Chapter 93 Chapter 93 - Two-in-one Chicken Mushroom Fried Pork Slices
Lin Chuntao smiled helplessly, went to get some meat, washed it and cut it into slices. The stir-fried chicken mushrooms were very fresh, so no heavy seasoning was added. Lin Chuntao just cut some ginger slices and put them in to marinate to remove the fishy smell.
After they finished, their chicken mushrooms had not been washed yet, so Lin Chuntao went over to help wash them.
I made stir-fried meat with chicken mushrooms in the evening. To make it quicker, I also made scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried bok choy.
There were too many chicken mushrooms in the dish, and when they were fried together with the meat, the whole bowl was still full, so half a bowl was served.
The aroma was charming when it was being fried. Lin Chuntao didn't need to say anything. Seeing that the dishes were ready, the sisters quickly went to get bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice. When she served the dishes, her younger sisters had already served the rice and were standing by the table handing out chopsticks.
Get ready to eat.
Lin Chunxing said, "Sister, we've never had stir-fried chicken mushrooms before. How could it be so delicious?"
Lin Chuntao smiled at their scene. Chicken mushrooms are fragrant no matter how they are cooked, but she thinks stir-frying them is the most luxurious. She would stir-fry a large bowl at a time. If she wanted to make oil, she could make a small jar of oil. The oil would be fragrant when used to make noodles, and it would be delicious whether it was soup noodles or mixed noodles.
The same goes for making chicken soup. Add a handful of chicken mushrooms and half a pot of chicken soup will be fresh and fragrant. If you add this amount of fried mushrooms, Lin Chuntao wonders how fragrant it will be.
"We put so much in it, it must be very fragrant. Others add a little chicken mushroom to enhance the flavor when stir-frying meat, but we stir-fry the chicken mushroom directly and eat it."
Lin Chunhe stood by with her lips pursed, her eyes fixed on the two bowls of steaming chicken mushrooms.
"Did we fry two kilograms for this meal?"
Lin Chuntao raised her eyebrows slightly, "More than that, it feels like it should be more than three pounds."
After he finished speaking, the sisters widened their eyes and laughed, "Doesn't that mean we only ate a hundred coins a meal?"
Lin Chuntao chuckled, "If that's the case, I don't even dare eat the remaining chicken mushrooms. They're too expensive!"
The sisters burst into laughter, and even Pei Ying next to them laughed.
Lin Chuntao said, "We can eat the chicken mushrooms we picked ourselves. It doesn't cost any money. Just eat them."
For this dinner, the stir-fried chicken and mushroom with meat was so delicious that my sisters couldn’t even see the other two dishes. Fortunately, we only fried a lot of chicken and they could eat all the meat.
Perhaps because of the chicken mushrooms, Lin Chuntao felt that the meat was much more tender and fresh, so she ate a lot of it. Not to mention her sisters and Pei Ying, they ate an extra bowl of rice than usual.
After dinner, several people sat at the table with round stomachs and couldn't move.
Lin Chunxing looked at the chicken mushrooms in the bowl. There was only a little bit left, but she really couldn't eat it anymore. There was still some scrambled eggs with tomatoes, but Lin Chuntao had eaten all the vegetables.
The rice in the steamer is almost gone. I'll soak some rice and steam it tomorrow morning.
She suddenly remembered that since the family separated, they seemed to have eaten rice for every meal, occasionally eating noodles, rice noodles, and pancakes, but not steamed rice.
When I think back to the days before we split up, it felt like years had passed even though it was only a few months.
Sometimes she thought that Lin Changhe had always looked down on her sisters and despised them for being young girls. It was a pity that they were not able to see the good life they were living now.
Whenever she thought of this, she felt happy, but at the same time she felt bad about herself. She could only think about it in her heart and tell her sisters, for fear that they would think she was a cruel person.
After all, Lin Changhe and his men have been demoted to slaves, and no one knows where they are working for, or whether they are being supervised by government officials to dig canals and fields.
