Shen Rong saw that there were many herbs in the house. She couldn't help but think of the spices Shen Yuan mentioned yesterday, so she asked Sixth Grandma:

"Grandma, do you have star anise, fennel, cinnamon, prickly ash, pepper, tangerine peel, cumin, ginger... those things at home? Also, do you know what chili peppers are?"

Shen Rong didn't quite understand whether those were Chinese medicines or not. At most, she only knew some common hemostatic herbs growing in the fields.

Grandma Liu frowned and spread out the medicine in the dustpan. "I do have a few of the herbs you mentioned at home, such as star anise, tangerine peel, ginger, wild pepper... The others are not used much, so we don't have them at home..."

"As for the peppers..." Sixth Grandma took out a cloth bag from the cabinet behind her, opened it, and inside was a bunch of bright red peppers.

"This should be the chili you mentioned, which flowed in from outside the country.

Those wealthy families regard this as a flower.

It was a doctor who discovered that this thing was effective in dispelling cold and dampness.

We live in the mountains where the air is very humid, so your grandfather used his connections to buy some seeds for me. I plant some every year, and this is the fruit from last year."

Shen Rong didn't recognize it, but there was no mistaking the spicy taste.

Shen Rong didn't expect such a pleasant surprise.

She secretly wrote down the spices available at home, and then helped Sixth Grandma clean the pharmacy.

After cleaning the house, Shen Rong took Changsheng and prepared to go back to her parents' home.

Shen Rong decided to ask her second sister-in-law to cook the food that Shen Yuan mentioned.

My second sister-in-law is a good cook, so she is the most suitable person to choose.

Shen Rong came to her parents' home and found Ma Xiuxiu. When she said she wanted to cook something delicious, Ma Xiuxiu immediately agreed.

After discussing it, the two decided to go to town first to buy what they needed.

Ma Xiuxiu's brother-in-law had a stall selling pork in the town. Although they went there late, they still got a pair of pig intestines.

"No one eats this stuff. It's free, just take it!" The second sister-in-law's brother-in-law looked at the pig intestine with disgust on his face.

The pig intestines couldn't be sold, so they had to be eaten at home. They were smelly and no one in their family ate them. Usually, the pig intestines were sold at half price or given away to whoever bought the most meat.

Seeing this, Shen Rong did not refuse. Seeing that there was still some pork on his stall, she weighed two pieces, each weighing four pounds.

Shen Rong sold a lot of meat and didn't bargain, so her second sister-in-law and brother-in-law felt a little embarrassed and gave her a pair of pig ears as a gift.

Changsheng seldom goes to town, and this time he followed along, and found everything he saw strange.

When passing by the candied haws stall, he looked at the red candied haws and his eyes almost couldn't turn away.

Seeing this, Shen Rong bought him one, and then bought one for each of his nephews and nieces. However, the little ones didn't come, so Changsheng held all of them in his hands.

Changsheng held the candied haws but didn't eat it. Along the way, he just glanced at it from time to time to make sure that the hawthorns on the candied haws were not missing.

While Shen Rong went to the town to buy things, Shen Yuan had already braised the pig intestines at home.

Yesterday, she failed to borrow money from Shen Rong, so she went back to her parents' home.

Unexpectedly, Zhang felt guilty and gave her five taels of silver as a dowry.

Shen Zi was overjoyed, "Thank you, mother."

"I'm glad you don't blame me. I was confused before and let your father coax me, but he..." When Zhang talked about the sad things, her eyes turned red again.

Shen Yuan didn't care whether Zhang was sad or not. Her mind was now full of making money from selling braised pig intestines.

"Mom, I have something to do, so I'll go back first!" Shen Yuan took the money and couldn't stay for a moment.

I went to the town that afternoon and prepared to buy some pig intestines and various spices.

Unfortunately, she did buy the spices, but she went too late and the pig intestines were sold out. She had no choice but to order a pair of pig intestines from the meat stall owner and pick them up the next morning.

Early this morning, Shen Yuan brought the pig intestines back. As soon as the pig intestines were brought into the yard, she was scolded by Liu.

"Gu Shenshi, how do you live? You actually brought this kind of filthy stuff home! Are you trying to disgust me to death?"

Shen Yuan was so angry that he was speechless. This damn old woman not only refused to help, but was also picky.

But now was not the time to argue with her. She took a few deep breaths, calmed her anger, then picked up the bucket and took the pig intestines to the river.

Of course, she didn't know how to wash it herself, so she spent three cents to ask the maid next door to help her wash it.

Shen Yuan was afraid that the old woman wouldn't wash it clean enough, so he watched her from beginning to end.

After washing the pig's large intestine, she hurried home to cook it.

When Shen Rong came back from the town with all her shopping, the aroma of meat was already wafting from the Gu family's yard.

The aroma of the meat was very overbearing, a fragrance that no one had ever smelled before. The children in the village were so greedy that they squatted outside the Gu family's yard, swallowing their saliva, and were unwilling to leave.

Shen Rong and her second sister-in-law were carrying things and passing by the Gu family's yard. When they smelled the rich fragrance, they both paused subconsciously.

Shen Rong guessed that Shen Yuan might be making the kind of food she described. If the pig intestines really smelled so good, there would be no problem in selling them for money.

Shen Rong was secretly anxious.

Second sister-in-law Ma Xiuxiu sniffed, "What's that smell? It's too fragrant, isn't it?"

Shen Rong pulled her second sister-in-law and said, "Second sister-in-law, let's go back quickly!"

Shen Rong took her second sister-in-law and walked away from the front door of Gu's house instead of taking the small path.

She asked her second sister-in-law to take the pig intestines and a piece of pork back first, while she and Changsheng went to the pharmacy at home to get some spices and chili peppers that were available at home.

When Shen Rong and her partner arrived at her mother's house, the pig intestines were already being washed.

The pig intestines had been simply processed when they were purchased, but they still smelled terrible.

But this little bit of dirt is nothing to Shen Rong.

She and her second sister-in-law washed it several times with wood ash. Shen Rong hardened her heart and grabbed a handful of flour to wash it inside and out again. Shen Rong pulled out all the fat in the intestines and threw it away.

Shen Dongting and Changsheng took turns helping to fetch water.

After a few buckets of water, the pig intestines no longer had any fishy smell.

Shen Rong took out the spices she bought.

"Second sister-in-law, your cooking is delicious. Can you think of the appropriate amounts of these to put in?" Shen Rong was a little unsure holding the spices in her hand.

Ma Xiuxiu was not polite. She asked about the spices one by one, "These should be used to enhance the fragrance. Let's try a small amount first."

My second sister-in-law is a really good cook, and the ingredients she uses are quite suitable. After the water boils and the pig intestines are stewed for a while, the fragrance starts to waft into the air.

Because this one has a little bit of chili added, the aroma is even more overbearing than the smell that came from Gu's house before.

The eldest sister-in-law couldn't sit still in the house anymore, so she walked into the kitchen holding her belly.

"Sister-in-law, what delicious food did you make? Why does it smell so good?" Li Fenglian was not a greedy person, but after smelling the fragrance, she couldn't help but start swallowing her saliva.

Shen Dongting and Changsheng squatted at the stove, reluctant to leave. They stared at the pot, saliva never stopping from flowing out of their mouths.

The second sister-in-law estimated that the time was about right, so she opened the lid of the pot and cut a piece of pig intestine for each person. "It should be almost cooked, but I don't know how it tastes. Do you want to try it?"

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