Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 17 Rock Paper Scissors

This time Xia Chunyu was very patient. Firstly, he was afraid that she would get hurt again. Secondly, he didn't want to see her frowning every time, as if she was in pain, which would make him look bad. Love between men and women should be a beautiful and happy thing, and he hoped that she could enjoy it.

"Do you want it? You want to ask me for something?" Xia Chunyu joked, pushing her to the brink of collapse once again.

Please, you idiot! Ye Jiayao wanted to bite him to death, you tasteless and stinky man.

"Don't force it if you can't do it." Ye Jiayao snorted.

Xia Chunyu frowned, and a dangerous signal flashed in his deep eyes. Although he knew that she was using provocation, his dignity as a man should not be questioned.

"As long as you can bear it." Xia Chunyu said coldly.

Ye Jiayao cried, “Wuwuwu… I… I was wrong…”

"What's wrong?"

"It's not you who can't do it, it's me..." Ye Jiayao begged for mercy spinelessly.

Xia Chunyu's lips curled up into a smile, his eyes bright.

Ye Jiayao was like a fish stranded on the riverbank, gasping for breath, her mind was empty and her eyes were blurry.

Xia Chunyu told her not to move.

The two of them lay side by side. Xia Chunyu saw that she had a dull look in her eyes and was a little worried: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Ye Jiayao shook her head and nodded.

Xia Chunyu sneered: "Is that...too comfortable?"

Ye Jiayao rolled her eyes at him and said, “I’m almost dying of exhaustion. I don’t want to move or talk, okay?”

"Still not satisfied?" He bent down and kissed her.

Strangely enough, he is not without women. As long as he wants, there are a lot of women waiting to serve him, but he is not very enthusiastic about this kind of thing. Most of the time, it is purely to meet physical needs. But when he is with her, he can't help wanting it. Is it because he has abstinence for too long? Or is it because of her beauty? In terms of beauty, Qingliu is not worse than her. Or is it because she is very special? Unlike other women who always please him, are submissive and flattering in front of him, she also pleases him. Every time she makes him angry, she will be as obedient as a cat. When he calms down, she will immediately return to her old ways and try to take advantage of him from time to time, whether it is verbal or actual. Perhaps, because of this, he feels fresh.

Ye Jiayao tried to dodge but failed, so she had to let him kiss her, but he kissed her non-stop.

"I'm very tired." Ye Jiayao said softly.

Xia Chunyu teased, "Don't you feel bad about the money you lost?"

Ye Jiayao said unhappily, "I don't have the energy to feel sad."

I thought to myself: If you don’t feel sad, why should I?

Xia Chunyu smiled and said, "Go to sleep."

He extinguished the candle and closed his eyes. After a while, the person next to him had fallen asleep. He could hear his even and gentle breathing, but Xia Chunyu couldn't fall asleep.

It's not that he's not satisfied, but... he's worried about how to place her after the Black Wind Hill incident is over. She doesn't look like she was sent by the boss, so he can't just ignore her after the incident is over. But... will she be willing to be a concubine? The Ye family shouldn't have any objections, maybe they would be more than happy for her.

What if she doesn't want to? But why should she not want to? She's already his, so even if she doesn't want to, there's no other choice, right?
Xia Chunyu shook his head and said, forget it, there is no point thinking about it now, let's see what happens when the time comes.

The next day, Ye Jiayao slept until she woke up naturally. She looked at her pillow and found it was empty again. She wondered why she slept so soundly and she didn't even notice when he got up.

Song Qi went to the kitchen early in the morning to search for ingredients, and also got the lime and wood ash that Ye Jiayao wanted.

Baking soda and tea leaves were already available, but what was still needed were pine and cypress branches, wheat straw, and yellow lead powder. Ye Jiayao asked Song Qi to get them, and she went to roll out a kimchi jar from the backyard and wash it clean.

Anyway, there are not many duck eggs, so one jar is enough.

After Song Qi had gathered all the ingredients, Ye Jiayao began to cook them, putting in salt, tea leaves, and pine and cypress branches. She also found a small water tank, added lime, wood ash, and yellow lead powder according to the recipe, and poured the cooked soup into it.

"Song Qi, you stir it. Make sure it's mixed well. Be careful not to get any lime on it."

Song Qi happily took the stick and started stirring: "Sister-in-law, is this preserved egg delicious?"

Ye Jiayao sprinkled wheat straw into the kimchi jar and said with a smile, "You'll know when the time comes."

Spread the wheat straw and then spread the duck eggs. Place the eggs carefully one by one horizontally into the jar, arranging them neatly. Use the remaining pine and cypress branches to block the top to prevent the eggs from floating up after the soup is poured in.

