Chapter 1290: Saving People by the River 3
Lu Tianzhi carried the portion of fish to Old Master Xu’s place, while Feng Qingxue finished making the dough. She poked her head out and issued an order to Guan Yu, "Stop praising Xibao; you and your brother go to the field and pick some tender sweet potato leaves, just a little will do."
She suddenly felt like eating flatbread filled with sweet potato leaves.
Chopped fine, the tender sweet potato leaves were mixed into the dough, then plastered on the inner walls of the iron pot cooking the stewed fish.
She only made five flatbreads with sweet potato leaves mixed in; the rest were purely a blend of wheat and cornflour, a tempting golden hue. The flatbreads dotted with green sweet potato leaves looked even more appealing, a mix of yellow and green.
She didn’t put chili in the stewed fish before taking it out of the pot so that she could serve some to the children first. Then she added a bit of chili powder and let it simmer a little longer.
The fish meatballs and fish wontons Feng Qingxue made separately were also a hit with the kids. Dundun and Xiongxiong gulped down more than ten small wontons in one go, patting their rounded bellies saying they were full. Fubao ate a few meatballs and followed Xibao in eating a bit of the not-spicy stewed fish and a few bites of the sweet potato leaf flatbreads. Only Zhuangzhuang ate less than half a bowl of fish puree before refusing to eat any more.
His stomach was weak, so Feng Qingxue didn’t force him, coaxing him to take a few sips of the separately stewed carp soup.
Zhuangzhuang was now staggering around, able to take a few steps on his own, turning about in the room, making sure to hold onto chairs or stools to maintain his balance. He wore Xibao’s old white shirt with red floral patterns, which made his skin appear as white as snow, his facial features picturesque.
With the elderly looking after the kids inside the house, Feng Qingxue and Guan Cheng continued processing the white bait and small carps in the yard.
As they were busy, someone banged on the door forcefully, "Xiaoxue! Xiaoxue!"
Hearing the urgency in the visitor’s voice, Feng Qingxue hastened to open the door without even washing her hands, "Sister-in-law? What’s the matter?"