Su Xueli suppressed a laugh and asked, "Otherwise what?"
Wei Mingshen gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't come out, will I hide in the toilet?"
"In broad daylight, are you sure my mother can't see you running around like that?"
Wei Mingshen fell silent.
Su Xueli chuckled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you for a while. My mother will put the chicken in the stew pot soon, and I'll urge her to leave as soon as it starts stewing."
A voice came from under the bed: "What else?"
Su Xueli covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing out loud, but she couldn't hold it in any longer. She quickly ran to the toilet and laughed at the cracked, broken water vat inside.
A buzzing sound came from the tank.
That way, the person under the bed can't hear it, and neither can the person in the kitchen.
It wouldn't be good if anyone heard it.
Su Xueli, having finished laughing, came out of the bathroom and went to the kitchen to see how far her mother had progressed with the chicken.
As soon as her mother chopped the chicken into pieces, she turned to wash a basin and said, "You've loved my chicken since you were little. This time, I'll make it for you properly so you can eat your fill."
She put the chicken pieces into a bowl, added sliced ginger, peppercorns and star anise, sprinkled salt on top, mixed it well and marinated it, saying, "I learned this recipe from your maternal grandmother. You've loved eating it since you were little, and you can never get enough of the soup. Sigh, because your sister-in-law made a fuss about this chicken the year I made it, I haven't made it since. This time I'm not making it at home, so I'm making it so you can eat your fill."
Mentioning her mother's cooking of this chicken reignited Su Xueli's anger towards her sister-in-law, Liu Huanping.
That year, she had just given birth to her son and said she wanted to drink chicken soup, so her mother killed the family's hen and made this dish that she was good at.
A pot of chicken soup was stewed, and naturally the whole family ate it, especially Su Xueli, who loved it, so her mother served her a big bowl.
To my surprise, my sister-in-law got angry and said that the chicken was stewed for her, so why did the whole family eat it, and not only did they all have a taste, but she also served Xue Li a big bowl of it.
The whole family was stunned. The mother said gently, "This chicken is quite big, enough for the whole family. Besides, the soup is very delicious. You just gave birth, so you should drink more soup."
Oh my goodness, this is outrageous! She slammed down her chopsticks and started yelling, saying that her mother-in-law had stewed chicken and made her sister-in-law eat the meat while she drank the soup, even though she had just given birth to their grandson...
Her shouting drew a crowd of neighbors, and she yelled even louder, making the whole family so embarrassed they wanted to dig a hole and disappear.
Although her mother tried her best to explain to the neighbors that this was not the case, and kept saying nice things to her sister-in-law that she did not mean it that way, she still became a laughing stock. The neighbors all remembered the story of her stewing chicken for her daughter to eat the meat and for her daughter-in-law to drink the soup.
From then on, Liu Fengying never cooked that chicken again, and the whole family tacitly avoided mentioning it.
Su Xueli said helplessly, "Yes, we should just not give this ungrateful woman any food. From now on, if you want to eat anything, come to my place and I'll cook it for you. The three of us will eat it, and we won't let her smell it."
Liu Fengying smiled wryly: "Look at what you're saying. Your mother loves your brother more than I do. I can't just let you have your fill today. When we get back, I'll have to buy a fish and stew it for your brother. My child, both your son and your mother are my flesh and blood. You'll understand when you become a mother yourself."
Su Xueli gave a wry smile.
As the meat was almost marinated, Liu Fengying took out the Sichuan peppercorns, sprinkled flour on the chicken pieces, mixed the flour evenly on the chicken pieces, and asked Su Xueli to light the fire, add oil to the pot, and fry the flour-coated chicken pieces until golden brown before taking them out.
Finally, add water, bring it to a boil, and then put the fried chicken pieces into the pot to stew.
Liu Fengying put the lid on the pot and said to her daughter, "Alright, you go ahead and do your work, I can manage on my own."
Su Xueli, concerned about Wei Mingshen under the bed, said, "Mother, all that's left is to start a fire. Just add one piece of firewood. Aren't you going to the market to buy fish for my brother? Then go ahead."
Liu Fengying said, "Wait a minute, you don't understand. You have to start with a big fire, and then turn to a small fire when it's almost done. You go ahead and do your work. I'll tell you when I'm about to leave."
Su Xueli had no choice but to return to the workroom, but as soon as she entered, she saw Wei Mingshen sitting in a chair drinking water.
She pointed in surprise under the bed: "Shouldn't you be there?"
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