Mrs. Chen was indeed right, the Chu family had never eaten mutton.
Mutton is generally only eaten by the rich and powerful, and ordinary people cannot afford it. However, people like the Chu family rarely even eat pork, let alone mutton.
No wonder everyone is so excited about getting chicken blood.
In fact, Mrs. Chen was also greedy. She also wanted to taste how tender and delicious those lamb scorpions were, and then drink a hot bowl of mutton soup to warm her stomach and replenish her body.
Mutton soup is very nourishing.
Eating it is good for your health.
She has been worried and tired about this family, but she has worked very hard, so she deserves to eat something good and take good supplements.
Well, the old man should also make up for it.
Then there’s Dalang, who works hard at school and should eat better.
As for the others, it’s good to have steamed buns to fill their stomachs. If they want to eat mutton, we don’t want to see if they have that fate!
Old Chen complained naggingly that Chu Pinggui should not spoil his children and grandchildren, "It would be good to cut off a leg of Chao Chaan and taste the mutton soup. Who has such a method to make it? It will be difficult for him in the future? Such a big one
Sheep can be exchanged for a lot of money..."
Chu Pinggui interrupted her angrily, "That's Zhao Di and Ning Yatou who are replenishing the body of the third child! If you want to exchange money, don't ask her if she can agree."
Old Chen choked, and then said angrily, "Does that useless thing like the third child deserve to eat meat?!"
Chu Pinggui said, "If it hadn't been for the third child, the wolf would still be muttering in the kitchen, and you would just wait to starve."
He warned Mr. Chen to be tight-lipped so as not to make Chu Ning hate them even more, "...be more calm in the future and don't let her get the handle, otherwise no one knows what she can do."
Hearing what he said, Old Chen was angry, resentful and felt useless, "I don't believe I can't deal with her."
She leaned forward and whispered, "Do you think the goddess can't suppress her? Why don't you invite a Taoist priest?"
"Do you have money?"
"... Da Lang has it at his place. Just borrow it and use it first."
Chu Pinggui glanced at her, "Don't mess around, wait until I have a good talk with the third child."
After a moment of silence, he continued, "If you think about it, that girl didn't take the initiative to cause trouble..."
Old Chen glared and was about to speak, but he stopped him by waving his hands irritably, "Stop talking, I know what I'm saying, just listen to me."
"I can't live my whole life without letting a junior sit on my head and dominate me."
Chu Pinggui ignored Old Chen's nagging and just lowered his eyes to think about things secretly.
"Erlang! Erlang! Come here!"
The Chu family was killing a sheep for the first time in a century, but everyone was so excited that they didn't care about the cold weather. They all ran to the yard to watch the fun, especially the little ones. They were all happy and happier than during the Chinese New Year.
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Even Chu Dalang was among them.
Of course, he would not do such rough work. He came here not only to watch the sheep being slaughtered, but also to supervise Chu Shouyi skinning the sheep.
He wanted to use sheepskin to make a pair of boots for Mr. Fang Xiucai.
As his father, Chu Shouren also had his eye on the whole sheepskin, but he wanted to make boots for himself.
That's why he was particularly fond of him. He put his hands behind his back and hunched his neck to give instructions, like this, this, that, that, as if he knew better than anyone else.
Except for the couple who only had mouths and no hands, everyone in the yard was jumping up and down excitedly. Even the youngest Chu Liulang was not idle. He was handing over knives and carrying basins. He was so busy.
Very happy.
Not to mention Chu Erlang, they are all married, but he is more excited than the other children, and even after being injected with chicken blood, he dances more happily than anyone else.
After Old Chen shouted at the top of his lungs several times, he responded without looking back, "What are you shouting for? Didn't you see that I was busy?"
Mrs. Chen was a little angry, but she didn't lose her temper. She just said loudly, "Go to Dongzhai Village and call your second aunt."
If the eldest daughter hadn't been far away in the town and it was difficult to travel at night, she would have wanted to call all the eldest daughter's family.
But it doesn't matter if it's too late tonight. Anyway, the weather is cold and the food can be stored. Leave a portion for them and call them over tomorrow.
