her mother-in-law wanted her brother-in-law to take food over to him, why? He didn’t even contribute grain to the family.

Back in the room, He Yuzhen couldn’t help but grumble to her husband, "I think, in this house, your mother doesn’t favor your eldest brother, not your fourth brother, even less her eldest grandson your son, but Xiao Wu. I really don’t understand what your mother is thinking, not doting on her own children and grandchildren but doting on an outsider!"

Jiang Xingyong was weaving a basket by the window with the remaining light shining in. Hearing this, he looked up at his wife, "Who is an outsider? Who are you calling an outsider?"

His voice seemed to carry icy shards, He Yuzhen saw his sudden fierce gaze, shivering all over, and glanced at their sons who were present, suddenly gaining some confidence, "I... I’m calling that loafer an outsider, what of it, did I say something wrong?"

Jiang Xingyong put down what he was working on, stood up, and approached her, his thick brows stood erect, fiercely, "Who are you calling a loafer? Say it again!"

He Yuzhen was truly scared now, retreating on the kang.

Her eldest son tattled, "Dad, Mom called uncle a loafer, but uncle is not a loafer, uncle is!"

He Yuzhen glared angrily at her eldest son, argued, "Nonsense, you dare call your uncle a loafer!"

Jiang Xingyong didn’t let their topic distract him, saying, "I don’t hit women, but that doesn’t mean I won’t hit wives, don’t let me hear such words again!"

He Yuzhen drew a sharp breath, feeling aggrieved, cried, "When I said to take some ration to feed my brother you wouldn’t allow, yet Jiang Xingye isn’t even your real brother, and you all protect him so much, why!"

Jiang Xingyong snorted, "Because he has the last name Jiang!"

Jiang Xiangnan, nicknamed Big Egg, added from the side, "Uncle is the outsider, uncle always steals my things to eat, uncle even buys me candy!"