Lin Chuntao felt a little full, but the stir-fried chicken mushrooms were still delicious.
She was just about to say she'd clean up the dishes when she looked up and saw Lin Chunxing, who was in a daze. She patted her gently and called out, "What are you thinking about?"
Lin Chunxing suddenly came back to her senses, and Lin Chuntao's face came into view. She slowly smiled.
"I'm not thinking about anything. I just ate too much and felt dazed."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Let's clean up the dishes and go to Grandpa's house. When we're done, we'll come back and fry the chicken in fir oil."
After that, everyone stood up and started moving.
After quickly cleaning the table and washing and putting away the dishes, Lin Chuntao locked the door and then led them towards Lin Cunzheng's house.
When they passed the old courtyard, Lin Miaomiao and the others had already left, but Lin Jialang and the others had not left yet. Madam Fan and the others were at the gate of the courtyard, as if they were waiting for them to join them.
Only when she got closer did Fan Li Niang greet her with a smile.
Lin Chuntao nodded slightly, then said, "Madam Fan, you guys are going to Great-Grandfather's house too, right?"
Fan Li Niang said, "I'm going. I haven't been there yet, but I thought you guys wanted to go too, so I'm waiting for you to go with me."
Lin Chuntao nodded.
When they arrived, the courtyard was full of people. The other branches of the Lin family had already arrived. They had eaten early, and since they were nearby, they arrived quickly.
Chen Dongniang and the others scooped out some melon seeds and everyone was cracking them. Sun and the others were also sitting in the yard. When they saw Lin Chuntao and the others come in, they immediately started laughing.
Chen Dongniang went into the house and brought out a stool, and Lin Chuntao sat down next to Sun.
She looked at the people from the other families. The elders had arrived, and the adults from the other families had almost arrived. She glanced at Lin Cunzheng, who took a sip of tea from his cup, then said, "I called everyone here tonight because Chuntao wants to build a house and needs to cut down some fir trees. Those fir trees were planted by our ancestors, and any family can cut them down. But Chuntao said she wanted to cut down more, so she told everyone."
After these words were spoken, the yard fell silent and no one spoke.
The awkward silence was soon broken by Li Honghua. She asked, "Uncle, how many trees do you want to chop down?"
Before Lin Cunzheng could say anything, Lin Chuntao said, "It's uncertain, but I went to check on the trees, and the larger ones might need to be cut down seven or eight."
As soon as Lin Chuntao finished speaking, a cold hissing sound was heard. Every household only needed to cut down two trees, which was considered a lot. How could Lin Chuntao cut down six trees by herself?
Lin Miaomiao thought that since Lin Chuntao had cut down so many trees, wouldn’t that mean she would have fewer trees to use in the future?
"That won't do! If you cut so much by yourself, wouldn't that just be taking over someone else's property?"
A childish voice sounded in the yard. Everyone was stunned for a moment and then looked over.
They were surprised to hear that it was Lin Miaomiao who spoke.
They looked at Lin Miaomiao and then at Lin Chuntao, but Lin Chuntao looked calm and did not seem unhappy, and her expression did not even change.
In fact, Lin Chuntao knew in her heart that these public things belonged to everyone, but it was normal for other families to be unhappy if someone used them too much, so she was not surprised and did not think it was a big deal.
Lin Miaomiao, on the other hand, was the first to speak out in opposition, and she felt a little embarrassed for a long time since no one else followed her.
It seemed like these adults did it on purpose, leaving her alone in the cold.
Lin Chuntao said, "I think so too. We usually use one or two trees at a time. It would be unfair to everyone if I used too many at once. That's why I asked Grandpa to call everyone over to discuss it."
After she finished speaking, Li Honghua said, "What's there to discuss? If everyone cuts down one or two trees, why don't you cut down one or two too?"
Lin Chuntao frowned slightly, as if she didn't understand what she said, and said directly: "But one or two trees are not enough for me."
