Ugly girl only wants to farm

Chapter 311 The Calm Lake (51)

The students were coming over one after another after school and had started looking for food. This was the busiest time for the shop.

Because of the hot weather, the shop has added a lot of cold dishes and also cooked various kinds of porridge. Since preparing these cold dishes too early will affect the taste, Xu Chaoyan and the others start preparing them about 15 minutes in advance.

Meng Jiuxia was placing the ceramic pots one by one on the table. They would boil a large pot of water, brew honeysuckle or various kinds of tea, let it cool, and then put it in the ceramic pots for the students to take for free.

Seeing her older brother walk over with his hands behind his back, looking uneasy, and noticing that he was holding something, and noticing that his face was a little red, she casually asked, "Brother, what's wrong with your face?"

Meng Jiuhe reached out and touched his hand somewhat awkwardly, saying, "It's nothing, I must have accidentally eaten something yesterday?"

As Meng Jiuxia deftly put the pottery pot away, she asked suspiciously, "You haven't eaten anything special lately, have you?"

"By the way, where's your sister-in-law? Where is she?"

Meng Jiuxia also knew that the two were still in a cold war. His sister-in-law had been so busy these days that she had no time to pay attention to her brother.

She didn't want their relationship to continue like this, so she pointed directly to the kitchen: "Your sister-in-law is busy in there, why don't you go in and lend her a hand? She made a new dish today, so she's probably very busy right now. She doesn't have time to prepare food for you. Once I'm done with this, I'll bring your food over."

Meng Jiuxia usually prepares the meals for the three of them, and she always puts them on a small table before they get out of school. But today she was too busy and didn't have time to prepare them.

She hadn't expected her older brother to run so fast today. Just as she entered the room, she glanced outside twice: "Where are Brother Zhang and the others? Did something delay them?" But when she turned back, they were nowhere to be seen.

"Wife, are you busy?"

"If your eyesight isn't good, go see a doctor. What can I do if I'm not busy?" Xu Chaoyan said irritably.

Today she went to the butcher and bought a few pounds of pork with a good balance of fat and lean meat. She planned to make some garlic-flavored pork belly and serve it with some refreshing cucumber shreds, lettuce shreds, or radish shreds for a delicious side dish.

Because it was her first time making it, and her knife skills weren't very good, the slices of meat she cut were uneven. Just as she was about to give up and ask her older sister to do it, this person walked right into the line of fire.

"I heard from my younger sister that you're still busy. Is there anything I can help you with? I'm leaving a little early today."

Xu Chaoyan had just glanced at Meng Jiuhe and noticed that his face was slightly flushed. She assumed he was just sunburned, but she still asked him anyway.

What happened to your face? Did you get a sunburn?

Meng Jiu was overjoyed that his wife still cared about him so much, and quickly stepped forward a few steps: "My wife, I have something to give you."

Xu Chaoyan sighed inwardly, thinking that this straight man had finally realized he should send her something to apologize. What had he been doing all this time? Considering his good behavior over the past month, she decided to give him a way out, after all, men still have pride.

When Xu Chaoyan received the small box, she looked expectant. But after opening it and finding out what was inside, her expression changed.

"Meng Jiu, what do you mean by this? You deliberately gave me rouge, knowing full well that I can't wear these on my face. Are you making a veiled attack or insulting my intelligence?"

Meng Jiuhe waved his hands repeatedly and explained, "Wife, you really misunderstood me. I absolutely didn't mean anything by it. I just thought it looked nice, so I bought it for you. Even if we can't use it, it's fine to just look at it. Besides, it's lip rouge, so you can use a little bit every day."

He tried to find excuses for himself, blaming Shen Siheng for the bad idea he gave him yesterday. The two of them didn't even continue studying yesterday, instead they were looking for lip rouge and applying face cream.

Shen Siheng even patted his chest and assured him that giving this bag would surely make his sister-in-law happy, and maybe she would forgive his older brother for always trying to please his sister-in-law.

Xu Chaoyan then realized that this was not rouge at all, but rather a type of lip rouge used by women. It was strange that since she came here, she had never paid attention to these things, but as soon as she saw that color, she couldn't help but frown, which was really giving her a headache. If you call him a straight man, he really is a straight man of steel.

