Chapter 83: Isn’t That Just Bad Brains?
“This whorish woman!” She cursed fiercely, seething with anger.
She had never seen such a gentle look on Bai Naihan’s face!
Hearing her curse, Gu Mingliang frowned slightly. “Why are you swearing again?”
There was a hint of disgust in the man’s eyes.
After all, she was a woman born and raised in the countryside. Even if her looks weren’t bad and she dressed like a city person, her speech and behavior were still too different from city people.
If it weren’t for…
The man’s expression darkened, and he subconsciously looked at the woman smiling beautifully over there. Even though the woman had been married for several years and had a child, the poverty of this place hadn’t erased the scholarly air about her. The unique temperament in her every move was hard to ignore.
When Xia Yuhua was spoken to by Gu Mingliang, her attitude instantly softened a lot. She hooked her arm around his and coaxed softly, “Didn’t I just dislike that woman Yun Qinghuan’s behavior? Mingliang, you wouldn’t be angry, would you?”
Saying this, she narrowed her eyes and stared at him.
Gu Mingliang’s heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained natural. “No, I just don’t like you swearing.”
Xia Yuhua smiled brightly. “If you don’t like it, I won’t say it anymore.”
The two of them didn’t avoid suspicion in front of so many people.
After all, everyone in the village knew they were a couple now.
After all the pork was divided, Secretary Liu asked who wanted the pig offal. Everyone looked at each other, and no one wanted it.
“That stuff smells terrible, you can’t eat it.”
“Yeah, it’s too troublesome to deal with, and even if you fry it with a lot of oil, no one eats it. Isn’t that a waste of food? It’s better to use that oil to stir-fry some green vegetables; at least those can be finished.”
Everyone was unwilling to take it, but some people who were almost out of food at home stepped forward to take some of the easier-to-handle pig offal. Even if it tasted bad, it was still food and could fill their stomachs. But there was still a lot of pig offal left.
Secretary Liu asked several times, and seeing that no one wanted it, he instructed people to take the remaining pig offal to the edge of the fields to rot, so it could eventually be used as fertilizer for crops.
Yun Qinghuan spoke up at this time. “Secretary Liu, give me the rest of the pig offal. It’s a pity to throw it away.”
Seeing that she wanted that stuff, Jiang Wenxiu quickly nudged her shoulder. “That stuff isn’t tasty. You didn’t choose the pork very well just now. If you take this pig offal, people will laugh at you.”
Indeed, many people looked at Yun Qinghuan with astonished expressions.
They suspected that her brain wasn’t working well. She had chosen lean meat when cutting the pork and now she was picking up the pig offal that others didn’t want. Wasn’t that just bad brains?
Yun Qinghuan knew she was kindly reminding her, afraid that she would be gossiped about by the villagers.
“I know, it’s just that I prefer to eat this pig offal. Besides, don’t you trust my cooking skills?”
Alright, since Yun Qinghuan herself had said so, Jiang Wenxiu didn’t say any more.
Secretary Liu looked at her for a while after hearing her words. “Are you sure you want it?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, then the rest is up to you to handle.”
The pig offal was very dirty, and those men didn’t want to dirty their clean hands to deal with it.
On the other side, when Yang Guihua saw that Yun Qinghuan wanted the pig offal, her eyes darted around, and she quickly said, “Secretary Liu, I want pig offal too.”
She just couldn’t stand seeing Yun Qinghuan well-off. Whatever Yun Qinghuan wanted, she wanted to interfere.
She smiled triumphantly at Yun Qinghuan.
Yun Qinghuan was a bit speechless and didn’t bother to pay attention to this person.
Secretary Liu hadn’t expected the usually unwanted pig offal to be so popular at this moment. He raised his eyebrows. “Alright, you can divide it with educated youth Yun.”
There were at least thirty or forty catty of pig offal left, enough for people to share.
Yang Guihua’s face fell when she walked up to the pig offal. Granny Wang scolded her, “You spendthrift daughter-in-law, why do you want pig offal for no reason? That stuff is oily and tasteless.”
Bai Guojin pinched his nose, looking at the pig offal on the ground with disgust. He took one look and moved far away. “If you want to eat it, you can handle it yourselves. I don’t want to touch this dirty stuff.”
After saying that, he ran far away, afraid of getting that fishy smell on himself.
So, in the end, Yang Guihua only took a few catty as a formality and left.
Yun Qinghuan planned to take all the remaining thirty-odd catty of pig offal home. Liu Yuzhi didn’t ask her what she wanted it for and, on the contrary, didn’t mind the smell, coming over to help her clean it together with Bai Naihan.
After getting it home, Yun Qinghuan first put the pig offal in a large basin, dug out a lot of wood ash from under the stove, and soaked it in the basin with the pig offal.
Then she went to cut and prepare some wild boar meat.
She found the meat a bit fishy. The man noticed and said directly, “I’ll wash and cut the meat. Just tell me what you need.”
Yun Qinghuan wasn’t polite and directly asked him to cut the meat into strips, planning to stir-fry it with bamboo shoots for dinner.
She had been frightened today and definitely needed to nourish herself properly.
After preparing the side dishes for dinner, Yun Qinghuan was about to deal with the pig offal, but Liu Yuzhi wouldn’t let her, asking Yun Qinghuan to tell her how to do it so she could wash it.
She knew Yun Qinghuan was clean-conscious, and the pig offal smelled bad, easily getting the smell all over her.
Wood ash was a good thing. As long as you used it to vigorously rub, the pig offal could be washed very clean quickly. After washing, rinse it several times with clean water, and finally soak it in baking soda and salt water.
Pig offal was delicious, but it was also troublesome to prepare. Liu Yuzhi washed it until it was dark.
Just in time, Yun Qinghuan had also finished cooking the meal.
Dinner was rich. She made stir-fried lean meat with bamboo shoots, plus an authentic braised pork dish. The aroma was so strong that it could be smelled from far away.
However, this time, many people didn’t secretly scold the Bai family for eating good food again. That evening, many households in the village had fragrant smells wafting out, all having stir-fried some meat.
But none of them smelled as good as Yun Qinghuan’s cooking.
The braised pork was cooked until it was red and shiny with oil, looking incredibly delicious.
The family of four finished both dishes completely.
After dinner, everyone’s stomachs were round and full, having eaten a lot.
Slumped in her chair, Yun Qinghuan savored the taste of the braised pork, feeling extremely satisfied. She felt that encountering the wild boar today and almost losing her life was still worth it. After all, she wouldn’t have to worry about eating meat for a while.
Fifty catty of meat was too much to eat all at once. The weather was getting hotter, and if they didn’t finish it, it would easily spoil. Unlike modern times, they didn’t have refrigerators for storage. So, Yun Qinghuan discussed with Liu Yuzhi about salting the remaining meat and hanging it on ropes under the eaves to air dry.
After eating her fill, Liu Yuzhi recovered and looked at her daughter-in-law. “Qinghuan, when Sister Li returns from her confinement and goes back to cutting pig feed, why don’t you just not look for work? The work in the fields is too tiring. You can earn money now, so you don’t need to think about going out to do farm work.”
Thinking of her daughter-in-law and son encountering the wild boar on the mountain today, Liu Yuzhi still felt lingering fear.
She didn’t know how she would forgive herself if her daughter-in-law really had an accident while doing farm work.
Even if she really died and went below the earth, she wouldn’t be able to explain it to her eldest son.
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