Chapter 56: Acting for me
Old Lady Wen saw that her in-laws all looked very unhappy, including Ma Can and his wife. "Over the years, you have more or less helped us a lot. Although Ying He's eldest brother works in the government, his income is not high."
"Now that we're doing well, I'm thinking of paying you back what you borrowed. As the saying goes, if you borrow, you repay. It's not difficult to borrow again."
Old Mrs. Ma was still unhappy: "Even if Yi Yi doesn't consider you as her granddaughter, she is still my granddaughter. No matter how much we pay for her, we will not complain. When you say this, you really treat us as outsiders."
Mrs. Wen didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Grandma, Grandpa, I asked grandma to give you this money. You have spent a lot of money on me over the years. Now that I can make money, can't I be filial to you?" Wen Zhen looked at them with a smile.
When Old Man Ma heard her say this, he felt relieved: "Look at this girl, why do we need you to be filial to us? Can't your uncle and your cousin be filial to us?"
Old Mrs. Ma also smiled and said, "That's right, let your grandmother keep these for you as your dowry in the future."
"You all want me to get married soon?" Wen Zhenyi looked a little sad.
Old Mrs. Ma was stunned. How could they bear to let go? The child finally recovered. Although he was old enough to discuss marriage, she still couldn't bear to let him go. "No, no."
"Then just accept this money. Your cousin and others can be filial to you, but can't your daughter, son-in-law, grandson and granddaughter be filial to you? Or do you all treat us as outsiders, not members of your Ma family?" Wen Zhenyi said with pretended sadness.
Geng Ru was anxious when she saw this: "Mom."
Old Man Ma felt even more uncomfortable. How could they treat them as human beings? They had never thought of getting the money back before, but now not only did they get it back, they also got another ten or twenty taels.
Wen Zhenyi sighed, looked at Wen Yongnan and said, "Brother, grandpa and the others really treat us as outsiders."
Wen Yongnan watched his sister blink at him and said cooperatively, "What can we do? After all, our last name isn't Ma."
Wen Yongman was also a little sad: "So grandpa and uncle don't like us, right?"
When Old Man Ma heard what the three children said, he felt more and more heartbroken: "Who said that? I will accept it. How could I not accept it? This is a filial gift from my grandson and granddaughter." After saying that, he put the purse on the table into his arms.
Old Ma looked at Wen Zhenyi and the other two children with a smile in her eyes: "Are you satisfied now?"
Wen Zhenyi immediately smiled happily: "Satisfied, I'll go prepare the ingredients and make delicious food for you today."
"Let's go and help too. I have to learn the skills from Yi Yi." Seeing that the crisis was resolved, Geng Ru stood up and went to help.
Seeing that everyone had left and only the four old people were left in the main hall, Old Lady Ma said, "This child, Yi Yi, has become even more eccentric since he recovered."
Mrs. Wen looked at her and smiled: "You figured it out."
"That's right, you're acting for me here."
Old Man Ma looked helpless and took out the purse he had just taken from his pocket: "Keep this money and buy a good dowry for each of you later."
Old Man Wen smiled and said, "Yiyi is a little lucky girl. With her around, our lives will get better and better, so you can just keep this money."
Old Lady Wen agreed, "Yes, we still have a livelihood and a few plots of land, but your family relies on the income from Brother Yinghe's government office. Besides, Yuruo and Yushun are old enough to get married, and they need money everywhere."
Old Mrs. Ma nodded: "Okay, then we will accept it."
"If you accept it, we will feel at ease."
Geng Ru looked at the ingredients she had bought and her eyes widened: "Yi Yi, why did you buy so much?"
Ma Yushun saw a lot of sheep and cow offal inside and said: "Why are you buying these things that no one eats?"
Wen Zhenyi looked at him and said, "Second cousin, don't eat later."
Ma Yushun immediately laughed and said, "I was just kidding."
Ma Yinghe was very experienced in handling these kinds of things: "Yi Yi, is it the same as before?"
"Mom, just use wood ash and salt."
"Okay." Ma Yinghe pulled her brother and sister-in-law out to help.
Wen Zhenyi and several other children of similar age were left in the kitchen.
Wen Yongnan looked at the lamb chops and beef trotters and asked, "Yi Yi, what are you going to do with the beef trotters?"
"Cow hooves and oxtails are very good food, but cow hooves are a bit more troublesome to prepare."
Ma Yuruo looked at the ox hoof and asked, "What should we do?"
"You have to burn it with fire and scrape off the hair."
"Leave this to us!" Ma Yuruo said as he carried the four cow hooves and pulled Ma Yushun to the yard.
The butchers have already processed the cow and sheep offal, so you just need to come back and clean it to remove the odor.
Wen Zhenyi asked Wen Yongnan to help clean the lamb chops and asked Xiaoman to help light the fire.
You won’t be able to have mutton soup at noon, but you can make something else.
Wen Zhenyi cut the lamb chops he bought into small pieces, put them into the pot, added water, cooking wine, green onion, and ginger, removed the blood foam, and took them out, washed them with clean water and set aside.
Wen Yongnan started washing rice and cooking in another pot.
"Brother, give the rice water to mom and the others. It can also clean the odor from the sewage."
"Okay, I'll pour it directly to them later."
Wen Zhenyi was making braised lamb chops in the kitchen, and the people outside the yard were busy too.
Even the four people in the main room came out to help.
Geng Ru looked at the cleaned drain and said, "There really is no smell at all."
"We were taught this one by one. Just add some seasoning when you cook it, and there's no odor at all."
"That's good. We can buy some more to try later."
Ma Yinghe looked at her sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, you are a better cook than me. Why don't you and Yiyi learn one or two dishes to sell in the next two days?"
Geng Ru's eyes lit up: "Is this okay?"
"What's wrong with that?"
Wen Zhenyi stewed the lamb chops and came out to help. He happened to hear the conversation between the two: "Mom, what is it?"
"I mean, I want you to teach your aunt a few dishes so she can sell them in the county town."
"Okay, this sheep is good today."
"Are you just selling this for the offal?" Geng Ru was a little confused.
"Aunt, of course we have to add something else. Mutton offal soup is a very good dish."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, but I don't know if I can learn it."
Wen Zhenyi smiled and said, "As long as you learn how to handle the mutton offal, the rest won't be that difficult."
Mrs. Ma and her husband also agreed: "We can help too."
The family dealt with the sewage in a lively manner.
Wen Zhenyi took out the beef tripe and prepared to stir-fry celery and beef tripe.
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