Chapter 7 - 007 the Qin brothers
Li Xianglu was scooping out pickled ginger when she saw several people enter the kitchen.
Li Jianqing and two teenage boys came in.
Li Xianglu recognized the two boys behind Li Jianqing as her older brother's friends, one named Ma Sanjue, the only descendant of Grandma Ma in the village, and the other named Qin Zhen, a young man who had come to the countryside.
But the village was simple and rustic, and since it was already '73, people weren't too strict, so most of the kids played together.
Seeing her older brother bring his buddies to play, Li Xianglu amiably said, "Brother, you're back. Look how delicious the pickled ginger we dug up is."
After speaking, she quickly scooped out half a bowl onto the table and brought out a pair of chopsticks.
In those times, everyone's home was short of food, and three teenage boys who were at the age when they love to eat immediately forgot their declaration of not mingling with girls, and they finished the pickled vegetables in a few bites. Ge Sanmei had agreed to this; she had firmly objected to using soy sauce at first, but then Li Jianhong, who was pregnant and had cravings, made a big fuss for half a day.
Harassed by her persistence, Ge Sanmei relented and took out two taels of soy sauce to marinate twenty pounds.
Li Xianglu was stunned—two taels of soy sauce to marinate twenty pounds of pickles? That's absurd.
But Li Xianglu could cheat. She had plenty of soy sauce stored in her Storage Ring, just add a bit more.
After Li Jianqing finished the last piece of ginger from his bowl, he said proudly to the two boys, "How was it? I wasn't boasting, was I? My sister's cooking is delicious, right?"