After Shitou finished speaking, he looked at Shen Siyue expectantly.
In response to his cordial invitation, Shen Siyue was very generous: "Okay."
It was considered a date during the day, and having dinner together at night was too normal for Shen Siyue’s modern soul.
And she didn't want to be a spoilsport.
When Shitou saw that she agreed, he was very happy and hurried to get the meat from the big vat under the stone slab outside the house.
There is still some wild boar meat left from last time.
He originally planned to save it for the Chinese New Year and add a meat dish to the New Year’s Eve dinner.
But now that Shen Siyue is willing to eat at home, Shitou feels that this is more important than the Chinese New Year.
Shen Siyue couldn't just stand there and watch, so she rolled up her sleeves and took the meat from Shitou: "Give it to me, find me a basin, I'll thaw the meat first."
Shitou took a coarse earthenware basin from the bowl rack, scooped some water from the water tank, and handed it to Shen Siyue.
Then he started to prepare the staple food: pancakes.
He scooped some cornmeal from the cloth bag, then untied another tightly tied bag and scooped out a large bowl of white flour.
Seeing this, Shen Siyue hurriedly stopped him: “It’s good to have meat to eat, but there’s no need to use all the white flour.”
Although they also grow some wheat, the yield is extremely low. Apart from the people who pay the public grain tax, there is not much left in the entire village.
When it is distributed to the members, there is even less.
For most families, the little white flour they have in stock is only enough for one or two meals during the New Year.
But Shitou was quick to pour the white flour into the cornmeal and mixed it all together in a few seconds.
"It doesn't matter when you eat. Besides, it's New Year's Eve and I'm alone. It doesn't matter what I eat. I might as well cook it now!"
Seeing how pitiful he sounded, Shen Siyue said nothing more.
The two of them have earned some money recently. At worst, they can just buy some on the black market after they finish eating.
Shen Siyue took the basin: “Let me do this, you chop the meat later.”
Next, the two of them divided the work and Shen Siyue kneaded the dough to prepare the pancakes.
Shitou cleaned the meat, then lit the fire and started stewing it.
First use a small piece of fat to extract the oil, put the other pieces of meat into the pan and stir-fry for a few times, then start adding water.
Then pinch a pinch of salt from the salt shaker, add some soy sauce, and all that's left is to simmer over high heat.
These days, there are only these two kinds of condiments.
Under normal circumstances, Shitou would not even bother to add soy sauce, just a little bit of salt to adjust the flavor.
It was only because Shen Siyue was here today that he was willing to take it out.
Because the pancakes were easy to cook and had to wait a while before being put into the pan, the two of them, one squatted to light the fire while the other stood aside to stir the dough.
Shitou brought her a small stool and placed it next to Shen Siyue: “Sit and wait, it will take a while!”
After saying that, he moved to the side, making room for Shen Siyue to warm herself by the fire.
The two of them sat together beside the stove, warming themselves by the fire with their hands stretched out.
Looking at the dancing flames, Shen Siyue felt that she was particularly relaxed now.
She put her head on her knees and looked at the stone sideways: "You know, before I met you, I planned to live alone for the rest of my life."
"I've seen too many quarrels between the couple in the Shen family. I feel that getting married is really harmful to women."
"My mother couldn't hold her head up high at home because she didn't give birth to a boy. Anyone could teach her a lesson."
"Not only do I, a money-loser, have to suffer, but I am also often scolded."
"So I thought I was fine living alone until I met you. We are two poor souls abandoned by our families and got together."
Shen Siyue looked at the stone and smiled.
It’s not necessary to be in a state of combat all the time. It’s also nice to have someone to chat with when you have nothing to do.
Life is so long, it is always better to have someone accompany you than to fight alone.
Shitou looked at Shen Siyue and hesitated to speak, but finally asked a question that had been in his heart for a long time.
"Do you think I'm taking advantage of someone who's in trouble?"
Shen Siyue frowned: “Where did you get this from?”
"I have no parents, I am alone, and I am pursuing you just when you are about to leave the Shen family, so..."
In rural areas, brothers usually live together.
What matters is that there is strength in numbers.
As for a man like Shitou, most people would not want to marry their daughter to such a family.
Without anyone to help, once something happens, the family will almost collapse immediately.
Moreover, the work points earned were few, and in bad years, people could easily starve to death.
Shen Siyue understood Shi Tou's concerns after a brief thought.
"I'm sorry to say something disrespectful to your parents, but I really don't want to marry someone with many brothers."
"More people means more conflicts, including conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and conflicts between sisters-in-law. I am not as tolerant as others, so sooner or later we will have a fight."
"So it's good for you to be like this. From now on, we can live our lives behind closed doors without anyone interfering. How great!"
"I want to secretly raise some animals at home, and you can sell them in town when they grow up. I don't believe that we two grown humans can live worse than others."
Speaking of this, Shitou was really curious about Shen Siyue's good luck: "Have you discovered that as long as you go to the mountains, you will always gain something. Didn't you discover it before?"
Shen Siyue searched the original owner’s memory and shook her head.
The original owner was a poor punching bag from beginning to end.
I also went into the mountains to pick mushrooms in the spring, but at that time I was not lucky enough to harvest live things in the mountains.
So Shen Siyue felt that this might be the golden finger given to her by God, not from the original owner.
So she decided to take advantage of it.
If she caught one alive and could raise it secretly, she would raise it.
If they are large and aggressive, just sell them for money.
As the pot was simmering, steam was already emitting from the edge of the pot lid.
Shen Siyue stood up, lifted the lid of the pot, and while sticking pancakes on the edge of the pot, she continued: “How do you think I can buy that house?”
It's far away from the village and most people don't go there, so it's really suitable for raising something secretly.
Thinking of this, Shen Siyue looked at the stone and suddenly glared.
"Well, our relationship may have to be kept secret for a while."
"The village chief said that if I get married, the house will be taken back!"
At the beginning, Shen Siyue decided to stay single until old age, so she didn’t care about this issue at all.
"Let's talk about our relationship after we buy the house. Otherwise, the village chief will definitely not agree."
Shitou blinked his eyes. He didn't expect that there would be a stumbling block on his way to pursuing his wife.
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