"Xiaoxi, no need to trouble yourself. We had lunch at Captain Qian's house before coming here." Aunt Yan hurriedly stopped her. "You just got home, you must still have a lot of things to do. Lili and I will go back first. You must come over when you have time, we haven't properly thanked you yet!"

"Aunt Yan, how are you going to get back now?" Although Wen Xi really wanted to take them home, she didn't have a bicycle. Even if she did, she couldn't carry two people on a bicycle, an elderly person and a child, since she had hardly ever ridden one. She couldn't bear the responsibility if she caused them to fall.

“I’ve already arranged with the person in charge of driving the oxcart in the team. He’ll take us to town on our way back. Xiaoxi, don’t worry about us. You should get some rest!” Mother Yan patted Wenxi’s shoulder, then took Yan Lili’s hand and left.

"Goodbye, Sister Xiaoxi." Yan Lili waved to Wen Xi.

Wenxi saw Yan's mother and Yan Lili to the door and waved to them, "Aunt Yan, Lili, goodbye. I will definitely come to see you when I have time."

Watching Yan's mother and Yan Lili leave until they were completely out of sight, Wenxi turned back, closed the courtyard gate, and went into the main room. Seeing the bag under the table, Wenxi asked in surprise, "Jiaojiao, did Aunt Yan bring these things under the table?"

"Yes, that auntie just said it was for you." Shen Jiaojiao asked curiously, "Xiaoxi, how do you know them?"

"I helped them out in town before, and that's how we met. I didn't expect them to be so polite and come all the way here to thank me." Wen Xi picked up the bag but didn't chase after Aunt Yan. What did it mean to return the bag to her after she had gone through all that trouble?

Since she's going to the Yan family anyway, she can just give them a gift of equal value in return, right?

Moreover, she would be staying in the countryside for several years, and she really needed someone like Yan Zheng to help her deter those who wanted to scheme against her. There were too many people in the village who wanted to scheme against them, and she was afraid she wouldn't be able to handle it.

Wenxi carried the bags back to her room and put them away. Then she went out to deal with the pig offal she had bought that day. She poured the contents of the three baskets into a wooden basin and then began to sort them.

Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue surrounded her, asking curiously, "Xiaoxi, what are you planning to do with all this stuff?"

"Braised pork intestines, braised pork heart and lungs, stir-fried pork liver, chicken tripe with pork belly..."

As Wen Xi spoke, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They really couldn't imagine how delicious these things would become after Wen Xi's hands. They only knew that they must be especially delicious.

“The temperature here isn’t high, so the meat can last for a few days. We can keep some to eat fresh, and marinate the rest, then dry them in the sun to save for when there’s a food shortage after the New Year. What do you think?” Wenxi asked.

The three of them live together, so they certainly can't ignore the feelings of others.

Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue nodded repeatedly, "Xiaoxi, we'll do whatever you say. We'll handle it however you want."

"Okay, let's clean out the offal and trotters that can be pickled first, and pickle them quickly. They smell too strong, and it won't be good if people passing by smell them." Afterwards, Wen Xi led Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to clean the offal. There was so much that she probably wouldn't be able to finish cleaning it by herself until tomorrow.

The cleaning methods and steps are different for each part, so Wenxi asked Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to clean the easy parts, while she cleaned the complicated parts herself.

The three of them worked together for several hours to clean all the pig offal and trotters. Just as they brought the offal to the kitchen, they heard a knock on the door. Wen Xi's brows twitched, and she quickly joined forces with Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to carry everything to her room. As Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue turned to leave, Wen Xi directly stored everything in the system warehouse, then locked her room door before going out to open it.

Seeing Song Lan, Zhou Bai, and Tian Shengnan standing somewhat awkwardly outside the courtyard gate with baskets on their backs, Wen Xi quickly helped them in, looked around, and then locked the gate.

"Why are you here? Did something happen?" Wenxi asked worriedly.

Tian Shengnan pulled out a gray wild rabbit hidden at the bottom of the basket and said excitedly, "Nothing happened. The three of us caught a wild rabbit together, but we didn't want it to go to those people inside, so we wanted to bring it here to cook and eat with you."

Wen Xi hadn't expected them to be so lucky, catching such a big rabbit on the mountain. Hearing Tian Shengnan's words, Wen Xi found it somewhat amusing, "You don't want to take them to eat, but you want to take us to eat?"

Tian Shengnan was a little embarrassed, "Although I'm not familiar with you, I think you're different from them, and I'm willing to share with you."

Wen Xi hadn't expected that Tian Shengnan would prefer to associate with them rather than with her own roommates.

However, having spent so much time with the other four people, she must have already figured out their true character and realized they weren't people she could be close to.

If you were to become close friends with people like Nie Xiulan, you'd probably be sold out and still be foolishly counting the money for them.

Wenxi took the rabbit and readily agreed, "Okay, then let's eat rabbit tonight. Of course, I won't take advantage of you for nothing. You provide the rabbit, and I'll provide the food."

Shen Jiaojiao ran over and took the rabbit away. "I'm better at handling rabbits, so let me take care of it! You guys can focus on the other things."

Wenxi went to the kitchen, rinsed the rice and put it in the pot to cook the sweet potato rice. After all, there were six people eating dinner, and Wenxi was afraid that it wouldn't be enough, so she also took six potatoes and put them in a steamer on the rice cooker. If there wasn't enough staple food, they could eat the steamed potatoes as a staple food.

Afterwards, she took some cabbage and radish and asked Tian Shengnan to wash them at the well. Wen Xi went back to her room and took out all the pig liver and kidneys. Pig liver and kidneys can be eaten after just stir-frying, which is very simple, time-saving and convenient. Then she went to the bathroom and took out six tuna. After that, she took them to the well and handed them to Shen Jiaojiao.

Wen Xi went to the kitchen, first washing, chopping, and plating the seasonings, and then started cooking the pig liver and kidneys. She had already washed these things thoroughly, so they only needed to be chopped before cooking.

Three pig livers, a considerable portion, were prepared in two separate pots by Wenxi. One pot was stir-fried pig liver, and the other was stir-fried pig liver with chives. The pig kidneys were prepared as scallion-flavored kidneys and spicy boiled kidneys.

Song Lan and Zhou Bai were helping Wen Xi in the kitchen. They were both amazed by Wen Xi's superb knife skills. They never expected that Wen Xi would have such good cooking skills. They were really glad they came today.