Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 309 I Feel Like I Was Beaten
What side dishes and condiments should be added and when should they be added?

What are some taboos about vegetables, fish and meat?

I talked about cooking techniques in a simple and easy-to-understand way, which made my mother-in-law suddenly enlightened.

Everyone had almost finished their lunch, and the only thing left was a fish head. Tiedan suddenly asked:

"Brother-in-law! Do you suck the fish head?"

Zhang Kaiwu looked at him and said with a smile:

"No need to bother! Be careful with the fish bones!"

Tiedan's face lit up with joy.

Tong Ling grabbed Tiedan with her backhand, pulled the large plate of fish in front of her, and started sucking the fish head.

Tiedan shouted anxiously:

"Half for each of us! I like fish heads the most. My brother-in-law just said that the fish heads are for me."

Tong Ling sucked the fish head and said with a smile:
"Be good! My husband is telling you to be careful with fish bones! After I suck the fish head, all the bones will be yours!"

Tiedan was so anxious that his eyes were filled with tears, he wanted to say that you were just a gift for nothing!

It’s a pity that Tiedan didn’t dare to speak!

Several people stared at Tong Ling, but she finished the fish head in a few bites, patted her belly and pushed the plate to Tiedan!

He ran to Zhang Kaiwu and shouted:

"Brother Kaiwu! Let's go take a break. We ate so much today!"

Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her belly with a smile and said:
"Look at your small belly. Don't overeat. Be more considerate of Tiedan in the future. If you want to eat fish head, I'll make it for you tonight."

Tong Ling smiled and took his arm and said:
"Okay! I like to eat fish heads too. I'll let him do that next time. Let's go take a nap!"

The father-in-law said quickly:
"Kaiwu! Why don't we go into the shop to have some tea and talk about medicine!?"

The mother-in-law glared at the father-in-law and said, "How can there be someone like you! ?
The climate here is hot and the afternoons are long, so we need to take a break after lunch.

Facing his father-in-law's earnest gaze, Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:

"Father-in-law! Let's talk later. I'm a little sleepy, so I'll take a nap."

The key is that the sisters' eyes are very attentive. They all want to chat with me and they all want to get to know me.

Several people walked into the room. Tongling and Yinling walked in front and saw them enter behind the curtain.

Zhang Kaiwu pulled Jin Ling behind him and gave her a kiss secretly behind the curtain. He played with two big walnuts and said:

"Sister Jin Ling! You have a great figure!"

Jin Ling was stunned for a moment, as dumbfounded as a wooden chicken. It took her a while to learn how to do it. She blushed and gave him a gentle kiss back, then lowered her head and pulled him inside.

Seeing him coming in, Tong Ling said quickly:
"Brother Kaiwu! I want to take a nap with you too. Tell me more about your childhood."

Jin Ling said quickly:

"Tong Ling is taking a nap! Let Brother Wu take a good rest and we can chat in the evening!"

Zhang Kaiwu hugged Jin Ling and lay down, saying:
"It's okay! We can just chat. Tell me your stories. I'm tired of talking today."

"I don't even know my mother-in-law's name, nor my grandfather's name! I only know my father-in-law's name is Guo Jianzhi."

Tong Ling said with a smile:

"My mom's name is Ning Ping! My grandpa's name is Guo Dejing! I don't want to sleep with Yin Ling. Anyway, the bed is so big, I want to go over and take a nap with them."

Zhang Kaiwu pulled Jin Ling sideways and said with a smile:

"Okay! The bed is big enough anyway, come over here, we can sleep sideways and chat."

Tong Ling ran over with a smile, squeezed into his arms and lay down, and Zhang Kaiwu rubbed the two little walnuts.

Maybe the walnut was too small, so she buried her head timidly.

Yinling also ran over and lay down. Zhang Kaiwu also rubbed the two little walnuts secretly out of prudence and watched Yinling staring at him in a daze with her blushing face.

She looked so adorable that Zhang Kaiwu's heart was burning with joy. He pulled her over and gave her a kiss.

