After Ye Xiaocui finished speaking, she couldn't help but count on her fingers. There were quite a few feisty women in the village, and she got along well with several of them.
The village chief's wife, Sister-in-law Huang, Jiang Chunlan... there were more than ten people in total. Humph, if they couldn't fight, they would just curse. How dare they bully her daughter-in-law? Did they really think her family had no one to rely on?
Seeing Ye Xiaocui's serious expression, Qin Anning immediately burst into laughter through her tears, and all her gloom vanished.
Upon seeing this, Ye Xiaocui's expression softened.
"Is that so? Girls look prettier when they smile more. You wait here, I'll get you a bowl of soup!"
As she spoke, she strode towards the kitchen. She figured the pig's trotter soup in the pot had been simmering for two hours, so it should be tender by now.
A whole pig's trotter was chopped into pieces, and with peanuts and water, it stewed for half a stainless steel pot.
Although Ye Xiaocui prepared it for Wang Huiping, Wang Huiping couldn't eat that much by herself.
Besides, Wang Huiping's family wouldn't have any objections to giving her daughter-in-law some food.
Ye Xiaocui went to the kitchen, but Qin Anning couldn't just sit and wait.
She stood up and went into the kitchen.
The kitchen was filled with the aroma of stewed peanuts and pig's trotters. Ever since the incident of reporting him came to light, Qin Anning had no appetite and hadn't had a proper meal in the past two days.
Now, smelling the aroma of pig's trotters and peanut soup, she took a deep sniff and suddenly felt a surge of appetite.
Seeing that Qin Anning's complexion had improved considerably, Ye Xiaocui immediately started nagging again.
"You lucky girl. Your sister-in-law Huiping gave birth a couple of days ago, so I went out today to buy pig's trotters."
"It was just cooked when you got back!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Anning immediately understood why Fu Ming and the others weren't home, and why Ye Xiaocui had suddenly started making soup ahead of time.
"Mom...maybe I won't drink it. I'll just finish my porridge."
"Oh, you want some porridge? There's plenty in the pot! This soup is good for your health, you should drink it! Don't worry, there's plenty in the pot!"
Unable to resist Ye Xiaocui's nagging, Qin Anning had no choice but to accept the bowl of pig's trotter soup.
Her parents died young due to depression caused by that movement, and most of her other elders have also passed away, so she hasn't experienced the warmth from her elders for a long time.
Since getting married, she has been busy with work and has rarely communicated with Ye Xiaocui.
But she always knew that Ye Xiaocui was a very good mother. Now, holding that bowl of fragrant pig's trotter soup, Qin Anning felt that all her worries had disappeared.
So what if she's not working? At worst, she'll just pretend she's on vacation!
"Mom, I can't finish it all by myself, let's share it!"
Ye Xiaocui shook her head and refused, "You can eat it. Anning, you can go out first. I'll make you some sauce."
These pig's trotters are only delicious with dipping sauce!
After saying that, she pushed Qin Anning out of the kitchen, found a small bowl, poured in some soy sauce and chili powder, added some water, and a simple sauce was ready.
In fact, ordinary families don't have so many rules. It was Fu Wan who started this trend, and Ye Xiaocui subconsciously felt that young people liked to eat this way, so she did it too.
Since her son was incredibly lucky to marry this woman, she had to treat her like her own child and spoil her. If he suffered any injustice outside, she would definitely make him happy when he came home.
Thinking this, Ye Xiaocui then brought the sauce back to the main house.
As soon as she sat down, she noticed several pieces of white pig's trotters in her nearly empty bowl of porridge.
The braised pig's trotters are so tender they fall off the bone, making your mouth water just looking at them.
"Oh dear, you child, why are you putting all the meat in my bowl!"
Qin Anning shook her head and smiled, holding the bowl, "No, I only picked up a few pieces, there's still some in my bowl."
"Mom, let's eat together. If you make me eat alone, my parents will scold me too."
Upon hearing these words, Ye Xiaocui felt a surge of warmth in her heart.
What a good child! He doesn't forget her even when there's meat to eat.
These days, who doesn't eat pork? Ye Xiaocui thought about it and didn't try to persuade her anymore. She just sat down and put two more pieces of pork trotters back into Qin Anning's bowl.
“I can’t eat this much, you eat more. Be good, child, look how thin you are, your parents would be heartbroken if they saw you like this.”
These words made Qin Anning envious again. Ye Xiaocui remembered that only she and Qin Mingzhu were left in Qin Anning's family, and she immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing.
"Ugh, look at my mouth! I'm not saying anything more. You hurry up and eat, and I'll take you to go beachcombing after you're done!"
"Beachcombing?"
Qin Anning looked up in surprise, "Isn't it not evening yet?"
In her memory, Fu Wan and Fu Ming always took her out to go beachcombing at night, so she subconsciously felt that beachcombing was only possible at night.
Ye Xiaocui was delighted to hear this.
"Oh, silly child! When you go beachcombing, you only watch the tides rise and fall, not day or night!"
"So we can go beachcombing in the afternoon too?"
"Of course! It rained heavily last night, so I missed it with the kids. There's another high tide this afternoon, so let's hurry over when the tide is almost out. We're sure we'll catch some good stuff!"
"Okay, I'll go!"
Qin Anning's eyes lit up; she preferred beachcombing to fishing at sea.
She felt a great sense of accomplishment while searching for seafood on the beach, and all her fatigue was swept away.
Seeing her enthusiastic expression, Ye Xiaocui secretly rejoiced that her plan was good.
For someone like Qin Anning who suddenly encounters unexpected changes, it's necessary to find something to distract her.
Everyone in the village, young and old, enjoys beachcombing, and she knew Qin Anning would like it too!
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had lunch, Fu Liang returned from the hospital with Wang Huiping and the child.
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaocui immediately took the stainless steel pot to Fu Liang's house.
Several neighbors saw it on the way. They were wondering what Ye Xiaocui was carrying, but when they heard that Fu Liang's wife had given birth, everyone's attention was quickly diverted.
Everyone sighed that Fu Liang was lucky. When he was young, his family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat. But his father had a good relationship with Fu Laoda, so he went out to sea with him as a sea diver and at least had something to eat.
Later, his father died in an accident, and Fu Liang was still a young boy. Fu Liang would always share some of the seafood that his father brought back from the sea.
However, Fu Liang was also sensible and treated Fu Wan and Fu Ming well. After Fu Laoda's accident, he and Jiang Chunlan gave all their savings to Ye Xiaocui.
After Fu Wan returned, both families prospered.
Now he not only made money with Fu Wan's family, but also married a beautiful wife.
And she had a son as her first child. Wow, she's practically the kind of person who wins at life, just like the ones you hear on the radio!
Some villagers were envious, while others made sarcastic remarks. Fu Liang was aware of this, but he didn't care at all.
He's a stubborn person; he'll be good to whoever treats him well. People say he benefited from the influence of Boss Fu's family, and he agrees, which is a fact in itself.
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