Chapter 5: So sensible that it makes people feel distressed
"Captain Li, you have worked really hard today," Shen Su'e said enthusiastically, "Just think of it as a favor to our Lao Jiang family and stay to eat dog meat."
Li Guangzheng responded with a smile, "Auntie, what are you talking about? Why don't you just read the agreement and help be a witness? What's the trouble?"
After exchanging a few polite words, Shen Su'e invited him into the hall, specially lit a charcoal fire, and then asked Lingbao's uncles who were still standing outside: "What do you think? Are you staying to eat?" Should the dog meat go home?"
Second Uncle Jiang and Third Uncle Jiang almost said in unison, "Where are you going back to?"
Then, they said: "With this weather, I have nothing to do when I go home."
"Yes, yes, it's the same for me. I just sit around when I get home."
After they finished speaking urgently, Uncle Jiang put his fist into his mouth and coughed, "My family has a lot of things waiting for me, but since the second and third sons are staying, I will stay too, to give you some face to my younger siblings." …”
"Brother, since you have something waiting for you at home, you'd better leave first," Shen Su'e said, "You don't have to give me this face."
Uncle Jiang blushed, fearing that he would be driven away, and said anxiously: "What are you talking about? I must give you this face! Okay, okay, you go and do your work, I will go see Qingshan again."
In the evening, the strong smell of meat wafted from Jiang's house.
"Mom, the meat tastes so delicious!" Lingbao stood on tiptoes, lying on the edge of the stove with his two chubby little hands, and poked his little head into the boiling pot.
Shen Su'e guessed that she was hungry, so she quickly picked up a large piece of meat and put it into the bowl, "Lingbao, please taste the meat first to see if it's rotten. Be careful not to burn your mouth..."
The little girl happily took the bowl, and without waiting for her mother to give her chopsticks, she grabbed the wolf meat with her hands, chewed it for a few bites, and swallowed it directly into her stomach.
"Hey, chopsticks..." Shen Su'e didn't finish her words. Seeing that the meat in the Lingbao bowl was gone, she asked in surprise, "Lingbao, did you eat the meat? Where are the bones in the meat?"
The milk baby replied with a smile: "I ate it all."
"You swallowed such a hard bone?"
"Can't bones be eaten?" Lingbao tilted his head in confusion.
Shen Su'e's surprised tone was laced with worry, "The bones are so hard and your teeth are so small, how can you bite? Does it hurt? Open your mouth quickly and let me see."
The little milk baby opened his mouth wide, revealing his white, neat and cute little baby teeth, "Ling Bao doesn't think the wolf's bones are hard, they will shatter into pieces after two bites."
Shen Su'e thought that she had stewed all the bones until they were rotten. She took out a bone out of curiosity and took a bite, almost breaking her old teeth.
Seeing the frown on his mother's face, Lingbao guessed that his mother's teeth were not as strong as his own, so he hurriedly said: "Mother eats meat, Lingbao eats bones."
Her words happened to be heard by Li Guangzheng who walked out of the kitchen, "Auntie, you are such a good girl. You are so sensible that it makes people feel bad."
Shen Su'e was startled by the sudden voice. Seeing that the person coming was Captain Li, she hurriedly said: "Lingbao, call Uncle Li quickly."
"Hello Uncle Li."
Lingbao has a sweet voice and is cute and cute.
Looking into her big clear eyes, Li Guangzheng was moved and sighed: "What a beautiful baby, how could her parents be willing to throw her away?"
"Uncle Li, my mother likes Lingbao very much. Lingbao also likes my mother very much. My mother will not throw away the Lingbao..."
The baby's sweet words made Li Guangzheng feel sour in his heart. He felt that this child was too well-behaved and pitiful.
She is still so young and doesn't know anything.
Touching her head, Li Guangzheng said softly: "Lingbao is right, your mother loves you the most, and she will definitely treat you well! If there are bad boys in the village bullying Lingbao in the future, Lingbao will tell his uncle
, uncle will help you teach them a lesson."
"Okay! If bad people bully Uncle Li in the future, Uncle Li will also tell Lingbao, and Lingbao will help you deal with those bad guys!"
