He added firewood to the stove and cut a few slices of fat. He didn't really cut much, but he poured the fat intestines, belly, and liver into the pot. When his grandma made these things, he only cooked them medium rare, and ate them. It took a lot of effort, but it smelled fishy.
He also popped the pot with soy sauce. As soon as he finished pouring the soy sauce, Zhao Fang's voice came: "Laifu, please put less soy sauce. You have to buy it with tickets, so why don't I do it."
Li Laifu pretended not to hear, poured the radish and fat intestines into the pot, and pushed the big pancake to the edge of the pot.
After putting the lid on the pot and finishing the meal, the little girl looked like a penguin as soon as she entered the house, waiting for him to hold her with her little hands open. She really didn't give her food for free.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Li Chongwen opened the door and came in. "When did you come back?" he said to Li Laifu.
"morning!"
"Chongwen, let me tell you, our Laifu is awesome today, Laifu is so good, Laifu..."
"Oh, no, I can't explain it anymore," he pushed the paper shell in his hand and said, "You'd better see for yourself!"
Li Chongwen put the lunch box on the Eight Immortals table, took out a steamed bun made of vegetables and cornmeal, and said: "As long as he doesn't cause trouble, I will burn high incense. What's so great about it? Can he still find money?"
"I picked it up, I picked it up! I even picked up 80 cents," Zhao Fang had already gone to the ground.
"Nonsence!"
"I can't even explain. Why did I pick up 80 cents? That's..."
Li Chongwen frowned and said, "Why don't you speak more slowly? What's going on here?"
"Dad, my eldest brother was digging a trap at my grandparents' place, caught a wild boar, and brought back a lot of pork," Jiang Tao said on the kang.
"Yes, yes! That's it. There is a lot of pork at home. Do you think Laifu is great?" Zhao Fang said.
Li Chongwen hung his work clothes on the clothes rack and said to Zhao Fang: "Look, the child can explain clearly in one sentence. Why are you still incoherent? Besides, it's not like I haven't caught little wild boars before, so there are only seven. Eight kilograms of meat weighs as much as the sky. How can he catch a big wild boar weighing more than 100 kilograms? A wild boar weighing that much would have knocked him away."
Zhao Fang said unconvinced: "What little wild boar? What seven or eight kilograms of meat? That piece of meat that Laifu brought back, let me see? That pig weighs at least 100 kilograms."
Li Chongwen stared at Li Laifu, waiting for his answer.
"The head and tail were removed, the internal organs were removed, and there were still more than 70 kilograms of meat," Li Laifu said lightly.
Zhao Fang pulled Li Chongwen and said, "Let's go to the kitchen and look at the pork. Don't worry if you don't believe that our family Laifu is a very capable child."
Zhao Fang looked at the meat in the basin, Li Lin Chongwen, and said, "There are also large intestines, pig hearts and livers. You can have some wine later in the evening."
"Mom!"
"Where is the large intestine, where is the pig's heart, and why is the pig's liver gone? Laifu, did you see it? It's not like it was taken away by a mouse, right?"
Listening to Zhao Fang's voice, which was almost crying, Li Laifu hurriedly came out and said, "It's in the pot."
Zhao Fang opened the lid of the pot and shouted: "Oh my god, you damn kid, can't you survive?"
Li Chongwen said with a smile: "If you shout twice more, is your mother really coming?"
Zhao Fang glared at him and said: "You are still in the mood to laugh, look at this pot...?"
"Laifu, didn't I say make polenta paste?"
"Auntie, I also told you that I learned to cook from my grandma, and this is all I learned? If you ask me to make polenta, I can't do it, right?"
Zhao Fang rolled her eyes and said: "You kid, do you think your aunt is fooling me? Can you cook such a troublesome dish? Can't you make corn paste? Go ahead! Go inside and wait for dinner!"
After the two men entered the house, Li Chongwen said: "It is very dangerous for you to catch such a big pig. You can't go there in the future. The wild boar is not kidding you. One pig and two tigers are not a joke."
"I know, I'm not going to catch the wild boar. I just dug a trap and went to check it out the next day. If I actually catch the wild boar, I can still wrestle with it!"
"You little bear, how come you haven't looked so poor in two days?"
"Mom, where did my pumpkin go?" Zhao Fang's voice came from the kitchen.
Li Chongwen pointed at Li Laifu with a smile and walked towards the kitchen, but said: "Look, your aunt has been so angry that she called her mom a few times."
The family gathered around the Eight Immortals table, and the two boys' chopsticks were almost flying. They were eating vegetables in big bites and pumpkin pancakes in small bites.
"Brother, the dishes and pancakes you cook are so delicious. Can you prepare them tomorrow?" Jiang Yuan said while eating.
"I can't even stop you from eating," Zhao Fang cursed, and then said to Li Laifu, "Laifu, you are not allowed to come in the kitchen from now on."
Li Chongwen took a big bowl and broke up his buns of vegetables and stick noodles, scooped out the soup and vegetables, and ate it with big mouthfuls.
"Laifu, should I tell you? Your cooking skills are much better than your aunt."
Zhao Fang ate the food in small bites, glared at Li Chongwen, and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? Look at this dish? The oil is floating, is it delicious?"
That pumpkin? I was still thinking about having breakfast tomorrow, okay, I put them all into the pancake. I really regretted that I yelled and asked him to grab more stick noodles," Zhao Fang said with a bitter face.
Li Chongwen ate the fat intestines and said with a smile: "Okay, don't look so grim. There is still so much meat. Tomorrow you cut two or three kilograms of meat and send a piece to your mother's family."
This sentence touched her heart. What daughter doesn't like to take things from her parents' house? The key is? She has dignity in doing this, which proves that she married well.
Zhao Fang suddenly looked at Li Laifu and said, "Auntie, just take it. When will our family be able to eat those dozens of kilograms of meat?" Li Laifu expressed his opinion first.
"Good boy, such a good boy. Thank you, auntie. Eat more," Zhao Fang said, passing another pancake to Li Laifu.
Li Laifu almost laughed out loud. This was too realistic. He had disliked him just now... and sure enough, he went to his parents' house to take things, regardless of the woman's age.
Bang bang!
The two little hands reaching for the pancake basin were beaten. Are they going to be eaten dry? Do you still want to eat enough? Okay, okay, keep these dishes for a meal tomorrow," Zhao Fang said to Jiang Tao and Jiang Yuan.
The two boys were content and didn't make any noise. After all, they used to have nothing but mush for dinner.
Li Laifu was different. Zhao Fang kept picking up food for him. Li Chongwen shook his head and broke open a pancake. He ate half of it himself and handed the other half to Jiang Tao and Jiang Yuan.
"Laifu, this pancake you made is really delicious and sweet," Li Chongwen said after taking a bite.
After dinner, Zhao Fang cleared the table, and Li Chongwen took the newspaper, rolled it in tobacco leaves, and walked outside. He had eaten today, and he usually wouldn't dare to go outside for a walk.
Li Laifu also walked outside, but the little girl shouted: "Brother...brother," and opened her little hands.
"Brother, let's go out to play too." The two boys hadn't gone out all afternoon and were already panicking. They were the first to go out. There were already a few people sitting at the gate, including Old Mrs. Liu and Old Man Zhang.
