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

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When Qin Huairu entered the house in her backyard, she saw two exquisite snack boxes and a large bag of children's crispy candies on the table.

Inside the bedroom.

The young lady's boudoir was clean and tidy, and the kang was covered with brand new cotton quilt.

It’s not the thatched kang of the past.

They are all brand new genuine cotton quilts and satin quilt covers with patterns of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

A simple red wedding character was pasted on the door.

A little festive but not ostentatious.

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The young lady of the Zhou family took out two fragrant wedding cakes from the exquisite snack box for Qin Huairu.

Stuffed it in her hand.

He said, "Sister! You eat some snacks and candies here. I'll go to the door and wait for Kaiwu."

Qin Huairu said hurriedly: "Sister, I will go and help light the fire and boil some water to prepare."

The young lady from the Zhou family said with a smile: "No hurry, we still have to wait for Kaiwu to bring food to cook, sister, you sit for a while."

Watching her run out in a hurry and wait for Zhang Kaiwu at the door.

Qin Huairu pinched the delicious snacks and looked at the beautiful decorations in the house.

Look at the big bag of children's crispy candies on the table. You can eat as much as you want.

She didn’t know why she was so hungry. She looked at the wedding cake in her hand but just couldn’t eat it!
There were a lot of sweet children's candies, but I had no desire to eat them.

Brother Kaiwu married a wife in Beiping City, but she had never seen her.

No feelings yet.

Qin Huairu felt jealous and uncomfortable as he saw the man taking a concubine right under her nose.

She ran over and touched the soft and comfortable cotton bed and quilt. She herself slept on a thatched bed.

I went to look at the wardrobe of the young lady from the Zhou family again.

She doesn't even know what those toiletries on the dressing table are!

Even more sour!
Qin Huairu barely finished a delicious pancake and couldn't eat anymore.

Sweet and sour!

She put another one back in the snack box.

Looking at the pattern depicted on the snack box, a woman is playing with several children.

In particular, there was a box of Beijing Eight Snacks, which the young lady from the Zhou family had not yet opened.

The red string on the snack box is so eye-catching, isn’t it the red hair string that Zhang Kaiwu brought back?!

No wonder when she asked Brother Kaiwu where he bought the red hairband, he just smiled and didn't tell her where.

It turned out that the red hairband she was obsessed with was just a packing string used in the city.

Brother Kaiwu didn't say anything because he was afraid that she would lose face.

Qin Huairu sat there in a daze...

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What kind of experienced person is Qin's mother? She has rich life experience!
A girl is better than her mother. Can Qin Huairu's tricks outsmart her?!

You are laughing so heartlessly, I can't persuade you.

I kicked her out of the house so early in the morning that I had to send you to have a good look at her.

Look at the happy life of the young lady from the Zhou family, and then look at yourself.

I can't even get a bowl of wild vegetable porridge!
Give her a good thump...

Reflect, reflect!

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After a simple wash in the morning, Zhang Kaiwu prepared two baskets.

It contained twenty kilograms of flour, several kilograms of pork, and two jars of wine from the village chief's family.

After preparing some braised pork head, braised chicken and braised eggs, I pushed my bicycle out.

It took less than two minutes to walk.

Zhang Kaiwu has already pushed his bicycle to the young lady’s door. It’s too close!
The young lady from the Zhou family was radiant and came over with a smile and hugged him.

Said: "Kaiwu! Why are there so many things!?"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile: "My dear! It's just some food. Please don't let me fill my body. I can't lose my dignity at night."

Zhou Zhaodi hugged him with a smile and ignored his nonsense.

She is a female teacher, and has been taught a lot by the gossips in the village. She knows nothing!
He was very strong and he could lift the bicycle and push it over the threshold.

Qin Huairu heard the noise in front and ran out, and saw the young lady from the Zhou family hugging Zhang Kaiwu's arm affectionately.

It was even more amazing than when she saw the young lady’s boudoir decorations just now, and she felt even more jealous!
Looking at Zhang Kaiwu's smiling attitude towards the young lady, the sense of threat became even stronger!
She saw Zhang Kaiwu parked his bicycle and was unloading the two large baskets.

Qin Huairu came over with a worried look on her face and was just about to help move things.

Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her head and pinched her ears with a smile.

Touched her long braids.

Said: "Sister Huairu! Are you hungry?"

Qin Huairu suddenly felt much better.

It seems that Brother Kaiwu still likes her.