Li Honghua wanted to say, "What does it have to do with them if this isn't enough?" But saying so directly seemed a bit unkind. She curled her lips and said calmly, "Why don't you just ask someone to buy a few of the remaining ones?"
"What you said is a bit funny, aunt. My ancestors planted trees, and I also have trees that I can cut down and use. Why should I spend money to buy them?"
"When I said we should discuss, I didn't mean to ask you to give me your trees. Now all the trees belong to everyone, but can't we divide them? Give me the portion that belongs to my family, and I can cut my own! It won't take away everyone else's."
When she said this, the faces of the people in these families changed slightly. The trees were big and small, so how should they be divided? By person? Or by several families?
Upon hearing this, Wang looked at Lin Chuntao steadily. She still looked thin, as if she was no different from a few months ago, but it seemed that her brain suddenly became very useful. "If you are afraid that I will take your share, then I will divide it. I can cut as many trees as I want from the one that's given to me."
No wonder she was able to save enough money to build a house in such a short time.
But then she thought about the day when she wanted to introduce her nephew to Chunxing, but Lin Chuntao didn't give her any face at all, and she felt angry.
"Chun Tao, this tree was left to us by our ancestors. If you just divide it, what will the elders think? If they knew about this, they would probably scold us for being unfilial, right?"
Lin Chuntao chuckled at Wang's words and then said, "I must respect the opinions of the elders, otherwise I wouldn't have invited everyone here. As for the old ancestor, if he knew that a young granddaughter like me had built a big house of my own, he would definitely be very proud. Second aunt, don't worry about this. Don't worry, I will do more things to make the old ancestor proud in the future."
When Lin Chuntao said this, Sun smiled.
She looked at the elderly people in the second, third and fourth rooms, and began to ask questions on behalf of Lin Chuntao.
"Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, what do you think?"
The elderly people in the three rooms were silent. They were already at this age, and they didn't need the trees now. If they divided them up, they would just leave them there. But if they put everyone's trees together, there was no certainty that they would get more money in the future.
Li Honghua's mother-in-law looked at her husband's face and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't think it's right to divide this tree."
As she finished speaking, the second grandfather across from her suddenly said, "Youngsters, just use as many trees as you want, right? It's no big deal. Don't divide the trees. It's fine for the whole family to have them there. If you divide them up, each family will get a little more. Today your tree is blocking the sun for my tree, and tomorrow my tree is poking at yours. It will only cause a lot of trouble for no reason."
Lin Chuntao glanced at the old man who was speaking. What he said later was indeed true. When the families are separated in the future, it will not be so peaceful anymore. People's hearts are complicated.
But among the many people present, many were unhappy with her use of multiple trees. She didn't want to be labeled for nothing, and she didn't want anyone to cause trouble or gossip while she was building the house.
So, she had to make it clear that the tree was hers, and no one could say it was not hers if she used it.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Second Grandfather has a point, but it's not fair for everyone if I use more. How about this: each of you count the trees and divide my share for me. If I need trees for anything in the future, I will cut down the ones that are allocated to me and not share them with you."
Second Grandpa thought about it, then nodded, "That's fine."
Li Honghua asked, "How do we divide it? You can't just take all the big ones, right?"
Hayashimura Masamichi: "If I really have to divide it, I will measure the thickness of the trunk and divide it proportionally."
Wang glanced at Lin Miaomiao, Lin Jialang, and the others, her eyes flickering slightly as she continued, "Uncle, the size of the trees can be measured and divided, but how do we divide the number? By the number of people?"
Lin Chuntao had maintained a normal expression throughout all the conversations before, but only at this moment did she glance at Wang indifferently, her eyes turning cold.
There are more than a hundred trees, and there are twenty or thirty people in their family. If they are divided according to the number of people, can she get four trees?
So interesting!
