Futuristic Chef Tran Chapter 94 - Marinating Meat

Chapter 94: Marinating at Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Xiaoguo followed Zhuang Zhuang’s gaze. Indeed!

The two cows, who were originally thin and small, were now much sturdier and taller. They looked like they could carry the weight of the donkey beside them.

“We should be able to drink milk next year.”

After dinner that night, Xiaoguo helped Zhuang Zhuang with his studies. After learning a portion of the chapter, Xiaoguo tried testing him to see how much he had morized.

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Zhuang could already morize several paragraphs. Xiaoguo put down the Three Character Classics that she had bought previously. Zhuang Zhuang had already morized the first few books that she bought, so Xiaoguo had gone to the bookstore to buy more books.

The new books were much more advanced than the previous introductory books. According to the shop assistant, the contents in these books were all taught in school.

From the looks of it, Zhuang Zhuang was going to finish all the books before he starts school.

“How is it, Mother? Is there anything wrong?”

After Zhuang Zhuang finished reciting the last part, he looked at Xiaoguo with sparkling eyes. He wanted to ask her if he had morized everything correctly.

Xiaoguo gave Zhuang Zhuang a thumbs-up. Curious, Zhuang Zhuang followed Xiaoguo’s gesture and gave a thumbs-up. “What does this an?”

Xiaoguo gave him a thumbs-up with both hands. “That’s a complint. Two ans you’re twice as good!”

Zhuang Zhuang followed suit. He raised both thumbs up and said to Xiaoguo, “Mother is also twice as aweso!”

Xiaoguo was instantly touched and rewarded him with a big kiss.

The next day, after Xiaoguo finished her lunch, she couldn’t fall asleep. Zhuang Zhuang, on the other hand, was sleeping soundly in his room. Children did sleep a lot. Didn’t the elderly say that children grow in their sleep?

When she ca out from the room, Xiaoguo looked up at the sky. It was late August, so it wasn’t too hot. Looking at the climate in the village, she wondered if it was because of the abundance of trees. It wasn’t very hot even in the hottest months of June and July.

In any case, she couldn’t bear to sit around and do nothing. So she thought of making sausages. In this weather, the sausages wouldn’t go bad even if they were left outside.

Xiaoguo got to work imdiately. She went into the space and took out half of the intestines from the fridge.

Xiaoguo was not going to cook everything. The remaining intestines could be grilled during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

At the sa ti, she brought out the pork she had bought.

As soon as she ca out of the space, Xiaoguo was shocked to see Zhuang Zhuang leaving.

Xiaoguo quickly squatted down and secretly observed if Zhuang Zhuang had gone far. When she saw him return to the house, Xiaoguo quickly put down the at and intestines and ran into the house.

When she stepped into the house, she bumped into Zhuang Zhuang.

“Mother? Where have you been?”

Zhuang Zhuang asked in between sobs. He had just woken up and called for his mother, but no one answered. He then ca out to look for her, but when he reached the kitchen, he didn’t see her. That was when he got anxious.

Xiaoguo picked him up and patted him gently to comfort him. “Mother went to look for Mrs. Yang.”

Xiaoguo remained calm and told the lie. In fact, she wasn’t exactly very calm. After all, she was under imnse pressure to lie to such an innocent and cute little boy!

Zhuang Zhuang lay on Xiaoguo’s shoulder, rubbing his eyes with his little hands. His little nose was sniffling—it sounded like he was whimpering after a bout of crying.

Xiaoguo’s heart ached for Zhuang Zhuang. How did he end up like this after a short nap?

“Zhuang Zhuang, what’s wrong?”

Zhuang Zhuang slowly raised his head, revealing his slightly red eyes. He looked at Xiaoguo pitifully.

“I’m fine. I slept too much…”

Xiaoguo only found out later why Zhuang Zhuang was acting so strangely.

It turned out that Zhuang Zhuang had a dream. When he woke up and didn’t see Xiaoguo, he thought that he had returned to that period of ti when Xiaoguo had to forage for food. He got scared and started to cry.

Xiaoguo’s heart ached as she hugged Zhuang Zhuang. This child was really too insecure. It seed like she had to spend more ti by his side.

“It’s okay, Zhuang Zhuang. I won’t leave you. I’ll bring you wherever I go in the future, okay?”

Xiaoguo comforted Zhuang Zhuang gently. He rubbed his eyes and looked up at Xiaoguo. “Zhuang Zhuang will follow you closely in the future. You can go anywhere you want.”

Zhuang Zhuang was afraid that Xiaoguo would find him too clingy and dislike him.

“Zhuang Zhuang, you’re my son. Of course I’ll bring you along at all tis. I’ll bring you wherever I go…”

Xiaoguo suppressed the sadness in her heart and repeated over and over again how much Zhuang Zhuang ant to her!

Zhuang Zhuang slowly stopped feeling sad. Then, he began to feel a little embarrassed. He had previously said that he would be a man for his mother’s sake, but now, his mother had to carry him and he was even crying. It was too embarrassing.

Looking at Zhuang Zhuang’s red face, Xiaoguo knew that he was fine. She hugged him and teased him for a while. When he finally opened his mouth and laughed, she put him down and led him to the kitchen.

There was no ti to make the sausages now. It was better to cut and marinate the at first. The rest could wait until tomorrow.

Zhuang Zhuang knew that Xiaoguo was going to make sausages, and he knew that he had caused so delay. He hugged Xiaoguo’s leg and stood by the side obediently. Although he seed to be in the way, Zhuang Zhuang agreed with his mother’s words. He was her baby. Even if he hung around her, she would not be angry.

Although he was thinking that, Zhuang Zhuang let go of Xiaoguo after a while. He decided to let his mother focus on cutting the at. He was still a little sad, that’s why he wanted to hug his mother more. Now that everything was fine, he shouldn’t trouble his mother anymore.

As Xiaoguo cut the at, she didn’t forget to talk to Zhuang Zhuang. During this ti, she also made him help her out. She got him to get the spices so that he would stop thinking about his dreams and feel involved in the sausage making process.

Zhuang Zhuang had completely forgotten about his dream. He nodded happily and ran to get the spices for Xiaoguo.

Xiaoguo removed the fats from the piece of hind hock. This cut of pork was 30 percent fats and 70 percent lean at. It was perfect for making sausages.

After removing the fatty portion, Xiaoguo cut the lean at into thin slices. After all the lean at was cut and placed in a basin, she began to chop the fats. She wanted to mince it up completely.

At this mont, Zhuang Zhuang ca over with the spices. Xiaoguo took them and placed them on the table. She turned around and placed the minced at into a basin.

Zhuang Zhuang carried the stool to the side of the table and stepped on it.

Due to the height of the table, Zhuang Zhuang could not see anything. Now that he was standing on the stool, he could see everything.

The spices that Xiaoguo had bought were in their raw form and not the powdered type. She had to grind them herself.

Xiaoguo did not use a millstone for these. She just used the garlic mortar for mincing garlic. She put all the spices into the mortar and pounded them. Although they were not grounded into fine bits, Xiaoguo felt that it was okay. THe coarse bits would add so texture to the marinated at.

Zhuang Zhuang beca a curious baby again. Everyti Xiaoguo added sothing, he would ask her sothing. “What was this?” and “What was that…?”

Xiaoguo answered him patiently. She knew that he was just curious. She even let him sll the individual spices. Zhuang Zhuang used his little nose to explore the scents.

When he slled the chili, he sneezed several tis. Xiaoguo quickly rinsed his nose with cold water and stopped sneezing.

“I know that. This is chili!”

Zhuang Zhuang leaned on the table, keeping a distance from the red chili.