Chapter 7

Feng Lingling thought to herself: If your son wants to eat it, just make it for him yourself. I am not his mother.

Feng Lingling smiled awkwardly and said, “What a coincidence! My husband and I just finished eating.”

Anyway, she and Fan Fuying were talking at the door. The dumplings were in the kitchen at the back. It was up to her to decide whether to finish eating or not.

“You finished eating so quickly, you must be the reincarnation of starving ghosts!” Fan Fuying felt even more unhappy.

Feng Lingling was not happy with what Fan Fuying said, but considering that Fan Fuying’s man was of a higher rank than her own man, she smiled and said, “I’m just very hungry today, so I ate quickly.”

Fan Fuying got nothing in return and went back with a lot of resentment.

At home, Shuai Shuai was still howling that he wanted to eat meat-filled dumplings.

Fan Fuying’s man Sun Gui scolded him sternly, “Why are you howling? Isn’t this the sweet and sour pork ribs you want to eat?!”

“I don’t want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs! I want to eat meat-filled dumplings!” Shuai Shuai howled angrily.

“It’s all Yan Xi’s fault! If she hadn’t asked Xiaohe and Nuannuan to deliver meat-filled dumplings to the sisters-in-law, our Shuai Shuai would never have thought of eating meat-filled dumplings!” Fan Fuying said hatefully.

“Mom, why don’t Xiaohe and Nuannuan send meat dumplings to our family?” Shuai Shuai asked in a fiery tone.

“It’s because Yan Xi can’t bear to see our family doing well that she doesn’t send it to us.” Fan Fuying said.

“Then you have to make meat-stuffed dumplings for me to eat and beat that woman, Xiaohe and Nuannuan!” Shuai Shuai yelled.

“What do you mean you can’t stand seeing our family doing well?” Sun Gui frowned. “Isn’t it because you gave Nuannuan some meat buns that had been sitting there for a few days last time, causing her to have a stomachache? Xiao He sent Nuannuan to the health center overnight, and that’s why the two kids don’t like you anymore?”

“I didn’t know the buns were bad!” Fan Fuying argued excitedly, trying to cover up her guilty conscience.

“Those two kids kept staring at Shuai Shuai while he was eating buns. I was too soft-hearted and couldn’t bear to see that, so I gave them buns. I obviously had good intentions. There are only a few sisters-in-law in the compound who are as kind-hearted as me. It’s ok that those two kids were ungrateful, but they even held a grudge against me. No wonder Yan Xi doesn’t like them. They are just ungrateful wolves who can never be fed!”

Fan Fuying really didn’t know that the buns she gave to Fu Caihe and Nuannuan were bad. However, she knew that the buns had been left for several days and were likely to be bad.

But how could she possibly give the two kids the buns she had just made?

Her Shuai Shuai can’t even feed it all by himself, so how can those two kids be worthy?

If there had not been several sisters-in-law around at the time, in order to highlight her kindness and goodwill and contrast with Yan Xi, she would not have given the two children the buns, and there would not have been so many things later, and the two children would not have hated her for it!

“That woman doesn’t know how to make dumplings. The dumplings she makes must not taste good! Mom will make dumplings for you!” Fan Fuying said and went to the kitchen to prepare the dough.

Shuai Shuai finally stopped howling and started laughing. He even said sweetly, “Mom’s dumplings are the best in the world!”

Fan Fuying’s originally gloomy mood was cheered up by her son and she became more energetic.

Sun Gui looked at the mother and son, shook his head, and started eating the food on the table.

…

After Yan Xi and the two children finished eating dumplings, they started making spicy noodles.

——Yes, she had already thought about it. Her first pot of gold would come from this. Since it was invented in the 1990s, it has been popular all over the country in the next 20 to 30 years. No matter children, young people or middle-aged people, they can’t resist its temptation.

In her previous life, Yan Xi had also made spicy noodles herself. She learned it online and still remembered the general steps. The production process was not complicated.

She poured a pot of rice that had been steamed in advance into a basin, added salt, chili powder, etc., beat in a few raw eggs, mixed them all together, and then kneaded and rubbed them with her hands.

After kneading it almost enough, roll it into a thin piece, cut it into strips, put it in a steamer and steam it for five minutes, then you can take it out.

Next comes the most critical step – adding seasoning.

Pour cumin, thirteen spices and other spices into an empty bowl and mix them evenly, then add a spoonful of boiling hot oil. Then pour these spices into the steamed strips and mix well. The simple spicy strips are ready, and they smell spicy and tempting.

Yan Xi took a bite and her taste buds were greatly satisfied!

That’s the taste!

This is the taste of the spicy strips that made her unable to stop eating them in her previous life. After eating one strip, she wanted to eat another one!

Fu Caihe and Nuannuan were also attracted to the kitchen door by the overbearing spicy aroma.

The two children stood there, staring at the spicy strips in her hand, and couldn’t help but spit out saliva from their mouths.

They had just eaten such delicious dumplings that their stomachs were bloated and they were not hungry at all. Why did they seem to be hungry again when they smelled this? They felt that they could still stuff a lot more food into their stomachs?

Yan Xi looked at the two children swallowing their saliva and smiled with an expression that said “I understand, I understand very well”.

She grabbed two spicy strips and handed them over: “Here, one for each of you. It’s a little spicy, so be careful when you eat it.”

Nuannuan subconsciously stretched out her little paw to take it, but Fu Caihe grabbed her wrist.

“What is this?” Fu Caihe asked warily.

Although he really wanted the taste, he would not eat anything that came from an unknown source.

“This is called spicy strips. I will take it to the market in town to sell tomorrow. I will leave very early tomorrow. If you are hungry, you can cook dumplings for yourselves. There are still plenty of dumplings.” Yan Xi also arranged everything for tomorrow in advance.

She was afraid that the two children would not wake up when she went out tomorrow, and she didn’t want to disturb their sleep.

“Latiao?” Nuan Nuan tilted her head and repeated in confusion: “What are latiao?”

Yan Xi smiled.

That’s a really good question.

She pointed to the spicy strips in her hand: “This is spicy strips.”

Nuannuan felt that something was wrong, but she couldn’t figure out what it was with her little brain.

“Why did you go to the market to sell spicy strips? Have you used up all the money your father gave you?” Fu Caihe grasped another key issue.

Both children have accepted Fu Wen and they call him “Dad”.

The corners of Yan Xi’s mouth twitched.

This child is quite perceptive.

But how could she admit it!

“I want to lose weight. Selling spicy strips can help me lose weight and make money at the same time. It’s like killing two birds with one stone. How great.” Yan Xi said.

Fu Wen stopped talking.

Nuannuan could hardly hold it back, her saliva was almost flowing out.

She leaned close to Fu Caihe’s ear and said in a voice that she thought was very quiet, but Yan Xi could hear it clearly: “Brother, can I eat it?”

Fu Caihe was thinking seriously.

Nuan Nuan couldn’t wait any longer: “Brother, please tell me! My saliva is about to flow onto your clothes!”