Brother Yun carried the water pitcher to the large iron pot and placed it on the ground. Then, he carefully lifted the lid and placed it on the basket next to it. Suddenly, a burst of steam dissipated, and everything was obscured.
Brother Yun waited for a minute until the steam dissipated, then he picked up the ladle and filled the pitcher with mung bean water.
"Brother, you're the fastest. If it were me, it would probably take me a while." Yun Yiyi looked at her small body and sighed helplessly. She was still too young and couldn't do many things.
"You're the youngest in our family. As long as we have free time, we will definitely not let you do this kind of work. If you get burned by accident, it will hurt."
"Brother, when I grow up a little bit, I will be able to do it." Yun Yiyi said confidently.
"Haha, okay, if you eat well, you will grow up soon." Brother Yun said with a smile.
Brother Yun scooped all the mung bean juice from the pot into the water jug, filling just two jugs. Then, Brother Yun added a few more ladles of cold water to the large iron pot.
Yun Yiyi continued to add firewood to the fire.
"Yiyi, go play with your second and third brothers. I'll light the fire." Brother Yun said as he pulled Yun Yiyi up.
"Brother, I'm going to play then." After saying that, Yun Yiyi ran away like an arrow.
Yun Yiyi came over to Second Brother Yun, where Second and Third Brother Yun were feeding the donkey. The baskets were full of grass, and the clay basins beside them were filled with water. Second and Third Brother Yun were squatting on the ground, chatting.
When Third Brother Yun saw Yun Yiyi coming over, he immediately pulled her to the ground. The three children sat in a row and began to chat. Most of the time, Third Brother Yun and Yun Yiyi were the only ones chatting, and they often got into arguments while chatting.
Both of them were very serious people and had to decide who was right and who was wrong. In the end, Yun Erge tried to persuade both sides, but when that didn't work, the two of them continued to argue. Yun Erge gave up and lay on the ground.
After a while, Brother Yun San grabbed one of Brother Yun Er's arms, and Yun Yiyi grabbed Brother Yun Er's other arm. The two of them exerted force at the same time and pulled Brother Yun Er up from the ground.
"Second brother, please tell me who is right, me or Yiyi?" This is the only time Third Brother Yun would call Second Brother.
If he had shouted this at any other time, Second Brother Yun would have been very proud, but at this moment, Second Brother Yun felt it was too embarrassing.
"Second brother, tell me quickly, who do you support? Me or third brother?" Yun Yiyi had an expression that said, "If you dare not choose me, I will cry."
Second Brother Yun looked back at Big Brother Yun. Big Brother Yun ran too fast today. He really miscalculated today.
Second Brother Yun closed his eyes and said in one breath, "What Yiyi said makes sense." After that, he got up and ran to Zhang.
Of the remaining two people, one was smug, the other indignant. It must be that Second Brother Yun was partial. Soon, the two of them started playing together again.
At this time, Old Man Wu's wife came over with a big bowl.
"Sister-in-law, what's the matter with you coming to see me? Is there something missing?" Zhang asked, putting down the dish in her hand.
"No, sister-in-law. Your family helped my family a lot today. I'm very grateful. Especially this afternoon, after my husband came back from your house, I saw that he was in a very good mood. He even advised me to be more open-minded."
"I understand the logic, but it's easy for me to think of my third son. Well, let's not talk about my third son, he is an unlucky person." The old woman sighed deeply.
"But I'm glad my husband has come to terms with it. Our whole family depends on him for our livelihood. If anything were to happen to him, we wouldn't be able to make ends meet."
"My husband also told me about your Yiyi, saying she's a smart, cute, and likable girl. He also told me to be nice to her. I can tell he really likes your girl."
"That's good. It can divert everyone's attention and make them happier. I've been thinking about it all afternoon and want to prepare something for Yiyi. But now that we're fleeing from famine, we have the most food."
"Look, this is a small wild boar my wife hunted in the mountains a while ago. I brought it home and smoked it into bacon. Because the wild boar is small, the meat is tender, and the smoked meat is just right. When you cook later, wash it and steam or boil it."
After the old woman finished speaking, she opened the large bowl and showed Zhang the meat. Zhang saw that the piece of meat must have weighed two pounds and was a piece of pork belly, with both fat and lean meat. It would be delicious no matter how it was cooked.
"Sister-in-law, this is too expensive. I don't want it. You can take it back and feed it to the children at home." Zhang refused.
"Sister-in-law, you know my family is a hunter family. We definitely don't have a shortage of meat. Meat might be expensive for other families, but it's not really that expensive in my family."
"My wife and I really like Yiyi, and we're giving the meat to her. You must accept it. We'll all be in the same village from now on, so let's get along."
"Okay, sister-in-law. I'll shamelessly accept it. However, when my family went to the capital to purchase supplies, we bought some cabbage. It wasn't a large quantity, and we've almost eaten all the fresh cabbage."
"But I pickled some cabbage because I was afraid it wouldn't keep well. I'll pick one for you and you can have it. It tastes good whether you stir-fry it, make soup, or eat it directly. I'm quite good at pickling cabbage." Zhang said enthusiastically.
"If you give me something else, I won't accept it. But if it's kimchi, I'll take it. My family also pickles a lot of kimchi, but it always turns out badly. My two daughters-in-law are almost as skilled as me in making kimchi."
"I'll take it back and try it. This kimchi is so delicious. When I settle down in the future, I will definitely learn your cooking skills." The old woman said happily.
"That's not that difficult. I'll teach you later. But kimchi is really hard to predict. Using the same ingredients and the same steps, some people's kimchi just turns out differently."
"Before I got married, I learned the craft from my mother. My mother's craft is known to everyone within a radius of ten miles." Zhang became happier as she spoke.
"Oh, I've found a treasure this time. I must learn from you in the future. Not only me, but also my two daughters-in-law."
"It's not that difficult. Just follow me and I'll do it. There are a lot of tricks to making kimchi that don't bloom and taste good. And there are a lot of people who don't know the tricks."
"My family is a hunter family, so we don't care about this. We usually eat more fresh vegetables."
Zhang brought the old woman to the donkey cart. Zhang went to the jar of pickles on the donkey cart, picked up a pickled cabbage with chopsticks and put it into the old woman's big bowl.
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