Lu Fangfang stood in front of the large iron pot, somewhat proud.

She smashed bones, extracted marrow, and simmered it for so long, all for this.

Holding the shovel, she gently scooped down a section, and upon digging it open, she saw that underneath was still a white, paste-like substance.

Even she was surprised; she hadn't expected to have endured so much.

Holding the shovel, she began scooping the contents of the jar little by little.

Yang Yufeng rushed over.

Watching Lu Fangfang scoop the butter from the pot, she was almost dying of envy and jealousy.

Swallowing hard, Yang Yufeng stammered, "Fangfang, what...what happened to you?"

"You were here yesterday afternoon, didn't you see what I did?"

Lu Fangfang pouted, not wanting to talk to her.

"cocoa……"

Yang Yufeng still couldn't understand. She knew that bones could be boiled to extract oil, but how could so much oil be extracted?

Judging from the amount of oil in the pot, it would take at least several large pieces of fatty meat to make it, but how did Lu Fangfang manage to cook so much using only bones?

Yang Yufeng was very confused. She felt that she had lived for decades in vain and was not even as good as a little girl.

Lu Fangfang glanced at her, then continued shoveling the butter in the pot.

After a while, Wang Shufen also arrived. She was startled when she saw the white liquid in the pot.

In this day and age, oil is a precious commodity.

Not to mention rural areas, even in cities where people eat government-subsidized grain, each person receives less than three ounces of oil per month, which is simply not enough.

Wealthier families could only supplement their income by rendering lard.

But no one has ever boiled so much oil at once. Such a huge pot, it's really quite impressive to look at.

"Hey girl, how did you cook it? Did you add anything else? When I cooked bones, why didn't I get this much oil?"

Yang Yufeng, who was standing nearby, quickly perked up her ears.

"Sister Shufen, there is marrow in these beef bones. Marrow is rich in fatty tissue, so you can render oil from the bones. When you boil the bones, crack them open to let the marrow out, and you'll get more oil."

Lu Fangfang didn't intend to hide it and directly revealed the secret.

In this small northwestern town, you can't even slaughter a single cow in a day.

Making oil from bones is not cost-effective unless you can buy bones cheaply.

This time, she was able to buy a cow skeleton at a low price in the county thanks to her sister-in-law Meijiao's help. Lu Fangfang didn't expect to be able to buy it again in the future.

"So that's how it is, no wonder."

Wang Shufen and Yang Yufeng seemed to be deep in thought.

They didn't understand what "fat" meant, but they did know where the oil came from—it was boiled from the bone marrow.

"Next time I buy bones, I'll have to try it."

Lu Fangfang smiled and continued shoveling the butter.

In no time, the large jar in her arms was almost full.

The white paste-like substance in the pot was almost gone, leaving only the bottom layer of yellow, jelly-like broth and broken bones.

Holding the jar, Lu Fangfang weighed it and estimated it to be about five or six pounds.

After accounting for the weight of the jar itself, she rendered out four to five pounds of butter this time.

She used a whole cow skeleton to make four to five pounds of beef tallow. "That's a bit too little. It seems the slaughtered cow wasn't very fat."

"Too little...too little?"

Yang Yufeng was somewhat dazed; she wanted to beat Lu Fangfang up.

This huge jar of oil is enough for their family to use for a year. Is that not enough?

That's incredibly arrogant!

Seeing Lu Fangfang carry the butter into the inner room, Yang Yufeng's eyes reddened with jealousy.

When she came out of the house again, Yang Yufeng hurriedly asked, "Fangfang, how much did you pay for this cow skeleton?"

"I bought it at market price."

Lu Fangfang did not want to disclose the specific price.

If you take advantage of public resources, that's fine, but you can't brag about it.

Seeing that Yang Yufeng was still staring at her, she said helplessly, "Sister-in-law, didn't you say you were here to help? The water for boiling the bones is gone, could you please go and fetch a bucket?"

Yang Yufeng pouted, somewhat displeased.

Looking at the pot, she swallowed hard, picked up the iron bucket, and went to get it.

"Sister Shufen, can you help me start a fire?"

"become."

Wang Shufen responded and started a fire.

Lu Fangfang poured the bones she had fished out the night before back into the pot.

These beef bones have been cooked for so long that they're quite clean now.

Most of the calcium in the bones has been cooked into the soup, and now they're very crispy.

She planned to cook it one last time, then remove the bones and grind them into bone meal to feed the chickens.

Lu Fangfang took out the beef liver and tripe that had been soaking overnight, washed them, and then started cutting them.

The beef liver that Meijiao's sister-in-law gave her was huge, at least ten pounds, and after it was cut up, it filled a whole basin.

She cut up the remaining tripe and filled a small basin with it.

At this moment, the soup in the large iron pot also boiled, emitting a rich aroma.

Yang Yufeng was instructed to scoop out all the large bones. She then put in the beef liver, tripe, and the beef that had been shaved off the night before, and went inside to get spices.

"Mmm, smells good, it smells really good..."

As soon as Lu Fangfang came out, she saw Yang Yufeng gnawing on a beef rib.

The bones, having been cooked for so long, were very tender and crunchy; at that moment, she was genuinely gnawing on them.

Lu Fangfang rolled her eyes, shooed Yang Yufeng aside, and started putting spices into the pot.

Scallions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers...

She put out all the spices that her sisters-in-law had brought yesterday, one by one.

Add a little more salt, stir it with a spoon, and a special aroma immediately wafts out.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

Wang Shufen rubbed her stomach, a little embarrassed, "Girl, the soup you made smells so good, it makes my mouth water."

"The main reason is that the sisters-in-law provided plenty of spices."

Lu Fangfang sighed. If she were to make it herself, she wouldn't even be able to gather enough scallions and ginger, let alone star anise, cinnamon, and the like.

In this era when even a full meal is hard to come by, it's truly remarkable to be able to cook a pot of beef offal soup with plenty of spices.

She put the lid on the pot and added some firewood to the bottom.

There was also a sprig of cilantro in the cupboard, which Lu Fangfang didn't forget. She washed it, chopped it up, and put it in a bowl.

Everything is ready now, we're just waiting to boil it.

Once the aroma filled the family compound, Lu Fangfang knew her sisters-in-law would be arriving soon, and she was filled with anticipation.