Qin Xi originally planned to order a pig from a local farmer, but Xu Wu had already taken care of it early on, advising that it was only necessary to buy some vegetables and fruits, and everything else would be arranged.
As a result, fifteen days before Chinese New Year, an entire pig, already slaughtered and cleaned, along with two lambs and twenty kilograms of beef shank were delivered. Sea fish were packed in burlap sacks, including various frozen seafood items. Li Xianglu was thrilled to bits; on the day of delivery, she fried a huge plate of garlic-flavored belt fish for everyone.
Both Qin Xi and the old man were not fond of fish, but they did eat quite a bit of belt fish since it only had a small bit of bones in the middle.
There were also some small cuttlefish, which Li Xianglu cleaned and stored in the Storage Ring, planning to make a spicy hot pot with large prawns and cuttlefish after the sixth day of the new year when things settled down.
