Perhaps it was because he drank the mint water, but after eating the braised food, Sun Chengen no longer felt nauseous.
The table was set up in front of the stone table, so he could hear Ruan Menggu and her sister-in-law talking.
"Sister-in-law, please go and persuade my brother to come back! He hasn't rested all day, I'm worried about his health..."
While at the restaurant, Sun Chengen heard Manager Yu introduce the Ruan family's situation and learned that Ruan Qian, the eldest brother of the Ruan family, was in poor health and usually relied on Ruan Meng to buy medicine and change medicine at Xinglintang.
The elder sister-in-law sighed softly, but her expression was firm. "Little sister, let your elder brother have his way!"
“The villagers helped us build the house, and all the women participated. As the head of the family, your eldest brother will definitely stay and be there.”
The second and third brothers had just returned when they told Ruan Meng that they had originally wanted to replace the eldest brother when delivering the food, but the eldest brother declined. Ruan Meng then told her sister-in-law about it.
After hearing her sister-in-law's explanation, Ruan Meng didn't insist anymore. She got some herbs for her eldest brother, asked her second brother to decoct the medicine, and helped deliver it over.
It was completely dark when Ruan Meng began preparing a late-night snack.
Xiao Kai left in the afternoon, and Ruan Meng asked him to buy three hens for her.
It was getting dark, and the children at home needed someone to keep them company, so Ruan Meng sent Feng's sister-in-law and second sister-in-law back home. At this moment, only Ruan's siblings and Xiao Kai and a few others were slaughtering the chicken.
Liu Jie asked, "Miss Ruan, do we need to kill all these chickens?"
Ruan Meng nodded. Liu Jie was older, so she felt embarrassed to ask him for help.
My second brother is brewing medicine; even if he isn't, the whole chicken-killing thing...
It would only cause chaos. Her sister-in-law was already exhausted, and Ruan Meng couldn't bear to let her do more work. The third brother had already stepped forward...
Then a voice, devoid of any warmth, came from beside him, "A-Yuan, go help!"
A Yuan's excitement suggests he was clearly happy to participate.
Ruan Meng looked at the person standing to the side in surprise. The person arrogantly raised his chin, pretended not to care, and looked away.
"Can you kill a chicken?"
Ruan Meng asked A Yuan, who was Sun Chengen's servant, but might not be familiar with the kitchen.
A Yuan nodded repeatedly, "Miss, yes, yes! Young Master took me to various places to investigate, and I learned a lot about all sorts of things."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Meng couldn't help but look at Sun Chengen with new respect.
The third brother had already boiled water in advance as instructed by Ruan Meng and brought it out.
After adding the chicken blood, Xiao Kai and A Yuan plucked the chicken feathers with hot water and, as Ruan Meng requested, cut the meat and internal organs into pieces.
Ruan Meng washed the cucumbers that Xiao Kai had bought on her behalf. Cucumbers are not grown on the island and are all transported from the other side of the strait, where the price has increased several times.
Upon learning the price, Ruan Meng felt a pang of pain and thought angrily that once the house was built, planting would have to be put on the agenda.
The eldest sister-in-law helped slice the cucumber and peel the wild garlic. When Ruan Meng placed the bamboo skewers made by Feng Xi and all the ingredients in the wooden basin, the people outside were slightly surprised.
"Miss Meng, is this the meat skewers you were talking about?"
Xiao Kai asked excitedly, and A Yuan also looked over.
Ruan Meng smiled and nodded, "When you're done, can you help me skewer the meat?"
The two of them cut the chicken separately, and cleaned the chicken, cutting board, and knife. They worked very efficiently.
The third brother was cleaning the pork kidneys and liver, and then he helped skewer them.
The hands of a roughneck are endearingly clumsy.
Before one string could be finished, it had already been poked five times.
The second son was terrified, startled every now and then, shrinking his shoulders. For some reason, he suddenly felt a little guilty...
I was reminded of how I used to be, often startled like that.
Xiao Kai and A Yuan washed their hands, and Liu Jie helped skewer the meat.
Pre-diced pork leg meat and pork belly slices, skewered with wild garlic and cucumber slices, look surprisingly appealing.
Following Ruan Meng's suggestion, the eldest sister-in-law started stewing chicken soup.
Ruan Meng threw the chicken feet and innards into the braising liquid from lunchtime to continue simmering, while simultaneously slicing pork kidneys and liver.
Seeing that Ruan Meng had finished cutting the noodles, the third brother got up to boil water without being reminded, and Ruan Meng taught him how to make knife-cut noodles.
The eldest sister-in-law placed the rice bowls on the winnowing basket, filling several small baskets.
The three worked together seamlessly, without taking a break.
When the chicken feet and offal in the pot were stewed until tender, Ruan Meng took the pot off the stove, replaced it with a frying pan, and used the eggs that Xiao Kai had brought to make soup base for pork kidney noodles and pork liver noodles.
Remembering the person outside the door, Ruan Meng peeked out to ask if the other person ate plain noodles or could have toppings...
But they discovered that the spot where the third brother was skewering the skewers had been occupied by the other person at some point.
The way he skewered the meat was more skillful than the other three.
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