A great harvest

Author: Shenwa

A great harvest

The movement in the yard alarmed Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen.

The two of them came out of the house and took a look. Oh dear, there was a roe deer, three hares, and four pheasants on the ground.

"Oh, you guys have brought back a lot of things this morning.

It's really good. The house will be renovated tomorrow, so we can add a lot of dishes." Zhang Shuzhen looked at the things on the ground and was extremely happy.

Building a house is a big deal, and everyone comes to help on the day when the beams are installed. The host must provide some decent food for the guests.

If someone's service is poor, others will discuss it behind the scenes even if they don't say it.

With these supplements, tomorrow's meal will definitely not lose face. Can Zhang Shuzhen be unhappy?

"Mom, I made an agreement with my eldest brother and asked him to give Taodeng some rhubarb rice, corn flakes and so on. He said he would deliver it to us tonight.

Is there any rice at home? If there is rice, tomorrow we will make gold and silver rice. If not, then we will make rhubarb rice.

In the evening, I'll go eat Yuliangzi with Lao Er Lao San and the others, and I guess we can get two more dishes together.

Let’s think about how to deal with a few more in the vegetable garden. I’ll have people come to help me tomorrow, just don’t make it too bad.”

When I came back last night, the whole family was looking after the rare dog. Sheng Xiping forgot to tell his parents about buying food.

The eldest brother Sheng Xiping mentioned was naturally Liu Yujiang, and everyone in the family knew it.

"Oh, that's okay.

I also want to say, if that doesn’t work, ask your dad to borrow some food from others first.

I’ll wait for the rations we supplied to come back in a few days and then return them to others.”

If you have food, you will have confidence in your heart.

It’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Even if she knows how to cook, she can’t do without food.

"Okay, wash your hands first, and let's eat quickly. After dinner, you guys can do whatever you need to do."

Zhang Shuzhen was very happy and hurriedly welcomed the children into the house for dinner.

"Lao Liu, please hurry up and get dressed for me. What does it look like when you wake up and run around with your butt naked all morning?"

"Mom, I'm naked."

Sheng Xitai stretched out his hand to lift up his pants, muttered and went into the house to get dressed.

Several others also quickly washed their hands and went into the house to eat together.

After breakfast, Sheng Liancheng went back to the small repair shop to take care of things. If anything happened, he would deal with it. If nothing happened, he would go to work on the new house.

Sheng Xiping hurriedly disposed of all the game outside, skinning rabbits and roe deer, and stripping and disemboweling pheasants.

"Mom, those rabbits and chickens should be soaked in water for a while, and the seasoning should be heavier when cooking."

These pheasants and hares were probably snared yesterday evening. Anyway, they were already dead when they walked into the mountains.

Even though it was still cool in the woods at night, I was afraid that my chest would be covered if I hadn't disemboweled it for such a long time.

There was no blood bleeding per se, and if the chest was slightly covered, the taste would definitely not be that good.

That's why Sheng Xiping said to soak the chickens and rabbits in water for a while and change the water frequently.

Soaking out all the blood will make it taste better.

"Well, I got it, don't worry." Zhang Shuzhen responded and continued to pack the pheasant without stopping.

Sheng Xiping was skinning the roe deer.

This is an adult male roe deer, which should have weighed more than fifty kilograms when alive.

In fact, roe deer have many parasites, which can be seen immediately after peeling off the skin.

Those bugs are all inside the skin and outside the flesh, with their heads inside the flesh and their bodies outside. They are white and fat, and they will fall off if they move a little.

"Lao San, quickly sweep these things away and feed the chickens."

Sheng Xiping flipped the skinned roe deer back and forth to remove the bugs, and then asked his brother to work.

These bugs are also high-quality protein and cannot be eaten by humans, but there is no problem in feeding them to chickens.

The Sheng family raises two hens, and they keep the ones that lay eggs, so they can be fed.

Sheng Xikang hurriedly found a broom, rubbed it, and swept away the bugs on the ground to feed the chickens.

After skinning the roe deer, put it into a large basin and drain it with cold water.

The skin of the roe deer is left and nailed to the barn to dry in the shade. It is left to be cooked and can be used to make roe deer skin mattresses, roe deer skin sleeping bags, etc.

When going into the mountains for hunting or camping, it is best to have a bed of roe deer skins.

Because the roe deer is insulated from moisture and coolness, and has no peculiar smell, it will not attract snakes on rainy days.

Dogskin mattresses are not good. If it rains when you go into the mountains, there will be a special smell that attracts snakes and so on.

All the wild game at home has been taken care of, and Sheng Xiping doesn't need to take care of the rest.

So I took the second and third children to the new house to prepare things for the beams tomorrow.

Liang Zhen had already finished it. The purlins, eight planks, shed boards, tiles, ridge tiles and everything else were all in place. The only thing missing was the things used to press down the shed.

In the past, when houses were built, the roof was not sealed. No matter how much fire was burned in the house, it would not feel warm.

Nowadays, when building a house, the roof is sealed.

In order to keep warm, a layer of sawdust and yellow mud mixture, or volcanic ash will also work, on top of the shed board.

Volcanic ash is hard to find, but sawdust is easy. There is a sawhouse in the forest farm, and there are plenty of sawdust there, but no one wants it.

So the brothers borrowed some sacks from the forest farm and went to the sawhouse to start loading sawdust.

When enough was loaded, it was transported back on a flatbed truck and dumped in a specially built shed in front of the new house.

In the afternoon, the loess was sifted again and mixed with sawdust.

After a busy day, by evening, the three of them were all gray and gray, with sawdust in their hair and loess in their nostrils.

"Oh my God, look at what you three made. Hurry up and hit it."

As soon as I returned to Sheng's house, I was spotted by Zhang Shuzhen who was busy cooking in the yard.

Zhang Shuzhen quickly waved to them and asked them to beat them outside before coming in.

The three brothers also knew that their bodies were too dirty, so they patted their bodies outside the yard.

After shaking off his clothes and combing his hair, he stepped into the yard.

"There happens to be hot water in the pot. I think you should wash your hair and wipe yourself."

Zhou Qinglan was originally holding a handkerchief to hand to Sheng Xiping. When she saw that Sheng Xiping's head and body were covered with sawdust and dirt, she simply went back to add water to him and wash it off.

There isn't much work going on in the camp these days, and the family team isn't too busy either.

It happened that the Sheng family was building a house, and Zhou Qinglan would come over and get busy as long as there was no work to do.

The two have now made their relationship public, and the entire forest farm knows about it, and Zhou Qinglan is not afraid of others' comments.

Anyway, she went to Sheng's house every day, and she got along particularly well with Zhang Shuzhen.

Everyone who saw Zhou Qinglan in the Sheng family praised Sheng Xiping for being so lucky to have found such a sensible and capable partner.

Zhang Shuzhen was so happy that she couldn't help but smile from ear to ear when she heard others praise her. She also praised everyone she met, saying that her son had found a good partner.

Zhou Qinglan moved very quickly, scooping out hot water from the pot and throwing some flour base into the hot water.

Where is the shampoo available at this time? Some people use soap to wash their hair, and some people just use facial soda, as long as they can wash their hair clean.

Throw the flour base into the water and stir with your hands.

Maybe the water temperature was too hot. Zhou Qinglan waved her hand, quickly scooped up some cold water and mixed it with it, then stretched out her hand to try. This time it was just right.

"Hurry up, who among you three will wash first?"

Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang quickly shook their heads, "Brother, you come first."
Chapter completed!