Back to the era with space supplies

Chapter 278
"That's what's left, but it's not all yours." Zhao Hongbing said, licking his lips and counting out eighty cents from the small red cloth package in his palm, "Mo educated youth, this is compensation." Do you have any objections to the medical expenses for Si Zhiqing and the accommodation expenses in the county for those few days?"

Zhao Hongbing waved a few ten-cent notes in his hand.

Mo Bei was silent, nodded seriously and said three words, "No objection."

Zhao Hongbing nodded in satisfaction, and handed the money directly to Si Ningning. After Si Ningning took it, he turned sideways and waved his hand, "That's all, there's nothing else, just watch yourself busy!"

Zhao Hongbing came suddenly and left quickly.

Si Ningning glanced at the ten-cent bill in his hand, then at the Great Unity and a few colorful bills in Mo Bei's hand, swallowed the words "no" and silently handed over her share of income. into the pocket.

Zhao Hongbing's assignment like this must be fine. If she wants to talk more, it will only cause trouble, so it's better to be more direct.

"Si Ningning."

"Ok?"

Si Ningning took a step forward and turned around when he heard Mo Bei's voice, "What's the matter?"

Mo Beiling opened and closed his lips lightly, as if he had been entangled for a short time, and raised the cooing hen in his hand a little awkwardly, "Here, can you help me?"

"Hmm..." Si Ningning hesitantly gave a "hmm", stared at the gap between the tree shadows for a while, then withdrew his eyes and answered Mo Bei's question, "I should be fine with cooking, but if you kill chickens , I'm not good at it."

It's not bad, it's very bad.

Si Ningning doesn't know how to kill chickens, and don't expect the cold-faced young master Mo Bei who has always been pampered to do so.

The two stood there in embarrassment for a long while in silence. Xu Shuhua, who came back from the well after washing the radishes, saw them and broke the silence first:

"What are you doing here two times? Seeing Buddha's meditation?"

Si Ningning lifted his chin hard into Mo Bei's hand, and made a random excuse, "The captain said that Mo Bei performed well, and rewarded him with a hen. He entrusted me to kill it. How could I do it?"

Si Ningning spread his hands out, looking extremely helpless.

Xu Shuhua glanced at the two of them with a funny smile, "What's so difficult about killing a chicken? When are you going to kill it?"

Xu Shuhua's gaze fell on Mo Bei, "Shall we kill now? If so, go to the kitchen and get a bowl. The kitchen knife is by the well."

Si Ningning also set his sights on Mo Bei.

She really doesn't know how to kill chickens. If Xu Shuhua plans to kill chickens at this moment, she will take a look and learn from it.

If you can't do anything else, Si Ningning is still very confident in her learning ability. She has a general understanding of the operation process, so she can try to do it directly in the space when she turns back.

Mo Bei was silent for a while, and under the blazing gaze of the two, he nodded slightly, "It can be killed."

After saying that, he looked at Si Ningning again, but Si Ningning didn't notice, but ran to the kitchen to get a bowl the moment Mo Bei's voice fell.

Mo Bei had no choice but to keep the words in his stomach for the time being.

Xu Shuhua was killing chickens by the well, while Si Ningning and Jiang Yue squatted down to watch.

Everyone was very envious and curious about the origin of this "reward", and they always talked about it consciously or unconsciously.

Si Ningning knew all the reasons of the incident, so she was not as curious as everyone else. She squatted closest to Xu Shuhua, on Xu Shuhua's left. When everyone was chatting, she stretched out her hand to help Xu Shuhua.

Si Ningning stretched out her hands frequently, Xu Shuhua seemed to see her purpose, her eyes were bright and thoughtful, and she stopped to explain to Si Ningning every step:
"Just like that, step on the two chicken feet with your feet, hold the chicken head with your hands and pinch it with the wings, won't it leak out?"

Xu Shuhua put down the kitchen knife, and tapped the chicken's neck, "Pull off this piece of chicken feather to expose the neck, so that one knife will do."

After Xu Shuhua finished speaking, she had already pulled off the chicken feathers, picked up the kitchen knife, and scratched the chicken's neck back and forth, and the chicken's blood gushed out immediately.

Xu Shuhua put down the kitchen knife hastily with a "click", quickly pulled the prepared bowl and smashed the bloody chicken neck. She raised her head and smiled at the people around:

"The first step is almost here. Let the blood out of the chicken. When the blood is almost done, the chicken will not move anymore. At that time, you can boil hot water to molt the chicken feathers."

The chicken blood gushed out quickly, Xu Shuhua's voice fell, and the old hen had already struggled hard at the beginning to gradually stopped moving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Song Xiaoyun stood up and volunteered, "Then I'll go heat the water!"

