"Ahem, sister-in-law, you flatter me. But I am indeed a very frugal person."
Lu Fangfang accepted her sister-in-law's praise without hesitation.
"You...you bought this? Not from the group purchase?"
Li Shulan, the long-faced woman, looked at Lu Fangfang in disbelief.
So, she praised the wrong person?
"Um."
Lu Fangfang nodded quickly.
Seeing the long-faced sister-in-law's appearance, Lu Fangfang felt very pleased.
This person kept spouting nonsense, and this time he finally managed to embarrass her.
"Since my sister-in-law likes to gnaw on bones, come to my house tomorrow morning and I'll get her a big bone to gnaw on."
In front of all the military wives, Lu Fangfang appeared very poised and confident.
"What did you say? Bah! Who wants to gnaw on your stinking bones? There's not even a bit of meat in them."
Li Shulan's expression changed, and she spat out a mouthful of saliva.
She turned her head and glanced at the cow's spine again. She pursed her lips. Such clean bones, even a dog would shake its head at them.
"If you don't like it, then forget it."
Lu Fangfang rolled her eyes. She was just being polite. She wouldn't really give the bones to her sister-in-law with the long face. After all, the purchasing station only paid three cents a pound for bones.
Seeing that the women in the car were all watching the commotion, she said with a smile:
"Sisters, there are so many beef bones, as well as beef liver and tripe. I can't finish them all by myself. If you don't mind, come to my house tomorrow morning to get some beef bone soup."
After rendering the beef tallow from these bones, you can add beef liver and tripe to make another pot of offal soup.
Now that it's hot and the food won't last long, Lu Fangfang decided to simply share some with her sisters-in-law in the family compound.
She'll be living in the family compound from now on, so I'll have to get along with her well.
Sigh, she had no other hopes but that her sisters-in-law would talk about her less.
"Comrade Xiao Lu, really? Then I'll have to go and try it tomorrow morning."
"Comrade Lu, I won't cook tomorrow morning. I'll just wait to drink your beef bone soup."
"Fangfang, you're so thoughtful."
Most of the women on the military vehicle were very interested and laughed as they spoke.
In their view, it doesn't matter whether there's meat on the bones or not, as long as they can cook a pot of soup with some oil, that's fine. They can just take it back and cook it with noodles.
"You're really from a small town. What's so great about beef bone soup? If you really care, you should treat your wives to meat."
Lu Fangfang frowned slightly and turned to look at Li Shulan, "Sister-in-law, I didn't invite you. Whether it's good or not, you can't drink it anyway."
"you……"
Before Changlian could speak, Lu Fangfang continued with a fake smile, "Someone as thoughtful as you must have treated the ladies in the family compound to meat several times. I have to learn from you."
"Oh my, you bought quite a lot of beef in town this time. Are you planning to treat your wives to some?"
"Pfft."
The women around couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Yes, Shulan, is this piece of beef you bought for us?"
"Shulan, why don't you just give the meat to Comrade Xiao Lu? It'll be perfect to cook it with the beef rib soup."
Hearing the teasing from those around her, Li Shulan's face turned green.
"Go away, go away, go away, there's no meat for you."
Li Shulan waved her hand and quickly found a quiet corner to sit down.
Seeing that the people on the bus were still looking at her, she really wanted to find something to cover her face; she had really embarrassed herself this time.
"Don't be angry, sister-in-law. Everyone was just joking. You must come for beef bone soup tomorrow morning!"
This time, Lu Fangfang genuinely smiled.
'You've been picking on me time and time again. Just because I haven't shown my teeth doesn't mean I'm a pushover!'
Seeing Li Shulan's appearance, she felt very pleased.
"Buying a bunch of beef bones to treat someone to a meal? Who does he think he is? Treating someone to a meal? What a waste of money! He doesn't know how to manage a household. He'll be so poor he won't have anything to eat..."
The long-faced woman sat in the corner and started muttering strange things again.
Lu Fangfang rolled her eyes.
This person's mouth never stops. Too lazy to pay attention to her anymore, Lu Fangfang supported her spine and secretly began to make plans.
While I'm treating my sisters-in-law to beef bone soup, I can take this opportunity to inquire about quail eggs.
The wives who came to accompany the soldiers came from all over the country, and some of them might know about it.
Oh, and I should also ask about goose eggs and duck eggs for Sister Shufen. Sister Shufen has helped me so much, I have to remember her kindness.
As for vegetable seeds, you can ask your sisters-in-law. If there are any that you didn't buy today, you can ask them for some.
Upon reflection, Lu Fangfang realized that she had indeed made the right decision to treat everyone this time.
If you get along well with your sisters-in-law, it will be easier to exchange things with them in the future.
"Sisters, has everyone returned?"
The driver, clinging to the edge of the military vehicle, counted the women inside and realized there weren't enough people.
"Comrade Xiao Liu, Sister Chunhua and Sister Guilan haven't come back yet."
"Okay, sisters-in-law, wait a little longer. I'm going to the department store and I'll be right back."
Since not everyone was present, the driver decided to take advantage of the time to go to the department store to buy some things.
After waiting for another half hour, it was almost 1:30 when Chunhua and Guilan, the two sisters-in-law, returned with their trendy hairstyles. The people in the military vehicle complained.
"Comrade Liu, everyone's here, let's get going."
"Okay."
The driver responded, and the car slowly started moving.
Another half hour passed before everyone finally returned to the family compound.
Lu Fangfang bought so many things that she had to make two trips back and forth to carry them all home, with the help of her sister Shufen.
Looking at the pile of beef bones, she decided to cook them quickly.
It takes a long time to render the fat from the bones.
She had to tell her sisters-in-law that they would be having beef bone soup tomorrow morning, and they couldn't miss it.
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