, wonderful and free of pop-ups! After assessing the heat, Yang Ruoqing opened the lid of the pot, and a burst of hot steam came out, mixed with a strange smell of meat.
Yang Ruoqing picked up the spatula and stir-fried them to let them heat evenly. Fry until both sides of the meat turn light golden. When she was having sex, she took a ladle of clear well water and poured it in, just enough to cover the snake meat.
Cover the pot, and the next step is to add firewood to the small stove.
There are two key points in cooking snake meat. The first is to stir-fry to bring out the aroma, and the second is to simmer over low heat to bring out the fresh flavor of the meat.
Mrs. Sun was preparing other wild vegetables for dinner and said to Yang Ruoqing: "Snake meat is a new thing. This pot contains a lot of food. Qing'er, how do you plan to distribute it?"
Yang Ruoqing squatted there and tended to the fire. When she heard Mrs. Sun's question, she said without raising her head: "Grandpa, I must give you some, otherwise it won't make sense. Aunt Guihua and Aunt Dayun are so good to our family, and they provide help in times of need. I also have to give them a taste."
"Then...where are the two people next door?" asked Sun in a low voice.
Yang Ruoqing paused. Fourth uncle Yang Huaming and his wife were famous throughout the village for their greedy mouths. A person who has thicker skin than pig skin and a pair of dog noses. If he smells something delicious, he won’t leave, and he will have to fish for a few chopsticks before he gives up!
"It's okay, Mom, please don't say anything to me later, I'll just take care of it." Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled, comforting Sun.
"Third sister-in-law, fat girl, are the snake soup ready?"
Not long after, Mrs. Liu poked her head in from the door of the kitchen, her eyes darting around as if catching a thief.
Especially when she saw the small pot with the aroma coming out, Mrs. Liu wrinkled her nose greedily: "This thing is so fragrant that you can smell it from three miles away. It makes me hungry!"
"When you're hungry, go to the front room and ask me for food. Why are you yelling at me like this?" Yang Ruoqing rolled her eyes at Mrs. Liu and said angrily.
"Hey, fat girl, what you said is that we are all a family, right? The fourth aunt is pregnant and is very happy. She is just waiting for you to take a few sips of snake soup..."
"You're already seven months old and you're still so happy? Fourth aunt, you are really a noble person! Does my mother know that you are so noble?"
Yang Ruoqing glanced at Ms. Liu with a half-smile, and her contemptuous look made Ms. Liu feel guilty and angry.
"Ouch, my waist is sore after standing here for a long time. I'll go sit in the next room for a while..." Ms. Liu held her back and wanted to go to Yang Huazhong's room next door.
However, Yang Ruoqing ran out of the kitchen one step earlier and shouted towards the door of Tan's house upstairs: "Mistress, come here quickly. My fourth aunt has back pain and can't stand anymore. My little cousin wants to Slide out..."
The door of the east room opened with a bang, and Mrs. Tan hurried towards this side with a dark face and little feet, already starting to curse.
"If your back hurts, just go back to your pig's nest and lie down peacefully, wandering around with your big belly, and you can't hide from serious things. You will be indispensable for your greedy work!"
Mrs. Tan cursed and rushed to Ms. Liu, her eyebrows and eyes widened. Suddenly, her nose moved and she sniffed the air several times.
"What does it smell like? Why does it smell so good?"
"Mom, it's snake soup, the snake soup that fat girl brought back!" Mrs. Liu was frightened when she saw Mrs. Tan coming over. Now she saw that Mrs. Tan's nose was also hooked by the fragrance, and she couldn't help but bravely said.
Mrs. Tan turned her head and poked her head into the kitchen, and sure enough she saw that the small stove was simmering.
Mrs. Tan looked suspicious. She usually stayed in her east room doing needlework and rarely walked around the village.
Fat Ya got back the news about a snake. She heard it from Liu's two daughters, but she didn't pay much attention to it.
Mrs. Tan glanced at Yang Ruoqing suspiciously, wanting to scold her for not doing her job properly and only thinking about the nonsense she was talking about, but——
The next moment, Yang Ruoqing suddenly spoke up: "Nai, you came just in time, wait a minute!"
Yang Ruoqing turned around, went over and opened the lid of the pot, and a wave of heat hit her face. A strange fragrance rushed out of the kitchen, and even Mrs. Tan couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
Even the stewed old hens are not so fragrant!
Yang Huaming, who was in the next room, heard Tan's voice just now, and was so scared that he huddled inside and didn't dare to say a word. Now he was also attracted by the fragrance. He whirred and asked, "It smells so good. Is the snake soup about to be cooked?"
Yang Ruoqing walked up to Mrs. Tan with a full bowl of snake soup and said with a smile: "Nai, this snake soup is our tribute to you. It's not much. Let's all have a sip of the soup to enjoy it!"
Mrs. Tan looked at the bowl in front of her. In the milky white soup, there were looming pieces of tender white meat, and the green scallion foam was evenly sprinkled on top. Not to mention how tempting it was!
"I don't care about this stuff, but it would be nice to take it back and give it to your father and uncle as a side dish." Mrs. Tan said, reaching out to take the bowl from Yang Ruoqing's hand.
Mrs. Sun said hurriedly: "Mom, this bowl is hot, I'll bring it to you."
Mrs. Sun picked it up and quickly went to the upper room over there. Mrs. Tan followed, took two steps, turned and glared at Yang Huaming: "Why are you still standing there? Come here quickly!"
Yang Huaming saw the familiar favoritism in Tan's eyes.
In the past, whenever the family got some rare food, Mrs. Tan would give it to Lao Yangtou, her eldest brother, her eldest nephew, her sixth sister, and herself, on the pretext that the men were drinking and adding food. No one else!
You’ll have your share of the snake soup tonight!
Mrs. Liu was very angry when she saw Yang Huaming leaving her and ran away.
Mrs. Liu knew that if the snake soup was in the hands of Mrs. Tan, except for a few of her beloved children and grandchildren, she would not be able to take a bite.
So I stayed where I was and didn't want to leave.
Ms. Liu stretched her neck and looked at the steaming pot in the kitchen, her throat almost dripping down her neck.
"Fourth Aunt, why are you still bothering with this? My mother has sent your share to the bedroom." Yang Ruoqing held her hands in front of her chest, stood like a bucket at the door of the kitchen, and followed A thick wall blocked it there.
Mrs. Liu twitched her lips: "With a palm-sized bowl and a dozen pairs of chopsticks, how many mouthfuls can it hold? Fatty, you still have a lot in this pot, give it to Auntie Kou Tang."
"Ouch, Fourth Aunt, what you said is wrong. When we all eat together, it will make the population prosperous and exciting! Besides, my grandma is a good steward of the house, and my uncles are brothers and sisters. Who can fight for it? What? Fourth Aunt, you can tell me what you said, but if you say it outside, people will laugh to death!"
Ms. Liu's face turned red with anger. This was the first time she had experienced Yang Ruoqing's ability to talk. She snorted, "Look at how stingy you are. Just say it if you don't want to. Where do you get so many excuses!"
