Border Cook

Chapter 116 Fenjiu
"Besides, this road is open to everyone, how come Jiang Langjun can go there but we can't? Or is it that only Jiang Langjun can go to the academy and we can't?"

Jiang Yihe, "..."

He had never seen such a shameless person in his life!
Wu Xiong left his two younger brothers to stay in the town for the next two days and asked them to "take good care" of Jiang Yihe. He came to Xinghua Lane early the next morning.

Jiang Zhuguo was cleaning up the swill bucket at the door. When he saw Wu Xiong coming over, he greeted him, "Brother Wu."

"Brother Wu, are you here to look for Sister Xia? I'm afraid we'll have to wait for a while. My brother-in-law was drinking with Brother Zhao next door last night, and Sister Xia and Sister Lu were busy until late, so they haven't gotten up yet."

"I'm not looking for Madam Xia." Wu Xiong said hurriedly, "I'm here to look for Madam Jiang."

"Looking for me?" Jiang Zhuguo was a little surprised. "Brother Wu, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"Here." Wu Xiong took out the neatly folded paper from his arms and handed it to Jiang Zhuguo. "I asked for it yesterday, and I thought it would be better to give it to you."

Jiang Zhuguo was a little confused, but still took it and opened it to take a look.

Jiang Yihe always said that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, so even though Jiang Yihe had been studying for a long time, he had never taught her to read. However, Jiang Zhuguo could recognize a few words because she often heard Jiang Yihe read and saw him write.

These words include her name and the word "severance of relationship".

This is a letter of severance of relationship.

This means that she will no longer have anything to do with the Jiang family, Jiang Yihe and the Tian family.

Jiang Zhuguo was in a complicated mood. She pursed her lips, and the mist in her eyes instantly turned into tears, swirling in her eye sockets.

Wu Xiong saw that her eyes were red and she was a little flustered, so he tried to comfort her, "Those words you said before were all nonsense. You don't need to read them, and you don't need to take them to heart."

"I was originally worried about whether to give you this letter of severance, but I thought that with this thing, you would be completely free, and you wouldn't have to worry about being controlled by them because of money. I think you would feel more at ease, so I took it..."

If this made Jiang Zhuguo sad, then he would be wrong.

Wu Xiong rubbed his hands nervously.

"Brother Wu, thank you." Jiang Zhuguo wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and thanked Wu Xiong with a smile.

His eyes were red, and tears were flowing out of his eye sockets unconsciously, so that Jiang Zhuguo's nose tip and cheeks were a little red, but the corners of his mouth were curved upwards, so that his eyebrows were also curved into a crescent shape.

This way, you must be happy.

As for crying...

This kind of thing will still make you sad.

Wu Xiong scratched the back of his head and said, "You're welcome. Just call me anytime if you need anything in the future."

"Yes!" Jiang Zhuguo nodded repeatedly, still reaching out to wipe away the tears that could not be stopped from flowing out, "Definitely."

After receiving such a positive reply from the other party, Wu Xiong chuckled and said, "Then I'll leave first."

"Brother Wu, take care."

When Wu Xiong's figure completely disappeared in the alley, Jiang Zhuguo was still holding the letter of severance in his hand.

She really didn't expect that one day she would be cut off from her family.

She never expected that Jiang Yihe would be so decisive.

But... as Wu Xiong said, with this letter of marriage, her family will not be able to control her anymore.

Just as Sister Xia often says, home is always the warmest harbor, and family members are the people who care about you, cherish you, and protect you.

Some people are only in name only.

What people need least in this world are things that are only for face and name.

She should be happy.

Happy to have finally put an end to it.

Jiang Zhuguo closed her eyes, squeezed out all the remaining tears in her eyes, wiped them with her hands, then took a deep breath and continued to do her work.

In the east, the morning glow gradually appears.

Lu Qiyan and Zhao Youcai stayed at home for another day.

In the morning, he accompanied Xia Mingyue and Lu to set up a stall to sell cold pot skewers. In the afternoon, he helped with some housework, especially some repair work at home. In the evening, the two families got together to chat and drink.

Zhao Youcai went to the winery in the county town specifically to buy the wine, a small pot that looked to weigh only two kilograms.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lu complained, "If you want to drink, just buy more. Why are you so stingy that you only bought this little? How can it be enough for the two of you to drink?"

Their family has always benefited a lot from Lu Qiyan and Xia Mingyue. Since they started making cold pot skewers, Xia Mingyue said that Lu worked hard and helped her with needlework, so her monthly salary was increased by 200 yuan.

And they had dinner at Xia Mingyue's house again.

The more Mrs. Lu thought about it, the more she felt that what Zhao Youcai did was inappropriate. She took money out of the cash box and said, "Go quickly and buy some more."

Zhao Youcai refused to take the money and just laughed, "You can't buy this wine even if you have money now."

"Why?" Lu was puzzled.

It’s just some drinks, and I can’t even buy them with money?

"This is the new wine from the winery!" Zhao Youcai explained, "It's called Fenjiu, and it's produced in Xinghua Village. It smells good, tastes smooth, and is mellow. It's delicious!"

"Aren't all wines the same?" Mrs. Lu still couldn't understand. "It tastes spicy when you drink it, and you get drunk after you finish it."

"That's not true." Zhao Youcai said, "The winery said that this Fenjiu is different from the ordinary rice wine we drink. It is also complicated to make. It requires one grinding, two moistening, three steaming, four fermentation, five distillation, and six aging. The wine is clear and fragrant. If you don't believe it, why don't you smell it first?"

As he spoke, Zhao Youcai opened the cork on the pot of wine.

A mellow, sweet, refreshing and fragrant smell immediately wafted out. Lu rubbed his nose and said, "It smells different. It's very fragrant."

"Isn't it?" Zhao Youcai laughed. "This wine is very expensive. Just this pot cost me 800 yuan. The wine shop said that they gave me this price because I came to buy it. Otherwise, they would sell it to others for one or two taels of silver. I was thinking about how much my family has been taken care of by Brother Lu and his wife, so I thought of buying some good wine and letting Brother Lu have a taste."

"This Fenjiu is in great demand right now, and the winery has come up with a plan to have everyone buy only two kilograms. I guess it's all sold out now, and there's no more if you want more."

"Even if we don't have this Fenjiu, we should buy some other drinks." Mrs. Lu still felt it was inappropriate, "Otherwise, it would be a bit petty to have only this little. We should buy some other drinks to drink together."

Otherwise, it would be inappropriate if you don’t enjoy the drink.

"Not to mention that Fenjiu is much stronger than rice wine, two kilograms is enough for us to drink. Besides, after drinking the good wine, I'm afraid we won't be able to drink ordinary wine..."

(End of this chapter)