She scooped some out with her finger and smeared it on the back of his hand: "Do you think this color suits me? It looks like a gaping maw. Am I going to eat children if I smear it on? Maybe it can even stop him from crying at night."

Meng Jiuhe was amused by his words and quickly tried to salvage the situation: "Wife, you look good in any color. It's not a blood-red mouth at all. Look how vibrant this color is. After applying it, your complexion looks much better."

Xu Chaoyan cursed inwardly: Is he trying to poison me? Does he hope I die soon and be reborn? Oh well, considering he gave me a gift and apologized, I'll forgive him for now.

Xu Chaoyan handed him a plate of garlic-flavored pork belly: "Have they come out yet? You two should go and try this, it's a new dish I made today. By the way, did you buy anything for my little sister? You need to treat her fairly. And most importantly, don't buy such a bright red color in the future, I really don't want to scare people when I go out."

Meng Jiuhe took the plate and his fingers lightly touched Xu Chaoyan's. He instantly felt his fingers burning hot and his face turned red.

"My wife, you've forgiven me, haven't you? I promise that kind of thing will never happen again. The reason I went without telling you was because I didn't want you to misunderstand. Last time, Zhang's father and the others said they knew where my parents were, so I rushed off. It was my fault for not thinking things through."

Xu Chaoyan then realized the purpose of his visit to the Zhang family. She sighed slightly before speaking, "If you want to do something in the future, just tell me directly. Don't go behind my back. You know there's always gossip around a widow's house. You're going to take the imperial examinations in the future. Don't get yourself into trouble. I may be a bit blunt, but it's all for your own good."

Meng Jiu was overjoyed that his wife had finally forgiven him, but he didn't show it too much on his face. Suppressing his excitement, he said gently, "Wife, you go ahead with your work, I'll go out now. I will definitely work hard to give you a good life in the future. Tell me what color you like and I will buy it for you. This time it's all Shen Siheng's fault, he lied to me."

Suddenly realizing he had let something slip, he quickly shut up, picked up the plate, and hurried out.

Xu Chaoyan knew that this kind of thing must have come from someone else; he, a straight man of steel, would never have thought of such a trick.

Shen Siheng's eyes lit up when he saw the plate of garlic-flavored pork belly: "Brother Meng, you know me so well! How did you know that it's been so hot lately and I haven't had much of an appetite? This dish looks so appetizing. It's true what they say, good wives are always someone else's. Your wife is so capable. Can you ask her if she has any sisters or anything like that?"

Meng Jiuhe looked at him with a somewhat malicious smile: "I do have a younger sister. If you don't mind, you can wait two more years. But compared to my wife, she's worlds apart. If you want to marry her and make her your ancestor, I don't mind playing matchmaker for you. It wouldn't be bad if we became brothers-in-law."

Zhang Xuyang was secretly pleased with himself. He had heard Xia Xia talk about Xu Chaoyan's family before. If Shen Siheng really got involved with that woman, their Shen family would probably be in chaos.

"By the way, Jiuhe, are you confident about this mini-test? Before, you didn't know much since you just arrived here. You should prepare well this time. I heard that each pavilion will select a few people for the dragon boat race, and you have to train them every day, which is a bit of a waste of time."

Meng Jiuhe handed out the soup bowls to them: "Let nature take its course. It's no big deal to participate once; just treat it as a chance to relax."

"Our Qingsong Pavilion is full of cricket fighting enthusiasts. We're used to losing to Mingyue Academy every year. But you two won't be chosen, will you? Xianya Pavilion is full of bookworms who are as weak as chickens. They have to recuperate for several days every time they come back. You two won't be that unlucky, will you?"

Zhang Xuyang rolled his eyes at him: "There are only a few people, and two of them have injured their legs. We two definitely can't escape."

Meng Jiuhe offered them some words of comfort: "Let nature take its course. Think about it, dragon boat racing is a kind of fun too."

With about three days left until the exam, an uninvited guest broke the peace in the shop.