The old sow's belly is getting more and more bulging, and her appetite is getting bigger and bigger.
It seemed to know that Luo Xuan was completely homeless from now on. Tonight, the old sow no longer whined as usual, but just stared at Luo Xuan through the wooden fence.
Eyes full of pity...
There is quite a bit of overflowing maternal love.
The hair on Luo Xuan’s body stood straight when he saw it!
Luo Xuan didn't want the old sow to pity him, so he turned around and walked out of the pigsty, squatting in the kitchen shed to light a fire.
While cooking pig food for the old sow, Luo Xuan took out some rice and put it into a bamboo tube.
Then add an appropriate amount of water and plug the opening of the bamboo tube with corn cobs.
Finally, wrap the bamboo tube with banana leaves, stuff it into the stove and bake it.
After finishing all this, Luo Xuan returned to the space again, took out two carps and small eels from the pottery basin, and prepared to grill some fish for dinner.
Slaughter the carp in the space, drain the fish intestines and throw them into the pottery basin.
These intestines and intestines are the favorite of eels kept in pottery pots.
Luo Xuan didn't have a kitchen knife. The knife used to cut pigweed in the breeding room was too blunt and large to be used.
So when Luo Xuan slaughters carp, he uses the green layer of bamboo on the carp's belly to break open the carp's belly. The simple bamboo knife is extremely sharp and can cut through the carp's belly even more powerfully than a kitchen knife.
It's just a little less durable.
To scrape fish scales, Luo Xuan used his own fingernails.
If you scrape the carp in reverse direction, the scales will be easily scraped off by your nails.
After slaughtering the carp, the space will be left in the carp, then stuff a little bit of Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers into the belly of the carp, and put a little salt on the inside and outside.
Then tie it with a bamboo skewer and set it aside for later use.
Chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns were picked by Luo Xuan in Uncle Zhang's private plot for free.
As for the salt, Luo Xuan went to Dai Hongmei's "Supply and Marketing Cooperative Agency Store" and bought it with money.
Table salt sells for 1 cents and 2 cents per pound.
In the past, shops in rural areas were all privately owned.
By this period, the vast majority of stores had become supply and marketing cooperatives' consignment stores. Generally, a production brigade would have a "consignment store".
The person responsible for running this kind of agency store is no longer called "the owner" or "the shopkeeper" as before.
Instead, it’s called “person in charge of the sales agency.”
At this time, they no longer have the right to operate independently and can only sell all the goods provided by the supply and marketing cooperative.
Every month, the supply and marketing society sends accountants and other staff to inspect, inventory, and calculate the turnover of these agency stores.
Then calculate the income that the "person in charge" should receive that month.
Consignment stores cannot mix in private goods, otherwise they are "poaching the public good". Once found out...
Very serious consequences!
Dai Hongmei's family was in the township office, so she had some connections, so she won the enviable but troublesome position of "person in charge of the agency store".
The agency store was opened in Dai Hongmei's home.
After Luo Xuan divided the families, she declined Uncle Zhang's invitation to have dinner at his house and turned around to go shopping at Dai Hongmei's house.
Since his consumption was not large, Luo Xuan only bought half a kilogram of salt at that time. However, Luo Xuan felt that the amount of salt in his hand must be more than 5 taels!
Dai Hongmei, who was in charge of the weighing at that time, had an unpredictable expression on his face...
The salt bought from the agency store is of very poor quality.
The salt during this period turns yellow and has coarse grains.
In the hot summer, there is a lot of moisture in the air, which causes the salt to melt slightly sometimes and make it sticky. If you buy too much, it is not easy to store.
Fortunately, I have space, so I can put all these miscellaneous things in the space.
But there was no furniture in the space, so Luo Xuan could only temporarily use bamboo tubes, banana leaves and the like to package these things.
Luo Xuan plans to cook charcoal-grilled carp, two in total, and he and Xiaocao will eat one each.
After the carp was dealt with, Luo Xuan was ready to deal with the eel.
