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1.52% Transmigrated as the Ex-Wife of a Heroic Man / Chapter 21: Not Following Good Intentions

Chapter 21: Not Following Good Intentions

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Didn't Zhou Hengyang enter the city to earn a living? According to the novel's description, he soon made his first pot of gold, bought the closed factory, and set up the first Changhe Machinery Factory in the province.

Hehe... In future, if she needed to spend, she could say that it was money from Zhou Hengyang.

Su Wen planned to go to the village the next day to spread the news that Zhou Hengyang had struck it rich in the provincial capital. This way, she could earn and spend openly without fear of being reported by others.

Su Wen turned to return home after she was done thinking about her problem. She happened to see Zhang Chunxiang's figure hurriedly going down the small path.

When she had first seen Sun Yunyun, she hadn't thought much of it. Now that she saw Zhang Chunxiang, she couldn't help but have her thoughts running wild. This path was not the main road to the market. It was only a meter wide and was a winding stone path.

It was the road to Plum Furrow and the mountains.

Su Wen did not return home. She walked to the intersection and waited for Zhang Chunxiang. She wanted to see just how thick-skinned Sun Yunyun and Zhang Chunxiang were. After she transmigrated, she didn't like Zhao Jiangang as much as the original character, so these two couldn't sit still.

They were going to Plum Furrow to encourage Zhao Jiangang to take the initiative to attack!

"Second aunt, are you back from visiting relatives?"

"Oh! It's Wen!" Zhang Chunxiang saw that Su Wen and did not feel the least bit guilty. In her eyes, Su Wen was merely a complete idiot. She was being betrayed and schemed against by others and yet was not aware of it, not learning at all from the shrewdness of her mother.

"Second aunt was visiting a relative, what are you doing here? I haven't seen you come to my house recently. Are you estranged from Second aunt?" Zhang Chunxiang smiled affectionately. "Come, let's go to Second aunt's house."

"Second aunt, do you have good food at home that you want to share with me?" Su Wen's eyes were sparkling as she asked.

Zhang Chunxiang almost couldn't hold back the smile on her face. She was a person who was so stingy that she couldn't even bear to spare a mouthful of water, let alone food.

"This girl, Second aunt's family is so poor that we can not even feed a pot. There's nothing to eat, I'm worried about what to eat tonight!"

"But I heard from Third aunt that your family had meat last night." Su Wen's face was filled with envy. "Second aunt, your family is really rich."

Zhang Chunxiang was so shocked that she jumped on the spot and denied it. "What nonsense are you saying? What do you mean rich? We're the proletariat and poor farmers, and my family is about to die from poverty." It was not a good thing to be rich. If they were to have their surpluses confiscated, they would be in big trouble.

"I'm done talking to you. I'm going home to cook." Zhang Chunxiang left dejectedly. She muttered to herself that this Wen's mouth had become so venomous. It really wasn't good. She couldn't let this kind of scourge continue to prance around.

*****

When Su Wen returned home, little sister Su had already returned from playing outside. She was like a hardworking little bee in the courtyard. She was carrying a bowl and scattering rice bran mixed with chopped wild vegetables on the ground to feed the chickens.

The two roosters and seven to eight hens were circling little sister Su, speedily and happily pecking at the chicken feed on the ground.

Other than the house, these ten chickens were Su Wen's family's biggest asset.

The cooking seasonings that they usually used at home were all gotten by selling eggs. Hence, there were eggs at home, but no one could bear to eat them. All the eggs that were laid were kept in the drawer and tallied one by one. They also had to prevent Zhuangzhuang and Niuniu from stealing them.

"Big sister, you're back?" Little sister Su had just finished feeding the chickens and was about to sweep the chicken poop off the ground.

Only then did Su Wen realize that it was to her younger sister's credit that the courtyard was so clean.

"Yes! I'm back to make dinner." Su Wen gave her a big smile and praised her, "My little sister is so capable. I'll make you a delicious meal tonight."

