A strong body also consumes a lot.
Without fat, Chen Jianye simply couldn't get enough to eat.
The pork belly was sliced, put into a small bowl, and a little soy sauce and salt were poured in. It was then steamed with the rice, ensuring not a drop of oil was wasted.
Once the rice was steamed, Chen Jianye moved the pot and put on a frying pan.
After the pan heated up, a small amount of soybean oil was poured in, and then an egg was cracked.
The egg was poured into the hot pan, sizzling slightly as it fried in the scorching soybean oil.
Immediately, a scent of soybean oil mixed with egg wafted from the pan.
Chen Jianye made four fried eggs in one go.
Then he served himself a bowl of white rice.
Paired with slices of pork belly.
It was incredibly satisfying.
He was satisfied, but the Courtyard residents were not.
“Who the hell is eating fried eggs so early in the morning? Are they even living properly?!”
Yan Fugui, who got up early to empty the chamber pot, smelled the fried eggs and cursed angrily.
It smelled so good.
Too good.
To smell fried eggs so early in the morning, only to go home and eat coarse grain rice, how could he swallow it!
“It’s the Chen Family, Chen Jianye is frying eggs.”
A sister-in-law replied with envy.
“Oh, it’s Chen Jianye. He’s just recovered from a serious illness, he needs to rest well, he should eat something good.”
Yan Fugui's tone immediately changed drastically.
But in his heart, he secretly muttered, Chen Jianye has so much money in his hands, but there's a ticking time bomb in his head. If it were him, he would also spend it lavishly.
While he could still move and was clear-headed, he would spend it ruthlessly.
Who knew how many days he could enjoy.
“Chen Jianye, that child, should eat well.”
“It’s fine for him to eat well, he’s a patient.”
People in the Courtyard who liked to meddle said this.
Secretly, they drooled with envy.
The Jia.
“I want fried eggs, I want fried eggs.”
Bang梗 clung to Qin Huairu, pulling at her clothes.
“Mom, where are the eggs at home? I’ll make a fried egg for Bang梗.”
Qin Huairu, unable to resist his persistence, asked.
“Where are there any eggs at home? We ate them all last time.”
Jia Zhangshi said grumpily.
She also wanted to eat fried eggs.
Who could she ask?
“Bang梗, did you hear your grandma? There are no more eggs at home.”
Qin Huairu bent down and said to Bang梗.
“No, I just want fried eggs.”
Bang梗 lay on the ground, throwing a tantrum.
Jia Zhangshi watched and chuckled, “He’s a good grandson of my Jia, just like me.”
“Dongxu, control Bang梗.”
Qin Huairu said helplessly.
“It’s all that damn Chen Jianye’s fault, eating fried eggs so early in the morning. I think he’s doing it on purpose.”
“That son of a bitch, he doesn’t have many days left to live, yet he’s making things difficult for my Jia everywhere.”
Jia Dongxu was so angry his head was fuming.
“Chen Jianye… he must have a lot of money, and he doesn’t have many days left to live, so he definitely can’t mistreat himself.”
Qin Huairu originally wanted to say that Chen Jianye needed to recuperate and eat something good.
But when she spoke, she changed her wording.
To avoid the Jia mother and son saying she was siding with outsiders again.
“What’s the point of that beast eating good food? Can eating good food make him an immortal?”
“It’s better to let my eldest grandson eat a few more bites, let my eldest grandson grow, and become strong and sturdy.”
Jia Zhangshi said indignantly.
“Mom, what you said is right.”
“Given Chen Jianye’s condition, with his brain injured, nothing he eats can make up for it, it’s all useless.”
“He eats a lot and excretes a lot, he’s purely a feces-making machine.”
Jia Dongxu deeply agreed.
Bang梗 was still lying on the ground, being a rogue.
“Qin Huairu, go to the Chen Family and ask if they can lend us a few eggs.”
“Just appease Bang梗 for now.”
Jia Zhangshi instructed.
