The happy little days of the Ye family

At this time, the hearty laughter of Mrs. Ye and Li Guoer came from the room.

Ye Qingqing was just about to go into the house and talk to her grandma about the gossip she just heard.

Suddenly she remembered that she was going to make pork ribs and yam soup at noon, but she forgot to buy ribs.

"Mom, I forgot to buy ribs. I'm going to Zhang Butcher's house. Chenchen, please help me take care of it first." After saying that, she put Chenchen in her arms into Mother Ye's arms.

Looking at Ye Qingqing's hurried back, Ye Mu couldn't help but complain:

"It's always frizzy. What time of day it is now, butcher Zhang's meat has long been sold out."

Butcher Zhang has a meat stall in the town, and the pigs he collects every day are sent to the meat stall for sale.

However, in recent years, people in the village have saved some money through land reclamation, and more and more people are buying meat.

So Butcher Zhang would keep some meat at home every day and sell it to people in the village.

In this way, everyone no longer has to go to town to buy meat, which is not only convenient for everyone, but also provides an extra income.

However, not many people in the village are willing to buy meat. Butcher Zhang doesn't keep much meat every day, and it will be gone when it is sold out.

Since Butcher Zhang started selling pork at home, the Ye family and the Tang family have become regular customers of the Zhang family.

Ye Qingqing would come here every two days to buy meat. People in the village often said that Ye Qingqing was prodigal and greedy.

However, people earn their own money, and those people can only envy and say nasty things behind their backs.

Ye Qingqing would not aggrieve herself because of these gossips, and would still make all kinds of delicious food.

When they arrived at Zhang's house, Butcher Zhang's wife Li and his daughter Zhang Chunhua were choosing vegetables at the door of the kitchen.

When Mrs. Li saw Ye Qingqing coming to the door, she happily greeted him.

"Qingqing, do you want to buy meat?"

"Yes, I plan to make yam and pork ribs soup at noon. Auntie, do you have any spare ribs here?"

"There are some." Li quickly took Ye Qingqing into the house to pick out the meat.

It's almost time to make lunch, and the meat on the chopping board is already sold out.

Good meats like pork suet and pork belly have long been sold out, leaving only some big bone and pork ribs, and half a pair of pig offal.

People nowadays are short of oil and water, they all like meat with lots of fat, and they don’t like bones with no meat.

This inferior meat is not very popular either in the village or in the town.

There was always some leftover almost every day, and Butcher Zhang was almost tired of eating it. Hearing that Ye Qingqing wanted to buy ribs, Mrs. Li was so happy.

Ye Qingqing picked two ribs with more meat.

Mrs. Li on the side pointed to the big wooden barrel next to her and said with a smile:

"The pigs slaughtered today were quite big. Half of the pigs had more than half a bucket of water. Qingqing, do you want to buy some to make braised pork?"

Ye Qingqing looked into the wooden barrel. There were pig intestines, small intestines, loin, liver, lungs and tripe.

It's said to be half a pair, but it looks like a lot of weight.

A pair of pigs in the water costs 30 cents, and half a pair only costs 15 cents. It can be eaten for several meals, so it is indeed a good deal.

Ye Qingqing thought about it in his mind and nodded immediately. "Okay, I want this half-pig in the water too."

Since braised pork is all made, braised pig trotters are of course indispensable.

Ye Qingqing couldn't help but drool at the thought of the soft, chewy braised pig's trotters.

However, after looking for a long time, she didn't see any pig trotters, so she had to turn around and look at Mr. Li:

"Auntie, are there any pig trotters left?"

Mrs. Li shook her head, "Many women have given birth in the village recently, and the pig's trotters were all ordered two days ago."

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it without that."

Mrs. Li brought the scale beam over and put the two ribs on it. The weight was pushed back and the scale beam was raised high.

"Exactly one and a half kilograms, ribs cost 12 cents per catty, here it's 18 cents."

"It costs 15 cents for half a pig to enter the water, and the total is 33 cents."

At this time, there were few people buying meat, so Li gave Ye Qingqing a big stick bone and asked her to take it back to make soup.

"Thank you, Aunt Li."

"You're welcome. Just come over and help me more often in the future."

Li quickly wrapped the ribs and large ribs in banana leaves.

As for the pig going into the water, just ask Ye Qingqing to carry the bucket back and return it later. The two families are not far apart anyway.

There was quite a lot of stuff in the half-pig, which was fine at first, but became heavier and heavier as we walked. It took Ye Qingqing a lot of effort to lift it home.

After returning home, Ye Qingqing poured the pig offal into his own basin, and then hurried to Zhang's house to return the barrel.

When I came back, I went to my parents' house to pick up Chenchen.

When they went to Ye's house, Chenchen waited until she fell asleep.

Ye Qingqing gently carried the little one home. When she arrived at the door, Mrs. Ye stuffed her with a handful of tender lettuce.

Back home, Ye Qingqing asked Aunt Chen to help move the small bed with a fence to the door of the kitchen.

Then he put Chenchen on it to sleep so that Ye Qingqing could see him while cooking.

Chenchen usually likes to sleep, but when she wakes up and doesn't see anyone, she gets restless and starts crying.

Usually, if Ye Qingqing is busy with something, he will move his crib out and let him sleep beside it.

This way, the little guy can see his mother when he wakes up.

After setting up Chenchen, Ye Qingqing took two yams and peeled them, while Aunt Chen was chopping ribs.

This yam and pork ribs soup is very simple. You only need to cook the pork ribs and yam together.

But pay attention to the order. The pork ribs should be put into the pot in cold water, while the yam should be put in after the water boils.

Yams tend to stick to the pot, so put them down after boiling so they won't stick to the bottom.

The yam and the pork ribs are quite heavy in themselves, and with two ladles of water, the pot is just full.

Every time Ye Qingqing makes soup, he likes to cook a big pot. He can drink it all at noon and have another meal at night.

After lighting the fire for the soup, Ye Qingqing went to the backyard and took out all the remaining deer meat.

Ye Qingqing cut off a third of the meat and cut it into thin slices, intending to use it for stir-frying.

There were a lot of meat and bones left, and Ye Qingqing planned to use them to stew potatoes.

There were some shepherd's purse leaves left yesterday, and I was making a cold shepherd's purse.

With Aunt Chen's help, the three dishes and one soup were quickly prepared and the aroma gradually drifted from the kitchen to the pharmacy.

Smelling this fragrance, the father and son knew it was time to have lunch without anyone shouting.

Tang Xiaojing put down the herbs in his hand, stood up and stretched his waist, then twisted his stiff neck.

"After working all morning, my neck and shoulders are stiff."

Tang Shan gave him a look of disdain, "I think you are just in poor health. I think back then, when I was your age, I dared to confront bandits."

"Dad, have you ever heard of a saying that if a hero doesn't mention his bravery, it happened so many years ago, and it's useless for you to talk about it now."

Tangshan refused to accept his old age and immediately rolled up his sleeves and patted the table in front of him.

"You're just itchy, let's go outside and practice a few moves."

Tang Xiaojing was not afraid of him, and even gave Tang Shan a provocative look: "Just leave, who is afraid of whom?"

Tang Xiaojing pushed open the door with great force. Unexpectedly, he tripped over Xiao Huang who was lying at the door just two steps away.

Immediately came a person who fell to the ground.

"Hahahahahahaha, you deserve it, you kid is going to be beaten."

Tang Shan watched the excitement from the sidelines with gloating, not forgetting to kick a few extra feet when passing by.