Sister Tong Ling saw this and quickly separated him from her. She looked at him angrily and said it was unfair. Zhang Kaiwu smiled and gave her a kiss, and she was so embarrassed that she hid again.

Don't worry! Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Sister Tongling! Tell me what's going on at home."

Yinling and Tongling were lying next to him, introducing themselves to him one by one, telling him some boring stories about their family, and soon they yawned and fell asleep.

Zhang Kaiwu also knew the reason. They all got up early in the morning, sorted medicinal materials and memorized medical books, and his brother-in-law was the same.

Zhang Kaiwu turned around and hugged Jin Ling, playing with the two big walnuts and looking at her beautiful figure.

Jin Ling couldn't help but hum, and with a blushing face, she pressed down his hands in front and behind.

She whispered softly in his ear:

"Can we touch them at night? They're all waiting nearby and might see us. I'm embarrassed."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and whispered:
"What's there to be embarrassed about? I'm not touching you alone. You are all my wives, and we are all family. Kiss me first, and if you are satisfied, I will wait until the evening."

Jin Ling gave him a shy kiss and pinched him gently.

Gently said:

"Brother Kaiwu! You should take a nap! It gets dark here at 8-9pm, and the afternoon is very long."

"Mom will wake up later and call us. It's rude of us to be asleep. You can do whatever you want to do at night. I'll leave my life to you."

Ok!

This girl is so gentle. I guess she learned from her mother-in-law.

Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her and said:

"Okay, go to sleep! I'll see if you can do it tonight!"

Jin Ling gave him a kiss, lay down happily next to him, hugged him and smiled silly, and fell asleep in a moment.

………………

Zhang Kaiwu couldn't take a nap because his mental strength was too strong, so he got up after a while.

He sat by the window, lit a cigarette, and flipped through a few medical books on the table, including an elementary school book.

These are all very old books and may be considered antiques. Overseas Chinese may rely on these things to pass on their family knowledge.

After a while, the mother-in-law also appeared in the yard. She stood in the corridor and looked curiously at the curtain through the window, but she didn't expect to see Zhang Kaiwu sitting next to the window.

Ha ha ha ha ha!
My mother-in-law came to check on the work!

It seems that my mother-in-law also has a childlike interest. Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Mom! How come you got up so suddenly? Come in and sit down and chat with me."

The mother-in-law came in with a smile, sat next to me and asked openly:
"Kaiwu! Why don't you take a nap? Are Tongling and the others too noisy?"

He hugged his mother-in-law and said with a smile:

"They weren't noisy. I don't have the habit of taking a nap, so I woke up when they fell asleep. Mom! You have such a great figure. My father-in-law is so lucky."

The mother-in-law looked a little uncomfortable being alone with him. She rubbed his head, stood up, took his hand and said:
"You kid! Keep your hands down. You like to talk nonsense. I'm already old enough! If you don't want to take a nap, come with me to the pharmacy in front and play. I'll make you some tea."

Zhang Kaiwu hugged her, lowered his head and kissed her on the cheek, saying:
"I just touched it accidentally. It's all because you're so pretty. That hand was disobedient. You're my mother, so what are you afraid of?"

"You can touch me if I want to, and kiss me if I want to! I want to be breastfed even if I'm angry!"

The beautiful mother-in-law pinched him hard, wiped his face, pulled him and said with a smile:
“唉！你这个坏小子！竟然还想要找老娘吃奶！口花花的小心我揍死你，一个女儿也不嫁给你！”

She pulled Zhang Kaiwu out...

Ha ha ha ha ha!
…………

Grandpa was probably still taking a nap, and my father-in-law was still looking at medical books in the pharmacy. When he saw them coming out, he quickly said:
"Kaiwu! I just had another question. I have a patient like this..."

The mother-in-law took Zhang Kaiwu to sit down at the table and made him some tea.

Zhang Kaiwu casually explained the problem of his father-in-law, and with a cigarette in his mouth, he pulled his mother-in-law to sit down and chat and laugh, and listened to his mother-in-law talk about the embarrassing things that happened to the girls.

