Chapter 11

At noon today, the sky over Wangjia Village was filled with a strong smell of meat and bone soup. All the dogs in the village almost drooled and howled greedily.

Just after lunch, the village chief brought his two sons and two daughters-in-law to Mingyue's house.

The village chief took out a small book bound in yellow paper and handed it to Mingyue, "Mingyue, the pork is finished. There are 56 households in our village, and each family gets two catties of meat. If the bones are not enough, mix wolf meat with it." , but it’s fairly evenly distributed. This is the account book. You keep it and put it together with the list that lent you money last time. It’s clean, there’s still suet, that bucket is pig’s blood, didn’t you say you want to fill it with blood sausage, I also specially left two catties of pork belly for you, and I asked your two sisters-in-law to help make bacon. These pigs can eat bacon after eating. I left five big bones for you. There are many people in your family who drink soup. How many pieces do you want to keep outside? Let your brother put the rest with the bacon. Keep it in the well and eat slowly. Brother Wang will go to the town to sell wolf skins for you tomorrow."

The eldest son of the village chief's family was very simple and honest, and he walked to the corner with bacon and bones.

"Sister, I know where your well is. Your mother dug it so that you could eat cool melons and fruits in summer. I came to help at that time. It's been a long time since I came to you. Home. I’ll leave you a big bone first, and put the rest in the well for you, and you can take it whenever you want.”

The eldest daughter-in-law of the village head's family walked quickly to Mingyue and said in a low voice: "We secretly left you three big ribs, and you can eat them slowly. When your two uncles and you are growing up, You have to eat well, by the way, don’t let others know, lest they say that father-in-law is partial to sharing things and it’s unfair. Although everyone won’t rob you, there are a few women in our village who like to say that it’s a typical example of being good-looking when you get cheap , listening to their nagging is also disturbing, isn't it?"

The second child and the second daughter-in-law of the village head's family put the buckets they were carrying in the yard.

The second daughter-in-law said: "By the way, Mingyue, your elder brother Wang's house is making meat sauce, and he said that I will send you some later. When you get busy farming, I just eat it under the meat sauce. Everything in your house is sold." Now, wait for your sister-in-law from his family to come and count the money with you, so you can rest assured."

The second child asked: "Sister Mingyue, what do you do with your pig's blood and intestines? I'll help you. I haven't changed the clothes I just killed the pig. I just went home to wash after I finished my work for you."

It was a bit hot at noon today, Mingyue let the two younger uncles go home to take a nap after lunch, Mingyue had just finished feeding Mu Yunkai rice soup, and seeing how enthusiastic these people were, she couldn't help it.

She put the empty bowl on the stone table in the yard, called the village chief to sit down, and then went to the side to talk to her brothers and sisters-in-law.

"Brother, it's ok, leave a bone, that's enough. Sister-in-law, thank you. Second brother, please help me fill the blood sausage. I will tell you the method. I will leave it to you. I will change the pig's large intestine, lungs, and kidneys." Dao, you all come to my house to eat at night, and then call Big Brother Wang's family, thanks to your help during this time."

The village chief grabbed Mingyue and said earnestly: "My child, we divided all the wild boars and wolves you killed, which is enough to express our gratitude. We can't come to your house to eat. One is that we are too many people, so please cook. It’s time-consuming, not to mention that it’s mainly a food waste. Second, we all come to your house, and we will have ideas when we are seen by others. Speaking of which, they all helped you; Take it back a little bit, and treat it as eating at your house, listen to me, and do the same with your brother Wang's house, I will help him deliver the food from his house, and then, if you should go to the field, go to the field Also, you can’t hunt in the future. You can go into the mountains by yourself. Remember to call the men in the village. Although they rely on the mountains to eat mountains, as long as you work hard, you won’t starve to death. Take the risk, and, look, the prey you brought back will be distributed to everyone, and every family should contribute to the hunting in the future, and you must remember my words!"

