Li Xiyue sat comfortably in the chair, grabbed a handful of spiced melon seeds, and ate them while drinking tea. She talked to Du Guixiang about the future development of the factory.

The guards outside were furious at the sight of Li Xiyue and Du Guixiang looking so comfortable. Who was the kidnapper and who was the kidnapped?

The goalkeepers were almost questioning their existence!

Du Guixiang, who was initially afraid, is no longer afraid at all. It's so nice here. She lives in a cave, where someone gives her water when she's thirsty, and she can sleep whenever she's tired. It's much more comfortable than being outside.

Du Guixiang said to the people outside without any politeness, "Where's lunch? Is there any lunch? I'm starving! If I starve to death, you'll lose your bargaining chips!"

The person standing outside rolled their eyes in anger, "I won't die from missing a meal, I haven't even eaten yet!"

Du Guixiang said, "I have a problem; when I'm starving, I bang my head against a wall. Anyway, I guarantee I won't have a good ending if I fall into your hands."

There's no good food or drink here, I might as well just bang my head against the wall and die! Even if I die, you won't get anything out of it!

As she spoke, she stood up and ran towards the cliff face.

The guard was startled and hurriedly said, "Don't bump into me! What do you want to eat?"

He wiped the white sweat from his forehead. If something happened to him, how could he explain it to his boss?

Du Guixiang stopped and turned around, saying, "I want to eat... I want to eat braised pork knuckle! Braised spare ribs are fine too, sweet and sour!"

The two men guarding the gate looked at each other, exclaiming in disbelief, "Wow! That's asking too much!"

The two men said speechlessly, "What do you think this place is? Do you think we can stew pork hock or ribs here?"

"I've lived here for so many years and I've never seen anything like this! Look what I'm eating!"

He took out his own provisions, which consisted of a few white flour steamed buns, a jar of fermented bean curd, and a few pickled vegetables.

Those who stand guard here all bring their own food and eat it themselves.

When I'm off work, I go to the cooperative in the city to buy delicious food and improve my life.

Although life in the cave was tough, they could have a good meal when they came out after a few days, so they could still accept it.

The key thing is that their superiors promised that once the mission was completed, they would take them abroad to a country where gold is everywhere!

Du Guixiang said unhappily, "No! I'm hungry. I can't eat steamed buns. I want to eat meat!"

Li Xiyue said, "You don't have a stove here to stew meat, but you can buy spare ribs! Go and buy a rack of spare ribs."

If there's no meat to eat, I can't sit still anymore. Why should we be here as your bargaining chips?

"You weren't planning on letting us out alive anyway. Even if we die, we'll still ruin your plans!"

The man was at his wit's end; he was genuinely afraid that these two women would impulsively smash their heads against a wall and die.

He rushed to report to his boss, "Brother Hai! Those two women are causing trouble again! They actually want spare ribs!"

Hai Ge was squatting at the entrance of the cave, smoking. He turned around and looked at his men.

He said, "Are you crazy? They want ribs? Where are you going to get them ribs?"

"Skinny monkey, what skills do you have? You're being led by the nose by two women!"

Skinny Monkey said, "Brother Hai, it's not that I'm being led by the nose by those two, it's just that they're too difficult to deal with."

They said if they were unhappy, they would just bang their heads against the wall and die, since we wouldn't let them leave alive anyway.

Even if they die, they'll ruin our plans and prevent us from succeeding!

How could I dare disobey them? I was afraid they would really die and ruin our good time!

Hai Ge threw the cigarette on the ground and rubbed it with his foot.

He gritted his teeth and said, "These two women are really difficult! What do they want? How are we going to stew ribs? We don't even have a pot!"

"They said they wanted raw pork ribs, and the cooperative only needed to buy one," the skinny monkey said. "If I hadn't stopped them, they would have even stewed a pork hock!"

Hai Ge was so angry he almost couldn't catch his breath; these two women were eating more comfortably than he was!

But what do these two women need ribs for? Are they going to eat them raw?

Actually, he had plenty of money; his superiors were very generous with it!

He took out twenty yuan from his pocket and handed it to Skinny Monkey, "Go buy a rack of spare ribs, and a few pounds of braised pig's head and some flatbread."

We brothers are eating flatbread with braised pig's head meat. I want to see how they eat raw pork ribs!

Anyway, there were no pots or stoves in there, so the two women couldn't cook at all.

Skinny Monkey took the money and ran away happily. This time he had pig's head meat again. The pancake with pig's head meat was simply a delicacy!

The skinny monkey ran out, and their car was parked in the woods. He drove to the cooperative in the city to buy things.

In those days, twenty yuan could buy a rack of spare ribs, which was equivalent to more than ten kilograms of pig's head meat.

He bought everything in no time.

In those days, there were no plastic bags. They would poke a hole in the ribs, tie them with straw rope, and carry them back like that.

The pig's head meat and flatbread were wrapped in yellow straw paper and tied with straw rope to be carried around.

When he returned, all the brothers in the cave came and surrounded him. They offered him flatbread and pig's head meat to eat.

Skinny Monkey carried the ribs into the cave and said to Li Xiyue and Du Guixiang through the iron gate, "I've bought the raw ribs you wanted! How are you planning to eat them? You're not going to eat them raw, are you?! Hahaha!"

Li Xiyue said, "Who would eat this raw? I just saw a small packet of salt in your bag."

Give me the salt, and bring me a box of matches and some firewood.

These things are plentiful here, and there's plenty of firewood outside the cave.

The skinny monkey gathered some firewood outside and passed it through the iron gate.

Li Xiyue found four thick branches to build a grill, and then found two thinner branches to skewer the ribs.

The whole ribs were skewered on tree branches and placed on the grill.

As Li Xiyue lit the firewood below, the flames licked the ribs on top, and soon they made a sizzling sound of boiling oil.

Du Guixiang was dumbfounded. She hadn't expected Li Xiyue to have such a good idea. She leaned closer to watch.

She'd never had grilled ribs before; this was her first time!

She said to Li Xiyue, "Yue'er, you're so resourceful! You even came up with this idea? Why bother stewing the ribs? Just roast them!"

Li Xiyue said, "Roasted ribs are even more fragrant than stewed ribs! Just you wait, the aroma will make your eyebrows fall off."

The aroma of roasted ribs quickly wafted out, and those who were eating braised pork head and flatbread outside couldn't contain their excitement.

Why doesn't the fragrant braised pork head with flatbread smell good anymore?

Li Xiyue roasted the ribs until they were golden brown and sprinkled them with fine salt.

The more delicious the food, the simpler the cooking method should be!

Mi Bao laughed and said, "His eldest son is already drooling with envy, hehe!"