Pig Killer

"I understand, I understand." Liu Ding said embarrassedly, "It's just that my sister-in-law's water is gone, and it's very troublesome for you to pour water. You have to climb up the ladder and carry the bucket so high."

"I have plenty of strength." Shen Hui'e smiled and said, "I can carry a pig."

"If you want to put this outside, you have to use wooden boards to block it on all four sides." Liu Ding thought seriously and said, staring at his own wall, "We have to make the wall a little shorter."

Shen Hui'e slapped her forehead and said, "I didn't think about this." Then she smiled and asked, "Can you do it?"

"Yes! Why can't I do it? It's very simple!" Liu Ding answered readily, and said awkwardly, "It's just a matter of time." He said with a smile, "There's too much work."

"Don't worry, don't worry. It won't work today." Shen Hui'e looked at him with bright eyes and said, "It will be fine as long as it can be done before the Dragon Boat Festival."

Liu Ding considered the work in his hands and said, "That's enough. If this works well, I'll have work to do. Every family has a girl! This will be more convenient."

"I'm just worried about the opening under the bathtub?" Shen Hui'e said, pointing at the bottom of the bathtub with the small wooden stick in her hand.

"Leave it to me." Liu Ding said with a smile.

"The opening shouldn't be too big, and the water can't flow too fast." Shen Hui'e stretched out her thumb and said, "Is this big enough? But it can't be too small, or the water will flow like a child's urine, and it won't flush well."

"Haha..." Liu Ding laughed heartily, "I'll try it first." He smiled and said, "It's so convenient, I want to make one too. If I don't want to go to the river, I can make one at home." He asked, "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

"It has to be strong." Shen Hui'e said seriously, "It can't hit anyone. The shelf must be strong and durable!"

"I understand." Liu Ding nodded and smiled. "I'll make a sample first. I'll invite everyone to take a look at it. We can make some improvements so that it will be more convenient to use."

Shen Hui'e's eyes lit up when she heard that. "Great! You are really thoughtful."

"I learned this from my second sister-in-law. We have to make the buyer satisfied! We should try our best to meet their requirements." Liu Ding scratched his head and smiled.

"It's my duty! You can learn these things easily. Why would others ask you to do the job? You have to be sweet-talking. Who doesn't like nice words?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at him with her bright black eyes.

"Yeah!" Liu Ding nodded with a smile.

"I came here today just for this bathtub." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her dark eyes and said, "Nothing else, just asking, how is the bellows?"

"It's almost done! It will take another two or three days!" Liu Ding said with a smile, "Then please go to Brother Tie's place to see the results together."

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e patted her legs and stood up, saying, "That's fine, let's go." She patted Huang Er's head and called her daughter, saying, "Let's go home."

"Second sister-in-law, I won't see you off!" Liu Ding stood up quickly and said.

"You go ahead and do your work! No need to see me off, I know the way." Shen Hui'e said with a smile, pointing at the gate.

Shen Hui'e walked to the gate and turned back to ask, "Liu Ding, what do you do with the sawdust?"

"Sawdust?" Liu Ding looked at the sawdust on the ground, then looked at her and said, "I threw them all away. The shavings and broken wood can still be used for burning, but what can this sawdust do? Burning fire can put out the fire. Who would use this thing!" He raised his thick eyebrows and said, "Why? It can do many different things in the hands of my second sister-in-law."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at her with a smile in her clear and bright eyes.

It seems that spoiled eggs are made during this season, and the main ingredients are sawdust and lime.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and eggs will go bad if they are kept for too long. After the eggs have changed, they can be preserved for a longer time and become a good dish to go with wine.

"Then I'll send a sack to my second sister-in-law later." Liu Ding said to her with green eyes.

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e replied with a smile, "I'm leaving now, you go ahead and get busy!"

"Mother, mother, what delicious food can be made with sawdust?" the cat slave asked her with his big watery eyes.

"Sawdust can change the appearance of eggs." Shen Hui'e looked at her with warm eyes and said.

"Why did you change?" The raccoon asked curiously, looking at her with his eyes like black grapes.

"I'll show you how it will turn out later." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at her with a smile in her eyes.

"Okay! Okay!" Li Nu said, jumping and pulling her hand.

Shen Hui'e did what she said. When she went to the countryside to collect pigs, she collected ten kilograms of eggs from a fellow villager's home.

"Mrs. Pig-killer, my eggs are absolutely fresh."

"Really? I'll shake it and I'll know." Shen Hui'e said to her fellow villagers while holding the egg.

"Shake it!"

Shen Hui'e actually shook them one by one, and they were all fresh.

Shen Hui'e looked at them honestly with her clear eyes and said, "I want to make preserved eggs. In the future, these eggs can be stored for a longer time and will not go bad. I can also make more money."

"What is a transmogrified egg?"

"To preserve eggs, you use sawdust and quicklime, plus loess and some salt. Wrap the eggs and place them in a cool place for a week or two. You can just peel them and eat them. They can be stored for a month or two." Shen Hui'e said happily, "I will explain the details tomorrow. You can come and see. This way, the eggs are easier to preserve."

"You...you...you teach us."

"Why don't you want to learn?" Shen Hui'e said to them with raised eyebrows.

"No, no, this is a secret, how can I teach it to others so easily!"

"It's just like pickling salted eggs. You can pickle them yourself. But salt is expensive, sawdust and quicklime are easy to make." Shen Hui'e looked at them with bright eyes and said, "You can make it at home. If you are interested, come to the meat stall tomorrow." Looking at them who were still confused, she said, "Everyone knows it, so it's not a secret anymore."

“Really teach us.”

"How can this be faked? We'll meet each other every day, and you can't let others kill your pigs!" Shen Hui'e looked at them seriously and said.

"Of course."

"It's settled then. I'll go to your butcher's stall tomorrow to take a look."

"I have time tomorrow at noon, as I still have to sell meat in the morning!" Shen Hui'e said to them with warm eyes.

"We'll go tomorrow at noon."

The next day, Shen Hui'e prepared sawdust, quicklime, yellow mud, salt and pepper water at noon.

Young girls and wives gathered in front of the meat stall. Shen Hui'e was operating and explaining how to make the preserved eggs.

"Remember, quicklime will become hot when put into water, so be careful not to get burned." Shen Hui'e reminded them carefully.

"I know that. Who doesn't know about quicklime when building a house?"

"The whitewash in the house is from quicklime."

"Madam Pig Killer, leave it in a cool place for two weeks and it will be ready to eat."