When the three of them returned home, An Ning and Gao went into the kitchen and started working. They cut all the lean meat into thumb-thick pieces, marinated it, and put it in the yard to dry, ready to fry it the next day.
Gao and An Ning dried the lean meat, washed their hands, and said to An Ning, "Ning Ning, I'm going to go to Gensheng's house and ask Gensheng's mother if she wants me to bring something for Gensheng."
An Ning nodded and said, "Well, Mom, you go ahead and I'll make dinner." Gao took off her apron and walked out.
When they arrived at Gensheng's house, they saw Gensheng's mother putting away the dried vegetables. When she saw Gao coming, she said enthusiastically, "Come in, how come you have time to come visit today?"
Gao smiled and said, "We are planning to go to the border to visit my Dayong. I wanted to ask if you have anything to bring to Gensheng?"
Gensheng's mother was stunned for a moment before she said, "Really? When are you leaving? I haven't prepared anything, and there's nothing at home that I can bring for the child!"
Her voice was filled with tears. Gao patted Gensheng's mother on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we will leave the day after tomorrow. You can prepare first and send her home before we leave the day after tomorrow."
Gensheng's mother calmed herself down and said, "Okay, okay, thank you. I'll go and prepare now." Gao didn't stay long and went back home after she finished speaking.
After sending Gao away, Gensheng's mother began to prepare things for Gensheng to take with him. Uncle Liu also heard the conversation between Gao and Gensheng's mother in the house, and shouted to the outside of the door: "Gensheng's mother, come in for a moment."
Gensheng's mother heard what her father-in-law said, walked in and said, "Dad, what do you want to ask me for?"
Uncle Liu asked, "Was it the Dashan family that came just now? Are they going to the border?"
Gensheng's mother nodded and said, "Yes, just now Sister An came over and asked me if I wanted to bring something for Gensheng."
Uncle Liu tremblingly took out a cloth bag, took out a dime from it, and said, "This is the money I saved for the coffin. You can use it to buy some things for Gensheng."
Gensheng's mother waved her hands and said, "Dad, how can this be possible? There are still some copper coins at home, enough for me to buy Gensheng a set of cotton clothes."
Uncle Liu raised his voice and said, "If I tell you to hold it, just hold it. I've also come to terms with it. What's the point of having a coffin or not? Let's just focus on the child first."
Gensheng's mother had no choice but to take the silver and said, "Thank you, Dad."
Uncle Liu waved his hand and said, "Go and get ready quickly, don't delay." Gensheng's mother agreed and left Uncle Liu's room.
When Gao returned home, she found that An Ning had already prepared the meal, and the father and daughter were sitting at the table waiting for Gao. Gao washed her hands, sat at the table, and said while eating, "Everything is almost ready, and we can just fry the meat tomorrow."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Everything is ready. What about the banknotes and land deeds? I am either worried about my mother-in-law and brother-in-law or I am not at ease leaving them at home."
An Ning thought for a moment and said, "Dad, Mom, do you trust me? If you do, leave it with me for safekeeping. It will definitely not be lost."
An Dashan and Gao looked at each other and said, "Okay, then you can put it up."
An Ning was used to her parents' unreserved trust in her, and said, "Mom, sew a pocket in each of our underwear, and wrap a silver note of 100 taels in oil paper, so that even if one of us loses the silver, we still have silver. Each of us can also take some loose silver and copper coins, so that it is convenient to spend and will not attract the attention of others. Bring the remaining silver and land deeds to me for safekeeping, and I will return them to you when I return from the border."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Okay, after dinner, come over and take back the valuables like the banknotes and land deeds."
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay."
After dinner, An Ning followed An Dashan to their room. An Dashan handed over the banknotes, the land deeds, and the silver awarded by the county magistrate to An Ning, saying, "I've left three banknotes of 100 taels each, 30 taels of loose silver, and three strings of copper coins. I'll ask your mother to sew the banknotes into our clothes later, and make a purse for each of us. When the time comes, put the silver in it and give it to you."
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back first." Then she carried the box back to her own west wing. After returning to the room, An Ning put the box into the bedroom of the space cabin. After doing all this, she went to bed with peace of mind.
The next day, after breakfast, An Ning and Gao Shi started to get busy. An Ning first put the fat that was shaved off yesterday into the pot to extract the oil. An Dashan bought a lot of pork yesterday, so there was a lot of fat. After all the fat was extracted into oil, the oil residue was fished out and placed in a pottery jar, intending to bring it to An Yong.
An Ning turned off the fire in the stove, waited for the oil in the pot to cool down a bit, then lit the fire again, and then put the lean meat cut into pieces into the pot to fry. The lean meat has been dried overnight, and the skin is a little dry, so it will not burst in the oil when placed in the oil pan. When the skin is slightly yellow, take it out and put it aside to drain the oil. After frying everything, increase the oil temperature and fry everything again. This way, the fried meat is fragrant and crispy.
Just after the dried meat was fried, Wang and his family came. Little Shitou smelled the smell of fried meat in the air and his saliva was watering. Seeing this, An Ning quickly took out a plate of dried meat and said, "Grandma, uncle, and little uncle, please try the dried meat I just fried. It's delicious." Then she pinched out a piece and handed it to Little Shitou.
Little Stone took the meat and started to bite it. His eyes lit up and he bit the meat faster. Wang pushed the meat over and said, "Is this for Dayong? Put it away quickly. There is nothing at the border. Keep it for Dayong."
An Ning smiled and said, "Grandma, there are still a lot, please eat it quickly." Then she stuffed a piece of dried meat into Wang's mouth.
Wang smiled as she chewed the dried meat in her mouth and said, "Daya's cooking skills are getting better and better."
An Ning smiled and said, "Grandma, I've changed my name now. My name is An Ning now. Does it sound good?"
Wang smiled and said, "It sounds nice. She should have been given a name a long time ago. The good little girl keeps calling herself "Da Ya Da Ya" all day long."
Uncle Gao and Uncle Gao also nodded in agreement. After eating a few pieces of dried meat, they stopped eating. Seeing this, An Ning pulled Uncle Gao to the backyard and told him how to raise rabbits. Uncle Gao wrote down everything and said, "Okay, Ning Ning, don't worry!"
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