Lao Chen had planned well. It was rare to eat mutton, so of course he couldn't leave his two daughters behind. However, brothers Chu Shouren, Chu Shouyi, Chu Shouzhi and Chu Shouxin quit. "It's just such a small amount, and our family is not enough to eat."
Well, mother is still thinking about outsiders..."
"Who is the outsider?"
Old Chen said angrily, "Who do you think is an outsider? Yunxia is your sister, how come you have become an outsider? Her surname is also Chu!"
"Come on! The daughter who got married, the water was thrown away, she is now a member of the Qiu family."
Being mercilessly beaten back by her eldest son, Old Chen was angry and annoyed, but she had no choice but to vent her anger on Chu Erlang, "My words don't work now? Why don't you go quickly!"
Chu Erlang replied without raising his head, "I don't have time, I'll find someone else to do it."
Old Chen was so angry that he scolded people, such as white-eyed wolves and unfilial children. He scolded her very harshly, which made Chu Shouyi and Yang very dissatisfied. Wu also quietly rolled his eyes at her several times, but Chu Wanqiu felt quite relieved.
, she no longer wants to see this selfish brother.
Chu Shouyi choked Mr. Chen a few words and stamped her feet in anger. In the end, it was Chu Pinggui who came forward to stop the farce.
After watching the excitement, Chu Ning was in a good mood. He grilled the entire hind leg on the fire himself, without adding any seasoning, and gave it to Red Wolf half-cooked.
Then he filled up rice porridge and fed Xiao Huihui, and then waited leisurely to drink mutton soup.
Mutton needs to be boiled for an hour before it becomes tender. But everyone in the Chu family was so hungry that their eyes were glowing green, so there was no need to wait. Chu Pinggui said that he would drink soup first tonight and make pancakes with the already smelly mutton soup to satisfy his hunger.
, save the mutton for tomorrow.
Chu Shouxin immediately refused, "That's not possible! What if the mutton is put in the pot and someone eats it secretly at night?"
Others were also clamoring to eat meat, and Chu Pinggui could only let them go, "Then just wait."
But in the end they couldn't hold it back and started eating the meat as soon as it was cooked and before it was rotten. Each of them ate a bowl of soup and two pieces of meat first, while the food in the pot continued to be chaotic.
In the middle of the night, I was starving again, and I was so impatient that I couldn't care less about being unruly, so I didn't put food in the upper room, so I just picked up a bowl and found it in the kitchen.
Squatting down somewhere and eating.
Fortunately, the kitchen is big enough, otherwise there would be no room to squeeze in.
"Huh~, it's so hot, so hot."
"This mutton soup is really good. One bite will warm your stomach immediately."
After Chu Shouren sighed, he started to sip and sip. The others were also enjoying their meals and had no time to talk. Suddenly, the whole kitchen was filled with the sound of slurping.
Everyone was smiling with joy.
Even Chu Pinggui, who was in a heavy mood, temporarily put those troubles behind him.
The whole family just stayed by the stove fire and the steaming hot pot with fragrant aroma, and had a wonderful meal.
In the end, everyone was full.
Even Qin, who was always cautious, ate very well.
At first, Mrs. Chen wanted to be in charge of the ladle and control everyone's portion. Her children and grandchildren would eat more meat, and her daughter-in-law and granddaughter would prepare more soup. Especially the third-bedroom mother and daughter, it would be nice if they could give them bowls of soup. They also wanted to eat meat, so the door was closed.
No.
It's just that she forgot how the pot of mutton came from, but Chu Pinggui didn't forget, so she didn't get what she wanted.
Mrs. Chen, who soon became confused after eating, had no thoughts to worry about it, so Ms. Qin and her daughter had a rare meal of comfort.
No one is looking for trouble, no one is suppressing you, and being able to finish a meal in peace is a comfortable meal.
After noisy for most of the night, after eating and drinking, everyone wiped their lips and went back to their houses with satisfaction, preparing to see Duke Zhou. However, Chu Shouli was left behind by Chu Pinggui.
Chu Ning didn't care about him, hugged Xiao Huihui and went to sleep.