This tool is funnel-shaped, with a smooth, narrow end that prevents it from tearing the casing, and a wide end that allows the meat to be stuffed in.

Niu Niu washed the sausage casings and brought them over. The three of them sat around the wooden basin, watching Chen Yunyun make sausages.

The marinated meat is continuously stuffed into the wide end of the casing, gradually sliding into it and making the casing extremely full.

Chen Yunyun carefully stuffed the meat into the sausage. When she saw any blockages, she would gently straighten them out with her hands. She repeated this process for a whole hour until the sausage was completely stuffed.

She used red cotton thread to tie the Sichuan-style sausages into sections, while using gray cotton thread for the Cantonese-style ones.

After stuffing the sausages, poke a few holes in them and place them under the eaves to air dry.

The salted fish next to the sausage, its stiff tail swaying in the wind, showed Chen Yunyun the fruits of her afternoon's labor, filling her with a sense of accomplishment.

It was dinnertime, so she took out the pork fat she had bought that day, steamed rice in one pot, and rendered the pork fat in the other.

She made sure to block the chimney and door completely.

The fire in the stove was burning brightly. The blanched pork fat chunks were poured into the pot, and she added water, waiting for it to boil.

During her free time, Chen Yunyun didn't stay idle; she checked on her two children's studies.

Niu Niu recognizes characters quite well and can write her own name beautifully. She can understand five out of ten characters in the books Chen Yunyun bought for her, which is quite good for a five-year-old girl.

The eldest child's learning progress was even more surprising. She hardly taught him anything, and the eldest child seemed to be self-taught. He could guess about 90% of the words he didn't recognize by combining them with the context.

Aside from eating and sleeping, he spent all his time reading diligently.

In just half a month, he has already finished reading two books.

If a school were to open in Xujia Village, she would definitely be the first to enroll her eldest child.