After saying that, he ran back to the house in a "thump-thump-thump" manner.

Mo Bei watched for a while, but couldn't find a suitable opportunity to speak. After Song Xiaoyun ran away, he pondered for a while and said, "Let's eat tonight, let's eat together."

Si Ningning was engrossed in watching this, and raised his head when he heard this, "You looked very serious when you met last time, this chicken was given to you by the captain, how dare we eat it..."

The things belonged to Mo Bei, so what Mo Bei wanted to do with it and what he wanted to do with it, logically speaking, Si Ningning didn't care about it, and he didn't want to meddle in his own business.

But she always remembered that it was because of her that Mo Bei shed so much blood.

This chicken was originally compensated by others to nourish Mo Bei's body and spirit. There must be no shortage of meaty people who order so many educated youths. Turning around and fighting with chopsticks on the table, how much can Mo Bei eat?
How can you replenish your body if you can't eat anything in your stomach?
Si Ningning's brain was running fast, and he looked around at the crowd and chose an answer: "If you think we are embarrassed to watch you eat alone, then you eat chicken, and let us deal with the offal."

This statement neither hurt Mo Bei's face nor made everyone feel dissatisfied.

As soon as Si Ningning finished speaking, someone scratched their heads and agreed: "It is reasonable to say that we shouldn't want chicken offal, but Mo Bei, you shouldn't eat chicken offal, right? Then you can let Si Zhiqing try it at that time, maybe you can also eat it." What kind of fresh and delicious taste is there?"

Mo Bei originally wanted to use cooking to interact with Si Ningning. He didn't care about who ate the food and how much he ate, so he nodded without thinking, "Okay. "

"call……"

Hearing this answer, Si Ningning was relieved.

Mo Bei, the eldest young master who doesn't know dry food and bitter grass, she is really afraid that he will screw with her, and when the time comes, food will be eaten, and everyone will lose face.

Fortunately, Mo Bei shut up in time.

Si Ningning was bouncing up and down with his heart, when Xu Shuhua called out in surprise from his side, "Ah, look at this chicken!"

Si Ningning quickly took a closer look, and saw that Xu Shuhua had broken open the chicken belly, and took out a whole egg with a white shell from it. Besides, there was a small bunch of egg yolks that were round and round like bunches of grapes.

"This is still a hen that is laying eggs. If you don't kill it and keep it, it will be no problem to see that the number of egg yolks is stable for two days."

"Speaking of which, it's a pity that this chicken was killed!"

"It's nothing to be sorry about. Who would have predicted this in advance?" Xu Shuhua chattered and laughed, "Okay, you all should spread out! It's getting dark, and you can't see anything if you gather around here."

Only then did the crowd realize that it was getting late, and hurried back to the house to pack up their dirty clothes and soak them for washing tomorrow.

Si Ningning and Jiang Yue sent back the cleaned radishes together, and when they came back again, they took the unused jars from the house to the well to wash them.

During this period, she and Xu Shuhua talked together one after another:
"It's getting dark in a blink of an eye. It's so fast every day."

"Who said no? Thinking about it now, we've all been here for half a year."

"Really? Oh my god, it's true! Did we live too comfortably here? Time flies too fast!"

"Isn't it good to live comfortably? Last time I went back to the town, I heard that the lives of the educated youths in the nearby brigade were not easy. I heard that they even broke their heads and went to the commune because of being a teacher."

"Really? Really? Tell me in detail?"

There is no shortage of people who like to gossip, especially among the female masses.

The girls chatted enthusiastically with each other, but Si Ningning, who was the first to open the topic, fell silent.

Si Ningning silently busied himself washing, and listened to his ears in his spare time. When he heard something interesting, Si Ningning would also smile along with him.

They were all [-]-[-], [-]-[-] girls, chattering and laughing, the atmosphere was lively and full of youthful atmosphere, so happy and beautiful.

Si Ningning was very concerned about Mo Bei, the benefactor who helped him. He considered the method of making chicken that was the easiest to absorb nutrients, and also considered that Mo Bei couldn't finish eating a whole chicken.

After pondering over and over again, Si Ningning chopped a chicken into small pieces, first took the offal and a quarter of the chicken and blanched it, and prepared to make soup.

As a result, Xu Shuhua discovered her intention and stopped it forcefully.

What Xu Shuhua stopped was none other than letting Si Ningning pour out the chicken soup, "What are you doing? There's still so much oil floating on it!"

