Chapter 683: The Original Wife Betrayed by Her Husband 29

Chapter 683: Chapter 683: The Original Wife Betrayed by Her Husband 29

In Yuan Chun’s space, there was a full space of food, including a good amount of fresh vegetables, meats, fish, and eggs, but Yuan Chun didn’t dare to take them out.

In the winter months of the Northeast, the fields looked grayish, with no hint of greenery; if she took out fresh vegetables or wild chickens and rabbits, she wouldn’t be able to explain their origins.

The fish she did have, well, Wang Mu could be easily fooled, trusting her daughter’s words—if it were anyone else, she wouldn’t be able to deceive them.

On the third day, after breakfast, Yuan Chun rode Mr. Wang’s bicycle to the town.

When Yuan Chun arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, she only saw cabbage, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkins, and onions for sale, and even these required coupons; without the coupons, people wouldn’t sell them, acting all high and mighty.

Yuan Chun then went to a nearby grocery store, which had the same vegetables, but also had dried kelp, dried beans, dried eggplant, dried squash strips, dried beancurd sticks, and tofu skin...

Indeed, there were quite a few dried vegetables.

But they all required coupons.

Yuan Chun didn’t have coupons, so she glanced at them and left.

Yuan Chun went to the supply and marketing cooperative again and spent eight yuan, buying a set of pig offal, a large pig head, and five thoroughly cleaned large bones that didn’t require coupons.

On her way home, Yuan Chun took out from her space a bundle of dried kelp, a bundle of dried squash strips, a bundle of dried beancurd sticks, a bundle of vermicelli, and a large pack of tofu skin, along with over ten large onions.

She put the onions in the basket at the back of the bicycle and tied them to the seat.

The other dried vegetables were bundled up and hung on the handlebars on both sides of the bicycle.

When Yuan Chun returned home, it was almost noon, and Wang Mu was in the kitchen cooking rice; hearing the sound of the bicycle, she came out and saw that her daughter had bought so many vegetables back, hurriedly came out to welcome her, "Why did you buy so much, such a big pig head, how much did you spend on it?"

"Mom, the pig head, pig offal, and bones together were only eight yuan."

Yet Wang Mu scolded her in distress, "You should have just bought the pig offal; why buy a pig head? Pig heads are so expensive, we never eat them even during the New Year."

"Mom, it’s not expensive, only five yuan each; the pig offal was three yuan, and those bones were given for free, no charge. If buying meat, eight yuan could only buy eight pounds of meat, and you’d need meat coupons; Mom, this big pig head weighs more than thirty pounds."

"There’s so much hair, I don’t know how to deal with it; I’ll call your father back to handle it."

The daughter already bought them, so Wang Mu felt distressed but couldn’t help it; she put the big pig head into a large basin and instructed Yuan Chun to watch the fire, as she went next door to call Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang, hearing that his daughter had bought a pig head, felt immensely greedy.

He returned home and built a fire in the yard, placing the pig head on a stick to singe off the pig hairs over the fire.

After singeing, he used a vegetable knife to scrape.

By the time Wang Mu finished cooking, Mr. Wang had cleaned up the big pig head.

"There’s no time to stew the pig head for lunch; let’s do it tomorrow. For lunch, I’ll stir-fry the pig tongue with dried chili peppers and onions for you."

Wang Mu stir-fried the pig tongue and also fried a big pot of pig liver; with these two meat dishes for lunch, it was already enough. She also stewed a big pot of potato and kelp, and stir-fried dried mushrooms with potato slices.

Uncle Wu and six bricklayers ate heartily, even having an extra bowl of rice.

The house foundation had long been dug out, and the walls were over a meter high.

The next day, after breakfast, Wang Mu began stewing the pig head meat, stewing all morning until the aroma filled the entire village, making many children cry in hunger.

At noon, Wang Mu sliced up a large plate of stewed pig head meat and used the stew broth to cook cabbage with vermicelli, and prepared chilled tofu skin.

In the evening, the Wang family all returned home.

On the table, there was not only a large plate of stewed pig meat but also a plate of stewed pig ears and a plate of stir-fried intestines; Mr. Wang invited Uncle Wu to stay for dinner and called Grandpa Qi over too; they drank until their faces were flushed before leaving the table.