"No." Yu Yao's voice was slightly choked with emotion. "Mom, thank you. Thank you for being so good to me."
Wu Wanying turned around and wiped away her tears. "Silly child, why are you crying?"
Yu Yao looked at her, smiled, and wiped away her tears. "They are tears of emotion."
Wu Wanying opened her arms and hugged Yu Yao. "Silly child, we're family. There's no need for family to say thank you. Okay, stop crying, or your eyes will get swollen."
"Okay." Yu Yao wiped away her tears. "Mom, I won't cry anymore."
Wu Wanying smiled gently and said, "You haven't tried the dried sweet potatoes that Mom makes, have you? Go and try some. Eating sweets will make you feel better."
“Then I’ll go out and try Mom’s cooking first, and then I’ll come in and help you.” Yu Yao seemed to know what she was going to say and spoke up in advance: “Don’t refuse. I’m also a daughter of this family, and it’s only right for me to help Mom with some housework.”
Seeing her insistence, Wu Wanying had no choice but to agree. She looked around at the things and said, "Once the chicken is slaughtered, you can make the ginger, scallion, and soy sauce chicken."
Yu Yao nodded. "No problem. Mom, I'll go out now."
After saying that, he quickly kissed Wu Wanying on the cheek and ran out.
Wu Wanying touched her cheek, her smile widening. "This child, so old and still acting like a spoiled child."
Although she complained, she was actually very happy.
After so many years apart, Wu Wanying's biggest fear was that Yu Yao wouldn't be close to them.
Losing Yu Yao is a pain that will never go away for her and Zhi Zhou, and even if they find Yu Yao again, it will never heal.
Fortunately, Yu Yao didn't become estranged from them.
Yu Yao went to the living room but didn't see Cui Zhizhou and the others. She guessed they were still killing chickens, so she picked up a plate of dried sweet potatoes and ate as she walked toward where the chickens were being killed.
When they arrived in the courtyard, they saw Cui Zhizhou and Wu Huaiqing surrounding Lu Ze, learning from him how to kill a chicken.
Lu Ze picked up the knife, sharpened it on the whetstone until it was sharp, and then quickly slashed the chicken's neck.
The whole process was quick, precise, and ruthless; the chicken didn't suffer much before it was gone.
The next step, processing the chicken, was a bit bloody, so Yu Yao didn't go over. She ate a few pieces of dried sweet potato and then went to the kitchen to help.
To make scallion, ginger and soy sauce chicken, you need to prepare some ingredients. After chopping the scallions and ginger, Yu Yao started preparing the peppercorn soy sauce water for marinating the chicken.
"Mom, it seems we're out of soy sauce." Yu Yao opened the cupboard and looked around. There was only a little left at the bottom of the bottle, not enough for making Sichuan peppercorn soy sauce chicken. "Mom, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to get some. You take care of the other things first."
"While you're at it, could you also buy some fermented black beans? There aren't many left, and I'm afraid it won't be enough."
Hearing Wu Wanying's reminder, Yu Yao looked at the items and realized they were only enough for today. "Mom, is there anything else you need to buy?"
Wu Wanying glanced at it. "That's all. Be careful on the road. You can ride your brother's sidecar; that's faster."
"knew."
Yu Yao went to the living room to get the key to her sidecar, told Lu Ze and the others first, and then set off on her sidecar.
Motorcycles are much faster than bicycles, and Yu Yao arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative in less than half an hour. After buying her things, she was about to ride her bike when she suddenly noticed a figure.
That looks like Wang Chuntao and her daughter-in-law Zhao E.
The two men were seeing off a middle-aged man in his fifties, bowing and scraping with a hint of obsequiousness on their faces.
The middle-aged man had a square face, eyes with white showing on the outside, and wore a polyester shirt with a pen clipped to his pocket.
He maintained a haughty demeanor throughout, and seemed to look down on Wang Chuntao and her daughter-in-law.
Yu Yao glanced at it briefly, then looked away, picked up her purchases, and rode back home on her sidecar.
Not long after she left, a jeep pulled up next to the middle-aged man, and the driver opened the door.
The middle-aged man got into the car and said, "Alright, I'll drop you off here."
Wang Chuntao quickly gave Zhao E a wink, and Zhao E handed over the things in her hand, saying, "Third Uncle, this is a small token of our family's appreciation. Please accept it."
The middle-aged man's shrewd eyes flashed with disdain when he saw the canned malted milk powder inside. But when he saw the red envelope next to the malted milk powder, a smile appeared on his face, and he accepted it with both hands: "We're all family, no need to be so polite. I agree to what you've said."
Wang Chuntao and Zhao E were overjoyed. "Thank you, Third Uncle! Thank you, Third Uncle! When I become the class monitor, I will definitely invite you over for a drink."
"No problem, no problem." The middle-aged man closed the door and said to the driver in the front seat, "Driver, let's go."
After the middle-aged man left, Wang Chuntao looked at Zhao E and said, "See? This is the network of connections our Wang family has."
Zhao E said respectfully, "Mom is the best. With you here, we're sure to win the championship in this final."
Wang Chuntao glanced at her arrogantly, "Good that you know. Don't think that just because you've taken over my job you can do whatever you want at home. I'm your mother-in-law, and it's only natural for a daughter-in-law to be filial to her mother-in-law."
"Yes, yes, Mom is right." Zhao E said in a fawning tone, "Mom, what would you like to eat tonight? Your daughter-in-law will cook."
"Make me a sweet and sour carp," Wang Chuntao said, knowing she couldn't cook fish, deliberately choosing a difficult dish.
Zhao E's smile froze for a moment. "Sweet and sour carp it is. As long as I can become the class monitor, Mom, even if you want to eat delicacies, I can get them for you."
Wang Chuntao nodded in satisfaction and turned to walk home.
Zhao E silently spat at her retreating figure, "You like eating fish so much, how come you don't get a fish bone stuck in your throat, you old hag?"
*
Yu Yao bought the soy sauce and fermented black beans, and Lu Ze and the others had already prepared the chicken.
The chicken was a Wenchang chicken that Cui Zhizhou bought from a fellow villager in a nearby production team that morning. Wenchang chicken is a local breed of chicken from the island and has a breeding history of more than 400 years.
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