Chapter 23 Family Approval
Wang Guilan was ready to vomit, but after she put the food in her mouth, her face changed, she kept chewing, and her words were unclear.
"How come we only discovered this delicious food today? How much food we wasted before?"
Li Yiqin nodded in agreement. "That's right. Thinking about all those pig offal that were thrown away before, it really makes me sad."
"I'll teach my sister-in-law how to make it later so it won't be wasted in the future."
Wang Guilan once again looked at Zhang Juexia with new eyes, "Xia'er, are you really planning to teach your sister-in-law how to do this?"
"Of course, it's convenient for you to eat. I didn't spend a penny on these pig offal. The butcher gave them to me. In the future, when my family craves meat and doesn't want to spend extra money, we can eat pig offal. However, it's troublesome to clean up."
"If you want to eat good food but don't want to spend money and find it troublesome, then there's really no other way. Xia'er, just tell your sister-in-law how to make it."
Zhang Juexia did not hide anything. He told Wang Guilan and Li Yiqun how to wash the pig offal and what spices to add for braising.
Wang Guilan looked at Li Yiqin seriously. "Qin'er, you are our eldest son and grandson's wife. You must not tell anyone about this recipe Xia'er mentioned! We can just enjoy it as a snack on weekdays, but don't let anyone take it away."
Li Yiqin patted her chest and said, "Grandma, I know it in my heart. Even if Xia'er taught me the skill of knitting, I won't tell anyone."
"You are all good children. For the betterment of our Ye family, you must be of one mind!"
Zhang Juexia did not hide this matter, because she thought that pig offal was troublesome to clean up, and she had no intention of using it to make money.
As for the story in the novels she had read before about taking the recipe to a restaurant to exchange for silver, she felt that this seemed impossible.
The people here are not fools. If an expert eats it once or twice, he or she will probably figure out how you did it.
As for cleaning, it is just a laborious job.
Try a few more times and you will be able to clean the pig offal.
As for Li Yiqin's solemn promise, she believed it to about 70%.
After all, the idea of "marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog" is deeply rooted in the minds of the people here.
Zhang Juexia is quite good at cooking, and the original owner is also a person with quick hands and feet, so the meal was ready quickly.
Ye Beixiu and the others followed the scent into the house.
Ye Beishan said with a smile, "My sister-in-law has cooked something delicious. I can smell the fragrance in the field. I can't even hold the hoe anymore, so I just want to eat something delicious."
Li Yiqin glared at him, "You're the only one who's thinking about delicious food instead of working properly."
Ye Beixiu watched their interaction, just smiled, and helped Zhang Juexia move the table and serve the dishes.
When there were only the two of them at home, they could just make do in the kitchen, but today there were four more people and the kitchen was absolutely packed.
After all the dishes and cornmeal buns were served, everyone sat at the table and started eating.
Wang Guilan strongly recommended pork offal and asked Ye Jishun and Ye Beishan to try it.
Ye Jishun thought that the fish cooked by Zhang Juexia had no fishy smell and was delicious.
Ye Beishan agreed with what Wang Guilan said and thought that pig offal was delicious.
When he learned that Zhang Juexia had already taught Li Yiqun the recipe, he put down his chopsticks and thanked Zhang Juexia solemnly.
His action made Zhang Juexia feel a little embarrassed.
Ye Beixiu stood in front of Zhang Juexia and said, "Brother, please stop being so literary in front of my wife. She has already taught the recipe to my sister-in-law. You should say nice things to her and ask her to make it for you when the time comes."
"What you said, I should thank your wife. If it weren't for your wife, no one would know that this thing is so delicious."
Wang Guilan pulled Ye Beishan to sit down, "Even delicious food can't stop you from eating."
As the head of the family, Ye Jishun nodded with satisfaction.
He married his wife from Beishan after she agreed to do so. She was diligent and had a good temper. The only regret was that she was still pregnant after two years.
However, the fate of descendants is a matter of destiny, so he was not too anxious.
But Beixiu's wife was married into the family out of necessity.
He was a little surprised by her cleverness.
When he was helping Bei Xiu open up wasteland outside, the things Bei Xiu said to him made him feel more and more that Bei Xiu's persistence at that time was right.
Ye Jishun usually spoke very little, but today he took the initiative to speak, "Bei Xiu's wife, Bei Xiu is lucky to have you. If this brat has the guts to bully you in the future, your grandma and I will be the first to not forgive him."
Ye Beixiu looked at Wang Guilan aggrievedly, "Grandma, I am your and grandpa's biological grandson."
Wang Guilan's slap came mercilessly, but she just put it down gently, "You little bastard, your grandfather's words are my words."
Ye Beixiu winked at Zhang Juexia proudly.
He was very happy that his daughter-in-law was recognized by his family.
After eating and drinking, Ye Jishun took his two grandsons to open up wasteland.
The old man is still strong and healthy, and he keeps saying that he wants to reclaim some land around the old house.
When the time comes, I will try to grow some crops so that my descendants don’t have to live a life where they have to rely on their belts for support.
Li Yiqin helped Zhang Juexia dig up the vegetable patch outside, picked out the gravel, and broke up the soil before returning home with Wang Guilan.
There wasn't much braised pork offal left at home, so Zhang Juexia didn't let them take any.
It was already dark when Ye Beixiu finally entered the house.
Zhang Juexia looked behind him and asked, "Where are my father and my elder brother?"
"They have already gone home. Grandpa said he would come back to help when he has time."
"How can I have the nerve to trouble him again?"
"He's happy about it. He said he wanted to learn some experience from us and would take my uncle and third uncle to open up new land in a few days. Grandpa is a little upset. He thinks if he had the idea of opening up new land earlier, my father wouldn't have lost his life and my leg wouldn't be lame."
"Did Master really say that?"
"Um."
Zhang Juexia took a towel and helped Ye Beixiu brush off the dust on his body.
"We came up with this idea because of your leg. Think about it, everyone in your family is a hunter. We can't even buy enough food with the money we earn in a year, and we can have meat for every meal. This is something many people can't achieve no matter how hard they try. Besides, our mountainous area doesn't yield much from growing crops, so it's better to hunt and live a comfortable life."
"My grandfather said that when he was young, he felt that hunting was a comfortable life. He would help anyone who asked him to buy land and farm. After my father was injured and died, he thought about reclaiming wasteland and farming.
But there were a whole family at home waiting for food and drink. He had neither the energy nor the money.
Now that he is old, he just wants his family to be safe and sound, without having to worry about anything."
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