Chicken for Dinner

"No, I have to eat meat today!" Bai Xue took two steps back and stopped to look around reluctantly.

Coincidentally, she saw a big tree on her left. She quickly ran over, hid behind the tree, and entered the interspatial supermarket.

She stood in the meat section and looked at the dazzling array of meat. There was pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, and fish. She was about to drool.

She turned around and walked to the cooked food area. She took a chicken drumstick and ate it. Seeing that there were only about 20 chicken drumsticks in the cooked food cabinet, she was worried. The cooked chicken drumsticks came in limited supply and were not going to last 20 years.

As she contemplated, she ate happily. Standing in the interspatial supermarket, the temperature was just right. It was neither hot nor cold. After Bai Xue polished off the entire chicken drumstick, she felt better.

She ran to the snack area to get a bottle of fruit juice to drink. She did not care if she would get a stomach ache from doing this and drank to her heart's content.

She took a frozen chicken from the freezer, placed it in a black plastic bag, and left the interspatial supermarket.

She took a look and saw that no one had come and boldly carried the chicken home.

When she reached home, she threw the black plastic bag into the interspatial supermarket and quickly carried the chicken into the house. She quietly took out the chopping board from the outer room and chopped the chicken.

The sound of the chicken being chopped alarmed the people in the room. Only then did they realize that their eldest sister had returned. The four little ones ran out. When they saw the chicken on the chopping board, they widened their eyes and covered their mouths in astonishment.

"Big Sis, where did this chicken come from?" Bai Ruchuan was the first to ask. His big sister clearly said that she was going to the east of the compound to exchange eggs with Grandma Zhao, but she came back with a chicken after such a long time. He was naturally surprised. He did not realize that she had already brought the eggs back and gone out again.

"Shh… Keep your voices down. This is a pheasant and I caught it just now. Be quiet. If anyone hears you shouting and tells our grandmother about it, you can forget about eating it!" Bai Xue scared them.

As expected, the little ones did not dare to make a sound and nodded enthusiastically.

Bai Xue knew that these children had never eaten pheasant before. They had only eaten domestic chicken a few times, so they could not differentiate between pheasants and domestic chickens. It was different for Bai Daliang. He could differentiate between pheasants and domestic chickens effortlessly.

Fortunately, Bai Xue had quickly chopped the chicken. Bai Daliang was lying on the brick platform bed and could not see her at all. After she was done, she placed the chicken in a basin.

"Shan, Chuan, bring firewood in and start a fire! We're having chicken for dinner!" Bai Xue announced.

The little ones' eyes lit up when they heard that.

"Big Sis, can we eat it too?" Bai Ruxia asked.

"Of course, you can!" Bai Xue took the basin and took out six to seven catties of corn flour from the bag of food supplies that she brought back from the hospital. She poured two catties into the basin.

Facing the cupboard, she took out a small bag of yeast powder from the interspatial supermarket and stirred it in the flour while the little ones were drooling over the chicken. She was afraid that the corn flour pancakes would be too hard.

"I thought it was for Mom!" Bai Ruxia said again.

"Mom needs to nourish her body, and the same goes for you! Look at how skinny you are! All of you are going to have trouble growing!" Bai Ruxue handed the basin to Bai Ruyun.

"Yun, come and knead the noodles. We're going to make corn pancakes for dinner!"

"Big Sis, if the corn flour is cooked into a paste, this flour is enough to last for two to three days!" Bai Ruyun took the basin and whispered.

"Corn paste doesn't taste good! Don't worry, I won't let you go hungry! Go and knead the dough!" Bai Xue pushed her to the stove to let her knead the dough.

As for her, she waited for Bai Rushan to heat up the pot before she poured the chicken into the pot and began to stir-fry.

The fragrance of the chicken immediately wafted into the air. The little ones including Wang Cuihua and Bai Daliang, who were in the room, could smell it.

Bai Xue stir-fried for a while, added water, and salt, and stewed the chicken. Salt was the only seasoning they had at home.

