Neighbors peeked out, and the air was filled with the aroma of meat.

The sound was coming from Li Daxing's kitchen. Right now, Li Daxing and his mentally challenged son, one big and one small, were squatting by the kitchen window, peeking out.

Xiao Guai moved a small stool and sat in front of the stove, warming herself by the fire while directing Zhao Di to stew the pork hock and pig's trotters.

The Xu family of four were squatting obediently against the wall in the kitchen.

The aroma alone is enough to make my mouth water.

The three Zhao sisters couldn't help but drool; they never expected that the braised pork knuckle made according to Xiao Guai's method would taste so delicious.

Their family hadn't tasted meat in ages; even when their father ate meat, it wasn't for the three sisters.

But now it's different. Xiao Guai directly put four pig trotters and a big pork hock into the stew pot.

The main reason is that the pig's trotters and hocks have a lot of fat. The oil rendered from that fat is used to stew the pig's trotters and hocks, making them glistening with oil and giving off a savory aroma.

Anyone who smells it will get dizzy.

Needless to say, hiring a third person is out of the question; he was sniffling as he cooked.

How long has it been since they last saw Meat Star? They've never even smelled meat, let alone eaten it.

The braised pork hock and pig's trotters in the pot smelled so good that the three of them squatted in front of the stove, but none of them dared to touch them.

It took a bit of effort to stew the pork knuckle.

But stewing in a traditional earthen stove is just the best.

Zhao Di skillfully wiped the pork knuckle with her chopsticks.

The meat quickly fell off the bone.

There were suspicious water stains at the corners of the mouth.

Xiao Guai clapped her hands.

"Alright, alright, the braised pork knuckle is ready. Let's get ready to eat."

Upon hearing the word "eat," the three sisters cheered and ladled out the steamed rice from the small pot on the earthen stove.

These days, there's no such thing as stewing in a pot; everything is steamed in a basin.

A large bowl of rice was placed on the table, and then more was scooped out of the pot. A large bowl of braised pork hock and pig's trotters were also placed on the table.

Two wooden basins were placed on the table, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of meat.

Li Daxing and his mentally challenged son stood at the door, looking at Xiao Guai with longing eyes and asked.

"Little sister, I want to eat meat?"

The simple-minded son, Da Bao, echoed Li Daqing's words.

"Little sister, I want to eat meat."

Anyway, the generational hierarchy is getting more and more complicated.

Little Darling waved.

"Come in quickly, I promised you we'd eat meat."

Li Daxian and Dabao immediately ran in, each of them sitting on a stool in front of the table. Fortunately, they were as silly as they were.

But following Xiao Guai's instructions, who forbade them to fight, the two of them didn't dare to use their elbows at all.

Zhao Di and the others dared not touch the rice and pork knuckle on the table.

To be precise, Li Daxing used to be the one who made the decisions in this family, but now Xiao Guai has become the one who makes the decisions.

Despite being the youngest, she holds the most authority in the family.

Zhao Di and the other two witnessed Xiao Guai causing Li Daxing, who was already unconscious, to fall into a coma.

Not only has he become lively and energetic, but Li Daxing, who was originally an irritable and easily angered domestic abuser, has now become an idiot, and an obedient one at that.

When Butcher Xu brought his three sons to cause trouble, the three sisters realized that they might be doomed.

Given the fighting prowess of Butcher Xu and his three sons, even two Li Daxings might not be able to defeat them.

But to their surprise, Li Daxing not only defeated them, but also managed to get some meat.

To be precise, for every word Xiao Guai says, Li Daxing does one thing.

This filled the three sisters with anticipation for the future. As long as Xiao Guai was in the family, no one would bully them or hit them anymore.

More importantly, Li Daxing survived this time, meaning the villagers wouldn't dare bully them anymore, as they are now able to work as the only able-bodied members of their family.

Even someone as strong as Butcher Xu was defeated by Li Daxing, and seeing this, the other families in the village would never provoke them again.

In a single day, their family's status in the village completely changed. Before, Li Daxing was someone the villagers were afraid of and dared not provoke.

But for Butcher Xu, most people were more afraid of him. But now things are different. Li Daxing dealt with Butcher Xu, which is equivalent to establishing his authority in the village.

No one will bully me or beat me. Although I might still go hungry, at least I won't be taken away by others.

Such a day was something they never dared to dream of before, but now it has come true in a single day.

The three sisters were very happy, but they would never forget who made this possible; without Xiao Guai, it would all be wishful thinking.

Seeing everyone sitting there looking at each other, staring at the food on the table but not touching it, Xiao Guai couldn't help but ask.

"What are you doing? What are you sitting there for? Hurry up and serve the rice."

She's so small and hasn't eaten meat in ages, she's starving. Forget about eating meat, she can't even get enough to eat right now.

They were so grateful to Butcher Xu for providing the rice, flour, pork knuckles, and trotters he found at his house; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to have this meal.

Li Daxing's family only had cornmeal; they didn't even have wheat flour.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Di hurriedly set to work, first filling a large bowl with rice for Xiao Guai, the rice overflowing.

Instinctively, she went to serve Li Daxing rice again, only to see Xiao Guai unconsciously glancing at her.

His eyes were like knives, which frightened her so much that she immediately put the bowl of rice in front of her younger sister.

Sure enough, when she saw the rice placed in front of her younger sister, a smile appeared on Xiao Guai's face, and the icy look in her eyes disappeared.

Zhao Di knew she had done the right thing, and immediately felt relieved and happily served herself and her little sister rice.

Li Daxing and Dabao watched longingly as more than half of the rice in the bowl was gone, and there was clearly not enough rice left for the two of them.

The two of them swallowed hard.

Zhao Di hesitated for a moment, after all, Li Daxing was still the strong laborer in the family, and cautiously looked at Xiao Guai and asked.

"I divided the remaining rice between them. If it's not enough, I'll get you another bowl first."

Little Darling waved her hand.

"No need, just divide it between the two of them!"

I'm not a big eater, and there's pork knuckle and pig's trotters coming up later.

The pot contained not only braised pork hock and pig's trotters, but also yams and cabbage. There was also tofu and vermicelli that had been taken from Butcher Xu's house.

These, along with rice, are enough to eat.

Hearing this, Zhao Di dared to put the remaining rice from the basin into Li Daxing and Da Bao's bowls.

The rice was divided equally between the two of them, and there wasn't much rice in the bowls, just more than half a bowl.

Li Daxing looked at the rice in his own bowl, then at the rice in Xiao Guai and the others' bowls, his lips pouting so much they looked like oil bottles stuck to them.

"Little sister, why do I have less rice than you?"

Xiao Guai glanced at him.

"I only said I'd reward you with pork head meat, not rice. You're already getting a good deal by eating rice now."

"Are you going to eat or not? If not, we'll give it to Zhao Di and the others."

Upon hearing this, Li Daxing hurriedly picked up his bowl.

"eat!"