While stewing braised pork on one side, Shen Qingyu started stewing pig's head bones on the other: this is good for calcium, and the kids love to eat it.
When Widow Xiao came over with firewood, Shen Qingyu ordered her to wash the pig offal.
That day, Widow Xiao was very busy, but when it was time to eat, she was flattered!
Shen Qingyu didn't ask them to eat separately, but instead had them all eat at the same table.
Widow Xiao said shyly, "Qingyu, this isn't appropriate..."
Shen Qingyu stopped her, saying, "You work for my family, and I haven't paid you wages. This food is your payment. Just eat as much as you want, and I won't say a word."
Widow Xiao and her two children finally sat down.
Perhaps following their mother's instructions, the two children dared not pick up any food and simply ate their rice in silence.
However, they haven't eaten even this kind of plain white rice in a long time!
Widow Xiao felt a mix of emotions.
The villagers all said that Shen Qingyu made money selling glutinous rice, but now it seems that she made money from more than just glutinous rice.
They make about 200 catties of bean sprouts a day, and they sell them to the prefectural city. That can earn them a lot of money!
Now they even have to make this braised meat...
She's a widow with no man to rely on, but Shen Qingyu seems to be relying on herself too!
They eat white rice and meat every day!
So this is how women can live...
Shen Qingyu put a piece of bone with lots of meat on each of the two children's plates, and then put a piece on Widow Xiao's plate as well: "Sister Peach Blossom, you should eat some meat too!"
"Sigh! Sigh..." Xiao Taohua, who had been widowed for two years, responded with her head down, and two tears quietly fell into her rice bowl.
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