inspire-indiana Chapter 193 Thank you Sir for the meat
Chapter 193 Thank you Sir for the meat
Zhou Guo laughed and said, "You don't know this, right? Piglets are delicious. Roast them like rabbits, and the meat will be more fragrant and tender. Two of these were caught by Master."
Zhou Dacang was a little unconvinced, "Really? How much meat can there be? This is a pig!"
A pig is not cheap for farmers, and not every farmer can afford to raise a pig. In the early years when the family situation was better, they also raised pigs. At that time, they not only had to drive the cattle out to graze every day, but also had to carry a basket to cut tender grass and carry it back for the pigs to eat. In winter, when there was no grass to eat, they would eat the stored rice bran and wheat bran.
Later, rice bran and wheat bran became their main food, and they had no money to catch piglets, so they naturally stopped raising them.
Zhou Guo was not convinced, "Of course, they are much bigger than wild rabbits. Even if you want to raise them, we don't have the conditions. Not to mention what to feed them, we don't even have a pen. Where can we keep them?"
Seeing that everyone was looking at the three little ones with pity, she said helplessly, "If you really want to raise them, you have to wait until our family is ready, with a pen, a place, and food. It's not possible now. Okay, okay, okay, let's eat, let's eat. The master and I are hungry. We had lunch a long time ago."
She sniffed her nose and smelled a familiar fragrance, which made her feel even hungrier.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi had already eaten with the chefs. The host always has to accompany the guests when they eat, and it would be inappropriate for the host not to come along. Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu also came back after eating at other people's homes.
The lid of the pot was opened, and there was still half of the dragon and phoenix soup left. Zhou Xing explained, "One snake, two chickens, and pine mushrooms made a full pot. I gave a small half pot to the chefs. After they finished eating, they still felt hungry, so they added more, and there was still half a pot left."
Li said, "The apprentices that the master brought up are young to begin with, and they are at the age when they can eat. And they are naturally more likely to eat more when they encounter this dragon and phoenix soup. It's nothing, and besides, I think the work of making a kang is also very hard."
Zhou Guo had never seen a kang built. In her mind, building a kang was just like building a wall. No matter whether it was made of adobe or blue bricks, just build it up straight away. It wasn't hard work at all.
"How hard is it to build a kang? They don't have to carry it on their shoulders or hands. It's not physical work. Physical work is hard. There are so many of us today, and it took us the whole morning just to lower the beam, and we haven't finished it yet." Zhou Dacang naturally disagreed. How could building a kang be as hard as putting up and lowering beams when they built a house?
Li said, "It's not that it's hard work, how should I put it, it's just a little dirty, you didn't see it, when the masters came out after cleaning the kang, we couldn't recognize any of them, they all looked the same, we could only tell tall and short, fat and thin, they were all covered in dust, even in their nostrils, if it weren't for those black eyes still moving, we couldn't even find their faces."
Zhou Xing nodded and couldn't help laughing, "It's not that hard, but it's dirty."
Zhou Guo felt short of breath when she thought of the dusty scene. "That was hard work." After saying that, she couldn't wait to pick up a piece of snake meat with chopsticks. Her master had already started eating, and she was hungry too.
When everyone saw this, they hurriedly started to eat. Although Zhou Dacang and his companions had already eaten, they couldn't help but salivate when they smelled the tempting aroma and saw everyone eating with relish. They touched their stomachs and couldn't help but picked up a piece of meat and drank half a bowl of soup.
"Ah, home-cooked food is indeed more delicious." Zhou Gu took a sip of the soup and sighed with his eyes narrowed.
Zhou Guo was curious and asked, "Brother, what did you eat today? It can't be all wild vegetables, right?"
This is also a question that everyone is concerned about, and everyone is looking at the two of them.
Zhou Gu held up the soup bowl and said, "No, didn't the master bring back a rabbit and a pheasant for each of them? We had pheasant stewed with pine mushrooms and lots of wild vegetables for lunch, and pheasant stewed with pine mushrooms and lots of wild vegetables for dinner. One chicken was divided into two meals, with lots of pine mushrooms and wild vegetables. I only ate two pieces of meat in total, and there was no more. I could only eat the wild vegetables and drink the soup."
Zhou Guo couldn't help but complain, "How big is a pheasant? It has to be cooked in two meals. So many people will get one piece each. Will it be edible? Building a house is a physical job!"
Li said, "You don't know this, right? When I was in the village, I hired people to work during the busy farming season. Let alone meat, I was lucky to have an egg to eat. I was even more grateful to be full. Now, I can have a piece of meat in the dish and drink broth, which is already very good. I couldn't even imagine it back then. A chicken was a rare meal that the whole family could only have during the New Year."
Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu and a few older people nodded. They had lived through that period and naturally knew how difficult life had been at home over the years. Life had been even more difficult for other families in the village.
Zhou Dacang said: "Our family's food is all thanks to you, sir. Because of you, we have an endless supply of meat. Otherwise, we would probably have to eat meat from the pile of wild vegetables like everyone else, and one piece for each person would be a luxury. Thank you, sir!" As he said that, he stood up and bowed to the old man.
"Thank you sir!"
"Thank you sir!"
The Zhou family members stood up one by one, thanked the gentleman and bowed. In order to show their sincerity, they bent their waists so much that they almost fell to the ground.
The old man was drinking soup and nearly spit it out. He said with a helpless look: "Alright, alright, sit down. We are all a family, why are you talking like this? Sit down quickly. People who don't know would think I'm going to die." What kind of etiquette is this?
Zhou Guo looked at the scene and sat back down silently, smiling and saying, "Master, we are all really grateful to you, but Master is right, we are one family and should not have different opinions. It will become awkward to thank each other all the time."
The old man nodded with satisfaction, that's it.
Zhou Guo continued, "Master, we have enough meat for many days to come. We don't need to go into the mountains tomorrow. Would you like to follow me to cut down wasteland? There is such a large area of land."
The old man was stunned for a moment, his face cracked for a moment, and he nodded helplessly after a while. It looked very reluctant, but he was very happy in his heart.
Li said quickly, "Well, how can that be possible? Why do you let the gentleman follow you to work? How can the gentleman do such rough work? Old man, don't listen to her. We can cut the wasteland ourselves. There are so many children in the family, and we don't have many acres of land. It won't take a few days to cut it all."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, have you forgotten that there is not only our land here, but the master also has his own land."
The old man paused and said, "Yes, he also has land. I really forgot about it."
Li gave her a reproachful look and said, "How could I not remember that there is Mr.'s land here? The problem is that Mr. has never farmed in his life. Does he know how to farm?"