Seeing that her gray hair had decreased, Li Meihua felt like she had instantly become more than ten years younger, and she threw her headscarf onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

"I will never wear a headscarf again. My hair will be completely black after eating medicinal food for a few more days."

Tao Chunfang took out a bright pink headscarf from the cabinet.

"Mom, you don't have to wear it on your head, you can wear it around your neck! Adding some color to your outfit will make you look younger, and since you have good genes, people might even think we're sisters when we go out!"

"You really know how to talk. I'm already this old. If I went out with you and we ended up looking like sisters, wouldn't I look like an old monster?" Li Meihua's face lit up with joy.

Qiao Xiaoni went out to tell her father the good news, and then went back into the house with him.

Looking at Li Meihua after her makeover, Qiao Haisheng seemed to see a reflection of his younger self. If only the fine lines on her face were fewer, she would look exactly like she did in her youth.

"Plum Blossom, I can't believe your hair has turned black in just a few days."

He knew perfectly well that his wife loved beauty. As her gray hairs increased, he could only pretend not to see them. He would collect the gray hairs he picked up from the sheets in the morning, afraid that Li Meihua would be unhappy when she folded the quilt.

Li Meihua smiled broadly, "I didn't expect the medicinal diet to be so effective. Although it was very bitter, it was worth it."

Qiao Haisheng nodded, touching the top of his head. "I have gray hairs now. Cook an extra portion tonight, and I'll drink the bitter medicine with you."

"Haha! Sure!" Li Meihua agreed immediately.

Everyone was happy about the good news. As dawn broke, they packed everything they needed to take onto the tricycle. Fortunately, it wasn't too much. Qiao Haisheng sat in the front, Tao Chunfang sat in the back, and Qiao Dashan was in charge of driving.

Su Chenhao and Qiao Xiaoni were in a hurry to get to the shop and got busy, so they rode their bikes to town without waiting for them.

They arrived in town at daybreak, and Qiao Xiaoshan had already opened the door and was waiting for them.

"Girls, you've come quite early. There aren't many people at the market yet."

Qiao Xiaoni got out of the car. "You're up early enough. Did Old Chen bring the meat?"

Qiao Xiaoshan stepped forward and took the bag, which contained the finished bamboo chopsticks.

"It's already been delivered. He slaughtered the pig overnight, and the meat was still warm when it arrived! Oh, and he specially saved a basin of pig's blood for you. He said you told him last time that you wanted to make blood sausage."

They cleaned all the pig intestines thoroughly, saying they were a gift for us and we didn't need to pay.

Qiao Xiaoni raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead. "Old Chen is really thoughtful. I was thinking of making another dish today. Since we had pig's blood on hand, I could just make blood sausage. It's a pity we didn't have sauerkraut, otherwise we could have made sauerkraut stewed blood sausage."

My sister's cooking is always delicious, no doubt. Qiao Xiaoshan doesn't like pickled cabbage, but just thinking about how good it is makes his mouth water.

Qiao Xiaoni could tell from his character what he was thinking.

"Take me to see the pig's blood right away; it needs to be seasoned with salt."

"Alright!" Qiao Xiaoshan quickly led the way and soon arrived at the stove. He lifted the lid of the porcelain basin, revealing a basin full of pig's blood, from which a faint steam could be felt rising.

"This pig's blood is really fresh." Qiao Xiaoni found the salt shaker and added a handful of salt to slow down the coagulation of the pig's blood. She had a lot of things to do, so she could only put it aside for now.

Su Chenhao rolled up his sleeves and started a fire with firewood.