After completing these preparations, the soup over there also cooled down. "Song Qi, pour the soup in carefully, and pour it slowly along the wall of the vat." Ye Jiayao instructed. Now Song Qi has become her good helper. He seems to have nothing to do and just listens to her instructions all day long.

The last step is to seal it. Ye Jiayao stuffed the mouth of the jar tightly with a cloth wrapped in yellow mud.

"Okay, wait a month and a half and then you can open the jar." Ye Jiayao clapped her hands, and it was done. Although this was her first time making preserved eggs, she was confident that it would be successful.

Song Qi happily took the jar to a cool place and then ran back and asked with a smile, "Sister-in-law, do you have any other instructions?"

Ye Jiayao glanced at him and said, "If you have something to do, go ahead."

Song Qi scratched his head embarrassedly: "I played all night last night, I want to take a nap."

Ye Jiayao grinned: "Win or lose?"

Song Qi smiled happily: "We won a lot. They are addicted to the game and have agreed to continue tonight."

"How much is not a small amount?" Ye Jiayao asked maliciously.

Song Qi flipped his palm proudly: "I have ten taels, and Peng Wu has more than me."

Ye Jiayao gasped, "Damn, she's really rich! Together with what she won from her, it's more than ten taels." She didn't even have a copper coin on her. If she wanted to run away in the future, she would need some money! Without money, she couldn't move an inch!

"Song Qi, how about we play a game of rock-paper-scissors?" Ye Jiayao smiled more and more brightly: "If I win, you return the money you won from me last night. If you win, I will make you pig stomach chicken."

Song Qi was dumbfounded. His sister-in-law was still feeling sorry for the five taels of silver!
"Chicken with pork belly is delicious, absolutely delicious... How about this, even if you lose, I will still cook it for you." Ye Jiayao knew very well that Song Qi was a typical foodie, and continued to tempt him with delicious food.

Song Qi swallowed his saliva. This bet seemed to be quite worthwhile. If he lost, the worst that could happen was that he would have to pay her back two and a half taels of silver. Anyway, he still had more than ten taels, and he also had pig stomach and chicken to eat. It would be even better if he won.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors? Is it just Hammer, Paper, Scissors?"

Ye Jiayao nodded quickly: "That's right, let's decide the winner in one round, how about that?"

Song Qiyi gritted his teeth and said, "Come."

"Scissors, paper, rock……"

"Haha, I won, give me the money..." Ye Jiayao cheered. Damn, that psychologist was really good. He said that when men play rock-paper-scissors, they always like to get the hammer in the first round. She and her dad have played this game before and it always works. She didn't expect it to work on Song Qi as well.

Song Qi was annoyed. Why did he bring out the hammer? With one blow of the hammer, two and a half taels of silver were gone.

Although he was annoyed, he still had good gambling ethics and was willing to accept defeat. Besides, the other party was his sister-in-law, so would he dare to cheat?
I had no choice but to take out the silver and give it to my sister-in-law.

Ye Jiayao happily weighed the silver and put it in her sleeve pocket, and consoled him: "If you kill a wild boar next time, I'll make you pig stomach chicken."

After that, Ye Jiayao walked away leisurely, thinking that she would find an opportunity to do the same thing and win back the money from Peng Wu. This was her first fortune since she came to this world. Even a small amount is still meat! We can't complain about the small amount, we need to accumulate it.

Song Qi hung his head and went to sleep dejectedly.

After lunch, Xia Chunyu went back to his room to rest. Seeing Peng Wu was left behind by his sister-in-law to help, Song Qi knew that Peng Wu was doomed. He wanted to tell Peng Wu not to make any moves, but then he thought that his winnings had already been taken back by his sister-in-law, so why should he let Peng Wu take advantage? He kept silent and sat in the yard, waiting to see Peng Wu's joke.

Sure enough, after a while, Peng Wu came out with a depressed look on his face.

Song Qi was amused and asked quietly, "Did my sister-in-law take back what I won last night?"

Peng Wu was surprised: "How did you know? Did you eavesdrop?"

Song Qi spread his hands and said, "Mine was also taken back by my sister-in-law. It's hammer, paper, scissors, and the winner is determined in one round. I guess you must have picked the hammer."

Peng Wu stared in astonishment: "You know this too?"

Song Qi patted his shoulder, shook his head and sighed: "Because I also produced a hammer. Why do you think we should produce a hammer?"

Peng Wu fell into deep thought. Yes, why?

A cheerful song came from the kitchen: "It's all bubbles, I'll burst them with a slap..."

Song Qi and Peng Wu picked their ears together and went back to their rooms in tacit understanding.

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