Wang Xuewen steamed the king crab and rice.
He took the pot down and placed it at the side to keep it warm.
With the boiling water in the pot, it would not be cold for a short period of time.
After that, he placed the clay pot on the stove and slowly cooked the sliced pork belly.
The pork belly was cut into small square pieces and tied with cotton rope so that the meat would not fall apart during the cooking process.
When the Dongpo Pork was almost ready, Wang Xuewen heard footsteps coming towards his room.
With his black pupils, he knew that it was Lou Xiao'e.
However, why was Lou Xiao'e looking for him?
He was holding a bag of flour in his hand.
"Xuewen? I'm your sister Xiao'e." Lou Xiao'e stood outside the curtain and called out softly.
She was also a little embarrassed to ask Wang Xuewen for a free meal.
She was afraid that the others in the backyard would hear her, so she lowered her voice.
Wang Xuewen opened the steamer and put away the king crab and rouge rice.
Some things must not be seen by others.
After putting away the things, Wang Xuewen went to the door and opened it.
"Sister Xiao'e, what's the matter?" Wang Xuewen asked.
"Well, Xu Damao hasn't returned yet. I don't know how to cook. Can I have dinner with you tonight?”
"I won't eat for free. These 10 catties of noodles will be my food expenses!”Lou Xiao'e quickly raised the flour bag in her hand.
"Sister Xiao'e, look at what you're saying. We're all neighbors. Why are you so polite about such a small matter?”
"Dinner is almost ready. Come in first and eat together later.”
Wang Xuewen let Lou Xiao'e in.
It seemed that he couldn't have Rouge Rice and King Crab for dinner.
However, it did not matter. The space in the storage ring was frozen, so the Rouge Rice and King Crab would still be hot no matter how long they were left there.
He could just eat it alone as supper at night.
"Thank you so much!" Lou Xiao'e carried the flour into the house.
"What are you stewing? It smells so good.”Lou Xiao'e looked at the clay pot on the stove.
"Dongpo Pork."
"Xuewen, it's not that I want to criticize you, but you eat so well every day.”Lou Xiao'e said.
Xu Damao's salary was high, and he had extra income from filming in the countryside.
There were only two people in their family, so they didn't dare to eat like this.
Of course, Lou Xiao'e was not short of money. Her dowry was a box of small yellow croakers.
However, that was her dowry and she could not use it casually.
Moreover, without tickets, there were many things that money could not buy.
"Hey, I only have this little hobby. Shouldn't you treat yourself better?”Wang Xuewen said with a smile.
"Besides, I'm the only one at home now. I'm the only one who can eat and the whole family won't be hungry. I'm still young, so I'm not in a hurry to get married. It's not too late to save money two years later."
"That's true. You're only sixteen now, but your salary is already on par with Xu Damao's. I won't be short of money in the future." Lou Xiao'e nodded.
What Wang Xuewen said made sense.
"Xuewen, I have something to ask you. Of course, it didn't matter if it wasn't convenient to say.”Lou Xiao'e suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"What is it?" Wang Xuewen was curious.
Did Lou Xiao'e still want to ask about her personal privacy?
"It's just that…you eat meat every day. Where did you buy the meat from?”Lou Xiao'e asked softly.
In this era, everyone's monthly meat was rationed.
Just half a catty, nothing more.
Without a hostage, he wouldn't sell it to you even if he had money.
Xu Damao could also bring back a few chickens or eggs from the countryside.
However, there was really no way to get meat. There was no meat in the countryside either.
At most, he would be able to get some during the New Year.
"Actually, there's nothing to hide about this. Xu Damao can probably guess it.”
"However, I'm telling you, don't tell anyone.”Wang Xuewen whispered.
"I definitely can't say!" Lou Xiao'e quickly promised.
"It's actually a ghost market. The ghost market sold everything. Pork, beef, mutton, and all kinds of tickets could be bought as long as one spent a little more money.”
"I just like this, so I don't mind spending more money. Xu Damao probably couldn't bear to part with the money, or he didn't dare to go to the ghost market.”