The old father-in-law thought about his explanation of the question for a long time, and then he patted his head and suddenly realized it, and was about to ask the next question. Seeing his silly look, the mother-in-law hurriedly said:

"Jianzhi! Let Kaiwu watch over the medicine store for you. The few vegetables you bought for lunch are not enough. Go buy some more for dinner!"

"Let Kaiwu have a good rest, talk to him about his parents, and care about him, isn't it good? Are you studying?"

Zhang Kaiwu said quickly:
"It's okay! We'll have plenty of time to chat in the future. If you have any questions, just ask, father-in-law. Buy a bigger grouper later and I'll make some fish head and fish bone soup tonight."

"I'll make some fish porridge and braised fish fillet."

Live by the sea, eat the sea. The fishery resources here are abundant. The meat is more expensive, and those fish are really worthless.

Currently there are no various industries for deep processing of fisheries, and no ice storage facilities.

The fish are caught by small fishing boats on the same day and have to be sold or consumed on the same day, otherwise they will go bad.

What is lacking here is not fish, but people who have the money to eat fish.

The old father-in-law looked at his mother-in-law's face and ran to buy groceries reluctantly.

Zhang Kaiwu continued to chat and laugh with his mother-in-law Ning Ping, talking about his past in Peking and his life in the castle in London.

Talk about the customs and social practices there, and take them there to play when I have time.

Then he told stories about the Indians, their customs of marrying off daughters, and how smelly their airports were.

The mother-in-law smiled enviously and said:

"We have quite a few Indians here, and I know their habits. I've heard that London is next to the Netherlands. How could you have been to such a far place?"

"You have so much experience. In winter there is snow half a person deep in your place! I have never seen snow, and I dare not even go to the beach here. The society is too turbulent, and I have always lived in this neighborhood."

"This is the busiest place in Jakarta, and it's also a street near the pier, where many foreign merchants do spice business."

"We have never even ridden in a car, let alone an airplane. Even though the children are so close to the sea, they have never seen it."

"Alas! I feel sorry for them. My family doesn't dare to let them go out, for fear that they will be captured by bad guys."

Zhang Kaiwu immediately hugged his mother-in-law and said with a smile:
"Wait until my men come over. I'll have someone take you to the beach to have some fun for a few days. I'll have machine guns to back you up. Let's see who dares to cause trouble!"

"I will buy you a car right away, and I will teach you how to drive and take you on an airplane trip."

The mother-in-law pinched his cheek and said with a smile:
"You still want to use machine guns to suppress the enemy? In fact, there is a capable Chinese man named Mr. Lin who lives near the dock. However, he regards the Chinese as business competitors. He also tries his best to suppress the Chinese, so that the Chinese dare not go to the dock. If he is willing to come forward to protect everyone, the public security in Jakarta will be much better."

"Chinese people may seem rich, but in fact, it is not easy. You are a person who can do big things. When you do business here in the future, try to help everyone as much as possible."

The mother-in-law is actually an understanding person. Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Although Mr. Lin has a bad character and is an unforgivable criminal, I don't like the way he behaves."

"But he's not wrong! How could those monkeys threaten his business? Only smart Chinese people can threaten his position!"

"If the Chinese want to rise, they still have to work together, reduce internal fighting and unite against external forces. To rely on an individual or a family to improve their status is no different from seeking death."

"It's like every founding emperor is a wise ruler, otherwise he wouldn't be able to successfully establish a country. But over time, the successors will slowly become corrupt."

"The selection of candidates for the Emperor is so strict, let alone a mere family!?"

"I will definitely give everyone a chance to guide them, but it's up to them to make their own choices."

The mother-in-law hugged him and said with a smile:

"You are a smart and kind-hearted child! Those girls are blessed, but you should beat them when they deserve it and scold them when they deserve it!"

"Especially Tong Ling, she doesn't like needlework, nor does she like studying medicine, and she is very naughty!"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"It's okay! Being naughty for a while is not a big deal, it makes the house more lively. There are so many maids, why do we need them to do these things!"

