Chapter 127: Take it if you can’t eat it
"Hey, look, with this walking stick, we’ve really saved quite a bit in our Silver Coin pouch."
These words were like a fresh spring, instantly washing away the gloom in Jiang Ziling’s heart, and a smile involuntarily formed at the corners of his mouth.
"Oh, are you mocking me for being stingy?"
Su Yu pretended to be displeased, her eyes twinkling playfully as she rolled them, as if to say, "Every penny I earned came from hard work."
Her candidness caused ripples to spread through Jiang Ziling’s heart, and he indulgently replied, "Alright, alright, from now on, anything he sends, I’ll accept it all, just consider it my contribution to Ah Yu’s purse."
This silent agreement and understanding deepened the bond between them.
In the afternoon, the sunlight lazily spilled across the courtyard while Su Yu began her busy, skilled kitchen work.
In the family’s jars, the pickled meat was running low, and the strips of meat hanging at the air vent, over time, had lost their initial moisture and dried into a uniquely flavored jerky.
She skillfully moved these semi-dried meats above the stove, where the dance of smoke and flames was about to begin.
Every time the firewood was lit, it wasn’t just for cooking, but also inadvertently resulted in the creation of uniquely flavored smoked meat—a favorite of the old man.
Initially, the thick smell of smoke and fire was almost torturous to Su Yu, but over time, she found a sweet and unique flavor in it.