Xu Shuhua leaned close to the gourd scoop filled with water and took a deep breath, "It's all meaty, so delicious! You take out the chicken you made for Mo Bei, and give me the rest of the soup mixed with the chicken, and I'll cut it up Throw chopped scallions in together with salt to ensure that there will be nothing left at the bottom of the bowl after they eat it!"

"Hey……"

Si Ningning stretched out his hand, before he had time to say anything else, Xu Shuhua had already poured the soup from the gourd ladle into the sea bowl, took out another bowl and poured out the chicken from the pot, and poured out the remaining soup and chicken miscellaneous Put it into the previous sea bowl.

"Ningning, let me take care of this matter, ah! You, continue to be yours!"

"Hey, Shuhua..."

As if guarding against her, Xu Shuhua had already run out the door with a sea bowl in her hand.

Si Ningning was speechless for a while, and slowly withdrew his hand.

To be honest, my feelings are quite complicated.

The background of the times makes it difficult to have a full stomach, so no one is willing to waste a penny if they are stained with meaty and oily things.

Probably because she had experienced and seen too many similar things during her time here, Si Ningning suddenly felt an unspeakable melancholy feeling in her heart.

I can't say it's sad, but it's really too painful...

At this time, it is really necessary for someone to stand up, guide the change, and slowly open up a new situation.

While thinking about it, he found a small earthenware pot and poured the chicken into it, added water, some salt, and a little shredded green onion. Si Ningning stirred it with chopsticks until it was almost evenly mixed, and put a bowl upside down on the mouth of the earthenware pot. .

Pushing aside the charcoal fire in the stove, Si Ningning carefully pushed the clay pot in and started to simmer over the charcoal fire.

Without a gas stove, it is impossible to simmer on low heat. If you boil it directly in a pot, the soup will be boiled dry quickly. This method is relatively safe at present.

After finishing all the work, Si Ningning fetched a few buckets of water into the house, first half filled the basin, and then put a half-filled wooden bucket into the basin, and Si Ningning found a sea bowl to hold the remaining chicken Pai in a barrel.

There are two layers inside and out. Now that the weather temperature has dropped, these chickens can be stored for two to three days without any problem.

Si Ningning shook the handle of the bucket to make sure that the sea bowl floating on the water would not sink to the bottom, so he stood up and prepared to go out for dinner.

At this moment, Song Shuhan's voice came from outside the door:

"Where is Educated Youth Si? What are you busy with? Let's go out for dinner first."

"It's here."

Si Ningning bent his eyes and smiled, "da da da" ran out.

I ate dinner for nearly four and 10 minutes, and when I came back from the wash, I just smelled a strong fragrance coming from the kitchen.

Just now a large pot of soup that was stained with oily and meaty smell was shared, and everyone was already full, but they could smell the rich and craving aroma, and their mouths watered again unconsciously.

In order to avoid embarrassment when making a fool of themselves, a group of people pushed and dispersed:

"I'll take a shower today, I sweat a lot during the day."

"I'm going to fetch water to take a bath, I'm exhausted, so hurry up and go to bed..."

"It seems that the door of the vegetable field is not closed properly. I'll go and have a look."

"..."

In the blink of an eye, half of the people in the main room had left.

Si Ningning blinked hesitantly, and turned his head to look at Mo Bei, "You ate a lot just now, can you still eat it now? Now the chicken is firmer, if it is stewed for a while, the meat will be softer."

"...can be eaten."

"Then I'll take it out." Si Ningning responded and walked towards the kitchen.

Mo Bei followed closely behind, "Do you need my help?"

"No, you don't know how the clay pot was placed. If you let it come, it's okay to knock it over. If it's hot, it's really not worth it."

"...Well then, be careful."

"Ah."

Si Ningning let out a "hmm", and was already sitting at the mouth of the stove and busy with work.

There is no kerosene lamp in the kitchen, and the light is very dim, but there are still some scattered sparks in the stove, which can be seen more or less.

Si Ningning wet the rag and grabbed the handle of the pot, and slowly dragged the pot out, "Get out of the way...get the bowl first! I'll take it to the main room."

"it is good."

After Mo Bei gave way, Si Ningning took the hot clay pot to the table in the main room and put it down with all his might.

The kitchen was pitch black and nothing could be seen, Si Ningning groped to the chopping board, used a kitchen knife to push the pre-cut green onions into his hand, took a handful of chopsticks and left the kitchen.

Throw the chopped green onion into the pottery, and then stir it with chopsticks. At this time, Mo Bei is already sitting obediently at the table with a bowl.

Si Ningning glanced at the position of the bowl, rolled up the dishcloth and picked up the earthen pot to pour some soup out first, "Taste the saltiness first?"

(End of this chapter)