Chapter 29

Song Ruan didn’t get to eat beggar’s chicken in the end because they didn’t bring any fire-making tools with them up the mountain.

To cook beggar’s chicken, you need to bury it in the soil and cook it, so you can’t take it home to cook it, because the neighbors will see it. Song Ruan plans to take it home and cook a simple version of kiln chicken tonight.

Although they didn’t get to eat beggar’s chicken, they unexpectedly discovered morels while looking for ingredients.

Morels have high nutritional value, are good for the body, and taste like meat. Even if you sell them now, you can still make a lot of money.

Of course, Song Ruan didn’t plan to sell it. She was going to use it to cook morel soup to nourish her family.

After picking half a bamboo basket of morels, some oyster mushrooms and wild vegetables, they prepared to go back as it was getting late.

When I got home, I found that there was a guest at home. It turned out to be the matchmaker from last time.

To be honest, there were very few guests at dinner time, because food was scarce these days, and if the host had to keep guests for dinner, it would seem very rude.

So if you come to visit at this time, there must be something important.

Sure enough, Song Ruan’s parents looked rather solemn. Yang Bin put the bamboo basket in the kitchen, said hello tactfully, and went home first.

In the room, Song’s father, Song’s mother, and the matchmaker were sitting at the table where they usually had their meals and drinking tea.

The second and third brothers sat silently on chairs against the wall to keep them company, while the eldest brother was pouring tea into their cups.

Song Ruan gently approached her second brother, tugged at his sleeve and asked in a low voice: “Second brother, what’s going on?”

The second brother Song Wu leaned close to her ear and whispered, “Haven’t our parents always asked the matchmaker to find a blind date for our eldest brother? Originally, it was agreed that he would have a blind date with a girl from Xishui Village. But now that she knows that all our money has been given to our grandmother, she says she is not willing to meet him anymore.”

After listening to this, Song Ruan was stunned for a long time.

In the dream, the eldest brother’s blind date girl was not happy because her father had passed away. Later, she only agreed after asking for more money as a dowry.

Song Ruan asked: “Then do you know what our eldest brother’s blind date’s name is?”

Song Wu thought for a moment and said, “It seems to be Zhang Caihong.”

It’s her! Song Ruan’s eyes darkened.

Zhang Caihong was a snobbish and trouble-making person. After she married the eldest brother, she would make a scene every few days, making the family in great unrest.

In the dream, her mother was already in a bad mental state after her father’s death, and she was often bullied, and she passed away soon after. Zhang Caihong used this as an excuse to divide the family, and separated her brothers and sisters. Her steady eldest brother was depressed for the rest of his life.

No, she couldn’t let her elder brother marry her no matter what in this life, and she couldn’t let the things in her dream happen.

Song Ruan walked up to her parents who were drinking tea and said, “Mom and Dad, I’m going to cook first.”

After that, she smiled sweetly at the matchmaker: “Auntie, please stay at our house for dinner tonight. I have picked a lot of good things in the mountains.”

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The matchmaker’s face, which was a little tired, immediately showed a smile, “Oh, this little sister is really kind-hearted and capable, but I won’t eat here, and I’ve almost finished talking about things, so I’m going back now.”

Song Ruan said hurriedly, “No, auntie, I picked some morels in the mountains today to make meat soup. Morels are very nutritious and have a meaty flavor. They are delicious.”

After Song Ruan finished speaking, she came closer and said playfully, “To be honest, I shot a pheasant today and I’m going to make it into a kiln chicken. Auntie, please don’t tell anyone and come and taste it with us.”

Song Ruan described the food in detail. Every time the matchmaker spoke, she drooled more. By the time Song Ruan finished, she had swallowed several times unconsciously.

Song’s father and mother were not stingy people. Moreover, their son’s marriage had to be entrusted to others, so they tried their best to invite the matchmaker to dinner.

“Then…I’ll stay for dinner?”

“That’s great.” Song Ruan decided to put in his best effort and win over the matchmaker. After all, people in this area rely on these matchmakers to arrange marriages.

Song Ruan pulled her second and third brothers over to help. The second brother went to process the pheasants, and the third brother went to pick vegetables from the private plot.

Song Ruan first soaked the wheat rice and then used it to cook rice.

Then wash the collected oyster mushrooms, blanch them in boiling water, then stir-fry the chili oil and use it to make a cold dish of oyster mushrooms.

After preparing her second brother’s chicken, she smeared the prepared sauce on the chicken skin and let it sit there to marinate.

Then he quickly soaked the dried black fungus, took out the dried meat that he had stored earlier, cut it into thin shreds, stir-fried the pan with chili peppers, put the shredded meat in, the pan immediately sizzled, and after stir-frying for a few times, he put the black fungus in and stir-fried it.

After the stir-fried shredded pork was ready, the third brother also came back from picking vegetables from his private plot.

She stuffed sliced ​​ginger and chopped green onions into the chicken’s stomach. She crushed white peppercorns with the back of a knife and stuffed them into the chicken’s stomach along with morels. She sealed the chicken’s stomach with toothpicks and put it in a small pot to cook.

During this process, she cooked rice, stir-fried a dish of vegetables, picked a few eggs, and made scrambled eggs with chopped green onions.

After finishing, Song Ruan first asked her second brother to send some food to Yang Bin’s house, and then put the meal on the table.

White wheat rice, fragrant kiln-fried chicken, appetizing cold-mixed oyster mushrooms, stir-fried shredded pork with a meaty and spicy taste, delicious scrambled eggs with chopped green onions, as well as green stir-fried vegetables and morel soup.

The matchmaker was shocked at once. What a high-standard hospitality.

“Don’t just look, let’s eat.”

As soon as Song’s father said this, everyone kept silent. Everyone waved their chopsticks and stuffed food into their mouths. The roasted chicken, which was full of the aroma of seasonings, was so oily and fragrant that after eating one piece, their stomachs were clamoring for the second piece. There were also hot and spicy shredded pork and fragrant eggs…

Only after everyone was sweating and full did they take a break.

Song Ruan only ate half a bowl of rice and didn’t eat much else. She kept waiting for the matchmaker to finish eating to see what her eldest brother’s marriage said.