Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

"Xiaoqing, have you washed your hands? Wash your hands and get ready for dinner." Su's mother drew a basin of water from the well and shouted into the house.

"Hey, here they come." Su Ziling took a half step back, snorted softly, and went out.

Only Lu Yan and Wang Anan were left in the kitchen. Wang Anan added two sticks of firewood to the stove. "Mr. Lu, don't bother with Ah Qing. She just has a childish temper sometimes."

Lu Yan nodded, "No."

Su's mother happened to come in at this time and saw Lu Yan standing by the table. "Xiao Lu, have you washed your hands? It's good that Xiao Qing and the others are washing them. Let's wash them together so we can have dinner."

"Hey, let's go."

Lu Yan turned and left.

Mother Su glanced at the food in the pot, and then looked at the side dishes prepared on the stove, "Xiao An, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Without Second Aunt, we can just stir-fry some cucumbers after the potatoes are out of the pan, but I don't know how to cook this. Ah Qing said she will come over and stir-fry it later."

Wang Anan responded with a smile.

The three chayote squashes were the ones that had just been picked. Su Ziling planned to stir-fry the big one tonight, and the remaining two small ones would be just right for eating tomorrow morning.

This melon should be eaten fresh. If it is left for too long, it will wilt and the taste will change.

"Okay, then I'll pull out the table and prepare to eat. After dinner, I can peel corn husks for a while. It's getting dark, and I don't know if it will rain."

"Huh? Where did the honey and chicken come from?"

"It should be Ah Qing who brought it back. I didn't think of asking." Wang Anan looked back.

"Xiaoqing, do you want to eat this chicken tonight?" Su's mother asked outside the window.

"Eat," Su Ziling said as he came in, shaking off the water. "The honey was given to me by my fourth aunt's wife. She said my second uncle went to cut it, and I got bitten a few times. The chicken was given to me by my third aunt's wife. She forced it on me even though I said I didn't want it. I had no choice but to take it back."

Mother Su nodded and asked, "Did you bring the melons back to the two families?"

"I took it. I divided half of the basket. I'll share the rest with Aunt Ji and Aunt Liu next door later, and Uncle Yonghe and Uncle Yongan as well."

Su Ziling was thoughtful. These families usually had a good relationship with each other. Such a good relationship also needed to be maintained. It could only last long if there was give and take. Otherwise, how could there be good relationships for no reason?

Mother Su added: "Your uncle Yong'an and his family have already given it, why don't you give it to the old clan leader and the village chief?"

Su Ziling curled his lips, a little unhappy, "Not really."

Seeing her like this, Su's mother knew that she was obviously still brooding over what the old patriarch said last time.

"If you don't want to go, then let your eldest brother go. You've already done it for everyone else, but you left them two families behind. What will others think?"

"Then let your eldest brother deliver it," Su Ziling took out two potatoes, washed them and peeled them.

"Why are you taking potatoes? Don't we have them already?" Seeing her taking potatoes, Su's mother was puzzled.

"I'll stew the chicken and eat it all at once. The chicken soup is very thick. Add two potatoes and cook them together. The potatoes will be filled with chicken soup and it will be delicious."

"Mother, please put the gong pot on the stove and cook the chicken."

Mother Su did as she was told and asked, "It's almost time for dinner, will we be able to make it in time?"

"Sure, new potatoes ripen quickly, I can just cut them into smaller pieces."

Su's mother cooked the chicken and added some firewood to the fire, muttering curiously, "What good day is today? Your third uncle's wife's family killed a chicken for no reason."

"It wasn't a good day at all. It was just that the chicken was itching to get its neck, so it chased the youngest child and started nagging him, making him cry. So the third uncle picked up a carrying pole and chased after him. As soon as the pole was lifted, the chicken was gone, which was a good deal for me."

Cooking food in a gong wok is much faster than in a big pot. The water is already boiling while I am talking.

Su Ziling put the potato chunks in and cooked them, adding some salt for seasoning. "Mother, take a bunch of garlic, peel them and put them in to cook. Eating more garlic can help detoxify the body."

Every time Su Ziling cooks chicken, he likes to peel two garlic cloves and put them in the chicken. When the garlic is cooked, it becomes soft and has the aroma of garlic and chicken, which is especially delicious.

"Okay, peel two more. You like garlic, so let's plant more this year."

Su's mother stood up and plucked two extra-large garlic cloves from the wall, then sat by the fire and peeled them.

Peel one and throw it in to cook.

"Yes, we have to grow more. We have to kill the New Year pig this year. Then we can eat fried meat with garlic sprouts and fried pork liver with garlic sprouts. We also have to add garlic sprouts when cooking shredded baba during the New Year, otherwise the taste will be a little off."

Scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts or twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts are also very delicious.

"By the way, speaking of planting garlic seedlings, I suddenly remembered that when I went to the edge of the field this morning, I found several clumps of islet fruits in the vegetable garden, and they were all blooming."

"Ah? That's not an islet fruit. It's the yacon fruit I planted. Since there weren't many of them, I buried them in the vegetable patch. It just looks like an islet fruit. But you can't eat it yet. You can only dig it up next month."

Su Ziling just remembered that she had buried a few yacon plants in the vegetable garden. "By the way, mother, have you gone to check on the taro? I think it's time to dig them up."

"Almost done. I see the leaves underneath are all turning yellow. I'll take some time to dig it up some other day."

"You can plant more taro next year. Not only is the taro delicious, but the taro stems and taro flowers are also delicious, especially when stewed with pickled pork ribs. The taste is amazing."

Taro flowers and taro stems stewed with pickled pork ribs is the Su family’s favorite, but taro flowers and taro stems are slightly poisonous, and if not handled properly, one can numb your throat.

Su Ziling has made it twice. He stewed the pickled pork ribs with taro stalks. The taro stalks were stewed until they were soft and absorbed the flavor of the pickled pork ribs. It was especially delicious with rice.

Later, when Su Ziling was away, Su's mother tried to stew it once. She didn't know she had to peel the skin and just stewed it. Wow, after taking a bite, her throat felt numb as if there was a thorn stuck in it.

Only when Su Ziling asked did she realize that if she wanted to eat these two things, she had to peel them.

"Okay, we can just leave some buds when the time comes, or ask Chen San and the others to bring some back. Taro tastes good, it's soft and sticky, and can be used as a staple food. We can plant more."

Su Ziling also likes taro. She likes it whether it is steamed, boiled, or stewed with chicken.

"That's fine. You can give some to your uncle and his family so they can grow some as well."

For Su's mother, the more taro the better.

"It's not possible over there with my uncle. The temperature is too low. I don't think taro will grow even if we plant it. Mom, please watch the fire. I'll go fry the melons and prepare for dinner."

Seeing that Wang Anan had finished washing the pot, Su Ziling got up to stir-fry the bitter melon.

The chayote is tender and there is no need to remove the core. It can be cut into thin slices directly. After blanching, put oil in the pan and add some red pepper and garlic to stir-fry. Finally, sprinkle some salt to season.

The dishes were ready, but the potatoes were not quite cooked yet. Su Ziling put the dishes in the pot to warm them up. The others went out to peel corn husks for a while, and when they thought it was about time, they went back to the house to eat.