Border Cook

Chapter 114 Demanding Debt

Take out the pork elbow, wash it clean, skim off all the foam in the soup, then put the pork elbow back into the pot and simmer it over low heat for two hours.

When it is time to eat, take out the pork elbow, remove the bones and leave the meat, cut it into pieces and put it on a plate. Then, brush the soup that has been stewed in the pot until it is extremely thick onto the pork elbow and it is ready to be served.

The pork elbow has been stewed for a long time and is extremely soft. You need to be very careful when picking it up with chopsticks, and it melts in your mouth when you eat it.

The lean meat is not tough, and the fat is oily but not greasy. When you take a bite, the fragrant flavor lingers in your mouth for a long time.

The sauce on the pork elbow is the finishing touch. In addition to its bright color, which makes it very appetizing, after a long period of stewing, the soup is blended with the fat and gelatin of the pork elbow. It is sticky, rich in flavor and extremely mellow.

With the pork elbow and sauce, Xia Mingyue cooked a pot of noodles, scooped some sauce, picked up two chopsticks of pork elbow, and made a bowl of fragrant pork elbow noodles, which she served as the staple food for everyone.

The braised pork elbow is delicious, and the wine we are drinking tonight is for a happy event, so it is even more delicious.

Lu Qiyan and Zhao Youcai clinked glasses and drank to their heart's content.

The pork elbow in the basin was almost empty, so I had to add some more.

Fortunately, Xia Mingyue had anticipated such a situation early on, and when she bought pork elbows from Hong the butcher's shop, she selected three rather large ones.

The portion is big enough!

Everyone enjoyed the braised pork elbows with great pleasure. Wu Jin also enjoyed his dinner to the fullest because he got three large bones and a small piece of raw meat that Xia Mingyue had prepared for him first.

There were laughter and joy, it was extremely lively and happy.

At this moment, Jiang Yihe had a big smile on his face, but he was not that happy in his heart.

Not only was he unhappy, he even secretly greeted the eight generations of ancestors of the people in front of him.

Wu Xiong looked at Jiang Yihe, who was smiling very reluctantly at this moment, and put the wine glass in his hand on the table, with an unhappy face, "I invited Mr. Jiang here to drink, but Mr. Jiang has been sitting here for a long time without even a glass of wine. What does this mean?"

"That's right!" The younger brother at the side chimed in, "Could it be that he looks down on our big brother?"

"How dare I." Jiang Yihe hurriedly cupped his hands, "It's just because I can't hold my liquor and can't drink."

"You can't drink?" Wu Xiong glanced at him. "But I saw Mr. Jiang drinking with others in the restaurant at noon. He drank one cup after another without even eating a bite of food. He can drink a lot."

"Why do you think you can't drink when it comes to me? I don't think it's because of anything else, it's just that Mr. Jiang thinks I'm a rough and uncouth person and doesn't want to drink with me."

Jiang Yihe's expression changed.

So this Wu Xiong has been staring at him since noon?

But, wasn’t the previous gambling debt a cover-up made up by Xia Mingyue in order to protect Jiang Zhuguo?
This Wu Xiong was just a cooperator in the acting, so why did he really come to my door?
what on earth is it……

Jiang Yihe didn't understand why, but seeing the anger on Wu Xiong's face growing layer by layer, he quickly picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all.

He even showed the cup to Wu Xiong.

"Mr. Jiang can drink a lot." Wu Xiong filled Jiang Yihe's glass with wine again. "But since we've had some wine, let's talk about business."

"Jiang Zhuguo owed us one hundred taels of silver, but he was too slow to pay it back. The shopkeeper asked for the money several times, and I also went to his house to ask for it several times, but Jiang Zhuguo still couldn't pay it back."

"After thinking it over, I decided to come and find Mr. Jiang and talk to him about this matter. Mr. Jiang is a scholar and a sensible man. He knows that repaying debts is a matter of course, so this silver..." Is he here to collect the debt?

Jiang Yihe frowned, "But since Jiang Zhuguo owes the money, should we still go find her to ask for it?"

"As the saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor..."

"But don't you scholars have a saying that a son's failure to teach is the fault of his father? Since Jiang Zhuguo is Mr. Jiang's daughter, doesn't Mr. Jiang have to solve this problem?"

Wu Xiong interrupted Jiang Yihe and said, "After all, we are still a family. If Mr. Jiang doesn't pay back the money, it would be inappropriate."

"As the old saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. Since Jiang Zhuguo owes the money, and the IOU is stamped with Jiang Zhuguo's fingerprints, you should go find her."

Jiang Yihe said, "As you can see, I am just an ordinary scholar. I have nothing and I can't afford to pay you. It's a waste of effort for you to ask me for money. Please go back."

"Can't you come up with the money?" Wu Xiong looked Jiang Yihe up and down.

Although the material of the clothes he was wearing was not particularly good, it was obviously newly made. Even the shoes on his feet were brand new. He could see clearly at noon that Jiang Yihe had spent three hundred dollars on a meal.

Are you trying to deceive a three-year-old child by saying you can't come up with the money?

"Jiang Langjun really thinks we are fools." Wu Xiong snorted coldly, "But it doesn't matter if Jiang Langjun is stubborn. We don't have anything to do anyway. If we don't pay the debt, we will only be punished by the shopkeeper. So let's accompany Jiang Langjun."

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Yihe immediately became alert.

"I didn't do anything, because I was afraid that Mr. Jiang would get scared because of his gambling debts and run away overnight."

Wu Xiong waved to the two younger brothers beside him and said, "You two, make sure to do your own job well and don't disturb Mr. Jiang, but don't let him run away either."

"Yes!" The two younger brothers answered loudly, and then two pairs of eyes stared at Jiang Yihe.

That look seemed to see through him.

Jiang Yihe's expression changed again.

Is Wu Xiong going to send someone to follow him?
He was studying in an academy and usually had to travel with his classmates and often had some normal social interactions. If he was followed by two scoundrels, it would definitely attract attention.

If someone asked him, how would he answer?

If others knew that these people came to collect debts, how would they view them?
Just thinking about these things, Jiang Yihe felt like his head was spinning and he didn't know what to do.

After a moment, Jiang Yihe glared at Wu Xiong and shouted, "You are threatening a scholar like this and disrupting the order of the school. I will report you to the county government and let the county magistrate punish you severely!"

"Go to the county government? Great, we can just ask the county magistrate to help us collect the debt. I just don't believe it. What kind of world is this now? Can a debtor become a big shot?"

Wu Xiong stood up and said, "Let's go, Jiang Langjun."

"Where are you going?" Jiang Yihe was surprised.

"Go to the county government office." Wu Xiong scratched his ear in confusion, "Didn't Mr. Jiang go to the county government office to sue us? Why, you're not going?"

Jiang Yihe's face turned pale as a sheet of paper.

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