Ever since they had a meal of curry tofu that day, the Su family, especially the two little ones Su Xuanhe and Su Xueyan, seemed to have improved their ability to tolerate spicy food. They even occasionally asked to eat some spicy food.
In winter, everyone's activities are reduced, especially as the heavy snow that blocked the door slowly melts, forming a thick layer of ice on the ground. If you are not careful when walking, you will slip. If the Su family members were not wearing spiked shoes, they would not even dare to go out.
Under such circumstances, we don't go out as often as in other seasons, and we are less likely to be hungry. Sometimes, the two little ones even have a poor appetite.
What's more, compared with the other three seasons, winter food has neither "fresh goods" from the wild to add some freshness, nor any seasonal vegetables and fruits. The most common ones are just a few such as cabbage and radish.
Thanks to Su Qingluan's habit of frequently visiting foreign shops, the Su family also had a few more vegetables such as carrots and onions, as well as green onions, ginger and garlic that were more durable in storage.
However, even though the Su family has a cellar, the number of vegetables that can be truly stored is still limited. Not to mention compared with the rich selection of vegetable markets in Su Qingluan's previous life, even compared with the summer and autumn markets of this era, the variety of vegetables available is greatly reduced.
So in order to stimulate everyone's appetite and to keep the food warm in winter, Su Qingluan made many kinds of food using the curry she had worked so hard to prepare.
Needless to say, the curry chicken rice was a must-try. The rich curry sauce masked the strange taste of the carrots, making even Su Xueyan, who usually didn't like carrots, start to like this kind of food.
Su Xuanhe, a "carnivore", prefers to eat curry chicken legs. After all, such a large piece of chicken is more in line with his eating habits.
Relatively speaking, Yang and Su Guangfu were not so fond of curry, especially Su Guangfu, who was probably not used to the sweet milky flavor in curry, so Su Qingluan specially prepared a curry version for her father without sweetened milk tofu.
As expected, this version received unanimous negative reviews from everyone except Su Guangfu. Yang sarcastically mocked him, "You old man, haven't you had enough of those bitter medicinal soups when you caught a cold? You even asked the eldest girl to make you one. That spicy sauce was sweet and had a milky flavor. What's wrong with that?"
Yang didn't remember the name "curry", so she called it "spicy sauce". Su Qingluan was too lazy to correct her. Anyway, there was no patent for the name of this thing, and she wouldn't be fined if she called it something else, so she just let her mother call it whatever she wanted.
But generally speaking, when their mother mocked their father, the three younger generations just had to listen quietly. If there was someone who was too talkative and couldn't help but interrupt, Yang's "firepower" would probably be diverted.
Of course, the reason why Su Qingluan was very clear about this was because little Su Xuanhe had repeatedly "crossed the red line" and stepped on landmines, and as a result, he naturally had to be punished by Yang.
Su Qingluan often went to the Li family to help run errands. Occasionally, the Su family would make some lighter food and would occasionally give it to Sun Guixiang to nourish her body.
Although Su Qingluan did not expect anything in return, Li Sanlang and Sun Guixiang privately discussed how to thank Su Qingluan properly.
"Mrs. Su said she wanted to eat wild pheasants. How about I catch a few more?" Li Sanlang scratched his head and was given a reproachful look by his wife.
"Madam Su was just casually giving us an excuse to get out, why did you take it so seriously?" Sun Guixiang looked at her son, who was smacking his lips in his sleep, with a very gentle look. "If Madam Su hadn't invited Mr. Mu over that day, I'm afraid my son and I would have died that day."
Although Sun Guixiang was already unconscious after giving birth, she remembers that even though her body was in excruciating pain, the baby wouldn't come out. Furthermore, according to the midwife, the baby's face had already turned purple after the birth. If it had come out even a moment later, it would have been hard to say.
Under the birthing conditions of that era, if a child died in the womb, the mother would almost certainly die, if not absolutely. So Sun Guixiang's phrase "one body, two lives" wasn't an exaggeration; it was the truth.
After all, when it comes to difficult labor, the critical time limit may be just a short while. If you miss it, there will be no room for recovery.
Li Sanlang scratched his head in annoyance. "But Madam Su has helped our family so much, and we haven't given her any thank you gift. Is that okay?"
"Don't they say 'great favors require no thanks'?" Sun Guixiang looked at her husband. "Whenever we need help at the Su family's house in the future, you must be at the forefront, especially you." She patted her husband's broad shoulders. "You're such a big guy. If Madam Su wants to arrange for someone to do the hard work, you must not accept any payment, but help wholeheartedly!"
"Hey, hey! Do I need you to tell me this?" Li Sanlang agreed repeatedly.
"Speak softly, don't wake up our son..." Sun Guixiang looked at her son's sleeping face carefully. Seeing that he showed no signs of waking up, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief: if the child woke up and cried at this time, the couple would not be able to sleep peacefully in the first half of the night.
"You only think about your son and not me?"
"I just came out of confinement, please don't bother me..."
"I won't bother you, I'll just hug you. Won't it be warm to hug me in winter?"
"Yeah, warm..."
On cold winter nights, the family snuggles together to keep each other warm and can always withstand the invasion of the cold.
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