Cao Xiangnan began to clean the pig intestines. He turned the intestines over with chopsticks to clean out the dirt inside, then washed them with clean water and pinched them with salt.

While washing, Cao Xiangnan explained the steps to Qi Wanfeng. In the end, he used the flour he ground from potatoes. There was no such thing as cornstarch for sale here, but starch was an excellent ingredient for cooking.

"Smell it. Is there no smell?" After washing it several times, the pig intestines were clean. Cao Xiangnan handed the cleaned pig intestines to Qi Wanfeng to smell.

"Well, there is really no smell." Qi Wanfeng lowered his head in doubt. He really didn't smell any smell. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it. He had never thought of using salt to wash things, and he never thought it could be used in this way.

The things prepared for the dinner today are what they are going to sell, because they have nothing, so everything is prepared from scratch.

Only by producing finished products can it be convincing. Cao Xiangnan is not a person who speaks casually, otherwise, not to mention that he himself does not believe it, he will not be able to convince others. What he is looking for now is a partner to cooperate with in the future. Naturally, he has to come up with effective plans and finished products to convince others to work with him.

There used to be a small bamboo forest where they lived. It was not easy to get bamboo. They just went there and cut it. Cao Xiangnan told Qi Wanfeng about his idea last night. He originally wanted to find a master in the village who could make bamboo strips to make a few dustpan boards for use. Unexpectedly, Qi Wanfeng could make it himself, so he didn't have to spend the money to hire someone to do it.

In the yard, Qi Wanfeng was weaving dustpan boards, while Cao Xiangnan was busy in the kitchen, stewing the bones and white radish he had just bought.

Not many people buy bones because people here don't know how to eat them and think it's not worthwhile to spend money on them without meat. People here wouldn't spend an hour or two stewing a bowl of soup, but in his time it was normal to spend several hours stewing soup, and the soup stewed over a slow fire with bones was very nutritious.

Cao Xiangnan thought that since Wanfeng was pregnant now, it would be good for his health if he could stew more soup for him. And the children at home should drink more to make up for the missing nutrients. Maybe with more calcium, he can grow taller too. He has always been bothered by the fact that he is half a head shorter than his wife.

The child was playing by himself. The three members of the family were doing their own things. There was peace and quiet.

When he looked up inadvertently, he could always catch the sight of the opposite side.

There was no firewood at home. Qi Wanfeng said he wanted to go to the foot of the mountain to chop some firewood. It was not too far from here. Cao Xiangnan glanced at his legs. The soup in the kitchen was still simmering on a low fire. He could only hum depressedly and said, "Don't pick too much at a time. Do what you can. Your body is the most important."

His eyes fell on Qi Wanfeng's lower abdomen, but he did not forget that Qi Wanfeng was pregnant. He suddenly felt very jealous of the dead guy, and his eyes turned resentful when he looked at the spot on Qi Wanfeng's belly.

But Cao Xiangnan's look made Qi Wanfeng misunderstand that he was worried about him and didn't want him to go, although in fact Cao Xiangnan didn't want him to go either, he was worried about him.

"Okay, I know, you stay at home and take care of An An, don't let him run around. An An, you listen to your father at home, okay? Mom will be back soon." Qi Wanfeng smiled, gave instructions to her husband and the child, and went out with her things.

"Mom, come back soon." Cao Xiangnan touched the child's head, and the child said smartly.

"Okay." Qi Wanfeng waved his hand to let the father and son go back.

Cao Xiangnan and An An, father and son, stood at the door and watched Qi Wanfeng leave. In fact, it was not too far from here to the foot of the mountain. They closed the door of the small courtyard and returned to the courtyard.

Sitting at the door of the small kitchen, Cao Xiangnan held the child in his arms and taught him arithmetic step by step. He used modern arithmetic, which was simple and easy to learn. Cao Xiangnan found that his child was a very smart child. Basically, the child could remember what he said after teaching it once, and he could draw inferences from it.

He thought about it and taught the child some basic things first. When the child was older, if he liked it, he would send him to school. He could decide what he liked to do and he would not be restrained.

So the two of them, father and son, one was able to teach vigorously and the other was serious in learning.

In the afternoon, Qi Wanfeng came back from collecting firewood. The child fell asleep in the house. Cao Xiangnan planned to let the child take a nap in the future. The child would grow taller if he slept more. Leaving the Cao family compound was not necessarily a bad thing. At least they would not be controlled by others in their lives. It was their business to do whatever they wanted.

"Drink some water." Cao Xiangnan handed a bowl of water to Qi Wanfeng. Seeing Qi Wanfeng raised his head and glanced at the yard, he told him, "The child is sleeping in the house."

"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng took the water and drank it in big gulps. Since the child was sleeping, he let him continue to sleep. He did not want to wake him up. "Do you want more?" Cao Xiangnan asked.

"No." Qi Wanfeng shook his head and said.