"Second Aunt, what's the basis for the distribution? Based on the people? I remember that there are more than a hundred trees in our forest, and there are more than a hundred trees in our families combined. Each person gets one? Everyone hangs their own name on their own tree?"
Wang said, "If we group all the family members together, we won't have to worry about dying."
Lin Chuntao sneered, "Just now, Auntie Eldest was asking how to divide the trees. I can't just take the big one. Now here comes the problem, Auntie Second, there are big trees and small ones. If we each have one, how can we divide them?"
Wang's expression changed slightly, and Lincunzheng said, "The division is definitely based on households, not on the number of people. The government will look at the household registration."
After Lin Cunzheng finished speaking, Wang also shut up.
Lincunzheng said: "Tell me now, should we divide Chuntao's family's property alone, or should we divide it among all the families?"
Everyone talked for a long time and finally decided to let Lin Chuntao's share be divided, while the other families would not be divided. However, when they discussed this, another problem arose.
It is possible to divide them by households, but originally they were only five families. Now Lin Chuntao, Lin Miaomiao and Lin Jialang have all separated, and the number of households has increased from five to seven, so theirs seems to have become less.
Wang glanced at Lin Miaomiao, and thinking of what she had just said, she suddenly had an idea. She smiled and said, "Uncle, if we divide them by households, Miaomiao, Jialang, and Chuntao should be classified as one household, right?"
Lin Chuntao frowned. She had never realized before that Wang was such a petty person.
Just because she didn't agree to Chun Xing's marriage? She couldn't stand her anymore?
Lin Miaomiao doesn't get along with them. If they are really separated into one household, it will be troublesome for her if Lin Miaomiao doesn't agree. Even if they are separated, Lin Miaomiao will not agree to her cutting down so many trees. She really comes up with another plan when one fails.
But her thought only lasted for a second.
After she finished speaking, Lin Cunzheng said calmly, "They have separated into separate households. Each has their own household registration sticker, which is seven pieces. Chuntao and the others have one piece."
Wang was so angry that she looked at Lin Cunzheng and Sun, then at Chen Dongniang. The whole family was protecting Lin Chuntao and the others.
"Uncle, so if we separate our households, we will also get a share?"
Lin Cunzheng said: "Yes, if you split up the household, then you will also have a share?" After that, Lin Cunzheng looked at the third room and asked: "Third brother, is your family going to split up?"
The old man from the third house glared at Wang, feeling that his daughter-in-law seemed to be angry today. He asked in a deep voice, "Second brother, do you want to split the family property?"
Wang looked at her father-in-law's cold eyes, then she looked at Lin Changhua again. Seeing that Lin Changhua was also looking at her with a complicated expression, she instantly deflated.
"Dad, that's all I said."
The old man said, "If you are talking nonsense, just stop talking."
After Wang shut up, Li Honghua didn't say anything else. Lin Cunzheng asked Lin Jialang and Lin Miaomiao. Lin Miaomiao certainly didn't want to be grouped together with Lin Chuntao and the others. Seeing that she was also considered a household, she felt relieved. She was happy to see that Lin Chuntao and the others' property was divided separately.
As for Lin Jialang, he didn't say anything.
In this way, the result of the discussion came out. Lin Chuntao and her friends' property was divided separately, while the property of other families remained together.
Lincunzheng said: "Tomorrow morning, one person from each family will go with me to count the trees to see how many there are in total. Then we will measure the big ones and divide the larger ones equally according to the number. The smaller ones will be about the same."
No one had any objection, and Lin Cunzheng directly named Lin Changsen from the second house, Lin Changhua from the third house, and Lin Changsong from the fourth house to go together.
After the matter was discussed, everyone did not disperse immediately.
Not only adults were present, but there were also many children. Lin Qingqing, Lin Jiaye and others were detained behind the adults.
Lin Chunxing sat next to Lin Chuntao again. She had originally thought that Lin Qingqing's mother was a good person. She didn't understand why she had embarrassed Lin Chuntao several times today.
