"Mom, if you bring it over like this, I'm afraid that your fourth uncle won't even smell it and your aunt will serve it to you. Why don't I go and call my fourth uncle over?"
When Wang Cuihua heard this, she glanced at Niudan in surprise and poked his forehead, "You are a little kid but a big kid, go ahead."
She had also heard about the situation of Niu Chun's family. The aunt was indeed very partial, but every family had its own problems, and it was not convenient for others to ask about such matters.
Niu Dan put on his bamboo hat, stepped on the muddy road, and ran outside quickly.
"Niudan, why are you here? Are you going to catch loaches?"
As soon as he arrived at the door of Niu Chun's house, two small figures rushed out from inside, it was the two sisters Da Ya.
Their hair and clothes were quite wet from the drizzle, and their feet were bare, but their dirty faces were red.
"Is your father here?"
Niu Dan asked Da Ya.
"My father has just come back and is cooking porridge for us. Do you want to stay and drink it? After eating, we will go catch the loaches."
Da Ya rolled her eyes, showing her generosity.
"No, I have something to do with your father."
Niudan walked inside.
The two sisters suddenly looked disappointed.
Niu Chun is not tall, but he has sharp features and a strong temperament all over his body, especially his two arms, which are very thick and you can clearly see the strong muscles.
At this time, he was walking out of the stove carrying a clay pot. When he saw the cow eggs, he said with a smile: "Here are the cow eggs. Are you feeling better? Come and have a bowl of porridge to warm your stomach."
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Niu Dan glanced at the two boiled eggs on the table and said quickly: "No, Fourth Uncle, my father has something to discuss with you."
Even though Niu Chun was lame, his life was better than that of Niu Dan's family. The family built four mud houses, not counting chickens and ducks, and also raised a buffalo and a sow.
"That's it, I'll follow you there."
Niu Chun picked up the bamboo hat hanging on the wall and walked outside with Niu Dan.
"Wait for us!"
The two sisters, Daya and Ya, picked up the boiled eggs on the table and followed them with shivers.
"Hey, it smells so good."
Before he even got close to the gate, Niu Chun smelled the aroma of meat.
"Dad, I know this smell. It's a loach caught with cow's eggs. The meat is very fragrant."
Da Ya couldn't help but licked her lips as she said this, as if thinking about it.
"Good boy, I'm interested, but you should keep this meat for yourself."
Niu Chun still didn't understand why he was called here. He patted Niu Dan's shoulder, held a daughter in one hand, and started to walk back.
"Squeak~"
The courtyard door was pushed open, and Niu Gen's burly body walked out, grabbing Niu Chun, "Fourth brother, you're already at the door, why don't you come in? I'm waiting for you, come in quickly."
As he said this, he couldn't help but take Niu Chun's arm and walk inside.
"Uncle Fourth is here, sit down quickly."
Wang Cuihua greeted Niu Chun while putting the meat on the table.
Because Da Ya and Er Ya also came over, there were two more bowls on the table.
Except for the egg bowl, the meat in other bowls was a little less, obviously it was given to the two girls.
"Sister-in-law, there is no need to prepare the two children. The family has cooked porridge, and they can just go back and eat it."
Niu Chun said and asked his two daughters to go back.
"No, let's not talk to each other. I still need two children here to feed each other. Da Ya, Er Ya, sit down quickly. Don't listen to your father."
Wang Cuihua pulled the two girls back.
Because there is no rule in Niudan's family that women cannot serve at the table, so after everyone sat down, they picked up the meat in the bowl and started eating.
"Huh!"
After Niu Chun swallowed the piece of meat, his eyes suddenly lit up, "This meat!"
"Doesn't it feel particularly fragrant?"
Niu Gen swallowed the meat in his mouth and replied.
"That's not what I want to say, please don't eat it yet!"
Niu Chun's face showed solemnity.
He put down his chopsticks, straightened his waist, his abdomen squirmed a few times regularly, a faint blush appeared on his dark face, and then he took a long breath and smacked his lips, "This meat is not ordinary loach meat!"
Looking at everyone's confused eyes, Niu Chun continued: "Let me tell you this, this loach meat is different from ordinary loach meat. It is a great tonic ingredient and is extremely beneficial to those who practice martial arts."
He picked up a piece of meat from the bowl and said, "A piece like this is worth three coins!"
"What!"
Wang Cuihua stood up suddenly, and then looked at the meat slices in the bowl. If a piece of meat was worth three coins, then with just a few bites, she had eaten more than one or two silver coins!
When she thought of this, she felt as if her heart was bleeding, and the originally fragrant stew became tasteless.
"One dollar is three dollars. How many dollars do I have here? Let me count, one, two..."
Niu Gen kept counting, and his whole body became excited, "Daughter-in-law, you are much older now, we are rich!"
His eyes were shining brightly, "These loaches are so valuable. If we catch one every day, we won't have to farm anymore."
Niu Chun smiled when he heard this, "Second brother, you think too simply. No matter how big an ordinary loach is, it is still an ordinary loach and cannot be sold for much money. I guess this loach must have eaten some kind of natural treasure.
That’s when things changed.”
Niu Gen was immediately disappointed. He still thought about becoming a county citizen by relying on Loach, but his dream was over before it even began.
"Just be content."
Wang Cuihua glared at her husband. She was an easy-to-satisfy woman. One coin of silver could buy 5 kilograms of high-quality pork in the county. You can already buy a lot of meat here.
"Okay, there's still soup in the pot. I'll add some thick noodles."
After knowing the value of the loach meat in the bowl, everyone was naturally reluctant to eat it, so Wang Cuihua took out the thick noodles in the house, mixed it with the loach blood, and made a pot of noodle soup.
Because the soup is made from loach bones, although it is thick noodles, it is extremely delicious, and the lumpy loach blood is as tender as tofu.
After taking a bite, Niu Chun once again felt the slight surge of qi and blood in his body. Although it was far less effective than the meat slices, it still had a nourishing effect, so he quickly told the story.
Niu Fugui pondered for a moment, picked up the bowl and said to everyone: "No matter what, we can't eat meat, so why can't we drink soup? Everyone eats it, and we can also enjoy the blessing of eggs to replenish our bodies."
Seeing that everyone had spoken, others did not say anything more.
After eating a bowl, everyone felt warm and energetic.
After eating the noodle soup, the drizzle stopped and the dark clouds in the sky became much thinner.
Niu Chun took a look at the sky and said, "Second brother, sister-in-law, I still have some connections in the county. If you are willing, I can help you sell this meat."
Hearing this, Niu Gen and his wife were overjoyed.
No matter how valuable the meat is, it must be sold. They are all rural farmers and work in the fields almost all year round. If they want to sell the loach meat, there is no way to sell it. They may also get burned and lose both their lives and property.