After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 55 Preserved Chicken Hot Pot
The two children sat down at the table and ate noodles with Sanlang.

The two children also followed Saburo's example, adjusting their posture and eating noodles very politely, not slurping them loudly, and even picking up pickled vegetables with great manners.

Su Xiaoxiao realized that Sanlang could also play a role, which was quite educational for the child.

After dinner, Sanlang offered to help Su Xiaoxiao wash the dishes.

"No need, I can handle it myself. You should go inside and rest!"

Saburo refused, "Then I'll watch you wash!"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao blushed with embarrassment. "What kind of talk is that? You watch me work and go inside to rest. Don't cause me any trouble here."

Su Xiaoxiao pretended to push Sanlang into the house. She felt so shy at that moment. Why did Sanlang say that? When he was looking at her intently from the side, Su Xiaoxiao felt her face turn as red as a cloth.

It seems that Saburo has matured a lot since he returned this time.

Su Xiaoxiao felt she needed to learn more from Sanlang, how to become more thick-skinned.

Just then, she heard someone knocking on the door. Su Xiaoxiao went to open the door and saw that it was Sun Shi.

She and her husband, Wang Er, were standing outside the door, carrying a basket of fresh mushrooms and wood ear fungus still glistening with dew.

Sun said with a smile, "Sister, it rained yesterday, so my husband and I went up the mountain to pick some mushrooms and wood ear fungus. We thought they were fresh, so we brought them to you."

Su Xiaoxiao was very happy and readily accepted the mushrooms and wood ear fungus without any hesitation.

She quickly invited Sun and Wang Er to come inside and sit down. The two of them went in and saw Sanlang.

Sun was already familiar with Sanlang and had greeted him before, but today, upon seeing him, she noticed that he seemed even more handsome than usual.

Taking the opportunity, Su Xiaoxiao showed Sun Shi around her kitchen. Su Xiaoxiao insisted on inviting Sun Shi and Wang Er to stay for dinner today.

Unable to refuse such a kind offer, Mrs. Sun readily agreed.

Sun saw a dried chicken hanging from the rafters of Su Xiaoxiao's house. It looked dark and unappetizing.

"This is?"

Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao quickly explained, quite embarrassed, "This is a cured chicken I made."

"It's made with wild pheasant."

Su Xiaoxiao was quite proud when she introduced it this way, as if she was the first person to use wild pheasant to make cured chicken.

Seeing that Sun was still a little confused, Su Xiaoxiao took the cured chicken down when she saw that it was almost cured.

"Let's have this for lunch today."

There were some bamboo shoots in the basket that Sun had brought, so Su Xiaoxiao used what was available to first slice the cured chicken, then sliced ​​some chili peppers and garlic, and finally stir-fried them directly in the pot.

The room was immediately filled with a delicious aroma. After the food was stir-fried and the aroma was released, Su Xiaoxiao added water and put the lid on the pot.

After a while, Su Xiaoxiao added the washed bamboo shoots to the pot and said to Sun Shi, "There are so many people today, let's have hot pot!"

When Ms. Sun first heard about hot pot, she asked Su Xiaoxiao in surprise.

"What is hot pot? I've never had it before."

Su Xiaoxiao went to find a pot and a rack, the kind where you can put charcoal in it. By this time, the bamboo shoots were starting to absorb the flavor and were slowly softening as they cooked.

Su Xiaoxiao sprinkled some garlic leaves on top, and the unique aroma of the cured chicken and garlic wafted out of the pot. Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said to Mrs. Sun, "This is the cured meat hot pot I invented! You've probably never had it before, have you?"

Mrs. Sun quickly shook her head and said, "Really, we've never even heard of hot pot before, let alone cured meat hot pot."

Saburo and the children also came over, and they were all shocked by this novel way of eating.

Su Xiaoxiao said to Sanlang and the children, "I'm giving you a task: go over there and wash some cabbage, rapeseed, and lettuce, and put them in this little bamboo basket after you've washed them."

Sanlang, Dabao, and Xiaobao went out to wash the vegetables together. Su Xiaoxiao said to them, "If you cook them like this, you can just add the vegetables in as you cook them. It smells amazing."

Today happens to be a cloudy day, and generally speaking, it's the perfect time to eat hot pot when it's cloudy and rainy.

Su Xiaoxiao explained, "Actually, it's not just cured meat hot pot; you can also have fish hot pot or chicken hot pot, and so on. You can eat them like that."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "These ingredients are all natural, so they taste even better."

Saburo and the children washed the vegetables and brought them over.

Su Xiaoxiao noticed that it was lunchtime, so she joined everyone in having hot pot.

Sanlang had never eaten such delicious hot pot before, and he enjoyed it very much.

Everyone was eating hot pot inside the house, but little did they know that someone was standing outside the door, drooling.

Su Xiaoxiao looked and realized that the person was none other than Granny Liu.

Grandma Liu stood in front of Su Xiaoxiao's house like a madwoman, drooling as if she was craving it.

But she was too embarrassed to come over and say, "Come in and have a bite."

Last time, Su Xiaoxiao hosted a dinner party at her home, which was already giving her a lot of face and not exposing the fact that she had set fire to her own house.

Now, even Grandma Liu is a little intimidated when she sees Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao asked Granny Liu, who was standing at the door like a child, "What are you doing? Is there something you need?"

Grandma Liu asked in a low voice, looking quite embarrassed, "Well, the village head asked me to come and see if there's anything I can help you with."

Su Xiaoxiao felt that when she saw Granny Liu again this time, Granny Liu seemed to have toned down her bad intentions quite a bit.

However, Su Xiaoxiao also knew that Granny Liu was no good either, so she resolutely refused.

"There's nothing I can help with. If you have nothing else to do, you can go back now."

Granny Liu knew that coming here was pointless, as she had only shown Sanlang there, along with Sun Shi and Wang Er's family.

However, this time Granny Liu seems even more interested in finding out about Su Xiaoxiao.

After she left, everyone had just started eating again when someone rushed over anxiously from outside.

As soon as she entered the door, she shouted loudly at Su Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, something terrible has happened! My daughter-in-law is having a difficult childbirth and is about to die!"

The person who came was none other than Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang was a kind person who had always helped Su Xiaoxiao, and Su Xiaoxiao couldn't ignore this matter.

Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly went into the house to get her medicine box. She said to Sanlang, "You stay home and help me take care of the baby. Sister Sun and Brother Wang, you two come with me to help Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law give birth."

Aunt Wang said anxiously to Su Xiaoxiao, "My daughter-in-law has been in labor all day, but she just can't give birth. I went to find the midwife in our village, but she happened to be in the next village and won't be back until tomorrow. Xiaoxiao, I heard you say last time that you know a little about medicine, but now I really can't find anyone to help me."

(End of this chapter)