As soon as Ye Xiaocui entered the courtyard, she saw her silly son spouting foam from his mouth. She was so shocked that she took several steps back, but she didn't forget to protect the meat she was carrying.
"Amin, what are you doing?!"
Fu Ming quickly poured all the water from the ladle into his mouth and gulped it all off the foam.
"Mom, did you go to buy meat?"
Fu Wan took the meat from Ye Xiaocui's hand and looked at it again. In addition to two pieces of good pork belly, there were also two ribs and a piece of lard.
Ye Xiaocui beamed and told her about her gains.
“We’re out of lard at home, and you told me last time that this is the best thing to render lard from, so I went to Dazhuang’s place early this morning and bought a piece of lard.”
Today is another holiday. I told your Aunt Chunlan yesterday to come over for dinner tonight. This pork belly looks good; it's perfect for braising.
These two spare ribs were forced on me by Panlan. She's like a completely different person now; she's obviously doing quite well!
Ye Xiaocui chattered on and on for a while. Fu Wan hadn't heard about Wang Panlan's situation for a long time, and she was happy for her when she heard it now.
"Mom, I'll take some of the fish and shrimp from home to Sister Panlan's house later. These two spare ribs are worth quite a bit of money!"
Ye Xiaocui nodded repeatedly, "I really want to too."
That's how human relationships work; it's a give-and-take that allows things to go the distance.
Fu Wan put all the pork she was holding into the kitchen, and Ye Xiaocui immediately handed her a small basket.
"Go pack some fish and shrimp and send them over. I also need to go to the backyard to pick some vegetables."
“It just so happens that your brother is free, so I’ll have him fetch some water for me to take to the vegetable garden in the backyard.”
"Okay!"
Fu Wan readily agreed, after all, compared to Fu Ming who did hard labor, her job was much easier.
Not knowing whether Wang Panlan's family ate mole crickets and shrimp, Fu Wan grabbed two or three handfuls, not daring to take too many, afraid that they wouldn't be used to it.
Take more fairy shells, since everyone loves them.
Then she added two red carp weighing about a pound each and a golden pineapple, and the small basket was almost full.
Fu Wan picked up the basket and was about to go out when she thought for a moment and finally scooped out a small green dragon weighing about a pound from the bucket next to her.
Now, this basket of seafood is something to be proud of, not only in this village, but also in the county town.
After packing her things, she immediately left home. It was a little after eight in the morning. Wang Panlan and Fu Dazhuang were still selling pork at the dock and had not returned yet. Only Fu Dazhuang's parents were at home.
"Auntie, Uncle, are you home?"
Fu Wan called out twice from outside the courtyard, and Da Zhuang's mother responded by coming out of the kitchen. She was wondering who it was, but when she saw it was Fu Wan, she immediately smiled and went to open the courtyard gate.
"Oh, Wan, what brings you here?"
Fu Wan smiled and handed over the basket in her hand.
"Auntie, my mom bought some meat this morning, and Sister Panlan also gave me two spare ribs. As soon as my mom got back, she specifically asked me to bring some seafood over for you to try!"
"Oh dear, I thought it was something serious, but it's just two spare ribs. Xiao Cui is really something, can't you even eat two spare ribs? What kind of thing is this! Oh my goodness, is this a lobster?!"
Upon hearing Fu Wan's words, Da Zhuang's mother was about to decline when her gaze fell upon the basket Fu Wan was carrying.
I spotted the still-moving lobster at a glance.
Now she couldn't bear to return it.
Fu Wan nodded and pushed the basket over again.
"Auntie, we caught this while we were out at sea. We're making it a nice treat for your lunch while it's still alive!"
Just then, Da Zhuang's father, who was working in the backyard, heard the noise and came over carrying a hoe.
"Wow, I must say, this lobster is really beautiful!"
Hearing her husband say that, Da Zhuang's mother knew that he was just craving something, after all, fish and shrimp go well with wine, the more you drink, the better.
However, it was a major holiday, and the seafood at the dock was much more expensive than usual. She looked at it for a long time but couldn't bring herself to buy anything.
"In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."
Fu Wan shoved the basket into her hands, saying, "Don't be shy, those ribs are one of our family's favorites."
"Okay, wait here for me, I'll go to the kitchen to get something and empty it out."
Fu Wan nodded in agreement and waited outside. But when Da Zhuang's mother came out, the basket she had brought back contained an extra pig's trotter and half a cleaned chicken.
It's obvious that they prepared the food themselves.
"Auntie, what are you doing!"
Fu Wan pushed the things back, but Da Zhuang's mother stuffed them back into her hands without saying a word.
"You send me seafood, I'll send you meat. This pig's trotter was just chopped this morning, it's very fresh. I asked Dazhuang to keep two for his family to eat at home. This chicken is mine, you can't refuse it."
After saying that, he pushed Fu Wan outside, "Hurry back and tell your mother to stew the pig's trotters. This pig is old, it's been raised for more than a year, so you'll have to stew it for a while."
After hearing what she said, Fu Wan could only thank her and take her things back.
Now she's in trouble; she'll have to carry all that stuff back home, and she'll inevitably get another lecture from her mother.
Fu Wan was thinking about how to cook the pork leg when she unexpectedly bumped into Qian Xiaohua, who was carrying a basket and had just finished selling fish and was returning home.
She raised an eyebrow, pretending not to see it; it was a holiday, and she didn't want to cause any unpleasantness.
But things didn't go as planned, and Qian Xiaohua wasn't going to pretend she didn't see it. Especially when she saw the big pig's trotter and the golden chicken in Fu Wan's basket, she was consumed by jealousy and anger.
The fish are selling well today!
If Fu Wan and the others hadn't failed to warn them about the sharks yesterday, they would definitely have caught even more fish.
When she was fleeing for her life, she could see very clearly that there were still many schools of fish on the sea surface, and that the flock of seabirds kept circling on the sea surface, but they did not change their location.
Just then, on the main road in the village, she rolled her eyes, swung the carrying pole on her shoulder, and tried to throw it at Fu Wan.
"Fu Wan, you stole all my fish yesterday, you have to compensate me! Or you can give me these pig's trotters and chicken instead!"
She can take the pig's trotters back to make soup for her son, and she can also save the chicken to make soup in a couple of days. Her son has been staying at his parents' house for the past few days and has lost a lot of weight.
Fu Wan sneered and took several steps back, protecting the basket.
"Don't touch me!"
You still want chicken? You're dreaming!
Qian Xiaohua persisted, trying to grab her leg. Fu Wan simply lifted her leg and threatened, "If you try to scam me again, believe me, I'll kick you into the police station!"
When Qian Xiaohua heard the words "police station," she instinctively shuddered. It was dark inside, and she would be helpless. If she were locked up again, who would take care of her son?
But thinking about the pig's trotters and chicken in the basket, she felt unwilling to give up.
"I don't care, I'm in the right to go to the police station. You just stole our fish!"
How could there be such a shameless person in this world? Fu Wan waved the basket in front of her, "You want it?"
Qian Xiaohua nodded, her greedy eyes practically piercing through the pig's trotter.
"Sigh, I'm not giving it to you!"
Fu Wan slung the basket over her wrist, and several villagers who had been watching the commotion gathered around.
"Qian Xiaohua, you're causing trouble for Awan again!"
"Last time it was stealing an octopus, what are they doing this time?"
The villagers aren't stupid; they can't just listen to Qian Xiaohua's one-sided story every time.
Moreover, the octopus traps that Fu Wan taught them were indeed very effective. Some people set them up in the sea not far from the village and harvested half a bucketful, which made their families very happy.
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