Reborn in 1977

Chapter 28: Seriously Ill

Chen Fan carefully recalled whether his teaching level might have included the times he trained newcomers back when he was working at the company.

If calculated that way, it would make much more sense.

However, compared to his cooking skills and animal language abilities, he didn't value this teaching skill much.

He was still an unregistered person; the most crucial thing was his unknown origin.

Who would he teach?

Who would dare let him teach?

He couldn't possibly go door-to-door teaching people how to cook.

Therefore, this skill was likely useless, so he put it out of his mind and stopped thinking about it.

Braised soft-shelled turtle didn't need to be steamed for one or two hours like steamed turtle, but it still needed to be simmered for about 15 minutes.

He put the lid on the pot and kept a small fire burning in the stove to simmer it slowly.

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 ~ Ooo ooo?” (Have you eaten yet?)

The big yellow dog stared at him, “Woof woof woof.” (Haven't eaten.)

Chen Fan, “Awoo awoo ~ Ooo.” (I'll give you bones to gnaw on later.)

The big yellow dog, “Ooo ooo.” (Yay!)

Saying that, it wagged its tail.

At the kitchen door, Accountant Liu leaned close to Team Leader Yang, saying with a strange expression, “It seems he's really quite ill.”

Team Leader Yang's expression was also a bit complicated, “Originally, I thought he was organized in his work and even knew to study and make soft-shelled turtle, so I was wondering if he was faking amnesia, but now it seems his mind isn't very clear.”

Normal people teasing dogs would just whistle or make some noise.

But look at Chen Fan, what was he doing?

He was seriously talking to the dog, speaking dog language.

Was that something a human would do?

Security Officer Huang grinned beside them, thought for a good while, and then said softly, “Forget it, say less.

Anyway, talking to the dog doesn't stop him from contributing to the team.”

Having an extra meat dish out of nowhere, and a delicious meat dish that doesn't even need oil, that contribution is stronger than any strong laborer.

It's a pity that soft-shelled turtle is cooling, so pregnant women can't eat it.

Otherwise, if no one in the village killed chickens in the future, and they all used soft-shelled turtle for nourishment, and sold the chickens, how much more income could they generate!

Inside the kitchen, Liu Jujiang didn't take Chen Fan's behavior to heart.

Back when village banquets were still allowed, he had been all over the surrounding villages, and had even gone to the regional committee with his master.

He had seen countless strange people and things.

Chen Fan just liked chatting with dogs; he had even seen people raising dogs as their sons.

During famine years, others couldn't wait to kill dogs for meat, but that person was willing to starve himself, and most of his food went into the dog's belly.

This was nothing.

Chen Fan had a friendly exchange with the big yellow dog, successfully gaining 3 animal language experience points.

In just two more days, he could level up his animal language ability to level 2.

He wondered if level 2 would allow him to chat with soft-shelled turtles.

If he could really chat, he would be too embarrassed to eat it.

Soon, he thought of a solution.

Keep the ones he had chatted with, and only eat the ones he hadn't chatted with.

Without a watch, he couldn't estimate the time.

Chen Fan's legs went numb from squatting, so he stood up and stretched, then lifted the pot lid and took a bite with his chopsticks, nodding repeatedly, “It's tender and soft, just right, can't cook it anymore, take it out of the pot.”

When it was simmering just now, the aroma had already wafted out, stirring up countless cravings.

At this time, the pot lid was lifted, and a rich meaty fragrance swept out, making even the children cry with hunger.

Liu Jujiang also tasted a piece from his own pot, “Hmm, delicious, but it's a bit hard, not completely cooked.

But taking it out of the pot at this time is just right.

Take it back and stew it with some side dishes, and it will be tender and soft.”

As soon as Team Leader Yang heard this, he immediately turned around and shouted, “Line up, we're distributing the meat.”

Without needing to say more, everyone was very familiar with this kind of thing, and soon a long queue automatically formed, all according to the order in which they had grabbed their spots, without any mistakes.

