70: The Soldier King's Supernatural Wife, Three Babies in One Child

Shen Fugui took Lu Chaoyan to find the person in charge and bought six pine trees with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters for a total of 60 yuan. They were delivered to the door of her house and she added 5 yuan more.

Lu Chaoyan looked down on pine wood, but the only wood that could be sold to ordinary people in the forest farm was pine.

She thought of the century-old fir trees she had seen in the mountains, and perhaps she could carry two back.

On the way back, Shen Fugui followed the tractor that was delivering wood to the forest farm.

Lu Chaoyan went to the cement factory in the county town and bought twenty bags of cement and ten bags of lime powder. There was sand in the river at the entrance, so there was no need to buy more.

I asked a bullock cart to bring it back, and also bought two pounds of meat, five pounds of pig heads, a set of pig livers, and one pound of dried kelp.

After arriving home, Shen Fugui's three sons-in-law also came.

Shen Fugui and Mu Hongying, like Lu Xiang, have three daughters and one son. They are older than the original owner's four siblings.

He usually takes good care of the original owner's four siblings, so when the three sons-in-law of the Shen family came to the Lu family, they also brought gifts.

Ma Yong, the husband of the eldest sister Shen Muxiang, brought a basket of peaches.

Yu Daming, the husband of the second child Shen Dingxiang, brought Yamanashi.

The third daughter, Shen Aixiang’s husband, Chen Jun, brought a basket of eggs.

His family is on Sister Lu's team, and is a relative of Lu's brother-in-law Chen Shangjin. Her wife Shen Aixiang and Lu Yuedan are close friends, and the gifts they gave were the most expensive.

Lu Chaoyan doesn't like to owe favors to anyone, even to close friends.

She secretly kept their kindness in mind and planned to go into the mountains tomorrow to hunt a few rabbits for them as a return gift.

Shen Fugui and his sons-in-law started working, and the yard became crowded. The three children were locked in the house by Lu Yuedan to play.

When Lu Chaoyan was preparing lunch in the kitchen, Lu Hanqing told her that Gu Suyi in the backyard had gone to the Youth League Home early to make jam and did not see Tao Yuwei go out.

Lu Chaoyan didn't need to guess, she knew that Tao Yuwei had gone to the black market again.

Since he can’t sell jam, he must be selling jelly.

Thinking of the litchi fruits drying in the backyard of the brigade headquarters, Lu Chaoyan smiled evilly.

She handed the pork bones to Lu Hanqing and said, "Use the big pot to stew the bones. I'll go to Si Zhengyan's place to make something delicious and will be back soon."

"Yeah." Lu Hanqing is a good cook and he got busy as soon as he entered the kitchen.

Lu Chaoyan went to the backyard of the brigade headquarters. The ficus pumila fruits spread on the ground to dry had turned yellow. She used a bamboo rake to rake them over.

Pick out the dried fruits on the ground, take them under a big tree, peel them open, and squeeze out the seeds.

Si Zhengyan, who was sleeping in the room, heard the noise outside and recognized it was her from the sound of her footsteps.

The sad and irritable heart found a little comfort.

Lu Chaoyan didn’t have time to massage his muscles. She squeezed out half a pound of Ficus microcarpa seeds and brought them back to the Lu family.

There was lime in the clinic, so she took thirty grams and worked in the kitchen for more than an hour to make a large wooden barrel of jelly.

This thing tastes better when it's frozen.

After leaving a bowl for Lu Yuedan, she carried the wooden bucket to the soapberry tree in front of the brigade office, used a thin vine to drop the jelly bucket into the well, and then moved a stone to press down the well mouth to prevent passers-by from seeing her carry it away.

When I came back, the bone soup was already smelling delicious.

She washed the pork liver, cut it in half, and cooked a large bowl of smooth pork liver soup for Lu Yuedan. She pickled the rest and saved it for lunch.

Then I went to my private plot and picked some vegetables for lunch.

An hour later, he ran to the well and took out the jelly.

This well is very deep and has never dried up even in severe droughts. The water in it is sweet and clear, and it is warm in winter and cool in summer.

Especially in summer, the inside of the well is like a refrigerator.

The jelly in the bucket is cold to the touch.

She brought back the jelly, put it into a bowl, and poured honey on it. The cool taste made her mouth water.

"Uncle Fugui, come and try the jelly I made."

Shen Fugui and his three sons-in-law were sawing wood. When they heard this, they looked over and saw the shiny thing in the bowl. They were very confused.

"What is this?"

"This is made from ghost steamed buns, called jelly. I chilled it. It can help relieve the heat and dryness."

In the local dialect, the fruit of the fig is called "ghost bun". Because of its name, the local people think it is a bad thing and avoid it as much as possible, so no one knows that it can be made into food.

When they heard about the ghost buns, several people gathered around the table, a little afraid to eat them.

Lu Chaoyan picked up a bowl with a smile and ate it with a spoon. After a while, half the bowl was gone.

"Uncle Fugui, my Lu family's medical book records that this ghost bun has the effect of clearing away heat and toxins, and eliminating summer heat and thirst. If you have a bowl of it and suffer from dry mouth, bitter taste, and short yellow urine, you will feel better in less than half a day. It is absolutely a good thing."

"You said it was so good, I have to try it."

Shen Fugui picked up a bowl and ate it directly without using a spoon. It was cool and sweet, and the heat from his body instantly disappeared.

He did not bother to speak, holding the bowl in one hand and giving Lu Chaoyan a thumbs up with the other. Seeing this, his three sons-in-law also picked up a bowl and ate, all expressing their amazement.

Lu Chaoyan then told them the recipe for making ficus carica jelly, and the four of them were surprised again.

It turns out that the scary ghost buns on the mountain can be made into such delicious food. Everyone said they would go back into the mountain to pick some and cook them at home.

The four of them ate three large bowls each, and there was still half a bowl left in the wooden barrel. She took the three children to the kitchen and gave each of them a bowl.

The three little kids finished eating and still wanted to eat more. Lu Chaoyan didn't dare to give them too much for fear of cooling their spleen and stomach.

"Third sister, this is what you called delicious."

Lu Hanqing waited until there were no more patients in the clinic before taking the time to come over.

Lu Chaoyan served him a large bowl and said, "Eat quickly."

"Aren't you going to give it to your father?" Lu Hanqing asked after taking a sip.

Lu Chaoyan covered the wooden barrel and put it in a cool place. "That's all. When you finish eating, close the kitchen door. I'll go to the field and catch some eels."

After saying that, she picked up the basket, took a porcelain basin and a pair of scissors and left.

Go directly down to the river from the riverbank steps opposite the clinic entrance, wade across the river, and reach the rice fields opposite.

He released his special powers and soon found several eel holes. The thin vines, like steel wires, pulled them out of the holes.

They were all big eels weighing more than two kilograms. She didn't want to be greedy and caught seven.

Back at the river, Lu Chaoyan picked up an eel, fixed its head and tail with rattan silk, cut open the tail with scissors, took out the eel's blood, then cut open its intestines and cleaned it.

To be on the safe side, she used her special powers to check their bodies for parasites.

Fortunately, all seven eels are healthy.

After processing the eel, I got more than half a basin of eel blood, which is poisonous but also nutritious.

She brought it to Si Zhengyan, steamed it directly, added seasoning, and fed it to him.

After eating, I gave him another full body massage, but I didn't make any noise to tease him again.

Si Zhengyan had lost all desire in life and was neither angry nor shy.

His body was like a fish at the mercy of Lu Chaoyan, and he had no right to choose at all.

If she likes it, let her ravage it, just treat it as the last bit of contribution he can make to others as a human being.