"Spicy rabbit meat, don't you usually eat spicy food? There are chili peppers hanging at the door."
"Eat it, but not too much. It's not as spicy."
"That's fine. You'll know in a while. I guarantee you'll like it." Lin Shuang said to Xiao Nanxin confidently.
"Okay." Xiao Nanxin had already started thinking about the taste of spicy rabbit meat.
Lin Shuang thought about sending some to Li Dazhu's family, the village chief's family, and Aunt Li next door later. After all, these people had helped her.
Although his mind was full of thoughts, his hands were moving quickly.
As the rabbit meat in the pot is stir-fried, the aroma is gradually stimulated, mixed with the aroma of chili, onion, ginger and garlic, and it smells extremely good.
The three cubs sniffed madly, and they had lost all their dignity in front of the delicious food.
The sky gradually darkened and the sunset glow was already blooming in the sky.
A hint of coolness in the breeze made several people squint their eyes. Lin Shuang had already started to plate the two bowls of dishes, dividing them into several portions and placing them in several bowls. Fortunately, she made a lot today, otherwise there would not be enough to share.
"Xiao Ce, take this bamboo basket and go to the village chief's house. Tell him to thank him for taking care of us and ask him to accept some food."
"Nan Xin, Wangshu, do you want to go out with me?" Lin Shuang handed the bamboo basket in her hand to Xiao Ce and turned to look at the two of them.
"Stepmother, I want to go." Xiao Nanxin immediately pulled Lin Shuang's arm happily with a smile on his face.
"I'll go too." Seeing his stepmother's eyes sweeping over him, Xiao Wangshu nervously expressed his thoughts. Then, he felt something was wrong and lowered his head.
"Okay, let's go together."
"Stepmother, where is our third brother?" Xiao Nanxin saw that they all had things to do except his third brother, and thought that his stepmother had forgotten about him.
"If your third brother wants to go to Grandma Li's house next door, that's fine."
"Really? I'll go call him." Xiao Nanxin immediately jumped up happily. This way, the four of them were no longer just eating for free, and they all had something to do.
I ran into Xiao Yi's room excitedly and saw Xiao Jingyu already asleep beside his father's bed.
He walked over and gently shook Xiao Jingyu's body, "Third brother, wake up, it's time to eat."
"Little sister, why did I fall asleep? What happened?" Xiao Jingyu looked at Xiao Nanxin in confusion and rubbed his sleepy eyes.
He stood up, stretched, and yawned.
"Mom has something to talk to you about. Let's go quickly." Xiao Nanxin pulled Xiao Jingyu and ran away.
"Mom, I found my third brother." Xiao Nanxin looked at Lin Shuang with a look of seeking praise.
"That's great, Jingyu. Take this to Aunt Li's house next door." Then he handed him the bamboo basket.
"Good." When he smelled such a fragrant smell, Xiao Jingyu knew that it was the meat his stepmother had cooked this afternoon. After taking a few more inhalations of the flavor, he started jogging quickly with the bamboo basket in hand.
Lin Shuang looked a little worried that the liquid might spill out, so she shouted from behind, "Be careful, don't run."
Xiao Jingyu in front immediately stopped and started walking. Looking at Xiao Jingyu's operation, Lin Shuang smiled.
"Wangshu, Nanxin, let's go." Lin Shuang held the bamboo basket, Xiao Wangshu held Xiao Nanxin's hand, and the three of them walked out of the gate together, locked it, and went to Li Dazhu's house.
Xiao Jingyu was very close to the next door and arrived there in no time.
"Grandma Li, I'm here."
When Li Qiuping heard the sound, she came out to see what was going on. It turned out to be Jing Yu, the boy next door.
"Jingyu, what's wrong? Is there no food?" Without noticing the bamboo basket in Xiao Jingyu's hand, she looked at Xiao Jingyu with a kind and gentle face.
Liu Xiaocui was holding the basin and naturally saw this scene, feeling a little sad.
She could only lower her head and wipe away her tears, looking at the three-year-old child beside her, who was so hungry that his bones were visible. Her mother-in-law had to help others, but she couldn't ask her to stop helping her family. She couldn't just watch them starve to death.
Out of sight, out of mind, she took the child and the basin and walked towards the kitchen.
"Grandma Li, no, my family has food. My mother hunted a big wild boar in the mountains and caught a nest of rabbits. This is the braised pork and some spicy rabbit meat that my mother asked me to bring you." As he said that, he stuffed the bamboo basket into Li Qiuping's hand.
"How can this be? Take it back quickly. You guys are having a hard time. Keep it for yourself."
Li Qiuping was unwilling to accept it. Their lives were already difficult, so why should she accept their things?
"Grandma Li, just accept it. It was my stepmother who said so. I'll leave first." Without waiting for Li Qiuping to react, he put it on the ground, ran out, and went straight back home.
"This child, ah." Li Qiuping sighed, looked at the figure going away, then bent down and picked up the bamboo basket on the ground.
I took it back to the main room and opened it. There were two bowls of meat, one of which was braised pork and the other was rabbit meat. I just heard Jing Yu say that.
When Liu Xiaocui came over and took a look, her eyes widened. She didn't expect that they were two small bowls of meat. The family hadn't eaten meat for a long time.
I swallowed my saliva, then felt a little ashamed, and secondly, a little worried. His family was in such a difficult situation, so why did they send meat?
"Xiao Cui, this was brought by Jingyu. He said that Lin Shuang asked him to bring it." As he said this, he looked at his daughter-in-law's face.
Li Qiuping knew that her daughter-in-law was somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that she always helped the Xiao family, but what could she do? Her family owed the Xiao family a life, so she could only help them when they were in trouble.
"Mom, I..." Liu Xiaocui didn't know what to say to express her gratitude.
"Even if you don't say it, I know what you're thinking. Mother understands your feelings. Lin Shuang also said today that she will live a good life. We probably won't need to help her like this in the future.
I am sorry for you and for making you suffer."
"Mom, don't say that. You are usually very nice to me." Liu Xiaocui's tears fell silently.
She has always been a little bothered by this matter, but there is nothing she can do about it. If she were the mother-in-law, she might make the same decision. It can only be said that everyone has different positions and naturally different ideas.
"Xiao Cui, if you believe what mother said and make friends with the Xiao family, we won't suffer much. Moreover, your uncle and aunt from the Xiao family saved your father. As human beings, we can't be ungrateful."
"Okay, Mom, I know."
Li Qiuping also wiped her tears and said, "Let's have dinner. Everyone will have dinner tonight."
Xiao Ce walked steadily all the way to the village chief's house, "Grandpa Village Chief."
"It's Xiao Ce, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"Grandpa Village Chief, this is the meat my stepmother asked me to send to you. She said she wants to thank you for taking care of my family."
"Haha, did your mother really say that?" The village chief felt that Lin Shuang was indeed not annoying anymore today. His work style had become neat and efficient, and his behavior towards others was different from before.
"Okay, I'll continue. Thank you."
The village chief knew that Lin Shuang was trying to win them over, so he readily accepted it, as long as she treated the Xiao family well.
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