“Ah? Mom, our family just had a fight with the Chen Family, how can I talk to Chen Jianye?”
Qin Huairu looked unwilling.
“What’s there not to say? Back when I was raising Dongxu, I begged for food from house to house, and we got through it, didn’t we?”
“Ultimately, you just don’t care about your own son.”
Jia Zhangshi glared.
“Mom, Chen Jianye’s brain isn’t right, if he were to stab me, I’d be one corpse with two lives.”
Qin Huairu cradled her belly.
“He didn’t touch you yesterday, so he’ll touch you today?”
“Precisely because you’re pregnant, it’s best for you to go. I think you’re just unwilling in your heart. How can you be a mother who values her face more than her son?”
Jia Zhangshi looked disdainful.
Bang梗 deliberately raised his voice and rolled twice on the ground.
“Alright, I’ll try.”
Qin Huairu, helpless, could only cradle her belly and go out.
Bang梗 quickly scrambled up from the ground and stood at the door, waiting.
“Look at my eldest grandson, exactly like you when you were little, so clever.”
Jia Zhangshi praised incessantly.
“Of course, who do you think he takes after?”
Jia Dongxu casually ran a hand through his hair, his face full of proud smiles.
The Chen Family.
“Knock knock.”
Someone was knocking at the main door.
“Who is it?”
Chen Jianye sat at the dining table, eating and drinking heartily, asking without lifting his head.
“It’s me, Jianye, can I come in and talk?”
Qin Huairu replied from the doorway.
“Wait a moment.”
Chen Jianye got up, pulled the bolt, and turned back to the dining table: “Now you can speak.”
Facing the pregnant Qin Huairu, Chen Jianye had no interest whatsoever.
Not hitting her was out of consideration for her being pregnant.
Other matters, Chen Jianye couldn't be bothered to get involved with.
Outside the main door, Qin Huairu heard the sound and thought Chen Jianye had opened the door. She pushed with her hand, only to find the door bolted from the inside.
She then understood that Chen Jianye had deliberately come over to bolt the door, not open it.
Not even giving her a chance to enter and speak, Chen Jianye’s attitude was already crystal clear.
Qin Huairu stood outside the main door, too embarrassed to shout that she wanted to borrow eggs from Chen Jianye, afraid that the passing residents would hear and mock her.
Stamping her foot, Qin Huairu left in anger.
Bang梗, seeing his mother return without even entering the Chen Family door, immediately pulled a long face.
His expression was exactly like Jia Zhangshi’s.
“How was it? Did you borrow the eggs?”
As soon as Qin Huairu entered, Jia Zhangshi eagerly asked.
At the same time, her gaze swept over the former, trying to find traces of eggs.
Jia Zhangshi also wanted to eat eggs.
“No, Chen Jianye deliberately bolted the door and didn’t even let me in.”
Qin Huairu said indignantly.
“That son of a bitch!”
“My Jia is a prominent family in the Courtyard, what does he mean by this?!”
Jia Dongxu was furious.
Even if a beggar knocks, the owner should at least come out and say a few words, right?
“That beast, eating good food alone in the Courtyard, causing trouble for my eldest grandson.”
Jia Zhangshi also gnashed her teeth.
If Chen Jianye were in front of her, she would rush up and bite him.
“I want fried eggs!”
Bang梗 was about to throw another tantrum.
Slap!
Jia Dongxu, infuriated, slapped him hard: “Eat what?! If you keep yelling, I’ll beat you to death.”
Bang梗, having received a slap, immediately quieted down.
One could only say that not getting fried eggs, the slap was quite satisfying.
“Why did you hit the child? The child doesn’t understand anything.”
Qin Huairu said, her heart aching.
“So annoying, everyone get away.”
Jia Dongxu waved his hands repeatedly, as if shooing away flies.
He clearly felt Chen Jianye’s contempt for him.
Completely disregarding him.
What was it like to be looked down upon by someone he himself looked down upon?
Jia Dongxu’s masculine pride was screaming wildly.
He had to do something!