Little sister Su lowered her head shyly, not daring to look at Su Wen. Her face was as red as a beet, and her heart was beating fast.

Big sister had praised her. She, too, was someone of use.


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Chapter 22: Pickled Vegetables

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Su Wen went to the kitchen and opened the cabinet to see if there were any ingredients left. All the good food had been consumed by the original character, and the sisters were malnourished; they needed to be nourished.

It would have been great if there had been milk!

She sighed inwardly and planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to purchase some malted milk and get Su Qing to send it to school for Fourth and Fifth sister.

Those poor girls; who knew what kind of life they were leading in school!

When Su Wen was young, she had eaten in the school canteen. Not only had there been no oil used, but the food was also extremely unpalatable and of poor nutritional value. With Fourth and Fifth sisters' status, they could probably only eat some pickled vegetables, steamed buns, and drink some cold water.

Her heart ached at the thought of it.

"Big sister, what are we having for dinner?" After cleaning up the yard, little sister Su quietly washed her hands before entering the kitchen.

She knew that her elder sister prioritized basic hygiene. If she was unhygienic, her elder sister would not like her.

"We'll have egg pancakes and fry up some pickled vegetables for dinner." Su Wen made her decision and started to take action.

She took five eggs from the drawer, then began to mix some white flour and water into cornmeal to make the batter. She then went to their plot outside, pulled out a few shallots, washed and chopped them up before putting them into the batter.

When she was done, she realized little sister Su was clutching her chest in pain.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Little sister Su's eyes were filled with tears. "Big sister, do you want to eat five eggs? We only have fourteen eggs in total. If we finish them, we'll have none left! Let's not eat them. I'm not hungry at all, really. I ate such delicious meat and bones yesterday. I can live without good food for a year."

They usually couldn't bear to eat even a single one.

"Big sister, let's not eat eggs! We'll just have cornmeal paste. That will be delicious enough."

Su Wen was silent for a long time. It turned out that when her little sister had eaten meat the day before, she had already decided not to eat it for the next year.

"Listen to me, you're malnourished now and need more nutrition. From now on, you have to eat eggs every day. Not only eggs, but also meat, bones, fish, and a lot of other delicious food."

Little sister Su looked at Su Wen, startled, her little heart in great shock. In her eyes, her elder sister had such a tall and tough image, even more radiant than it had been when their father had been alive.

"Don't worry. There will be eggs, money, and beautiful clothes in the future."

Her little sister was too sensible, which was really gratifying.

"Come, help me start the fire. Let's start cooking!"

"Oh!" Little sister Su had yet to recover from the shock. She sat on a small stool with a dazed expression on her face as she started the fire. Her hands, however, were very skilled. She added firewood little by little when she was filling the stove, allowing the iron pot to be heated evenly without needing to use a fire fork.

With someone helping her with the fire, she would be able to cook twice as quickly. It would be more convenient than the natural gas in the city, and the food she made would be more fragrant.

Su Wen deftly wiped the heated pot with oil before spreading out flour in the pot to make a pancake, subsequently adding a whipped egg. Soon, the fragrance of corn mixed with scallions and eggs filled the air.

Little sister Su couldn't help but swallow her saliva. Her eyes were fixed on the egg pancake, and she couldn't bear to look away. She had long forgotten what she had just said.

Su Wen couldn't help but laugh. No matter how sensible a child was, she was still a child.

She repeated the process four times and made four egg pancakes. Dinner was ready.

It wouldn't do to have a main course without side dishes. Little sister Su made a fuss about not wanting side dishes, saying that it was sufficiently delicious and blissful to have the egg pancakes. However, Su Wen ignored her. From what she knew, what was a meal without side dishes?

There must be a sense of ceremony in life, and it was important to pay attention to the pairing of items.

She opened a small jar of pickled vegetables from the corner of the kitchen. Inside were pickled vegetables with beautiful coloring. The tangy smell made one feel like eating a big bowl of rice.

It would go well with the egg pancake.

She didn't expect the original character to have a unique skill in pickling vegetables.


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