Lai Siyu had renovated the old counter of the medicine shop in the store these days and put it at the door. She then found an opportunity to secretly transform back into her original form and went to the butcher Liu to negotiate the purchase of large quantities of pig heads, pig intestines, pig livers, fat meat, and ribs in the future.
Butcher Liu was reluctant to accept Lai Siyu's money because these things were just scraps and could not be sold at all. But Lai Siyu insisted and told Butcher Liu that she was buying them for a friend named Gu Yu, who would open a braised meat shop in East Lane and asked Butcher Liu to take care of it in the future.
Seeing Lai Siyu's insistence, Butcher Liu didn't say much. The two finally agreed that pig heads and other scraps would be charged five spirit beads per pound, while ribs and fat would be charged twenty spirit beads per pound.
Lai Siyu also asked Butcher Liu to help her collect more pig heads and other scraps from other reliable butcher shops. In the future, Gu Yu or Qiu Niang would come to him to get the goods. In this way, Butcher Liu could also earn some difference. This could be regarded as Lai Siyu's way of repaying their family for taking care of her over the years.
Afterwards, Lai Siyu found two familiar merchants selling edible spiritual birds and decided to purchase large quantities of chicken feet, duck feet, goose feet and wings. Finally, it was decided that the price was two spiritual beads per pound, and from then on, the goods would be delivered directly to Qiu Niang's home in Dongxiang every day.
After finishing these things, Lai Siyu returned to East Lane and took back some chicken feet, duck feet, pig heads and other things given by several shop owners.
Qiu Niang's illness has been cured, and there is only one bottle of medicine left. She returned the medicine to Lai Siyu, but Lai Siyu confiscated it and used it for Dong'er to take a bath.
After Dong'er soaked in the diluted pool water, there were slight changes in her meridians, and this result made Lai Siyu very happy.
Dong'er has spiritual roots, but has not started practicing. Lai Siyu thinks this may be related to her poor family. Children from poor families have to grow up early. She may not be willing to practice the "Qi Refining Book" at all, but is thinking of selling all these books to supplement the family income.
"Dong'er, come here," Lai Siyu waved to Dong'er.
"Brother Yu, you're back!" Dong'er put down the work in her hands and ran out to greet him, with the two pigtails on her head swinging back and forth.
"Well, I'll make you something delicious for lunch!" Lai Siyu leaned over and tapped Dong'er's nose. "Go tell the uncles and aunts in East Lane not to cook lunch today. Put the tables together on the street. I'll treat everyone to a meal. But you have to tell the neighbors that we don't have any alcohol at home. If they want to drink, they have to bring their own!"
"Okay, Dong'er will go right away!"
"Auntie, you've just recovered. Don't overwork yourself!" Lai Siyu entered the inner courtyard and saw Qiuniang grinding flour. The wheat was the one Lai Siyu had given her. Qiuniang, who had been busy all morning, had beads of sweat on her forehead.
"It's okay, I'm fine now, I'm not tired."
Lai Siyu took out the pig's head, chicken feet and other things, and asked Qiu Niang to find a large basin to put them in, ready to wash them out.
Qiu Niang quickly snatched it away. Lai Siyu couldn't resist her, so she went to the kitchen, poured the stew she had prepared in advance into the big pot, and started burning firewood.
After a while, the soup became hot and a rich aroma of stewed food wafted out.
"Ayu, what is this and why does it smell so good?" Qiu Niang asked in surprise.
"Aunt, this is the braising soup. You can put these washed things into the braising soup and cook them. When they are cooked, they will become braised food. In the future, we will make a living by selling braised food, and we will definitely make a lot of spirit stones." Lai Siyu explained to Qiu Niang with a smile.
After Qiu Niang washed all these things, Lai Siyu asked Qiu Niang to cut the claws, while she removed the bones from the pig's head and used the bones to make a pot of thick soup.
After everything was ready, Lai Siyu took Qiu Niang to put all these things into a big pot filled with stewed soup.
Lai Siyu then explained to Qiu Niang in detail how much salt to add to the braised ingredients, how long to braise each ingredient, and when to add bone broth and new marinade. Qiu Niang was a person who had practiced cultivation. Although she was only at the second level of Qi training, her memory was much better than that of ordinary people, so Qiu Niang remembered everything after Lai Siyu only told her twice.
While the meat was being braised in the pot, Lai Siyu and Qiu Niang took advantage of this break to make a lot of pancakes. The big pancakes and the braised meat were a perfect match.
Lai Siyu still remembers the braised pork pot cakes sold at the school gate in her previous life. She thought they were absolutely delicious back then. But after she traveled to this world of immortal cultivation, she gathered all the ingredients and created a braised dish that was a hundred times more delicious than in her previous life. Lai Siyu attributed this to the spiritual energy and purity of the food here.
Then Lai Siyu cooked the pig blood, liver, and kidneys that Butcher Liu had sent her. Qiu Niang followed her example, learning very seriously and admiring Lai Siyu even more. She thought, "This skill is something that even the chefs in Pengcheng can't match, right?" They were lucky to have met a noble person.
Mao's blood stew, green pepper liver tips, hot and sour liver and kidneys, roasted pig brains, radish and pork bone soup, everyone sit down, it's ready!
After Lai Siyu and Qiu Niang prepared all the dishes, the scene outside the door became lively.
There are not many neighbors in Dongxiang, and there are only six families including Qiu Niang's family. Because Dongxiang is relatively remote, the business of the neighbors here is not very good.
There were six families, totaling about ten people. The tables were placed in front of Qiu Niang's house. There were three low tables and twelve low stools in total.
"Qiu Niang, what delicious food are you cooking? I can smell the fragrance from far away!"
A strong woman walked in from outside the door, her voice as loud as thunder.
"Sixth Aunt, please sit down. The food is ready and will be served soon." Qiu Niang hurriedly greeted her.
"It's okay, I'll help!"
"Sixth Aunt, if you want to cheat, just say it. Why are you making excuses?"
"You little monkey, you only know how to talk nonsense. Sixth Aunt, please don't bother with this little monkey!"
"Little monkey, if you keep talking nonsense, Auntie Liu will kick your ass!"
Just like in the Qingyunmen canteen, these dishes attracted everyone's attention as soon as they were served.
The sound of swallowing saliva could be heard one after another. If it weren't for etiquette, these people would probably start fighting.
"Qiu Niang, did you cook all these dishes? We are old neighbors, and I didn't expect you to hide it so well!"
Old man Qi from the calligraphy and painting shop opposite Qiu Niang's house stared at the table full of dishes and sighed.
"Uncle Qi, this wasn't made by me. It was made by my cousin Gu Yu," Qiu Niang said, pointing at Gu Yu. "We're inviting all the neighbors to dinner today to thank you for taking care of us mother and daughter over the years, especially since I got sick. You all have been so helpful. We also want to introduce my cousin Gu Yu to everyone."
After Qiu Niang finished speaking, she took Lai Siyu to toast everyone and formally introduced the neighbors to her.
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