Chapter 80: The Unusual Plum Blossom

  Mo didn't want to agree at first, but just then Xu's loud scolding came from the kitchen, "Are you all missing arms or legs? Can't even chop vegetables properly! Cutting them into such big chunks, how long will it take to cook them?"

  Mo worried that Mei Hua, who was working in the main house, would also be scolded, so she thought about hurrying over to take a look. However, she wasn't at ease with Gui Hua being alone and busy, so she said: "You wait, later I'll get your older sister to come over and help with the work, you yourself don't move around randomly!"

  After finishing speaking, Mo ran out of the kitchen in the western house.

  Osmanthus smiled and didn't say anything, picked up the water scoop that Mo had just used, scooped out all the remaining water in the pot, and finally couldn't scoop out a little bit of water, so she used the brush to wipe the bottom of the pot and absorbed all the remaining water.

  The kitchen in the Western house originally had no seasonings, and when Mo Shi came over, he specially brought some over. Although it's not as complete as a modern kitchen, it's still pretty good.

  A spoonful of white lard, a small handful of salt, two stalks of scallions and a bunch of garlic.

  Scallions and garlic are peeled, washed and put aside. The scallions were smashed with a knife by Guihua, cut into sections, and the garlic was crushed and also set aside. Several cuts were made on the fish's body with a knife, which were also set aside for later use.

  At this time, the last bit of water in the pot had also dried up, and after adding a handful of firewood to the stove, the temperature in the pot quickly rose. Guihua took advantage of the heat to slowly simmer the piece of lard in the spoon in the pot.

  As the pot's temperature gets higher and higher, the lard also becomes smaller and smaller, finally turning into sparkling oil.

  The osmanthus flowers stirred the oil for a while, making sure the temperature was also rising, before slowly sliding the cleaned fish into the pot.

  With a sizzling sound, the fragrance of the fried fish instantly wafted out.

  Osmanthus waited until Plum Blossom had put all the fish into the pot before she wiped away her tears and walked in.

  "Sister, what's wrong?" Guihua turned her head to look at her own sister, guessing in her heart that Xu Shi must have scolded someone again.

  "It's nothing, it's okay." Mei Hua replied with a sob, but tears still couldn't stop falling down.

  Osmanthus worried that the fish would be overcooked, so she hurriedly added water to the pot and threw in the scallions and garlic before turning around to face Plum Blossom.

  At this glance, Osmanthus fragrans suddenly found that something was wrong. The posture of Plum Blossom standing there seemed to be somewhat unnatural.

  Plum Blossom may not be a talented lady, but she was educated by the Mo family from a young age and has very good manners, standing with poise and sitting with elegance.

  But now the plum blossom has one leg bent and the other doesn't seem to be standing upright either.

  "Sister, what's wrong with your leg?" Guihua went forward to take a look at Meihua's leg, but was dodged by Meihua instead.

  The kitchen was just that big, and with the half against the north wall filled with things, the two sisters had even less space to move around. Mei Hua dodged and her back accidentally knocked against the stretched-out bowls and chopsticks, instantly hurting so much that she sharply inhaled cool air.

  Osmanthus felt that something was wrong, turned around and put salt in the fish pot, then grabbed Mei's hand and walked towards their own house, "Sister, let's go home, I want to see what's wrong with you."

  Plum blossom cannot outdo osmanthus, and with aching body, can only cry while being led back home by osmanthus.

  Back in their own home, Guihua slammed the door shut and immediately pulled down Meihua's pants in their room.