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Chapter 115 Braised Prawn Noodles!

"Is that a fight?"

"Isn't it?"

"You deserve a beating."

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha” Xu Ning fell backwards and sat down on the ground.

The Xu family had long been accustomed to Xu Ning's personality. Xu Ning's crazy laughter would at most earn him a roll of the eyes from Old Lady Xu, while everyone else continued to do their own thing.

"Nana~" Xu Feng tried to persuade Old Lady Xu by acting coquettishly, but Old Lady Xu didn't even turn her head to answer him.

"Xu Da! Xu Da!" A man's voice came from far away, in waves, from the direction of the village.

The Xu family couldn't help but turn their eyes, and saw a dark-skinned man showing a mouthful of white teeth, smiling brightly, carrying a wooden barrel and walking towards the Xu family.

"Xu Da, look, I picked up half a bucket of prawns this morning!"

"Big shrimps?" Xu Da was close, so he leaned over and saw that the shrimps in the bucket were really big. "Wow, these shrimps are still alive and kicking!"

"That's right! I don't know why this shrimp got stranded in a small pit, and I fished it out!"

"You worked so hard to fish it out, just keep it for yourself! No need to bring it to me!" Xu Da felt helpless. Seeing that there was still mud on the man Aji, it was obvious that he came to him as soon as he fished it out!

"Hey, I eat this all the time, and I'm tired of it! By the way, Xu Da, why don't you live in the village chief's house? I just went there and the little girl had a gloomy face and said you moved away."

"This is inconvenient! It saves us from running around. There will be materials delivered later, and someone will have to watch over them."

"Materials? You're not going to build a stone house? Are you going to build a blue brick and tile house? Blue brick is indeed better than stone. Stone will collapse in thirty years at most after being exposed to the wind and sun, but a blue brick and tile house will last longer."

"No, it's still a stone house, but the mud inside has been replaced with something better than mud."

"Is that so?" Ah Ji suddenly realized, and walked towards Old Lady Xu with the bucket in his hand. Xu Da couldn't stop him.

"Auntie, this is breakfast! I've brought you the food!"

"Hey, it's Ah Ji, have you had breakfast? Come stay and eat with us!"

"I've eaten it!" Ah Ji put down the bucket and wanted to leave, but Old Lady Xu stopped him. The man Ah Ji stood there at a loss.

In fact, there was nothing to eat if he went out to catch shrimps before dawn, but he was embarrassed to stay. After all, he originally planned to just give away the shrimps and leave.

"Then eat some more and try our cooking skills!" Old Mrs. Xu put down the kneaded dough and asked Zhang to put the washed pot on to boil water. During this time, she walked to Ah Ji and pulled him to sit down.

"What are you standing there for? Sit down. I'll make it right away!"

"Auntie, I really have eaten!" However, his stomach started to sing the "hunger song" at the right time.

Ah Ji's face turned red. Old Lady Xu smiled and used shrimp to divert his attention. "These shrimps are really good. How about we have braised shrimp noodles in the morning?"

As soon as Ah Ji heard the name of the dish, he thought it was delicious and didn't dare to keep it. However, Old Lady Xu had been on guard against him. She held him with one hand and rummaged through the fresh shrimps in the bucket with the other hand. "What, Auntie, are there any flood beasts here? Eat some more, or I won't take your shrimps!"

"That's right! Brother Ji, just stay and eat. It's time to get busy after the meal!" Xu Ning jumped up from the ground and was very happy to see the lively shrimps. Even Xu Feng came over excitedly, and the brother and sister started to tease the shrimps with great interest.

"Okay then." Ah Ji agreed hesitantly. He reminded himself in his heart that he must eat less later. He must eat less.

The water heated up quickly over the firewood and smoke was already coming out of the pot. When Old Lady Xu saw that Ah Ji agreed to stay, she went back to cut noodles.

Soon, the water in the pot boiled. Zhang used chopsticks to put the noodles cut by Old Lady Xu into the pot and stirred them, while Old Lady Xu started to braise the prawns on a small stove.

Old Mrs. Xu first scooped a few spoonfuls of white lard into the bottom of the stove, and then poured in the chopped ginger and garlic that Zhang had made.

As the "sizzling" sound was heard, Old Mrs. Xu put in a small spoonful of salt and stirred the minced garlic with a spatula.

Xu Ning smelled the aroma of sautéed garlic and stopped teasing the shrimps. Instead, he stayed beside Old Lady Xu and watched her actions carefully.

Xu Feng did the same. He took a deep breath of the aroma and squatted obediently with Xu Ning to watch Old Lady Xu fry the prawns.

Ah Ji watched Old Lady Xu pour the shrimps in. Soon, a more fragrant smell filled the air, and Ah Ji swallowed hard.

At this moment, everyone had a common idea, that is, the braised prawns were so delicious!