Li Guangzheng was amused by Xiao Lingbao's innocent words, and responded with an arched eyebrow: "Okay! Uncle, remember it."
At the same time, many villagers who lived near Jiang's house walked out, raising their heads and sniffing the air, asking, "What's this smell like?"
"Who is eating braised pork? It smells like there are aniseed in it." Everyone walked out of the yard and stepped on the snow, "Wow! This meat smells so fragrant!"
They had never tasted meat since the New Year's Eve division of the pigs last year. Now they suddenly smelled the aroma of meat. They couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They knocked on doors everywhere to ask who was eating meat. "Uncle Kidnapper,"
Does your family steam meat?"
"It's not my house. I was just wondering why it smelled so good."
The man called "Uncle Kidnapper" had short legs and was born with a limp. He walked out of the door and pointed in the direction of Jiang's house opposite, "I smell like the smell from Dongzi's father's house."
Son."
"Ah? It's impossible. Didn't Fourth Uncle Jiang's family split up today? The two eldest sons have moved out, and he himself is paralyzed. It is estimated that it will be difficult for him to eat enough in the future. How can he still have meat to eat? It's definitely not the case.
Fourth Uncle Jiang’s house.”
"It smells like his house to me." Uncle Kidnapper took a few more deep breaths.
In order to confirm that the smell of meat was coming from the Jiang family, he limped to the door of the opposite courtyard and knocked on the door several times, "Sanleizi?"
Sanleizi, who was packing things in his parents' house, heard the shouting and quickly ran to the yard and opened the door, "Uncle Kidnapper? What are you calling me for?"
"Are you cooking pork at home? The smell is wafting out..."
"It's not pork, it's dog meat," Sanleizi said according to his mother's previous instructions, "That's the wild dog I caught in the mountains two days ago."
Uncle Kidnapper swallowed, "Wild dog?"
Sanleizi nodded, "Yes, isn't my family divided today? I have a new sister, and my mother wanted to make a meal of dog meat to celebrate."
Knowing that the scent came from the Jiang family, a group of people gathered around and said in a sour tone: "Don't fool us."
"What am I doing to you?"
"There are a large group of wild dogs in the mountains. I don't know how ferocious they are. Even wild boars have to take a detour when they see them. You don't have a shotgun. It's good if you can save your life when you encounter wild dogs. You can also catch them.
One comes back?"
There was a woman in the crowd named Liu Damei holding a baby girl.
She had a loud voice, and now she shouted at the top of her lungs: "Don't just steal the New Year pig from the production team and lie to us that it is a wild dog? It smells like pork to me!"
"Yes! It must be the New Year Pig! Hand over the meat quickly!"
The noisy quarrel outside became louder and louder.
In the kitchen, Li Guangzheng frowned when he heard the curses.
"What's the fuss about?" He walked to the courtyard door and yelled.
Everyone was surprised to see the production team leader at Jiang's house.
"Captain Li, why are you here?"
"The Jiang family split up and I helped a little. Sister-in-law Shen was so enthusiastic that she asked me to come down and eat dog meat together. I saw the meat before it was put into the pot. It was a wild dog!"
Everyone didn't dare to question Li Guangzheng's words, and now looked at each other in confusion, "This Sanleizi really caught a wild dog, I didn't expect it..."
One of them asked loudly: "Captain Li, should the things caught in the mountains be divided equally? Do we all have a share?"
"Why should we share it equally? Do you think it was during the famine years? Everyone eats what they have now. Catching wild dogs is their skill, so why should I share it equally with you?"
After saying that, Captain Li waved his hand, "Okay, don't crowd around other people's doors. Let's all disperse. Disperse quickly! If you don't leave, I will remember you as a group of people who gathered to cause trouble. By then, you guys will get less points."
One pound."
After hearing this, how could everyone dare to gather in front of Jiang's house? They left in a hurry.
Liu Damei and Huang Yuezhu's natal families are from the same village. They are similar in age. They were friends before they got married. Their relationship became even better after they married in Baihe Village.
She was thinking about dog meat and deliberately carried her two-year-old daughter to Huang Yuezhu's newly moved home. She pretended to be surprised and said: "Your parents-in-law's family is eating dog meat. It tastes delicious. They say it's to celebrate the separation of the family. Why not?"