Over there, Liu Jujiang was serving the food, one pot shovel per person.

Regardless of whether the meat was good or bad, the portions were equal, so that no one had more in their bowl or less in their bowl.

Yang Ju brought over a large clay pot, shoveled Chen Fan's pot into it, and then carried the pot into the main room.

The others looked at that large pot of soft-shelled turtle, with only people drooling, and no one gossiping, 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!

Before long, the large pot that Liu Jujiang had cooked was all distributed.

He also kept a bowl for himself and had his wife take it home.

After finishing his work, he prepared to say goodbye, but Team Leader Yang pulled him towards the house, “You are the master, how can you leave?

Eat here today.”

Chen Fan and Jiang Lili had already been invited to sit in the main room, each holding a teacup.

Coincidentally, it was the same one from yesterday.

Just like yesterday, Chen Fan still didn't dare to drink from it.

Today, there was no fire pit in the main room, just a large square table with a large pot of soft-shelled turtle on it.

Yang Ju used the remaining heat to steam rice and stir-fry vegetables.

One pot for steaming rice, and another pot to quickly stir-fry a plate of cabbage and a plate of radish, which were considered to have a bit of soft-shelled turtle flavor.

There was also a plate of glutinous rice lotus root and a plate of stir-fried pickled peppercorns, which were also heated up and placed on the table.

As for the pickled vegetables that were essential on rural tables, they were not there now.

Because when guests came to the house, pickled vegetables could not be served.

The reason was simple: it was disrespectful and stingy.

Even if they were poor, it was better to dig up a cabbage or pull up a radish from the field than to serve a bowl of pickled vegetables on the table.

When guests came, women and children could not sit at the table either.

Aunt Yang set up a small wooden table in the room, had already distributed some food, and was eating inside with the five children.

Even the youngest, who was only four or five years old, didn't make a fuss, staring eagerly at that bowl of meat, waiting for a feast.

Jiang Lili also wanted to go in, but Team Leader Yang stopped her, “I don't care where you come from or what your background is, since you've entered this threshold, you are a guest in my house.

What family has guests eat at a small table?

Come, sit at the table.”

Seeing Jiang Lili's face flushed red, standing there at a loss, Chen Fan helped her pull out a stool and smiled, “The team leader has spoken, what are you hesitating for?

Don't make the team leader unhappy later.”

Jiang Lili carefully sat down.

Team Leader Yang smiled and pointed at Chen Fan, “Say you're clever, you're more clever than a ghost, say you're simple, and sometimes you don't even know some common sense.”

Then he said to Accountant Liu and Security Officer Huang, who had been invited, “He doesn't even know that school starts in the spring and graduates in the winter from a few years ago, do you think he's simple?”

Chen Fan grinned and chuckled, “I'm clever when I know it, and simple when I can't remember.”

He wasn't angry either.

Originally, rural people spoke very frankly, let alone that Team Leader Yang was still an elder, what did it matter if he said a few jokes?

On the contrary, that showed that he didn't treat him as an outsider.

Accountant Liu also laughed, “Team leader, I must say a fair word about this, if Chen Fan didn't have a problem with his head, he definitely wouldn't not even know this.”

Security Officer Huang pulled out a stool and sat down, “See, you just don't know how to talk, saying there's a 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 won't sit next to you, I'll sit with Third Brother.”

Saying that, he went around and sat next to Liu Jujiang.

Chen Fan looked at the two of them, not expecting them to be relatives, just not knowing if they were brothers or cousins, but that was right, this village was so big, the probability of people with the same surname being relatives was of course very high.

One table, four benches.

Team Leader Yang sat on one, Accountant Liu and Liu Jujiang sat on one, Security Officer Huang sat on another, and in the middle.

When Chen Fan saw this, he knew that he could only sit on a bench with Jiang Lili.

However, Jiang Lili carefully shrank into the corner, and another fat person could sit between them, so there was no need to worry about whether it would have any impact.