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Hearing Ziying's loud voice, Zhou couldn't sit still anymore and quickly walked over to take a look. "Wow? Daughter, your sister is right, how can this be eaten?"
However, after glancing at Ziyan's indifferent expression, he couldn't help but ask in doubt, "Is this really edible? What are you planning to do with it, daughter?"
"Ah—"
Ziyan sighed deeply and confidently replied, "Don't worry! Mom, sister, just watch me."
After saying that, Ziyan threw the Pig Intestines into a Wooden Basin by the well, poured in water to quickly wash the surface clean, changed the water, and then began to turn the intestines inside out. Once all the intestines were flipped over, she carefully removed all the excess fat and lymph that was stuck to the intestinal membrane.
She then instructed Ziying to take another basin and help wash another set of Pig Intestines in the same way. At the same time, she told her mother to go to the kitchen and bring some flour and Salt. First, she sprinkled some flour onto the fatty intestines and kneaded it together before setting it aside for now.
Next, she cleaned up a pile of meat bones and set them aside for later use.
Then she cleaned and scraped a large piece of Pork Belly thoroughly and placed it next to the pile of bones.
At this point, Ziying had already finished washing that batch of Pig Intestines as instructed by her sister. She also mixed them with flour in a basin. The two of them worked together to rinse off the flour. Ziyan sprinkled salt inside all the intestines while they both kneaded them in the basin.
After kneading, they set it aside again to wash for a few minutes. Finally, after rinsing several times and flipping the intestines back to their original state, they sprinkled salt again and continued kneading. After repeating this process multiple times, they finally cleaned both sets of intestines thoroughly; the first step was truly completed.
Next, the two sisters divided their tasks: one washed vegetables while the other chopped them.
Their mother took some of the Pig Intestines along with some pig bones into the kitchen to start a fire because Ziyan said these ingredients needed to be blanched first before being simmered separately.
Ziyan sliced some Sour Bamboo Shoots and gathered various necessary seasonings like ginger, scallions, and chili peppers.
Looking over at Ziying's side, following Ziyan's instructions, she had picked and washed several types of wild vegetables including Wild Wood Ear mushrooms, Wild Purslane, and Wild Mushrooms. Finally, she took two large wild river clams from a basin by the well where many Field Snails and River Clams were soaking. She pried open the clams to extract the meat, cleaned it thoroughly, and then moved all the ingredients into the kitchen.
Time passed second by second as the three women in the kitchen began working energetically.
The blanched and simmered fatty intestines and small intestines had been taken out of the pot and placed on a cutting board to cool. Today it was Zhou who was tending the fire while Ziying stood beside her sister helping out.
Ziyan quickly cut the river clam into thin strips and tossed them into a pot on the right stove with the pig bones to simmer together. She also used a frying pan to blanch both Wood Ear mushrooms and Shepherd's Purse separately before starting on Cold Tossed Vinegar Wood Ear Mushroom and Shepherd's Purse.
At the same time, Ziying instructed to cut a large piece of Pork Belly and then tossed it into the frying pan to cook thoroughly. After finishing this cold dish, Ziyan cut the Pig Intestines into small sections. Once these were done, she poured all the miscellaneous ingredients into the Big Bone River Clam Soup and continued to simmer it.
Before long, the Pork Belly that Ziying was cooking was ready. Ziyan poured some Soy Sauce over it and rubbed it with her hands to help the Soy Sauce quickly penetrate the Pork Belly.
Next, she added vegetable oil to the frying pan. When the oil was heated to about seventy or eighty percent, she placed the marinated Pork Belly into the pan, and the oil sizzled with countless small bubbles.
After frying for a while, when Ziyan thought it was about done, she used chopsticks to poke it, and they easily pierced through the skin and meat layers.
She took it out and sliced it thinly. Then she prepared a deep yellow syrup by melting white sugar, adding a few ginkgo nuts and honey dates. Finally, she tossed the already sliced Pork Belly into the syrup and stir-fried it a few times before taking it out and placing it in the rice cooker to steam together with the rice. As soon as the rice was cooked, this dish of Steamed Sweet Pork would be ready.
Soon, everyone gathered around the Stone Table in the courtyard to start their meal.
Ziying, who quickly moved past her worries, joyfully devoured her sister's delicious food.
She exclaimed, "Sister, from now on you are our family's Chef."
After saying that, she wanted to give a thumbs up but was pulled down by Zhou beside her.
"You girl, you can't stop talking even while eating."
Ziyan laughed and chimed in for Zhou, "Exactly, sis, you need to be more ladylike."
"Oh—"
This time Ziying forced herself not to sneak a glance at Gu Yuxuan's expression and lowered her head in defeat, quietly focusing on her meal.
Previously, Zi Lao Er had some concerns about Gu Yuxuan. However, ever since Ziyan left with Gu Yuxuan early that morning, Ziying forgot her sister's warning.
She told them how her sister had almost been bullied by that so-called relative Zhi Shunli in the woods the day before.
Immediately, Zi Lao Er and Zhou were alarmed and angrily cursed Zhi Shunli, including all of his ancestors from the Village Chief and His Wife to those from Village Head's House.
Especially Zi Lao Er, while cursing he also rolled up his sleeves and ran into the yard to grab an axe, preparing to go to Village Head's House to confront that beast Zhi Shunli.
Fortunately, at the most critical moment, Zhou and Ziying managed to hold things together. Ziying thought that her quick tongue might really lead to big trouble, so she came up with a few words that made Zi Lao Er fall into deep thought.
“Dad, you were still suspicious of the Gu Family father and son yesterday. If it weren't for Gu Young Master saving my sister time and again, she probably wouldn't have enough lives to spare. So, Parents, you can rest assured. After these days, I feel that as long as Gu Young Master is by my sister's side, even if something happens, we can turn danger into safety. Gu Young Master is our family's lucky star; we should rely on him more in the future, and then those from Murakami won't dare to bully us anymore.”
Speaking of Ziying, she seemed carefree and thoughtless, but when it mattered, her mind was still quite sharp.
This included her feelings for Gu Yuxuan, which she had been thinking about day and night for the past few years. Yet, deep down, she understood that there was a significant gap between her and Gu Family Young Master.
In their occasional encounters, she could tell that Gu Yuxuan had always looked down on her. The fact that he had glanced at her a few more times because of her sister and that they had shared a table for a few meals made her remind herself countless times: be content!
As the meal drew to a close.
Just when everyone was preparing to get up and clean up after the meal, a woman's voice suddenly came from the Yard Entrance.
“Hey—just finished eating?”
Everyone turned to look in that direction, and it turned out to be Zi Family's eldest daughter-in-law Feng and Third Daughter-in-law Zhang.
“What are you doing here at my house?”
Zhou's eyes were somewhat fiery, and his face showed obvious disdain and disgust as he fixed his gaze on the approaching visitors.
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