Chapter 9 Chapter 9 All cooked
Fine grains, eggs, and bacon?
No matter which one it was, the three Yujin sisters stared at it, their eyes glued to it, unable to look away. Especially the palm-sized, greasy piece of bacon, which was still oozing with oil, and it seemed as if one could smell the delicate and mellow aroma of fat.
They haven't eaten meat for a long time.
The last time they ate meat was during the Chinese New Year, but they were only given a small piece of chicken bone with the meat shaved off the bone. They could only chew the bone and feel the aroma of the meat. They were even reluctant to throw it away until they chewed it into pieces and swallowed it all into their stomachs.
Seeing the three sisters staring at the basket and swallowing hard, Yu Li asked, "Are you hungry?"
Finally, Yu Jin reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the basket, and Yu Yin also forced himself to look away. Only the youngest Yu Zhu's self-control was not very good, and she was more honest in front of her trusted elder sister.
"Sister, I'm hungry." She touched her stomach and said, "I only had some porridge for breakfast today..."
It is said to be thin porridge, but in fact there are hardly any rice grains.
Two-thirds of the pot of thin porridge was water, and most of the rice grains were put into the bowls of several men from the Yu family who were going to work in the fields. When it was the turn of the girls from the second room, only some extremely thin porridge was left.
According to Old Lady Yu, girls from the second wife do not need to work in the fields, do not require much physical effort, and do not need to eat too much for breakfast to avoid wasting food.
Although they don't have to work in the fields, they still have to do housework, such as cleaning the chicken coop and pigpen, washing clothes, feeding chickens and pigs, and cooking meals for the family. How can this not require strength?
Yu Li naturally knew all this, but now seeing with his own eyes how thin his three sisters were was far more shocking than seeing it in his memory.
Although the food in the apocalypse is disgusting and unpalatable, at least it won’t make people starve to this extent.
She held the basket and said to them, "Come on, let's go and boil some eggs."
The Yu Jin sisters were stunned for a moment, and when they saw her walking towards the door, they subconsciously followed her.
When they arrived at the kitchen, they finally reacted.
"Big sister, this is not okay, right?" Yu Yin said fearfully, "Grandma would be angry if she knew."
She was a timid person and would be scared when others spoke loudly. She was very afraid that her grandmother would get angry, because when she was angry, she would not only scold people but also beat them, which hurt her a lot.
Yu Zhu stared at the eggs in the basket with her eyes wide open, her mouth watering, "Sister, I want to eat eggs..."
Yu Jin was also afraid at first, but when she saw Yu Li directly put all the eggs in the basket into the pot, added water to the pot, and then started to light the fire to cook the eggs, she gritted her teeth.
"What are you afraid of!" She shouted at her third sister, "Let's just not tell grandma."
It just so happened that except for them, everyone else in the family went out to work. Even Old Mrs. Yu could not sit still and would not stay at home all day. Even if they cooked eggs, no one would know about it. Anyway, grandma didn't know how many eggs the eldest sister brought back home.
After Yu Lisheng got angry, he asked, "Why is grandma so angry?"
"Because we boiled eggs..."
"But I brought the eggs back!" Yu Li said to her sisters, "This is what I brought back, what does grandma have to do with it?"
Hearing this, the three sisters looked at her with strange expressions on their faces.
In their minds, even if it was the return gift brought back by the eldest sister, it had to be handed over to the public, and had nothing to do with the second house, let alone the sisters.
Even though they were very greedy, the sisters didn't dare to eat secretly.
"But, if grandma knew..." Yu Yin said hesitantly.
Yu Li looked calm, "If she knows, then she knows. Anyway, whether she knows it or not, she loves to curse."
In my memory, Old Lady Yu was a person who loved to scold people. Sometimes when she got angry, she would even scold Old Man Yu. The only people who were rarely scolded by her were Old Man Yu and his two sons - Yu Jingde and Yu Jingli - who were studying with Mr. Chen in the county town.
The three sisters were all stunned and stared at Yu Li blankly, as if they didn't expect her to say such words.
Yu Li used to be a taciturn person. He was like a transparent person at home. He would just work silently and wouldn't say much even to his sisters.
She was as silent as Liu. The pressure of life was too great and had long drained away all their language and energy.
After a long while, Yu Jin said hesitantly: "Sister, you..."
Yu Li looked at her calmly.
Yu Jin bit her lip and suddenly said firmly, "Big sister is right. At most, I'll be scolded by grandma. We've already eaten it. Can we spit it out?"
Seeing that both sisters said so, although Yu Yin was still afraid, she still chose to listen to her sisters.
As for Yuzhu, she only had the eggs in her mind at this moment and didn't think too much about it at all.
She was still young and had three older sisters. They were very caring towards her, which made her simple-minded and she didn't think too much.
A dozen eggs were cooked quickly.
Yu Li scooped the cooked eggs into a bowl, then picked up the basket and took his sisters back to the room to eat the eggs.
After the eggs cooled down a bit, Yu Li put an egg into each of his sisters' hands.
The freshly boiled eggs are hot. Crack the eggshell to reveal the white, tender and smooth egg white inside. Take a bite and the unique flavor of the egg spreads in your mouth. The feeling of happiness is indescribable.
