Grandma Zhang said, "Whenever you cook something delicious, you either invite me to eat with you or bring it to me. I'm really basking in your kindness. I'll wash these pig intestines in a bit."
“Auntie, I’ll wash.” Mr. Luo said.
Grandma Zhang disagreed: "If you don't let me do anything, I'll feel embarrassed to eat your meat."
When Luo Jingyan and the others arrived, Grandma Zhang had already washed half of the pig intestines. Because the smell was too strong, she took them outside to wash them with hot water.
Luo Jingyan handed the bottle of Erguotou to her father: "Dad, this is your favorite liquor. I bought it with your liquor coupons when we were in Beijing. I brought it to you."
Luo Jingyan originally hoped that her father could drink the Imperial Jade Liquor, but she was afraid that it would be difficult to explain to him, so she took Erguotou instead.
Upon seeing the wine, Mr. Luo's face clearly showed excitement. "She's such a good daughter. She knows her father likes this and brought it all the way here for him." He gripped the bottle tightly in his hand.
Then he glanced at Xue Yanchen, who seemed to understand his meaning and nodded.
Mr. Luo smiled; his future son-in-law really had a good rapport with him.
Luo's mother teased Luo's father, "You've been thinking about this for so many days, and now your wish has finally come true."
"you do not say."
There was still half of the pig offal outside that hadn't been washed. Luo Jingyan wanted to help Grandma Zhang clean it, but Xue Yanchen pulled her away, saying, "You stay inside, I'll go wash it."
He asked Grandma Zhang to go back inside, but she refused. The two of them finished washing the pig offal together.
Father Luo cut the wild boar meat into several pieces, ate one piece first, and buried the rest in the snowdrift behind the house for natural storage. Since there was a wall behind the house, they weren't afraid of being discovered by outsiders.
Some of the cleaned pig offal was reserved for stewing, while the rest was stored in the snow.
Mr. Luo asked Luo Jingyan, "You mentioned making blood sausage before, how do you do it?"
Luo Jingyan said, "Blood sausage is a food that people here love to eat. They put fresh blood and seasonings into cleaned pig intestines, seal both sides, and then put them in a pot to simmer over low heat until cooked."
With her father's help, Luo Jingyan made four or five pounds of blood sausage, and then cooked meat.
Once the blood sausage was cooked, it was ready to eat. Luo Jingyan sliced the cooked blood sausage and put it in a bowl for everyone to eat.
They all praised the food highly. Mr. Luo said, "Daughter, your cooking skills are even better than your dad's. I don't even know how to make this kind of thing."
Luo Jingyan smiled and said, "I learned it from the locals here."
They sat around the table with Grandma Zhang, eating blood sausage just like a family.
Reluctantly, Mr. Luo opened the bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), took two bowls, one for Xue Yanchen and one for himself, poured the liquor into them, and handed one bowl to Xue Yanchen: "Xiao Xue, let's have a drink."
"good."
The two clinked bowls together, and after taking a sip of wine, Mr. Luo felt incredibly happy. "I've been thinking about it for so many days, and I can finally drink it again."
Xue Yanchen also took a sip, and then he and Luo's father ate meat and drank wine. Later, Luo's father talked about national affairs, and Luo's mother thought that Luo's father was drunk, so she interrupted him in time: "If you're drunk, don't drink. Be careful not to say something that will cause trouble."
"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk." Mr. Luo waved his hand: "I was chatting with Xiao Xue just now and couldn't help but bring up that topic. Okay, I'll stop now. I'll talk to Xiao Xue about something else."
After everyone else had finished eating, the two of them were still drinking.
Grandma Zhang led Luo Jingyan into her room and pulled out a pair of jade earrings from a very hidden place, giving them to Luo Jingyan.
“Daughter, you and your parents treat me like family. Whenever there’s something good to eat or drink, I, your old woman, always get a share. Your father has also taken great care of me. I don’t have much to repay you with, so you must accept this. I offered it to your mother before, but she refused. You can’t refuse it again.”
"But Grandma, these things are too valuable." A pair of jade earrings is priceless.
Mother Luo is indeed not suited to collecting such things, but she has a space that can hold as many treasures as she wants, and she will never have too many.
Grandma Zhang shook her head: "This thing is not of much use to me, and it is not valuable, but it is the only way I can repay you. Take it."
"Then thank you, Grandma."
"No need to be so polite with Grandma."
When Luo Jingyan returned to the house, she saw that her father's face was flushed and his eyes were almost closed. He was obviously drunk and was still trying to get Xue Yanchen to drink with him.
Xue Yanchen, on the other hand, was almost exactly the same as before, as if he had never drunk alcohol.
Luo Jingyan walked over to him and asked, "Are you only going to drink a little?"
Xue Yanchen felt wronged: "I drank more than my uncle."
Luo Jingyan nodded and gave him a thumbs up, admiring his drinking capacity.
She went to help Luo's father up: "Dad, you're drunk. Lie down on the kang (heated brick bed) and rest for a while."
"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk." Mr. Luo firmly denied that he was drunk: "Dad is happy today, I want to drink with Xiao Xue, I can drink another bottle."
Mrs. Luo said with a stern face, "It's always the same. He's completely drunk, but he won't admit that he's drunk. I tried to help him up just now, but he wouldn't let me."
Mr. Luo picked up the wine bottle and was about to pour more wine when Luo Jingyan snatched the bottle away.
"Dad, if you keep doing this, I won't bring you any more alcohol."
Mr. Luo, drunk, said, "If you're not going to bring it, then don't. My son-in-law will bring it for me."
“You’re closer to your son-in-law than your own daughter.” Luo Jingyan shook her head.
Xue Yanchen helped Luo's father up and whispered a few words in his ear. Luo Jingyan and the others didn't hear what he said. After listening, Luo's father smiled and then obediently let Xue Yanchen help him to the kang (a heated brick bed) to rest.
After leaving the cowshed, Luo Jingyan asked Xue Yanchen, "What did you say to my dad that made him listen to you so much?"
The man smiled and said, "I'll tell you when we get to the educated youth settlement."
Luo Jingyan pursed her lips, thinking that Xue Yanchen must be up to something.
After returning, Luo Changtian went back to the men's dormitory. Luo Jingyan pressed Xue Yanchen again: "What did you say to my dad to make him listen to you? When he's drunk, neither my mom nor I can do anything about him."
The man sat on the edge of the earthen bed, looking arrogant, deliberately raising his chin high, his gaze unconsciously sweeping over the girl's cherry-red lips in front of him.
"If you want to know, give me a kiss."
"You've been planning this for a long time, haven't you?"
The man nodded honestly: "I've wanted you to kiss me for a long time. Or, I can kiss you instead."
Luo Jingyan glanced around and saw that no one was outside the door. She walked over to him and kissed his handsome cheek. Anyway, she hadn't lost out by kissing such a handsome man.
She was afraid he would get too smug, so she didn't kiss him on the lips.
Even though he only kissed her cheek, the man seemed satisfied. His gaze shifted back to her pink lips, and next time, he was determined to press his own lips against them.
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