The soup in the pot had been stewing for more than an hour, emitting a strong aroma. There was nothing else in it except salt. Cao Xiangnan served a bowl of soup to Qi Wanfeng, asked him to sit down and rest for a while, handed the soup in his hand to him, and said, "Try it and see if it tastes good." Qi Wanfeng lowered his head and smelled the soup in his hand, and found it very fragrant. He looked at his husband, lowered his head and exhaled, slowly drank a sip, nodded and said, "Hmm, very fragrant." After drinking a large bowl of soup mouthful by mouthful, he had a thin layer of sweat on his body, his stomach was warm, and the whole person felt very comfortable.

"Knock knock-" "Wanfeng." Sun Bailian shouted outside the yard.

When the two of them were busy in the kitchen, Sun Bailian's family came. Qi Wanfeng went out of the kitchen when he heard the sound. Cao Xiangnan was still busy in the kitchen, flipping out the rice noodles.

When he was a child, the family next door in the village made and sold rice noodles. He wanted to eat it but had no money to buy it, so he had to go to the family's yard every day to help them. People would give him a bowl of rice noodles. At that time, he thought rice noodles were simply the most delicious food in the world, so Cao Xiangnan still remembers how to make rice noodles.

There was no such thing as rice noodles in this era. One of the reasons he considered making it was that it was low-cost and it was fresh to him. Snacks are all about freshness and flavor. If something is delicious, there is no need to worry about no one buying it. However, making snacks is not an easy task.

"Bai Lian, Brother Cao Gang, you are here." Qi Wanfeng went to open the door and saw the family who had arrived. He reached out and touched the head of the older child, "Come in quickly."

Sun Bailian's two children are both boys. The older one is six years old, and the younger one is the same age as Qi Wanfeng's An An. His two children are both boys, very naughty, which makes Sun Bailian want to beat them up every day.

"Wanfeng, I brought you two rabbits." Sun Bailian handed over a cage in her hand and said as soon as she entered the door.

"Didn't I tell you not to bring anything?" Qi Wanfeng took the cage from Sun Bailian's hand, feeling helpless. Why did he bring him another rabbit?

"I didn't buy it. Cao Gang went up the mountain to hunt today and caught it. I'll keep the big rabbit to sell and give the small rabbit to you to raise." Sun Bailian smelled a fragrance as soon as he entered the yard. He sniffed and asked, "What are you cooking? It smells so good."

"You'll know in a moment. Sit down first. It'll be done soon." Qi Wanfeng took the rabbit to the chicken coop and put it there. He picked up a bunch of wild vegetables and put them in the cage. Two little rabbits with red eyes came over to eat.

"Do you need my help?" Sun Bailian asked.

"No need." Qi Wanfeng said, "Just sit here."

Cao Gang sat down on the stool, looked at the well-kept yard, and smelled the fragrance. He was a little eager, but the man didn't show any emotion on his face.

An An in the room woke up. The little guy sat on the bed and rubbed his eyes. He looked around the room and saw that there was no one, so he got off the bed by himself. When he came out and saw someone else in the yard, but not his mother, he cried out with a pursed mouth, "Mom."

"An'an, how did you come out from inside?" Sun Bailian wanted to say that something was missing in Qi Wanfeng's family, but it turned out that this little guy was missing. Before he could pull the children, his two boys ran to An'an who was standing there. The children of both families knew each other.

An'an was pulled by his two brothers, and his pursed mouth was closed. He looked at his two brothers with wet black eyes.

"An'an, An'an." The second child, Cao Yijing, was the same age as An'an, and the two little guys played the best. This one was not an honest boy either. He would fight with his brothers after playing for two seconds. He turned around and said to his mother, pulled An An, who was a few months younger than him, pointed at the rabbit in the cage and said, "I brought you a rabbit."

"The rabbit is over there, let's go see the rabbit." Cao Yijing took An An away.

The eldest, Cao Yikang, was a little older and sensible. He followed the two younger ones to play together.

Qi Wanfeng heard the voice coming from the kitchen, and saw his An An and the two boys from Sun Bailian playing there. He smiled, and put what his husband said was "rice noodles" on the table. When he met Sun Bailian's curious eyes, he just smiled, turned around and shouted, "You guys are here to eat too. An An, bring your brothers to eat."

"Mom..." An An heard Mom's voice, turned around, stood up and flew over, not even paying attention to the cute rabbit behind him.

Qi Wanfeng touched the child who flew over, touched his little face, and his eyes were full of tenderness.

Cao Xiangnan also came out of the kitchen, nodded and greeted the guests, sat down on the stool and breathed a sigh of relief. Sun Bailian got up and went into the kitchen to help Qi Wanfeng serve the dishes, leaving the two men sitting there facing each other, looking at each other.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Cao Gang found that Cao Jia Silang had changed a lot. As for where this change came from, he himself couldn't tell, and his eyes fell on the smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Brother Cao Gang, I invited you to dinner today because I want to discuss something with you." Cao Xiangnan smiled and went straight to the point.

Cao Gang raised his eyebrows and waited for Cao Xiangnan to continue.

"Let's have dinner first and talk to you later." Cao Xiangnan did not continue, but left the words behind.