Chapter 522 Please be a human being!

"Uncle Xiaoqiao, take this in first."

Chen Hui handed the chicken soup in his hand to Chen Xiaoqiao and strode towards the store.

An Wenyi trotted after him, and as soon as he stepped into the store door, he shouted, "Mom! My brother-in-law is here!"

"Hey! Why did you come just now?"

"Didn't you say you would get up early to go fishing and come here when you were done?"

Lin Jiao complained helplessly.

I gave the two villagers the soy sauce and vinegar they needed, as well as the cigarettes they needed to buy.

While no one was buying anything, he scribbled a few words on his notebook and said:

"You hurry up and look after the shop. I'm going to go get some ducks. Shi Lan saw that I couldn't help, so he took them back and killed them for me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers came over with their children to buy things.

"There are so many people here today, I'm not familiar with the prices of many things!"

"I'll just go make lunch. Chen Xiaoqiao will also be having lunch at our house in the afternoon. I'll ask him to come over and light the fire." Chen Hui said.

The villagers who came to buy things listened on the side.

I couldn't help my curiosity and asked:
"It's a big holiday, why is Xiaoqiao having dinner at your house?"

"Lin Jiao, people in the village say that the village chief's family also owns this shop. Is that true?"

Lin Jiao has dealt with this kind of problem many times since opening the store.

Chen Hui knew that she was perfectly fine, so he walked out of the store and went straight into the house.

While directing Chen Xiaoqiao to light a fire, he took the field ducks that had been prepared by the patio and looked at them.

Deal with the fine, unplucked duck feathers.

He stretched his neck and called out, "Uncle Xiaoqiao, have you boiled the water?"

"What water do you want to boil? I can't even start the fire!" Chen Xiaoqiao squatted in front of the stove, looking dusty and dirty.

"What's the use of you? You can't even start a fire!" Chen Hui said with disdain.

"You can't blame me for this. It's because the stove at your mother-in-law's house is hard to light. I can light it at home."

Chen Xiaoqiao explained, and when he saw Chen Hui walking out, he sat down and asked loudly, "What are you going to do?"

"Find someone to start a fire!" Chen Hui answered confidently.

"No, you still can't figure it out after all this time? Then how dare you criticize me?" Chen Xiaoqiao complained to the air.

Chen Hui quickly replaced Lin Jiao.

She sat down next to the stove, smiled at Chen Hui and Chen Xiaoqiao, and lit the fire in just a few words.

He asked Chen Xiaoqiao, "The fire is already started, can you continue to burn it? You won't ask Wen Yi to come in and burn it!"

"I've already done it! How can I be outdone by literature and art?" Chen Xiaoqiao said unconvinced.

"Mom, my brother-in-law asked you where the scale for weighing melon seeds is?" An Wenyi shouted outside the door.

Lin Jiao hurried out again, and Chen Hui soon came in.

Chen Xiaoqiao himself weighs half a catty, so no one would laugh at his eight ounces.

He concentrated on keeping the fire burning to avoid being laughed at for not being as good as An Wenyi.

Chen Hui chopped the duck into several pieces with clangs.

Seeing that the water in the pot was just slightly warm, I scooped another large ladle of water in to cool it down, and then put the processed duck meat into the pot.

He said to Chen Xiaoqiao: "Fire!"

After blanching the duck meat, take it out and rinse off the blood foam, then add appropriate amount of water and stew it.

This process takes a long time.

Chen Hui took a sip of cold tea, poured another cup for Chen Xiaoqiao and said, "Uncle Xiaoqiao, you keep the fire going here, I'll go back and get the good stuff!"

"Go quickly! If it weren't for your food, would I be working like a slave here?" Chen Xiaoqiao urged.

"Be a chicken, a duck, a cow, a horse"

"Uncle Xiaoqiao, please be a human being!"

Chen Xiaoqiao smiled and walked out humming a song. Lin Jiao was still busy in the store, and An Wenyi was arranged to write at a small table on the side.

Seeing Chen Hui coming out, he ran out and said, "Brother-in-law! Take me wherever you are going!"

"I just went back to Grandma Jinhua's house to get something."

"Then I want to go with you!"

There was nothing to do today, Chen Hui said loudly, and took An Wenyi to Wu Jinhua's house.

Wu Jinhua has returned from picking chestnuts.

Holding a pair of scissors in one hand and a pair of pliers in the other, he struggled with the chestnut's thorny shell.

"Grandma Jinhua, you're back!?"

"It's a good harvest. We can peel at least one pound of chestnuts." said Chen Hui.

"Yes! Peel it and cook it. It's perfect for lunch!" Wu Jinhua said with a smile.

Chen Hui stood aside and watched her fiddle with it for a long time without being able to peel a single one.

I found a small bucket and put all the chestnuts in it:
"Your eyes aren't working well anymore, you might get your hand stabbed!"

"Take this and I'll ask Chen Xiaoqiao to do it. He's busy making firewood and has nothing to do anyway!"

Handing the small bucket of chestnuts to An Wenyi, Chen Hui then fished out the small clams, blue crabs and lobsters from the tank.

"We're going to make lunch. You come over to eat later, okay?" Chen Hui said, carrying the bucket.

"understood."

"Eh? Grandma Jinhua, you didn't even say you couldn't go today?"

"If I don't go, you will take it away, and you can't throw it away!"

It turned out that she heard what I said to An Wenjing yesterday.

Chen Hui smiled, "That's right, it's great to be an old man who listens to advice! Then let's go together!"

"You guys go first, I'll sweep the shells here and dry them and then come over!" Wu Jinhua said.

Chen Hui and An Wenyi walked back, each carrying a bucket of water.

I met a few people on the way and went to the town together to sell the catch from the beach.

Seeing that there were lobsters and blue crabs in Chen Hui's bucket, he laughed at him for only thinking of going now because all the people at the purchasing point in the town had left.

When they heard that Chen Hui was going to cook it and eat it, several people suddenly didn't want to talk to him anymore.

"Brother-in-law, why are they a little..." An Wenyi scratched his head, not knowing how to describe it.

"A little unhappy, but not angry?" Chen Hui asked with a smile.

"That's right! That's it! Why?" An Wenyi was puzzled.

"Just imagine if Niuniu had a whole mooncake to eat by herself, and she still complained that the mooncake was not tasty."

"I'm furious!"

An Wenyi understood it roughly, but not completely.

Chen Hui smiled and rubbed her head.

After they went back, An Wenyi was called back by Lin Jiao to write.

Chen Hui also gave the chestnuts to Chen Xiaoqiao.

Seeing that the water in the big pot has boiled, throw whole bunches of edamame into the pot and cook them.

Free your hands and prepare the seafood on the side.

Wu Jinhua came over quickly and seeing that Chen Xiaoqiao's fire was not burning well, he pushed him aside and sat in front of the stove to light the fire himself.

Several people are busy with their own things.

When An Wenjing pushed her bicycle in, lunch was already ready.

The table was filled with stewed duck soup, braised pork with rich red sauce, cooked edamame skewers and chestnuts, braised blue crabs, and steamed lobsters.

"Hey? Brother Chen Hui, what's in this small bowl?" An Wenjing asked, pointing at the bowl.

"This is something delicious you haven't tasted before. This is the main dish for today!"

(End of this chapter)