Chapter 1105: A Unique Flavor

After speaking, without waiting for Wang An's agreement, Mu Mu Xueqing reached out to pick up the bricks.

However, the bricks had been steaming on the pot lid for so long that they were extremely hot, so Mu Mu Xueqing immediately pulled her hand back after touching one.

Following this, Mu Mu Xueqing began to look around, clearly searching for a suitable tool to deal with the bricks.

It was evident that regardless of whether Wang An agreed or not, Mu Mu Xueqing was determined to eat this meat; no one could stop her.

Seeing this, Wang An immediately grew worried. The main issue was that Mu Mu Xueqing was heavily pregnant, making her movements very inconvenient. If she were to get burned or hit by a brick, it would be a massive headache.

One had to remember, this was his wife!

Therefore, Wang An shouted anxiously:

"Hey, don't move! I'll get it for you, I'll get it for you, okay?"

Facing his foodie wife, Wang An was truly speechless. The key was that Mu Mu Xueqing was too impatient; she wouldn't wait for anything. Who could handle that?

Fortunately, after such a long time of stewing, the beef intestines and beef liver were definitely cooked.

As he spoke, Wang An hurriedly put down his work and ran quickly toward the stove where the beef bones were stewing.

There was no help for it; he had to cherish his own wife.

Arriving at the stove, Wang An gently pulled Mu Mu Xueqing aside and said with a face full of reproach:

"Why are you in such a rush? This pot lid is heavy as lead, and there's a pile of bricks on top. What if you drop one on your toes?"

Facing Wang An's lecture, Mu Mu Xueqing merely glanced at him without a word, still staring fixedly at the pot lid, as if she wanted to see through it to see what the meat inside looked like.

This size-12 pot lid had been pieced together by Comrade Wang Wang Dazhu using wooden boards and nails.

Although he had used the thinnest boards possible, the large surface area meant the lid was quite heavy. Furthermore, having been steamed by the heat for so long, the wooden lid was soaked through, adding even more weight.

So, it is no exaggeration to say that even a burly man wouldn't be able to lift this lid.

Of course, the problem of not being able to lift it didn't exist for Wang An. He grabbed the handle, exerted force, and pulled the heavy lid—along with the bricks on top—off in one go.

After moving the lid aside, Wang An used a sharpened stove poker to hook out a few sections of beef intestine, followed quickly by two slices of beef liver.

Just as Wang An put down the poker to grab the lid, Mu Mu Xueqing's hands moved with lightning speed; she grabbed the poker and swiftly hooked a piece of bone out of the pot.

This scene left Wang An truly unable to laugh or cry; he couldn't understand how Mu Mu Xueqing, who ate meat at every meal, could still be so greedy.

By the time Wang An replaced the pot lid, Mu Mu Xueqing was already eating, her face contorted with effort as she gnawed at the meat.

The reason she could make such rich expressions while eating was that the old cow's intestines and meat were very tough, and Mu Mu Xueqing's small mouth was struggling to tear them apart.

Finally, Mu Mu Xueqing tore off a small piece of beef intestine, and while chewing vigorously, she said indistinctly:

"Delicious, truly delicious, so delicious."

It must be said, although Mu Mu Xueqing's table manners were not elegant, it didn't affect her beauty in the slightest. She remained just as pretty and just as vibrant. With looks like these, she was truly damn resilient.

After another while, Wang Li finished cleaning both fish.

Wang An placed the fish on the cutting board, then, with a swift motion of his knife, expertly dismantled them.

He decided to stew the body of the kaluga sturgeon, steam the heads of the kaluga and chum salmon, and for the body of the chum salmon, he decided on a different method.

He put the kaluga meat into the pot, stuck a circle of corn cakes to the side, placed a steamer rack inside, set the basin with the fish heads on top, and finally covered it with the lid. That pot was done.

After finishing this, Wang An pondered for a long time and finally decided to prepare the chum salmon body in a way rarely seen in this era: hot pot.

That's right, hot pot. The main reason was that chum salmon meat is very tender; if stewed for too long, it loses its freshness.

In fact, the Hezhen people usually ate chum salmon raw, but Wang An felt it was better not to eat freshwater fish raw. The main reason was that if one were to contract parasites from eating raw fish, it really wouldn't be worth it.

Since he didn't have a copper hot pot, Wang An used the small iron pot he took into the mountains. When the time came, he would just place the small iron pot on a brazier filled with charcoal, and it would be done—very simple.

It must be said, this thin little iron pot was actually quite decent for use as a hot pot.

Just like that, through Wang An's busy work, dinner was all prepared.

At this moment, Comrade Mu Mu Xueqing was holding a small dagger, struggling with that large beef bone.

As for Comrade Wang Li, he was sitting not far from Mu Mu Xueqing, his cheeks moving as he chewed on something. His eyes and mouth were twitching from time to time; it was clear that what he was chewing was quite a struggle.

It must be said, if a person wants to eat a certain food, they will find any way to get it into their mouth, because Mu Mu Xueqing, this pregnant woman, was exactly like that.

One had to know that if beef bones aren't stewed until tender, the meat on them cannot be bitten off. So, Mu Mu Xueqing had found a small knife from somewhere and was picking the meat off the bone bit by bit, eating as she picked, maintaining a very good rhythm.

The reason Wang Li was chewing so laboriously was that the beef bone in Mu Mu Xueqing's hand hadn't been stewed until tender, nor was it fully cooked; there were still many blood streaks near the bone.

Yet Mu Mu Xueqing didn't care about the blood streaks at all; she even picked off the periosteum and stuffed it into her mouth.

Wang An heard Mu Mu Xueqing say to Wang Li while eating:

"Old Five, do you want some? This meat is so fragrant, the more you chew, the better it tastes."

As she spoke, Mu Mu Xueqing passed the meat with the blood streaks toward Wang Li.

Wang Li shook his head and said:

"Mmhmm, it is indeed fragrant. Sister-in-law, you eat it; I haven't swallowed this mouthful yet."

Seeing that Wang An was finished, Mu Mu Xueqing turned her head and said to him indistinctly while chewing:

"Little An, do you want some? This meat is super fragrant."

Wang An looked at the hopeful Mu Mu Xueqing, then at the blood streaks on the meat, hesitated for a moment, and then opened his mouth.

It must be said, this beef with blood streaks actually had a quite unique flavor.

In fact, when Wang Li and Mu Mu Xueli went into the mountains with Wang An, the meat they ate after stewing their game wasn't very tender either, but they had truly never eaten meat with blood streaks before.

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