Chapter 53 Delicious Braised Pork
Youcai's wife used chopsticks to pick up two pieces for each child and one piece for each adult's bowl.
"Okay, the rest can be eaten tomorrow." Youcai's wife locked the remaining oil residue in the cabinet.
A few children picked up a piece of oil residue and put it in their mouths, chewing it carefully, as if they were eating delicacies from land and sea.
As soon as Li Sandong walked out of the courtyard, he saw Li Shizhu, the son of Li Dalin, the second wife of the old house.
Li Shizhu was eight years old and wore patched clothes. When he saw Li Sandong coming out, his eyes rolled and he immediately said with a smile, "Uncle San, are you here to bring food to Second Grandpa's house?"
"It's getting dark. Don't run around. Go home." Li Sandong said and left.
Li Shizhu snorted coldly. He was just a child, and he heard it all. He actually sent oil residue to his second grandfather's house, so he should have sent it to his own family as well. His great grandfather was his third uncle's biological grandfather, so it was impossible for him not to send it to them. Thinking of this, he ran home quickly.
Li's Old House
Li Shizhu ran into the yard, and before he could catch his breath he shouted, "Grandma, Grandma."
Liu Jinhua held him and said, "My dear grandson, what's wrong? You are sweating all over from running."
"Grandma, I want to eat some oil residue. Where are the oil residues?"
"Where did the oil residue come from? If there was any, wouldn't I have given it to you long ago?"
Li Shizhu didn't believe it: "Just now I passed by Grandpa Youcai's house and saw Uncle Sandong delivering a big bowl of oil residue to their family. Grandpa is the brother of Great Grandpa, so he will also deliver it to our family."
Liu Jinhua's face froze and she snorted coldly, "Isn't it just some greasy residue? It's not something precious. Grandma will go to town to buy some pig fat tomorrow and make some greasy residue for you to eat."
"I want to eat meat. I haven't eaten meat for a long time."
"Okay, okay, buy some meat. Go change your clothes first. These clothes are soaked with sweat."
Only then did Li Shizhu calm down.
Liu Jinhua walked up to Old Man and Old Lady Li and said, "Dad, Mom, even if my eldest brother and his family don't like us, you are the elders and we should respect you. It's really too much that they would rather give good things to other families than to you two."
Old Lady Li glanced at her and said, "Alright, stop talking. If they are willing to give it to us, it means they are filial. If they are not willing to give it to us, it's okay. We won't miss this little bit of food."
"Mom, we're not fighting for this bite of food. Haven't you heard? I heard from the villagers that not only did my eldest brother make money from bamboo shoots, but Sandong and Yue made some things a few days ago and also made a lot of money. They went to the county town today and bought a cart of things. So they should at least give some to the two elders as a gift. This is really not taking you seriously."
Old man Li took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Humph, that bastard, I will just pretend that I don't have a son like him. He actually said such bastard things and raised a bastard daughter. I won't eat anything he gives me. I'm afraid he will poison me. Why don't you hurry up and cook?"
"I'll go right away." Liu Jinhua pouted angrily.
At this time, Li Dachuan's voice came from the door.
"grandfather."
Old man Li exhaled a puff of smoke and glanced at him: "What? Come to see if I have been pissed off to death by you unfilial descendants?"
Li Dachuan held the bowl expressionlessly: "Grandpa, this is what my father asked me to bring to you."
Old Lady Li turned around, and Old Man Li snorted coldly: "I dare not eat your food, lest I eat a bite of your food and ruin our reputation when I go out."
Liu Jinhua stood aside, feeling anxious. Why could this stubborn old man be so against food?
She pushed Shizhu, whose saliva was dripping onto his clothes, and Shizhu immediately stepped forward with a smile and took the bowl: "Uncle, give it to me."
Without even saying thank you, he took the bowl and ran to the kitchen to free it up.
Seeing this, Old Man Li didn't say anything. Li Dachuan took the empty bowl, said hello and left.
By the time they returned to the Li family courtyard, it was already dark.
On the table in the courtyard were two large plates of fragrant braised pork, steamed white rice, stir-fried vegetables with oil residue, and scrambled eggs.
Even though everyone had eaten a bun to fill their stomachs in the afternoon, they were still drooling with greed.
I haven’t eaten steamed rice during the Chinese New Year. Now that my family is out of debt and has some money saved, it’s only right for us to celebrate.
Zhao Suying felt a little distressed, not because she felt bad for eating so much at once, but because her daughter Yueyue had rarely cooked before she got married. Now her cooking skills are so good, which must have been acquired through cooking for a long time. She greeted the Gao family again in her heart.
Li Youshan coughed and said, "Yueyue and Sandong have made great contributions. Of course, everyone has contributed. You have all done your best to contribute to this family. Our life is getting better and better. Let's eat."
Everyone picked up the braised pork with their chopsticks first, and when they put it in their mouths, their eyes lit up immediately.
Li Dachuan said: "I have never eaten such delicious braised pork, with such a strong fragrance, not greasy, soft and sticky. I am afraid that the dishes in the county restaurants cannot compare to it."
Wang Guixiang helped and knew the cooking process very well: "I didn't expect my sister's cooking skills to be so good now. This time I also learned from her. I realized that the food I cooked before was just cooked. I will learn more from Yueyue in the future."
Li Wanyue said: "Sister-in-law is too modest, but she used more seasonings."
Li Dachuan smiled foolishly: "Sister, you are getting better and better now."
"Hehe, I also followed my elder sister to see it." Li Sandong picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks.
The children were so busy eating that they had no time to talk and kept shoveling rice into their mouths.
Li Wanyue looked at the long table. Even though there were dishes on both sides, it was still inconvenient to pick up the dishes. She thought that now that she had money, she could order a revolving table. Well, that was feasible. She would draw a blueprint after dinner.
Li Erhu looked at Li Wanyue and said, "If we still want to make ink strips, Sandong and I can do it. You can be in charge of the command, little sister."
"We'll do it tomorrow. The tobacco and glue are readily available. We can finish it in one day."
"Okay, let's do it tomorrow."
Li Youshan looked at Li Wanyue and asked, "Can you keep two pieces of the ink you made this time? I just went to the village chief's house, and his son Wenxuan was reading. Wenxuan's mother was interrupted by the village chief when she was halfway through her words. I think the village chief was embarrassed to bring it up. After all, your ink sticks are worth a lot of money. I thought, keep two pieces for Wenxuan."
Li Wanyue responded: "Okay, then keep a few pieces. The village chief is very good to our family, and we will need them in the future, so we don't have to buy more."
The whole family enjoyed the meal very much, without leaving any rice or dishes.
After dinner, Zhao Suying called the three brothers to the main room.
She took out three small cloth bags and put them on the table. "You have all worked hard during this period. Our family now has income every day. Yueyue told me that you should keep some money in your hands. Here, 500 coins each, and these two bags of brown sugar, one for each of the eldest and second sons, take them to your wives to drink."
Li Sandong waved his hand: "Mom, I'm not married yet, you don't have to give me money."
"It was agreed that everyone would have some. Since you haven't started a family yet, you should save it for yourself. I will give you some every month in the future. Keep it as your own private property."
Each of the three brothers took a cloth bag. Zhao Suying asked the eldest and the third brother to go out, leaving Li Erhu behind.
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