Chapter 131: Chapter 131 Beef Stew with Potatoes (1)_1 Chapter 131: Chapter 131 Beef Stew with Potatoes (1)_1 Inside the house, Lin Jiaxin had calmed down thanks to Lady Liu’s comfort.
In fact, after the events of the past half-year, Lin Jiaxin already felt a certain distance from his relatives on that side, and today’s incident had driven him to complete despair.
Seeing that Father was relieved, Lin Yuan also felt much more at ease.
Knowing that her parents were worried, Lin Yuan casually lied, saying that Xia Zheng had already agreed to accept tofu in repayment of the debt.
Lin Jiaxin, upon hearing this, lamented, “Your third uncle and them, well, forget it, there’s no relationship anymore, and it’s just as well if everyone minds their own business.
I just don’t know how Yong Le is doing in the prison now.
I heard he was beaten, and what’s wrong with that child, not studying well at the academy?
How did he get involved with the riffraff and bullies in town?”
Having just drunk a bowl of brown sugar water to calm her nerves, Lady Liu heard her husband start to worry about those people again.
Glancing at her daughter, she scolded, “I’ve said there’s no relation anymore, so why bring up those people again!
Don’t forget, our Da Ya was nearly drowned in a pond by her own grandparents today!”
Catching his wife’s glance, Lin Jiaxin realized his words might have hurt his daughter.
He hurriedly explained, “Da Ya, it’s all my fault, Father shouldn’t have…”
“Father, say no more.
Why should our family be sad for those strangers?
In the future, we will definitely live a very good life, and no one will be able to bully us again!”
Lin Yuan’s words were like a soothing pill for everyone.
Because the Lin family had come over to make a scene, it was already past lunchtime when things settled down.
Originally, they had planned to stew beef, but that too had been delayed.
Lin Yuan quickly went to the kitchen to check.
Fortunately, everyone had been focused on Liuzi at the time, and no one had noticed the red beans and food she hid in the corner.
Otherwise, considering Lin Jiaxiao’s penchant for small gains, her household would have been turned upside down.
The beef was still sitting in the basin.
Lin Yuan swiftly cut a large piece off, then chopped it into smaller pieces to blanch in a pot to remove the blood.
While waiting for the water to boil, she also finished preparing the remaining few potatoes.
She picked out seven or eight smaller ones, chopped them into pieces similar in size to the beef, and set them aside.
Beef takes time to cook through, but it can become tough if overcooked, so managing the heat was very important.
Seeing that the meat in the pot was no longer raw, Lin Yuan quickly removed it, then cleaned the large pot, added oil, and began stir-frying chili peppers, green onion segments, and ginger slices.
Once the aroma was released, she added the beef chunks back in, followed by water and potatoes; the remaining task was to use a low flame to stew the meat until it was tender.
Lin Wei was watching over the large stove, and since stewing the beef would take some time, Lin Yuan used this break to take out the small oven and the large iron plate for baking mooncakes.
They had originally planned to steam rice for the meal, but it was a bit late now, and with the meat stewing in the pot, there was no extra large pot available for steaming rice.
Lin Yuan decided to make flatbread instead.
However, she wasn’t making the meat-filled flatbread from the morning, nor was it Aunt Wang’s sesame-filled flatbread from her sister-in-law’s family, but thin, fragrant green onion pancakes.
These pancakes had a simple process and didn’t require any special seasonings; she just needed salt, green onions, and oil.
More importantly, the large iron plate was just the right size to use as a griddle for the large pancakes.
She brushed a clean cotton cloth dipped in oil across the large iron plate to coat it lightly.
Lin Yuan then spread a rolled pancake on it to slowly bake.
As she rolled out the second pancake, she pondered the life that lay ahead.
Now that they had cut ties with that side, she wasn’t afraid of them coveting her possessions anymore.
With Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, she needed to finish making the mooncakes the Jin family had ordered.
Yes, after lunch, she would call Aunt Wang and Lan Hua over to make mooncakes together.
And the tofu—yesterday’s tofu was ruined, so she needed to soak some soybeans before going to bed tonight.