She and Jiang get along more like mother and daughter than mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and since she has been without a mother since childhood, she really treats Jiang as her biological mother.
"Hahaha, as an old woman like me, the greatest blessing is to have many children and grandchildren, so that I can take care of them."
"Mother Jin Yan, you know, I like it when my children are little and cling to you. They are so cute and obedient at that time! But now they are grown up, it is no longer possible to persuade them."
"Fei Fei is back! I just hope she can give birth to a granddaughter, so beautiful!"
"Thank you for your hard work over the years! If it weren't for Awen, you would have given birth to a lovely little girl long ago!"
Jiang patted Gu Xuelan's hand and sighed.
"Mom, I'm not having a hard time at all. Although I don't have a daughter, I have two sons. I can have granddaughters like you do! In the future..."
Gu Xuelan held Jiang's arm, becoming more and more intimate.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting all the way home.
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On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, early in the morning, Cheng Kang and his family came to Cheng Shun's house.
Zhang, the butcher hired by Cheng Shun, also arrived and was lighting a fire in a large iron pot. The pig-slaughtering stool, rack, and iron hooks were all ready.
The water was steaming, so Butcher Zhang called several men from the Cheng family and his three apprentices to go to the pigpen.
Killing the New Year pig is an annual activity. Starting from the age of ten, all the men in the Cheng family have to participate.
Not to mention Cheng Wen and Cheng Wu, they are both tall and strong.
With Shanshui and Cheng Minliang joining the family this year, the Cheng family doesn't need to ask other villagers to help pull the pigs.
However, the villagers will be invited to the pig-killing banquet at noon, so many people in the village came over to see if there was anything they could do to help.
Zhang the Butcher and Shanshui were at the front, Cheng Wen and Cheng Wu were behind them respectively, then came Zhang the Butcher's three apprentices and Cheng Jinxing, and at the end were Cheng Jinyan and Cheng Minliang.
The big fat pig that had been fed for half a year felt that it was about to die and did not want to come out of the pen, but there was no way. Except for the two weak scholars, the others who pulled the pig were all very strong!
The big fat pig's screams became even more miserable.
None of the girls in the Cheng family had ever seen this scene. Except for Cheng Minhong who was watching with great interest, the others hid in the inner courtyard.
The pig was pressed down on the slaughter bench, and Butcher Zhang raised his knife and started to kill it. Cheng Shun and Cheng Kang came over with basins.
The basin of pig blood was soon filled.
The next step is to scald it with boiling water and then remove the hair.
Butcher Zhang was going to pull the second pig. Since there were so many people in the Cheng family, he just asked his apprentice to go with him.
The second head, the third head, the fourth head.
On that day, the Cheng family slaughtered a total of four pigs.
There were several large basins of pig blood.
The next thing is the work of Zhang the Butcher and his apprentice.
Clean the pig hair, then cut open the pig's stomach and clean the internal organs.
Pork liver, pork heart, pork lungs, pork kidneys, pork large and small intestines.
In the past, these things were taken away by the butcher, but this time Cheng Yue told Cheng Shun directly and asked Cheng Shun to give the butcher a pig leg. She wanted all of them.
The large intestine can be used for dry pot cooking, stir-frying, and many people like to eat it after cleaning it.
The small intestine is used to make sausages.
Cheng Yue also has many ways to cook pork liver and pork heart.
Compared to offal, normal people prefer pig legs, and a whole leg, so Butcher Zhang did not refuse at all.
Cheng Yue began to direct the kitchen work.
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