Chapter 274 - 270: Blocking the View
Xu Chongshan handed the task of butchering the pig over to Leng Yuan, giving him a suspicious look.
"You’re not upset anymore?"
’The guy who looked so annoyed just a moment ago is suddenly in a good mood?’
Leng Yuan glanced at him. "Your cuts are a mess."
Xu Chongshan: ...
’Ugly or not, it’s all going to be eaten. What does it matter?’
Annoyed that he was blocking his line of sight, Leng Yuan spoke bluntly.
"Move. You’re blocking my view."
Looking completely bewildered, Xu Chongshan took a few steps to the side. When he turned back, he saw Gu Jiaojiao standing not far away, looking in their direction.
Seeing that he had moved aside, Leng Yuan picked up a piece of pork and glanced at the ration slip. With a single, clean slice, he cut the meat and tossed it onto the scale. The person next to him checked the weight—it was perfect.
"Next."
Leng Yuan’s knife skills were famously precise in the village; he always got the amount right in a single cut.
In previous winters, wild boars would sometimes come down from the mountains. When one was hunted, the meat would be divided. One time, Leng Yuan worked with someone else, and they each had to butcher half a pig.
The other guy was slow, taking the better part of the day to portion out his share. When it was Leng Yuan’s turn, he finished in just over half an hour.
Ever since then, the team leader always asked Leng Yuan to help with dividing pork.
They weren’t using electronic scales, but manual ones. Each cut had to be manually weighed. After going back and forth a few times, never mind the person cutting the meat, even the person doing the weighing couldn’t take it anymore.
He had been on the verge of walking off the job.
The moment he saw Leng Yuan arrive, he perked right up.
With a single slice, Leng Yuan cut a portion for one household.
The village had nearly two hundred households, and in no time, they had gotten through half of them.
Xu Chongshan: ...
’We’re all villagers in the Qingshan Team, so why is there such a huge difference between us?’
He walked to the side, gloomily wanting to have a smoke.
Chen JianShe saw his hand-rolled cigarette and immediately stopped him.
"Brother Zhong Shan, no smoking! My sister-in-law is here! If you have to smoke, go somewhere else."
Xu Chongshan: ...
’Just how precious is she? I can’t even have a cigarette.’
It was only then that Xu Chongshan belatedly realized: it seemed like as soon as Gu Jiaojiao arrived, Leng Yuan had cheered up!
’This!’
’Unbelievable!’
Now that he knew the truth, Xu Chongshan was at a loss for words to describe Leng Yuan.
’He’s usually so cold and aloof, and now he looks like he wants to be attached to his wife at the hip. Is this really Leng Yuan?’
Seeing there was nothing for her to do, and remembering that Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang were still waiting in line, Gu Jiaojiao spoke to Chen JianShe.
"I’m going to go back and wait in line, then."
Hearing this, Chen JianShe immediately grew anxious.
"Sister-in-law, you can just stand here. No need to wait in line."
"That wouldn’t be right, would it?"
’Everyone else is waiting in line!’
Chen JianShe said hurriedly.
"It’s fine. The pork is rationed anyway. You get the same amount whether you wait in line or not."
Gu Jiaojiao figured that made sense, so she decided to stay at the front.
From here, she had a much clearer view of her man.
Chen JianShe breathed a sigh of relief. ’He couldn’t let his sister-in-law go back. Who knew what that pretty boy Yun Hao was planning, trying to hit on his sister-in-law.’
’That kid was a smooth talker. He had to nip any possibility of them getting back together in the bud.’
’This wasn’t just baseless speculation on his part; he had evidence.’
’Take the previous rumors about his sister-in-law and Yun Hao, for example. They had caused such a stir that practically everyone in the Qingshan Team knew about them.’
’And now Gu Jiaojiao was married.’
’Yet this Yun Hao wasn’t making any effort to avoid suspicion, deliberately lining up right behind his sister-in-law.’
’If that wasn’t an attempt to hit on his sister-in-law, what was?’
Chen JianShe turned his head and looked in Yun Hao’s direction.
Sure enough, Yun Hao was staring right at them.
Chen JianShe wore a look that said, ’I knew it.’
’He just knew that kid was up to no good.’
’Dressed all flashy on purpose, like some kind of social butterfly.’
’A grown man acting so shameless.’
However, as long as he, Chen JianShe, was here, Yun Hao could forget about having any chance to seduce his sister-in-law.
’His Brother Leng was busy butchering the pig.’
’He had to protect his Brother Leng’s love life.’
Feeling someone staring at him, Yun Hao looked over at Chen JianShe in confusion, only to have the other man shoot him a vicious glare before turning away in disgust.
Yun Hao: ...
’What is wrong with that guy?’
’As expected. Anyone who hangs around Leng Yuan is just as difficult to get along with.’