The big meat bun is in danger, but the steamed buns are probably still in danger...

She blushed quickly and responded to him with a sweet smile.

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He took the things out of the frame, and the two little women then placed them on the table.

Various braised eggs, braised pork head...

And a big piece of pork.

Two jars of wine were placed on the ground.

Qin Huairu felt better and began to mutter again:

"Brother Kaiwu! How can you treat us to a meal like this? It's all meat!"

"You have never eaten meat before. You will have diarrhea if you eat this..."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and pulled off two braised chicken legs, put one in each of their mouths, and blocked Qin Huairu's way from continuing to speak.

He smiled and said, "Eat something first to fill your stomach. It will take some time to distribute the steamed buns and cook."

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Zhou Zhaodi was gnawing on a chicken leg with a smile on her face, watching Zhang Kaiwu and Huairu interacting with each other knowing what was going on, without saying a word.

The young lady's good fortune has been accomplished, and she is filled with happiness.

She had long known that Zhang Kaiwu liked Qin Huairu, and just now in the bedroom, he used the same method as Qin's mother.

Hitting Qin Huairu...

Qin Huairu is different from others. She is a person who needs others to push her forward.

The young lady from the Zhou family had taught her in a private school for several years and knew Qin Huairu's character very well.

She was afraid that she couldn't have children, and for the sake of Zhang Kaiwu's expansion, how could she let Qin Huairu run away! ?

You can tell at first glance that she is a fertile person with a good appearance.

A woman with a nice butt and nice breasts will be able to give birth to a son.

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Qin Huairu was chewing on the braised chicken leg and muttering quietly, "I can't finish it! What a waste..."

Seeing her mumbling there, Zhang Kaiwu wondered if she had really done too much! ?
I looked at the braised meat on the table. Including the big piece of pork, it weighed about seven or eight pounds.

Plus two braised chickens weighing a little over four pounds and a dozen eggs.

He silently calculated, thirteen adults plus five or six children, should be about right! ?
What she meant was probably that the sisters-in-law were unlucky and their stomachs couldn’t handle it…

Before the three of them went to the kitchen, two more of Qin Huairu's sisters-in-law came to help.

He also brought a large basket, a large bowl, and a handful of green vegetables.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and stuffed a braised egg into each of their bags, then asked them to eat some braised meat first.

Seeing that Qin Huairu had finished eating the chicken leg and was looking at him eagerly.

He was very familiar with the jungler's gaze.

I burst out laughing!

He smiled and rubbed her head, saying, "Sister Huairu, take whatever you want to eat! Why are you being so polite to me?"

Qin Huairu blushed and tried the braised pig ears and then the braised pig head.

Zhang Kaiwu greeted Qin Huairu's sisters-in-law with a smile and said, "Sisters-in-law, don't just eat the braised eggs, eat something else too. It's still early for lunch."

"We are all family, why are you being polite to us?"

The two sisters-in-law smiled and kept being polite, talking and laughing.

Mother Qin was not wrong about Zhang Kaiwu.

Really generous!

Judging from the way he loves Huairu, this marriage is already settled.

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He lit a cigarette, got a large wooden basin, and began to knead the dough to ferment, practicing his cooking skills.

There were about twenty people eating, and Zhang Kaiwu mixed ten kilograms of flour, which was enough for everyone to eat.

He took care of it himself and did not expect Qin Huairu's sister-in-law to be the chef.

A person who has never eaten flour or meat.

In real life, if there is no seasoning or oil at home, how can you be a chef! ?
Usually we have a meal of wild vegetable porridge, and only when we need to do hard work do we have cornmeal steamed buns.

I'm not kidding, except for cornmeal steamed buns, they can't even steam steamed buns.

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Qin Huairu and the others began to wash and prepare, and a sister-in-law helped to cut the braised meat.

Looking at the big piece of pork, Zhang Kaiwu was thinking about how to cut it.

Originally, Zhang Kaiwu was planning to make some steamed pork with rice flour, but it was a bit greasy for them, so he decided to do it to avoid embarrassing them.

Then try something lighter.

Ask Zhou Zhaodi to wash some sauerkraut. If there is no vermicelli, just stew the sauerkraut with meat.

If there is too much meat, then make some eggplant stew, which will make it less greasy.

There is too much lean meat, so make a dish of stir-fried pork with chili peppers with pure lean meat.

Qin Huairu reminded him just now that people who don't have enough oil in their stomachs, it's not good for them to eat too much greasy food.

