Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 24 Do You Like Me?
The next day, after breakfast, Song Qi was ordered to repair the table legs. Seeing the miserable condition of the table, Song Qi expressed deep sympathy for his sister-in-law.

"The Third Master has been in a bad mood recently. Sister-in-law, don't take it to heart. Just ignore what the Third Master says."

Ye Jiayao said embarrassedly: "Did you hear everything?"

Song Qi shrugged. He was not deaf, even though the guy was yelling so loudly in the middle of the night.

Ye Jiayao groaned: "I don't bother to pay attention to him."

I thought to myself: Fortunately, I put on such a show last night, so Song Qi and the others didn't get suspicious.

Aunt Jiang came to deliver today's rations. Since they were distributed per person, Ye Jiayao was too lazy to get them. Aunt Jiang would deliver them to her every day.

"Yesterday you said you wanted to make dumplings for the second in command, so Old Yu specially gave you an extra pound of pork and three pounds of flour. Now the food is getting less and less, and even the last pig has been killed." Aunt Jiang sighed.

Ye Jiayao doesn't have to worry about these problems. Chunyu can hunt prey every day, and a large piece of land on the mountain has been opened up to grow various vegetables. Moreover, the fish and shrimp in Yanxia Lake are fat, and Song Qi sometimes goes to the lake to catch a few fish. Their meals are still as high quality and quantity as before.

"We still have a lot of flour last time. That's good. You and Uncle Jiang can come over for lunch at noon, and I'll make a few more." Ye Jiayao said with a smile.

Aunt Jiang narrowed her eyes and smiled: "That's great, but I still need to help in the kitchen at noon, otherwise I can help you."

"No need, I can handle it by myself." Ye Jiayao smiled. It would just take a little more time. Time was the last thing she lacked right now.

After seeing Aunt Jiang off, Ye Jiayao began to prepare dumplings. There were four people in her courtyard, so she had to send some to the eldest master as well. It was said that the eldest master loved dumplings the most. Add Aunt Jiang and her husband, and there were eight people in total. Even if she made three hundred dumplings for eight people, it might not be enough.

Ye Jiayao calculated and added three tablespoons of flour and beat two eggs. Adding eggs can make the dough more resilient. After adjusting the water and controlling the hardness of the dough, she waited for Song Qi to knead the dough and chopped the dumpling filling herself.

Ye Jiayao planned to prepare three kinds of fillings according to everyone's preferences. The second boss wanted pork and leek filling, Chunyu liked mushroom, cabbage and meat filling, she liked wild rice and pork filling, and as for the others, they could eat whatever they liked.

Whether dumplings are delicious or not depends on the freshness of the filling. In modern times, because of clenbuterol and other things, people usually blanch meat in water to remove the foam when cooking. However, the pork of this era is original and unpolluted. Blanching in water will actually remove the original fresh and tender taste of pork. Ye Jiayao only needs to chop the meat into fine minced meat, add various seasonings and set aside for the taste.

After the cabbage is chopped, add a little salt and marinate for a while, then drain the water. This way the cabbage will be particularly soft after cooking and taste better. There is no need to drain the water from the leeks, as they are easy to cook, and they will become wilt if the water is drained. After the wild rice stem is chopped into small pieces, it needs to be stir-fried in a pan until it is 70% cooked, and the mushrooms are also fried with oil to bring out their fragrance...

After finishing all this, Ye Jiayao went to call Song Qi: "Song Qi, have you fixed the table?"

"Okay." Song Qi came out with the tools and said with a smile, "It's firm this time, but it still can't withstand a kick from the Third Master. Sister-in-law, you have to talk to the Third Master."

Ye Jiayao curled her lips: "Will he listen if I tell him? If he breaks it again, I'll bring a stone tomorrow and let him kick it to his heart's content."

"That's a good idea." Song Qi encouraged.

"Is this a good idea?" Xia Chunyu's voice suddenly sounded.

Song Qi immediately became depressed and lowered his head, not daring to look at the third in command who had a cold face.

Ye Jiayao wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to do so. Poor Song Qi!

"I also think this is a good idea, Song Qi. I'll leave this matter to you. I think the stone on the roadside in the back mountain is quite suitable for a table. You can move it back." Xia Chunyu said casually.

Song Qi was shocked: "Third... Third Master, that stone weighs at least several thousand pounds, how can we move it?"

Xia Chunyu patted Song Qi's shoulder vigorously, causing Song Qi to shrink half of his body. "I believe you can do it."

Song Qi wailed silently in despair... Can it be smashed and moved? Didn't he just say four words? Didn't he agree with his sister-in-law? Why did they target him?

Ye Jiayao couldn't bear to see Song Qi being bullied, so she glared at Chunyu and said, "Song Qi, come and knead the dough. Why are you moving broken stones? Can stones fill your stomach? Hurry up."

Song Qi looked at the Third Master and said timidly, "Third Master, my sister-in-law asked me to knead the dough!"

Xia Chunyu said expressionlessly, "Wait until the dough is kneaded before moving."

This guy has to be taught a lesson. Now he always vents his anger on Yaoyao and doesn't even take his master seriously.

