In no time, the middle-aged woman returned, placed a small piece of broken silver on the table, thanked them again, and then left with a smile.
Yun Jiao weighed the silver in her hand, more than a qian, nearly two qian of silver. It seemed that this family truly valued their child.
Mrs. Chen sat under the corridor of the opposite west wing, craning her neck to look over here, her eyes fixed firmly on the silver.
Yun Jiao put away the silver and shut the door with a "bang."
These people were really annoying. The house had small windows, the paper covering them wasn’t very transparent, unlike the stark white walls of modern houses, the lighting was poor. Opening doors and windows was fine, but if closed, you would need to light a lamp even during the day.
Either endure being spied upon, or tolerate darkness; you can only choose one of the two.
Yun Jiao returned from the main room to the side room, still sitting behind the window.
This place was carefully chosen by her, the table was moved by her as well.
The window was half-open, allowing light to come in, but unless people outside were very close, they couldn’t see her.
In a flash, several days passed, and the water in the kitchen where the snails were kept had cleared, so Yun Jiao decided to prepare the snails.
Yun Jiao hadn’t cooked snails before, but she had eaten them.
She basically knew what ingredients to use.
She first sent San Ya to inform Sister Guihua that apart from buying meat today, they also needed to buy some bones.
Then she searched all around the house and found a pair of iron pliers, taking them to the kitchen.
Seeing Yun Jiao’s stance, Liu Lang and Xiao Chuan knew she was up to something big and followed curiously.
Handling snails was a troublesome task, you had to crush the sharp tail end, so it was easier to suck them when eating; only then would the snails with shells be flavorful.
Yun Jiao first boiled the snails in the pot, ensuring any parasites were killed by the high temperature before taking them out to begin handling.
She picked up a snail, used the pliers to clip hard on the sharp end of the tail, breaking it off.
It required no technique, just a bit of effort.
Ah Tie understood immediately, hurriedly took the pliers, "Miss, let me do it."
Yun Jiao handed him the pliers, his grip was even stronger than hers, quickly managing to clip a pile of them skillfully.
After clipping the snails and washing them, Yun Jiao started to prepare the ingredients.
When Guihua brought over the bones, Yun Jiao first put cinnamon, star anise, ginger, garlic, and dried chili into the oil pan to sizzle, then added the snails and bones to stir-fry.
Mrs. Chen heard the sizzling from the oil pan in the house and, seeing it wasn’t yet mealtime, came over to take a look.
Upon seeing it, she was shocked.
Such worthless snails, Yun Jiao was actually stir-frying them with expensive bones.
Good heavens, this girl really dares to waste things.
She looked at the bones in the pot, her heart aching deeply, but didn’t dare to say anything.
She watched as Yun Jiao stir-fried for a while, poured a ladle of water, covered the pot with a lid, and when it started boiling inside, took out the snails and bones together to stew in a ceramic pot.
Liu Lang and Xiao Chuan stood nearby, both of them licking their lips in unison.
Unable to resist the tantalizing aroma, Liu Lang asked, "Sister-in-law, can I try one now?"
Yun Jiao waved her hand, "No, this thing needs to stew for a long time to be flavorful. You can only eat it at dinner."
She thought for a moment, "Oh, Liu Lang, take two wen and go to Zhou Miejiang’s house, get some toothpicks from him."
She handed over two wen to Liu Lang, who happily pulled Xiao Chuan out the door.
The aroma of stewed bone snails wafted over Jiang Family’s yard all day.
On the opposite west wing, Qi Lang drooled all over the ground.