Mingyue agreed with a smile, and then went to cook.

She made stir-fried kidneys, husband and wife's lung slices, fatty sausages, and boiled blood sausages, and made a copy for the village head's family and Brother Wang's house.

The village head's family of five swallowed their saliva and went home with food baskets.

When the village chief returned home, he pointed to the food baskets brought into the kitchen by his two daughters-in-law and said to the old woman: "Look, this is Mingyue's handicraft. If I didn't eat pork bone soup at noon, I was full. I really want to eat two more bowls." Rice, she is like her mother, she has a very kind heart, treats us as a family, misses us in everything, and is also smart, as long as it is something to do, she can do everything very decently, with her With the dishes given, our family can have dinner in time for the Chinese New Year. Is the pig’s head roasted yet? You go and cut the roasted pig’s head and ears into a plate and send it to Mingyue! I just told the old Wang’s next door, Our two families will share less pork head meat, let Mingyue taste everything."

The village head suddenly remembered something, turned around and told the eldest son, "Boss, take your wife to each house to inform, and go together to help Mingyue dig the ground in the afternoon. You can't take the meat from others for nothing. The things they share with each family But it's worth half a tael of silver, and our family has received extra care from Mingyue girl, you two brothers will bring your daughter-in-law to help later."

Aunt Wang was making skin jelly at home. She looked at the dishes that Mingyue brought on the stove, and thought about the bowl of meat sauce she had just sent her eldest son. No matter what she thought, she felt that her family was being stingy, "Old man, the village chief next door Didn't you say that after the roasted pig's head meat is done, you have to share it with Mingyue. You can go to Mingyue's house with someone in their family later. You can find a small bucket for Mingyue's jelly, as well as our family's meat. Sauce, give Mingyue another bowl."

Uncle Wang saw Mingyue taking his younger uncles to the field, so he and the second son of the village chief chased them directly into the field with a bucket and a food basket.

"Girl Mingyue, your aunt insists on bringing it to you. She won't be happy even if I'm late, and she's afraid that someone will come to my house and take away your skin jelly. There is also a bowl of meat sauce. Your aunt said you are the best!" I love the sauce she made. If it’s not enough, you can ask your mistress to get it from my house. The pork head meat was given to you by the agreement of our two families, so you can keep it. Here, you can give it to me when you go home. , I'll dig the ground for you."

"Thank you Uncle Wang, thank you Auntie, thank you Village Elder and Second Brother, it's enough to eat, I don't have to worry about cooking this spring, you tell Aunt Wang not to give away, your family didn't get much meat in total , and gave me two bowls of meat sauce." Mingyue took the food basket and thanked her very much. Although the meat sauce was mixed with mushrooms, there was not much meat sauce to be made with a total of two catties of meat. The eldest brother’s family still has a large population, and the rest may not be enough to eat a few meals. Mingyue thought about going to the mountains tomorrow to catch some pheasants and rabbits and send two to his family. Land, after all, Brother Wang and his brothers don’t let their father work in the field now. It would be a shame for her to let the old man work for her family, so she directed Mu Yuntian to send the food basket and bucket to him. go back.

"My mother-in-law doesn't eat much at noon, so I just let her try some fresh food, maybe she likes it. Uncle Wang, second brother, you and Xiaotian can help me send the food back, and explain to Xiaotian how to store the food. Sorry to trouble you. Xiaotian, remember to invite Uncle Wang and Second Brother to have a cup of tea when you get home!"

Mu Yuntian happily took the food basket from Mingyue's hand, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Uncle Wang, Second Brother Wang, please forgive me."

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, look!"

The person who delivered the food had just been sent away, and then another group of helpers came.Mingyue followed Mu Yunhe's horrified eyes and smiled.

Mu Yunhe is simply Monk Zhang Er, "Sister-in-law, their fields are all planted, why are they coming out with hoes on their shoulders? Also, they are all coming towards us. Sister-in-law, I haven't done anything bad recently." ! If they come to wrong me, you have to decide for me!"

