Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Next are the salt and pepper spareribs and boiled pork slices, which are a bit more complicated, but the other dishes are simple.

Before, Xiao Wan asked Aunt Zhang to wash the ribs, add minced garlic, white wine, soy sauce, pepper, salt, a small spoonful of sugar, and two spoonfuls of potato starch, mix well and marinate until the flavor is absorbed. Now it can be cooked directly.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the ribs on low heat for about ten minutes, remove from the pan, bring the oil to a boil and fry again on high heat for one minute, remove from the pan, drain the oil, and sprinkle with ground pepper and salt.

To make it look good, Xiao Wan specially took out the long white porcelain plate she had bought before, put the ribs on it, and poured some chili powder next to the ribs. Those who like spicy food can dip it in it.

While cooking, Xiao Wan exchanged cooking experiences with Aunt Zhang, and both of them benefited a lot.

Calculating the time when Zhao Mingyuan and Fu Mingxuan would arrive, Xiao Wan and Aunt Zhang quickly finished cooking the dishes, and then kneaded some dough to make pancakes when the meal was almost over.

In the yard, Mrs. Tian had diligently washed and hung up the bedding and sheets for the family. Mrs. Liu was quite uncomfortable with this, and Mrs. Tian didn't let her help with the washing. So Mrs. Liu had no choice but to take apart the quilts while Mrs. Tian washed them.

Xiao Zhener's complexion also looked better. Although she didn't go out for a few days at home, she felt better.

As for the Zheng family, it had long since fallen apart. Zhou was imprisoned, and several sons of old man Zheng were trying to split up the family.

It was all because of Zheng Dashi and his mother. Of course, the other sons were unwilling to pay back the money, but County Magistrate Zhao personally sent someone to his house to collect the money. The family had no choice but to sell some land and pay fifty taels of silver.

Several sisters-in-law cursed Zheng Dashi and his mother-in-law. Zheng Dashi was spoiled by Zhou and was no match for them. His face was scratched.

Then Zheng Dashi's brothers divided the family property in anger, but they didn't have time to move out, and someone who was going to collect gambling debts also came to the Zheng family to collect money.

The people in the gambling house don’t care whether you have split up the family or not. Your whole family lives here. If you don’t pay it back today, then okay, no one can go out. The thugs brought by the gambling house are waiting at the door.

The Zheng family was in turmoil and finally had to prepare to sell off their land to pay off their gambling debts. However, people in the gambling house said that Zheng Dashi no longer owed fifteen taels of silver, but thirty taels of silver including interest.

The Zheng family was in an uproar, and several brothers and sisters-in-law wanted to kill Zheng Dashi, but they were no match for the gambling house's thugs and had to give in. These people were doing a life of licking blood on the edge of a knife.

Finally, the family accepted their fate, sold all their land, and paid off their gambling debts.

After paying off their gambling debts, the brothers and sisters-in-law threw Zheng Dashi out and refused to open the door for him no matter how he cried or screamed.

Whenever Zheng Dashi approached the Zheng family's house, his brothers and sisters-in-law would beat him out with sticks, and then he would disappear, going somewhere to beg for food.

As for Old Man Zheng, if you plead for your youngest son, don't blame us for disregarding the father-son relationship. Just follow your youngest son.

Old man Zheng was holding his breath and his health was getting worse, but his daughters-in-law no longer kept him for free. They threw all the work to Old man Zheng, otherwise they would not give him any food.

In order to earn a living, the sons went out to work all day to make a living, and they didn't even care whether Old Man Zheng was being abused.

This is off topic, let’s get back to the point.

Doctor Zhang and Ying Mo also came to the Xiao family's yard. As soon as Doctor Zhang entered the yard, he pretended to look around casually.

Zhao Mingyuan noticed it but didn't say anything. When he saw Doctor Zhang's eyes light up when he saw Xiao Zhener come out, he knew what was going on.

He was actually happy to see it happen. Doctor Zhang was an unrestrained person, had a good appearance, and had superb medical skills.

However, what they are going to do next will inevitably require them to separate from the Xiao family for a period of time, and may also implicate the Xiao family.

Zhao Mingyuan lowered his head in thought when he heard Fu Mingxuan ask Xiao Wan exaggeratedly, "Wan'er, you have a yard full of raw meat hanging out. What delicious food are you making?"

Xiao Wan smiled and said, "I'm going to make some dried meat. Take some with you when you go out the day after tomorrow. It tastes good even with bread."

After saying that, Xiao Wan looked at Zhao Mingyuan shyly. This look made Zhao Mingyuan feel warm in his heart. It turned out that the feeling of being cared for by the beloved was so good.

Xiao Wan knew that the Zhao family should not be an ordinary family of demoted officials. She felt that Fu Mingxuan should also be of extraordinary status. Otherwise, why would he have a guard like Ying Mo and a genius doctor with extraordinary medical skills by his side?

This configuration seems to be for big things!

This trip might be very dangerous, Xiao Wan was clear about it, but she didn't ask. Since she liked Zhao Mingyuan, she would support him.

Their eyes met, and they understood each other's intentions.

Fu Mingxuan coughed a few times, interrupting the undercurrent of affection between the two of them, and shouted that he was hungry.

Ying Mo simply couldn't bear to look at his master. He was the second prince, and even if he was exiled, he was still a precious royal bloodline. How could he disregard his image just for a stutter? Ying Mo sighed deeply.

But after a while, the man who was fighting with his master and Doctor Zhang for the food felt embarrassed for his previous complaints about his master.