After assessing the heat, Yang Ruoqing opened the lid of the pot, and a burst of hot steam came out, mixed with a strange smell of meat.

Yang Ruoqing picked up the spatula and stir-fried them to let them heat evenly. When the meat turned light golden on both sides, she poured a ladle of clear well water in, just enough to submerge the snake meat.

Cover the pot and add firewood to the stove.

There are two key points in cooking snake meat. The first is to stir-fry to bring out the aroma, and the second is to simmer over low heat to bring out the fresh flavor of the meat.

Mrs. Sun was preparing other wild vegetables for dinner and said to Yang Ruoqing, "Snake meat is a new thing. This pot is quite heavy. Qing'er, how do you plan to distribute it?"

Yang Ruoqing was squatting there tending to the fire. When she heard Mrs. Sun's question, she said without raising her head, "Grandpa, I must give you some, otherwise it won't make sense. Aunt Guihua and Aunt Dayun are so good to our family. They are helping us in times of need. I

We have to let them have a taste of something new."

"What about those two people next door?" asked Sun in a low voice.

Yang Ruoqing paused for a moment, and her fourth uncle, Yang Huaming, and his wife were famous for their greedy mouths throughout the village. Their skin was thicker than pig skin, and they had a pair of dog noses. If they sniffed out someone's delicious food, they would eat it.

People who won’t give up until they have to grab a few chopsticks more or less.

"It's okay, Mom, please don't say anything to me later, I'll just take care of it." Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled, soothing Sun.

"Third sister-in-law, fat girl, are you ready for the snake soup?"

Not long after, Ms. Liu poked her head in from the door of the kitchen, her eyes darting around as if catching a thief.

Especially when she saw the small pot with the aroma coming out, Mrs. Liu wrinkled her nose greedily, "This thing is so fragrant that you can smell it from three miles away. It makes me hungry."

"When you're hungry, go to the front room and ask me for something to eat. Why are you yelling at me like this?" Yang Ruoqing rolled her eyes at Mr. Liu and said angrily.

"Hey, fat girl, what you said is that we are all a family, not that my fourth aunt is pregnant and is so happy that she just waits for you to drink a few mouthfuls of snake soup."

"It's already seven months and you're still embarrassing Aunt Xi. You are really a noble person. Do you know that you are so valuable?"

Yang Ruoqing glanced at Ms. Liu with a half-smile, and her contemptuous look made Ms. Liu feel guilty and angry.

"Ouch, my waist is sore after standing here for a long time. I'll go sit in the room next door for a while." Ms. Liu held her back and wanted to go to Yang Huazhong's room next door.

However, Yang Ruoqing ran out of the kitchen one step earlier and shouted towards the door of Tan's house upstairs, "Mistress, come here quickly. My fourth aunt has back pain and can't stand anymore. My little cousin is slipping."

Come out”

The door of the east room opened with a bang, and Mrs. Tan hurried over with a dark face and little feet, already starting to curse.

"If your back hurts, just go back to your pig's nest and lie down peacefully, wandering around with your big belly, and you won't be able to hide from serious things. You will be indispensable for your greedy work."

Mrs. Tan cursed and rushed to Ms. Liu, her eyebrows and eyes widened. Suddenly, her nose moved and she sniffed the air several times.

“Why does it smell so good?”

"Mom, it's snake soup. The fat girl brought back snake soup." Mrs. Liu was frightened when she saw Mrs. Tan coming over. Now she saw that Mr. Tan's nose was also hooked by the fragrance, and she couldn't help but bravely said.

Mrs. Tan turned her head and poked her head into the kitchen, and sure enough she saw the small stove simmering loudly.

Mrs. Tan looked suspicious. She usually stayed in her east room doing needlework, and rarely walked around the village.

When Fat Ya got back the news about a snake, she heard it from Liu's two daughters, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

Mrs. Tan glanced at Yang Ruoqing suspiciously, wanting to scold her for not doing her job properly and only thinking about the nonsense she was talking about, but

The next moment, Yang Ruoqing suddenly said, "Hey, you came just in time, wait a minute."

Yang Ruoqing turned around, went over and opened the lid of the pot, and a wave of heat hit her face. A strange fragrance rushed out from the kitchen, and even Mrs. Tan couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

Even stewed old hens are not so fragrant.

Yang Huaming, who was in the next room, heard Tan's voice just now. He was so scared that he huddled inside and didn't dare to say anything. Now he was also attracted by the scent. He whirred and asked, "It smells so good. Is the snake soup about to be cooked?"

La"

Yang Ruoqing walked up to Mrs. Tan with a full bowl of snake soup and said with a smile, "Nai, this snake soup is our tribute to you. It's not much. Let's all have a sip of the soup to enjoy it."

Mrs. Tan looked at the bowl in front of her. In the milky white soup, there were looming pieces of tender white meat, and the green scallion foam was evenly sprinkled on top. Not to mention how tempting it was.

"I don't care about this stuff, but it would be nice to take it back and give it to your father and uncle as a side dish." Mrs. Tan said, reaching out to take the bowl from Yang Ruoqing's hand.

Mrs. Sun said hurriedly, "Mom, this bowl is hot, I'll bring it to you."

Mrs. Sun picked it up and quickly went to the upper room over there. Mrs. Tan followed, took two steps, turned around and glared at Yang Huaming, "What are you doing in a daze? Come here quickly."

Yang Huaming saw the familiar favoritism in Tan's eyes.

In the past, whenever there was any rare food at home, Mr. Tan would give it to Lao Yangtou, his eldest brother, his eldest nephew, his sixth sister, and himself on the pretext that the men were drinking and restocking the food. No one else had it.

I have a share of this snake soup tonight.

Mrs. Liu was very angry when she saw Yang Huaming leaving her and running away.

Mrs. Liu knew that if the snake soup was in the hands of Mrs. Tan, except for a few of her beloved children and grandchildren, she would not be able to take a bite of it.

So I stayed where I was and didn't want to leave.

Mrs. Liu stretched her neck and looked at the steaming pot in the kitchen, her throat almost dripping down her neck.

"Fourth Aunt, why are you still bothering with this? My mother has already sent some of you to the bedroom." Yang Ruoqing held her hands in front of her chest, stood like a bucket at the door of the kitchen, and followed a

Put up a thick wall to block it.

Mrs. Liu twitched her lips, "Just a bowl as big as a palm, a dozen pairs of chopsticks, enough for a few mouthfuls. Fatty, you still have a lot in this pot, give it to Auntie Kou Tang."

"Ouch, Fourth Aunt, what you said is wrong. When we all eat together, it will make the population prosperous and exciting. Besides, my grandma is a good steward of the house, and my uncles are brothers and sisters, who is fighting for it?

Fourth Aunt, you can tell me what you said, but if you say it outside, people will laugh to death."
Chapter completed!