Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 211 The more you eat, the happier you are

Miao Yu looked at Liao Zhi with deep affection, her slender fingers tracing across Liao Zhi's face.

When Yang Wuni saw Yang Deshan return, she quickly made room for him.

Upon hearing what Miao Yu and Liao Zhi were saying, he immediately left the house and began preparing a meal to entertain Miao Yu.

Yang Wuni brought out salted eggs, braised pork, and all the delicious food she could find.

Yang Deshan didn't like these unusual toys, so he went to the outer room to help Yang Wuni cook.

"Wu Ni, what's wrong? Why aren't you happy?" Yang Deshan, who was tending the stove, looked up at Yang Wu Ni.

Yang Wuni put the braised pork, cabbage, and vermicelli into the pot, and then steamed a bowl of steamed egg custard.

Once everything was ready, they started to stir-fry red chili peppers with scallions, salted melon, and pickled vegetables.

After chopping for a while, he straightened up and stared blankly out the window.

"Uncle, it's nothing, it's just that the chili peppers and green onions are making my eyes water."

Yang Wuni used the back of her hand to wipe away the tears that hadn't yet spilled from her eyes.

"Wu Ni, you've always been someone who can't keep things to yourself. Others may not know, but your uncle does."

"You can't tell anyone else, can you? Tell your uncle what happened?" Yang Deshan turned around and closed the door to the room.

"Uncle, I think Director Miao treats Liao Zhi very well. Will he take Liao Zhi away in a few days?"

Our family owes Liao Zhi and Sister Du Qiu money for serving them for three years.

Before I could even serve her for three years, and without Sister Du Qiu's permission, it was not.

"We agreed to Liao Zhihe and Director Miao's terms. Did we do something against our conscience?"

Yang Wuni continued to chop chili sauce and pickled vegetables and melon seeds with her head down.

Before Yang Deshan could even try to comfort Yang Wuni, Zhang Changyao, who had just come out of the door, came over to soothe her.

"Wu Ni, if you ask me, we shouldn't get involved in this matter."

After Du Qiu left, Liao Zhi was left behind and never heard from again.

Liao Zhi is physically weak, but he hasn't become an idiot or a fool.

He has his own ideas; he can decide for himself who to go with and who not to go with.

Our duty is to take good care of him and make sure he's not cold or hungry.

As for who wants to take him away, he can go with whomever he wants, as long as he's happy.

"Young master, do you think that woman can treat Liao Zhi well?"

Don't be like Liao Zhi's ex-girlfriend, hiding him away to show off to others.

"It's alright if she meets a good person like our Wu Ni, but if she meets a bad person, this child will suffer."

Yang Deshan asked Zhang Changyao in a voice that only they could hear.

"Uncle, do everything you can to prevent Liao Zhi from leaving with this woman, after all, our family owes Lin Qiu money."

If Liao Zhi insists on going with Miao Yu, we shouldn't stop him.

We're not abandoning Liao Zhi; as long as he still wants to come back to our home, I'll bring him back immediately.

Some things, if you don't try, you'll always have fantasies. Once you've tried, you won't have any regrets, whether it works or not.

"Zhang Changyao, Miao Yu wants to stay at our house, so let's let Uncle stay in our room."

As long as Director Miao is truly good to Liao Zhi, we'll make room for them both.

Anyway, as long as we can make Liao Zhi happy, I don't think Sister Lin Qiu will blame us.

Yang Wuni leaned close to Zhang Changyao's ear and whispered for his opinion.

"Uncle, do you think Wu Ni's idea will work?" Zhang Changyao asked Yang Deshan, at a loss for what to do.

"Why not? Liao Zhi can't move either. The two of them can just chat, it's fine."

Without hesitation, Yang Deshan finalized the matter.

Sun Liudi also stayed behind, and the group gathered together, listening to the radio and drinking.

"Director Miao, I'm not good with words, but I'd like to take this opportunity to toast you, Brother Changyao."

After downing half a jar of wine, Sun Liudi, a man scheming to the core, squinted his eyes obsequiously and raised his wine cup to toast Miao Yu.

