It is impossible to finish three pounds of meat in one meal. That would be too extravagant.

Su Ruanruan gave the meat to Liu Xiu'e, but after Wang Maoni knew about it, she went to the kitchen and cut off the large chunks of fat on the pork belly and boiled it into lard.

Lard is more durable, so if you use a little bit of it when cooking, the vegetarian dishes will have more meaty flavor.

Half of the remaining lean meat was put in the cupboard, and the other half was eaten at noon.

In order to ensure that everyone could have some meat, Wang Maoni asked Liu Xiu'e to cut all the meat into thin slices and stir-fry it with beans, eggplants and peppers.

Liu Xiu'e is almost 40 years old and has been cooking for more than 20 years, so she still has some knife skills. The meat is sliced ​​very thinly and mixed with other dishes, making it difficult to choose.

Of course, there is no choice.

Each person scoops a spoonful of vegetables and mixes them directly on the rice to eat. How much meat you can scoop depends entirely on luck.

If you have more, you can be happy; if you have less, you can’t say anything.

But it's not entirely based on luck.

The one who scooped the food was Liu Xiu'e. She shook the spoon back and forth, which reminded Su Runruan of the auntie who served food in the school cafeteria in her previous life.

Although the times and places are different, the act of shaking the spoon is similar.

When Liu Xiu'e scooped food for others, her hands shook at the same frequency.

But when she was scooping food for her husband and her son, her hands were not shaking so much.

Although Su Ruanruan noticed it, she pretended not to see it.

In the final analysis, it's all because of poverty.

If there was meat for every meal, she wouldn't do this just to let her man and son eat a few more bites of meat.

I have to say that the dishes cooked with meat are really delicious.

Even though there were very few seasonings, everyone still ate with relish, reluctant to lift their heads and wishing they could bury their faces in the bowl.

Su Ruanruan was just lowering her head to eat her meal when she saw a pair of chopsticks picking up a piece of meat and putting it into her bowl.

Su Ruanruan raised her head and met Fu Wenjing's eyes.

"No need to give it to me." Su Ruanruan said softly, "There's enough in my bowl, so hurry up and eat it yourself!"

Before Fu Wenjing could say anything, Li Laidie's voice came from the side.

"Why is Seventh Brother's wife still being polite to Seventh Brother? You are already a couple, so it doesn't matter who eats. Besides, it's only because Old Seven is at home that he can serve you food. When Old Seven returns to the army in a few days, he won't be able to serve you food even if you want him to."

Li Lai Di said that Su Runrun didn't care much about other things.

But Li Laidie's words hit the nail on the head for Su Runrun.

The smile on Su Ruanruan's face faded, and she looked at Li Lai Di coldly, "Second sister-in-law, you——"

"Second sister-in-law, you're overthinking." Fu Wenjing said calmly, "Of course my wife will follow me back to the army, and I can still pick food for her every day."

Su Ruanruan suddenly heard Fu Wenjing's words and could not care about Li Laidi anymore. She turned her head to look at Fu Wenjing, looking at him in surprise and joy, "You want me to join the army?"

"Of course." Fu Wenjing said as a matter of course, "You are my wife. If you don't follow me to the army, do you want to stay at home alone?"

Su Ruanruan's eyes lit up, and she felt that Fu Wenjing was more handsome than ever before. "I won't stay at home. I'll go to the army with you."

"What? Lao Qi, you want to take your wife to the army? How can that be possible?" Li Lai Di objected immediately, "Lao Qi, you have not been at home for so many years, and you have not been able to show filial piety to your parents. Now that you have married a wife, you cannot be filial to your parents, and you should let your wife come. Why do you want to take her with you to the army? If you do this, won't it be like you have married a wife and forgotten your mother? Don't you think so, mother?"

Wang Maoni glanced at Li Lai Di casually, "What is it? The wife of Lao Qi was married to Lao Qi, not to me. Why doesn't she follow Lao Qi but me? And give birth to children for me?"

Li Lai Di was even more shocked. "Mom, are you agreeing to let the seventh son's wife go to the army? How can this be possible? She has to be filial to you and dad on behalf of the seventh son——"

"I don't need her to be filial to me." Wang Maoni interrupted Li Lai Di directly, "I have six daughters-in-law in front of me, I don't need one more to be filial to me.

Lao Qi is serving in the army in such a far place, without any relatives around him, not even someone who cares about him. I am anxious to find a wife for Lao Qi, just so that there is someone by his side to take care of him, not to marry someone to serve me.

Wang Maoni's expression gradually became serious, and her eyes swept across the faces of everyone in the yard, "If you sisters-in-law feel that this is unfair, and don't want to be around me, and want to go out with your men and stay away from me, I have no objection.

I still say that, you guys are like Lao Qi, sending me twenty or thirty yuan every month, and I have no objection even if you go to the ends of the earth.

As a filial son or daughter-in-law, you should either contribute money or labor to honor your parents. If you don’t want to contribute either, then you should leave the house with nothing and don’t even think about taking a blade of grass with you.”

Compared to Wang Maoni's lengthy speech, Fu Chunshan's words were much more concise, "Your mother's meaning is my meaning."

As soon as Fu Chunshan said this, it was decided that Su Runrun would follow Fu Wenjing to the army.

It doesn’t matter what other people in the family think because they can’t change the decision.

Su Ruanruan gave Wang Maoni the sweetest smile, "Mom, I will definitely take good care of Wen Jing. Next time he comes back, he will definitely be fatter than he is now."

When Wang Maoni heard this, her old face was full of smiles, "Okay! I feel relieved when you say that! I will leave Old Seven to you!"

"Mom, don't worry!"

Now that the matter of joining the army had been settled, Su Ruanruan felt that the food she ate tasted even more delicious.

The summer harvest has just passed, and it is not the busy farming season now, so there is no need to go to work so early in the afternoon.

After lunch, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Su Ruanruan and Fu Wenjing also returned to their room.

Su Ruanruan was not sleepy. She spread the cloth on the kang and prepared to cut out the materials for two sets of clothes.

Fu Wenjing couldn't help with this matter, so he just sat aside and watched.

As he watched, Fu Wenjing noticed some differences.

"Wife, you are not making clothes for yourself, are you?"

Su Ruanruan looked at Fu Wenjing in surprise and replied with a smile, "You have a sharp eye. This is indeed not made for me, but for my parents."

The original owner was very good at sewing, especially her eyes, which were like a ruler. There was no need to measure with her hands, she could determine the size by just drilling an eye.

Especially nowadays, people don’t make clothes that are very close-fitting, but rather loose. The size doesn’t need to be completely precise, let alone measured by hand.

Wang Maoni and Fu Chunshan did not make things difficult for her and directly let her follow Fu Wenjing to the army. Su Runrun naturally wanted to return the favor and made a new set of clothes for each of them, which was also her filial piety.