After the food was prepared, it was all brought to the west room.
Everyone held a bowl of porridge, and some stood while others sat, finding a place at random to eat.
Snowball went outside to gnaw on its meat bones. Lu Wanqing knew it was greedy and couldn't just eat soulless dog food, so she gave it a meat bone every meal.
However, after it finishes eating, it must wash its face and rinse its mouth, making itself completely clean, before it can play with Zhao Xiaolan.
To satisfy its own appetite, it had no choice but to obey orders.
Behind closed doors, what Lu Wanqing and Lin Chunhua cared about most was, of course, whether all the wild game had been sold and for how much money they had made.
Lin Ye turned around with the bowl in his hand and said sullenly, "Don't ask anymore, you'll find out when the time comes."
The more he dodged, the more curious Lin Chunhua became, and she also felt a faint worry in her heart: Could it be that Lin Ye had taken the money to do something bad?
Her husband, Wang Tiegang, was originally an honest and upright person; otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen for him. However, after he had some money, he became arrogant and, encouraged by others, became addicted to gambling.
The people here have loved gambling since ancient times. Even after gambling was explicitly prohibited, many people still took the risk and went to illegal casinos to gamble.
Lin Ye is young and impetuous, and easily led astray.
"Ah Ye, you absolutely mustn't go the wrong way. Wanqing suffered with you in the countryside. You should give her the money you earn right away," Lin Chunhua said in a lecturing tone.
Lu Wanqing glanced at Lin Ye and met his evasive gaze, which resembled the way he secretly surprised her when she was middle-aged. She then understood what was going on.
"Sis, Ah Ye must have some surprise for us, so don't ask."
Lin Ye met Lu Wanqing's gaze, and his face immediately flushed. His wife really understood him, and he really hoped the sewing machine would arrive soon.
After finishing their meal, everyone got busy again.
Lin Ye went to work, and Lin Chunhua took over the task of helping to process the meat.
Anyway, she's the kind of person who can't sit still. Since she's decided to stay a few more days, she'll help her brother with more chores.
The fatty meat has been cut off and will be used to render oil later. The lean meat has been sprinkled with salt and put into a jar so that it can be stored for a longer time.
Lu Wanqing tried to intervene and help, but she was shooed away, told to just go and keep her mother company.
Lu Wanqing then washed some red dates and served them to everyone.
The mother-in-law started drawing lines on the fabric again, making patterns according to her design, and had no time to eat dates.
Since she was interested, we let her do it.
Lu Wanqing brought the dates to the kitchen again.
At this moment, the fatty meat was constantly being stir-fried in the large pot, making a sizzling sound, and the air was filled with the aroma of fried pork cracklings.
The two chatted and ate dates when Lin Gou Dan's voice came from the room: "I want water, quickly pour me some water."
Wang Xiuqin went back to her parents' home to celebrate her elderly mother's birthday. Lin Jianguo would go to the Xu family to play Pai Gow every day on his days off. Lin Xiaocui went to school in the morning, and no one cared about her. There was also a son with a cast on his arm lying in bed at home.
Lu Wanqing and Lin Chunhua couldn't be bothered with him. They offered him water, but he said it was poisoned.
Anyway, you won't die of thirst even if you drink one less sip of water!
Lin Gou Dan barked for a long time, but no one paid any attention to him. However, he smelled a rich aroma of fried pork cracklings, which whetted his appetite.
"Damn it, they're ignoring Grandpa, Grandpa's going down by himself!"
He lifted his leg, which was in a cast, off the ground and hopped around on his other good leg, looking just like a mummy.
Standing at the doorway connecting the room and the kitchen, he looked at the high threshold and hesitated.
"Big sister, come and help me up," Lin Gou Dan said in a condescending tone.
Lin Chunhua glanced at him and kept pouting, "Oh, who is this? I have to say, some people are really lucky. They get hit by a car and nothing happens, and the lightning strikes them by mistake. They are gambling, but the gamblers are not caught, while the onlookers are arrested. You better not mess with me, I am born with bad luck."
Lin Chunhua harbored resentment towards Wang Tiegang for being arrested and fined 5 yuan.
Lin Gou Dan thought about it and realized that he was indeed lucky. Everyone had heard of people breaking their legs while climbing mountains, but who would be so lucky as to run into a car on their way out?
In this day and age, how many cars are actually on the road?
Thinking this, he sat on the threshold, raised his legs, and slowly moved his buttocks, twisting his body toward the kitchen.
"No one can stop Grandpa's steps."
Lin Gou Dan stood up, flicked his hair into a sharp angle, and walked arrogantly toward the stove.
He hadn't eaten meat for several days, and his mouth was so bland that he wanted to pick up a piece of pork crackling to taste.
He took a confident, zombie-like step, and just as his hand was about to reach into the pot, a strange wind seemed to blow past his feet, sucking the air out of his face, and he was thrown forward onto the ground against his will.
A piercing pain shot through his leg, which was in a cast. Lin Gou Dan didn't even realize what was under his feet before he ran over and fell.
Lin Chunhua hurriedly jumped away, afraid of being stuck with him, and sped up the frying of the oil residue.
When Lin Gou Dan got up again, she had already filtered out the oil, put it in a large jar, and put the remaining oil residue into a large bowl. Then she cleaned the pot thoroughly, leaving not a single drop of oil.
Under Lin Gou Dan's angry gaze, they returned to the west room.
The pork was packed into a large jar, enough to last at least a month.
Inside the room, Elaine Chao was intently working on the printing plate.
Pattern making based on a sample garment is the simplest, while pattern making based on a designer's sketches requires a rich spatial imagination.
She seems to be able to draw extremely precise dimensions without needing to learn at all.
Lin Chunhua used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of fried pork fat and feed it to her, wanting her to taste it. But she glared at her fiercely, her expression as if to say, "Don't bother me!"
Lin Chunhua had no choice but to reluctantly remove it, exchange a knowing glance with Lu Wanqing, and smile.
“My mom has a magic wand.”
“That’s how geniuses are; they can go without food and drink for the sake of creating.” Lu Wanqing laughed heartily.
She never imagined that, in her second life, she would be able to discover such a genius side of Lin Ye's mother.
The group chatted and laughed, and time flew by; it was noon soon.
Because I was treating Luo Hao to rabbit meat that evening, I didn't cook much for lunch. I only made one dish of stir-fried pork cracklings with chili peppers and one dish of stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, both of which are Lin Chunhua's specialties.
After finishing lunch, Lin Ye didn't even have time to rest before starting to process the rabbit meat. The rabbits were very fat; two rabbits filled a whole enamel basin.
After processing, marinate with scallions, peppers, and garlic, and you can cook it directly in the evening.
Afterwards, he carried the military water bottle that Lu Wanqing had filled with warm water to work.
Lu Wanqing and the others prepared to take the fabric with them to Aunt Luo's house.
As soon as I stepped outside, I saw the two sisters, Wang Xiuqin and Wang Xiuzhi, walking side by side, swaying their hips. They didn't like each other and kept pushing each other. One was tall and the other was short, one was strong and the other was thin. The scene was too beautiful to bear.
Lu Wanqing didn't want to pay attention to them, but unexpectedly, Wang Xiuzhi's burly figure stood in front of them, blocking their way.
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