"Gossip Girl, you can come to the table and eat with us."
"Really? Won't this be inconvenient for me?"
Despite her doubts, Chai Fei quickly pulled up a low stool and sat down, squeezing in with the others, her eyes full of hope as she watched the braised pig's head come out of the pot.
Jiang Hexi whetted everyone's appetite by asking, "Does anyone remember what my grandfather did before?"
Yan Jie enthusiastically explained, "My grandfather used to work as a vegetable cutter in the kitchen. He could take a scolding and endure hardship. He did whatever the master said, which is why he didn't chop off his finger while cutting vegetables."
"He was not just a vegetable cutter. Later, he became the head chef and eventually opened a famous braised food restaurant in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, earning his first pot of gold."
Jiang Hexi patted the pot lid and said, "He relies on this family-inherited braised pork technique."
Chu Yang watched as steam rose continuously from the edge of the iron pot, his mouth watering.
"Sis, can we open the pot yet? I think that pig's head looks a bit impatient."
"Wait."
Jiang Hexi continued to boast about her family's glory, "Later, when family members went into business and no one ran the shop anymore, this ancestral craft was passed down. We only make this braised pig's head on New Year's Eve, but I wanted to make it earlier today so you could all try it—"
She lifted the lid of the large iron pot, and amidst the rising steam, a golden-brown braised pig's head appeared before everyone.
The pigskin was glossy and smooth, the table was unstable, and the whole pig's head trembled twice with a "Duang Duang" sound. A rich aroma burst out, and a series of exclamations came from the surroundings.
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