"A whole jar of butter?"
"Wow, really?"
The other women in the courtyard were all taken aback when they heard Yang Yufeng's words.
"Really, why would I lie to you? You wouldn't believe it, that big jar of beef tallow looks like it contains at least ten pounds of it."
Yang Yufeng spoke with great conviction.
She didn't forget to put on a smile and tell Lu Fangfang to quickly serve her some soup.
"impossible!"
Li Shulan simply didn't believe it.
The idea that a single cow skeleton could yield more than ten pounds of tallow is simply a joke.
"Why would I lie to you? Look, I've brought a big jar from inside the house."
Yang Yufeng pulled Li Shulan along and pointed into the house.
Seeing the large jar in the cupboard, Li Shulan was still somewhat skeptical, mainly because ten catties of beef tallow seemed too exaggerated.
"Not that many, not that many."
Lu Fangfang didn't want to show off too much.
She quickly scooped up a bowl of beef bone soup, pushed it into Yang Yufeng's hands, and winked at her, saying, "Sister-in-law Yufeng, you should eat it quickly."
Upon seeing the beef bone soup, Yang Yufeng no longer cared about praising Lu Fangfang.
She carried the beef bone soup to the children's table and began to eat.
"Hmph, I knew it was impossible."
Although Li Shulan said that, she suddenly began to doubt in her heart. Could it be true?
Seeing Lu Fangfang busy serving soup, she secretly went into the house.
She walked quickly to the cupboard, lifted the lid of the jar, and saw that it was full of white ointment.
"hiss!"
"Oh my god, oil, a whole jar of oil."
Li Shulan was followed by two sisters-in-law, who were so shocked when they saw the butter in the jar that their mouths dropped open.
This much butter is enough to last a year.
A woman with a long braid murmured, "Amazing, truly amazing! From now on, if anyone dares to say that Comrade Lu is a spendthrift, I'll spit on them!"
Wasteful? Pshaw!
Who could be so wasteful as to spend ten pounds of beef tallow?
Li Shulan's face was extremely ugly; these words were practically an insult directed at her.
She examined the jar carefully and then said, "This jar weighs at most four or five pounds, it can't possibly weigh ten pounds!"
"Four or five pounds is quite a lot. I don't eat this much oil in a year. And this is beef tallow, which is much more fragrant than rapeseed oil."
Hearing her sister-in-law's words, Li Shulan found that she couldn't refute them, and her mood immediately soured.
...
"Sister-in-law Shulan? Hmm?"
In the courtyard, Lu Fangfang had just ladled out a full bowl of beef bone soup when Li Shulan disappeared.
When she saw her sisters-in-law looking into the house, she immediately realized what was going on.
She put down the small basin in her hand and hurriedly went into the house.
"Ahem, sister-in-law, the beef bone soup is ready, let's go out."
Lu Fangfang snatched the lid from Li Shulan's hand and hurriedly placed it on the jar.
"Comrade Lu, how did you manage to stay awake?"
"Yes, Comrade Lu, how did you manage to render so much butter?"
Besides Li Shulan, her two other sisters-in-law also asked for the secret.
"It's nothing, it just took a little too long to cook, and then the bones were crushed before cooking."
Lu Fangfang replied casually.
Yesterday, everyone in the family compound heard the sound of her smashing bones; in fact, you could guess it even if she didn't say anything.
"I see."
The sisters-in-law all took notes.
Li Shulan secretly made a mental note of it, and when she had the chance to get something out of it, she would definitely give it a try.
The group went outside and chatted with the women who had just arrived.
The story of Comrade Xiao Lu using cow bones to boil a jar of beef tallow quickly spread.
The women looked at Lu Fangfang in surprise, never expecting that the newly arrived Comrade Lu had such a skill.
Hearing her sisters-in-law praising her made Li Shulan feel even more uncomfortable.
"Niu Niu, hurry back after you finish eating."
She gave her daughter a few words of advice, picked up the small basin, and turned to leave.
"Um?"
Li Shulan glanced at it casually, then suddenly froze.
The firewood burning under the pot looks so much like the fire at home.
Her family's firewood was all spruce, which her husband specially went to the farm at the foot of the mountain to get. It was unique in the family compound. Where did Lu Fangfang's family get it?
Li Shulan stormed up to Lu Fangfang and demanded, "Where did you get the firewood you burned?"
"Firewood?"
Lu Fangfang was taken aback, then pointed to the little boy on the table and said, "The kids gave this to me."
"Child? Niu Niu?"
Li Shulan's heart skipped a beat, and she turned to look at her daughter.
At this moment, the little kids at the table suddenly fell silent, each one wishing they could hide their heads under the table.
Niu Niu, in particular, glanced at her mother guiltily, then quickly turned her back.
Li Shulan almost couldn't catch her breath.
Oh my god, what kind of girl is she? She's just here to screw me over.
Seeing that her sisters-in-law were all watching the commotion, she felt too ashamed to stay any longer. Carrying her small basin, she stormed off.
Lu Fangfang was both amused and exasperated. "Sister-in-law Shulan, the children meant well. Please don't blame them."
She already understood what was going on; the firewood the kids brought must have come from Li Shulan's family.
For some reason, she suddenly felt comfortable.
"Pah! What are you pretending to be, playing the good guy for?"
Li Shulan felt even more heartbroken.
...
After Li Shulan left, the atmosphere in the courtyard became even more harmonious.
Lu Fangfang quickly greeted her sisters-in-law.
She took a spoon and started serving beef bone soup to her sisters-in-law.
Enameled small basins, bowls, large jars, aluminum lunch boxes—the sisters-in-law had all sorts of things, and Lu Fangfang scooped them all up one by one.
"Comrade Xiao Lu, that's enough, that's enough, this is enough to drink."
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