Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 78 Is this how you address Brother Yishan?

Ren Si Niang and the other two rushed over to check, but there was nothing in the well except for well water.

"What does this mean? Are you lying to me?"

Li Chaochao said seriously, "Why would I lie to you? This konjac tofu will stay in the well the next day and won't spoil. It will also taste cool and refreshing."

If Auntie finds it troublesome, she can place it in a basin of cool water, or wrap it in a cotton blanket; just make sure the konjac tofu doesn't spoil.

As the weather gets hotter, this is a method that farmers all know to extend the shelf life of food.

Ren Si Niang naturally knew this as well, and her face fell. "That's it?"

"Yes, that's it!" Li Chaochao said with a smile.

Ren Si Niang was holding back her anger, but when she saw everyone in the courtyard staring at her with hostile eyes, she felt inexplicably afraid.

Xiao Yishan, in particular, has such a fierce look in his eyes that he could kill.

Ren Si Niang forced a smile, "Miss Chao Chao is quite the joker."

Li Chaochao acted as if she didn't understand her at all and continued, "Auntie, I'm not joking. Did you not remember? Let me tell you again."

Li Chaochao repeated what she had just said, but Ren Siniang still insisted that she was joking.

How could this possibly be a secret recipe for making konjac tofu? To her, it was just useless common sense.

Li Chaochao was very patient and insisted on repeating it again and again.

Just as Ren Siniang was about to press for an answer, Wu Ruolong could no longer resist stopping her.

"Mother, please don't ask anymore."

He was very annoyed that he got nothing out of this whole mess. It was obvious that they were just making fun of his mother, and she was still asking questions like an idiot.

After a pause, he said to Li Ruru, "Aunt Li, we'll head back now. We've really troubled you today."

Li Ruru didn't have time to pay attention to them. "Take care, don't bother seeing me out."

She couldn't even be bothered with basic etiquette.

Ren Si Niang thought that no matter what Li Ruru said, she would invite them to have a meal here, after all, they had traveled a long way to find Li Ruru's house.

"Um, Aru... ah..." Before she could finish her attempt to get closer to her, Qiqi had already run to her feet, grabbed her trouser leg, and shooed her away.

Ren Si Niang panicked and ran outside as fast as she could. Wu Shui Hua was also afraid of dogs and quickly ran out the door.

Wu Ruolong originally wanted to maintain the demeanor of a scholar, but Qiqi didn't give him any face and chased after him, ready to bite.

The three women had no choice but to leave in a sorry state.

After getting rid of the annoying person, Li Ruru gave Chaochao another round of instructions: "From now on, when you're home alone, make sure to lock the door properly and don't wander around."

Chaochao nodded, thinking to herself that her mother was acting strangely today, as if she was so worried about her.

She's a grown woman, how could she possibly get lost at home?

"Mom, I made two buckets of konjac tofu."

None of them were dyed.

"You must be exhausted. Go and rest," Li Ruru said.

Xiao Wu drove the oxcart to Pan Dayan's house, ground the konjac, and then brought it back.

With the addition of a donkey and the help of her two sons and nephew, Pan Dayan's family became incredibly efficient.

Xiao Wu reminded them that they should go deeper into the mountains to dig for konjac tomorrow, as many konjac branches had been cut off, but the konjac plants were still in the soil.

Pan Dayan said she understood, and then angrily cursed for a while, calling them a bunch of damned bad people.

When Xiao Wu returned, Li Ruru and the others had already prepared the plant dyes for coloring.

A large bowl of spinach juice, mulberry juice, and amaranth juice.

Making konjac is a laborious and lengthy process, but many hands make light work, and it's quite enjoyable to do it together.

Eight buckets of dyed konjac tofu were made: four buckets of green, two buckets of purple, and two buckets of red.

The amaranth made two buckets of red konjac tofu, the spinach made green, and the mulberries naturally made purple. "Next time, don't make mulberry tofu; just use amaranth and spinach," Li Ruru said.

Mulberries are hard to pick, but spinach and amaranth are cheap and easy to use.

She discovered that amaranth juice turns purplish-red when thickened and pink when diluted, which is quite pretty.

The color of spinach juice can also be adjusted according to its consistency, resulting in dark green and light green.

Good, from now on we'll make magenta, pink, dark green and light green, four colors like that would be perfect.

After making konjac tofu, Li Ruru invited everyone to eat.

Lunch today was simple: one bowl of oil-splashed noodles for each person.

Add green vegetables, chopped green onions and minced garlic to the cooked white noodles, then pour hot oil over them. With a sizzling sound, the aroma wafts out.

Although it was a simple meal, everyone enjoyed it very much.

After finishing their meal and resting for a while, everyone took their various knives and went to the backyard.

The two large basins that Chaochao had placed there were already full of pig's blood, so Peipei replaced them with new basins.

Xiao Yishan skillfully began slicing meat with a curved knife. Chu Xiu stood far away, covering his mouth and nose. He wanted to watch but dared not, feeling very awkward.

He wasn't afraid of dead wild boars, but he was still somewhat afraid and unaccustomed to the idea of ​​gutting them.

After all, this young master, raised in a greenhouse, had never seen such a bloody scene.

Li Ruru couldn't help but find it funny to see him like that. This was the kind of person who had actually said he would atone with his death.

Xiao Wu and Yin Yin actively assisted Xiao Yishan. They were not afraid at all, but rather very curious, always asking questions.

"Brother Yishan, what is this?" Yinyin asked.
"This is a pig's heart."

"what is that?"

"That's pig intestines."

"Brother Yishan, what about that one?" Xiao Wu asked.

Xiao Yishan could no longer hold back and said coldly to Xiao Wu, "How dare you call me 'Brother Yishan'? Can't you speak properly?"

What can a grown man learn from a little girl?

Xiao Wu chuckled, scratched the back of his head, forgetting that his hands were covered in blood and he had smeared blood all over his neck.

Everyone burst out laughing at his embarrassed appearance.

After scolding Xiao Wu, Xiao Yishan turned to Yin Yin and said gently, "It's okay, ask away."

The wild boar was almost completely dealt with, leaving the three men to work on it. Li Ruru returned to the yard with four large basins of pork fat.

Chaochao and Peipei helped cut the pork fat into small pieces.

Yinyin was playing with Qiqi on the side.

Qiqi had a really big meal today, and now it was lying on the ground, fast asleep, having eaten its fill.

Yinyin gave it another piece of pork fat, and Qiqi stuck out its tongue and turned its head away.

It simply couldn't eat anymore.

As dusk fell, the busy work was still not over.

Yinyin was tired from playing and sat on the ground in a daze when she suddenly saw a small piece of pork fat moving in front of her.

The piece of pork fat escaped from the basin and headed towards the corner of the wall.

Yinyin has excellent eyesight; even though the lard was moving slowly through the vegetable garden in the distance, she could still see it clearly.

"Mom, the pork fat has run away," Yinyin reminded her.

"What ran away?" Li Ruru asked without looking up.

"Pork fat! Pork fat ran to the corner!" Yinyin shouted anxiously.

(End of this chapter)