183 Very Novel


    Su Xuehai said happily, “Okay, I will study hard so I can eatmb skewers!”


    Then Su Binn asked about Su Xuexuan’s studies. Su Xuexuan possessed a calm personality and did not talk much. He was not as lively as his younger brother, so he easily went unnoticed.


    However, Su Binn cared about Su Xuexuan’s emotions. She would not allow others to let Su Xuexuan go unnoticed.


    Luo Jin’an noticed his wife’spassion and thought Su Binn was the best aunt out there.


    …


    When Su Binn returned to her shop, she washed and put the lunch boxes away before heading to the cksmith.


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    The sounds of a hammer mming against metal sounded. When Su Binn entered the cksmithing shop, the owner immediately saw her. “Hello, Miss. Please wait a moment. This piece will be ready soon.”


    The cksmith was forging something and could not attend to Su Binn yet.


    Su Binn said, “It’s all right. You can finish what you’re doing first.”


    The cksmith continued forging, saying, “I haven’tpleted the things you ordered yesterday. I didn’t sleep muchst night, but I’m trying my best to forge the parts you need now. I’ll do whatever it takes toplete them tomorrow, but I can’t promise I will finish right now.”


    Su Binn noticed the dark circles under the cksmith’s eyes and knew he did not sleep well. After some thought, she said, “As long as you try your best.”


    The cksmith said gratefully, “Thank you for understanding, Miss.”


    “It’s okay. I know I gave you a tall order,” Su Binn said gently.


    The cksmith’s heart ached when he heard that. “Very few are as kind as you, Miss.”


    Most who could afford cksmithing were wealthy, unlikemon folk. However, the wealthy people felt they were always superior to others, so they treated workers like a cksmith with disrespect.


    The wealthy who went to the cksmith shop looked at the workers with disdain, afraid the cksmiths would dirty their expensive clothes.


    Su Binn looked around and said indifferently, “Those willing to get their hands dirty to make a living are always worthy of respect.”


    The cksmith heard Su Binn’s words and knew she was not an ordinary person. The cksmith became even more focused on forging. “Miss, if you don’t mind, can you look around? I don’t know what else you need.”


    Su Binn said, “You go ahead while I look around.” Her eyes shot around the shop and noticed some thin iron stakes. “Sir, what are these for?”


    The cksmith looked at the thin iron stakes. “Oh, a customer ordered a batch of those from me and told me he wants to use them for tying things, so they should be thin and pliable. However, those are defective because they’re not pliable enough to tie things.”


    Su Binn touched the iron stakes and said smilingly, “How much do you want for these?”


    The cksmith asked bewilderedly, “Do you want them?”


    Su Binn replied, “Yes, I want all of them.”


    “B-But those are rejected items. Since you’ve ordered so many things from me, I could give them to you for free,” the cksmith said because of what Su Binn said about respect. He genuinely admired her.


    Su Binn said, “There are more than 200 of them here. I can’t allow you to give them to me for free. Charge me your normal price because I may need more in the future.”


    The cksmith knew Su Binn was a fantastic person. “How about ten coins?”


    Su Binn gave the ten coins to the cksmith and soon returned to the vige with the iron stakes. Then she and her father went straight to Su Fengzhi’s house.


    Shen Qiuhua needed to grind soybeans, so she could not find the time to follow them at the moment.


    When the father and daughter arrived, Su Fengzhi had already ughtered a sheep and hung it upside down to drain its blood.


    Madam Liu saw Su Binn and said happily, “Fengmao, Binn, you’re here!”


    “Hello, we came over to help.” Although Su Fengmao was not agile because of his severely injured foot, he could help around as long as he did not strain himself too much.


    Su Fengzhi said, “Binn, I’ve already ughtered a sheep, so do I cut up some meat after draining its blood?” He was morefortable with talking to his niece now.


    Su Binn replied, “We only need a little meat since the sheep is quite big. It’s best to keep the meat in a box to keep it fresh. Then you can makemb skewers to sell tomorrow.”


    Su Fengzhiughed and said, “We have a cold cer in the house. We can store the meat there.”


    Su Binn almost forgot that everyone in that era had a cold cer. However, the cers could notpare to a modern-day refrigerator or freezer, which could store meat longer. Still, the weather was getting colder, and the meat would stay fresh for one or two more days.


    “Okay, we should clean the meat, put them in a container, and seal them in the cer. Now let’s put these iron stakes in a pot of boiling water,” Su Binn instructed.


    There was no equipment in ancient times, so they could only use that method to sterilize the iron stakes.


    Madam Liu hurriedly stood up and said, “I’ll go and start the fire.” She went to get firewood as she spoke.


    Meanwhile, Su Wenchi held many wooden sticks for Su Binn to check out. “Cousin, are these the sticks you mentionedst night?”


    Su Binn nodded. “Yes, that’s right. Did you make these yourself?”


    Su Fengzhi was busy with his task as he said, “He woke up early in the morning and went to the mountain to chop wood. He spent the entire morning doing that.”


    Su Wenchi chuckled. “I couldn’t sleep, so I got to work early.”


    He was so excited that he could barely sleep. His parents could not sleep much either since they were also ecstatic.


    Su Fengzhi felt his throat got much better after he ate a meal and took his medicine in the afternoon.


    Su Binn said smilingly, “It’s good that you were diligent.”


    Then everyone began to cut up the sheep under her guidance. They cut the meat into small pieces as Madam Liu finished sterilizing all the iron stakes in hot water. “I scalded them in hot water for a long time, so they should be clean now.”


    Su Binn said, “The stakes are still hot, and we can’t hold them yet. Use some cold water to cool them down.”


    Afterward, they used the iron stakes to pierce the small pieces ofmb meat. Everyone felt that what they were doing was novel. Soon after, they started a fire to barbeque themb skewers.


    Su Fengmao asked, “Binn, won’t we burn the meat?”


    Su Wenchi had just made his first attempt at barbequing a serving of meat and burnt it. “Hmm, this is tough.”


    Su Binn exined, “You must control the skewers. After a while, you will learn how long it takes before you burn the meat. Look at the color on the meat and turn it when you need to.”


    Under her guidance, everyone mademb skewers that were neither burnt nor cooked. There were also other skewers likemb liver,mb stomach, etcetera.


    Su Fengzhi was the best of the rest, as expected of someone who had worked as a chef before. He quickly learned the trick to it and could barbeque manymb skewers in one go.


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    Su Wenchi took a deep breath. “That smells so good! I hope it doesn’t taste gamey and taste as good as it smells.”