"What are you saying?" Bai Nuo and Bai Yu's expressions turned grim. Bai Yu said in a deep voice, "We never intended to abandon you. Sending her over there now is just asking for death, isn't it?"
The old woman waved her hand and said, "Alright, you don't need to say anything more. This is what they should do. In this world, we've heard of raising children to provide for old age, but we've never heard of raising grandchildren to provide for old age. Once I'm better, you can take me with you."
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore, okay? Let's eat first." Bai Nuo put a chicken leg on Grandma's plate. "Grandma, try my cooking and see if it's good. There's also soup, try some..."
Bai Nuo had no opinion on the old lady's desire to move out. In her view, the old lady was simply provoked, which led her to have this idea that whoever sows the seeds should be responsible for them.
She'll get used to it after a while and naturally stop bringing it up.
"What are you eating?" The old woman suddenly got angry, pushed the bowl and chopsticks in front of her on the table, knocking the plate of salt-baked chicken with a crisp "bang". Bai Nuo and Bai Yu were startled by the sound and their hearts tightened.
But the old woman was completely oblivious. "If you don't agree, I won't eat. I won't eat today, tomorrow, or the day after, until you agree. Anyway, I'm just an old woman; if I die, it doesn't matter." Not content with just pushing the bowl, she smashed the bowl and chopsticks on the ground, shattering them into pieces. "Didn't you hear what I said? I'm going!"
Bai Nuo and Bai Yu: "..."
"Okay," Bai Nuo was really scared of the old woman. "I promise you, I'll take you there when you're better, okay? Can we eat now?" Why did she have to go on a hunger strike?
"That's right..." The old woman was satisfied now, and with a big smile she instructed Bai Nuo, "Bring over my pile of old clothes."
Bai Nuo didn't understand, but she did as she was told, taking out all of the old woman's old clothes and placing them in front of her. "Why are you looking for clothes? Let's eat first..."
"No rush, no rush, let's eat later, I have something to say." The old woman smiled and took out her old clothes one by one. Finally, she took out a small bag from the inner layer of the clothes. It was bulging and she didn't know what it contained.
"There are thirty taels of silver in here..." The old woman finally took out some silver from the bag, not whole coins but small pieces of silver, such as one, two, or five taels, along with some copper coins.
The old woman poured out all the money in one go, laid it on the table, counted it, and then looked at the two siblings and said, "You can see it too. I haven't saved any money in my whole life. This is all I have. It's all for you two. Yu is still young, and Nuonuo, you're normal now, not like before. So you can keep it all. Take good care of your younger brother in the future."
The old woman packed the pile of loose silver coins back together and pushed it to Bai Nuo's side. Bai Nuo looked at the gray burlap sack and felt that the sack was incredibly heavy.
It seems that Grandma has really made up her mind and has already started dividing up her inheritance.
"Take it." Seeing that Bai Nuo didn't move, the old woman began to urge him.
“Grandma, you don’t really need to be like this.” Bai Nuo pondered for a moment. “I’m capable of taking good care of you. You’re only like this temporarily. We can go to other places to find doctors and get proper treatment later.”
The old woman waved her hand, "Take it, we'll talk about the future later."
Ayu gently nudged Bai Nuo, and only then did Bai Nuo take the money.
"Alright..." Grandma smiled immediately. "Nono, bring Grandma a bowl. Let's eat. You all did a great job today, making so many delicious things. I want to try them all."
Grandma ate her meal with gusto, but after Grandma's actions, Bai Nuo and Bai Yu lost their appetites.
The next morning, Bai Nuo and Bai Yu got up early again and made breakfast for Grandma. Grandma seemed to be in a good mood, with a faint smile on her face. She even told her not to overwork herself. Bai Nuo's heart was pounding, and she quickly pulled A Yu back, "Don't come out with me later. Just stay at home and take good care of Grandma, okay? You have to watch over her."
I started feeling restless early in the morning.
Bai Yu nodded.
After giving A-Yu some instructions, Bai Nuo went off to get busy. She had to spend the whole day picking pearls and making new food, so she really didn't have any time.
As soon as Bai Nuo closed the kitchen door, she busied herself inside, opening the clams one by one. She removed the pearls from the clams and set them aside, while keeping the clam meat from the ones without pearls.
Most of the river mussels that Ayu found were old, and many of them had pearls. After cleaning them, there was a whole bowl full. Bai Nuo looked at the bowl full of pearls and had the idea of making a pond to raise them all. If she could bring them all to her home to raise, then all these river mussels, whether they had pearls or not, would be hers. If she could make them into jewelry in the future, she would be rich.
The more Bai Nuo thought about it, the more she felt that the idea was feasible. The gloom in her heart was swept away, and she was full of energy. She quickly cleaned and chopped the meat, and after using ginger slices and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, Bai Nuo put them aside and went out to pick wild vegetables. After picking the wild vegetables, cleaning and chopping them, she went to make the batter.
She's going to make river fish and meat patties and wild vegetable patties.
Back when I was still in school, Bai Nuo ate this near the school gate, and I still crave that taste.
Mix flour with a suitable amount of salt and water to form a batter. It's ready when you can lift it with chopsticks and it forms a droplet shape. After mixing the batter, Bai Nuo adds the chopped minced meat to the batter and mixes it evenly before brushing oil on the pan and frying the meat patties.
This method is very simple: just cook the batter until it takes shape, and then cook it until both sides are golden brown.
After making the meat patties, Bai Nuo used the same method to make vegetable patties.
The air was filled with the aroma of pancakes. The meat pancakes were golden brown, and the wild vegetable pancakes were emerald green. The two kinds of pancakes looked very appealing together, and the savory and fresh smell was irresistible, making Bai Nuo want to start eating right away.
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