After all this, time had passed quickly.
It was now just after three o'clock, and Gu Chen walked over to Ji Pianran with a smile on his face.
'Let's have spicy chicken nuggets for dinner tonight!'
In his heart, the most important thing was nothing more than his wife and child.
Ji Pianran nodded, 'Okay!' Then he thought of his daughter, who was still watching cartoons inside the house.
He subconsciously glanced towards the living room window.
He whispered, 'Tangtang can't eat spicy food.'
Gu Chen smiled, 'You don't need to worry about that.'
How would he not know that Tangtang couldn't eat spicy food? He would just serve her some in advance and leave out the chili peppers.
The village chief had left, but Auntie Zhang had no intention of leaving.
After all, he and Li You'e were old girlfriends, and the three women returned to the house.
Gu Chen returned to the kitchen, holding the chicken in his hands, and began to clean up.
He was mentally calculating tomorrow's meeting and physical examination.
There were no special items for the physical examination, and there was no need to fast.
It would be fine to go in the afternoon after the meeting.
However, he wasn't sure if the meeting notice would go through smoothly.
And in that case, he might need some help with the fields behind him.
After all, such a large field was not the same as the sacred field.
I really can't handle it all by myself.
Thinking this, he couldn't help but glance towards the front room. It would be great if Tian Laosi could help look after the fields for him.
After all, he was a good farmer.
No one in the village could match him when it came to working hard.
If he could help look after the fields,
he would definitely feel a lot more at ease.
Thinking this, Gu Chen had finished cleaning up the chickens.
He poured some oil into the wok, and as soon as it was hot, he threw in the two chopped up roosters.
Then he added some soy sauce, some sliced garlic, spring onions and ginger.
As soon as he started to stir fry them, the aroma immediately filled the wok.
It drifted out into the courtyard.
Although it was still the first month of the lunar year, many people had already finished celebrating by the third.
After all, no one had money to buy meat every day.
Tian Laosi was working in the front room when the delicious smell wafted straight up his nose.
He felt his stomach, and realised that he had eaten quite a lot at lunchtime.
He was afraid that he might get hungry soon, even though he didn't feel hungry.
But the smell of Gu Chen's cooking made him feel immediately hungry.
The smell not only drifted into the front room, but also into the living room.
The three of them were carefully admiring the phoenix embroidered by Ji Pianran when they smelled the aroma. Li You'e lost all interest in the embroidery.
She swallowed hard, 'Did Chen make this?'
Before Ji Pianran could say anything, Auntie Zhang answered, 'Of course. My house is next to his, and every day I have to resist the temptation to come over for dinner. It's really hard for me!'
Li You'e sniffed again.
She nodded sympathetically, 'It's enough to torture people to smell this every day.'
It really is delicious, this smell, who wouldn't want to take a bite when they smell it, it just goes straight to your head.
She looked at Ji Pianran with a smile and patted her hand.
'Oh, you're so lucky, Chen Zi makes such a good meal, if I could eat it every day, that would be so beautiful.'
Just the smell makes her want to taste it.
She was planning to invite the family to dinner tomorrow, but after smelling Gu Chen's cooking,
she suddenly felt that her iron pot stewed goose was no longer presentable.
Auntie Zhang laughed along.
'Things are really getting better and better. If the village chief can successfully mobilise everyone tomorrow, I think Gu Chen will be able to get a lot of land.'
Looking around the whole village, who has the ability to plant so much land at once?
Hearing this, Li You'e couldn't help but feel a little worried.
'I don't think Chen Zi should plant the land. Look at the young people in our village, which ones aren't going to the city to find work? Who stays behind to plant the land?'
'Just from Chen Zi's skills, going to the city to be a security guard is better than planting the land.'
It's no wonder she said this, and this is actually the case now.
As long as they are not disabled, basically anyone who can go to the city has done so, even if it means waiting tables for someone else. No one wants to stay in the village and farm.
Farming means that one's social status is that of a farmer.
But the originally simple and kind word 'farmer' has slowly changed with the reform and opening up of China, as people's horizons have gradually broadened.
For some inexplicable reason, it has gradually become a derogatory term.
As soon as you hear the word 'farmer,' you can't help but associate it with poverty-stricken rural areas, difficult conditions, illiteracy, and a lack of cleanliness.
None of these words are good.
So few people living in the village don't yearn to go to the city, experience the living environment of a big city, and see the outside world.
Li You'e's daughter married a city person.
When they had the banquet, it was a sight to behold.
She was afraid that no one would know that her daughter had married into the city!
It's not surprising that she's influential.
It can only be said that this is the general environment, everyone yearns for the life of a city person, no one wants to stay in this poor rural area where you have to walk two miles to go to the toilet.
She couldn't understand why Gu Chen didn't take his wife and children to the city with him, but instead planted a field in the village.
Upon hearing this, Ji Pianran blinked her watery eyes and shifted her gaze from her embroidery to Li You'e's face.
'Auntie, actually farming is pretty good,'
she had never felt that there was anything bad about farming, nor did she feel that there was anything bad about the countryside.
'I shouldn't be saying this, but for elderly people like us, it's actually quite good to stay in the village and work the land. Not only are you young, but...'
Li You'e is old, and her family's situation is just so-so in this village. At her age, she can't do much work in the city, and a house in the city is really expensive.
It's better to stay in the village where she's lived her whole life, where everyone knows each other, and it's quite good.
But Gu Chen is different. He is young and has a lot of skills. He works as a security guard and a cook. Which is better than farming?
She sincerely hopes that Gu Chen will do well.
Ji Pianran smiled. She knew that Li You'e also genuinely wanted the best for Gu Chen. After all, this is the current situation.
The young people in every household have gone to the city.
But Ji Pianran also knows that there is no shortage of talents in any profession!
She never felt that farming was inferior to any other occupation.
After all, her ancestors had been farmers for generations.
Without the food grown in the countryside, the city dwellers would have to go back to farming!
Ji Pianran didn't say much, just a simple sentence.
'I believe in Gu Chen.'
That sentence was actually enough.
As long as it was something decent, no matter what it was, she would always stand by Gu Chen's side.
He is her man and the father of her child.
Compared to what outsiders say, Ji Pianran believes that Gu Chen has his own ideas when doing these things.