The recipe for chestnut cake was taught to everyone, but it wasn't perfect because one very important ingredient was missing: sugar. Song Tantan and Song Zhuiyan had both forgotten that sugar was a precious commodity, and currently, no one had any sugar to spare, nor was there anywhere to buy it.
They take whatever they want from the supermarket, lacking nothing, forgetting that others are short of sugar. But in this world, being able to eat one's fill is a blessing, so they don't care about sugar. They originally wanted to use salt instead, but salt is also precious, so they didn't add anything. Anyway, it's fragrant and edible.
"Everyone was eating flatbread, trying to save on everything, even oil and salt. I finally understood what it means to 'make a meal without rice.' Without the right conditions, without any ingredients, even the best skills can't make delicious food." Song Zhuiyan returned after a busy morning.
Song Tantan had already prepared lunch: a pot of chicken soup with tea tree mushrooms, a plate of stir-fried beef with radish, and a plate of fried shrimp. Although there were only three dishes, the portions were generous.
Ye Moxun came out of the kitchen with three sets of bowls and chopsticks, skillfully placed them on the table, and naturally picked up a soup spoon to ladle a bowl of chicken soup for everyone.
"Aunt Song, sit down and eat. I cooked the beef today. Try it and see how it tastes." He used to be a pampered young master who never lifted a finger in the kitchen, but after meeting Song Tantan, he was forced to learn to cook. Now he can cook quite a few dishes.
The beef was from the supermarket, and the radish was grown in the backyard vegetable garden. It was stir-fried with shredded ginger and tasted pretty good. Starting half a year ago, whenever he came over for a meal, he had to be responsible for making a dish, otherwise he wouldn't be allowed to eat.
At first, he really considered not coming over for meals, since his uncle at home doted on him, but he couldn't resist. He himself didn't understand why, but he just liked to hang out with the Song family.
Well, it's because Song Tantan and Aunt Song's cooking is delicious, and we can eat things that don't exist in this world. In the end, it's just because we're greedy.
Not to mention three meals a day, she ate at least one meal a day at the Song family's house, and often two meals a day, while Zhong Qingyi often ate alone at home.
Song Tantan and Song Zhuiyan were already numb to it and used to it. If Ye Moxun suddenly stopped coming to their house for dinner one day, they would feel strange instead.
That winter, no more prey was found in the traps. The previous raids had been so thorough that the prey no longer dared to venture into the village. Everyone ate the cured meat they had stored up earlier.
In the twelfth lunar month, the villagers cooked a simple Laba porridge, which consisted of rice, corn, sweet potatoes, and dried mushrooms. They ate it with relish and were very happy.
However, Song Tantan's family did not cook Laba porridge because she and her aunt are from the south, where it is not customary to eat Laba porridge, and they do not pay much attention to what to eat at this time.
When the weather gets cold, I stew hot soup every day. The supermarket has all kinds of meat, but there are fewer fresh ones and more frozen ones. Lamb is the least available, and I don't usually eat it. I just stew it for winter.
Zhong Qingyi, a grown man, also remembered to cook Laba porridge. As for Ye Moxun, he didn't really like the porridge and preferred meat soup.
That day, Ye Mo mysteriously showed Song Tantan a packet of medicine powder, saying, "It's done."
"What medicine?" Song Tantan didn't react much.
"I've developed a powder that can attract snakes, insects, and various venomous creatures. I'll take you to do experiments after the snow melts in the spring to see the effects," Ye Moxun said with a light laugh.
The thought of countless snakes, insects, and venomous creatures crawling and gathering in one place made Song Tantan's hair stand on end. "I won't look. Be careful with this stuff, don't use it recklessly." She always reminded him not to use poison indiscriminately, as if afraid he would go astray.
"If you develop any poisons in the future, don't tell me anymore. No, stop messing around with these things. Can't you focus your energy on something else? What's the point of making so many drugs? You should develop more medicines that can save lives." The reason I showed him the medical books was so that he could treat the villagers' typhoid fever and colds, and also take care of his own health.
He was fascinated by the fact that the medical books in the supermarket were so diverse and could even be used to research poisons.
"Tantan, I don't intentionally harm anyone. I just use it for self-defense. Why do you always think I'm going to do bad things?" Ye Moxun was quite helpless. He had explained many times. At first, Song Tantan didn't mind, but as he developed more and more poisons, she stopped agreeing.
"I'm afraid you'll go astray in your cultivation, afraid you'll get trapped in it and not be able to extricate yourself, and suddenly want to study Gu poison or something. Just thinking about it gives me the creeps, so many insects wriggling around, hiss." Song Tantan shook her head, making a frightened expression.
Ye Moxun: "..." He was just interested, not obsessed with it, okay? What on earth was she imagining?
On the morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, a pig was slaughtered. The pig's blood was filled into two buckets. One pig was given to the village, and the other pig was split equally between Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi. The pig's head and offal were also divided equally.
After the villagers distributed the meat and dispersed, Song Zhuiyan took frozen ribs and pork from the supermarket and gave them to Zhu Xiu and the others. In her and Zhong Qingyi's eyes, these people were different from those in Linjia Village. They trusted each other more, and they would unconditionally support whatever she and Zhong Qingyi asked for.
The people of Linjia Village support Lin Fuhai more. Whenever they need a lot of manpower to help, they must first consult with Lin Fuhai before the people of Linjia Village will agree to take action.
A pig weighs over 300 jin (approximately 150 kg). There are thirteen households in Songlin Village, including seven in Linjia Village and six in Song Zhuiyan's group.
Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi lived in two separate households, while Zhu Xiu and two women with children lived in the same house, but they seemed to eat separately.
Ah Zhu, Chun Sheng, Ji Xiang, Ah Si, Shui Sheng, and Mu Sheng are a family of six. Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu live in houses together, but they eat separately. There are also the Zhang sisters and Zhu Yu and Liu Mei.
Actually, if you really think about it, each of these people is a family. However, since they all live together and divide their belongings, they are considered a family as well. How they divide the belongings after they take them back is their own business.
The supermarket also had a lot of frozen chicken feet, duck feet, sausages, and so on. There were so many. In Song Zhuiyan's eyes, these frozen foods were all junk food, and eating too much of them was bad for her health. However, the only things she could take out for the time being were ribs and pork. The others had to be put aside for now.
When delivering the items, Song Zhuiyan said without changing her expression, "Tantan and I can't eat that much. We'd get tired of it. Every family has some, so why refuse? Linjia Village doesn't have any. This is something I gave you separately. Keep your mouths shut and don't tell anyone."
On a snowy day, the pigs slaughtered that day were frozen soon after, so no one noticed anything unusual about the frozen ribs and meat taken from the supermarket. Everyone was touched by Song Zhuiyan's special care.
She wasn't guilty at all. She had taken care of everyone. Not to mention the meat, how much grain had she given away? These people were incredibly lucky to have met her and Tantan, and then to have eaten the grain they gave them, allowing them to live peacefully until now.
She wasn't trying to take credit; it was just the truth. If everyone hadn't been struggling so much, she would have actually wanted to sell the silver.
Don't mention her selflessness or helpfulness. She doesn't consider herself a good person and has always taught Tantan not to be too kind, because kindness is often taken advantage of.
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