Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1067 - 520: Beggar (Part 6)_3

"Maybe I'll get to eat another elbow on Lantern Festival!"

An Youyou is really craving an elbow.

Jiang Weiguo doesn't say a word, just silently quickens his pace.

By the time they return to their place, it's already very late. These days, whether it's candles or kerosene lamps, everything is quite precious. When it's dark at night, unless absolutely necessary, no one lights lamps. Every household nearby has gone to bed and put out the lights. On the second floor of the bluestone brick-tile house, only one room has a kerosene lamp burning, casting a faint glow.

An Youyou's twelve little brothers are all wide awake in the room waiting for An Youyou and Jiang Weiguo to return; Little Ninth, relying on his cotton coat, guards the gate and rushes up when he sees a shadowy figure from afar.

But since it was too dark, An Youyou couldn't see who it was, and it wasn't until Little Ninth approached that An Youyou realized someone was there, giving her quite a scare.

As the leader, An Youyou certainly couldn't let her underlings see that she was frightened, so she pretends to be calm and stuffs the rag doll into Little Ninth's arms, asking, "How much firewood did we collect today?"

"Tons, boss, definitely enough for us to use until the New Year!"

An Youyou nods satisfactorily, "Keep collecting tomorrow. During New Year's, we'll have to go into town to beg for food, won't have any time to gather firewood."

"I know, boss, I'll certainly keep gathering firewood diligently." Little Ninth nods frantically to show his loyalty.

As soon as Jiang Weiguo gets back, he heads straight to the kitchen to light the fire and cook porridge. The rest of the underlings pour out of the room, reporting today's progress at work.

"Boss, I bought everything you mentioned, spent all the money!"

An Youyou shows a pained expression, the dark night serves as her best cover.

"Boss, I did loads of work today!"

"Boss, today someone really tried to steal food, but we fought back and snatched 20 pounds of rice bran and 10 pounds of sweet potatoes!"

"Well done!"

"Boss..."

The little brothers are chattering endlessly, making An Youyou's head ache, so she raises her voice: "Alright, alright, what's with all the noise so late at night? Brother Chen and Sister-in-law Chen have probably gone to sleep, wake them up and have them kick you out, I won't plead for you. Just right, fewer rented rooms save us money, kicked out, you'll all go sleep in the broken temple!"

The underlings instantly quiet down, not daring to breathe loudly for fear their breathing sounds would disturb An Youyou and get kicked out.

The commotion downstairs also draws the attention of the people upstairs. After a series of footsteps, Brother Chen, the farmer's son, comes downstairs carrying a kerosene lamp.

Qin Huai doesn't know whether the one carrying the lamp is the elder son or the younger son; anyway, neither is very old, looking just at the age where they should start studying, but their demeanor is rather steady. Compared to the group of kids possibly older than him, he appears much more reliable.

"My parents just went to sleep, keep it down and don't disturb them."

"Chen Shun, guess what we're having today?" An Youyou just can't keep things to herself and impatiently starts to brag.

Qin Huai listens to An Youyou's tone, Chen Shun will have dinner with her.

An Youyou actually isn't annoyed and doesn't guard the food. Qin Huai guesses probably it's the Chen family paid for their meals.

After all, Chen family also has breakfast together with An Youyou, and the skill of Jiang Weiguo is, in this era, definitely outstanding among commoners.

"What?" Chen Shun asks.

"Fish innards porridge, and stir-fried radish with minced meat!"

Upon hearing this, the little brothers begin to swallow their saliva.

"Fish innards are fishy, without seasonings, cooking them into porridge would definitely be hard to swallow. Back in Shu, when my mom stewed fish, fish innards were thrown out to feed the cat." Chen Shun said.

"It's different when Thirteen makes the fish innards porridge, it's definitely delicious. Whatever he cooks is tasty."

"If it weren't for Thirteen's good cooking, and your family having a kitchen, I wouldn't spend so much money to rent a room. I'm just here for a bite of hot food." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"You'll see when I have money, I'll give Thirteen three silver coins every month, make him cook just for me every day. Then I'll have elbows when I want elbows, roast chicken when I want roast chicken, feeling generous, a pig head eaten one and tossed another."

Little Ninth listens to An Youyou say this, and swallows a gulp, offering himself: "Boss, I can cook for you too!"

"Forget it, you even manage to burn porridge. If you give me three silver coins a month, I still won't let you cook for me."