Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 260: Chapter 260: The Pursuit

Agricultural Reclamation Group

Yunyi truly showcased her talents today. She cooked smoked chicken stewed with radishes, potatoes stewed with smoked rabbit, cabbage stir-fried with salted fish, sauerkraut fish, and steamed millet rice, with an egg soup to top it off.

When the helpers from the morning arrived, the food was just coming off the stove.

The group hadn’t come empty-handed either; they carried a basket with several apples and pears. ”We traded these with the neighboring villagers. Let’s all enjoy them after the meal.”

The small courtyard instantly became lively.

When everyone saw the food served on the table, their mouths practically watered.

Zheng Xuewen, who was a glutton, exclaimed, ”This smells so good! Her cooking skills are no less than Chef Lu’s from our place.”

Yunyi turned to Qiao Wenyu. ”Qiao Zhiqing, did you call the driver comrade who was supposed to help me move today?”

Qiao Wenyu waved his hand. ”He couldn’t make it; he had some family matters.”

Yunyi seemed to think of something. She took out a lunch box, put a portion of each dish into it, and set it aside. ”After we eat, please take this lunch box to him. We should express our thanks.”

Qiao Wenyu nodded. ”Alright. You’re very thoughtful.”

Yunyi smiled. ”It wouldn’t be right to let him work for nothing. Besides, I prepared plenty today, so you all can eat your fill.”

These smoked chicken, rabbit, and fish had been prepared in advance. However, Old Master Chu hadn’t yet completed his ’Seven Sevens’ mourning period, so she hadn’t eaten meat. Later, when she went to help with the rescue, there was also no time.

Bringing them out this time was merely to have a pretext for cooking special meals in the future. However, plans can’t always keep up with changes, and she hadn’t expected Qiao Wenyu to find people to come and help.

Still, this turned out to be a good thing. At least this meal forged a bond of friendship, and she felt somewhat integrated into their small circle.

They moved the table to the center of the room, and Qiao Wenyu ran to the clinic at the front to borrow four long benches. Everyone ate with great enjoyment.

Yunyi looked at Wei Zijia. ”Did those two female educated youths who came earlier not show up?”

She didn’t particularly like the educated youth named He Yushan, but the other one, Wu Xueli, seemed nice. So, she asked out of politeness.

Wei Zijia waved her hand. ”No need to mind them. They just followed along out of curiosity and didn’t actually help with anything.”

After everyone was seated, Qiao Wenyu introduced them to Yunyi once again. ”Let me reintroduce the few who came with Xuewen to help out this morning. These two are Huang Yaohui and Han Jupeng. Like Xuewen and me, they’re from Beijing and came with our group of educated youth sent to the countryside.

”Those two over there are Zhang Hongbing and Lai Guoqiang; they live in the same dormitory as us. They’re veteran educated youth here, but they also came from Beijing. We knew each other previously, so we deliberately chose to live together.

”And that one is Song Jiayao. She and Zijia were high school classmates and came down to the countryside with our group.”

Yunyi smiled at everyone. ”I’ll be counting on everyone’s support in the future.”

Song Jiayao replied with a smile, ”You’ve got that backward! In the future, we’ll probably be the ones needing support from Chu Zhiqing—oh, no, I mean Doctor Chu! I heard from Zijia, your medical skills are top-notch!”

She even gave a thumbs-up as she said it.

Qiao Wenyu looked at everyone. ”From now on, Chu Zhiqing—no, Doctor Chu—is like a sister to me, Qiao Wenyu. She’s one of us. If anything happens, we all need to look out for her and make sure no one bullies her.”

Everyone chimed in, ”Absolutely! We won’t let that happen!”

Yunyi, seeing their eyes gleaming as they stared at the dishes, smiled and said, ”Alright, everyone, let’s eat. The food won’t be as good if it gets cold.”

At first, everyone ate with some restraint, but later they completely let go of their inhibitions. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they all looked at each other and burst out laughing.

After the meal, they didn’t let Yunyi lift another finger. The male educated youths pitched in to wash the dishes. Thinking she had been busy all day, they left early.

After sending everyone off, Yunyi had just closed the door and was preparing to go inside and rest when she heard a knock on the front door. Could it be them? Did they forget something? ”Why have they come back?” she wondered aloud.

But when she opened the door, she discovered it wasn’t them. It was Huo Jingrui. ”Comrade Huo, what brings you here?”

The moment Huo Jingrui saw Yunyi, his heart rate skyrocketed. His palms, gripping the items he carried, grew sweaty with nervousness. However, he forced himself to appear calm and said, ”Of course, I came to fulfill my promise. I only found out you’d been transferred to Hua’an Farm Reclamation when I arrived in Songling Village, so I followed you here.”