bayedsolid Chapter 65 I Came to the Right Place Today
Chapter 65 I Came to the Right Place Today
"Xiaoxi, don't bother me. We had lunch at Captain Qian's house." Aunt Yan hurriedly stopped her. "You just got home and you must have a lot of things to do. Lili and I will go back first. You must come to our house when you are free. We haven't thanked you properly yet!"
"Aunt Yan, how are you going to go back now?" Although Wen Xi wanted to send them off, she didn't have a bicycle. Even if she had one, she, who had hardly ridden a bicycle, couldn't ride a bicycle to carry two people, an old man and a child. If she caused someone to fall, she couldn't take the responsibility.
"I have already told the person in charge of driving the ox cart in the team to take us to the town on our way back. Xiaoxi, don't worry about us. Just have a good rest!" Mother Yan patted Wenxi's shoulder, then took Yan Lili's hand and left.
"Goodbye, Sister Xiaoxi." Yan Lili waved to Wen Xi.
Wen Xi sent Yan's mother and Yan Lili out the door and waved to them, "Aunt Yan, Lili, goodbye. I will definitely come to see you when I have time."
Wen Xi watched Yan's mother and Yan Lili leave until they could no longer be seen. Then he turned back and closed the gate. When he came to the main room and saw the bag under the table, he was a little surprised. "Jiao Jiao, did Aunt Yan bring the things under the table?"
"Yes, the aunt just now said it was for you." Shen Jiaojiao asked curiously, "Xiaoxi, how do you know them?"
"I helped them with a small favor in town before, so we got to know each other. I didn't expect them to be so polite. They even came to thank me specially." Wen Xi picked up the bag and didn't chase after Aunt Yan. They had worked so hard to bring it here, so what's the point of returning it to them?
Since she has to go to Yan's house anyway, can't she just return a gift of equal value?
Moreover, she will have to stay in the countryside for a few years, and she really needs someone like Yan Zheng to help her intimidate those who want to plot against her. There are too many people in the village who want to plot against them, and she is afraid that she can't handle it.
Wen Xi took the bag back to the room and put it away, then came out to deal with the pig offal she bought today. She poured the contents of the three backpacks into the wooden basin, and then began to sort them out.
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue both surrounded her and asked curiously, "Xiaoxi, what are you going to do with these things?"
“Braised pork intestines, braised heart and lungs, fried pork liver, pork tripe and chicken…”
As Wen Xi was talking, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue couldn't help swallowing their saliva. They really couldn't imagine how delicious these things would become after passing through Wen Xi's hands. They only knew that they must be extremely delicious.
"The temperature here is not high, so the meat can be kept for a few days. We can keep some to eat fresh, pickle the rest, and then dry it. We can save it for the lean period after the New Year. How about it?" Wen Xi asked.
The three of them live together, so they certainly can't ignore other people's feelings.
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue nodded repeatedly, "Xiaoxi, I'll listen to you. We'll handle it the way you say."
"Okay, then let's clean out the pig offal and pig's trotters and other things that can be pickled, and pickle them quickly. The smell is too strong, and it won't be good if people passing by our house smell it." Afterwards, Wen Xi took Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to clean the pig offal together. After all, there was too much, and she estimated that she would not be able to finish washing it by tomorrow.
The cleaning methods and steps for each part are different. Wen Xi asked Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to clean the easy-to-clean parts, and she cleaned the complicated ones herself.
The three of them worked together and spent several hours cleaning all the pig offal and pig trotters. Just as they took the pig offal to the kitchen, they heard a knock on the door. Wen Xi's brows jumped, and then he quickly joined Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to carry all the things to his room. When Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue turned to go out, Wen Xi directly put all the things into the system warehouse, then locked his door, and then went out to open the door.
Seeing Song Lan, Zhou Bai and Tian Shengnan carrying baskets and standing outside the courtyard gate in a somewhat awkward manner, Wen Xi hurriedly took care of them in, turned his head to look around, and then locked the courtyard gate.
"Why are you here? Did something happen?" Wen Xi asked worriedly.
Tian Shengnan pulled out a gray hare hidden at the bottom of the backpack and said excitedly, "Nothing happened. The three of us teamed up to catch a hare, but we didn't want to let the people inside get away with it, so we wanted to bring it to you, cook it here, and eat it with you."
Wenxi hadn't expected that they were so lucky to catch such a big rabbit in the mountains. After hearing what Tian Shengnan said, Wenxi laughed a little, "You don't want to take them to eat, you want to take us to eat?"
Tian Shengnan was a little embarrassed. "Although I am not familiar with you, I think you are different from them. I am willing to share with you."
Wen Xi also didn't expect that in Tian Shengnan's mind, she would rather interact with them than with her own roommates.
However, she had been with the other four people day and night, and should have discovered their character long ago and knew that they were not people she could make close friends with.
If I had made close friends with people like Nie Xiulan, I would probably be sold out by them and still foolishly help them count the money.
Wen Xi took the rabbit and agreed readily, "Okay, let's eat rabbit tonight. Of course, I can't take advantage of you for nothing. You provide the rabbit and I provide the food."
Shen Jiaojiao ran over and took the rabbit. "I'm better at handling rabbits, so let me take care of the rabbit! You guys just take care of the other things."
Wenxi came to the kitchen, washed the rice, put it in the pot, and cooked the sweet potato rice. After all, there were six people having dinner. Wenxi was afraid that it would not be enough, so he took six more potatoes and put them on the rice cooker in a steamer. If there was not enough staple food, the steamed potatoes could be eaten as the staple food.
Afterwards, she took out some cabbage and radish and asked Tian Shengnan to go to the well to wash them, while Wen Xi went back to her room and took out all the pig liver and kidneys. The pig liver and kidneys could be eaten after just stir-frying, which was very simple, time-saving and trouble-free. Then she went to the bathroom and took out six silver carps, then took them to the well and gave them to Shen Jiaojiao.
Wen Xi went to the kitchen, washed, cut, and prepared the seasonings on a plate, and then began to cook the pork liver and kidneys. She had already washed these things clean before, so she just had to cut them and put them in the pot.
Three sets of pork livers are not light in weight, so Wenxi cooked them in two pots, one is stir-fried pork liver, the other is stir-fried pork liver with leeks. The pork kidneys were made into scallion-flavored kidneys and spicy boiled kidneys.
Song Lan and Zhou Bai were helping Wen Xi in the kitchen. Looking at Wen Xi's amazing knife skills, both of them were amazed. They didn't expect Wen Xi to have such good cooking skills. They really came to the right place today.