Next to the fire, Zhang Ran's mother and sister were busy with Sankui's parents, and it seemed that they were preparing supper.

"Brother is back! Brother~"

The moment he saw Zhang Ran, Sui'er cheered, threw down the firewood in her hand, rushed towards Zhang Ran like a whirlwind, her little face full of excitement.

Seeing this, Zhang Ran hurriedly squatted down, opened his arms, hugged the little girl in his arms, and rubbed her hair pamperedly, but he scolded her in anger, saying, "Sui'er, why are you running around? Be careful of falling. Don't be so reckless in the future, do you know?"

"Oh~~" Sui'er replied in a long voice, but she obviously didn't care much on her little face. Instead, she hugged Zhang Ran's neck, rubbed her little head against Zhang Ran, found a comfortable position, and hugged Zhang Ran and refused to let go.

Zhang Ran had no choice but to pick her up, take her to the fire, and greet her mother and others one by one. During this period, the little girl was naturally ridiculed by Zhang Ran's mother and others. The little girl was so embarrassed that she couldn't raise her head in Zhang Ran's arms.

After a lot of laughter, Zhang Ran was thinking about the bamboo rat he caught in the morning, so he volunteered to ask for the processed bamboo rat meat from his mother, and prepared to make a pot of delicious food for everyone to try.

Zhang Ran first put the bamboo rat meat on the wooden board, and chopped the bamboo rat meat into pieces with the kitchen knife of Sankui's family, and then sprinkled some coarse salt grains to marinate for a while.

Then, I found a pottery casserole, filled some water, placed it on a stove made of stones, and boiled it.

When the water boiled, Zhang Ran poured the marinated meat into the pot, then added the chopped bamboo shoots, stirred them with a wooden spoon, then covered the lid, and cooked over low heat.

As time passed, the bamboo rat meat in the casserole gradually began to exude a greedy smell of meat, and gradually spread most of the yard.

After stewing for about half an hour, the fragrance became stronger. Zhang Ran felt that the bamboo rat meat was almost cooked, so he opened the lid and took a piece with a wooden spoon to see the heat.

The moment the lid of the pot was lifted, a refreshing fragrance spread in the yard. The tempting meat smell was mixed with the special fragrance of mushrooms and bamboo shoots, making people unable to control their saliva when they smelled.

Smelling the fragrance, not only Zhang Ran couldn't help but shake his Adam's apple and swallowed secretly. The others in the yard couldn't help but stop the movements in their hands and turned their eyes to Zhang Ran, which was exactly the casserole in front of Zhang Ran.

Especially Xiao Sui'er's reaction was the most exaggerated. She threw down the fish that had eaten half a bowl of it and rushed over. Her eyes were staring at the pieces of meat in Zhang Ran's wooden spoon. The dark eyes were shining brightly in the fire.

"Gudong~" Sui'er couldn't help swallowing and asked in a low voice: "Brother, is it cooked? Is it cooked? When can I eat it? I really want to eat it!"

"It's almost done!" Zhang Ran looked at the heat and found that the meat was indeed six or seventy percent cooked. So he nodded, then grabbed a little green onion and minced ginger from the pottery bowl beside him and sprinkled it into the casserole.

Then he used a wooden spoon to stir the seasoning evenly, then turned to look at his sister, and smiled and said, "Want to eat? Why don't you go get the bowl!"

"Oh! It's finally ready to eat!"
Chapter completed!