The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Chapter 363: A Sword Returns to the West

Nowadays, the pigs in the pigsty are fat and look plump and delicious.

Lu Qingqing had already thought about slaughtering pigs during the New Year.

However, there are four pigs in the space, and I haven't decided which one to kill.

However, two of the pregnant sows must not be moved.

The remaining two boars were both very fat and black.

After confirming with each other, we are the right pigs!

After Lu Qingqing's repeated observations, she finally confirmed it.

One of the boars has not been fanned and can be kept as a breeding pig.

The other boar had two inconspicuous scars on his testicles, which were obviously caused by licking.

After deciding on the New Year pig to be slaughtered, Lu Qingqing called Qin Lang.

Tie the eunuch pig's mouth to prevent it from screaming and scaring the other pigs.

At the same time, prepare a large basin filled with pig blood and a pig-killing knife by the river.

Then, he simply used his mind to move the pig to the river.

Before the pig could react, a knife was stabbed into its neck.

The white knife went in, and the red knife mixed with pig blood flowed out.

Although it was her first time slaughtering a pig, Lu Qingqing thought her skills were pretty good.

This second brother didn't suffer much, but he died after being stabbed!

However, this knife scared the big turtle and the little wolf cub watching nearby. The whole scene was like turtles running and wolves jumping!

The big turtle was so scared that it rolled and crawled into the river, and stepped on the little wolf cub who was staying beside it several times.

As for the little wolf cub, it screamed and hid in its own den with its tail between its legs.

No matter how Lu Qingqing called it, it would not be brought out.

Lu Qingqing spread out her bloody hands and said that she just wanted to eat pork meatballs.

Next comes the usual process of blanching the pig hair and cutting the pork.

Naturally, Qin Lang took charge of this kind of strenuous work.

As pieces of pork from different parts were cut off, the basins prepared on the side were filled one by one.

Lu Qingqing was helping out on the side and was equally busy.

In addition to separating the pork and pork bones, the pig offal was also placed in different basins according to different parts.

The most eye-catching thing is the pile of pig intestines.

A bunch of large and small intestines, hot and smelly!

Even with a scarf on, Lu Qingqing could still smell the pungent odor.

Just think about the aroma of the cooked meat, you can’t help it!

However, it will take a lot of time to slaughter the pig and divide the meat today.

Since there were many other things to do, the large intestine was not processed in detail. The contents were simply flushed out and buried in the soil.

After turning out several intestines, Lu Qingqing felt that she couldn't even keep her hands anymore.

After rinsing it with bath beans, soak it in fresh flower petals to remove the odor.

It took a while before I started the next task.

At this time, Qin Lang had already kneaded the dough for making dumplings.

Lu Qingqing went to the vegetable garden and picked a few green onions, two cabbages, and took some ginger and star anise to prepare the dumpling filling.

In her memory, the most common dishes eaten during the Chinese New Year were dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork and dumplings stuffed with pork and green onions.

Today, I plan to do the same.

The two of them have made dumplings many times this winter.

This will be easy to do now.

Near noon, people began to come out of the yard to clean their houses.

Lu Qingqing looked at the remaining meat filling in the bowl and silently quickened the pace of making dumplings.

The plump, white dumplings are placed on the grate, waiting to be put into the pot.

After the dumpling filling is wrapped, let the water in the pot boil.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang each took a broom and a rag and started cleaning the house.

The windows were still sealed with wooden boards and there was no glass to clean.

Similarly, due to insufficient materials, we had to skip the task of pasting window flowers.

However, all visible places in each house, such as doors, tables, stoves, etc., need to be wiped and cleaned.

They were busy until noon, when each family started making dumplings.

Today, most people make dumplings using pure white flour that they would not normally eat.

Lu Qingqing sent some pre-wrapped raw dumplings to her master, mistress, and fellow practitioners in advance, and also brought back dumplings of different flavors made by them.

For lunch, in addition to the hot dumplings, Lu Qingqing also had two servings of spicy and sour pickles.

Eat a meal of hot dumplings and have a bowl of hot dumpling soup.

The original soup is transformed into the original food, which makes your whole body feel comfortable.

After dinner, the sun was high overhead, and it would be the warmest time of the day.

Every house in the yard had its door open, and people were coming in and out, smiling and cleaning their homes.

They talked and laughed from time to time, and the atmosphere was very good.

Soon, every house was cleaned, even the livestock sheds were swept.

The remaining snow in the corner of the yard was also cleared away.

The children had a full meal of dumplings at noon, and now they started running and jumping in the yard, laughing and talking happily.

In the afternoon, the yard becomes a paradise for children.

Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, every family will offer a piece of meat to the Kitchen God on the day of the Little New Year.

In addition to offering a whole piece of horse meat, Lu Qingqing also fried some meatballs according to Grandma Qin's custom in previous years.

Qin Lang was making a fire nearby and ate the first meatball that came out of the pot.

The sizzling meatballs entered my mouth, tender and juicy, with the aroma of meat filling the air.

Qin Lang grimaced because of the burn, but he gave a thumbs up.

The yard is filled with the aroma of meat today, but the meatballs fried by Lu Qingqing have the most overbearing taste.

As expected, several fellow disciples came over with raw meat to exchange for meatballs.

Lu Shufu had already replaced the meatballs early, and when the little sister next to him was drooling with greed, he directly took out a small bowl and handed it to her.

Seeing this, Little Shitou also refused the food offered by the people around him and ran back home to get a piece of raw meat from the adults to exchange for meatballs.

Everyone gathered at the door of Lu Qingqing's house, eating, laughing and chatting.

Everything was peaceful and quiet in the North Courtyard, but on Bai Xing'er's side, war was raging.

Mother Shulin tightly guarded the horse meat in her arms, glared at Bai Xing'er fiercely, and cursed:

"You're a chicken that doesn't lay eggs. You've been married to my son for so long, and there's still no news of pregnancy.

You can't even conceive a son, where do you get the confidence from? How dare you monopolize the meat in the house and not give it to your brother-in-law!

I tell you, my Shubao will definitely eat all the meat today!

I'm standing right here, just try and hit me!

I just don't believe it. No matter how powerful the people in the North Courtyard are, they can still protect a daughter-in-law who is disobedient and unfilial and dares to hit her mother-in-law!"

Bai Xing'er was so angry that her chest heaved violently. She looked at the poplar forest next to her.

"Brother Shulin, mother said she wants to give all the meat to my brother-in-law. What do you think?"

Yang Shulin frowned as he watched the battle between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Hearing Bai Xing'er say this, he hesitated and said:

"Xing'er, Shubao is still young, so we adults shouldn't bother with him.

It’s just some meat!

When spring comes next year, we'll go to town and buy some pork.

Why make such a scene and let the neighbors laugh at you? "

Bai Xing'er felt extremely disappointed with this man when she heard these familiar words.