Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

Xia Yingying came out when she heard the crying. Lu Yuwei, who was standing beside her, also knelt on the ground to plead for her brother.

"Just get up and wash the meat. I won't hit you." Xia Yingying rubbed her brows. She was very embarrassed to make the two kids kneel without even moving. So she pulled the two children up, brushed the dust off their trouser legs, and went back to marinate the meat.

"Sister?" Lu Haojie was confused and turned to look at Lu Yuwei for help.

Lu Yuwei lowered her eyes and comforted her, "Your stepmother is very different now than before. She won't hit you." Xia Yingying would not rush out in danger today. She had already determined in her heart that Xia Yingying would not hit them again.

She looked at Xia Yingying who entered the kitchen, pinched her fingers nervously, and took a basin to wash the piece of meat that fell on the ground. Lu Haojie nodded as if he understood, and followed Lu Yuwei with his short legs.

Xia Yingying was in no mood to take care of the two children, so she went back to the kitchen to deal with the remaining meat.

She planned to make half into bacon and keep the other half in the refrigerator to preserve it, and eat the meat fresh.

The only seasoning at home is salt, no other seasonings.

It's not impossible to use only salt to marinate meat, but meat marinated with only salt will only taste salty. Xia Yingying thought of the meat her grandmother marinated. Most people only use salt to marinate bacon, but those who are more particular will also add some white wine.

Her grandma’s pickled meat is different. She also adds rock sugar and light soy sauce. The pickled meat is very delicious. When she was working at school, some people came to her specifically to order the bacon made by her grandma. After her grandma passed away, she pickled the meat herself. When her grandma was still alive, she helped a lot. It can be said that she has inherited her grandma’s true skills.

Fortunately, there is still plenty of salt at home. It would be better if there were some spices, so that the marinated meat would taste even better.

Xia Yingying rubbed the salt into the flesh, not leaving out every inch.

Lu Yuwei brought the washed meat into the kitchen and asked Lu Haojie to look after Arou.

As soon as I came in, I saw Xia Yingying rolling up her sleeves, carefully pickling meat. There was a large scratch on her exposed snow-white arms, which looked very scary.

Thinking of Xia Yingying's risking her life to save me today, I hugged her tightly in my arms, and a warm feeling surged in my heart.

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Exchange, why not exchange?

Someone handed her a pillow when she was sleepy. She was worried about not having enough seasoning to marinate the bacon.

But who does this favorability value have to do with?

Xia Yingying looked at the only child in the room—Lu Yuwei. Could it be her?

She saved Lu Yuwei today, so I guess her favorability came from that.

It seems that I need to get closer to this little girl in the future. She wants free automatic farms, fruits and vegetables.

When the day comes when she doesn’t want to struggle anymore, she can just lie down with the food in the space. How nice it would be.

Xia Yingying hummed a tune happily.

While Lu Yuwei was not paying attention, he opened the seasoning package and saw that there were star anise, peppercorns, and rock sugar in it, which were enough for marinating the meat.

She had already strung the marinated meat with palm leaves and hung it on a pole. For the remaining meat to be marinated, she evenly spread the prepared marinade seasoning on the meat. Xia Yingying found a bamboo tube to put the untouched seasoning in and save it for cooking or stewing meat.

There was a piece of front leg meat left, which she secretly put in the refrigerator in the space to eat fresh meat. There was also a pig's hind leg left, which Xia Yingying planned to make into ham.

She found a board and placed the ham on it, with bamboo strips underneath, the skin facing down and the meat facing up, and began to sprinkle salt on the ham.

Cured ham is both simple and complex.

Xia Yingying carefully applied salt to every part of the pig's thigh and rubbed the pork inch by inch until the pork became soft and the salt seeped into the pork.

Then put a thick layer of salt on the pork.

By the time the pork was marinated, she was busy and sweating profusely. Beads of sweat were hanging on her forehead and were about to drip down. Xia Yingying was about to raise her sleeve to wipe it off when a clean white handkerchief with a soap scent gently wiped the sweat off her face. Xia Yingying blinked and looked at the person. Who else could it be but Lu Yuwei?

Xia Yingying smiled and thanked sincerely: "Thank you."

Lu Yuwei blushed, holding the hot and wet handkerchief in her hand, she stammered, "No, you're welcome."

After squatting for too long, Xia Yingying stood up suddenly. She felt a little dizzy and staggered, as if she was about to fall to the ground. Seeing this, Lu Yuwei hurried forward to support her. After she stood still, Xia Yingying thanked her, but Lu Yuwei shyly shook her head to say you're welcome.

Seeing that Lu Yuwei was very well behaved, Xia Yingying wanted to touch her head. She raised her hand and found that it was full of seasonings, so she gave up: "I was too busy today and didn't have lunch. You must be hungry now, right?"

"No, I'm not hungry, stepmother." Lu Yuwei said in a low voice as usual.

Just as she finished speaking, her stomach rumbled and Lu Yuwei's face turned red instantly.

Xia Yingying smiled gently, and did not expose her. She just gently discussed with Lu Yuwei: "It's just right. I'm hungry. How about having some stir-fried meat and braised pork?"

"Okay." Lu Yuwei swallowed her saliva and took the mushrooms and wild vegetables from the basket to wash them.

Lu Haojie came over and asked, "Second sister, how did you kill the wild boar?"

Lu Yuwei then told the whole story. Lu Haojie was stunned, and then he smacked his lips and whispered, "My stepmother is really different."

Yes, the stepmother is really different. She saved her at the critical moment of life and death, which is enough to prove it.

"Then how are we going to treat our stepmother in the future?"

"I don't know either. Let's wait until Big Brother comes back and see what he says." Lu Yuwei is on Xia Yingying's side now, but she is still unsure whether Xia Yingying has really changed and will not hurt them again. Lu Haoran is the most rational of the four of them, so it is right to leave this issue to him.

Lu Haojie nodded.

Xia Yingying cut the lean meat and marinated it with seasonings, so that the meat would taste better and more flavorful after being fried.

Add water and seasonings into the pot and prepare to stew the meat.

There was also wild ginger at home, which was dug by Lu Yuwei to ward off the cold when Lu Haojie had a fever last time. Xia Yingying cut a few slices and threw them in.

Lu Yuwei had already washed the vegetables, and Xia Yingying had chopped the mushrooms and ginger slices, so that she would be more comfortable when cooking later.

Lu Yuwei consciously helped Xia Yingying, sitting on a small stool, adding firewood to the stove. The fire burned vigorously, and soon, the aroma of meat floated in the courtyard. When Lu Haojie heard the smell of meat, he swallowed unconsciously.

After the meat was cooked, Xia Yingying took it out, scooped the water into a basin and poured it out. Lu Yuwei was watching from the side with tears in her eyes. There was still oil floating in the soup, and it tasted very fragrant. It would be a pity to just throw it away.