[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rebirth-in-the-80-s-the-daily-life-of-the-villai":3,"chapter-rebirth-in-the-80-s-the-daily-life-of-the-villai-rebirth-in-the-80-s-the-daily-life-of-the-villai-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rebirth in the 80's: The Daily Life of the Villain's Mom",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1407792,1862,"Chapter 30: Steamed Pork Belly with Brown Sauce","rebirth-in-the-80-s-the-daily-life-of-the-villai-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>Pei Baoshan, Wang Cuilan, and Pei Yang went to the fields, while Jiang Ran took Pei Shanshan into the kitchen to get busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Jing, being so young, was fine as long as he didn’t cause trouble, and Jiang Ran naturally didn’t expect him to do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent Pei Jing from having any accidents, Jiang Ran moved a small stool to the kitchen door and let Pei Jing sit there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Jing was quite well-behaved, unlike some children his age who liked to run and jump and couldn’t sit still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ran looked at the remaining four pounds of pork belly and decided to just cook it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jiang Ran’s decisive move, Pei Shanshan’s heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about how the buns were snapped up in the morning, she moved her lips but ended up saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ran planned to sell rice and noodles at noon, with just one meat dish and two vegetable dishes as sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meat dish would be braised pork, and the vegetables would be stir-fried shredded potatoes and cold mixed shredded radish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was plenty of both potatoes and radishes at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two dishes cost little but taste quite good, and paired with the braised pork, they would surely sell well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Jiang Ran asked Pei Shanshan to get the potatoes and radishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ran did the shredding himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that Jiang Ran was pitying Pei Shanshan and didn’t want her to do more work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that Pei Shanshan’s knife skills weren’t great, and the shreds she cut were uneven in thickness and not very appealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Jiang Ran didn’t say this out loud, Pei Shanshan somehow sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being disliked made Pei Shanshan feel a bit wronged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after seeing the finely shredded potatoes by Jiang Ran, that little bit of grievance instantly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shredded potatoes by Jiang Ran were of even thickness, as if they were measured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ran cut quickly, and it didn’t take long before both the potatoes and radishes were shredded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The potato shreds were soaked in water to remove excess starch, making them crisper and preventing them from turning black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The radish shreds were sprinkled with some salt to let out the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing these tasks, the pork belly in the pot was almost done cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ran took out the meat, drained the water, and cut it into finger-thick square slices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sliced meat was neatly arranged on plates, topped evenly with a specially prepared sauce, and finally put in the pot to steam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the plates at home were quite large. Without other side dishes, one plate could hold ten slices tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meat slices were large, and one pound of meat could only be cut into twelve slices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In total, the slightly over four pounds of meat produced fifty slices, which fit perfectly into five plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steamer was also large; one layer could hold three plates, and two layers were just enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steamer was placed over the pot to steam on high heat, needing at least two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the heat wasn’t enough, the braised pork wouldn’t be tender and wouldn’t taste good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing these tasks, Jiang Ran was actually a bit tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Shanshan was sitting by the stove tending the fire, and Jiang Ran simply moved a bench to sit beside Pei Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Jing, who had been sitting here alone, looked at Jiang Ran when she sat down next to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking into Pei Jing’s pitch-black eyes, Jiang Ran belatedly realized that at Pei Jing’s age, he should be in kindergarten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking carefully, three years old, indeed he should be in kindergarten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no kindergarten in their village; only the children in the county could attend one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the people in the village, sending kids to kindergarten was considered a waste of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every household’s children played wildly all day, only starting primary school at six or seven years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six or seven was considered early; starting primary school at seven or eight was also common.\u003C\u002Fp>",679,"2026-06-05T23:49:20.214Z",1,"novelbin.me","9a0d95c8a3c0d7db98de0b836f8bc73d5e41b1305ffeb643081bc343ea3c44b4","rebirth-in-the-80-s-the-daily-life-of-the-villai-chapter-31","rebirth-in-the-80-s-the-daily-life-of-the-villai-chapter-29",502,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-in-the-80-s-the-daily-life-of-the-villai-cover.jpg"]