Song Qi walked into the kitchen in a sluggish manner, like an eggplant hit by frost.

"Sister-in-law, you have to save me." Song Qi said with a sad face. Ye Jiayao sneered and said, "Didn't you hear that he was deliberately torturing you? If you don't move, can he kill you or kick you off the mountain?"

She didn't know whether it was effective for others to cheat in front of Chunyu, but it was quite effective every time she did.

Song Qi murmured in his heart, that was true, but with the Third In Command's temper, even if he was not asked to move stones, he would find other ways to make trouble for him.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll talk to him later." Ye Jiayao comforted him. The most urgent thing now was to make dumplings.

Song Qi began to knead the dough with a worried look on his face. Ye Jiayao fried a few eggs and chopped them up, then mixed the vegetable and meat fillings, put some on the chopsticks and tasted it. It tasted just right.

"Use more strength and knead it harder. The ones that are soft and fluffy will not taste good and have no toughness." Ye Jiayao turned her head to look at Song Qi. This guy was in a low mood and was listless in his work.

"Oh." Song Qi tried harder unhappily.

"Hurry up and rub it. I'll go see what he is doing." Ye Jiayao ordered, wiped her hands and went to the main room.

Xia Chunyu sat in the study, turning the pen holder in his hand from time to time, as if he was thinking about something.

"Chun Yu, why did you come back so early today? Where's Peng Wu? Is he not with you?" Ye Jiayao asked.

Xia Chunyu glanced at her calmly and said slowly, "There has been a lack of money these days, and everyone is like a sick chicken. What's the point of practicing?"

Ye Jiayao frowned and said, "If we can't find the spy, will the Dragon Breaking Stone remain inactive?"

Xia Chunyu raised his eyebrows: "Who knows what the boss is thinking. Feng Chaolin is colluding with the court, and attacking the mountain stronghold is inevitable. Now is the time to step up the storage of supplies, but everyone is almost out of food, and they are catching spies, which makes everyone feel insecure and demoralized."

"Does he really think that a piece of Dragon-Breaking Stone can stop the attack of the officers and soldiers? Does he think that their artillery can't be transported up?" Xia Chunyu curled his lips into a sneer.

Uh... can they really attack it? Ye Jiayao couldn't tell whether she hoped the stronghold would be breached or not. Although this was a bandit's den, there were good people in the bandit's den, such as Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang, and Song Qi. They were all forced to go up the mountain and had never done anything bad. Moreover, there were some people who were abducted to the mountain like her and were doing hard labor here. These people were innocent. If the soldiers attacked, would they let these people, including her, go? She was the wife of the third boss!
"Then talk to the boss!" Ye Jiayao said.

Xia Chunyu sneered: "What are you talking about? Now he sees everyone as a spy, I won't bother with this."

That's true. If the boss doubts Chunyu, it will be useless for Chunyu to say anything. Instead, he will be considered to have ulterior motives.

"Then... once the stronghold is breached, what will you do? What should I do? Will you take care of me?" Ye Jiayao asked nervously.

Xia Chunyu glanced at her, his clear eyes like a pool of calm water, without any emotion: "If the soldiers attack, you will be saved, right? Maybe the soldiers will chop off my head, and you can still give me another blow."

Ye Jiayao felt inexplicably angry: "Why do you talk like that?"

Although she was forced to be his woman and hated his arrogance and unreasonableness, she never wanted him to die. She just wanted to leave.

"Oh? How should I put it? Could it be that you have fallen in love with me?" A vague smile appeared in Xia Chunyu's eyes.

I don’t like your head. I’m just not like you inhuman guys who kill people like cutting grass and don’t take human life seriously.

Ye Jiayao turned and left. She had no way of answering this question. If she said yes, she would be lying and he might laugh at her. If she said no, she would offend him.

He suddenly felt sad. He knew where the secret passage was. Even if the soldiers attacked, he could escape safely. Even if he just treated her as a plaything, considering that she served him wholeheartedly, even if she had no merit, she had worked hard. Was it so difficult to make a promise to her?

Xia Chunyu was joking with her. How could he abandon her? He had tried to protect some innocent people in the village, not to mention her. After all, she was his bedmate. Who knew she would turn around and leave with a cold face? Was she angry? Or did she simply not like him? Thinking of this possibility, Xia Chunyu felt annoyed. Forget it, he would not force her. When things were over, she could go wherever she liked. He would not have to worry.

Ye Jiayao returned to the kitchen angrily.

Seeing that she looked unhappy, Song Qi thought that she must be angry. He wanted to comfort her, but he was afraid that the Third In Command would hear him and make trouble for him, so he continued to knead the dough silently.

Ye Jiayao pushed him aside, grabbed the dough and started kneading it vigorously, cursing in her heart: Stinky donkey, dead donkey, fucking bastard... I won't beg you, I can live well without you.

Seeing her kneading the dough in her hands as if it were an enemy, Song Qi couldn't help but imagine the scene where the Third In Command was abused and ravaged by her. It would be great if that day really came. It would be such a satisfying thing to see the arrogant Prince Jing'an suffer a setback.

(End of this chapter)