Chapter 8

Qiao Shuling waited for a long time, but didn’t see Lu Hong reach out to take the thing, so she took it and stuffed it into her arms.

Lu Hong felt a weight in her arms and quickly declined, “I take care of Chuanchuan and Shengsheng because I treat them as my own children. These things are expensive. You should take them back and give them to Chuanchuan and Shengsheng. Their faces are so sunken.”

There was a hint of blame in her tone.

If her husband had not told her not to conflict with Qiao Shuling, she would have pointed at Qiao Shuling’s nose and cursed him two years ago.

There is no mother like this in the world!

They starve their own children and even abuse them.

Qiao Shuling shook her head and smiled, “I bought a lot. Chuanchuan and Shengsheng will have enough to eat. Sister Lu, don’t worry.”

She pointed at the shovel in Lu Hong’s hand and said, “Sister Lu, you’ve just started cooking, right? I bought a lot of things today. You and the guards can come to my house for dinner tonight.”

When the original owner was alive, she was submissive to the sarcastic sisters-in-law and aunts outside, but she was rude to Lu Hong who patiently helped her take care of the children.

Qiao Shuling had read the book and knew how weird the original owner was.

The original owner didn’t like Lu Hong because she believed that no one in this world would help others take care of their children for no reason. In her shallow mind, she thought that Lu Hong took such good care of the two babies just because she wanted to have an affair with Xie Chengxiao!

Because of this weird idea, the original owner always looked down upon Lu Hong.

Accustomed to Qiao Shuling’s harshness, Lu Hong was a little overwhelmed when she suddenly invited her to dinner today.

Qiao Shuling did not give Lu Hong a chance to refuse. She took out some candy from her pocket and gave one to each of Liang Bao and the guard.

“Thank you, Mom!”

“Thank you, auntie!”

How could they normally have the chance to eat White Rabbit candy? The three children looked at the candies in their hands with their eyes shining.

Qiao Shuling patted the heads of her two children and said, “Chuanchuan and Shengsheng can play with the guards for a while. Mom will go back to make dinner. How about we invite Aunt Lu Hong and the guards to come to our house for dinner tonight?”

“good!”

The two treasures said in unison.

Mom gave them some delicious candies. Zhang Mancang had told them before that Dabai milk candies were very expensive and only parents who loved their children would buy them.

Although Xie Chengxiao loves his children, he is too busy to think of buying snacks for the two babies. Only when his colleagues give him two pieces of fruit candy very occasionally, he will take them back for the two babies to eat. As a result, the two babies could only envy other children before.

Today is different!

They also have White Rabbit candy!

Xie Chuanchuan took it in his hand and took a careful bite. The sweet taste made him squint his eyes.

So sweet!

When Xie Shengsheng saw his brother eating candy, he also opened his own White Rabbit milk candy and started eating it.

Good times, good times!

I really hope mom will always be so good to them!

Seeing that Qiao Shuling had already gone home, Lu Hong no longer had the opportunity to refuse, so she turned around and went back to the kitchen to finish cooking the stir-fried pork and vegetables that she had just prepared, preparing to bring it to Qiao Shuling’s house for a snack in the evening.

Lu Hong’s cooking method was common in that era. There was almost no oil, more vegetables and very little meat.

But being able to bring meat and vegetables to someone else’s home is already a rare opportunity.

Qiao Shuling brought the pile of things she brought back into the house.

She took out pig intestines and pig ears from the space.

Qiao Shuling first used a thin bamboo stick to turn out the inner wall of the large intestine, then used scissors to cut off the excess intestinal oil, and rubbed it repeatedly with coarse salt in an enamel basin. Finally, he used white vinegar to thoroughly remove the fishy smell and then scalded it in hot water.

People of this era don’t like to eat pig offal. The main reason is that it is difficult to process and has an unpleasant fishy smell.

Qiao Shuling poured star anise, cinnamon and dried chilies from the yard into the pot, poured the chopped pig intestines and pig ears into the pot and stir-fried them, then added a spoonful of sugar to enhance the flavor, and a bowl of extremely fragrant braised food was ready.

The smell even drifted to Lu Hong’s home.

The guards’ mouths watered at the aroma. “Chuanchuan, Shengsheng, which auntie is cooking? It smells so good!”

Xie Shengsheng also wiped the saliva that kept secreting from the corners of his mouth.

“I want to eat it too.”

Xie Chuanchuan patted his head like a little adult.

“Mom’s cooking is the best!”

Xie Shengsheng thought of the fried potatoes and shredded pork at noon and nodded heavily.

“Brother, you’re right. I won’t be tempted by this aroma! What mom makes is the best!”

The two kids didn’t know yet that the aroma they were craving was the braised food made by Qiao Shuling.

After making the braised food, Qiao Shuling quickly made scrambled eggs with leeks and fried mushrooms.

The two simple dishes became fragrant and delicious in Qiao Shuling’s hands..

But Qiao Shuling was troubled by the last dish.

I already have a big pot of braised food, so it might be a bit eye-catching if I cook meat dishes.

After thinking about it, Qiao Shuling only made a half-meat dish.

She cut some shredded pork and stir-fried the cabbage. She specially fried the shredded pork until it was slightly browned, so that it would taste more fragrant!

After serving the meal, Qiao Shuling went to call for help.

“Chuanchuanshengsheng, Guard Lu’s wife, you all come over for dinner!”

The two treasures and the guards rushed back first.

Only then did they realize that the aroma that was making them drool was actually coming from Qiao Shuling’s yard.

Xie Shengsheng clapped his hands happily, “That’s great! Mom made delicious food for us and Auntie!”

Several people came to the main hall. Lu Hong looked at the table full of dishes and was so shocked that she couldn’t close her mouth. “Shu, Shu Ling.”

The first time she called Qiao Shuling’s name, she stuttered a little awkwardly.

“You can just cook a dish, why did you cook so much?”

They don’t eat like this during Chinese New Year!

The fragrance as soon as she came in made her, who was not greedy, couldn’t help but whet her appetite.

The plate of stir-fried vegetables and meat in her hand suddenly became unattractive.

Didn’t Qiao Shuling always have something against her?

Treating her like this…

Thinking of the egg cake at home and the delicious food in front of her, Lu Hong felt a little embarrassed about complaining about Qiao Shuling in front of the man.

Could it be that I had misunderstood Qiao Shuling before?