Chapter 31: Eat, Eat, Eat, Until You Burst

Jiang Xiangxiang was quite curious. She had taken all the money, so where did Ye Meiping get the money to buy meat? She didn’t believe Ye Meiping hadn’t noticed it yet.

However, since Ye Meiping didn’t mention it, Jiang Xiangxiang certainly wouldn’t go looking for trouble. She would just pretend she knew nothing.

Ye Meiping watched Jiang Xiangxiang chop the meat, her heart pounding. She couldn’t help but say, “That’s enough! Just chop a little bit. Do you want to eat it all in one meal?”

Jiang Xiangxiang turned and glared at her. “So what if I eat it all in one meal? I bought it to eat, don’t you have an opinion?”

Ye Meiping: “Eat, eat, eat! You’ll eat yourself to death!”

Jiang Xiangxiang: “When did eating meat become deadly? Just admit you’re stingy! Do you have any radishes? Get me some radishes.”

Ye Meiping: “No!”

Jiang Xiangxiang: “So I have to go pull them from the field myself, is that it?”

She was spoiled rotten! Did she really think Jiang Xiangxiang had a good temper and had to listen to everything she said?

Jiang Xiangxiang made a move to go outside, intending to find them herself. If she didn’t strip the small vegetable garden behind the house bare, she would consider herself a failure.

Seeing her furious expression, Ye Meiping quickly stopped her. “No, no, no! I’ll go get them for you. Just tell me how many you need, and I’ll take care of it.”

Jiang Xiangxiang: “Why didn’t you cooperate earlier? Go quickly and come back quickly.”

Ye Meiping: “…”

Let her be smug for a while. Sooner or later, she would get rid of Jiang Xiangxiang. She would absolutely not let her have an easy time.

Ye Meiping gritted her teeth, feeling extremely unhappy, but she also knew that if she let Jiang Xiangxiang go to the vegetable garden, she would be the one to suffer.

That girl was like a madwoman, completely unreasonable, basically biting anyone she caught.

After Ye Meiping left, Jiang Xiangxiang started thinking. Braised pork, radish balls, and tomato and egg soup should be perfect.

Since Ye Meiping was out, Jiang Xiangxiang subtly took out two tomatoes. No one would ever know.

For the staple food, she would just make some pancakes.

She couldn’t use Ye Meiping’s large iron pot, as she didn’t know what was in it. Fortunately, there was a small pot nearby. It was a bit old, but after a wash, it was still usable.

When Ye Meiping returned from pulling radishes, she saw that Jiang Xiangxiang had already chopped all the meat she had bought and was braising it in the small iron pot. The rich aroma of meat wafted from afar.

Unbeknownst to her, Jiang Xiangxiang, to be on the safe side, fearing Ye Meiping would tamper with it, used spring water to braise the meat. She had done all this before Ye Meiping returned.

Even Jiang Xiangxiang herself didn’t expect that as soon as the spring water hit the pot, a strong meaty aroma filled the air. It smelled delicious.

Seeing Ye Meiping come back with a thin, small radish, Jiang Xiangxiang couldn’t help but twitch her mouth. There was no limit to her stinginess.

Was she being too stingy?

Seeing Jiang Xiangxiang’s gaze on the radish, Ye Meiping threw it forward without hesitation, with a hint of disdain. “This is what I have. Take it or leave it. If you don’t want it, I’ll keep it as fruit.”

Jiang Xiangxiang: “Give it here!”

Although she had plenty of good things in her space, far superior to this, she might as well use it. As long as she saw Ye Meiping unhappy, she was happy.

Jiang Xiangxiang took the radish, washed it, peeled it, sliced it into thin strips, then minced it and mixed it with the meat filling she had prepared earlier. After the braised pork was cooked, she could start frying.

Ye Meiping didn’t understand what she was doing. Usually, Jiang Xiangxiang did all the housework, and her cooking skills were average, stuck in the past.

Seeing Jiang Xiangxiang mixing everything, and adding a handful of flour, she became irritated.

“Just cook! You don’t cook properly, always doing unnecessary things. Jiang Xiangxiang, I think you’re asking for a beating.”

“If you’re capable, come and beat me. If you’re not, just shut up, understand?”

“You’re not acting like a proper girl at all!”

“So I’m not. What are you going to do about it? If you can’t do anything, just shut up. Talking too much wastes saliva.”

Jiang Xiangxiang didn’t even look up, continuing to cook without paying any attention to her.

Ye Meiping was a little angry, but there was nothing she could do, so she could only resignedly squat down to stoke the fire and add firewood.

Half an hour later, the braised pork was ready. When Jiang Xiangxiang served the meat, she clearly saw Ye Meiping getting restless, shifting her bottom and glancing over frequently.

Jiang Xiangxiang put the meat in the inner room, far away from Ye Meiping, preventing her from touching it.

Ye Meiping was annoyed by her actions. The little girl was always guarding against her. When did her cooking skills become so good? Perhaps she had been made to work too hard before, so Jiang Xiangxiang harbored resentment and didn’t want to do a good job or cook delicious food for her.

Thinking this, she became even angrier.

Jiang Xiangxiang ignored her, cleaned the pot, heated the oil, and quickly formed the prepared filling into small balls, dropping them into the hot oil, watching them float to the surface.

The aroma intensified.

Ye Meiping once again felt that she had raised her daughter in vain. Jiang Xiangxiang was deliberately opposing her, trying to make her angry. She had never tasted anything so delicious.

And the oil…

Jiang Xiangxiang had used almost two months’ worth of their family’s oil for this meal. Did oil not cost money? She was so wasteful.

However, this time, Ye Meiping wisely didn’t speak, but reflected on whether she had set the price too low. She should raise it.

After all, Jiang Xiangxiang was already trained, capable of working and enduring hardship, basically there was nothing she couldn’t do. If she couldn’t get a good price, she would be at a huge loss.

After making the meatballs, Jiang Xiangxiang served them, carefully washing the plates to ensure they were clean, clearly distrusting Ye Meiping and fearing she would tamper with them.

Ye Meiping remained silent, a fire burning in her heart, making her extremely uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xiangxiang didn’t care about her discomfort. She quickly carried the fried meatballs and braised pork outside. Lu Jianshen was waiting in the yard, immediately stepping forward to greet her.