Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

Murong Chen didn't ask any more questions and gave 5 taels of silver as a reward.

Ma Cuilan was delighted. She was so clever that she got five taels of silver for nothing. Xiao Yunxi sneered.

Your money is my money, my pot is your pot. It would be very interesting if the third master behind the Ma family knew that it was you who reported the Ma family.

Murong Chen came out of Ma Cuilan's house and asked Xiao Yunxi:

"Do you think your mother-in-law would be the one to report it?"

Xiao Yunxi shrugged:

"Is it really that important? The person who provided the clue helped you find the silver and prevented unrest in the border army. This is a great favor to you. Since she doesn't want to show up, she must have her own reasons. Why force her, sir?"

Murong Chen nodded:

"You're right. I was stubborn. The county government will issue a notice commending Ma Cuilan for her achievements."

"It's the reward."

The conversation between smart people was brief and to the point. Xiao Yunxi also breathed a sigh of relief. It would be safer for her and the child to let Ma Cuilan take the blame.

Xiao Yunxi neither admitted nor denied, neither promised nor took responsibility, and Murong Chen did not get bothered. It didn't matter who had provided the clue.

"My wife told me that Madam Xiao is an excellent doctor and a fantastic cook. Would you be lucky enough to have a taste of her food tonight?"

"Of course it's no problem."

Zheng Tianming popped up to show his presence:

"I also miss Madam Xiao's cooking skills. Can you make some braised meat for me?"

"Is he familiar with you?"

"Hey, hey, hey, you're destroying the bridge. I'm taking you to the county government office."

“But nothing was done.”

"Oh yeah! What are you going to do?"

Xiao Yunxi felt that chatting with idiots would lower her IQ:

"It's easy to eat, 5 taels of silver per person."

"With our relationship, you're still charging money?"

"Eat it or not."

Xiao Yunxi ignored him and hummed a little tune:

"Today is a good day. Everything you dream of will come true. Today is a good day. Let's open the door and welcome the spring breeze..."

The cancer of the Ma family was removed, Ma Cuilan was no longer a threat, and she also became a millionaire. There was nothing more worthy of happiness than this.

She is happy, but some people are unhappy.

On a peak in Qishan, the third son of the Ma family smashed his bowl on the ground.

"Are you telling the truth? Was it that bitch Ma Cuilan who reported it?"

"Boss, it's absolutely true. The county magistrate rewarded her with five taels of silver. Ma Cuilan told everyone she was willing to sacrifice her own family for the sake of justice and that she was unwilling... unwilling to associate with the Ma family's rebellious forces."

"asshole!"

The eldest brother took good care of the people of the Ma family, but as soon as he fell, some people started to pay attention to the Ma family. This is simply unbearable.

"Get me all the men ready. I'm going to kill that bitch tonight!"

My younger brother was horrified.

The border troops deployed throughout Luochuan County have not yet withdrawn. Dongshan Town has thousands of border troops to reinforce it. The main roads in Dongshan are blocked. There are a large number of border troops and officials in Majiazhuang and Tangjia Village.

They came down the mountain not to kill people, but to deliver food.

It is said that the border troops are still mobilizing manpower to collect their traces in the surrounding mountains. If they go down the mountain now, they will be caught by the tail and their lair will be dug out.

After much persuasion, the eldest brother was finally persuaded. The unhappy Third Master rushed into Ma Hu's house and beat him up!

The more miserable he screamed, the happier Xiao Yunxi was, humming a tune while cooking.

Murong Chen is a county magistrate after all, so if he stays for dinner, he has to get some solid food. There are meat and vegetables, and he will kill a chicken to make clay pot chicken, and tofu is naturally indispensable.

The two older boys from Tang Hao's family next door often catch fish and shrimps by the river. They carry bamboo baskets and pour out the fish and shrimps to feed the chickens.

The big crab inside scared the chicks so much that they ran around.

Xiaobao was very angry. The chick was his treasure and no one could bully it. He used a stick to push the crab away and stepped on it with his big feet.

"Don't step on it!"

Xiao Yunxi stopped him and said:

"Mom, they are bullying the chicks."

"Then we'll eat it."

"Unappetizing."

"I'll make it for you later, I guarantee it'll be delicious."

Xiao Yunxi asked the two children in Tang Hao's family if they had any crabs left. The two of them ran out like the wind and came back soon with several bamboo baskets.

The bamboo basket was very heavy, filled with fish, shrimp, loaches, eels, and small crabs, but they were enough for cooking.

Put some water in the useless little water tank, and put the eels, fish and shrimp in it to raise them. Niuniu was a little scared when she saw the eels and took two steps back.

"Mom, snake..."

"That's not a snake, it's a yellow... a long fish."

Yellow eel sounds like emperor, which was a taboo in ancient times. Xiao Yunxi changed her name.

"Fish? Can I eat it?"

"Yes, it's edible. It's very delicious. But today we're having crabs and loaches."

Aunt Zhou and Aunt Li helped with the cooking.

Because Murong Chen was from the south, Xiao Yunxi steamed brown rice for him and didn't dare to serve him white rice.

It is very simple to process loach. Put it in a basin of water and add two drops of rapeseed oil to make the dirt in the loach vomit out. Put tofu in a ceramic pot and cook it first.

Then start processing the crabs.

Rinse the crabs clean, steam the large crabs directly, cut the small crabs in half, mix flour and water into a thin paste, coat the cut parts with the paste and fry.

After frying, add a little water and some ginger slices and simmer for a while. The sticky juice wraps around the crispy crab. This is a dish that Xiao Yunxi often ate in the orphanage when she was a child.

When I was a child, no one ate crabs because they were difficult to prepare and had no meat. When the children in the orphanage had no money and were craving for crabs, they would touch the small crabs, and the director would make this farm-flavored roasted crab for them.

It can also be fried and sprinkled with cumin, pepper salt, and chili powder. It is crispy, but it uses too much oil and is too luxurious.

Murong Chen was in the yard, watching Xiao Yunxi prepare crabs. He was very curious. Unless it was a year of famine, people were unwilling to eat crabs.

He was very curious about what kind of delicious food Xiao Yunxi would make.

After the big crabs are steamed, wash your hands, break off the crab legs, smash them with the back of a knife, take out the leg meat inside, peel open the crab shell, pick out the meat and crab roe,

It is quite troublesome without professional tools, but the crab roe and crab paste are very plump and delicious, enough for a small bowl, which is still very satisfying.

Put the crab meat aside, cover it with a bamboo basket, pour the loach directly into the tofu, and immediately cover it with a lid.

The corner of Zheng Tianming's mouth twitched. It was really a fantastic idea. It was rare to stew live loaches directly. But he was looking forward to it. It was just a bit cruel.

After preparing the other side dishes, we started cooking: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried cabbage, and then the highlight of the day: crab roe tofu.

Stir-fry the peeled crab meat and crab roe until they are fragrant, add ginger and a little rice wine to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor, then add water, blanch the tofu cut into small pieces, simmer for a while, and thicken the sauce over high heat.

There were many rules in feudal society, especially for the privileged class. Men and women sat at different tables. Although Xiao Yunxi didn't care, she still divided the food into two tables.

The men sat at one table, with the village chief sitting on the left and the representative of Dabao's family sitting on the right. When the food was served, Murong Chen couldn't take his eyes off it.

Red scrambled eggs with tomatoes, tempting braised pork belly, refreshing stir-fried cabbage, loach and tofu, stewed spare ribs, big pot of chicken and crab roe tofu.

As a distinguished guest, Murong Chen was the first to pick up his chopsticks.