Chapter 28: Seriously Ill
Chen Fan carefully thought about it. Maybe his teaching level included the times when he trained new employees at the company before. If that were the case, it would make much more sense.
But compared to Cooking and Beast Language, he didn't value this Teaching Skill much.
He was still an unregistered person, and the most important thing was that his origins were unknown. Who would he teach? Who would dare to let him teach?
He couldn't go door-to-door teaching people how to cook, could he?
So this skill was likely useless, and he put it out of his mind.
Braised soft-shelled turtle didn't need to be steamed for one or two hours like steamed dishes, but it still needed to be simmered for about 15 minutes. He put the lid on the pot, turned the heat down low in the stove, and while waiting, he squatted on the ground and chatted with the big yellow dog amidst the strange gazes of the people around him.
"Woof woof~ woof woof?" (Have you eaten yet?)
The big yellow dog stared at him, "Woof woof woof." (Haven't eaten)
Chen Fan, "Awoo awoo~ woof." (I'll give you bones to gnaw on later)
The big yellow dog, "Woof woof." (Yay)
It wagged its tail as it spoke.
At the kitchen door, Accountant Liu went up to Captain Yang and said with a strange expression, "It seems like he's really seriously ill."
Captain Yang's expression was also a little complicated, "I thought he was organized in his work, knew how to study, and could cook soft-shelled turtle, so I was wondering if he was faking amnesia. Now it seems like his mind is really not very clear."
Normal people tease dogs by whistling or making some noise. But what was Chen Fan doing?
He was actually seriously talking to the dog, and speaking dog language. Was this something a person would do?
Keeper Huang gritted his teeth and thought for a long time before saying softly, "Forget it, say less. Anyway, talking to the dog doesn't stop him from contributing to the team."
They had gained a meat dish out of thin air, and a meat dish that could be delicious without oil. This contribution was much stronger than a strong laborer.
It was a pity that soft-shelled turtle was cold in nature and pregnant women couldn't eat it. Otherwise, no one in the village would kill chickens in the future, and they would all use soft-shelled turtle to nourish themselves. They could take the chickens out to sell and increase their income by how much!
Inside the kitchen, Liu Ju Jiang didn't care about Chen Fan's behavior.
When village banquets were allowed in the early years, he had been everywhere within a radius of dozens of miles. He had even gone to the regional committee with his master and had seen many strange people and things. Chen Fan just liked to chat with dogs. He had even seen people raise dogs as their own sons. During the famine years, others couldn't wait to kill dogs for meat, but that person was good, he would rather go hungry himself and let most of his food go into the dog's stomach. This was nothing.
Chen Fan had a friendly exchange with the big yellow dog and successfully gained 3 beast language experience points. In just two more days, he would be able to raise his Beast Language to level 2.
I wonder if level 2 could allow him to chat with soft-shelled turtles? If he could really chat, he would be embarrassed to eat them.
Soon he thought of a solution. Keep the ones he had chatted with, and only eat the ones he hadn't chatted with.
He didn't have a watch and couldn't estimate the time. Chen Fan's legs went numb from squatting, so he stood up and moved around a bit, then lifted the pot lid, took a bite with his chopsticks, and nodded repeatedly, "The meat is soft and tender just right. It can't be cooked any longer. Take it out of the pot."
When it was simmering earlier, the aroma had already drifted out, arousing countless cravings. When the pot lid was lifted at this time, a rich meaty aroma swept out, making the children cry.
Liu Ju Jiang also tasted a piece from his own pot, "Hmm, it's delicious, but it's a bit tough, not completely cooked. But it's good to take it out of the pot at this time. Take it back home, add some side dishes, and stew it again, and it will be soft and tender."
When Captain Yang heard this, he immediately turned around and shouted, "Line up, we're distributing the meat."
No need to say much, everyone was very familiar with this kind of thing, and a long line quickly formed automatically. They all came in the order of the positions they had grabbed earlier, without any mistakes.
Liu Ju Jiang was dishing out the food for everyone, one scoop per person. Whether the meat was good or bad, the portion was the same, so that no one would have more in their bowl and no one would have less.
