Chapter 372 Taking the Roast Duck Home
Chapter 372 Taking the Roast Duck Home
Li Xiuhong rolled her eyes.
"That's nothing. Sometimes she even secretly cooks eggs for me. My parents don't need her to eat or drink, but she does this kind of sneaky thing."
"What about your grandma? Doesn't she care about it?"
Someone couldn't help but ask.
"No one cares. If you tell her anything, she'll just throw a tantrum and roll on the ground, as if someone owes her something. She's made our family a mess now."
"Anyway, I'll come and play with you guys whenever I have time. I don't want to stay there."
Li Xiuhong hated it so much. They were supposed to live a good life after moving here.
Now two more people like this came, and Wang Erni even stole her clothes and took her hairband.
I really don't understand why her grandmother hasn't kicked those two people out yet.
"Didn't we say before that we would build another room for them to move out? Isn't this not a good idea for your family?"
"Your second sister-in-law is about to give birth. Wouldn't it be a bad idea to let these two people live at home?"
Qin Yu immediately thought of the key point. Li Xiuhong's elder brother Li Fu already had two children. The younger one was lost when they fled from famine, leaving only the older one. He didn't plan to have any more children at the moment.
But Li Xiuhong's second brother Li Qing has never had children. Li Qing and his wife had been married for five years, and they got pregnant when they were fleeing famine.
I'm probably going to give birth after next month, so I should be more careful.
Qin Yu is a doctor, so he will subconsciously pay more attention to these things.
Li Xiuhong also frowned:
"Yes, I was supposed to stay at home with my second sister-in-law, but now I just don't want to see them, so I go out."
In fact, it was her second sister-in-law who noticed that she was always nagged by her sister-in-law at home, so she let her go out to play.
Let’s wait until next month. Starting next month, I will be with my second sister-in-law.
While chatting, the men cleaned the table and then learned how to make roast duck.
The ducks that Yu Qingqing and Shen Nuo brought out were all of good quality.
The men killed the duck quickly, and the younger brother helped to boil water and pluck the feathers after it was scalded.
Shen Nuo and Qin Ruan couldn't take any action and could only watch from the side.
He Fang, Qin Zuo and the other two did not come today. They both went up the mountain to pick herbs. Only Qin Yu came with Xiaobao.
Xiaobao was watching obediently with Qingwu holding their hands. Qin Ruan held his hand the whole time, fearing that the two children would run over and touch the hot water.
Shen Nuo also held Song Siyan's hand and watched them pluck the hair.
They didn't come outside until they were about to gut the duck.
Still in the pavilion, it was time for Song Siyan to practice calligraphy.
"Si Yan, come on, I'll ask your Uncle Yan to give you a reward tonight."
Si Yan nodded:
"Uncle Nuonuo, I can practice well, even without any reward."
He has grown a little taller recently, and sometimes he would hug Shen Nuo when Qin Yan wasn't paying attention, and then listen to the movements in front of his belly.
Shen Nuo indulged him, treating it as just an interaction between children.
Sometimes, Song Siyan seemed to speak in a low voice. Shen Nuo pretended not to hear him, but he was actually smiling in his heart.
Outside the kitchen, the men would also help pluck the feathers and then process the ducks.
When it’s almost done, start letting them try to learn one by one.
The first one was roasted by Yang Xu. He already knew how to roast it, so Qin Yan didn't need to teach them. He just let Yang Xu teach them.
After processing all the ducks, Qin Yan washed his hands and came out.
From a distance, I saw a few people practicing calligraphy in the pavilion. This time, the number of children practicing calligraphy increased from one to three.
Si Yan is a little older than Xiao Bao and Qing Wu. He is now teaching them in a very professional manner how to hold a pen and how to write.
Just like Qin Yan taught him before, teach others.
Qin Yan found it funny, but it did not undermine Song Siyan's self-confidence at all.
When he looked over, I secretly gave him a thumbs up.
Song Siyan's face turned red, but he taught more seriously and also wrote more seriously himself.
In just one afternoon, they basically learned how to make roast duck, and when they went back, each of them took one back.
Those with more people took two. Shen Nuo and Yu Qingqing were not stingy people, and they were all friends.
Of course their families knew that they were playing with Qin Yan and Shen Nuo and would not stop them. They would just let them know that reciprocity is the right thing to do and that they should bring some gifts next time.
Even if you go to the mountains to pick mushrooms, it's better than going empty-handed.
They listened to their elders and didn't feel they were nagging. Suddenly they remembered that it was not a good idea to go to someone's house empty-handed in the afternoon and eat and take things.
"Mom and Dad, stop talking. I know I was wrong. I will go to the mountain to find some mountain products tomorrow."
Li Xiuhong also endured her parents pointing at her forehead.
"Tsk, how much are the mountain products? How much is this roast duck? They asked you to do this, you should be grateful."
"I'm here to help you open a restaurant and teach you how to make roast duck. Oh, you're just giving me some mountain products?"
Li Zhuangzi's daughter-in-law Chen Mei sometimes wants to pry open her daughter's head to see if it is full of paste.
"Mom, what should I do? I don't know how to do anything else."
Li Xiuhong also knew that they brought her along when they opened the restaurant just because she played with them.
Otherwise, since she can neither count nor cook, she can only contribute some money to join.
But she doesn't need that little bit of money at all.
Seeing that she was pouting and unhappy, Li Zhuanzi couldn't bear to say anything to her anymore. He could only pull his wife's sleeve to make her quiet down.
Chen Mei could only change her words:
"Well, my daughter is not so useless. She gave you roast duck. You can give her something else besides mountain products. For example, clothes or handkerchiefs. Just see what Nuo likes."
"Mom has taught you needlework over the years, don't tell me you don't know how to do it."
Li Xiuhong thought about it, smiled, and slapped her forehead:
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that? I'll give Nuoge a purse next time."
Chen Mei and his wife breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that their daughter had finally thought of this.
It would be useless to ask them to thank Qin Yan and the others themselves. It would be better to let Li Xiuhong send something herself.
After the three of them left the room, Li Fu's family cut the roast duck and waited to eat it.
"Grandma, Mom and Dad, Brother and Sister-in-law, please try this roast duck. This is how Xu Geer taught me to roast it. Doesn't it smell good?"
When the others heard this, they all smiled and said it smelled good.
There is only one little sister in the family, so even if the food doesn’t taste good, they have to say it is delicious against their conscience, not to mention that it is really delicious.
"Hey, I'll teach you how to eat."
Li Xiuhong picked up the pancake and started rolling it.
“This is quite exquisite.”
Li Xiuhong's sister-in-law said with a smile.
"Yes, this way of eating was taught by Nuo Ge'er, it's delicious."
Li Guihua, who was waiting to eat meat, had already rolled her eyes.
"This pancake is too thin. How can it be better than eating the meat directly?"
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