Jiang Xinyu not only lent Qu Xiaoli five pounds of preserved meat, but also some seaweed soaked this morning from her own home.
No matter if it's stewed with meat or made into a salad, it's pretty good.
Since the family prepared steamed three-grain buns for lunch, that's what lunch would be, but it certainly wasn't enough for ten-plus people, so in another pot, they made flatbreads, also from three-grain flour.
The pot was filled with stewed meat, with potatoes, beans, eggplants, and seaweed. A big pot full to the brim.
For the cold dish, cucumbers and tomatoes were prepared.
By the time Li Yungui led the guests back home, the aroma of meat was already in the air.
"Old Li, your family still has meat to eat?"
Li Yungui replied with a smile, "My family can't afford it. Don't even think about it, it must've been borrowed from the college graduate's house in our village.
She just had a baby, and she's the only one in the village who has some supplies stored."
