After the two of them agreed, they carried their baskets and went back to their respective homes.
As soon as Tian Tian got home, she wanted to throw the basket on the ground, but then she thought that the weather was so hot and the dead snake might become smelly if left outside for a while, so she took the basket into the house.
Tian Tian poured everything in the basket onto the ground, then went outside to get a bucket of water from the well, found two pieces of wood, clamped the snake, threw it into the water and pulled it out.
She didn't want to touch the chestnuts on the ground where the snake had been buried, so she swept them aside with a broom and left them there.
After doing all this, she went outside to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables to cook.
When the meal was ready, Old Mrs. Tian came back first.
"Milk!" When Tian Tian saw Old Lady Tian, she rushed over as if she had seen a savior.
"What's wrong with you?"
Tian Tian didn't wait for Old Lady Tian to put down her things and pulled her into the house.
"Today, Lingling and I went up the mountain and killed a snake. It's now in the house."
When Mrs. Tian heard that Tiantian encountered a snake, she was startled and asked, "Are you not scared?"
Her granddaughter has been having a lot of misfortunes recently. Not only did she fall into a river and drowned, but she also had a fever for more than a month and had a cough for a while.
I finally got better, but I got sick after going out yesterday, and today I even encountered a snake when I went up the mountain.
"I wasn't scared." Tian Tian denied it, refusing to admit that she was so scared that she cried and snotted. "Lingling smashed the snake to death and asked me to bring it back, stew it into soup and send half of it to her. I don't dare to touch the snake, grandma, you take care of it."
"Okay! Did you bring the snake back without anyone seeing it?"
Old Mrs. Tian picked up the snake from the basin without changing her expression. Tian Tian jumped far away in an instant and then shook her head, "No one saw it. They didn't expect that two girls, Lingling and I, could kill the snake."
Tian Tian watched as Old Lady Tian skillfully used a kitchen knife to skin and remove the internal organs of the whole snake, then cut the snake meat into small pieces and put them into the pot to make soup. Old Lady Tian's figure instantly became taller in her eyes.
When Old Mrs. Tian saw the admiration in her granddaughter's eyes, she hummed with pride.
She was young and naive. It was just a snake, not poisonous. When she was hungry, she could cook and eat poisonous snakes without changing her expression. When she was starving, she even caught mice at home to eat. Isn't that more disgusting than this snake?
Tian Tian must have enjoyed the food so much back then, but maybe it’s been so long and she was too young at the time that she doesn’t remember it.
"Just simmer the snake soup in the pot over low heat and we don't have to worry about it," said Old Mrs. Tian.
After Old Lady Tian finished speaking, Tian Lisong and the others came back.
Tian Tian also quickly served all the food and brought it to the table.
"Tian Tian picked up so many chestnuts on the mountain! She's so talented!" Chen Guihua saw the chestnuts on the ground as soon as she entered the house and started praising her.
At the same time, she bent down and picked up a chestnut, rubbed it on her clothes, and wanted to put it in her mouth and bite it open.
"Second Aunt!" Tian Tian came back after serving the dishes and saw this scene. She immediately extended her hand to Chen Guihua.
"Are there any other dishes? What's cooking in the pot?" Lin Meiyu's voice sounded beside her, attracting Chen Guihua's attention.
She turned around and leaned over, holding the chestnut, "Did Tiantian cook two dishes today?"
The lid of the pot was opened, revealing the white meat inside.
"Bang!" Chen Guihua suddenly pressed Lin Meiyu's hand down, and the lid and the pot collided with each other, making a loud noise.
"Where did you get this meat?" Chen Guihua asked Tian Tian with shining eyes.
Tian Tian pointed to the chestnuts in Chen Guihua's hand and said, "This is snake meat. Lingling and I caught it in the mountains. I buried the snake in the chestnuts and brought it back."
I don’t know if it was Chen Guihua’s fault, but after hearing what Tian Tian said, Chen Guihua always felt that the chestnuts had a fishy smell. She put the chestnuts on the stove and wiped her hands on her clothes without saying a word.
"Lingling killed this snake. After it's cooked, I'm going to give half of it to Lingling's family." Tian Tian felt that Chen Guihua's eyes lit up too much when she talked about snake meat. Just in case, she decided to tell Chen Guihua about this.
"Divide it in half..." Chen Guihua muttered thoughtfully.
"Tiantian, are you okay going up the mountain today? Were you scared when you encountered the snake?" Lin Meiyu didn't care about the snake meat. Instead, she looked Tian Tian up and down worriedly.
"Mom, I'm fine!"
"What are you guys doing? The meal is on the table but you don't come to eat. Are you still waiting for an old lady like me to treat you?" Old Mrs. Tian's voice rang out in the east room.
"I'll be right there!" Lin Meiyu agreed and ran over with Tian Tian.
Chen Guihua was reluctant to even take a look at the snake soup, but due to the majesty that Mrs. Tian had accumulated over the years, she only took a quick look and hurried over to eat.
While they were eating, the water in the pot began to boil and the aroma of the snake meat gradually began to stew out.
While eating, Tian Baobao suddenly raised his head and sniffed, "Why do I smell meat? Have I not eaten meat for a long time?"
Tian Tian also smelled it carefully, but she didn't smell anything. Tian Baobao really has a sharp nose.
Before Old Lady Tian could say anything, Chen Guihua answered first: "You smelled it right. Your sister caught a big worm today and is stewing it in the pot now."
When these words came out, Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin were both surprised.
When he heard that there was meat, Tian Baobao's eyes lit up and he turned to look at Tian Tian, "Sister! Why didn't you tell me earlier? Can we eat it now?"
"We have to stew it for a while longer. We won't be able to eat it at noon." Tian Tian shook her head and said, not knowing whether there were any parasites in the snake, so she had to stew it for a while longer to be safe.
Tian Baobao's eyes dimmed.
"It's okay, we can eat when we come back in the evening. Good food is never too late!" Tian Tian comforted Tian Baobao.
Tian Baobao was looking at the cornmeal pancake in his hand, wondering whether he should give it up and save room for the meat in the evening.
"Eat, eat, eat! You've been thinking about meat all day! If you can eat it, just serve it! If you don't want to eat the cornmeal pancake, just don't eat it!" Old Mrs. Tian saw what Tian Baobao was thinking, and said with a dark face, reaching out to take Tian Baobao's pancake.
Now he can't even get enough food, but Tian Baobao still wants to be picky. Does he really think his family is rich and wealthy and has no worries about fish and meat? He is really spoiled.
Tian Baobao quickly retracted his hand and took a big bite of the pancake, "Grandma! I love pancakes the most!"
After everyone finished their meal, Tian Tian took a look at the snake soup, took out a few pieces of firewood, turned it to a low fire, and let it simmer slowly.
Chen Guihua was washing dishes nearby, staring at the snake soup in the pot, "Tiantian, how about I serve the snake soup for Lingling's family now?"
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