Sweet Dreams in Famine Years: The System Leads to a Brilliant Life

Zeng Siyuan felt that he was more wronged than Dou E. After hearing what his mother said, he hurriedly explained: "Mom, things are not what you think. Please listen to my explanation first!"

Zeng's mother insisted, "What's there to explain? What's there to explain? Hurry up and return the food to Zeng'er. Is there anyone who is as good as you in being a big brother?"

At this time, Wang Huan heard about the grain and ran over immediately. She saw the white rice in Zeng's mother's bag and the fine flour next to it, and a trace of greed flashed in her eyes.

"Mother, since we have already taken these grains, why should we return them?" Wang Huan said with a flattering face, "Besides, this is the filial piety of my sister-in-law. If we just return it like this, wouldn't it hurt her feelings?"

Zeng's mother glared at her in dissatisfaction and said coldly, "What's the matter? I'm not dead yet? Are you so impatient to be the head of the family?"

Wang Huan turned pale with fear, and explained in panic: "Mom, that's not what I meant, I... I just..."

But no matter what she said, she couldn't make up her mind. She stuttered for a long time but couldn't make any sense. Finally, she turned around dejectedly and ran to cook.

After Wang Huan left, Zeng's mother looked at Zeng Siyuan again, her tone still stern: "You too, how could you take Zeng'er's food? You are brother and sister, you should think more about her. Return the food immediately."

Zeng Siyuan hurriedly repeated what Zeng Zhengen had just said. After listening to her son's explanation, Zeng's mother fell silent. She had to admit that her daughter was right. But she felt a little guilty about accepting the grain.

It was already difficult enough for her daughter to raise three children alone. She and her mother could not help much, and now they had taken her daughter's food, which made her feel very upset.

After a moment of silence, Zeng's father said, "Old lady, since it is given by our daughter as a gift to us, please accept it! Otherwise, we will disappoint her."

After Zeng's father said this, Zeng's mother had no choice but to obey and accept the grain.

Although Wang Huan had just gone out, she had been standing outside the house, listening to the noise inside. When she heard Zeng's father's words, she immediately understood that Zeng's mother must have accepted the grain. So, she forgot about being scolded by Zeng's mother just now and ran into the house happily.

"Mom, I'll use these grains to make something delicious! Cheng'er was clamoring for white rice just now! It just so happens that my aunt brought some rice over today." Wang Huan said with a flattering face.

When Zeng's mother heard her words, she became furious.

"Eat, eat, eat. All you do all day is eat. What else can you do besides eating?" she scolded angrily.

However, Wang Huan didn't care about Zeng's mother's abuse, and stared greedily at the food in Zeng's mother's hand. "Mom, I'm doing this for Cheng'er. He is the grandson of our Zeng family and the hope of our Zeng family. We can't let him go hungry!"

Although Zeng's mother was annoyed by Wang Huan's selfishness, she couldn't really let her grandson starve. In the end, she handed the bag of rice to Wang Huan and asked her to steam white rice. As for the bag of fine flour, Zeng's mother decided to keep it for the time being. After all, the road to escape famine was still long, and she couldn't eat up all the food at once.

On the other side, Zeng Zhengen also started to prepare dinner after seeing Zeng Siyuan off. She washed the rice first, and then asked a few kids to help light a fire and steam the rice.

Then, Zeng Zhengen took out the pork she had bought from the system space. She had originally planned to make braised pork for the children yesterday, but later, for convenience, she put the meat into the system space. Because the system space has a fresh-keeping function, the pork was still as fresh as when she took it out.

The little guys had just started a fire and when they saw the pork in Zeng Zhengen's hand, they jumped for joy.

"Meat, meat, there's meat to eat!" Zhang Jiahu and Zhang Jiaqi exclaimed at the same time, their eyes full of excitement. Even the usually calm Zhang Jiajun showed a look of surprise, he could hardly believe that his mother had actually brought pork.

"Mom, are we really going to eat meat tonight?" Zhang Jiajun asked nervously, afraid that he had heard it wrong.

Zeng Zhengen nodded and smiled, "Well, let's eat braised pork tonight."

In her previous life, although Zeng Zhengen was a military doctor and was busy with work, she would always learn cooking through online videos in her spare time and mastered some cooking skills.

When the kids heard that they were going to eat braised pork, they immediately danced with joy. Although they had never heard of braised pork and had never eaten it, they were very much looking forward to it as long as Zeng Zhengen made it.

Seeing the children so happy about eating meat, Zeng Zhengen felt sad. In later generations, children of their age were spoiled and eating meat was common. It was not like now, where they were so happy just to have a meal of meat.

Zeng Zhengen didn't want the children to see her emotions, so she turned around and started to work. She first blanched the pork, then rinsed it with cold water and cut it into small pieces. Then, she poured oil into the pot, added a few rock sugars, slowly fried them to make the sugar color, and then poured the cut pork into the pot and stir-fried it. When the meat pieces were evenly coated with sugar color, she added seasonings, added some water, covered the pot and stewed it.

Half an hour later, the rich aroma of meat wafted out of the pot. The little guys smelled the tempting aroma and drooled.

"Mom, is this ready to eat?" The third son Zhang Jiahu couldn't help but ask. He was an impatient person and couldn't stand the tempting aroma.

The second son, Zhang Jiaqi, also looked at Zeng Zhengen expectantly. Only the eldest son, Zhang Jiajun, could hold back. While adding firewood to the stove, he said, "Mom said we should wait, so let's wait a little longer."

Zeng Zhengen couldn't help but laugh, pinched the youngest's tender little face, and said, "Don't be impatient, this braised pork will taste better only if it's stewed until it's soft."

Although Zhang Jiahu was a little disappointed, he had no choice but to wait patiently, thinking of what his mother said that it would taste better if stewed.

Another quarter of an hour later, the soup in the pot was almost dried up, and the aroma became stronger. Zeng Zhengen then served the braised pork.

Although the kids were eager to taste the delicious braised pork, they saw Zeng Zhengen was still busy, so they had to resist the urge to do anything and wait for their mother to serve the meal.

Finally, Zeng Zhengen put the food on the table, and the kids couldn't wait to pick up a piece of braised pork and put it in their mouths. The braised pork was fat but not greasy, and it was stewed until it was soft and tender. It almost didn't need to be chewed, and it melted in the mouth, and it tasted extremely delicious.

The kids were eating with their mouths full of oil and their faces were filled with satisfied smiles. Although there was only one dish, each of them ate two large bowls of white rice, and touched their round bellies with satisfaction, revealing a happy expression.

Zeng Zhengen didn't know what to say when he saw the little guys' amazing appetite.

The old saying is indeed true, the little brat can eat the old man out of house and home, not to mention that there are three of them!

It seems that after they are settled, she will have to hurry up and make money, otherwise how will she support these three little guys.

After finishing the meal, Zeng Zhengen washed and put away the dishes, then poured some water for the kids to clean.

He had been traveling all day and his body smelled of sweat. If he didn't wash it off, Zeng Zhengen felt that he would not be able to sleep because of the stink.