pjbooks Chapter 119 He's Actually a Second Husband
Chapter 119 He's Actually a Second Husband
The onlookers burst into laughter again.
Bao Ya shook her head as she watched Aunt Liu's retreating figure, thinking how unlucky she was to miss out on such a delicious meal.
Turning her head, she saw her brother-in-law again. Bao Ya went over, grabbed him, and carried him towards her home, saying as she did so:
"Come on, brother-in-law, I'll make you some stewed meat when we get home."
Old Liu didn't object and let her help him walk. Captain Liu followed behind as if nothing had happened, clearly having accepted this messed-up hierarchy.
The villagers accepted it well, but Jiang Tao was completely bewildered. What was going on? The team leader's uncle was her sister-in-law's brother-in-law, so wouldn't Team Leader Liu be his nephew?
Back home, Liao Chunhua started preparing wild vegetables, Jiang Laoshan and Bao Ya tidied up the stove in the yard to distill the brewed sorghum liquor, and Jiang Yuan and the others went to skin rabbits.
Once everything was ready, Bao Ya started cooking the rabbit. First, she made braised rabbit meat. She chopped the rabbit into small pieces, washed it, blanched it with scallions and ginger, then added ginger and garlic slices to stir-fry the rabbit meat until it changed color. She then added soy sauce, sugar, and water to stew it until it was tender.
On the other side, the cleaned rabbit meat is placed on a rack made of branches and roasted until golden brown, then seasonings are sprinkled on it.
As the aroma of wine and meat wafted out, the house quickly filled with people. Bao Ya's nephew, who was in his forties, also came to greet her, calling her "Auntie" affectionately. Bao Ya had no choice but to invite him to stay for dinner.
After a lively meal, Jiang Laoshan carefully bottled the remaining ten jin of wine and put it into the kang cabinet, wondering if he should lock it.
He felt that many people were eyeing his wine, and his eldest son was still watching him from behind.
"Dad, could you give me two bottles of that wine?"
With everyone gone, Jiang Tao finally had a chance to speak. However, Old Jiang had no intention of listening.
The old woman is right. That bastard is heartless. He hasn't come back for years, and the first thing he does is ask for wine. Whether he has a son or not is meaningless.
"Dad, what are you thinking about?"
When Jiang Tao saw that his elderly father did not respond, he assumed that he was hard of hearing due to his age.
"Hmm? Let's go to sleep."
The old man completely ignored him, took off his clothes, pulled back his blanket, crawled inside, and even closed his eyes to pretend to sleep.
Jiang Yuan and Fang Mingda found it amusing. What was wrong with the old man? He had been talking nonsense with Jiang Tao earlier, but he was perfectly normal with other people.
Jiang Tao felt like he was hallucinating. His parents were acting strangely this time, like completely different people. Was he no longer their proudest eldest son?
On the other side, Bao Ya and Liao Chunhua slept in the same room. After they finished getting ready, they crawled into bed. It was warmer outside, but it was still a bit chilly at night.
The two lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) chatting idly.
"Mother, you two should pack your things and come live with us in the city. It's so lonely with just the two of you at home."
After a while, Bao Ya felt that her in-laws were very good. They never put on airs in front of her and always thought of her needs.
Relationships between people are built over time. Since they have this relationship and the other person is of good character, there's no need to be wary of them all the time.
Moreover, she doesn't mind living with the elderly. In her previous life, she lived with her grandmother since birth, and her relationship with her grandmother was even closer than with her own mother.
More importantly, she didn't want the neighborhood committee to rent out her house to strangers. It would be easy to invite a ghost in, but difficult to send it away; she figured it was better to live with her in-laws.
"Your father and I are still able to move around, and it's fine living in the village. Once you have children, we'll come and help you take care of them."
In the darkness, Liao Chunhua's tears fell silently. She never dreamed that the first person to suggest taking the elderly couple to live with her would be her daughter-in-law. None of them had ever mentioned her three good-for-nothing sons.
"Mom, it's more lively when there are more people at home. It's so boring when I'm home alone during the day."
Bao Ya is a lively person; otherwise, why would she go to chat with Granny Zhou every day?
"Okay, after spring planting, I'll discuss it with your father."
Although Jiang Laoshan pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't respond to his eldest son, Jiang Tao still took two bottles of wine from his cabinet when he left the next afternoon.
Before they returned to their unit, Fang Mingda gave Bao Ya an envelope, saying it was a reward for helping to catch spies last time.
Inside were two hundred yuan, twenty jin of grain coupons, two jin of sugar coupons, and ten feet of cloth coupons.
Bao Ya looked at the pile of things with a bit of worry. She wanted to give half to Xiao Hu Zi's family. She was the one who came up with the idea, but Xiao Hu Zi was the one who provided the clue. The child should get half.
"Third Brother, should I keep the sugar coupons or the cloth coupons?"
This is a difficult question. I should ask Jiang Yuan; maybe he'll agree with me.
"Anything is fine."
Bao Ya frowned and glanced at him, thinking it was pointless to say anything at all.
Sensing his wife's unfriendly gaze, Jiang Yuan immediately straightened his attitude.
"Or you could keep the cloth coupons and give all the sugar coupons to his family, and keep the cloth coupons for yourself to make clothes."
He figured his wife must want new clothes. The factory gave out sugar coupons every month, and if they weren't enough, they could exchange some with others.
Bao Ya nodded; she really did want cloth coupons. Summer was approaching, and she didn't have a decent dress yet.
"Alright, give all the candy coupons to Little Tiger's family."
Having made up her mind, Bao Ya collected all the money and tickets from the bed, put the rest into an envelope for Xiao Huzi, and planned to take it back to him when she returned home.
"Your brother and that guy surnamed Wang are comrades-in-arms, right?"
Bao Ya suddenly remembered that big, dark-skinned guy. Wasn't he used to be with this smiling tiger?
"Which one has the surname Wang?"
"He's a guy who's quite dark-skinned and looks rather fierce. He came to our village last time with that guy who's laughing... Brother Fang."
Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes and thought for a moment before saying:
"You mean Wang Xiao, right? He, Fang Mingda, and my brother seem to have come from the same company."
Bao Ya suddenly turned her head. What had she just heard? Fang Mingda?
"What's that Brother Fang's name?"
"Fang Mingda, what's wrong? Don't you know?"
Bao Ya shook her head. She really didn't know; the two of them didn't seem to have mentioned their names.
This is terrible! The second husband has appeared. Will the plot take another turn like this?
Thinking of this, Bao Ya looked at Jiang Yuan with worry in her eyes. Would this guy really be a short-lived ghost? She had already tried her best not to let the female lead leave her things at her house. Was there something else she didn't know?
Jiang Yuan saw his wife staring at him intently, and immediately flashed what he thought was a handsome smile.
"Honey, did you miss me?"
As he spoke, he leaned his face closer, but Bao Ya pushed his face away. She was thinking right now, why was he interrupting her?
After Jiang Cheng took away the third batch of goods, he told Bao Ya that they would have to stop for a while. The political movement in the city was becoming increasingly intense, with all sorts of reports, raids, and denunciations occurring frequently, so they had to be careful.
Bao Ya had no objection to the decision. Although their area was on the outskirts of the city, they could still hear all sorts of news.
The meat processing plant's residential compound was relatively quiet. Monkey led a group of teenagers from the plant, who had transformed into Little Red Guards. It was said that they were responsible for protecting the plant's security and patrolling the area all day to prevent Little Red Guards from other plants from carrying out their movements here.