Xiao An tugged at Lin Xiazhu's sleeve and whispered, "Sister Xiaozhu, let's go home first." They had to give Chacha some face; so many people were watching.
Lin Xiazhu realized the situation was inappropriate, so she didn't immediately react. She coughed and said, "Have you packed up the pig's blood? Keep the bones, don't sell them."
Wild boar meat is quite tough, and she doesn't like to eat it, but the offal and bones are delicious. It just so happens that people at this time of year like to eat meat and don't like bones and offal.
When I got home, I saw that the snack shop was doing very well. The shop was full, and most people were eating wontons or noodle soup. Only two or three tables ordered stir-fried dishes.
Zhang Li was cooking when she saw them and wanted to greet them, but Lin Xiazhu quickly gestured, "You go ahead with your work, don't worry about us."
Zhang Li's father, Old Man Zhang, came over with a smile and said, "It's been a long time since you've been back. The weather has gotten cold in the blink of an eye. You must be tired from the car ride. Please sit for a while. I'll go make you some pork liver and intestine soup."
Pork liver and intestine soup is made primarily with pork, along with pork liver and intestines, cooked together in a broth. When it's almost cooked, you can add some green vegetables to blanch and eat them together.
It would be even better if you added some red yeast rice. People here like to put red yeast rice in their soup, especially women who are in postpartum confinement; they put red yeast rice in every meal.
"I don't want to eat pork liver and pork intestines. Grandpa Zhang, can you cook me a bowl of beef and vegetable noodles? What about you, Xiao An?" Lin Xiazhu has a special fondness for beef and never gets tired of eating it.
Xiao An smiled and said, "I'll have pork liver, pork intestines, and vegetable soup with noodles in it."
"I want to eat glass noodles." Lin Xiazhu prefers glass noodles over rice noodles.
"Okay, I'll go cook right away. You all sit down first." Old Zhang turned around and busied himself. He had never been in good health when he used to do farm work at home.
Later, his daughter opened a snack shop, and his grandson also started earning money. Their conditions gradually improved. Now, they let others farm their land. Apart from helping to pay the grain tax, they don't have to pay the land rent. Old Zhang helps out at the snack shop every day.
He eats well every day, has meat every day, and earns a lot of money. After a period of time, he is now much healthier.
The shop was full, so Lin Xiazhu and Xiao An went inside. It was a separate kitchen, which was quite large and could fit three tables. It was usually left unlocked, so it was convenient for Lin Chacha if she wanted to cook something.
However, for the past few months, Lin Chacha has been eating with Zhang Li. When she wants a late-night snack, she asks Zhang Li to cook her a bowl of noodles or rice noodles. She has never cooked for herself.
Lin Xiazhu had eaten breakfast, but she had a big appetite. It was already eleven o'clock, and she was hungry. She didn't want to go hungry, so she ate a bowl of beef noodles first.
Xiao An...
Xiao An wasn't hungry, but that didn't stop him from eating with Lin Xiazhu.
In less than ten minutes, Old Zhang had cooked the beef noodles and pork liver and intestine noodles. He brought them in and then quickly went out to work again.
The beef and flour dish was plentiful, and Lin Xiazhu ate to her heart's content, whether it was the flour or the beef. She always ate quickly, and while Xiao An only ate half, she finished the entire soup.
"It's delicious," she sighed.
"Shall we order another bowl?" Xiao An said, getting up to ask Old Zhang to cook another bowl.
"No need, I'm saving room for wild boar meat," Lin Xiazhu called out to him.
Alas, to my shame, after her rebirth, not only did her strength double, but her appetite also doubled. I'm afraid two adult men couldn't eat as much as she could.
Fortunately, she can eat whatever she wants and never gain weight. A few years ago she was slightly chubby, but this year she has slimmed down and doesn't look fat at all. However, this may be because she doesn't like to eat fatty meat. Just like in her previous life, she doesn't dare to eat even a tiny bit of fatty meat.
If you force yourself to swallow fatty meat, you'll vomit up even leftover rice from the previous night.
Cha Cha loves to eat pork belly. She's always been fatter than Lin Xia Zhu and is the fattest of the four sisters. Her appetite is just as good as Lin Xia Zhu's.
But he looks quite sturdy, not chubby, and his fleshy face makes him look more fortunate. Hmm, that's good.
At 11:30, Lin Chacha returned carrying a pig's head, followed by the Zhang brothers, Zhang Yu and Zhang Shengli, who were also carrying things.
"Xiao Zhu, you're really lucky! We just brought back the wild boar, and you came back from the county town right after. Look, I even brought a little hen from home."
I'm making you pork tripe and chicken soup, and I'm saving the pig's heart for you tomorrow morning. We'll catch a pigeon and stew it together then.
Zhang Yuren started babbling incessantly even before he came in. It must be Lin Chacha who asked him to plead for her and coax her. But Lin Xiazhu was so moved by what he said that she almost swallowed her saliva.
The two stews he mentioned were her favorites, how could she not be tempted?
What? She only likes these two things? How could that be? She has many favorite dishes, but she really can't resist stewed soups; she loves these nutritious soups so much.
In her previous life, she had stomach cancer. If she had drunk some stewed chicken with pork tripe back then, she wouldn't have gotten so sick. Anyway, after being reborn, she has a kind of obsession with delicious food.
"Alright, stop joking around. Hurry up and pack everything up so we can start stewing it quickly. Xiao An and I have already eaten, so you should eat something first. This good soup probably won't be ready until late afternoon." She's very good at stewing soup, so just leave it to her.
However, "What are we going to do with the pig intestines? Whoever wants to eat them can handle them. I'm not going to clean them. There are so many bones, we can't finish them all at once. Let's put them in the refrigerator first." The refrigerator was bought by Zhang Yu from the county town.
Now he has formed a construction team with Lin Shanfu, taking on a lot of work and earning a lot of money. Now his family has a color TV, refrigerator, and telephone.
Since Lin Xiazhu woke him up, he stopped leading his brothers to eat and spend all their money. He learned to save money and dared not squander it. Now he rarely goes to dance halls and karaoke bars, only agreeing to go once a month if his underlings cause trouble.
He basically kept all the wages of his younger brothers in the bank. If their parents were reliable, he would give the money directly to their parents, but he would keep some pocket money for them. If their parents were unreliable, he would help them keep the money. As the eldest brother, he had his own ways of managing things, and all the brothers respected him.
There was little objection to his decision, since all the jobs he took were in the county town, so Zhang Yu rented an old house in the county town to live in, and they ate together. He even hired a brother's mother to cook for him.
This younger brother only had himself and his mother, so Zhang Yu invited others over, paying each of them two hundred yuan.
"It's been quite a while since we last saw each other," Zhang Yu said with a grin as he came over to wash the pig intestines. This was his favorite dish, stir-fried with pickled cabbage and a couple of small red chilies—it tasted amazing.
Lin Xiazhu goes to school during the week and helps with deliveries or reading on weekends. Zhang Yu works long hours building houses on the construction site, so the two of them rarely see each other.
"Hmm, how have you been lately?" Lin Xiazhu asked casually.
“It’s going well. I don’t dare spend all the money I earn. I’ve saved quite a bit. In two years, I’ll buy land in the county town and build a house. Then I’ll have my mom open a restaurant in the county town. She’ll be the boss and we’ll hire other people to be the chefs.”
"You've really made something of yourself! I won't underestimate you anymore," Lin Xiazhu said with a smile.
“Of course,” Zhang Yu said, tilting his chin up and practically wagging his tail. He now had 20,000 yuan in savings, not counting his mother’s earnings.
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