Old Lady Zhang's Rebirth: Going Mad! Severing Ties with Family! Becoming Incredibly Rich!

"The third son?"

Zhao Xueyi's eyes widened. "How did you guess that?!"

Zhang Guiying recounted her encounter with Da Bao and Er Bao upon returning home that afternoon. Zhao Xueyi, upon hearing this, became furious. "Damn it, is Third Sister-in-law crazy? How can she raise the children like that!"

"Even if you sever ties with your father, you and Dad are still the child's biological grandparents. Why doesn't Third Brother care?"

"Tube?"

Zhang Guiying sneered, "He might have taught them too. Go find out if they've rented a house in the village. If you hear those two brats swearing again, I'll go knocking on their door!"

"I'll go find out right now."

Before starting his job, Zhao Xueyi was a street urchin with many bad friends in the village. He went out for half an hour and found out all the details.

When he came back, he said mysteriously, "The third brother really did rent a house in our village. He rented Aunt Zheng's house. Mom, guess who else is in that house?"

Stop keeping me in suspense!

"And the fourth one."

Zhang Guiying paused in her chicken-killing motion. "How did those two end up together?"

"It's quite a coincidence. The fourth brother rented Aunt Zheng's house first. The third brother must have heard from someone that Aunt Zheng's house was for rent. After being kicked out yesterday, he had nowhere to go, so he went to Aunt Zheng's house."

"I heard that the third and fourth brothers paid six months' rent upfront, so it seems they plan to stay in the village long-term."

"I just went to their house. The third and fourth brothers were talking and laughing in the yard. They sounded even closer to each other than when they're at home."

How can we not be close?

The two brothers are now in the same boat and share a common enemy, so it would be strange if they didn't get along.

Zhang Guiying silently noted down this information and continued killing chickens.

Zhao Binghe was in charge of scalding the chickens and plucking their feathers.

These chickens were caught from Li Gui's house and brought back on a 28-inch pole. I guess they were jostled too much on the way home, because they weren't feeling well when they got home.

Fearing the chickens would die, Zhang Guiying simply slaughtered the weakest one.

Zhao Xueyi squatted down beside her, his mind automatically conjuring up dishes like stir-fried chicken, pan-fried chicken, braised chicken, and chicken stew with mushrooms. He was so tempted that he kept swallowing his saliva. "Mom, are we having chicken tonight? We just had braised pork yesterday, is it really okay to have chicken again today?"

"Then don't eat it."

"I'm definitely going to eat, I didn't eat lunch."

"Then go do it."

Zhao Xueyi looked conflicted. "Mom, it's not that I'm being lazy. Wouldn't it be a waste for me to cook such a good chicken? I'm afraid it won't be able to close its eyes in peace when it dies."

He has some self-awareness.

However, Zhang Guiying did not intend for him to do it.

Zhao Xueyi had absolutely no cooking skills. Zhang Guiying wanted him to learn, but she didn't want him to practice with meat, since meat is so expensive and shouldn't be wasted.

That evening, Zhang Guiying stir-fried a pot of chicken.

Zhang Guiying didn't mind using oil; she fried a pot of chicken until it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a golden and crispy skin that looked delicious.

Zhao Xiazhi brought the basin to the table, and before she could even put it down, Zhao Xueyi couldn't wait and reached out to pinch the chicken, only to be slapped away by Zhang Guiying.

Even though the ungrateful bastards are gone.

But family rules still need to be established.

Zhang Guiying scolded, "What's the rush? So eager to be the first to eat? What? Don't you expect to live to see tomorrow?"

"..."

My mom's insults are getting increasingly offensive.

Zhao Xueyi smiled ingratiatingly, "Mom, it's not that I was impatient, it's just that your cooking smelled so good that I couldn't resist. I'm not bragging, but with my mom's cooking skills, the head chef at the state-run restaurant is so good that it's a good thing he's my uncle. I wouldn't even acknowledge anyone else as a worthy opponent."

"Stop flattering me. You're over twenty years old, and you have no manners at all. From now on, no one is allowed to eat before your dad and I start, understand?"

"Okay, okay."

Zhao Xueyi sat down obediently, holding chopsticks and a steamed bun, and looked expectantly at Zhao Binghe and Zhang Guiying, urging, "Mom and Dad, hurry up and start eating."

