70: Raising a wife, the whole village is inhaling the aroma of stewed meat.

A mess, and

Four pheasants were left behind! They lay there motionless, absolutely terrifying.

One dart hit two chickens in a row!

Zhou Qingwen excitedly went forward to check and, incidentally, bled the pheasant.

This is great! We'll have pheasants to eat now.

We'll send a pheasant to Yu Yalan's family in the cowshed for dinner.

After Zhou Qingwen bled all four pheasants, he tied them together with a rope and carried them down the mountain.

When they arrived in the village, many people saw him and smiled with envy: "Qingwen, you caught another pheasant?"

"Yes, Uncle Tian."

Zhou Qingwen didn't make too much of a scene with the Tian family, after all, Uncle Tian had also spoken up. Tian Xiaona had only insulted Yu Yalan because she listened to Luo Xiuqin, and Luo Xiuqin was truly despicable.

She used to do such things behind the scenes, but recently Luo Xiuqin has become much more well-behaved.

He stopped secretly coming to chat with Tian Xiaona.

We used to chat for half an hour every day.

Now, Tian Xiaona has also asked Uncle Tian to analyze the situation and explain the reasoning.

Tian Xiaona has become much more well-behaved.

Although Yu Yalan said she wouldn't hold it against her anymore, there was still a slight rift between them.

Because several women there heard it.

If Yu Yalan can chat and laugh with Tian Xiaona as if nothing is wrong,

That's strange!

Therefore, Yu Yalan rarely spoke to Tian Xiaona. The two of them were each doing their own thing and didn't talk to each other like before.

Yu Yalan didn't think she had such a good temper that she could easily forget those insults.

Tian Xiaona was also a little embarrassed, so she didn't dare to speak to the other person.

Yu Yalan didn't tell Zhou Qingwen that she kept dreaming about her family members being dragged away for public criticism.

So, I was always startled in the middle of the night.

Zhou Qingwen had already gone hunting in the mountains at that time, so he naturally didn't know that Yu Yalan cared a lot about those words that called her a "black five categories" and a "stinking old ninth category".

Although the Yu family members were capitalists who were sent down to the countryside, they themselves did not commit any major mistakes.

If there are too many mistakes, then he probably won't be sent down to this area of ​​Henan, but rather to a more distant and desolate place.

When Zhou Qingwen returned from the mountain, he poured out all the boiling water in the kitchen, scalded the four chickens one by one, removed their feathers, gutted them, and cleaned up their offal.

He placed the whole, cleaned chicken in a large bowl, intending to have Yu Yalan deliver the chicken to the cowshed with him that evening.

Since there are quite a few people in my family, I'll be stir-frying two chickens and stewing them with some mushrooms and potatoes for dinner tonight.

The chicken should be stir-fried until fragrant before adding water to stew.

The other chicken will be kept to make chicken soup tomorrow.

Chicken soup noodles make a delicious meal.

When Yu Yalan returned, Zhou Qingwen had already chopped up several chickens and put them in bowls and basins.

"Wife, we'll stew these two chickens with potatoes and mushrooms tonight. Shall we take this one to the cowshed?"

"You go deliver it. I'm cooking at home, so I won't go over today."

Yu Yalan was afraid that if she went back to the cowshed, she couldn't help but cry, which would worry her parents.

"Honey, are you still angry about Tian Xiaona?"

"No, I was a little uncomfortable, but Tian Xiaona blamed Luo Xiuqin for it. However, she must have thought the same thing about me, which is why she scolded me like that that day."

"Yes, wife, I didn't ask you to forgive her. I also scolded Tian Xiaona. When we divide the wild boar meat later, we won't give any to the Tian family!"

Zhou Qingwen said reassuringly, looking very serious.

"Are you really not going to give the Tian family any wild boar meat? Won't Tian Xiaona get whipped by her father then?"

"Hehe, I just wanted to teach Tian Xiaona a lesson so she'd remember it! Honey, let's go, let's deliver the chicken."

"Okay, I'll cover the chicken in the pot with the lid before I go."

"Hey, why is there a pot of chicken here?"

"This chicken and its giblets are for making a pot of chicken soup tomorrow, so we can have chicken soup noodles."

"How many pheasants did you hunt?"

"Four!"

Zhou Qingwen's confident and sunny smile momentarily dazzled Yu Yalan.

"Okay, then I don't need to prepare any meat or vegetables tomorrow."

"Okay, let's go. We'll come back to cook later, is that enough time?"

"There's enough time, I can cook very quickly."

Afterwards, Zhou Qingwen and his wife hurriedly went to the cowshed, put the chicken in the kitchen, sealed it tightly, and left.

The people from the cowshed haven't returned yet; only my sister-in-law is at home alone.

The sister-in-law was extremely grateful when she saw there was a pheasant.

They said they would cook chicken soup for dinner, and everyone would have a bowl.

Zhou Qingwen and Yu Yalan then took their leave.

Back at Zhou Qingwen's house, Yu Yalan stir-fried chicken, added chopped potatoes, a piece of scallion and ginger, and a few pieces of shiitake mushrooms.

Next, stick the cornbread to the side of the pan, and it will cook together in a while.

Zhou Qingwen was sharpening darts in the courtyard, planning to go and catch a few more.

Two of the darts were worn down so much that they were slightly bald.

These two darts will have to be put away; they can only be used as practice for Zhou Jinfeng.

Zhou Qingwen took out a dart that had hardly ever been used, wrapped it in a cloth, and prepared to go to the blacksmith shop tomorrow to ask about it.

Zhou Qingwen began maintaining the hunting rifle again, and after completing the maintenance...

Yu Yalan called out, "Qingwen, go fetch some water to take a bath. We'll have dinner after Mom and Dad come back."

"OK."

After hanging the hunting rifle on the wall inside the house, Zhou Qingwen came out.

Yu Yalan had already filled a bucket with hot water: "Honey, why don't we shower together?"

"Stop it! How embarrassing!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Yalan blushed deeply, turned away, and walked out of the kitchen.

Zhou Qingwen was left with a sly smile. This wife was too shy. He would guide her step by step after they had their own house.

Zhou Qingwen looked around and saw that there was a vacant lot outside their house. If they could apply for it and use it as their homestead, that would be quite good.

It's also close to my parents' house.

Moreover, if he moves out, his two older brothers can take his two rooms, so that his two older brothers won't need to build new houses for the time being.

They built the house on their own merits?

That would be very difficult.

They were given money for the first ginseng they dug, but they couldn't afford to build a house.

Although building a house only costs a little over 700 yuan in those days, it still takes a long time for an ordinary family to save up that amount of money.

You can't borrow it.

Of course, it is said that 700 yuan can build a house, but providing the workers with one meal a day is also a considerable expense.

Therefore, money that cannot be seen is also a cost.

You have to understand that when workers arrive, there are usually several of them, and their daily food and drink expenses really put the builders' resources to the test.

Both Zhou Qinghe and Zhou Qingshan plan to continue living in their parents' house.

Zhou Qingwen wanted to get the land next to his parents' house with Yu Yalan to build a house.

This idea was something Zhou Qingwen had tried to do with Yu Yalan several times, but Yu Yalan always stopped him with the excuse that she was afraid of disturbing her family.

I absolutely disagree!

Let him