Adults are adults and children are children, but sometimes people's hearts tend to favor the person they love more. How can they tell the difference so clearly?
Lin Qingqing and Lin Chunxing have a good relationship. When Lin Chuntao and the others came in, she was about to run to find Lin Chunxing, but was stopped by Wang.
At this moment, after several rounds of exchanges between her own mother and Lin Chuntao, she no longer had the courage to even look at Lin Chunxing.
She secretly looked at Lin Chunxing twice, and Lin Chunxing happened to look at her too. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that Lin Chunxing's eyes had become much colder, and she must be unhappy.
Everyone wanted to sit down and chat, but Lin Chuntao and the others had a lot of things to do, so she said goodbye to Sun and Chen Dongniang and prepared to go back.
"Grandpa, I'll go with you tomorrow when you count the trees and help you count them."
"good."
After the matter was settled, Lin Chuntao took them away. Chen Dongniang and Sun saw them off, and Fan Li'niang and the others followed.
But Lin Miaomiao and the others were still sitting there playing.
After returning home, Lin Chunxing asked, "Sister, why is Qingqing's mother like this?"
Lin Chuntao smiled, thinking of what Wang had said that day, and asked, "Have you met that cousin from Qingqing's uncle's family?"
Lin Chunxing nodded and said, "I've seen him before. He's been to Qingqing's house before. He's fat and a little bit stupid."
"Stupid?" Lin Chuntao asked back. Lin Chunxing pursed her lips and frowned. She said, "It seems a bit inappropriate to call him stupid. He's a bit dull. Lin Qingqing took him to the mountain to collect firewood. He quickly said he had picked up enough and was going home. We took a look and saw that he had stuffed a branch into the basket and it filled up the whole basket. Qingqing asked him to break off a branch and put it in, but it wasn't full yet. He couldn't do it."
After hearing this, Lin Chuntao took a deep breath and felt a little angry.
She does not discriminate against people with disabilities, but Wang looks down on her sisters and is too bullying.
Lin Chuntao said in a deep voice: "Don't go to their house again, and don't play with their family."
Listening to Lin Chuntao's tone, I felt very angry.
Pei Ying said from the side, "The second aunt wanted to introduce you to her nephew, but your sister didn't agree. She kept trying to get you engaged first, but got angry when your sister refused."
Lin Chunxing thought of what Lin Qingqing had told her. She had said at the time that her cousin was not worthy of her, but she didn't mention which cousin it was, so Lin Chunxing didn't take it seriously.
Hearing Lin Chuntao talking about it, she remembered that she had seen that person again. That person was no different from a fool. Wang usually saw her smiling, and she thought she was kind. It turned out that in Wang's eyes, she was only worthy of her silly nephew. Now when she thought of Wang's smile and that face, she felt sick in her heart.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, and his face turned pale with anger.
Lin Chuntao patted her and said, "Don't be angry. Stay away from her house from now on."
"I won't go to her house even if she invites me to do so. It's disgusting!"
Lin Chunxing stayed in the room angry for a long time before coming out. Lin Chuntao and the others were washing chicken mushrooms, so she also took a small bamboo chair and sat over to wash with them.
After they washed the chicken mushrooms and vegetables, they also had to press the oil. Lin Chuntao also washed the pig skin that she brought back in the morning and prepared to cut and fry the pig skin. She could put some of it in the soup later and it would taste very good.
At Lin Cunzheng's house, everyone sat and chatted for a while and then dispersed.
Lin Qingqing thought about how Lin Chunxing left without even saying goodbye to her, and she thought she must be angry. She held back her anger, and as soon as she returned to her own yard, she raised her voice and asked Wang: "Mom, what were you doing just now? Why did you target Sister Chuntao and the others?"
Wang never thought that Lin Qingqing would question her, and in front of the whole family, the sisters-in-law next to her were watching as if they were laughing at a joke.
Wang felt her face burning and she looked at Lin Qingqing angrily.
