Chapter 40 : Sisters-in-law’s actions, Lu Fangfang is surprised

In the family compound, Lu Fangfang found a rectangular stone, washed it with water, and then took a big hammer and smashed the cow bones hard.

She planned to break the cow’s spine first, and then smash it hard to make cracks, ensuring that all the bone marrow could be cooked out during the cooking.

“Bang, bang, bang.”

After smashing the stone for a while, Lu Fangfang’s hands were so painful that there were just faint cracks on the bones of the stone.

“This bone is really hard.”

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she took a deep breath and continued to hammer hard.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

The sound of her cracking bones was so loud that most of the family compound could hear it.

After a while, Daya and Tiedan led four or five little kids into the yard.

They were surprised to see Lu Fangfang smashing the bones with a hammer and gathered around.

“Aunt, why are you smashing bones?”

Lu Fangfang looked up and saw that it was Daya, so she smiled and said, “There is marrow in the beef bones. Aunt is breaking them open to cook it out.”

“Marrow?”

Seeing Daya’s confusion, a little boy next to her immediately shouted, “I know, I know, bone marrow is delicious, very delicious, even more delicious than meat.”

“More delicious than meat?”

Upon hearing this, the little kids started swallowing their saliva.

In their opinion, meat is the most fragrant thing. If bone marrow is even more delicious than meat, what does it taste like?

“Yes, the bone marrow is delicious. All of you come to Aunt’s place to drink beef bone soup tomorrow morning.”

This group of little kids, the oldest of whom was only five or six years old, Lu Fangfang said with a smile, then asked everyone to disperse.

When she was smashing the bones, the broken bones flew everywhere, but she didn’t dare let the little kids get too close.

“Auntie, can I… can I come and eat too?”

Lu Fangfang turned her head and found that the person who was talking was a little girl in a flowery jacket.

“Of course you can, come and eat, but don’t call me Auntie, call me Aunt.”

Auntie…

She is only nineteen this year, not that old.

After saying that, Lu Fangfang looked at the other children and said, “Whoever wants to eat, just come. Aunt will make sure there’s enough for everyone.”

The little kids smiled and became excited.

They shouted “There’s beef bone soup!” and ran outside.

“A bunch of little brats.”

Lu Fangfang smiled and continued to smash the cow bones hard.

“Bang, bang, bang.”

Seeing the cow bones broken, she picked them up and put them in an enamel basin beside her.

She will have to clean them again when she cooks them later.

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The little kids ran out of Lu Fangfang’s house and ran wildly in the staff quarters.

As they ran, they shouted about the beef bone soup.

When the sisters-in-law who were basking in the sun in front of the first row of houses heard this, they quickly called their children over.

When the sisters-in-law heard Lu Fangfang smashing bones at home, they were all happy.

“Hey, Chunhua, are you going tomorrow morning?”

“Go ahead. Beef bone soup is also considered meat soup. Let me tell you, soup is very nutritious. In my hometown, we can’t live without soup for every meal. This soup is the most nutritious…”

The sister-in-law who had asked the question just now twitched her lips and quickly interrupted her, “Are we going empty-handed? It’s not good to drink Comrade Xiao Lu’s bone soup for nothing, right?”

“That’s easy. When Captain Zhuang and Comrade Xiao Lu get married in a few days, we can just send them some more gifts.”

Upon hearing this, the sisters-in-law around nodded in agreement.

Even my sister-in-law, who originally didn’t want to go, planned to go and get some bone soup tomorrow morning.

After all, Captain Zhuang was getting married, so they had to give him something, and it would be a waste if they didn’t drink the bone soup.

After hearing what the sisters-in-law said, the little kids were a little confused.

When they were a little further away from the adults, a little kid asked, “We’re going to drink Aunt’s bone soup. Do we have to give Aunt something as well?”

The little kids looked at each other, wondering… should they give something to Aunt?

Everyone looked at Daya.

Daya scratched her head and said firmly, “We can’t eat and drink for free. We have to give something to Aunt. Can you think of what we can give Aunt?”

The little kids immediately started thinking hard.

After a while, a little boy with a runny nose said, “How about I give my glass ball to Aunt?”

“Why would Aunt want your glass ball? Aunt is an adult, she doesn’t play with it.”

