My older sister, born in the 1970s, stole my marriage; I took my three treasures and blew up the fam

"Did you stay up all night to draw this? Don't stay up all night anymore. You can draw during the day." Shen Yan realized that the dark circles under her eyes were caused by staying up all night to draw, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"It's okay, I can't sleep anyway."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Shen Yan's movements as he twirled instant noodles with chopsticks. "You really can't use chopsticks with your left hand?"

Shen Yan stuffed the rolled-up instant noodles into his mouth and ate them whole; the noodles were so delicious!

"Really? Would I lie to you?"

"Haven't you lied to me enough?" Ruan Tinghe snatched the chopsticks from his hand in an annoyed tone. "You just wait."

She ran upstairs and came down with a fork in her hand.

"If you eat this, the investigation will go around in circles a few more times."

As Ruan Tinghe explained, she demonstrated for him, "This is better than using chopsticks."

Shen Yan rolled up the noodles and sighed, "Even a fork can't feed me as well as you do."

"Eat yours! If you don't, feed it to the dog!"

"What's so delicious?" Just then, Li Liang came in, drawn by the aroma. When he saw the source of the fragrance in the bowl, his mouth watered.

He squeezed in next to Shen Yan and sat down. "Brother Shen, give me a bite."

Shen Yan wouldn't give him any. He lowered his head and went to the edge of the bowl, poking at the noodles with his fork. In no time, he finished the noodles, then picked up the bowl and drank the soup, gulping it down until it was empty.

Li Liang: "Brother! You didn't leave me a single bite!"

Shen Yan: "That's all. Next time, come earlier!"

Li Liang looked at Ruan Tinghe with a pitiful expression.

"You want some of what's in her bowl too?" Shen Yan grabbed Li Liang by the back of the neck. "Stop looking, there's none for you. Drive me to the police station!"

Ruan Tinghe drew three portraits in total. Two of them depicted the thugs with their faces covered, and the third depicted the first thug after his veil was accidentally removed. Although he ran away quickly, Ruan Tinghe still saw his face.

She can remember it at a glance.

Sometimes Ruan Tinghe herself was very frustrated. She was so capable, so why couldn't she remember the man's face that night?

It's all because it was too dark!

The medicine is too potent!

Only after Ruan Tinghe and Xiaobao had finished eating did Erbao and Dabao come over to linger.

"Little sister, did you have fun at the market you went to?"

Erbao and Dabao are very clever. When they saw that Ruan Tinghe did not mention Xiaobao's illness after returning, they guessed that it had failed again.

So they only asked about things at the farmers' market.

Xiao Bao recalled what he had seen and heard at the market and began to babble.

Da Bao looked completely bewildered, waiting for Er Bao to translate.

Ruan Tinghe let them chat as they pleased, while she sorted the groceries she had bought.

Slice all the beef, pork, fish, and lamb, and marinate them simply to remove any gamey smell.

Separate the fish head, tail, and bones. Fry them until golden brown, then save them to boil in water tomorrow. The resulting soup will be white and fragrant. Add some soft tofu and bok choy, and it's absolutely delicious!

In addition, I also bought kelp, white snails, tofu puffs, dried bean curd sticks, enoki mushrooms, phoenix tail mushrooms, shrimp, and tripe, all of which are easy to prepare.

Soak the white snails in a bucket of water to remove sand, soak the kelp in water to remove salt, soak the dried bean curd sticks until soft, wash and tear the enoki mushrooms and phoenix tail mushrooms, soak the tripe in wood ash and wash it clean, and keep the prawns in water first, then remove the shrimp veins when you want to eat them, so that they will be more delicious.

While no one was around, I took out all the frozen hot pot meatballs from the storage space and poured them into a bowl.

Anyway, when she went to the market, in order to find time to cheat, she deliberately asked Shen Yan to take the things and Xiao Bao back to the car first when she was halfway through buying them.

She went to buy some other things.

If asked about it at night, she would say that she got these meatballs from another woman who was buying vegetables when she went to buy them alone.

Thaw the meatballs first, then wash them clean and plate them.

Besides these, we already had plenty of food at home.

The potatoes at home are all small; the largest is only the size of an egg, and after peeling, they can only be cut into three slices.

There's still some lotus root left over from last time; just wash it and slice it.

There are also a few Chinese cabbages. If you want to eat other green vegetables, you can buy them at the supply and marketing cooperative.

It took Ruan Tinghe more than an hour to wash and cut all the ingredients, and then cover them with a dust cover.

After thinking about it, I decided to take out the hot pot base as well.

She squeezed the broth from one packet of spicy beef tallow hot pot and another packet of mushroom hot pot into a bowl, then burned the packaging bags.

I was planning to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some other vegetables so that everyone wouldn't get tired of eating cabbage. As soon as I took the order, I saw Grandma Qin happily carrying a basket back.

"Hehe, look, what's this?"

Grandma Qin lifted the cloth covering the basket, revealing the tender white bean sprouts inside.

Ruan Tinghe's eyes lit up. "Bean sprouts! Where did they come from?"

She wanted to buy some when she went to the market, but she arrived too late and all the bean sprouts were sold out.

She was still regretting not being able to buy bean sprouts when she was washing the vegetables.

This is a must-try when having hot pot!

"It was given to me by Cui's daughter-in-law. She sprouted them herself from soybeans, and they're growing really well! I'll sprout some myself later!"

Although the weather is cold, there are still ways to sprout beans. Soak the beans in water, cover them, and place them on a warm stove, and they will sprout.

"Great! Bean sprouts are so delicious in hot pot!"

"I knew you'd like it! Where are you going?"

"I didn't buy any vegetables; I plan to go to the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Don't go there. I'll take you to visit some neighbors later. Everyone grows vegetables, and we can borrow some."

Ruan Tinghe asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

"What's the big deal? We're all neighbors, and we need to visit each other more often to maintain good relationships. If you feel embarrassed, you can bring a bag of candy and share it with everyone. Or next spring, we can grow some vegetables and give them back to them."

Ruan Tinghe thought about it and agreed that neighbors should interact more to strengthen their relationship.

She'll be living in the family compound for a long time to come. All the unpleasant things from the past are in the past, and we should try to get along well from now on.

"Okay, I'll go get the White Rabbit milk candy!"

Ruan Tinghe hurriedly grabbed the candy and went out again with Grandma Qin.

Going to borrow vegetables wasn't as simple as just borrowing vegetables. They chatted with one family and talked to another. By the time the two of them returned with a basket of greens, it was already evening.

Ruan Tinghe only found out after she returned from her stroll that the news of her assisting the police in solving a major case had spread throughout the family compound.

Now everyone is filled with curiosity and admiration for her.

Everyone seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness from before.

"Oh, you've prepared everything?" Grandma Qin noticed the table full of prepared ingredients.

"Yeah, I was in a hurry to eat, so I prepared everything."

"Look how greedy you are! You didn't eat much at noon. Don't do anything now, leave the rest to me, go play with the children for a while."

"How can that be?" Ruan Tinghe said, reaching for her apron.

Grandma Qin snatched the apron away and put it on herself. "Go away, what? You look down on this old woman? It's just washing a few vegetables, how could I not do it well?"

"Alright then," the old lady insisted, so Ruan Tinghe didn't try to persuade her to stay any longer. As soon as she returned upstairs, she heard Erbao's voice breaking down.

"Waaah, I really can't draw an old lady ghost!"