The mother-in-law made him some tea and said:
"You are also a naughty child. It may be because you have been without a mother since childhood and have suffered a lot. But Tongling is different. She has never suffered since childhood."

How could people of this era not have suffered? It’s just that everyone regards eating coarse food as a blessing.

The suffering we talk about in this age is truly unimaginable.

Zhang Kaiwu hugged his mother-in-law and said with a smile:

"I just don't remember much about my childhood, but I think I was beaten. All the children in our village were beaten."

The mother-in-law pinched his face, looked at his features carefully, kissed his forehead, and said seriously:
"You are such a pretty child, your mother will definitely not be willing to hit you!"

………………

We chatted for a short while and it was a happy time.

Zhang Kaiwu looked at his father-in-law in surprise. He came back breathlessly carrying a large grouper weighing more than ten kilograms, accompanied by two men.

The father-in-law smiled and said:

"Ning Ping! So-and-so and So-and-so saw me buying vegetables just now and gave me two bunches of greens. They were afraid that I would be tired, so they specially sent them over."

It turned out that the two ragged men who came in with the father-in-law were holding two bunches of green vegetables in their hands, which were to thank the father-in-law for saving their lives.

They came here with the intention of expressing gratitude, but they would secretly glance at their mother-in-law from time to time when no one was paying attention.

I'm so grateful, can't you pay me back?
The beautiful mother-in-law keenly sensed the malice in their eyes and didn't want to see their disgusting looks. She went back to the yard behind the medicine shop with a gloomy face, full of anger towards her father-in-law.

If they give you a bunch of vegetables, do you need to go to their home?
The simplest thing! If I really want to help you, can't I help you carry the fish and let you carry the vegetables yourself! ?
The good mood I was in while chatting and laughing with Zhang Kaiwu just now disappeared in an instant.

...............

This father-in-law is really a bit stupid!
Just like what my mother-in-law said, I don’t understand the ways of the world and can’t tell good from bad.

How much are two handfuls of greens?

Don’t these two people want to come visit their mother-in-law and have a meal?
Zhang Kaiwu took the vegetables from their hands and stopped them from going to the backyard.

He said rudely:
"You guys should leave quickly! We have relatives and distinguished guests at home today, so it's not convenient to receive outsiders."

The two men were furious, but they held back and said:

"Forget it then! Doctor Guo, we'll go back first and come back to thank you another day!"

"So there are relatives and guests here! It's really inconvenient for us poor people."

Zhang Kaiwu looked at their weird expressions with interest and memorized their characteristics.

The father-in-law was just about to say a few polite words to invite the guest to stay for dinner, but he noticed that Zhang Kaiwu was staring at him with an unhappy face, and realized that this might really be inappropriate.

I finally managed to hold back those words!

Seeing there was no hope of having a meal, the two men left reluctantly.

These two people are the main murderers. If they get the chance, they will lead others to commit heinous crimes.

Watching the two men leave reluctantly, he was so angry thinking about these trivial things.

After a few days they won't be able to jump anymore, but that will still take a few days. Besides, it's not their own doing, so it won't be that satisfying.

Is justice delayed still justice?

Justice is not late, but it can be early! Justice in advance is justice!

When Zhang Kaiwu debated with others about why justice was late, he lost.

A little girl reminded:

"Why is justice always late? It's because we can't hide it any longer!"

A simple sentence.

But this sentence gave him a great shock and had a profound impact on his character.

Zhang Kaiwu is now a person capable of upholding justice. When it comes to revenge, he is an impatient person and doesn't want to wait even a minute.

While rushing to pick up the garbage, he said to his father-in-law:
"I went out to do some shopping and came back in a moment."

The father-in-law said quickly:
"Kaiwu! You are unfamiliar with the place. Do you want me to go with you?"

Zhang Kaiwu said:
"No need! You can still see patients in the pharmacy. I know the way. It's right on the street."

(End of this chapter)