Chapter 859: Rendering Lard

Sihe Academy

In the kitchen, Song Yulan cut the pork fat into small pieces.

Cao Weiguo placed the cut pork fat into a heated wok.

A rich aroma quickly permeated and drifted out along with the sizzling sound.

In a short while, the pork fat pieces shrank and shrank into small hard chunks, rendering out fragrant, transparent grease.

Smelling the aroma of rendering lard, many residents couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Liu Guangtian even ran into the courtyard, inhaling deeply.

"Rendering lard in the middle of the night, this is trying to make people crave it to death!"

Liu Haizhong looked at the brightly lit Cao house, drooling with greed.

Shazhu and Yi Zhonghai, who were plotting in the Deaf Old Lady's room, were also craving it uncontrollably.

The greedy Deaf Old Lady was even wailing anxiously: "That little brat Cao Weiguo! He's deliberately torturing me, an old lady!"

Xu Damao smelled the fragrance, and suddenly felt the melon seeds in his hand weren't fragrant anymore.

Little girl Xu Rui was also drooling with greed; the aroma of rendering lard was truly too tempting.

"Damao! Aren't you best buddies with Cao Weiguo!"

"Go over and ask for some pork cracklings for our daughter."

"Look at how our daughter is craving it."

He Wenjie saw her daughter's appearance and couldn't help but push Xu Damao.

Xu Damao swallowed his saliva: "It's the middle of the night, isn't that bad?"

He Wenjie said: "What's bad about it? Cao Weiguo isn't asleep yet, what's wrong with going over to visit?"

Xu Damao looked at his daughter: "Fine! I'll go over for a visit."

After speaking, Xu Damao got up and went out, shamelessly going to the Cao house.

"Brother Weiguo!"

"I'm really sorry!"

"My daughter smelled your house rendering lard and got greedy; I had no choice but to shamelessly come over to ask for some cracklings."

Xu Damao wasn't subtle either; he found Cao Weiguo and got straight to the point.

The rendered lard was poured into a basin, and the remaining parts, once the oil was drained, were golden-yellow cracklings.

The pork fat that Liu Limin brought over was over seven pounds; the rendered lard and cracklings were quite a lot.

This lard wasn't bought by Cao Weiguo and his wife, but was a tribute from his eldest apprentice.

When Liu Limin came, Cao Weiguo was still eating at Yu Li's house.

When he carried the pork fat into the courtyard, it made the neighbors envious.

In this day and age, everyone lacked oil and craved meat; pork fat was good stuff.

Seeing Liu Limin bringing a basin of pork fat to pay tribute to Cao Weiguo,

those neighbors were all jealous, all saying Cao Weiguo had taken in a good apprentice.

Cao Weiguo smiled: "Brother Xu, what's there to be sorry about? Yulan, bring a bowl over."

Song Yulan took a porcelain bowl from the cupboard, and Cao Weiguo used a spoon to scoop two spoonfuls of cracklings.

"Give it to the child to eat, if it's not enough, come back for more."

"Brother Weiguo, you're a stand-up guy. Tomorrow night, bring Sister Yulan to my house for a drink."

"Our brothers haven't had a drink together for a while."

Xu Damao smiled broadly, holding a full bowl of cracklings.

Cao Weiguo smiled: "Sure! Let's have a few drinks tomorrow night!"

Xu Damao said: "It's a deal, you guys are busy, I won't disturb you."

Carrying the hot cracklings back home, little girl Xu Rui cheered happily:

"We have cracklings to eat!"

Xu Damao put the cracklings on the table and rubbed the little girl's head: "Go get the chopsticks."

"Thank you, Dad! Dad, you're the best!"

The little girl ran happily to the cupboard to get chopsticks, not forgetting to get chopsticks for Xu Damao and He Wenjie.

This made Xu Damao feel unspeakably happy, boasting that the little girl was sensible.

Not wasted effort!

Middle Courtyard

Banggeng was craving it so much that he was making a scene in the room, slapping the table and shouting for cracklings.

Jia Zhangshi was also craving it so much that she was uncomfortable, constantly ordering Qin Huairu around:

"You mother, can't you feel sorry for the child!"

"Go quickly and ask for a basin of cracklings."

"That animal Cao Weiguo isn't short of food, what are you being shy about."

"Banggeng is almost craving to death! You mother, move quickly!"

Qin Huairu said angrily: "You know what the relationship between our family and Cao Weiguo is like; you want me to go over in the middle of the night to ask for cracklings? Do I still want my face or not!"

Jia Zhangshi said: "What's the use of wanting face? Can wanting face be eaten as food or spent as money! Besides, it's not like you've only lost face once or twice; you'll get used to it after losing it a few times." ===== CHAPTER 861 =====