Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Chapter 165 Night Meal

"Damn," even Sha Zhu was surprised. "This girl's got a fast hand!"

I never knew Liu Lan had this skill. She must have seen people slaughter sheep in the countryside, or even done it herself.

What puzzled Sha Zhu was that the TV series and novels he had watched...

With that kind of courage, how could Liu Lan have been constantly beaten at home? She ended up giving herself to Deputy Director Li at the factory.

All I can say is that he had courage, but not much. He was forced to bend over by the pressures of life. If it were someone like Liang Ladi, there probably wouldn't be a Deputy Factory Director like Li.

Since Liu Lan couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to help, Sha Zhu naturally didn't say anything.

The master leads you through the door, but the practice depends on yourself.

After the sheep was bled, Sha Zhu watched Liu Lan and Zhang Long work together, offering guidance on anything that went wrong.

After finishing the second sheep, Sha Zhu instructed Liu Lan to prepare extra offal for the group's supper, then left and went to the warehouse to sleep.

The two were slaughtering a sheep outside. At first, Sha Zhu used his mind to observe the situation, but after finding nothing wrong, he closed his eyes and rested.

At one o'clock in the morning, Sha Zhu was woken up by his disciple. He got up and followed his disciple outside to take a look. Everything had been handled according to his requirements, and Sha Zhu nodded in satisfaction.

Liu Lan, whose clothes were covered in bloodstains, saw Sha Zhu come out and said in a sarcastic tone,

"Oh, the landlord's young master has finally woken up. Look how long we two farmhands have been working, shouldn't we get some wages?"

Sha Zhu glanced at Liu Lan sideways and said, "What's wrong, Liu Lan? Are you obsessed with money?"

I was training my own apprentices, and you insisted on getting involved. You're just making things worse.

"When will my disciple be able to graduate? If he can't graduate, it's all your fault for causing trouble."

Liu Lan was inwardly cursing Sha Zhu. "We've been busy all day, and you've been sleeping soundly all day!"

Hearing Sha Zhu talk about himself like that now, he was so angry he almost jumped into a trance, pointing his finger at Sha Zhu and cursing him.

Before Liu Lan could make a move, Sha Zhu continued to say to her with disdain, "Alright, no one asked you to do these things. My own disciples are too busy, so I will naturally lend a hand."

It's just a few sheep that were slaughtered. Without the two of you, I could have finished it all by myself and found a place to sleep anyway.

After all that work, you still have the nerve to complain? When I was handling the first sheep, I wasn't this filthy!

Look at the two of you, you both stink! Go wash yourselves off right now!

Sha Zhu had just woken up and was no longer sleepy. He scolded the two men and chased them away before taking care of the situation himself.

After observing that the two were not paying attention to this side, he directly used his spatial teleportation to process the ingredients, without even needing to cut the lamb bones with a knife.

Liu Lan cleaned the lamb offal again in the space, and then prepared a small piece of lamb to make a late-night meal for a few people in the back kitchen.

Although Sha Zhu scolded the two of them, he still admired Liu Lan quite a bit. She was diligent and efficient, and didn't have to wait to be told what to do. There were steamed cornbread and steamed buns in the steamer next to her.

Stir-fry some mutton and offal, or make some mutton offal soup—it's that simple.

If it weren't for the worry about Liu Lan, Zhang Long, and the patrol suddenly barging in, this step would have been skipped entirely, as there was already stir-fried mutton and offal, as well as mutton soup, readily available in the space.

Sha Zhu was stir-frying mutton and offal at the stove in the back kitchen, and soon the aroma of meat filled the air.

Zhang Long and Liu Lan took off their blood-stained aprons and dirty clothes, washed their hands and faces, and rushed in after smelling the delicious aroma.

The aroma instantly dispelled their fatigue.

Even Liu Lan's angry little face was now beaming with smiles. In no time, Sha Zhu had cooked a small pot of mutton and offal.

After seeing that Sha Zhu had finished cooking the meat and vegetables, Liu Lan put the lid back on the pot.

He couldn't help but say, "He Yuzhu, are we still waiting for those patrolmen? Why don't we eat first? We don't know if they'll be here yet."

Sha Zhu glanced out of the kitchen; it was quiet outside, and he wasn't sure when the patrol officers would arrive.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "You two eat first, I'll wait a bit, anyway, the mutton soup needs to simmer for a while longer."

After you finish eating, find a place to take a nap. Don't worry about the rest; I can handle everything.

Zhang Long said, "Master, I'm not sleepy. Just tell me what to do later."

"Alright, you guys eat first," Sha Zhu said.

Liu Lan couldn't wait any longer, and didn't care what the two of them were saying.

Liu Lan took her lunchbox and scooped two full spoonfuls from the pot. The second spoonful was so big that Liu Lan's lunchbox couldn't hold it all. Sha Zhu was about to advise her against it, since there was plenty left over anyway.

Before she could speak, Liu Lan turned around and pulled a lunchbox out from under the chopping board table not far away.

Liu Lan saw Sha Zhu staring at her, mouth agape. Too embarrassed to offer a third spoonful, she...

He took two more steamed buns from the steamer, found a place in the back kitchen, sat down, and couldn't wait to start eating.

Sha Zhu was furious to see his disciple still standing there, at a loss.

He's too afraid to even kill a sheep, and he's not enthusiastic about eating. He's really not as good as Liu Lan, that young lady.

Just as he was about to unleash another torrent of abuse, there was a commotion at the kitchen door. Several patrol officers lifted the kitchen curtain and came in.

Team Leader Liu, who led the way in, smelled the mutton from the kitchen and saw Liu Lan happily eating alone at a nearby table.

He said in surprise, "Master He, are we too late?"

"No, I just finished cooking the meat and vegetables, and the mutton soup is still bubbling on the stove. The two helpers have been busy all day, so I let them eat first."

"You've come at just the right time. My disciple hasn't even gotten the meat and vegetables yet, and you've already walked in."

Sha Zhu looked at the lunchboxes in the hands of the others, especially the several lunchboxes in Captain Liu's hands, and asked curiously, "Captain Liu, how come you have several lunchboxes when you're all alone?"

Team Leader Liu glanced down at the lunchbox in his hand and asked with a smile, "Master He, do you know our Director Huang?"

Just now, a few of us were walking out with our lunchboxes when our Director Huang saw us. We didn't dare to hide it, so we had to tell the truth.

When Director Huang heard that it was you who was busy in the kitchen, he gave me his lunchbox and asked me to help him get one too. He even asked me to bring the money with him.

What I find strange is that, upon hearing your name, our Director Huang immediately gave me his lunchbox and money without hesitation.

Nonsense, I've cooked for your director before, and he knows I'm a good cook. Your Director Huang is one of them.

"Oh, your Director Huang is familiar with my father, He Daqing. He probably wants to taste the difference between my cooking and my father's cooking, right?" Sha Zhu lied without hesitation.

"So, are you planning to eat here and then take the food back to Director Huang, or..."

Team Leader Liu shook his head regretfully, "We can't keep Director Huang waiting any longer. Master He, please fill it up for us, let's go back and eat."