"Although the amount is small, it's still a matter of speculation. You can't tell others.”Wang Xuewen whispered.
"No! Sister definitely can't say it!" Lou Xiao'e promised.
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether I say it or not.”
"Do you really think the higher-ups don't know about the existence of the ghost market? I just don't want to care."
"Everyone's life is not good. The existence of the ghost market can make some people take out things that they don't need at home to exchange for money and then buy other things.”
"The higher-ups will just turn a blind eye. As long as everyone obediently dispersed after daybreak, they basically wouldn't care.”Wang Xuewen explained.
"Is that so? I've actually heard about the ghost market, but I've never been there. Is the ghost market fun?" Lou Xiao'e was curious.
"It's not fun. The ghost market is just like its name. It's really like a group of ghosts gathering together.”
"Moreover, it's dark and there's a certain degree of danger. You're so beautiful, don't take things too hard and run to the ghost market.”Wang Xuewen said.
Wang Xuewen wasn't scaring Lou Xiao'e.
He had encountered tribulation path cultivators before, but he had dealt with them.
"I'm just curious. I never thought of going to the ghost market.”Lou Xiao'e shrunk her neck.
After chatting for a while, Wang Xuewen took the clay pot down from the stove.
Then, he put in a wok and heated the oil. He made a leek scrambled egg.
Lou Xiao'e's eyes widened when she saw Wang Xuewen breaking five eggs at once.
" Why did you put so many eggs?!"
Eggs were not considered meat, but they were not cheap at all.
A pound of eggs cost 50 cents! There were probably only ten or eleven of them.
Five cents for an egg was enough to buy three catties of white flour!
"Not really. I have two old hens outside. They can lay three or four eggs for me every day.”Wang Xuewen said with a smile.
"Your old hen can lay eggs so well? That old hen in our house doesn't even lay an egg a day!”
Speaking of this, Lou Xiao'e suddenly thought of herself.
Her family's chickens couldn't lay eggs, and she couldn't lay eggs either. However, Wang Xuewen's chickens could lay eggs so well.
What was going on?
Could it be…that her family was destined to be unable to lay eggs?？
"Hai, I didn't expect that I could lay so many eggs just by buying two old hens.”
"During this period of time, I haven't been short of eggs.”Wang Xuewen said with a smile while cooking.
He didn't notice Lou Xiao'e's condition.
After putting the dishes on the table, Wang Xuewen went to the cupboard and pretended to take something from the cupboard. In fact, he took out a bottle of red wine from his storage ring.
Wang Xuewen drank, but he didn't like to drink. When he was alone, he basically didn't drink.
Since Lou Xiao'e was here today, they would drink together.
If he was drunk, it would be convenient.
Who asked Xu Damao not to come back?
As for Qin Huairu, she might not even come tonight.
It didn't matter even if he came. At most, he would give her the leftover noodles at home.
He didn't like it either.
"Sister Xiao'e, I have a bottle of red wine here.”Wang Xuewen held a bottle of red wine in one hand and two glasses of water in the other.
You still have red wine?" Lou Xiao'e was even more surprised.
She didn't even have red wine! However, her parents had one.
He had drunk it before.
However, ever since she married Xu Damao, she had not drunk much.
He would only have the chance to taste it when he returned to his mother's house.
"Like I said, the ghost market sells everything.”Wang Xuewen smiled and sat down.
"We don't have any goblets, so we'll make do with this.”
Wang Xuewen poured a glass of red wine for each of them.
Seeing the brand of the red wine, Lou Xiao'e snatched it away.
"It's actually Romanée-Conti! This was one of the best red wines in the world! My parents only have one bottle!"
"I bought a bottle of red wine because it was rare. It cost me a month's salary.”Wang Xuewen said with a smile.
"So expensive? Then I can't drink it…" Lou Xiao'e quickly returned the red wine to Wang Xuewen.
The bottle of wine had not been opened yet, so it could continue to be left there.
"Wine is just for drinking.”Wang Xuewen opened the bottle and poured a glass for each of them.
“Cheers!”
Lou Xiao'e's eyes lit up, and she also raised her cup.
“Cheers!”
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