21: Chapter 21: Sneaking a Bite_1 21: Chapter 21: Sneaking a Bite_1 Feng Caie stared intently at Yang Ruxin, afraid that she would take too much.
Yang Ruxin looked at Feng Caie, who was guarding the food as if it was against a thief, and couldnât help but roll her eyes.
In the past, she would have slapped her out of the door a long time ago, but nowâŠ
in front of the elderly Yang, she wouldnât do that.
There would be plenty of opportunities to deal with this woman in the future.
âWhy are you taking so many vegetable Tuanzi?â Feng Caie saw Yang Ruxin take three vegetable Tuanzi and was immediately displeased, âCan you even finish eating them?â
Vegetable Tuanzi was made by chopping up wild greens and radish leaves, mixing them with flour, forming them into balls, and then steaming them.
Of course, there was no white flour here, but a mix of corn flour and sorghum flour instead.
However, this was still much better than pancakes made purely from corn flour.
Yang Ruxin paid her no mind and scooped another bowl of vegetables.
In this era, stir-frying was already a thing, but few rural families were willing to use so much oil for cooking, mostly boiling in plain water.
Todayâs lunch was plain boiled potatoes, but since it was considered a hearty dish, it was cooked with pork belly.
Although it didnât look appetizing, this was still considered a good dish in a rural household.
âThereâre only a few slices of meat in total, and youâve taken four slices.
What are your grandparents supposed to eat?
How can you be so unfilial?â Feng Caie exclaimed again and even reached out to snatch the bowl.
âErni, what are you doing sneaking food?â Yang Ruxin suddenly shouted.
âWhat nonsense are you talking about?â Feng Caie got a fright and subconsciously shouted back, âWhen did I sneak any food?â
âThereâs still some bits of dessert in your teeth, it must be the green bean cakeâŠâ Yang Ruxin indicated with her mouth, âDid you give any to Grandpa and Grandma?â
Feng Caie subconsciously started picking her teeth.
The green bean-like eyes of Yang Anshi had already glanced over.
Yang Ruxin took this opportunity to carry the bowl and walk out with the vegetable Tuanzi, âGrandpa, Grandma, Iâm going back to my roomâŠâ Then she ran off in a flash.
As for whether there would be a food shortage in the main house, that was no longer her concern.
In the side room, the young ones saw not only had Yang Ruxin brought back vegetable Tuanzi, but even a bowl of vegetables, and they all collectively swallowed hard.
However, they all made an effort to look anywhere else and avoid staring at the pieces of meat on top.
âCome on, hurry up and eatâŠâ Yang Ruxin felt inexplicably sad, she put down the bowl, and then tore the vegetable Tuanzi apart, the three of them providing exactly half a piece per person.
Then she discovered another problem: there were no chopsticks to speak of, let alone a spoon.
âIâll go get some chopsticksâŠâ
However, just as she reached the doorway, she heard Yang Anshiâs shouts, clearly, a fight had broken out in the main house.
She then turned back, âWe can eat without chopsticks, with our handsâŠ
butâŠ
we need to wash them firstâŠâ
Fortunately, there was a basin and a little bucket in the room, filled with clean water.
After washing their hands, Yang Ruxin only took half a vegetable Tuanzi and stuffed it into her mouth, finding herself unable to swallow the boiled potatoes that had a few pieces of fatty meat.
But even swallowing the vegetable Tuanzi proved difficult.
She stretched her neck several times before finally getting it down and couldnât help but sigh.
If one wasnât careful, the meal could truly be choke-inducing.
âBig sister, why arenât you eating the vegetables?â Erni glanced at Yang Ruxin.
âBig sister eatsâŠâ Yang Rufeng took the piece of meat Erni had given to him and attempted to stuff it into her mouth.
âBig sister eatsâŠâ Sini followed suit.
âBig sister already ate some in the main houseâŠâ Yang Ruxin shook her head, âHurry up and eat, you need to eat more to grow fastâŠâ