strictlysupreme Chapter 481 An ordinary day
Chapter 481 An ordinary day
"Didn't Zhuangzhuang and I just get our share of the meat? Why are we taking my sister's stuff?" Shengxi had already taken Lu Xiaocao's things to the backyard.
At this time, he stood by with empty hands and said.
"You and Zhuangzhuang deserve what you get, and I'll give these to mom. Tomorrow I'll ask your brother-in-law to take the kids to town and buy some other New Year items, and you can take them home then. If there's nothing important before the New Year, I might not go."
Lu Xiaocao's eyes fell on her big belly and she nodded in understanding. Then she thought of something and wanted to say it, but suddenly felt that it was not appropriate to say it out loud. She made a circle in her mouth with her tongue, swallowed what she wanted to say, and changed it to something else.
"Okay, I get it, sister. We're slaughtering a pig at home today, how about we make a pig-killing dish tonight?" Lu Xiaocao approached Gu Qingqing and said excitedly.
"Oh, I'm drooling just because of what you said. Come on, there are a lot of fresh vegetables in the cellar, put some more in later." When the two of them entered the kitchen, they were dumbfounded.
I saw three packages of food that had just been sent out were neatly stacked in the kitchen. Oh? Not all three packages, there was some money missing.
"This doesn't belong to Zhuangzhuang and me." Lu Xiaocao hurriedly distanced herself from the matter.
Of course it wasn’t from Xiaocao and Zhuangzhuang. Looking at the things now, Gu Qingqing could guess whose masterpiece it was with her toes.
"It must have been Brother Dong and the others who put it there." Gu Qingqing answered affirmatively.
"Uncle Yang, Wuyan, when did Brother Dong and the others put it here?" Gu Qingqing turned her head and shouted outside.
Wen Wuyan came in and shook his head. Old Yang said cheerfully, "They said that food and drink are usually served here. They took it but it was useless, so they just turned around and put it back in."
Gu Qingqing looked at Old Yang with resentment, "Uncle Yang, you saw them release it, why didn't you stop them? If they don't want to eat it, they can share it with Zhao Feng and the others. At worst, they can just go to the village and shout and sell it for money."
Old Yang was amused by Gu Qingqing's appearance. "Hey, since the things are theirs, they can give them to whoever they want, so it's okay for them to give them to you. Hehehe, I don't care about this matter. I'm going to take a walk, old man."
Old Yang said as he went out with his arms behind his back, wearing a new navy blue coat that looked even brighter under the sun.
Wen Wuyan looked at the things and said, "Forget it. Since they won't take it away, I'll cover it up during the party. Anyway, they'll be able to eat it in the end."
Gu Qingqing could only nod, "Ah, that's all we can do. You clean up the meat, and I'll take the other things back to the house first."
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Those who carried a piece of meat home became loudspeakers after entering the village, showing off what they had to everyone they met. They were also smart, as they knew to hide the silver at this time.
Just showing off the meat and items.
This made those who didn't work for Gu Qingqing's family extremely envious.
However, in between conversations, their eyes were all on the meat. The villagers had eaten Gu Qingqing's pork before, and they all thought that their pork was delicious and lacked that fishy smell.
After asking her in detail, I found out that all the pigs in her family had been done that.
At this time, those who were quick to react had already walked out of the village. Since they couldn't work at her house, their family was slaughtering a pig today, so it would be okay to ask if they wanted to sell the pork!
So, just as Wen Wuyan and Gu Zhuangzhuang were dividing the pork, Lu Xiaocao brought Wen Shengxi to prepare the pig-killing dish. The children usually ate a lot of pig offal, but now they were about to eat their own pig, so they all gathered around. Those who could help helped, and those who couldn't help just watched.
Then someone came in from the front door, "Wuyan, Wuyan is at home... Oh, there really is pork at home."
Wen Wuyan heard the noise and saw that it was someone from the village, so he asked with a smile, "Uncle, why are you here? Come in quickly. Daxin, bring a stool to Grandpa Wang and put it in the kitchen. It's warm over there."
"No, no, just stand there for a while. I came to see you for something. Do you want to sell your pork? Everyone in my family thinks your pork is delicious!" The other person said as he walked forward and looked at the clearly red and white pieces of pork on the ground.
Wen Wuyan didn't expect the other party to ask this question. After thinking for a while, he said, "Uncle, this pork can't be sold. These are prepared for my mother-in-law."
"Don't you have two pigs in your pigpen? You can't be thinking of raising them for the New Year, right?"
"To be honest with you, we have other uses for those two ends." Wen Wuyan said a little embarrassedly.
As a result, just as Wen Wuyan said this, more people came and asked about pork. Wen Wuyan could only say the same thing.
The visitor felt quite regretful, but there was nothing he could do.
Not to mention how much money Wen Wuyan made this year, every household earned more than five taels of silver just from burning charcoal and lime.
They started making charcoal early this year. It snowed before the New Year, so Wuyan's family used a mule cart and made several trips to the county. The charcoal sold much better there than in town.
"I finally made some money this year, but I can't even have a bite of good pork."
Wen Wuyan could only smile apologetically but did not agree.
Because he had discussed with Qingqing a few days ago that they would kill a pig today, and take a pig and a sheep to the Shen Mansion tomorrow, as well as a jar of sauerkraut. Last year, the Shen Mansion gave them half a pig, and this year they had their own, so naturally they were thinking of each other.
They kept the largest remaining one for themselves, pickled part of it with salt, made part of it into bacon, and froze some of the fresh meat that Qingqing loved to eat, to use as a good nourishment for her after she gave birth.
Also, Qingqing said he wanted to make some sausages, which all require pork, so he planned to keep the pigs for his own consumption this year.
The visitors were unable to buy pork from his family, so they had to give up. They just agreed that if they raised pigs next year, Wuyan would go over and castrate them.
Wen Wuyan wanted to say that he didn't know how to do it at all, but Gu Qingqing beside him agreed for him.
After everyone left, Wen Wuyan said, "Qingqing, when every household in the village was raising pigs, you had just come out of confinement a few days ago. Why did you exert so much energy?"
Gu Qingqing said to him with a smile in her eyes, "Ask Brother Dong and the others at the party if they want to learn anything. If so, I will teach them. This way, they can use it every year, and it can be considered a skill of theirs."
When Gu Qingqing said this, she glanced at Gu Zhuangzhuang, who had just cut the meat and was about to move it to the ear room, and quickly and quietly told him what Zhao Nan might be thinking.
Wen Wuyan was just slightly stunned after hearing this, and then asked, "What does Qingqing want me to do?"
Then Gu Qingqing analyzed the situation to him.
"Okay, I'll go ask when I have time."
In the evening of that day, pig blood neck, ribs, pork belly, etc. were stewed in the pot, and sauerkraut was added. Then blood sausage, pig intestines, liver, etc. were cooked together. Everyone ate so much that they were full.
Each of them had a round belly.
When they were leaving, Wen Wuyan and Zhao Dong talked about what needed to be done at home the next morning.
The next morning, Zhao Dong and Zhao Nan slaughtered pigs and sheep. Wen Wuyan and others loaded two vats of sauerkraut for Zhiweilou that needed to be transported to the town on a mule cart and one vat on a donkey cart.
Gu Qingqing instructed Shengxi and Daxin to keep an eye on Wenrou in the town and not let her get lost.
After the pigs and sheep were processed and loaded onto the trucks, the two trucks left the door one after the other.