Mingyue gave him a sideways look, "Look at your prospects! Don't worry, they're not here to look for you, they're here to help."

Mu Yunhe finally put his heart back into his stomach, "But, sister-in-law, why did they come this afternoon? Our field is almost finished!"

Mingyue slapped him, "Okay. Shut up! You still have to push forward! Why did you come here this afternoon? Because courtesy is reciprocal. Before, people didn't know what kind of virtue your shepherds were, and they didn't know if it was worth helping, especially You, who knows if you will cause trouble for yourself?! I didn’t ask them for help before, and now everyone should think that our performance is okay, and this is all here. Remember, if you want others to treat you Well, you have to let people see your fiery heart and your sincerity and kindness first. Insights into the world are knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is writing. The way to get along with people is very profound! By the way, Speaking of learning, when I think about it, it seems that you two brothers have never read a book or written since I met you two. When the land is planted, your elder brother will soon be healed, and then you need to discuss with him about your studies. If you are young, you should read more."

Mu Yunhe scratched his head, and said weakly: "But, sister-in-law, it costs money to study, and it costs a lot. My third brother and I have been sleepy since we were young. Isn't your money wasted at that time!"

Mingyue twisted Muyunhe's arm hard, "You're not young anymore, why don't you have any ambition at all! Also, who said that I want you to study because you have to get fame? Only after studying can you understand, Only by being sensible can one be a good person, and one can be invincible in doing things in the future.”

Mu Yunhe yelled in pain, "Okay, sister-in-law, let go, I understand, I'll follow sister-in-law's orders. I'll go up to meet the folks."

While talking, the folks have already arrived at their home.

Seeing Muyunhe running towards the villagers, Mingyue also stepped forward to welcome everyone into the field.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief took the lead and greeted the young adults behind her, "Come on, move the fork and hoe in your hand, their family has three acres of land left, and we can help her family turn over the land with two strokes each. Did you see that over there? I’ll dig a cesspit at the head of her house later, the newly opened land needs fertilizer, and his family needs to fertilize it, and the crops will grow well with the fertilizer.”

Everyone yelled in unison, "Come on! Mingyue, just look at it!"

There were more than 200 people, and within an hour, all the work was done.

"Brothers and sisters-in-law, please go back! We will take care of the rest of the small work on the land and the edge of the cesspit. Thank you very much for today. When the work is over, I will invite everyone to eat meat and drink!" Mingyue saw that many people stopped their work. Farm tools, she knew at a glance that everyone thought the remaining work was too small, so she thanked everyone and let them go back.

Mu Yuntian was a bit slow in delivering things, and when he came back, the crowd had already dispersed.

Mu Yunhe sent everyone to the ground with a smile.

Mu Yuntian complained a little to Mingyue and said, "Sister-in-law, it's done so easily, why didn't you ask them to help?"

Mingyue handed the shovel in her hand to Mu Yunhe, and gave Mu Yuntian a shudder, "You think it's easy to ask for help? Don't ask for help so easily, keep the favor, and wait until something important happens before asking for someone. If you If you go to trouble others every now and then, no matter how good your temper is, it will bother you. When you encounter big problems, your favors will be used up, and everyone will bother you. Who will help you when the time comes. Besides, everyone before Helping me is to see my mother's face, they know how to be grateful, but I can't repay the favor, if you want to live a good life, you have to rely on your own ability, so that it can last for a long time."

"Oh, by the way, Xiaotian, what is mother doing at home? Does she still not eat?"

Mu Yuntian smiled and looked at Mingyue, "Sister-in-law, mother ate a whole plate of skin jelly, she also drank a bowl of porridge, and ate two steamed buns with meat sauce, don't worry."

After Mingyue asked, she regretted it, because Xiaomeng told her that her demon mother-in-law had enough food and strength to climb the wall at the moment...

(End of this chapter)

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