There is mucus on the surface of the eel, so it cannot be grilled like carp. It can only be thrown into the firewood ash to cover and heat it with the skin and bones.
Don't disembowel the grilled eel, otherwise the eel's stomach will be filled with firewood ash and it will be inedible.
Luo Xuan first stuffed the eel into the firewood ashes in the stove, then held up a bamboo skewer and started grilling the carp.
It's already midnight.
Luo Xuan estimated that Xiaocao would be here soon, and he had to quickly cook the food for Xiaocao.
Xiaocao's health is also very poor, and Luo Xuan doesn't want her to become a hypoglycemic patient in the future.
The reason why he went to the mute to buy some rice at noon was because Luo Xuan planned to replenish the body of Xiaocao and himself.
that time.
Luo Xuan actually had not expected that at night, he would suddenly become an independent person!
Although Luo Xuan had the idea of splitting the family some time ago, he could never completely make up his mind.
Humans are social animals, and deep down in Luo Xuan's heart, he still longs for family affection.
As long as the Wang family wasn't particularly outrageous, Luo Xuan didn't want to completely break up with them.
But since the moment she was lying in bed today, Mrs. Wang was unwilling to spend a dime to buy medicine for herself.
Luo Xuan had already made up his mind to separate and live alone.
When Mrs. Wang got angry at Xiaocao, Luo Xuan exploded completely. No one could change Luo Xuan's determination to separate the family.
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There was really nothing worth remembering about that home.
Feeling relieved, Luo Xuan thought wildly while grilling fish.
At this moment, Xiaocao's young voice sounded from behind: "Duoduo... I have something good for you to eat."
As usual, Luo Xuan pulled the small stool and patted it, "Xiaocao, sit down."
"Duoduo, here you go."
In the past, every time Xiaocao came to visit Luo Xuan, she would always come empty-handed.
Either bring a few dried red sweet potatoes or a few broad beans. When there is really nothing to take, Xiaocao will even grab a few corns for Luo Xuan.
Corn kernels can be roasted in a fire shovel or used as snacks.
Luo Xuan smiled and turned to look.
But they were shocked to find that what Xiaocao brought this time was actually an egg!
Luo Xuan was shocked in his heart: Xiaocao saw that his family was separated, was he worried that he would not be able to live well?
So she didn't hesitate to risk her own life and actually stole Wang's eggs?!
If you steal eggs from home, Mr. Wang will give you a beating!
"Duoduo, why are you looking at me like this?"
Xiaocao raised his head proudly and said to Luo Xuan with a proud face: "Xiaocao, listen to Duoduo, Xiaocao never steals anything. This egg was given to Xiaocao by my mother. Everyone in the family has one."
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Speaking of which.
Xiaocao suddenly realized something, and her expression suddenly darkened, "Duoduo, you don't have any eggs... Wuwu, Duoduo, you go back. If you go back, you will have eggs to eat..."
Luo Xuan reached out and pinched Xiaocao's nose, "What's so rare about eggs? From now on, my brother will give you rice every day and meat once every three days!"
Xiaocao is too young, and she doesn't understand the warmth and warmth of human beings in the world.
She just thought that Luo Xuan would go to Wang to admit his mistake, just like Luo Xiaoxin and Luo Xiaozhong did after they made mistakes, and if they were scolded by Wang, everything would return to the way it was before...
"Xiaocao, it's okay."
Luo Xuan handed the egg back to Xiaocao, "Xiaocao, you can eat it. My brother is grilling fish! This is much more delicious than eggs. Don't you smell the fragrance?"
"Smell it, the grilled fish tastes really good!"
Xiaocao took the egg and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth. A puzzled look appeared on his little face, "Douduo, why is dad rolling on the ground? Is it because there are too many lice on his body and the bites are making him uncomfortable?"
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Luo Xuan was stunned when he heard this: Luo Tiezhu is rolling on the ground?
Men in rural areas are not in the habit of using such a big move!
