Nine Zero, the cannon fodder wife of the paranoid boss is reborn

Chapter 40
The maltose made by the grandfather has a high concentration and is very viscous. It needs to be diluted with water before it can be used to stir-fry chestnuts.

Yesterday Bai Lu went grocery shopping, and met an old man selling maltose at the vegetable market, and asked him to keep it.

I went grocery shopping this morning, and it took me a while to wait.

Water had already been added to the pot, and the maltose was put in after the water was heated up. The white dew was not poured out, but just over a catty. After all, the syrup cannot be cooked in one go.

It doesn't take that much to fry a round of chestnuts.

Holding the spatula, she stirred the undissolved sugar and water, while peeking at the man who was silently burning the fire from time to time.

The outline of the handsome face against the bright red flames was less cold and more angular and three-dimensional. Even the indifferent and affectionate lips were pursed to be extra sexy. After the laceration recovered, the whole face was unbelievably handsome.

"It's so beautiful..."

The man raised his eyes upon hearing the sound.

Bai Lu quickly withdrew her gaze and coughed: "Well, I mean, this maltose is really fragrant, it's so sweet even after adding water, you can smell it even if you don't drink it... It's really much better than boiled sugar with white sugar. Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar This kind of sugar should be put down, it must taste great..."

Xiao Cheng looked at her reddish cheeks, moved his hands in random directions, and deliberately stared at the eyes of the spatula.

The voice was deep and mellow: "It's quite sweet."

Bai Lu felt that her face was getting hotter, so she turned around and smiled: "Yes, I think so too."

"Don't you like drinking sugar water very much? After the syrup is cooked, let me make you a glass of maltose water?"

"No need." Xiao Cheng refused.

"I want it!" Bai Lu was afraid that he would be embarrassed: "You are so busy and still help me light the fire, and you have to eat two pieces of candy if you don't drink sugar water, otherwise you won't have the energy to work in the afternoon."

Even the reasons have been found.

Xiao Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, without saying anything, picked up a piece of wood as thick as an arm, and held one end in each hand.

With a "click", it broke into two pieces.

It was slowly stuffed into the stove hole, and after a while, there was the sound of crackling sparks.

Bai Lu knew that he had the strength to work.

But last night, he drank the maltose water in a few gulps, and he obviously liked it very much!

Could it be that you prefer to eat candied chestnuts now?
After all, he ate faster than drinking sugar water in the morning, and swallowed it whole, she even suspected that he didn't chew it.

The more Bai Lu thought about it, the more she felt that she had found the truth. There was still some chestnuts fried in the morning. When the syrup was boiled, put it all in his pocket and let him take it to work and eat it.

Xiao Cheng didn't know what Bai Lu was thinking, but felt that her eyes were too friendly.

It's hard for him to fight.

"The house next door can be built in less than a month," he said.

"Aunt Fifth's house." Bai Lu euphemistically reminded her, with a smile on her face, as warm and soft as the sun.

Xiao Cheng glanced at her and was silent for a moment.

Opening her thin lips lightly, she read out the first neighbor in her life who had a code name in addition to her name——

"Five aunts."

Except for Xiao Dazhuang and Luo Shiliu, their family members, and Lao Hu, Xiao Cheng rarely interacts with outsiders.

Coupled with his taciturn and lonely personality, communication with neighbors is even rarer, almost none.

Being able to say the word Aunt Wu reluctantly, Bai Lu felt that he was really great, so she raised her hand and took out a malt candy from the bucket, and brought it to his mouth with her own hands: "Here."

"Very sweet, very sweet!"

Xiao Cheng: "..."

He wanted to take back those two words.

It's not a three-year-old child, what kind of reward do you want.

Maltose is not only sweet but also sweet...

Bai Lu sent the sugar to his mouth, then withdrew her hand and continued to stir the half-dissolved maltose in the pot.

"It can be built in less than a month. The speed is so fast. Have you hired some more people to build the house?"

In the morning, she saw six or seven new faces, and they all called her sister-in-law along with Luo Shiliu and the others.

They must have known each other before.

Xiao Cheng randomly chewed maltose, swallowed it, and nodded lightly: "Fifth Aunt hopes to accept the house as soon as possible."

More people can indeed build faster.

What Bai Lu was worried about was whether Xiao Cheng would want to collect Li Chengbin's debt again after finishing the work so soon.

In the previous life, Xiao Cheng, Luo Shiliu, Xiao Dazhuang, and Wang Hao did go to Li Chengbin's house the night before yesterday.

But at that time, Li Chengbin was not at home, only his wife Sun Huiping and his ten-year-old son were at home.

Wang Hao asked Sun Huiping where Li Chengbin was, but Sun Huiping said he didn't know and didn't come back.

Xiao Cheng and the others waited for 5 minutes before leaving.

He didn't step into Li Chengbin's house the whole time, and even asked questions outside, through the big iron gate.

Before leaving, Sun Huiping's mother and son were fine, but the next day, news of an accident came.

The ten-year-old son was fine, but Li Chengbin and Sun Huiping were both shot and lying in the hospital.

Xiao Cheng and Luo Shiliu became scapegoats.

The territory of the big boss and Li Chengbin began to spark, and gradually evolved into a gang dispute.

The big boss thought he had thrown Xiao Cheng out, but he didn't know that everything was in the hands of Li Chengbin's father-in-law. Getting rid of Xiao Cheng would cut off the big boss' right hand and right arm.

The trajectory of this life has changed.

Li Chengbin and Sun Huiping were still shot and are still lying in the hospital, but Xiao Cheng is safe and sound. If Li Chengbin's father-in-law has not achieved his goal, he will definitely not let it go.

Of course he knew it wasn't Xiao Cheng who did it, but the big boss has too much influence and is complicated.

Even if he is the deputy of Nanshi, he still has to weigh his actions, so he can only take Xiao Cheng first.

I don't know how many tricks have been planned in the dark, waiting for Xiao Cheng to step on it, Li Chengbin's debt is simply a dead debt.

Bai Lu would never let Xiao Cheng touch her again.

"Then you guys can have a good rest after building the house." She sighed casually.

In fact, Xiao Cheng still has a private order, which was asked by the local snake in Nanshi to accept it, directly bypassing the big boss.

The debt collection is 30, and the commission is five points.

The debtor was the owner of the Longcheng Dance Hall next door. Luo Shiliu had investigated it, and there was no major problem.

I was still working under the boss before, and I had some scruples, so I didn't accept it.

After the shotgun incident, he was shaken.

He didn't want to tell Bai Lu, but he remembered what she said last time when she was angry for a long time...

"Knock Knock Knock-"

The knock on the door interrupted Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu's thoughts.

Xiao Wei, who was blowing bubble gum in the room, ran to open the door. It was Fifth Aunt, Wen Xiuyun.

Wen Xiuyun came to look for Bai Lu.

After coming here a few times, I became acquainted. When I saw Xiao Cheng walking out, I smiled and said hello.

Xiao Cheng nodded slightly, and went out the door.

It's almost time to start work.

Bailu's maltose syrup is also ready.

The sweet scent wafted out, and Wen Xiuyun sat in the yard and waited without entering the kitchen.

Xiao Wei went to the kitchen to talk to Bai Lu, then ran back to the room to play with bubble gum stickers.

Bai Lu quickly packed her things and came out.

Wen Xiuyun couldn't wait to explain why she came here: "The fried chestnuts are all sold out, and there are really not enough leftovers. Many people didn't buy them, so they kept asking me if I had any more."

(End of this chapter)