She wanted to get the condiments from the interspatial supermarket, but there was no way to explain it. The explanation for the chicken was a little far-fetched, so she decided to cook it simply this time.

After stewing the chicken shortly, the corn flour dough had risen and was ready for preparation. Bai Xue followed the host's memory and did an excellent job preparing the corn flour pancakes. Before long, she was done sticking corn flour pancakes around the inside of the pot and covered it with a lid.

The room was filled with smoke, but they did not dare to open the door. Although Bai Xue was not afraid of Old Madam Bai, the woman was still annoying. Since they had good food to eat now, they had to eat behind closed doors.

Before long, the pot started bubbling and the pancakes were cooked. The children had already set up the table.

Bai Daliang could not help but ask when he saw the corn cakes and chicken soup served on the table.

"Xue, where did this chicken come from?"

"Dad, I went to the back of the mountain and was lucky enough to catch one. It seems to be injured. I caught it easily!" Bai Xue came up with a lie.

"Don't go to the back of the mountain in the future. It's so dangerous. Did you forget the last time you fell?" Bai Daliang was happy that his eldest daughter was finally willing to talk to him, but he was also afraid. The last time his eldest daughter fell, he was scared out of his wits. Coincidentally, his wife was giving birth. That night, he was flustered and worried.

"That's right, Xue! Listen to your father. We won't starve to death if we don't eat this! If something happens to you, how will I live?" Wang Cuihua added, wanting to cry again.

"I know, Mom. I won't go again! Don't worry! Stop crying! There's a chicken in front of you but you would rather cry instead of eating it. Hurry up and eat more so that Feng and Cai can have breast milk!" Bai Xue quickly stuffed a soft pancake into her mother's hand and added a drumstick into her bowl!

"Okay! I'll eat. You can't take risks in the future!" Wang Cuihua wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and took a bite of the pancake in her hand.

"Xue, this corn pancake is different from what I used to eat. It's soft and sweet. It's especially delicious!" Wang Cuihua said.

"That's because you haven't eaten it in a long time. Isn't it delicious once in a while?" Bai Xue brushed it off and put another drumstick in her father's bowl. "Dad, you have an injury on your head. You should eat more too!"

If it was not time for harvest in spring and autumn, he basically would not eat dry rations.

"Alright, alright!" Bai Daliang looked at the chicken drumstick in the bowl and looked at the five children before Bai Daliang finally chose to eat it himself. He could not decide who to give it to, so he decided to eat it himself.

"You guys eat too! Take it yourself! Eat more!" Bai Xue quickly said when she saw that the four little ones did not move.

Only then did the four of them grab their chopsticks and eat. They ate very slowly and did not wolf down the soup like before.

"Hurry up and eat. Isn't it delicious?" Bai Xue looked at the four little ones in amusement.

"Big Sis, the chicken is so delicious. I can't help but want the meat to stay in my mouth for a while longer!" Bai Ruchuan said.

"That's right. You can only sample it properly when you eat slowly. Yesterday, I finished a big bowl of white flour dough balls with soup before I could even taste it! This time, I have to savor the chicken!" Bai Ruxia said.

The other two also nodded with their mouths full.

"Alright! It's fine as long as you make sure you have your fill! Hurry up and eat!" Bai Xue filled Wang Cuihua's bowl with chicken soup and started eating herself.

She was not hungry at all. She had entered the interspatial supermarket at the back of the mountain and ate a chicken drumstick. However, she had to eat the food in front of her. Otherwise, her parents would think that she was trying to save the chicken for them and the two of them would not eat it.

That night, the family was especially full. Bai Daliang and Wang Cuihua each ate a chicken drumstick and stopped eating meat. They only drank soup and ate pancakes. It was Bai Xue who picked up meat for the two of them and forced them to eat.

If it was Bai Dahe, it would be good enough if he did not snatch the food from his children's mouths. As the saying went, people were different even if they came from the same family!