novellhall Chapter 101 Everyone's Fighting for Buns
Chapter 101 Everyone's Fighting for Buns
As usual, Joan laid out the pork, vegetables, and sauce she would need for the day in the kitchen.
After having breakfast, I rode my bike away from home.
Not long after Qiao An left, Huo Jiyun went to the kitchen.
The tiny kitchen is only ten square meters at most, with three stoves, ten steamers, and some everyday seasonings.
Huo Jiyun picked up the pork and smelled it.
Yes, it tastes like wild boar.
Looking to the side, there were shiitake mushrooms, chives, and scallions, as well as a large bag of flour.
These dishes are not commonly seen.
Huo Jiyun simply searched the entire kitchen but didn't find anything strange.
Finally, his gaze fell on the sauce that was divided into several bowls.
Huo Jiyun leaned in for a sniff and immediately noticed something was wrong.
The sauce had a flavor he had never smelled before.
It clearly doesn't belong to the seasonings that are kept on the stove at home.
Huo Jiyun sighed silently.
When will Joan be able to believe him?
Emotions come and go quickly.
Huo Jiyun quickly came to his senses. After all, they had been separated for a long time and had only spent less than a month together. What was there to talk about trust or distrust?
If he does more and more, Qiao An will eventually understand his feelings.
After closing the kitchen door, Huo Jiyun resumed making wooden boxes.
The wooden box had already taken shape, and Huo Jiyun carefully carved something on the lid with a carving knife.
Qiao An came to the armed forces department canteen to deliver food and happened to run into Li Daoming eating.
"Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are truly exceptional. People from our armed forces department line up to buy it at lunchtime, and many even take some home. Do you think you should make more in the future?"
Li Daoming was telling the truth. The steamed buns, pies, and dumplings that Qiao An sold had large fillings and thin skins, and the taste was indescribable. He now squeezes in with the soldiers every day to buy them.
Not only him, but his wife, children, and parents all love to eat it.
But Joan only supplies that much each day, and it's impossible to get a single order.
"I'll think of a way. I don't have many helpers, so I'll have to find them slowly." Joan didn't agree immediately.
"Okay, just remember it."
Upon arriving at the machine tool factory, Geng Qiusheng reacted in the same way as Li Daoming.
He's just more direct.
"Why don't you just book a window at our factory canteen? The director will definitely approve it, and we'll give you a discount."
"You don't know, these workers rely on your meals all day. As soon as it's lunchtime, they all rush to the canteen."
Qiao An was actually quite tempted by the idea of booking the window.
This way, they can sell food openly and honestly, earn more money, and not have to worry about being investigated.
"Director Geng, I'm in a hurry to get to work right now. I'll come to discuss this matter with you in detail this afternoon."
Seeing that Qiao An did not refuse, Geng Qiusheng's face lit up with joy. "Okay, I'll wait for you in my office."
Just as Qiao An locked the tricycle, she heard two policemen next to her talking about Qin Lili's disappearance.
"Notices have been posted at all long-distance bus stations and public bus stops, but there's still no news."
"Yes, I showed her her picture to all the drivers in town, but no one had seen her. Could she have walked away?"
"No way, it's the dead of winter, where would she go all alone?"
"Sigh, now that no one's been found, neither alive nor dead, we're not going to have a good New Year."
As the sound faded into the distance, Qiao An began to think about how to talk to Jiang Yushun.
In the morning, she was preparing lunch in the kitchen when He Hua, having nothing to do, came to the cafeteria to chat with her.
"Joan, don't leave so early this afternoon."
"What's wrong, Director He? Is there anything you need me to do? Make dinner or...?"
He Hua waved his hand, "No, no, there's a good show at the commune this afternoon."
Qiao An suddenly remembered that Mu Yu and Hao Renming were at the customs office in the commune.
"Director, you're not talking about that scandal yesterday involving Secretary Hao and...and a woman, are you?"
"That's right! The county leaders came this afternoon and said they were going to publicly criticize and denounce Hao Renming! Hao Renming, the commune secretary, is finished."
"Then who will be the commune secretary?" Qiao An asked.
He Hua pulled out a handful of melon seeds. "I don't know. I guess they'll find someone else in the commune."
The novel doesn't describe much about the events in Jinshui Town Commune, and Qiao An doesn't know much about them either.
It didn't matter to her who became the secretary of the commune.
"What happens to a woman who sleeps in the same bed as Secretary Hao?" Qiao An asked Mu Yu again.
"Oh dear! As for her, it's hard to say. If it were an ordinary person, she would probably just be criticized and reformed, but Li Yan's father is an official in the county committee."
"He might end up in jail."
Qiao An felt no sympathy for Mu Yu; it was all her own fault.
Even if she could do it all over again, she would still do the same thing, ruining Mu Yu's reputation so that she would no longer pose a threat to her.
If this were the Eternal Sanctuary, a treacherous and selfish person like Mu Yu would have been banished to the wasteland long ago to fend for themselves.
It was lunchtime, but Jiang Yushun still hadn't arrived.
Joan packed the food in an aluminum lunchbox and delivered it to his office.
Knock on the door and enter. Jiang Yushun is leaning back in his chair, pretending to be asleep.
His eyes were bluish, clearly indicating he hadn't slept well for the past few days.
"Chief Jiang, I noticed you didn't have lunch, so I brought it to you. It's still warm."
Upon seeing Qiao An, Jiang Yushun finally managed a smile.
"Thanks, you can put it here."
Qiao An placed the lunchbox on his desk and looked down to see a missing person poster for Qin Lili.
The photo above is blurry; you have to look very closely to make out even the facial features.
It's obvious that this was cropped from a group photo.
"Qin Lili?" Qiao An feigned surprise. "Isn't that my friend's cousin?"
"Do you know her?" Jiang Yushun asked.
"I don't know her. I only heard my friend mention that her cousin married someone from Lizhuang and recently disappeared. Her name is Qin Lili."
Jiang Yushun rubbed his temples. "Tell me what's going on? It's almost Chinese New Year, why is she running around like this? We've visited her family and relatives, and they all say they haven't seen her."
"Maybe this person didn't even try to run away?"
"Didn't run away? You mean she hid? What's she after? There's such a small child at home, isn't she worried at all?" Jiang Yushun felt that what Qiao An said was unreasonable.
"Chief Jiang, my friend mentioned something about Qin Lili yesterday, and I think it might be a clue." Qiao An's expression was grave. "Qin Lili is always being beaten at home; she's covered in bruises."
Jiang Yushun suddenly looked up, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
He's been a policeman for so many years, what kind of case hasn't he seen? What Joan just said is indeed an important clue.
"Looks like we need to have a serious talk with Qin Lili's husband. Did he beat the person away? Is he trying to get us to help him find her? What a bastard!"
Qiao An subconsciously pursed her lips, but Jiang Yushun still didn't think in that direction.
If she were to voice her suspicions, Jiang Yushun might not believe her.
Let's wait a little longer.
After lunch, Qiao An had just taken off her apron when He Hua pulled her out of the cafeteria.
"Let's go! Let's go to the commune and see what's going on. If we wait any longer, we won't be able to get good spots."
This was during the final stages of a turbulent period, and public denunciations were no longer common, so a large number of people came to see it.