novelhk Chapter 39 Spicy Crayfish with Herbal Tea
Chapter 39 Spicy Crayfish with Herbal Tea
Jiang Yuwei smiled and glanced at the man and said:
"Everyone just eat. If you really get an upset stomach, you won't be able to work this afternoon. I'll still pay you for today's work. You've been busy all morning, so hurry up and try some."
Jiang Yuwei then picked up a crayfish from the table and demonstrated to everyone how to peel the skin and eat the meat. Seeing her look of satisfaction while eating and hearing her say that she would still get paid even if she got an upset stomach, a few brave men started to peel the skin and eat the shrimps in the same way as Jiang Yuwei.
"Ah, so spicy!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei hurriedly scooped a bowl of herbal tea and handed it to him. The man felt very spicy, so he took the herbal tea and drank it in one gulp.
He let out a long sigh and said:
"It's so delicious. I've never eaten anything so delicious. And what's the name of this sweet and cool thing?"
Jiang Yuwei explained with a smile:
"This is herbal tea. It tastes best when paired with spicy crayfish."
Xu Qianqian stretched her neck to take a look at Jiang Yuwei's basin, then turned her head away with a look of disgust:
"Humph, I thought it was something good. This green stuff is really drinkable. Don't treat these folks as fools. How can something that makes you sick just by looking at it taste good?"
After saying that, Xu Qianqian turned to look at Ning Huaizhi with a distressed look on her face:
"Brother Huaizhi, I really didn't know you had such a hard life. Aunt Chen was also confused. Why did she marry such an unreliable wife for you? It's really a waste of the bride price. If a woman like this came to our husband's village, no one would want her even if she was given away for free."
Ning Huaizhi couldn't help but frowned after hearing what Xu Qianqian said and said in a deep voice:
"Qianqian, don't say that about your sister-in-law. She's doing very well."
The man who had just tasted the crayfish was already addicted to it. He kept moving his hands and shouting:
"Big brother's wife, give me another bowl of herbal tea."
Jiang Yuwei had no intention of paying attention to Ning Huaizhi and Xu Qianqian at this time. She directly poured another bowl of herbal tea and handed it to the man.
The people next to him saw that the man was eating with great relish. Furthermore, they were very hungry after doing physical work for the whole morning, so they didn't care whether they would get an upset stomach and just learned how to peel shrimps like the man.
"Delicious, this... this is so delicious."
"My dear wife, can I bring some back to my wife? She can't cook such delicious food."
"This is so spicy that my mouth is numb, but the more I eat, the more I want to eat."
"I really didn't expect this thing to be so delicious."
Seeing that everyone was enjoying the food, Jiang Yuwei became even more confident about going to the market to sell spicy crayfish. While adding crayfish to the table, she was busy scooping cold tea for everyone. Seeing everyone sweating while eating, she was also very happy.
Ning Zhao and Ning Wan helped Jiang Yuwei deliver the cold tea, and in their spare time they peeled a few lobsters and stuffed them into their mouths. The two children were so spicy that their noses and tears were running, and their mouths were red from the spiciness, but they still kept praising:
"Mom, your cooking is so delicious."
"It's delicious. Wan'er loves it."
Seeing that the two children kept eating despite the spicy food, Jiang Yuwei stepped forward to stop them, wiped their snot and tears with a handkerchief, and gave them some cold tea:
"Don't eat too much, you two kids. Don't let the spiciness make you unable to poop. Okay, just eat a few to satisfy your cravings. Don't eat too much."
Ning Huaizhi saw everyone eating so happily, and watched Jiang Yuwei helping the two children wipe their noses, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Now he couldn't wait to pick up a lobster to try it.
But just after peeling the skin, Xu Qianqian slapped it away:
"Brother Huaizhi, please don't eat. You are still injured now. If you get an upset stomach, it will only make things worse."
Ning Huaizhi felt distressed when he saw the crayfish meat that was slapped to the ground by Xu Qianqian. This was food made by his own wife, and it was wasted like this:
"Qianqian, if you don't want to eat the food your sister-in-law cooked, you can go back first."
After Ning Huaizhi said this in a cold voice, he pushed his wheelchair to the table and started eating with his fellow villagers.
Seeing that her actions just now seemed to have angered Ning Huaizhi, Xu Qianqian restrained herself a little, walked directly to Ning Huaizhi and sat down, smiling and said:
"Brother Huaizhi, I was in a hurry just now. Let me help you peel the shrimp."
Ning Huaizhi ate crayfish and said without raising his head:
"No need, my legs are just crippled, my hands are still good."
Xu Qianqian smiled awkwardly after hearing this, and seeing that everyone was enjoying the food, she couldn't help but pick up a peeled one and put it in her mouth. Unexpectedly, she was amazed by just one bite.
I didn't expect that although Jiang Yuwei's figure is not as good as mine, her cooking skills are pretty good. No wonder my mother said that she can make money. She also took Ning Qiu to the market to sell food and paid Ning Qiu for her work. Humph, what's so great about that.
As Xu Qianqian was thinking this, her hands kept moving. She stuffed lobsters into her mouth one after another. She was breathing heavily from the spiciness while drinking herbal tea. They were simply delicious.
After eating and drinking, Xu Qianqian seemed to understand why Jiang Yuwei could go to the market to make money. If she could take her to the market to sell goods and give herself some wages every day, then her life at her mother's home would certainly be better. Otherwise, it would be really uncomfortable to live by looking at her brother and sister-in-law's faces all day long.
Thinking of this, Xu Qianqian hurriedly got up to help Jiang Yuwei clean up the dishes, and then rushed to help Jiang Yuwei wash the dishes.
Seeing her helping her with the work so diligently, Jiang Yuwei felt a little confused, but when she thought about how she had eaten so many of her lobsters for nothing today, she didn't think much about it and just threw all the dishes and chopsticks to her to wash.
Just when Xu Qianqian was about to say a few nice words to Jiang Yuwei, she saw Jiang Yuwei leaving her and a pile of dishes and walking into the house with a cold face. Then she thought about how she had just bullied her in public, and she knew that Jiang Yuwei would definitely not give her a good look.
While Xu Qianqian was washing the dishes in a depressed mood, she was thinking about how to get Jiang Yuwei to take her to the market.
Ning Huaizhi saw that Xu Qianqian was willing to help his wife with work, and he thought that she was not a bad person, otherwise she would not have taken the initiative to bring him biscuits so many times when they were young. Thinking of his cold attitude towards Xu Qianqian just now, he felt a little guilty:
"Qianqian, thank you for coming to help. Take a break if you are tired."
Xu Qianqian was worried, and suddenly she saw Ning Huaizhi's tone of voice becoming gentler, so she smiled at him and said:
"Brother Huaizhi, I'm not tired. I'll do more and let my sister-in-law rest for a while."
Ning Huaizhi nodded to Xu Qianqian with satisfaction:
"Qianqian, I know you have been kind-hearted since you were young. Thank you very much today."
Seeing that this was a possibility, Xu Qianqian smiled and said:
"Brother Huaizhi, this little work is nothing. I have now moved to my mother's home. My brothers and sisters-in-law don't like me. I can only work non-stop to prove to them that I am not a freeloader. However, as a weak woman, I can't do as much as a man after all."