Zhang Guiying picked up a chicken leg, put one in her own bowl, and put one in Zhao Binghe's bowl.

Zhao Xueyi, "..."

His favorite chicken leg!

Given Zhang Guiying's recent volatile temper, Zhao Xueyi didn't dare to utter a sound. He started picking at the meat like a starving ghost. Damn, her cooking skills were really good. Every bite of the chicken was full of oily fragrance, so delicious that Zhao Xueyi almost cried.

Zhao Xiazhi and Zhao Qiuzhi had just eaten meat at noon, and they weren't as greedy as Zhao Xueyi, but they also ate without looking up.

A chicken weighing eight pounds.

They ate it all in one go.

Zhao Xueyi even wiped the oil and water at the bottom of the basin clean with a steamed bun and ate it all.

Zhang Guiying herself was very satisfied with the meal.

You still need to be rich.

With money, you can eat whatever you want.

We still need to make money quickly!

Just do it.

The next day, when the whole family went to work, Zhang Guiying went to buy a tricycle for her stall. At that time, tricycles were all pedal-powered and quite expensive.

It costs five hundred yuan per vehicle.

It was fortunate that Zhang Guiying got the money back from that ungrateful wretch; otherwise, she would have been heartbroken for half a day to buy a tricycle.

After buying the tricycle, I rode it to buy a bunch of seasonings and spices for braising meat.

Star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves are all basic ingredients.

Zhang Guiying went to several places before she was able to buy angelica, hawthorn, cloves, and fennel.

Angelica dahurica removes fishy odors.

Hawthorn can make meat more tender during the braising process.

Cloves have a strong aromatic scent and a spicy taste that can stimulate appetite.

Fennel seeds enhance the aroma of braised pork, and their fragrance blends perfectly with spices such as angelica, hawthorn, and cloves, making the overall flavor of the braised pork more harmonious.

Zhang Guiying's ancestors were imperial chefs.

The method for braising this meat was taught to her by her parents.

After Zhao Binghe passed away in her previous life, Zhang Guiying's job was given to Zhang Xia, and the family suddenly lost its source of income. Zhang Guiying supported the family's living expenses by setting up a stall to sell braised meat.

She earned money all her life to make her life more comfortable.

Zhang Guiying was full of energy.

After spending two days procuring the supplies, Zhang Guiying got up at four o'clock the next morning to go to the meat processing plant to pick up pig heads and pork belly.

It was still dark.

Zhao Binghe was worried about Zhang Guiying being alone, so he got up and went to the meat processing plant with her.

On her first day at the stall, Zhang Guiying didn't dare to buy too much. She first bought ten pig heads and fifty catties of pork belly. The raw pig heads were very cheap, only four cents a catty, while the pork belly was more expensive, at one yuan and eighty cents.

Ten pig heads weighed 200 jin (100 catties), plus 50 jin (25 catties) of pork belly, which cost exactly 170 yuan.

They loaded a three-wheeled cart with meat.

I rushed home without stopping, and by the time I arrived, it was already dawn.

Zhang Guiying deftly deboned the pig's head, then used charcoal to burn off any remaining pig hair, soaked it in water for five minutes, and scraped the skin clean with a knife.

Next, use tweezers to pluck the hair from inside the ears, rub the inside and outside with salt and marinate for 15 minutes. Add water to a large pot and bring it to a boil. Put the pig's head meat in and cook for about 3 minutes. Rinse it in clean water and then hang it on the eaves to air dry.

Put the seasonings in a clean white cloth, tie it with cotton rope, and put it in the pot. Then put the dried meat into the pot to braise.

First, simmer over high heat for half an hour to bring out the flavor.

Add sugar, pepper, white vinegar, light soy sauce, and wine, then simmer over low heat for two hours.

Zhang Guiying wasn't idle while she was braising the meat.

Make chili oil.

Peel onions.

Fried peanuts.

I also made several more refreshing cold dishes.

These were things she was used to doing in her past life, and Zhang Guiying did them very skillfully. After the meat was braised, Zhang Guiying scooped the meat from the pot into a large stainless steel bucket.

Then, they packed several vegetarian dishes into a clean basin and put them into the tricycle.

Make preparations.

Zhang Guiying, carrying a kitchen knife and cutting board, hurriedly set up her stall on her tricycle.