Yang Ju brought a large casserole and scooped in the pot that Chen Fan had stir-fried. Then she carried the pot into the main room. The others looked at the big pot of soft-shelled turtle, and only drooled, but no one said anything, because Yang Ju had dug it out of the mud pond herself last night. If anyone wanted to eat it, they could go dig it themselves!
After a while, the large pot that Liu Ju Jiang had stir-fried was all distributed. He also kept a bowl for himself and asked his wife to take it home. After he was done, he prepared to say goodbye, but Captain Yang pulled him into the house, "You're a master, how can you leave? Eat here today."
Chen Fan and Jiang Lili had already been invited to sit in the main room, holding a teacup in their hands. By coincidence, it was the same one as yesterday.
But like yesterday, Chen Fan didn't dare to drink it.
Today there was no fire pit in the main room, just a large square table with a big pot of soft-shelled turtle on it.
Yang Ju used the remaining fire to steam rice and stir-fry dishes. One pot was used to steam rice, and the other pot was used to stir-fry a plate of cabbage and a plate of radishes, which were considered to have a taste of soft-shelled turtle. In addition, there was a plate of glutinous rice lotus root and a plate of stir-fried pressed tofu with peppercorns, which were also heated and brought to the table.
As for the pickled vegetables that were essential on rural tables, there were none now.
Because you couldn't serve pickled vegetables when guests came to the house. The reason was simple, first, it was impolite, and second, it was shabby. Even if you didn't have any money, digging a cabbage or pulling a radish from the field was better than serving a bowl of pickled vegetables on the table.
When guests came, women and children couldn't sit at the table either. Aunt Yang set up a small wooden table in the room and had already divided some dishes earlier. She ate inside with her 5 children, even the youngest four or five-year-old didn't make a fuss, and just stared eagerly at the bowl of meat, waiting to eat a big meal.
Jiang Lili also wanted to go in, but Captain Yang stopped her, "I don't care where you come from or what your background is. Since you've crossed this threshold, you're a guest in my house. What family has a reason to let their guests eat at a small table? Come, sit at the table."
Chen Fan saw that Jiang Lili's face was red and she stood there at a loss, so he helped her pull out a stool and said with a smile, "The Team Captain has spoken, what are you dawdling for? Don't make the Team Captain unhappy later."
Only then did Jiang Lili carefully sit down.
Captain Yang smiled and pointed at Chen Fan, "Say you're smart, you're smarter than a ghost. Say you're honest, and sometimes you don't even know some common sense."
Then he said to Accountant Liu and Keeper Huang, who had been invited, "He doesn't even know that school used to start in the spring and graduate in the winter. Do you think he's honest?"
Chen Fan grinned and laughed, "I'm smart when I know things, and I'm honest when I can't remember them."
He wasn't angry. Rural people were very straightforward when they spoke, let alone that Captain Yang was a senior. What did it matter if he said a few jokes? On the contrary, it showed that he didn't treat him as an outsider.
Accountant Liu also smiled, "Team Captain, I have to say something fair. If there wasn't a problem with Chen Fan's head, he definitely wouldn't not know this."
Keeper Huang pulled out a stool and sat down, "Look at you, you don't know how to talk. What do you mean, 'problem with his head'? He's just sick and can't remember for a while. I think you're the one with a problem with your head."
Accountant Liu pointed at him, "You're the one with a problem with your head. I'm not sitting next to you, I'm sitting with Third Brother."
With that, he made a detour and sat next to Liu Ju Jiang.
Chen Fan looked at the two and didn't expect them to be relatives. He didn't know if they were brothers or cousins, but that made sense. This village was only so big, so the probability that people with the same surname were relatives was of course very high.
There were four stools at the table. Captain Yang sat on one, Accountant Liu and Liu Ju Jiang sat on one, and Keeper Huang also sat on one, and sat in the middle. When Chen Fan saw this, he knew that he could only sit on one stool with Jiang Lili.
However, Jiang Lili cautiously shrank into the corner, and another fat person could sit between them, so there was no need to worry about affecting anything.
(End of Chapter)
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