The sisters could not eat boiled eggs even once in a whole year. In their memory, it was only when they were sick that Liu went to beg Old Madam Yu to boil an egg for them to nourish their bodies.
Because of this, Yu Li and her sisters used to look forward to getting sick, because if they were sick they would have eggs to eat.
However, even though she was really sick, Grandma Yu would never call a doctor for her granddaughter. She would only follow the folk remedies of the country people, pick some herbs from the fields outside, boil them into water, drink the medicine, and then sweat it out.
He was also a country kid who was brought up in a rough environment. Whenever he was sick, he would recover after a few days.
Yu Li was also eating eggs.
This was also her first time eating boiled eggs. They were as delicious as she had imagined. The eggs were not fishy at all, but had a strong egg aroma. She felt that she could finish all ten eggs in one go.
There was no technical expertise in raising chickens in that era, and the eggs were very small, so one egg could be eaten in just one bite.
After eating an egg, she restrained herself from reaching out again.
The Yu Jin sisters ate the food very carefully and meticulously, taking small bites, fearing that it would be gone if eaten.
When they finished eating, they saw the eggs in the bowl and couldn't help swallowing.
The eggs are so delicious, they really want to eat more...
Yu Li stuffed another egg into each of their hands and asked them to continue eating. Then she took out two eggs and said that she would leave them for Yu Laoer and his wife, and she kept the rest.
After eating the eggs, the sisters were in a good mood. Yu Jin asked about Yu Li's situation during the past few days since her marriage.
Yu Li said: "It's fine. My mother-in-law treats me very well. Yan Hui and Yan Sheng are good children just like you. They are very well behaved."
"Where is my brother-in-law?" Yu Jin asked.
Yu Yin and Yu Zhu both looked at their eldest sister.
Yu Li blinked, then realized belatedly that the "brother-in-law" his sister was talking about was Fu Wenxiao.
It's no wonder that she didn't have a sense of reality. She regarded herself as a person temporarily staying in the Fu family. Naturally, she didn't regard Fu Wenxiao as her husband, but only as a patient who needed her care.
"He... is a good man." Yu Li thought to herself. She accidentally strangled him in her sleep, but he didn't scold her or drive her away. He is indeed a good man.
The word "good person" sounds strange, but the Yu Jin sisters are still young and inexperienced, so they didn't think too deeply about it and thought that their eldest sister lived a good life after marrying into the Fu family.
Looking at today’s return gift, you can tell how much the Fu family values the eldest sister.
This should be related to the lucky star rumored in the village, right? The three sisters did not believe in the lucky star rumor, they only cared about whether the eldest sister could live a good life.
The sisters chatted for a while, and seeing that it was almost time, Yu Jin took her younger sister Yu Zhu to cook.
Yu Li wanted to help but was stopped by Yu Jin.
"Big sister, you are a guest of honor now. How can you let a guest of honor take action?"
After a girl gets married, she is treated as a guest when she returns to her parents’ home.
There was no reason to let the guests cook. Yu Jin felt sorry for her sister and didn't want her to go into the kitchen and prepare meals for the whole family when she came home so rarely.
Yu Li had no choice but to sit in the room and accompany Yu Yin who started doing needlework.
Yu Yin is making a purse.
The purse she made was very similar in style to the one Yu Li gave to Fu Yanhui and his sister as a meeting gift. The purse was made of scraps of cloth, and the colors were well stitched together, which was eye-catching.
Although Yu Yin is not very old, her needlework is the best in the family. The purses and handkerchiefs she makes are very popular in the embroidery workshop, and the workshop gives her a lot of money.
After discovering that her granddaughter was good at needlework, Grandma Yu asked her to concentrate on embroidering small items such as purses and handkerchiefs. Whenever she had saved enough, she would ask someone to send them to the embroidery workshop, and Grandma Yu would keep the money for herself.
It can be said that Yu Yin earns a lot of money every month from her needlework, but unfortunately none of it goes to her.
Yu Li flipped through the purses and handkerchiefs in the sewing basket and compared them with those made by Zhou. He felt that although his sister was young, she was very smart and the purses and handkerchiefs she made were very beautiful.
The purse handkerchief made by Zhou is best known for the exquisite embroidery on it. Yu Yin has not learned much about embroidery and cannot embroider, but she can match colors and create new styles, giving people a refreshing feeling.
Yu Li said, "Third sister, I gave the purses you made to Yan Hui and Yan Sheng. They both like them very much."
"Really?" A smile appeared on Yu Yin's thin little face, and his hands moved faster.
She was a timid person, and was invisible in the Yu family, receiving no attention. Only when she picked up needle and thread, she seemed like a different person, becoming confident and bright.
The two sisters were talking when they suddenly heard some noise outside, followed by the voice of Old Mrs. Yu.
"Where's Li Niang? I heard she's back, why can't I see her?"
Yu Yin was so scared that his hands shook and he was almost pricked by the needle. A look of horror appeared on his face.
Although the boiled eggs were delicious, they were brought back as a return gift by the eldest sister. Grandma would definitely ask for a return gift from the eldest sister. If Grandma knew that they boiled all the eggs...
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