The Hunter’s Lively Wife
Chapter 457 - Chapter 457 Chapter 457 Proposal

Chapter 457: Chapter 457: Proposal Chapter 457: Chapter 457: Proposal Making stinky tofu starts with cutting the purchased tofu into pieces. Su Yunjin skillfully used a knife to cut the tofu into identically sized blocks and set them aside for later use.

Gu Ya walked over, intending to help his young wife with the task.

“Yunniang, let me help you.”

Once cut into pieces, the fresh tofu needs to be aired out to dry.

When Gu Ya came over to offer his help, Su Yunjin didn’t need Gu Ya’s assistance.

Instead, she said to him, “Husband, go find a clean wooden board for me and also a larger stone. Wash them clean and bring them to me.”

The young wife needed a wooden board and a stone. Gu Ya didn’t ask her what she needed them for but went to find them without a word.

As Gu Ya went out to look for the wooden board and stone, Su Yunjin continued busily with her work. By the time Gu Ya returned with the wooden board and stone, Su Yunjin had already neatly cut all the tofu and stacked it together.

“Yunniang, here’s the wooden board and stone you wanted.” Gu Ya walked up to his young wife and brought over the wooden board and stone.

Su Yunjin said, “Husband, give me the wooden board first.”

Gu Ya handed over the wooden board to Su Yunjin, who then pressed it onto the neatly stacked tofu. Gu Ya asked his young wife, “Yunniang, how do you want to use this stone?”

Having placed the wooden board, Su Yunjin dusted off her hands and instructed Gu Ya to press the stone onto the board, “Husband, just press the stone onto the wooden board.”

Doing as his young wife had told him, Gu Ya pressed down with the stone.

At this point, they didn’t need to continue with the next step immediately; the rest would have to wait until the tofu was fully drained.

While Su Yunjin and her husband were busy making stinky tofu to earn money, Mrs. Zhang, the eldest sister-in-law, had quieted down in the past two days since she went to burn down Su Yunjin’s house at night.

Mrs. Zhang and Gu Baofu had hidden in the mountains for most of the night, enduring the cold wind, and returned home feeling upset from the confrontation with Su Yunjin.

As a result, Mrs. Zhang fell ill upon waking up the next day.

Being ill, Mrs. Zhang laid in bed, looking weak and unwilling to spend money on a doctor. She didn’t seek out medication and simply rested at home.

After several days, Mrs. Zhang’s condition didn’t improve but instead became more serious. Gu Baofu, seeing that she wasn’t getting better, suggested they get a doctor for her.

When Mrs. Zhang heard that Gu Baofu wanted to call a doctor, she berated him on the spot, “Does calling a doctor cost nothing? You haven’t brought home even a copper coin in a month, and now you want to call a doctor? Do you think the money I have grows on trees?”

After being severely scolded by Mrs. Zhang, Gu Baofu did not bring up the subject of calling a doctor again. Mrs. Zhang was feeling unwell and, hearing that Su Yunjin’s house was nearly repaired, was so angry that it hurt her heart, liver, and lungs.

Overnight, the following day, Su Yunjin went to check and found that the tofu in the stove room had drained well, and she observed that each block was quite dry.

There was no moisture when she squeezed them in her hand.

Now that the tofu had drained, all that was left was to immerse the dry tofu into the brine that Su Yunjin had prepared earlier in the morning, seal the jar, and after a few days, take it out to complete the stinky tofu.

Su Yunjin sealed all the tofu into the jar in the stove room and had just stepped out when, unexpectedly, she saw that her second sister-in-law, Gu Hengniang, had come again.

Along with Gu Hengniang, the entire Wan Family had also arrived.

Su Yunjin was taken aback for a moment.

Why had Gu Hengniang’s entire family come?

Could it be that they were here to settle accounts with the Gu Family over Wan Ruyan’s matter?