At noon today, the huge sun hangs in the sky, turning the monotonous white-gray sky into a golden hue.

Reflected in the river, it resembles a landscape painting adorned with gold powder.

On the riverbank, Su Hua was leading a group of children from the Su family, busy cleaning pig offal. In front of the four of them were two large wooden basins, one for holding offal and the other specifically for washing it. After all, pig offal wasn't very clean, and she didn't want to pollute the river.

As he rubbed the pig's stomach, Dalang excitedly leaned in to smell it. Then, his eyes lit up with an alarming gleam as he looked at Su Hua. "Auntie, this wood ash is really a wonderful thing. Rubbing the pig's stomach with it eliminates all the odor."

“Of course!” Su Hua was using a twig to turn over the pig intestines, her hands moving non-stop. “Wood ash not only contains alkali, but its fine particles are also extremely absorbent, making it perfect for cleaning the dirt in pig offal!”

What is alkali? And what are fine particles?

Dalang looked completely bewildered.

Why is there so much to learn about washing pig offal?

"This alkali is a substance that is the opposite of acid. It can not only be used to wash pig offal, but it is also a food additive that can be used to make buns and steamed bread. At certain times, it is also a medicinal herb that can be used to treat diseases." As Su Hua was speaking, she suddenly felt that the surroundings had become quiet.

Looking up, he saw that all three little boys were stunned.

"Well, you don't need to worry about the rest." Su Hua waved her hand. "Just remember that this wood ash can clean pig offal, and it can clean it very well."

As for acids and bases, even if you called a chemistry teacher, they might not be able to explain it clearly to these little kids.

"Okay, I understand," Dalang replied obediently.

Just then, a clear, tinkling sound suddenly came from the path.

The little radish heads turned around at the sound and saw a figure wearing a dark red thin cotton jacket walking towards them, with two large silver bracelets on his wrists that were very eye-catching.

"Hey, isn't that Grandma Xiao? Is she going to find Uncle Jinhan..."

Su Hua turned around and saw the displeasure on the woman's face.

I'm afraid this is someone going to cause trouble for that guy!

Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, a woman’s earth-shattering wails came from in front of the cabin, but because of the distance, she could only vaguely hear words like ‘wild boar meat’ and ‘unfilial’.

If I'm not mistaken, Xiao's mother has probably come for the wild boar.

Thinking of Xiao Jinhan's honest nature, Su Hua was about to get up when she saw the small wooden house open from the inside. Xiao Jinhan walked out of the yard and said something. Xiao's mother stood blankly outside the fence for a long time before turning back.

When he returned, the anger on his face seemed to freeze into ice.

Su Hua was taken aback. She thought that, given Xiao Jinhan's honest nature, he would be exploited again. Almost all the wild boars they had hunted that morning had been taken to town by the three Su brothers. Since Xiao's mother couldn't get any wild boar meat, she would have to get a few rabbits from Xiao Jinhan as an apology.

After all, the row of rabbits that Xiao Jinhan hung outside the wooden house was really too eye-catching.

Unexpectedly, in no time at all, Xiao's mother returned defeated.

"Hua'er, eat lunch first. I cooked some wild boar meat. You can finish eating before you get busy. We'll clean the offal later..." Su Bai's call pulled Su Hua out of her confusion.

"Yes, all right!" Su Hua replied loudly.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to carry the pig offal from the basin back to the courtyard.

Such rare ingredients are easily snatched away by wild animals from Fuhu Mountain if no one is watching them.

Meanwhile, in Qianjia Village, six miles away.

"Knock knock knock—"

There was a knock on the gate of a small mud-brick courtyard.

"Who is it?" The woman was chopping chicken feed in the front yard when she heard the voice and turned around. She caught sight of Qian Yueniang outside and quickly came out of the chicken coop. "Yueniang is back? What good things did you bring back today?"

She raised her hand and pulled the door latch out with a click.

A large, fatty piece of meat with dark skin and white flesh instantly came into view.

Madam Qian's brows lit up with joy, and she quickly welcomed the person in, her smile deepening even further.

"Wow, this piece of meat is really good, it must weigh at least ten pounds, where did you get it from?"

"We hunted a big wild boar at home and kept some meat for ourselves. My mother-in-law asked me to send one to our in-laws. I remember that you like braised pork, so I specially picked a fatty one for you." Qian Yueniang grinned, stuffed the meat into her mother's hand, and walked into the yard.

"What? The Su family hunted a wild boar?" Qian's mother exclaimed in surprise.

The meat he was carrying almost fell to the ground.

Good heavens, a whole wild boar, how much meat must that be?

Thinking of this, Qian's mother's initial joy at seeing the meat vanished almost instantly, and she felt as if she were soaking in a jar of pickled vegetables.

"Your mother-in-law is really talking nonsense, so stingy! A whole wild boar should weigh at least 200 pounds, but she only sent this one piece of meat to our own family. It's as if she looks down on the Qian family and on you, Yue Niang!"

Qian Yueniang looked at her mother, whose hair was emitting a sour smell.

He chuckled awkwardly and swallowed back the words about the wild boar meat weighing over 300 jin.

“That’s just how my mother-in-law is, Mother, you know that. I had to fight for this wild boar meat.”

Mother Qian snorted coldly, put the wild boar meat in the kitchen and locked it. She glanced at Qian Yueniang's belly and said irritably, "I think that old woman Su is just taking advantage of you because you didn't give the Su family a son!"

Upon hearing the words "didn't give birth to a boy," Qian Yueniang's face darkened noticeably, but she curled her lip and said, "So what if she gave birth to a boy? Zhao Shi gave birth to two boys, and they were only ten catties of meat each, and those were the ones I left over."

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