To make a fool of oneself.

When she heard that Zhang Kaiwu was going to prepare a stew of eggplant and meat, one of the sisters-in-law hurried to the field to get some eggplants. She also asked her sister-in-law to get some peppers to serve as a side dish for Zhang Kaiwu.

Zhang Kaiwu rolled up his sleeves and began to cut the meat in preparation.

The lean meat should be slightly marinated.

Prepare by cutting the meat into alternating pieces of fat and lean meat.

By the time the meat was cut, the dough had almost fermented due to the hot weather.

Without alkaline noodles, you can just make steamed buns with old dough.

Zhang Kaiwu kneaded the dough carefully, cut the noodles, and asked them to start steaming them. He steamed five baskets in one go.

More than a hundred big steamed buns.

Qin Huairu started working again, she was very enthusiastic...

From time to time, I would steal some braised pork head to eat.

Wait until the young lady from the Zhou family has washed and cut the vegetables.

The steamed buns in the pot have begun to emit a sweet and slightly sour aroma.

Authentic old-style steamed buns, slightly sour and slightly yellow!
Strong wheat aroma.

After the steamed buns are done.

He asked each of them to eat one and taste it.

Zhang Kaiwu asked Qin Huairu to ride a bicycle to call people because she was more familiar with the place, so he asked her to be the emcee.

Anyway, there are no outsiders here today, just a few of her own relatives!

He got two pots, fried the meat and sauerkraut until they were almost done, then built a fire nearby and hung the pots over them to stew.

Do the same with the eggplant stew...

By the time Qin Huairu came back after calling everyone, the two pots were gurgling with the rich aroma of stewed meat.

The stir-fried pork with peppers also exudes a spicy aroma.

Fry two more side dishes with oil.

Zhang Kaiwu’s cooking skills increased by another ten points, now forty-eight.

Fortunately, the villagers have all gone to the fields, otherwise they would be so upset when they smelled this smell!
There was no custom of inviting the whole village to dinner at that time, and some people would not even invite relatives.

Zhang Kaiwu would not invite irrelevant people.

They all want to eat up their own family and wipe out their own family.

Please ask for a yarn customer!
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The aroma of meat and steamed buns.

This attracted the children in the village who did not go to the fields to hang around the young lady's house.

About ten people, all of them ragged little fellows, came over due to the smell of meat.

They all drooled as they looked at the door of the young lady from the Zhou family.

Qin Huairu's brother and several children have arrived, and several children in her family are already guarding the gate tightly.

The child actually knew very well that this was a dinner invitation to his family, so he had to be careful!
If we let them run in, our family won’t have enough food!

In fact, every child has a list of which family can go to beg and which family cannot go to join in the fun.

In the past, the homes of the head of the village and the village chief were well fed and well cared for every day, but no children dared to go there.

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I saw Zhang Kaiwu appear at the door waiting for someone.

Qin Jingru took the opportunity to run in and went to Qin Huairu's place.

She said sweetly, "Brother Kaiwu! Congratulations!" to Zhang Kaiwu.

Zhang Kaiwu: “…”

She is also a relative! ?

Calling myself brother, this is really...

Just get on with it?

According to her order, all the Zhang Kaiwu in the village would have to be invited.

Except for a few outsiders.

Basically they are all relatives of the Qin family!
Looking at her with mixed feelings, Zhang Kaiwu and the young lady continued to wait for people at the door.

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Zhang Kaiwu warmly welcomed Qin's father and mother who arrived last at the door and invited them to the table.

He looked at the number of people and found that Qin Huairu's family had all arrived.

The Zhou family’s young lady was asked to take some steamed buns and give a big steamed bun to each of the children who were watching the fun outside.

The children bowed one by one to thank the teacher, then ran away with their steamed buns.

Today is the young lady’s wedding day, let the children share in her joy.

This was his only remaining kindness towards the child.

There won’t be too many, and it’s not appropriate to have too many.

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Close the door.

Qin Huairu and her sisters-in-law began to set the table and serve the dishes.

Today, according to Zhang Kaiwu's opinion, men, women and children are all equal and can all sit at the table to eat.

Zhang Kaiwu and Zhou Zhaodi sat at a big table with Qin's father, mother, and several brothers, and were going to drink a bowl of wedding wine with them.

The four sisters-in-law and Qin Huairu, along with the children, sat at a small table to eat and drink.