Brother Sun, you're an electrician, and you're considered a prominent figure in the village.

When I'm not around in the future, please look after my old classmates for me.

I have some connections with the head of your power management station. We're going to be rewiring and installing utility poles in a few days. I'll ask him about it for you.

We're not saying we'll take on the whole contract, but just earning some wages can help supplement our household income, right?

Miao Yu is very good at understanding people's thoughts; with just one sentence, she made Sun Liu want to kowtow to her.

Sun Liudi slurped the chopsticks with his mouth and then picked up the largest piece of meat and gave it to Miao Yu.

Miao Yu glanced at it with disdain, picked up her bowl, and poured the meat chunks into Zhang Changyao's bowl.

Zhang Changyao looked at the meat in the bowl, unsure whether to eat it or not.

"Uncle, bring me some meat from your bowl. I love this kind of meat that's a perfect balance of fat and lean."

"You young people will eat later; this old man won't outlive you. Let me eat something good first."

Yang Deshan picked up his bowl and held it out to Zhang Changyao's bowl, waiting for him to put some meat on it.

"Uncle, don't you dislike eating lean meat because you think it gets stuck in your teeth?"

There's a piece of fatty meat here; there's no lean meat in it.

Yang Wuni didn't understand what was going on, so she found a piece of fatty meat in the dish and put it on Yang Deshan's plate.

"Wu Ni, I don't want your piece, I want the piece in Chang Yao's bowl, it looks delicious."

Yang Deshan dodged the meat Yang Wuni offered and looked at Zhang Changyao.

Zhang Changyao immediately understood Yang Deshan's meaning and turned the meat in his bowl over into Yang Deshan's bowl.

Sun Liudi glanced at Yang Deshan with a look of disappointment, a hint of disgust flashing across his smiling face.

Yang Deshan ignored everyone, keeping his head down and focusing on biting into the fatty and lean meat in his bowl.

"Brother Liudi, have a salted egg. It's not too salty or bland, and it's just oozing oil."

Seeing that Sun Liudi was unhappy, Zhang Changyao quickly moved the salted egg in the plate so that it sat next to Sun Liudi's rice bowl.

"Director Miao, then you can have this salted egg."

Sun Liudi lowered his head and obediently took the eggs Zhang Changyao had given him and handed them to Miao Yu.

Miao Yu reluctantly took the salted egg, cracked open the shell, scooped out a little with her chopsticks, and ate it.

Sun Liudi saw that Miao Yu had actually eaten it, and then his face returned to a smile.

The group drank more than half a cup of wine, chatting idly and seemingly intoxicated.

Before they finished eating, Yang Deshan took a bowl of rice with lean meat and salted egg yolk and fed Liao Zhi.

Liao Zhi was engrossed in listening to the radio when Yang Deshan put an oily egg yolk to his lips, and that's when he realized what was happening.

"Uncle, the food today is delicious. I'll have another half bowl."

Liao Zhi surprisingly opened his mouth to eat more, which made Yang Deshan so happy that he crawled over and scooped up a mouthful of rice and half a bowl of vegetables.

The old man was afraid that Liao Zhi wouldn't eat enough; the more Liao Zhi ate, the happier he was.

After finishing his meal, Sun Liudi sat next to Miao Yu and drank tea.

Whenever Miao Yu said a word, he would lower his head and lean closer to listen.

Zhang Changyao had nothing to say, but he had no choice but to sit opposite the two of them.

Yang Wuni tidied up and waited for a while. Xiao Wenda got sleepy and fussy, so she had to take the child back to her room.

"Oh dear! It's getting late, I should go back now. Director Miao, don't go yet, I'll treat you to stewed chicken tomorrow."

We have several hens at home; whichever one you like, we'll kill it.

Sun Liudi was so sleepy he could barely keep his eyes open, so he got up and started to go home.

"Brother Liudi, I think you and Director Miao haven't had enough of chatting yet."

Let her come stay at your place, and the two of you can have a good chat.