When they returned to their resting place and put down the rice and noodles they had been helped to buy, Mei Qingyao still looked a bit frightened: "...women are so scary."
Qiao Huaping smiled half-heartedly: "Huh?"
Mei Qingying was innocent and confused: "Huh?"
Mei Qingyao was excited and immediately explained: "Ah, no, I mean...who is that? Auntie!"
Qiao Huaping rubbed Mei Qingyao's little head vigorously: "Are your arms tired? Let me rub them for you?"
Mei Qingyao immediately made an excuse: "I'm not tired!"
Just kidding, he is eight years old and a very upright young man!
But Qiao Huaping still helped Mei Qingyao loosen the acupuncture points on her arm without any explanation.
Mei Qingyao blushed a little, but still smiled secretly.
...Okay, he admitted that he liked being so close to his little stepmother.
But not long after, Gu Ling came over, holding a knife of pork in his hand.
The pork was fat and thin and red, and it looked like it was freshly cut.
Gu Ling was extremely happy. She blushed and called out: "Aunt Qiao."
He couldn't hide his happiness in his words.
There was a beautiful silk flower tied in her hair, which Qiao Huaping had given her earlier.
Gu Ling was in her early teens, the age when she loves beauty the most. She usually fled on the road and didn't bother to take care of herself. Now she was stationed next to Ningshui County, and there were not many people coming and going outside, so Gu Ling quietly dug out this
A silk flower was placed on the head.
The beautiful silk flowers set off her pretty little face. Gu Ling shyly took a picture of herself in the water. She felt that when she faced the looks of those passing by, her back straightened a lot.
Qiao Huaping also emphatically praised: "Our Ling'er looks particularly good today."
Gu Ling was even happier.
She feels that Qiao Huaping is like a big sister to her. Although Qiao Huaping is younger but has a higher seniority, she has to call her "Aunt Qiao", but in her heart, Qiao Huaping is like a neighbor sister who is amiable and admired by her.
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She was also happy to hear Qiao Huaping calling her Ling'er.
When Gu Ling was happy, her tongue stuttered a little. Before she could say anything, she thrust the pork knife she was carrying into Qiao Huaping's hand.
Qiao Huaping naturally refused to answer, and said in surprise: "Ling'er, you're so good, what are you doing?"
Gu Ling blushed and said with a smile: "Aunt Qiao, grandma asked me to get it for you. Grandma said that thanks to you, life at home has gotten much better. It just so happened that my uncle followed the purchasing team into the county today.
, Grandma asked him to cut some meat and come back... Take it quickly, Aunt Qiao. Grandma said, if you don't take it, you will be separated from our family."
With that said, Gu Ling hung the hemp rope she was carrying on Qiao Huaping's hand.
Qiao Huaping smiled helplessly and took it anyway.
However, she asked Gu Ling to wait for a while, took out some cakes from the bag, and wrapped them neatly in oil paper.
Qiao Huaping explained vaguely: "I asked someone else to buy it, you can take it back."
Naturally, Gu Ling refused to answer. Qiao Huaping pretended to be angry, and with a straight face, she used what Mrs. Gu had said earlier to block Gu Ling: "If you don't answer, then you are cheating on me."
Gu Ling was young, but Qiao Huaping fooled her with just a stern expression.
The little girl took the pastry with some uneasiness. Qiao Hua's face changed instantly and turned into a smiling look: "My dear, go back quickly."
Gu Ling was stunned by Qiao Huaping's face-changing skills, and then coaxed by Qiao Huaping's words of "good boy", she became dizzy, her face flushed, and she carried the pastries back in a daze.
Mei Qingyao and Mei Qinghuang only thought that Qiao Huaping's operation looked familiar.
Mei Qingyu glanced at his elder brother and younger brother and shook his head.
Does it look familiar?
That's natural.
Because sometimes their little stepmother deceives them like this!
However, Mei Qingyu did not intend to say it out loud.
Anyway, everyone was very happy...
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The pork knife that Mrs. Gu asked Gu Ling to bring was not light. Qiao Huaping weighed it in her hand and estimated that it weighed a pound and a half. It was fat and thin, and it was very beautiful.
She thought for a moment, went to clean her hands, poured some white flour out, and prepared to knead the dough.
Mei Qing ran over and squatted next to Qiao Huaping: "Mom, what are you going to make delicious?"
Qiao Huaping said with a smile: "Grandma Gu asked your sister Ling'er to send meat today. Let's make pork belly with pickles and eat this fresh pork belly. I'll make some lotus leaf pancakes with the noodles, and then we'll make the pork belly."
The meat is sandwiched in lotus leaf pancakes and eaten."
Qiao Huaping spoke concisely, but Mei Qinghuang's mouth watered when he heard it.
He volunteered to help Qiao Huaping cut meat.
This is not the first time that Mei Qinghuang has helped Qiao Huaping. Qiao Huaping discovered that the youngest in her family not only loves to eat, but is also very talented in how to make delicious food.
For example, she only taught this sword skill once, and this little guy was able to learn it like a charm.
Qiao Huaping felt that this little guy might become a chef in the future.
She was quite assured of Mei Qinghuang's knife skills and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the meat needs to be blanched first, washed with warm water and then cooked; when it is cooked, cut into thin long cubes...
…When you cut it later, you must be careful with your hands, you know?”
Mei Qinghuang grinned, showing a toothless smile: "I know, mother!"
While the noodles were fermenting, Qiao Huaping went to a house in the village that usually prepared a lot of prunes and bought some prunes.
Originally, the family was not willing to accept the money, so Qiao Huaping was a little helpless, so she directly stuffed the money into the family's youngest son's belt, turned around and ran away with the package of dried prunes and vegetables.
Qiao Huaping soaked the pickled vegetables, while Mei Qinghuang had already blanched the pork belly, added the ingredients and started cooking again.
As for the "materials" added, because there are no conditions in the wild and spices are expensive, Qiao Huaping mostly uses local materials.
Mei Qinghuang learned a lot from watching Qiao Huaping cook these days, and he cooked it in a decent way, including a few common herbs that can remove fishy smell and add aroma.
Qiao Huaping nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, Sister Du came back angrily holding Bai Feiye in her arms, walking very fast, as if she was afraid of being caught up by someone.
Bai Feiye didn't see his mother for half the afternoon, but he was very excited when he saw Qiao Huaping.
Qiao Huaping smiled and wiped her hands with a handkerchief, then took Bai Feiye from Sister Du's arms: "Sister, why are you so angry? Is little Aye not good?"
Sister Du immediately denied it: "No way! Our little Aye is the most well-behaved baby in the world. It's not too late for me to love you. How could you not be well-behaved? How could you make me angry?"
Qiao Huaping gently nudged Bai Feiye in her arms and looked at Sister Du with a smile, as if asking, what's going on?
Sister Du let out a deep breath: "It's not the couple from the Liu family who are making trouble!"
Sister Du was indignant: "I said earlier that the couple from the Liu family had plots against our little Aye, and now that I see them, they really do!"