Nowadays, the rules in the countryside and cities are very strict!

According to current logic, when you invite guests to a meal, it doesn’t matter whether they are at your home or not.

Except for the men in charge of the family, women and children are not allowed to eat at the table.

I was lucky enough to be able to secretly eat something in the kitchen...

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But the one who treated us today was Zhang Kaiwu, and he meant for everyone to have a family dinner.

Let’s celebrate!
The young lady's identity is awkward. Today is not a banquet, so no rules apply.

He asked that women and children sit at a separate table, so everyone followed his instructions.

Qin's mother was not supposed to sit at the main table, but he forced her to stay at the main table and drink a bowl of wedding wine.

You must flatter your mother-in-law!

Although things with Huairu haven't worked out yet, he has already decided on this mother-in-law.

According to convention, the young lady should have been waiting in the room to consummate the marriage, but he pulled her over to sit beside him and drink to celebrate.

After the big bowl of food was served.

Each table has a bowl of braised eggs, a bowl of braised chicken, a bowl of braised pork head, a dish of stewed eggplant and meat, a dish of stewed sauerkraut and meat, a dish of stir-fried meat with green peppers, a dish of stir-fried vegetables, and a dish of vegetable and egg soup.

There are eight bowls in total, which are now known as the legendary Eight Big Bowls in the countryside.

Seven meat dishes and one vegetable dish.

Very luxurious!
There is also a large steamer on the side, with plenty of steamed buns for you to take if you want.

Everyone's saliva was watering when they smelled those aromas.

The sisters-in-law were fine. When they were cooking, they persuaded Zhang Kaiwu to eat a little to taste the flavor.

Another person ate a big steamed bun.

The feast hasn't even started yet, but Qin Huairu's brothers are dying of greed...

Zhang Kaiwu opened the jar of wine with a smile and poured a big bowl for Qin's father, Qin's mother, and Qin Huairu's brothers.

A small bowl of light wine was also poured for Qin Huairu and her sisters-in-law, so that they could also taste the wine today.

This is really a light wine, a country rice wine, probably less than 20 degrees!

Zhang Kaiwu stood up and persuaded everyone to drink together with the radiant young lady.

Smiling, she said, "I am very happy to have married my first concubine today. We are all like family members now."

"Don't be polite to me, eat and drink well."

He warmly invited everyone to eat and let Qin's father and mother taste his cooking.

Since it’s just a family dinner, there aren’t too many particulars.

Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin were today's guests. They tasted the dishes with a smile on their faces.

He praised Zhang Kaiwu for his good craftsmanship and congratulated the young lady from the Zhou family on finding a good match.

Everyone started to push and urge each other to eat and drink. No matter how delicious the food was, because there were only a few people and they were all family, everyone was still very restrained.

Qin Huairu's brothers also picked up their wine bowls while eating.

Congratulations to the young lady of the Zhou family for finding her marriage, and congratulations to Zhang Kaiwu for marrying a beautiful bride.

Every time Mother Qin stepped on Father Qin, Father Qin would put down his chopsticks, think of words to express his feelings, and congratulate him again with a smile...

Poor parents in the world!

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Everyone was very happy and their faces were flushed from eating and drinking.

Qin Huairu felt uncomfortable!

Maybe he was in the kitchen just now, the braised dish was almost mixed, and he ate a big steamed bun that had just been steamed.

She was no longer hungry, but she couldn't eat anymore!
Although Zhang Kaiwu has excellent cooking skills and the food he cooks is very delicious.

She looked at the eight bowls on the table, which represented joy.

Thinking about the things in the young lady’s boudoir, the quilt cover with the picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

Looking at the young lady from the Zhou family holding a wine bowl and sitting next to Zhang Kaiwu, she looked radiant and happy.

Look at the suave Brother Kaiwu.

Watching his parents and brother blessing the young lady of the Zhou family, he drank with Zhang Kaiwu.

Brother Kaiwu and the young lady are both very happy!

Look at your red hairband!

I remembered the eight Beijing items in the young lady's boudoir and the red rope used to pack them...

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Qin Huairu finally came to her senses and realized that Brother Kaiwu had taken the young lady from the Zhou family as his concubine.

The young lady from the Zhou family became Brother Kaiwu's legitimate woman, and her white tiger evil spirit was also removed, so she could not harm Zhang Kaiwu's life.

She took a sip of the bitter wine and tasted it. It was too bad.

(End of this chapter)