Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine-Chapter 30 cents

With no other options, the two arrived at Su Yuanyuan’s home.

"Uncle, this is my token of appreciation. If you find it too little, please don’t refuse."

The words effectively blocked any attempts they might make to refuse.

"Girl, you keep it for yourself."

"Uncle, the money I earned these two times, I can honestly say, without you, I wouldn’t have gotten a penny. You care about me. You are straightforward. That’s why I’m able to get by.

I’m giving you each thirty yuan as a token of appreciation for your hard work. I’ve been through a lot along the way too."

Both of them tried to decline. They didn’t want it.

"Uncle, do you think it’s too little? How about this, I’ll give you each another thirty?"

It was Yang Hongwen who spoke up, "Minggang, just accept it."

"Thank you both for being so good to me."

They left with the money, feeling a bit uncomfortable, as if the money was burning a hole in their hands. However, the girl had a point. They had indeed worked for it.

But earning thirty in just one night was equivalent to a month’s salary for a worker.

Yang Hongwen thought far more about it. Over the years, he’d never heard of a Wild Boar coming down the mountain, let alone entering a yard. He believed more and more that Su Yuanyuan was truly extraordinary, as if she had something protecting her. Otherwise, things that shouldn’t happen just wouldn’t happen.

He got home just in time for lunch. "Are you going to soak your feet?"

"Sure, let’s eat first, then I’ll soak my feet."

The children watched their dad curiously. At fifteen or sixteen, their curiosity was especially strong. However, they ate obediently and didn’t ask any questions.

After lunch, he sent them out. Yang Hongwen soaked his feet.

"Here’s thirty yuan, keep it."

"Where did it come from?"

"That girl caught another Wild Boar last night. She gave Minggang and me thirty each."

"Another one?"

"Yes, the more I think about it, the more mysterious it seems."

"Stop thinking about it. You’ve been good to her, and even if she’s unusual, she will be good to you in return."

Yang Minggang secretly gave the money to Hu Chunhua. They hadn’t split the family yet, so the money shouldn’t be leaked out, or it would be hard to explain. After all, there were several brothers.

"That girl..."

"Alright, keep it safe. I’m tired and want to sleep now. Find the earthen mold we have and take it to that girl. Maybe she’s scared and says she definitely needs a wall."

"Got it. Oh, the pig’s blood is still in the house. I haven’t made blood tofu yet."

"You might as well make it at her house. It’ll save a lot of hassle."

Hu Chunhua discreetly took a large bowl of pig’s blood back to Su Yuanyuan’s house.

"Aunt, I was just about to find you, you handle the pig’s intestines, I don’t know how."

"Girl, it’s not that Aunt doesn’t want to help you, but I’ve brought the pig’s blood back again. We haven’t split the family yet, and with so many people, it’s hard to say anything."

Su Yuanyuan nodded in understanding. "Then let’s do it at my house, and have my Uncle and siblings come over to eat?"

"No need, you eat it yourself. I’ll prepare it for you."

Su Yuanyuan didn’t refuse. She thought once it cooled down, she would take it back for the family to eat secretly.

Hu Chunhua was quick with her hands. Once the water boiled, the blood tofu was done, cut into tofu pieces placed in the bowl. Then she started cleaning the pig’s intestines.

"Aunt, this pig head has so much hair, why don’t we leave the pig skin?"

"What would pig head meat be without skin? Just stand aside."

Su Yuanyuan watched as Hu Chunhua burned the hair off the pig’s head and trotters cleanly with fire.

Then she had Su Yuanyuan sit to the side, using a vegetable knife to scrape and wash.

Once done, it was quite clean.

After splitting the pig’s head, the tongue and other parts were removed.

The pig’s head, trotters, and tail were all cooked in a big pot.

"Girl, it’s getting late. I need to go back. Here’s the earthen mold. Once the pig head meat and the like are tender, take them out and add the pig heart, lungs, ears, and tongue. Once those are done, remove them and add the intestines."

"Aunt, I understand. Please take some of this blood tofu back with you. Even if everyone eats, brothers and sisters will have tasted it."

Finally, Hu Chunhua left with a bowl of blood tofu.

In the pot, the pig head was being braised on low heat. Along the way, Su Yuanyuan added some sugar and spices like bay leaves and cardamom.

By the evening, Su Yuanyuan thought it was done. Before she could take it out, Hu Chunhua arrived.

She helped to take it out, then while it was hot, she pulled the meat off the bones. Surprisingly, it was quite a complete piece of pig head meat.

"Aunt, this half pig head face is for you and the team leader’s family, half for each. Which part do you like? You don’t need to worry; once it cools, take it back for the brothers and sisters to eat secretly." In her memory, their family was not harmonious, with frequent fights among the sisters-in-law, and the elders were biased towards the younger ones.

"Alright, Aunt won’t be polite with you. Then I’ll take the pig’s nose piece."

Hu Chunhua washed her hands clean and left. In the pot, the organs were being braised, with the liver added last.

Su Yuanyuan fell in love with it after just one bite. It was really delicious, far better than anything she’d had before.

She decided to keep half of the pig head meat, four pig trotters, a pig ear, and a small piece of pig liver. The rest would be divided between the two families.

All the pig’s blood was sent to the team leader’s home. It was done openly, so there was no worry about anything.

The house was warm now. The kang was too hot, and Su Yuanyuan had a comfortable sleep.

The next day, she separated all the entrails. Each family got a large bowl of it.

Su Yuanyuan thought it would be better to send them to the team leader at night; otherwise, it would be too conspicuous.

As for Hu Chunhua’s portion, she could take some home each day. freёwebnoѵel.com

She also took the braising soup out and asked Hu Chunhua if she wanted it. If not, it would go to the team leader’s family.

She put the pig bones in the pot, added water, and slowly boiled the soup, as it was the best for calcium.

There were no spare ribs left for herself, so she made soup with this, determined to make the best of this winter, unlike her grandmother, who suffered long-term injuries.

She didn’t lack anything herself. If she couldn’t take care of herself, it would really be a shame.

Hu Chunhua came over in the afternoon. Seeing the large bowl of meat allocated to her family, she didn’t know what to say.

"Aunt, leave these with me. When you want to give some to the brothers and sisters, you can come take it. It’ll allow them to eat more."

"Girl, Aunt thanks you."

"Aunt, I’ve never been really formal with you, so you don’t need to do this."

"Alright. Aunt won’t be polite anymore."

In the evening, Su Yuanyuan put a large bowl of meat and a large bowl of pig intestines for the team leader’s family on a small cart. She brought it to his house, along with twenty-nine yuan for the cart.

Yang Hongwen looked at the things covered with a snakeskin bag, quite unsure what to say.

"Uncle, here’s twenty-nine, for the cart, and these are pig intestines, my Aunt helped me braise them yesterday."