Chapter 83: Braised Meat Hot Pot

"Girl, tell us quickly, how do you eat this?" Aunt Li had been curious for a long time, looking at the plates of raw vegetables and the steaming pot.

An Yinan gave a mysterious smile, "Watch closely, this is called a hot pot."

"First, put the vegetables into the pot, wait a few seconds, pick them out, and eat!"

This was the inner voice of everyone at the table, including Beibei!

"It's delicious, you all should try it." Seeing that everyone was skeptical, An Yinan helplessly recommended it.

Everyone looked at the braised meat broth; whether they believed it or not, they had to give her some face.

They picked up their respective vegetables, put them into the pot, and after a while, seeing the vegetables change color, they finally picked them out and put them into their mouths.

"Eh? Don't say, this vegetable tastes different now." Second Aunt Xie was surprised. Every family was almost sick of eating ordinary cabbage, so how could this taste so good?

"Try this meat. Put it inside and wait a while. Once the meat changes color, eat it directly." An Yinan continued to recommend the yellow goat meat.

This time, the first one to use his chopsticks was Zhang Qian; this bit of meat was the result of him slicing for two hours.

Upon entering the mouth, there was first a burst of braised meat fragrance, but then a unique gamey smell of goat meat appeared, followed by the fusion of the braised meat fragrance and the gamey smell; the taste was very unique, but it had to be said, it was truly delicious.

When it came to eating, Zhang Qian really had never yielded to anyone else.

"This taste is just too marvelous." Big Brother Li took a sip of white liquor, looking at the steaming braised meat pot.

In the end, everyone didn't eat much rice, but all the dishes were eaten clean.

"Aunt Li, Second Aunt, take these two pots of broth back with you; you can use them to braise vegetables at home." An Yinan packed the broth for them.

The two pushed back for a long time, but in the end, they couldn't win against the little girl, so they accepted it with full smiles.

Shitou and Huzi went back together, while An Yinan kept Mo Yunshen behind.

From the storage room, she took out meat buns and the remaining half of a braised pig's head, "Take these back to your parents. Tell them not to be reluctant to eat them; it's best to finish them within these two days, don't leave any over."

Xiao Yunshen thought for a moment and said, "The village has distributed grain, and my dad said there's no need to send grain over anymore. If people see it, it will affect An Jie."

An Yinan rubbed the little fellow's head, "Did you see the grandpa who came to eat today? That is the Captain. He is in charge of Quanshui Village. Even he didn't say you couldn't eat, so what are we afraid of?"

"A small head like yours doesn't need to think about these things. Study hard and prepare to go to elementary school next year."

Mo Yunshen was shocked, "Go to school?"

An Yinan looked at the child's expression. For the first time in so long, she saw Mo Yunshen look surprised. Being precocious was said of An Xiangbei, and it was also true of Mo Yunshen.

These two children had experienced too much, which led to them being able to get so close.

"Yes, go to school. Are you ready? Sister has already made your school bag for you!"

"But... I am a child from the Cowshed. I cannot go to school." Mo Yunshen thought for a while and still said it.

Although his knowledge had never fallen behind, as his parents always taught him, he could not go to school because that place did not accept the Five Black Categories.

An Yinan squatted down and looked into Mo Yunshen's eyes, "If Sister says you can, then you can. Do you still not believe me?"

"I believe you." Mo Yunshen spoke up quickly, his voice a bit urgent, and his face a little red.

"Rest assured and go back. Sister has already asked around," An Yinan replied.

She had indeed asked around. Although it was not easy for someone with the status of the Five Black Categories to go to school, with the village providing a guarantee, it was not impossible to go to school.

Moreover, with Beibei and the others there, she believed Yunshen would not be wronged.

Regarding Yunshen going to elementary school, she had sought out the Captain many times before she finally wore him down to agree. However, An Yinan felt it was strange; logically speaking, the Captain had been a soldier, and Mo Shu had been specifically assigned to Quanshui Village; she always felt there was some connection.

Mo Yunshen returned to the Cowshed full of excitement. Once he arrived, he told Mo Kun and Peng Yanling what An Yinan had said, and they looked at each other, feeling happy from the bottom of their hearts.

"Do you like going to school?" Peng Yanling asked.

Mo Yunshen nodded firmly, "I like it."

"Then go." Mo Kun also made up his mind.

This night, for many people, passed very ordinarily.

But for some, it was a sleepless night.

At this moment, on the northern border, a team of people traveled under the cover of night, having departed from the Military.

"Boss, this piece of clothing isn't dry yet, why are you bringing it?" A new recruit, undergoing training for the first time, looked at the boss holding the damp clothes, feeling very puzzled.

Chen Xun, however, held the clothes tightly and didn't answer him at all.

Another veteran said, "You don't know a thing. Don't ask what you shouldn't. That's the clothing our sister-in-law made. The boss takes it wherever he goes; it has never left his side."

Chen Xun swept a cold glance over, and that veteran instantly became quiet.

It was all his own fault for having a loose mouth; he just couldn't hold back his words.

"Boss, it's my fault for having a loose mouth, but did you tell sister-in-law that you were going on a mission?"

"It's not sister-in-law yet!" Chen Xun replied coldly.

Counting the days, there should have been a reply by now; why hadn't the letter arrived yet?

An Yinan had been busy with the house and busy with translating these past few days; how could she have time to reply?

She didn't know that in a faraway place, there was a man who was a bit panicked and restless because of her long-delayed letter.

After seeing off the villagers, the few people who had moved out of the Educated Youth Station helped clean up before returning to the Educated Youth Station.

An Yinan spread the straw mat that Second Aunt Xie had brought on the kang, and then spread a thick mattress over the straw mat.

Lying on the mattress, she felt soft and cozy; the hot kang and the thick straw mat both made her quickly fall into a dreamland.

An Yinan finally stayed put for a few days, not locking the courtyard gate every day, which made the surrounding neighbors a bit curious.

One had to know that this girl not being home every day was already a common occurrence; not leaving the house for three or four days like this was the rare thing.

During these three or four days, everyone had moved over one after another, and from then on, they no longer had to make do with that group of Educated Youth and deal with annoying things every day.

Every day, An Yinan was either translating or making clothes. According to the measurements given by her sister-in-law and the fabric mailed over, An Yinan made three sets of clothes. She also took out a set of bright red double bed sheets and a quilt cover; these were wedding gifts she had prepared for her eldest brother and sister-in-law. Although they hadn't held the banquet yet, they had already received their marriage certificate, so they were definitely her own people.

An Yinan took advantage of the fact that she wasn't busy these few days to boil a lot of meat sauce. She also found Xie Yuanyuan and Zhang Qian to collect several transparent canned food jars, filling six large jars in total, which she mailed to three different places.

This time she didn't include kimchi or spicy cabbage; it wasn't that they said it didn't taste good, but mainly because there weren't enough jars, and she needed to find a way to find a channel.

"Nan Nan, are you going to the County tomorrow?" Xie Yuanyuan came to the courtyard and shouted aloud.

An Yinan walked out of the house and hung her clothes in the courtyard; now the courtyard was fitted with many wooden poles, specifically for drying things.

"I am," An Yinan replied.