She smacked her lips. "Dongsheng said it's maltose. The village chief bought it when he went to town last time. It's sweet and delicious, just as sweet as honey."
“Last time I went to town, I was in such a hurry that I was only thinking about buying grain, salt, and cloth, but I forgot to buy some sugar. You kids were so hungry. Luckily, I brought back a lot of honey today.” Speaking of honey, Zhao Guihua quickly started rendering lard.
Pork cracklings with honey are incredibly delicious.
Xingxing loves honey, and when no one is looking, she secretly takes a piece of honeycomb and starts eating it.
Zhao Guihua was afraid she would overeat, so she coaxed her repeatedly, "Don't eat too much, or you won't be able to eat meat buns and dumplings. We can have honey tomorrow."
"Don't worry, Xingxing's belly is big enough to hold a lot. After eating the honeycomb, I can still eat lots of steamed buns and dumplings." Xingxing was very confident in her appetite.
Everyone: "..."
This girl seems a bit dim-witted and carefree. Just a moment ago she was worrying about her chubby belly, but now she's craving everything and doesn't want to miss out on any food.
After finishing her meal, Xingxing took two meat buns, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and prepared to leave.
“Where are you going, daughter? Let your older brother and the others go with you.” Zhao Guihua was afraid that her daughter would be bullied by the other children in the village if she went out alone, so she always asked one of the quintuplets to go with her.
Xingxing put the meat bun in her arms and said earnestly, "Mom, last time Chun Chun and Dong Sheng shared some malt sugar with me, and I shared some pork cracklings with them. Yesterday they gave me two bird eggs, and today I want to treat them to meat buns."
The little girl even knew how to reciprocate, and her pretentious manner warmed Zhao Guihua's heart, making her both amused and affectionate.
"Take one more, one for Sister Qiuqiu. Also, take some dumplings; we have plenty at home." Zhao Guihua immediately went outside to pick banana leaves, wrapped an extra meat bun, and made six more dumplings.
"Mom, let me carry them. My sister can't carry that many." Zhou Dafu came over and took the two bags.
They didn't tell the village chief about finding the wild boar, nor did they share the meat. Finding prey too frequently would easily arouse envy. In order to protect Xingxing, Zhao Guihua and Zhou Laoda decided to eat the meat secretly and not let anyone know.
The quintuplets were repeatedly warned and kept their mouths shut.
"You'll know what to say later, right?" Zhao Guihua said meaningfully.
Chow Tai Fook chuckled, "Just say that the filling inside these buns is made from leftover dried meat that we dried before. The dried meat was steamed until soft before wrapping."
"Mom, we remember what you said, don't worry about giving ourselves away." Zhou Sanfu raised an eyebrow, annoyed that his mother was too nagging, reminding him several times a day, making the five brothers' ears calloused.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Xingxing was taking a nap when she was suddenly awakened by a series of roars and screams.
She suddenly opened her eyes and instinctively looked towards the source of the sound. Her pupils suddenly dilated. She seemed to see many people climbing into the thorny wall at the entrance of the village. Her father and other villagers were using axes and other tools to keep hacking at those people and prevent them from entering the village.
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