"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? What do you mean I'm targeting them?"
"You're not targeting them. What are you talking about? Are our ancestors happy? What are you talking about? Everyone gets one tree. It's a happy occasion for them to renovate their house. Why are you doing this?"
Lin Qingqing didn't understand, she really couldn't understand why it was like this.
She always felt that Lin Chuntao and Lin Chunxing had lost their mother and their father didn't care about them. The sisters were driven out and had nothing. Their lives were so difficult. They had finally saved money to build a house, and their mother would nag them if they cut down a few trees.
There are so many trees, all belonging to the Lin family. What's wrong with cutting down a few more?
Could it be that other families will never build a new house again in their lifetime?
And with her mother doing this, how could she still have the nerve to play with Lin Chunxing? How could she face Lin Chuntao in the future?
"What am I like? She's building a house and it's a happy event. What does it have to do with me? Will she give you a room in her new house when it's finished?"
Lin Qingqing looked at Wang's angry face, and suddenly she understood why.
It must be for her uncle's son. After a long silence, Lin Qingqing asked, "Mom, did you go to ask Sister Chuntao to propose marriage to my cousin? Did Sister Chuntao refuse?"
Wang Shi seemed to have been caught by the tail. Lin Qingqing looked at the change in Wang Shi's expression and took a deep breath and said, "Mom, if you like my silly cousin so much, why don't you adopt him as your son? You don't have to find a wife for him. You can serve him for the rest of his life!"
Wang was angry and slapped Lin Qingqing in the face.
"You ungrateful bastard, you don't even know who's treating you well, you're so ungrateful! You like Lin Chuntao so much, why don't you go to her house and see if she'll take you in?"
Lin Qingqing's face was red from being beaten, burning with pain. She looked at Wang in disbelief and roared, "This is my home, why should I go to someone else's? Do you want to kick me out and take that idiot in? I won't! You still want to marry Chun Xing to that idiot, he's not worthy! He's not even worthy of carrying Chun Xing's shoes!"
Wang was so angry that she was almost going crazy. She raised her hand to continue hitting, but was stopped by Lin Changhua. He said in a deep voice: "What are you doing? Do you really want to kick your daughter out and bring your nephew over?"
Wang glanced at Lin Changhua. Her daughter had quarreled with her and used such harsh words. Her sisters-in-law and uncles were watching the joke. Her parents-in-law were silent as if they were dead and didn't say a word. Her husband finally opened his noble mouth, but his words were biased towards Lin Qingqing.
She looked at the people in the yard and shouted, "Who am I doing this for? Does that tree belong to me alone?"
Lin Changhua said, "That tree doesn't belong to you alone, nor does it belong to our family. Uncle Wu's family has a share of that tree, and Lin Chuntao has a share too! You used to say that those sisters were pitiful, and everyone could see that they were pitiful."
"Whether you are unhappy because Chuntao refused to introduce you to her nephew, or because of these trees, you know it in your heart!"
Wang listened to Lin Changhua's words and said angrily, "Yes, yes, yes! You are right. I am unhappy because Lin Chuntao refused to introduce me to her nephew. I want to see what kind of high-ranking officials these fatherless and motherless girls can marry in the future!"
"And you, Lin Changhua, you're so tough now. You look down on me, a fool's aunt. You can also write a letter of divorce and send me back to the Wang family. I'll wait for you to divorce me!"
After she finished speaking, she was about to go into the house. When she reached the door, she suddenly stopped and turned around to look at Lin Qingqing viciously.
"You bastard! I raised you up and tried so hard to find you a good family, and this is how you treat me? That idiot isn't worthy of carrying Lin Chunxing's shoes, but being worthy of you is more than enough! Why would I bother finding you a family? You can just marry him!"
Hearing Wang's words, Lin Qingqing widened her eyes in disbelief.
Seeing the panic in Lin Qingqing's eyes, Wang curled the corners of her mouth, sneered, slammed the door and walked into the house!
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