The other kids immediately rejected it.

“Yes.”

Daya’s eyes lit up, and she suddenly thought of a good idea. “Aunt wants to cook bone soup, so she must be short of firewood. We can pick up some firewood and give it to Aunt.”

“But… but Daya, where can we get firewood?”

“In the woods.” Daya said proudly, shaking her pigtails.

When she was in her hometown, she often helped her mother collect firewood in the woods, so she must be right to go there.

“Daya, there’s only grass here, no trees.”

“Ah?”

Daya was stunned and her face immediately fell.

In fact, there are forests in the Qilian Mountains, but they are a bit far from the family compound, so the kids don’t know about them.

Just when everyone was frustrated, the little girl in the flowery jacket suddenly said, “I know where to get firewood.”

“Niuniu, where is that?” the little kids asked excitedly.

“I have some at home, you can go pick it up at my house.”

Niuniu said this and turned to look at Daya.

Daya was a little hesitant. How could she go to someone else’s house to collect firewood?

She subconsciously touched her little butt.

But looking at her friends’ eager eyes, she couldn’t say no, as she didn’t want to be looked down upon by her friends.

“Then… let’s give it a try?”

Seeing her friends nodding excitedly, Daya had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead everyone to Niuniu’s house.

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Lu Fangfang was smashing bones at home, but she didn’t know that someone wanted to give her a gift.

She worked for half an hour and broke only a small part of the bone.

Just when she was thinking about taking a break, there was a knock on the door, “Comrade Lu? Comrade Lu?”

“Here it comes. Here it comes.”

Lu Fangfang put down the hammer and stood up quickly.

When she looked back, she saw a familiarsister-in-law walking in carrying a big black pot.

She had met this sister-in-law on the military vehicle in the morning. Her name was Chen Yanhong, and she was the wife of the regiment’s logistics director.

“Sister Yanhong, what are you doing…”

“Comrade Lu, don’t you want to cook beef bones? I knew you didn’t have a big pot at home, so I went to the kitchen and borrowed one for you.”

As she spoke, Chen Yanhong put the big pot in her hand on the ground. “It’s been a long time since our family compound has been so lively. Comrade Lu, if you need anything, just tell me.”

Lu Fangfang nodded in response, feeling warm in her heart.

She suddenly discovered that there were many humane sisters-in-law in the family compound.

“Okay then, Comrade Lu, you continue with your work. I’ll be going back first.”

Chen Yanhong came quickly and left quickly.

Lu Fangfang was very happy when she saw the big black pot left by her sister-in-law in the yard. This solved her big problem.

Lu Fangfang went outside and found three large stones and arranged them in the shape of a Chinese character.

Taking a shovel, she dug between the stones and placed the big black pot on the stone.

Just as she finished her work, she heard someone calling her from outside.

“Comrade Lu, are you home?”

Lu Fangfang didn’t close the gate. When she turned around, she saw another sister-in-law walking in.

The sister-in-law was very young and wore a military cap. Lu Fangfang thought she looked familiar, but she didn’t know her name.

“Comrade Lu, I have a bunch of cilantro here. You can put it in the beef bone soup tomorrow.”

The young sister-in-law took the coriander and handed it to Lu Fangfang with a smile.

“Sister-in-law, this… this is too expensive.”

“Just take it. No matter how valuable it is, it is not as valuable as your cow bones. If you are willing to give up a cow bone, why should I be reluctant to give up a handful of coriander?”

The young sister-in-law pushed the coriander into Lu Fangfang’s hands.

“Comrade Lu, i will be waiting to drink your beef bone soup tomorrow morning.”

The young sister-in-law smiled and said something, then turned and left.

Lu Fangfang looked down at the coriander in her hand, feeling filled with emotion. The grass in the fields outside had just sprouted, and it was not easy to have a handful of coriander to eat.

Lu Fangfang solemnly placed the coriander given by her sister-in-law into the cupboard.

In the next half hour, several more sisters-in-law came, some brought dried chilies, some brought onions and ginger, and some brought star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves.

In a short while, Lu Fangfang’s house had a lot of spices.

Well, if I can’t cook the beef bone soup well this time, my sisters-in-law will laugh at me.

Lu Fangfang is full of energy.