Chapter 49: Not Bad, Not Too Slim: Braised Pork with Bamboo Shoots
Gu Xiang asked shyly, "Is it convenient for us to come over?"
Lin Shanshan replied, "Sister, it's convenient. We have three rooms, a main room, and a kitchen. It's very spacious."
Gu Yong remained silent. His former second brother was very fierce, and he was afraid of him.
As a woman herself, Cao Chunhua still felt sorry for her daughter. Now that she saw Gu Yiye and Lin Shanshan were willing to take Gu Xiang in, she remained silent.
Gu Dadan, who was usually as timid as a mouse, took a puff of his cigarette and asked leisurely, "Young lady, are you determined not to go back to your husband's family?"
Gu Xiang nodded with tears in her eyes. She had been married into the family for so many years, working like a slave for them. Just because she gave birth to a daughter and couldn't have a son, she was beaten every day. She was terrified.
Wangdi is five years old now. That beast not only beats her, but also beats his own daughter, saying things like, "It would be better if he beats her to death, so as not to waste food."
Gu Xiang said firmly, "Dad, I want a divorce from Wang Xiangyang!"
Gu Dadan suddenly shouted, "Divorce? You dare to divorce? If you do, where will the Gu family's reputation be?"
"Even if you're beaten to death in the Wang family, you can't get a divorce!!!"
Lin Shanshan stared at Gu Dadan in disbelief. Feudal thinking is truly harmful!
She was too lazy to reason with such an old stubborn person, so she let Gu Yiye carry Wangdi while she helped Gu Xiang out the door.
Before leaving, she said, "You may not care about your daughter's life, but I, as her sister-in-law, do. With Gu Yiye and me here, no one can force my eldest sister to return to her husband's family!"
Gu Yiye, holding Wangdi, moved closer to Lin Shanshan and whispered, "My wife is so powerful and domineering!"
Lin Shanshan smiled brightly and said, "Of course, if you dare to hit me, I'll cut you down with a knife!"
Gu Yiye said, "I'd treat you like a precious gem, so precious that I'd pluck the stars from the sky and the moon from the moon if I wanted them. How could I bear to hit you?"
Wangdi blinked her big eyes and asked curiously, "Uncle, Aunt is so tall, how come you can hold her in your mouth?"
Gu Xiang was amused by this and said, "Your uncle means he loves your aunt very much."
Little Wangdi seemed to understand but not quite. Tilting her little head, she asked, "Mommy, do you also put me in your mouth?"
Gu Xiang's tears welled up again, and she said, "Yes, Mom will take good care of you and will never let you be beaten again."
Lin Shanshan quickly comforted her, "Big sister, things will get better, let's look forward."
Gu Yiye also said, "Big sister, you've survived so much hardship when you were little, things will only get better from now on."
As they walked and chatted, when they arrived home, Lin Shanshan led Gu Xiang into the west room and told her and her daughter to tidy up on their own. Seeing that they didn't have blankets, she took out the blankets she had brought from the educated youth settlement and gave them to them.
Zeng Huihuang and Chen Meili had already prepared the bamboo shoots and potatoes. The sun was about to set, so Gu Yiye started cooking dinner.
The menu included stewed old hen, stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork, braised pork with potatoes, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and stir-fried bok choy. There weren't many dishes, but the portions were very generous.
Finally, I made steamed egg custard for Wangdi, and that did the trick!
As if he could smell the aroma, Zhang Daqiang arrived as soon as the food was ready.
Gu Yiye scooped up all the rice and used the rice water to cook the rice crust into rice crust porridge!
With so many people, the main room was a bit cramped, so we set up tables and chairs in the courtyard, served the dishes, took out some liquor, and started eating.
Gu Yiye ladled a bowl of chicken soup for Lin Shanshan and said, "The old hen has been stewing for a long time, so it's very flavorful. Drink more."
Then he said to the others, "Everyone, don't be shy, eat more. I won't serve you any more food, just help yourselves!"
Zeng Huihuang and Chen Meili laughed and said, "We know, big brother. Big brother can just serve food to big sister-in-law, we'll eat by ourselves."
Zhang Daqiang, holding a wine glass, said, "Let's have a drink."
Gu Yiye and Zeng Huihuang clinked their glasses together and drank it all in one gulp.
Lin Shanshan took a sip of the chicken soup and praised, "It smells so good, it tastes so good, and the chicken is also very fragrant."
Zeng Huihuang picked up a piece of bamboo shoots and stir-fried pork with his chopsticks to suppress the smell of alcohol in his mouth. After finishing the meal, he gave a thumbs up: "Without bamboo, one becomes vulgar; without meat, one becomes thin. To be neither vulgar nor thin, try bamboo shoots and braised pork!"
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