The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

When Yin Baicai finished buying vegetables from Grandma Wu's house and went to Zhang Cui's house to buy more...

Then they heard Zhang Cui standing at the gate of her own yard cursing: "You despicable old hags, you can't sell your own vegetables so you come and steal my business! Why isn't this the time for you to mock me, the vegetable vendor?"

"You even said my vegetables aren't as good as yours? Come out here and let's compare! In your vegetable garden, the weeds are taller than the vegetables. You really have no shame."

Yin Baicai found it amusing to hear Zhang Cui's voice; Zhang's scolding must have been heard throughout the whole village.

But the news spread really fast. I only went to the end of the village once, and Aunt Zhang already knew. It must be those people who stopped me this morning to sell their own vegetables.

From now on, I'll stay away from Aunt Zhang.

"Aunt Zhang, don't be angry. I really like your vegetables. Take me to the vegetable garden." Yin Baicai said with a smile as she approached.

"Okay, Brother Cai, wait for me to get a sickle."

Zhang Cui was furious. It was one thing for the villagers to steal her business, but to go and slander her vegetables was unacceptable. She just couldn't swallow this insult.

Besides, Ren Cai Ge can buy from whichever store he wants. Stopping people and slandering their own vegetables is truly shameless.

Hearing Yin Baicai say this, Zhang Cui's resentment at being slandered by the villagers dissipated by more than half.

"Brother Cai, the eggplants are ripe recently, let me take you to see them."

Upon hearing this, Yin Baicai thought that since Li the bully had just bought pork from town today, it would be a good idea to buy some eggplants to make eggplant fritters.

The two arrived at the vegetable garden and, seeing the thriving eggplants, Yin Baicai bought a lot for Zhang Cui.

Zhang Cui smiled and advised, "Brother Cai, you can't finish all this food. We'll release Yan'er tomorrow. Buy less and buy more tomorrow."

"Auntie, I'm buying these to make eggplant fritters, not many."

Zhang Cui had never heard of this "eggplant box" before and asked, "What is this? I've heard of stir-fried eggplant and braised eggplant, but I've never heard of an eggplant box before."

"Just cut the eggplant into pieces about the thickness of your little finger, put two pieces together, put some minced meat in the middle, coat it with a batter made of water, fry it in oil until golden brown, take it out, and sprinkle some chili powder on it."

"Wow, that's a novel way to cook it! You know so much, Brother Cai! I'll pick a couple to take home and make some for Xiaowen and Xiaoyu. My husband just bought a pound of meat yesterday."

Yin Baicai went home after buying her things.

Seeing Li Zhe drawing water, Yin Baicai asked, "Why don't you install a fixed pulley on this well? That would be much more convenient."

When Li Zhe saw him return, he asked, "Why are you only coming back now?"

Yin Baicai arrived about half an hour later than usual this time.

"Oh, I met a village auntie, and I had a good talk with her."

Li Zhe noticed a dark glint in Yin Baicai's eyes when she said the last few words.

I knew that little thing must have gotten into another argument with someone.

The same glint appeared in his eyes when he argued with that arrogant waiter in front of that restaurant last time.

"By the way, what exactly is that fixed pulley you mentioned?"

"Let me cook first, or we'll be too late."

Li Zhe looked at the people who rushed into the courtyard in a panic and smiled with raised eyebrows.

He swung the wooden bucket in his hand and threw it into the well, quickly pumped the water up, and poured it into his own bucket.

Li Zhe's house was very close to the well at the village entrance, and in no time, the large water vat in his yard was filled by Li Zhe.

Yin Baicai washed and chopped the eggplant, and minced the meat that Li Zhe had bought that morning in half.

Arrange the stuffed eggplant slices, filled with minced meat, one by one on a large plate.

Scoop out the flour from the bag, add water and stir to make a batter, then put the lard into the pot.

Once the oil is hot, put the eggplant slices coated in batter into the oil and fry until golden brown. Remove them and place them on a large plate.

Yin Baicai even secretly tried one; it was crispy and savory.

"If only we had lotus roots, we could make lotus root sandwiches."

Li Mo smelled the aroma coming from the kitchen, stepped out of her room, tiptoed into the kitchen, and peeked her little head out from the kitchen doorway: "Mom is making something fragrant."

While frying and eating, Yin Baicai saw Li Mo coming over and greeted him, "Little Mo, were you also attracted by the smell of the eggplant fritters?" Yin Baicai picked up a cooled one and handed it to Li Mo, "Little glutton, have a taste."

Li Mo took the eggplant box, took a small bite, and her eyes lit up. "Mom, it's delicious and crunchy."

After fetching water, Li Zhe went to check on the crops in the fields.

Seeing the many weeds that had grown, Li Zhe used the hoe he had brought to clear them away.

The corn planted in the field has grown to waist height; if you bend down, you really can't see a person.

Li Zhe heard the voices of two women talking coming from the field next to his own.

"Have you heard? I've heard people saying that the jinx from the Yin family is flirting with the men who are repairing his house."

Another woman chimed in, "You've only heard about it; I saw it myself! He even wiped the sweat off the Ge Tian brothers!"

The woman who spoke first exclaimed in surprise, "You really saw it?"

"Of course it's true, I saw it for sure. Didn't you see it? That foxy look on her face, smiling at those two bachelors from the Ge family... I couldn't even bear to look."

"What if this bully Li finds out?!"

Li Zhe didn't want to listen to the two women gossip any longer, so he stepped across his own field and said coldly to them, "Say it again!"

The two women were startled when they saw Li Zhe suddenly appear.

He yelled, "Ah—Li the bully, you...when did you get here?"

Li Zhe's face remained cold. "Say it again. How dare you slander Cai Ge'er? Have you considered the consequences of offending someone like me, Li Zhe?"

The two women's faces stiffened. "What did you say? We didn't say anything."

"That's right, it's not just what we said, everyone in the village is saying it."

"Who told you that?" Li Zhe asked coldly.

The two women were startled by Li Zhe's appearance and blurted out, "It was Ma Qiao'e who said it, it has nothing to do with us."

Li Zhe said sternly, "If I hear this again, I don't recommend..." and then turned and left.

He was going to find this Ma Qiao'e; he would never allow her to slander Cai Ge'er.

As Li Zhe left, the two women stared blankly in the direction he went.

There was only one thought in my mind: This cold-faced bully looks really scary, his eyes are so fierce, like a wolf cub.

"Do you think that bully Li went to find Ma Qiao'e?"

"Who cares? We all heard it from her anyway. It's good that this bully Li doesn't cause us any trouble."

"Yes, hurry up and cut it. If we go back, we're afraid that Li the bully will come back again."

Although Li Zhe didn't associate with the villagers, he still knew where that family lived.

As a leading general, it is essential to be familiar with the geographical location of one's position.

Li Zhe had already figured out where every household in the village lived and how many people lived in them.

When Li Zhe arrived at Ma Qiao'e's house, Ma Qiao'e was still gossiping with the women in the village.

"Let me tell you, this jinx is really shameless..."