dognovel Chapter 249: Bacon
Chapter 249: Bacon
I wanted to come back and take a nap, but I couldn't bear the hunger.
I had no choice but to grope my way to the kitchen to find something to eat.
However, before he could find the food, he was beaten with a stick by Old Mrs. Zhou.
"You blind bastard, you stole into my house again. I must catch you, take you to the authorities, and put you in jail..."
"Ah! Ah~ Grandma, grandma, it's me..."
After hearing the familiar voice, Old Mrs. Zhou put down the stick in her hand in confusion.
Damn it! I hit the wrong person!
"Ah? Xiaojie, why did you get up so early? Where did you get hit? Does it hurt?"
Old Mrs. Zhou touched her grandson's back and felt extremely distressed for a moment.
"Luckily I'm wearing thick clothes, so it doesn't hurt that much. I'm hungry, so I want to find something to eat."
"I'm hungry, I'm hungry, it means the fever has subsided, let me feel it..."
Old Mrs. Zhou touched it and found that there was nothing wrong with it and its temperature was normal.
"Everyone is still asleep. I'll cook you some eggs to fill your stomach. You didn't eat last night, so how can you not be hungry?"
Old Mrs. Zhou lit a fire and added water to boil eggs.
"Grandma, the medicine my third sister gave me is really effective. I feel better after taking it for a while."
"Of course, she has been working as a handyman with Mr. Chen for such a long time, and Mr. Chen is a good person, so he naturally taught her a lot."
"Yeah, Third Sister is really amazing. I knew it when she was teaching us."
"That's right. How do you think we paid off our debts? We also have our house and money. Without your third sister, even if you had ten of your fathers, they wouldn't be able to earn that much money in just a few months."
Old Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Mingjie both laughed when they talked about this.
"As expected, being educated makes a difference. I promise to study hard in the future."
This was the first time that Zhou Mingjie adjusted his learning attitude so seriously.
The eggs are easy to boil and are cooked in a short time.
After drinking a bowl of tea and three eggs, Zhou Mingjie felt full.
"It's not daybreak yet. Go back to your room and lie down for a while. It's late in the morning and there's no one to talk to outside."
Zhou Mingjie nodded and went back to the house. Even if he just sat there, he had to wait until dawn before getting up.
……
As soon as Zhou Mingshu got up in the morning, he started to tidy up the jars and basins.
After pouring away the clean water on top, the white layer underneath is Pueraria powder.
Taking a shovel, Zhou Mingshu scooped some kudzu root powder and looked at it carefully. There were some impurities in it, and it seemed that it needed to be washed again.
Zhou Mingshu didn't shovel anymore and poured in clean water directly.
When it comes to food, cleanliness and hygiene are the most basic requirements.
After doing all this, Zhou Mingshu started to prepare breakfast with Old Mrs. Zhou.
Old Mrs. Zhou talked about what happened in the morning with a smile, saying that Xiaojie got up in the middle of the night to look for food and scared her.
Zhou Mingshu listened and smiled because she was woken up.
When she heard that the grandparents were busy eating, she didn't get up.
When it was time for dinner, Zhou Mingjie felt refreshed, just like when he was not sick.
But in order to consolidate his condition, Liu made him two bowls of tea before leaving.
Zhou Mingjie had no choice but to drink it.
"Tsk, tsk, it's hard to drink."
"Okay, this tea tastes much better than medicine, so don't be disgusted by it."
Old Mrs. Zhou patted her grandson's butt to make him laugh.
Not long after Boss Zhou and Mrs. Liu left, the duck slaughtering team started working.
Zhou Mingzhi took his younger brothers and sisters to the mountains to collect firewood, while Zhou Mingqin and her aunt continued to sew new clothes for everyone.
Everyone had a chopping knife tied around their waist. They would chop off any unsuitable branches, tie them up with hemp rope, and then insert a long stick in the middle.
The power is not great, but we have more people.
……
The next day, the Zhou family made several baskets of dumplings.
In addition to his family, Zhou Ershu, Yang Liuqing and Wang Youcai all got a pot.
"You're welcome. We have plenty at home. You can take some home for your children."
After finishing today's work, several people went home carrying a pot of hot dumplings.
The weather was cold and everyone was shivering.
But the basin in my hand is warm, warming my heart.
"Grandma, the wind is so cold, is it going to snow?"
There was not a single star in the sky. Zhou Mingshu put his hands in his pockets, looked up at the sky, and exhaled a few breaths of hot air.
"Of course not. With this horrible weather, it looks like it's not far from snowing."
Old Mrs. Zhou stood up and swept the flour off the table. Some of it was stuck in the cracked skin on the back of her hands.
She prepared some moisturizing oil, but she was just not used to it.
Even if you remember to use it, washing and scrubbing it all day long won't have any effect.
But the good thing is that there was never a lack of hot water at home.
"Tell uncle to buy some meat tomorrow, and I'll go tell him right away."
Zhou Mingshu trotted to the backyard and came back after a while.
"Once we get the meat back, we'll be busy again!"
"Haha, that's right."
The next morning, Zhou Mingshu took Zhou Mingqi to the corridor to tie a wooden rack, which was used to hang meat.
"These are not enough. Let's go to the mountain and cut some more pine and cypress branches."
"Wow, that's a very high climb. Wait a minute, I'll go get ready."
In fact, these are not enough. It would be better if you add some orange peel or grapefruit peel.
After picking the pine and cypress branches, Zhou Mingshu was not idle either. He started to prepare the sauce.
"Big sister, second sister, go to the vegetable garden and pick the cabbages you like. Cut whichever one you like. Let's make spicy cabbage today."
The sun is shining today and the temperature has risen a bit.
Old Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhu were also busy.
All the things that needed to be dried were pulled out and dried, and the tables, benches, etc. were washed.
It is also convenient for Zhou Mingshu to make bacon.
Before morning, Boss Zhou and Mrs. Liu came back with a big pig's leg. Besides these, there were some other things. Upon closer inspection, there was also half a rib, some pig's trotters and tails, pig's heart and lungs, and some small and large intestines.
"How is it? Is this enough to eat?"
"Enough is enough."
Zhou Mingshu agreed with a smile, and the next step was to cut up the meat and start preparing the bacon and pork ribs.
"Grandma, can you pick up a few chickens today and make them together for the winter?"
We have ducks at home, and it would be even better if we had chickens and fish.
Zhou Mingshu carried a basin to the river and poured out the fish in the basket. Including the ones he had stored in the past two days, there were about five or six fish in total.
These were not put in there by Zhou Mingshu in advance. They were the fish fry she put in the summer that have grown up.
Leave some of the bacon and ribs original, and spread the rest with hot sauce.
Zhou Mingshu untied the meat from the pig's leg piece by piece, leaving out the meat for making sausages, and smeared the rest with hot sauce and hung them up first.
"Big sister, please help me chop these into small pieces. Don't chop them too small, or they won't taste good."
Zhou Mingshu processed the small intestine.
This thing is not easy to handle. It will break if you are not careful. Even though she has done it many times, she dare not be careless.
Then there is still one tool missing, so this thing will be given to Big Brother and Xiao Jie.
Just find a suitable bamboo tube and polish the contact surface smoothly.
Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou were killing fish and chickens.