Chu Qingzhi returned home. After the six beasts placed the two wild boars in the backyard, she gave them some spiritual qi and let them return to the mountain.
Then, she walked over and knocked on Li Qingyu and Chu Rong’s door. “Father, Mother, there are wild boars in the backyard again.”
“All!!!” Li Qingyu’s excited voice immediately sounded in the room. A moment later, Li Qingyu opened the door. “Qingzhi, did you say there are wild boars?”
Chu Qingzhi nodded and moved aside. “Mother, go and take a look.”
Li Qingyu hurriedly jogged to the backyard.
At this moment, Chu Rong also came out of the house. Granny Chu, Grandpa Chu, and the others came out of the house. After coming out, they all ran to the backyard.
Chu Qingzhi slowly walked at the back.
As soon as she arrived at the backyard, Li Qingyu held her and asked with a happy and worried expression, “Qingzhi, did you see how the wild boars appeared?”
Chu Qingzhi shook her head in confusion. “1 don’t know. I saw the wild boards when 1 came here.”
Granny Chu said softly and happily, “Could it be that it was another windfall?”
Grandpa Chu said happily, “I think so. Otherwise, how can you explain it?”
Chu Qingzhi diverted everyone’s attention. “Everyone, let’s clean the wild boars together. We need pork filling zongzi.”
By the time the wild boars were dealt with, it was almost dawn.
Although they had not slept the entire night, the excited Chu family did not feel tired. Instead, they were in high spirits.
After breakfast, everyone got busy again.
“Qing Yu, we’re here.”
The ten aunties Li Qingyu found came to help early in the morning. All of them were smiling and very enthusiastic.
Chu Qingzhi explained in detail what to do before getting busy with the ten aunties.
They washed the glutinous rice and green beans first. The red dates had been rinsed and soaked yesterday, so there was no need to wash them again.
The washed glutinous rice was divided into three portions. One portion was for pork filling, one portion was for green beans filling, and the last one was for red dates filling.
The pork filling zongzi should be dipped in sauce and sprinkled with some salt before it was wrapped in leaves.
When Chu Qingzhi reached this step, she called the aunties over to wrap the zongzi.
“Aunties, watch me wrap it first.”
As she spoke, she demonstrated.
He took a bamboo leaf and folded it into a funnel shape.
Then, she added some glutinous rice in the funnel and then a piece of pork.
After that, she added some glutinous rice on top of the pork to cover it. Then she folded the edge of the bamboo leaf into a triangle shape.
Finally, she tied the zongzi up with cotton thread.
The aunties were housewives. Their hands and feet were very agile. They would get a grasp after watching it once. Some aunties tried it out of curiosity, and some wanted to watch the demonstration again.
Chu Qingzhi wrapped the second and said, “When you tie the zongzi, you have to tie it up well. Otherwise, the rice inside will come out.”
The aunties nodded in unison, indicating that they understood.
Chu Qingzhi was surprised to find that the aunties did it very well. The years of housework were not for nothing.
“Aunties, I’ll go prepare the other two fillings.”
“Okay, call us when you’re done.”
Chu Qingzhi first prepared green bean filling. She mixed the glutinous rice, green beans, and sugar before putting it into the funnel shaped bamboo leaf. Then she wrapped it up like before.
Then there was the red date filling. The glutinous rice was mixed with some sugar. When it was time to wrap it up, she would add two red dates. It was very simple.
After the zongzis were wrapped, they could just put them in the pot to cook.
Li Shengfeng’s eyes were covered in dark circles, and his face was haggard. After dawn, he went to wash his face and rushed out of the military camp.
He went to the county city to buy a generous gift and rushed to the Chu Village.
Chu Qingyue had already pulled herself together and was about to go to the county city’s clothing shop to work. However, Chu Qingzhi asked her to go later. She did not understand why, but she knew that it wouldn’t be wrong to listen to her sister. Hence, she stayed at home to learn how to make zongzi.
Li Shengfeng came to the entrance of the Chu family and looked around. He was filled with doubts. Why were there so many people in the family? Was there a banquet?
His arrival quickly attracted Chu Qingzhi’s attention.
She walked up to Li Shengfeng and sized him up. Li Shengfeng was about the same height as Chu Xuhua and had a handsome face. If he had a better nature, he would be a good husband.
She asked, “Are you Li Shengfeng?”
Li Shengfeng panicked when he was recognized. He did not want anyone to know about his relationship with Chu Qingyue. “I am. Who are you?”
Chu Qingzhi smiled faintly and said meaningfully, “I’m Chu Qingzhi, Chu Second’s fifth sister.”
For some reason, Li Shengfeng felt a strong sense of oppression when he faced the little girl in front of him. “I’m looking for your second sister. Is she at home?”
Chu Qingzhi turned around and walked back. “Follow me.”
Li Shengfeng seemed to be unable to refuse Chu Qingzh. He followed obediently.
The moment he entered the courtyard, the Chu family saw him. Everyone was shocked. They didn’t expect Li Shengfeng to really come personally. After coming back to their senses, they walked over.
When Chu Qingyue saw Li Shengfeng, her heart was strangely calm.
Chu Qingzhi and Chu Qingning were worried that Chu Qingyue would be sad, so they walked over to accompany her.
The three of them walked into the central room.
When the villagers saw Li Shengfeng, they did not think too much about it. He came to the door with gifts, so the villagers thought he should be a relative who came to curry favor with the Chu family and ask for a job.
With this thought in mind, everyone stayed away from the central room and did not disturb their conversation.
Therefore, there was only the Chu family and an outsider, Li Shengfeng, in the central room.
Li Shengfeng stood in the middle of the central room, feeling the pressure coming on. The huge rock hanging above his head was on the verge of falling.
After a moment of silence, Grandpa Chu said coldly, “Li Shengfeng, why are you here?”
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