Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 20 Uncle Su 2 Cooks

When Su Yue woke up, her second uncle and his family had already cleaned up the wild boar, but Su Yue didn't say what they were going to do with it.

None of them dared to handle it privately.

They had no choice but to hang the slaughtered wild boars one by one in the straw shed in the backyard, and even collected two basins of wild boar blood.

The pig's internal organs and bones were still in the bucket because they hadn't been washed.

Su Yue walked out yawning and saw that her second uncle was different from usual; his face was all wrinkled from smiling.

He showed no signs of having worked all night the day before. He whispered to Su Yue, "Yue'er, get up. We've finished processing the wild boar meat. It's hanging in the shed in the backyard. It's just that it's hot, so if we don't process it quickly, it'll probably rot in a couple of days. If you want to take it to town to sell, I'll go get a mule right now."

"I won't sell it. I'll smoke all the meat into dried bacon tonight and eat it slowly. I remember my second aunt's sister-in-law makes it, but I don't know if my second aunt knows how." Su Yue vaguely remembered from the original owner's memories that her second aunt had brought back similar modern smoked bacon from her family home.

"Yes, yes, your second aunt learned it from her sister-in-law. We'll start smoking it tonight." Uncle Su's mouth was already watering when he heard that so much meat wasn't being sold and that they were keeping it to eat.

Aunt Su, who was cooking in the shed, heard it all and, without even cooking, ran out to show her loyalty, saying, "Yue'er, you can rest assured leaving her in Aunt Su's care!"

Su Yue found this family quite interesting; since the original owner was weak, they bullied her relentlessly.

Now that they can't win, everyone knows to back down.

So obedient, keeping them around to serve me is also a way of avenging the original owner.

If it weren't for the fact that before the original owner's soul dissipated, she only wanted to teach them a lesson, after all, they were her second uncles, and she still wanted to leave a bloodline for her loving grandparents.

Su Yue has fulfilled her duty for the original owner, and this body will belong to her from now on. As long as the Su family doesn't cause any more trouble, Su Yue won't mind giving them a meal.

If you take good care of yourself, you won't let them down.

In this ancient era where filial piety was paramount, Su Yue still lived happily.

If nothing unexpected happens, Su Yue will live here for the rest of her life; she has no plans to get married.

So she didn't want to be gossiped about all the time in the village. Of course, she wasn't afraid of those things, but she was afraid of trouble!

So as long as the Su family doesn't cause any trouble, she can still turn a blind eye.

After all, she is still young and cannot live independently; she needs to register her household with the Su family.

Su Erbao and Su Xiaobao went to the village entrance to line up for water before dawn. Just as they brought the water into the yard, they heard Su Yue say that all the meat should be left to eat.

Ignoring what Village Chief Su had said that morning about the well water level dropping again, only enough for each household to draw one bucket of water, Su Xiaobao scooped a ladleful and poured it into a basin for Su Yue to wash up.

Su Erbao felt heartbroken as he watched a ladle of water being scooped out of the wooden bucket.

We used to be able to fetch two buckets of water, just enough for the family to eat and wash.

Now the amount has been halved, and each family is only given one bucket of water, which seems to be just enough for one family to eat.

Su Yue noticed Su Erbao's expression, but she pretended not to see it. After washing up, she sat down at the table and ate the cornbread that her aunt Su had served.

The Su family usually only eats two meals a day, and only Su Yue gets to eat cornbread in the morning.

Su Erbao directly told Su Ershu and Su Ershen what the village chief had said, and after hearing this, each family could only fetch one bucket of water.

The two of them went directly to Village Chief Su's house to ask what was going on.

After finishing her meal, Su Yue started learning to read with Su Dabao. She didn't plan to go to town to beg for money from Uncle Su San today.

Even the best wool can't withstand being fleeced every day, so let's give Uncle Su a break for a day.

Su Erbao and Su Xiaobao were watching the mules and wild boar meat in the backyard.

When I got back yesterday, it was already dark, so no one knew that Su Lao Er's family had a mule.

Su Yue learned very quickly; after only a few lessons, she already knew many characters.

At first, Su Dabao was shocked, but he gradually got used to it and realized that it was probably something that could be learned very quickly.

Now I'm not afraid anymore. I know that as long as I don't provoke this evil spirit, she won't hit me for no reason.

A short while later, Uncle Su and Aunt Su returned with their heads hanging low.

Su Yue knew what the outcome would be just by looking at the two of them.

When Aunt Su saw that Su Yue didn't seem worried at all when she heard that the village well was about to run out of water, she suddenly felt relieved.

She went into her room, took out the crossbody bag that Su Yue had made, and handed it to her, saying, "Yue'er, look at how your second aunt did it. Are you satisfied?"

Su Yue took it, held it up against herself, and thought it was okay, but she didn't want her second aunt to think she had done a good job, lest she get carried away, so she pointed at the crossbody bag and started nitpicking.

Finally, he praised Aunt Su.

When it was time to cook lunch, Su Yue asked her second aunt to start the fire while her second uncle cooked.

She didn't want to eat such unpalatable food every day.

The Su family isn't short of people; if this isn't good, we'll just switch to the next one.

I refuse to believe that none of them can cook well. If there really isn't one, then we'll choose the best cook from among them.

Su Lao Er and his family were unaware that they would all become Su Yue's cooks in the future.

Especially Su Erbao was drooling over a pile of raw pork in the backyard, wishing all the meat was cooked so he could eat it in big bites. This was a scene he never dared to dream of.

Su Yue held a fire poker and asked her second uncle to cook braised pork.

Seeing Uncle Su put the chopped wild boar meat into the oil before it was even hot, he smacked his hand with a stick. "How could you be so stupid? I told you to wait until the oil was hot before putting the meat in, but you just let it go in one ear and out the other, you don't listen to a word I say..."

"Hey, I told you, you can't add salt now. You have to add it when the meat is almost done cooking, otherwise it will be tough and won't taste good..."

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With Su Yue's guidance, Uncle Su's second attempt at making braised pork was a success.

As soon as the braised pork was cooked, it made Su Erbao and Su Xiaobao in the backyard swoon with its aroma. They even forgot about the wild boar meat and the mule and ran to the cooking shed to wait for dinner.

When eating, Su Yue scooped half of the braised pork out of her bowl and ate it with some dark cornbread.

They ignored the other people at the table.

The group, who had been craving meat for a long time, didn't care about anything else and started grabbing meat with their chopsticks.

The Su family members inside the house ate without even looking up.

The neighbors living near the Su family were so tempted by the aroma of the meat that not only the children wanted to eat it, but they also wanted to eat it!

Adults wouldn't be so shameless as to beg for food from other people's homes; if they did that, how could they face anyone in the village?

Children are different; it's because your family is eating meat in a time when everyone is starving.

Those who lived nearby didn't hit the children, thinking they were short-sighted. They instructed the children to go to Su Lao Er's house, believing that Su Lao Er's family wouldn't give them a piece of meat.

Wang Xiuying's two sons are the most troublesome at home. Ever since Wang Xiaohua and her sister had a big fight, she hasn't had much chance to secretly let her sons taste anything.

She had been scurrying around in the house with the aroma of meat for the past few days, and she had cursed it countless times.

I just can't understand it. Everyone in the village goes up the mountain to find food, but no one is as capable as that one dead girl.

While others might find some wild vegetables and wild eggs, that brat always manages to find meat to eat.