I became beautiful by eating melons

The most difficult step in making candied haws is boiling the sugar.

The ratio of sugar to water and the heat are crucial.

The stove hole was lit with a warm orange light, which complemented the evening sunset. In the big pot, dense bubbles of syrup appeared, which gave off an exceptionally sweet smell when they burst.

The sugar water gradually becomes thicker and its color gradually changes to caramel color.

Jiang Chen held his breath. This was the third pot of sugar he had made, and it was also the one that had come closest to success.

The mute woman standing by handed over the skewered candied haws, the scars on her face wrinkled into a knot.

She secretly hoped that Jiang Chen could succeed this time and not cause trouble to Bai Tang again.

The big wheat-colored hand carefully scooped a spoonful of sugar with an iron spoon.

The big spoon is tilted, and caramel syrup flows out. Control the iron spoon and carefully pour it on the round, bright red hawthorns.

The syrup wrapped around the hawthorn, a very faint sour taste burst out in the sweet aroma, and it quickly melted and solidified into a sugar block.

Seeing that he was about to succeed, Jiang Chen steadied his hands and his breathing almost stopped.

"Jiang Chen, what are you doing?"

Suddenly, a hand patted Jiang Chen's shoulder, and the iron spoon tilted suddenly, spilling all the syrup on the last hawthorn.

Jiang Weiguo poked his head out from behind Jiang Chen and saw that it was a string of candied haws, and he immediately laughed.

"You have this skill, kid? How much do you plan to sell each string for?"

Jiang Weiguo's joking voice stopped abruptly.

Jiang Chen turned his head and looked at him with a cold and murderous look in his eyes.

Even the mute woman beside him glared at Jiang Weiguo fiercely.

Jiang Weiguo laughed awkwardly under the murderous gaze.

"What are you doing here?" Jiang Chen asked impatiently as he took the new bunch of hawthorns and poured sugar on them again.

Jiang Weiguo picked up the failed candied haws and took a bite, then said vaguely, "I'll tell you how those people next door were dealt with."

The sour taste of hawthorn and the sweet taste of syrup burst in his mouth, and Jiang Weiguo's rather righteous facial features wrinkled and twisted.

"The three men have been sentenced, the old ladies are in detention, and as for Song Xiaoqin."

Jiang Weiguo's teeth ached from the acid. After chewing the food, he said, "She was recruited by Jiang Zhao. Did you know about this?"

Jiang Chen replied lazily, "I know."

Jiang Weiguo's eyes widened. "You still keep her by your side even though you know this. This is a honey trap. Aren't you afraid that your wife will be jealous?"

"He's not staying with me, he's being kept in the yard next door." Jiang Chen corrected Jiang Weiguo.

"What's the difference?" Jiang Weiguo raised his chin. "Let me make it clear first. Even if Jiang Zhao sent Song Xiaoqin to seduce you, this is not against the law. At most, it is considered morally problematic. I can't use this to convict Jiang Zhao."

Jiang Chen said calmly: "I didn't count on you in the first place."

In his previous life, Jiang Zhao instigated Qu Chang to hint to Jiang Dehai to send him to a mental hospital. In this life, he found a woman to seduce him. He is best at hiding behind others and playing these shady tricks that cannot be shown on the surface.

Jiang Weiguo looked surprised, "You are just going to put up with this? It doesn't suit your style."

The afterglow of the setting sun gradually turned into a gray and cold color, shining on Jiang Chen's face, leaving a gray shadow.

"Jiang Zhao cares about his reputation the most. Send Song Xiaoqin to the military compound and let her pester Jiang Zhao."

Jiang Chen had no scruples about giving someone a taste of his own medicine, but Jiang Zhao couldn't.

Jiang Weiguo's eyes turned, he understood, and said with a smile: "You are the one who is more mean."

"Oh, right." Jiang Weiguo suddenly remembered something, thought about it, and decided to tell Jiang Chen.

“Have any reporters been around here lately?”

"No." Jiang Chen frowned, "What's going on?"

"It's not a big deal. It's just that a reporter wanted to interview Ye Rou and waited for me at the police station every day. He suddenly disappeared these two days."

After Chang Bin visited Guo Yang, he never went to the police station again.

Jiang Weiguo originally thought that Guo Yang and Chang Bin had said something, but after he told the police who went there that day about their conversation, he and Cheng Gang listened together and didn't hear anything wrong.

He thought Chang Bin had given up because he couldn't get the answer, but Jiang Weiguo had this knot in his heart and was always afraid that something might happen, so he decided to tell Jiang Chen.

Thinking of the two human traffickers who were still on the loose and might have guns, Jiang Chen's voice turned cold.

"How did the reporter know about Ye Rou's existence?"

Jiang Weiguo felt guilty and admitted with a bitter face: "Two guys let the cat out of the bag."

Seeing Jiang Chen's face darken.

Jiang Weiguo said, "I will punish those two brats severely when I get back."

Jiang Chen snorted coldly, his expression showing forced satisfaction.

Jiang Weiguo changed the subject.

His eyes fell on the candied haws that Jiang Chen had strung together, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you suddenly think of strung this?"

Jiang Chen paused and did not answer.

Jiang Weiguo also had passionate years, and suddenly realized: "Is it used to make my wife angry and to coax her?"

Jiang Chen's patience ran out as his lungs were poked. His deep eyes were dark and he said in an irritable tone, "Get lost if you have nothing else to do."

Jiang Weiguo rolled his eyes and said, "Just go if you want to. I was trying to give you some advice on how to coax your wife."

He grabbed a prepared candied haws, thinking of taking it home for his son to eat. Just as he took two steps, Jiang Chen suddenly called him.

Jiang Weiguo raised a triumphant smile.

really!

He turned around again, his face serious and solemn: "Anything else?"

Jiang Chen suppressed his discomfort and spoke awkwardly.

"What's your idea?"

"What?" Jiang Weiguo raised his eyebrows and pretended not to understand.

Jiang Chen's face darkened.

Jiang Weiguo didn't dare to irritate this kid, and quickly said: "It's useless to do these things to coax my wife, it's only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution."

He moved closer to Jiang Chen and said with a mischievous smile: "What a woman needs is a sincere apology."

Seeing Jiang Chen's confused expression, Jiang Weiguo had to explain it more clearly.

"Kneel on the washboard, you know?"

Jiang Chen looked embarrassed and angry when he heard Jiang Weiguo asking him to kneel down.

"Absolutely impossible."

Jiang Weiguo pursed his lips, "I have given you an idea, it's up to you whether you adopt it or not."

Seeing that Jiang Chen's face was dark and he was about to get angry, Jiang Weiguo grabbed another candied haws and ran away.

Seeing Leng Po washing clothes at the door, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Leng Po, open the door for me."

Jiang Chen brought the prepared candied haws out of the kitchen.

His eyes swept across the washboard in the basin and suddenly stopped.

Leng Po came back from sending Jiang Weiguo away and was about to continue washing clothes when she looked closely and found that the washboard that had been placed there was gone.

She scratched her head in confusion.

Were you here just now?