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Chapter 461: Deer Intestine Feast with Stuffing

When Chai Feng and Chai Bing's children came back from school and saw so many people in the house, they greeted everyone in a low voice. Then they were much more obedient than usual and sat quietly at the table eating their meals. After they finished their meal, Chai Hongyan took them to the east room to do their homework.

Chai Liangyu, Xu Ning, Sun Jiwei and others were drinking tea, smoking and chatting around the table. Chai Liangyu did not organize any entertainment activities. He believed that the Sun family came here to do business, and if they arranged to play poker or mahjong, it would seem too lazy. It would be better for them to sit down and chat, so that they could get to know each other faster.

It was not until after nine o'clock, when everyone was a little tired, that they arranged rooms for Old Sun's family. Old Chai's house was a newly built brick house with seven rooms. Jun, Xu and Xu Ning lived in the second east room, and Wei, Ye and their family of four lived in the third east room. The bedding was newly made, and when you held the quilt in your hands and smelled it, you could smell like it had been dried in the sun.

Of course, sleeping on a kang in the countryside will inevitably cause an earthy smell, which is unavoidable, unless the kang is not heated and the stove is placed under the eaves of the courtyard.

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly.

After breakfast, Chai Shao, Sun Jiwei and others went to the back garden to take a look at the half-dead doe. The reason why the deer was in this state was that the wild animal was depressed after being locked in a cage. Moreover, since the doe was brought to Old Chai's house, Chai Bing had not fed it, and at most gave it two scoops of water.

Why? Chai Bing didn’t want the deer to have too much food in its stomach, so he let it clear its intestines first, which would save him a lot of effort when it came time to clean it up.

In the outer room, the three sisters-in-law, the second mother and the third aunt were washing the pots and gathering firewood to throw into the stove.

They all took off their exquisite clothes from yesterday and changed into normal working clothes for rural old women. Second Mother and Third Aunt wore Third Sister-in-law's clothes. The three of them had similar body shapes and new shoes, but they wore the black cloth shoes sold in Second Sister-in-law's store.

Chai Hongyan had two pigtails and wore a floral dress and blue pants. When Sun Lianjun saw her, he stared at her for a long time. She looked quite charming and seductive. Her outfit was completely different from the way she was at Old Xu's house yesterday. She had completely changed her style.

Er Niang was not as good at praising people as Liu Lizhen, but Third Sister-in-law was very good at it. She praised Er Niang and echoed her, making Chai Hongyan blush. Finally, it was the eldest sister-in-law who spoke up and asked her to go around the store with Lian Jun, Baotong and Lian Xu.

This is a very important statement. The shop is owned by the Chai family, so what is the meaning of selling it? It must be to announce to others that the eldest granddaughter of the Chai family has a boyfriend. Moreover, Sun Lianjun looks good and can chat with others. He will definitely gain a good reputation in Wangxing.

Chai Hongyan first sent her younger brothers and sisters to school, and then went to the courtyard with Sun Lianjun, Xu and Baotong. Chai Baotong wanted to take Xu Ning to the store for a stroll, but Xu Ning was the elder, so Chai Shao gave him a look and Baotong ran away in shame.

"This child seems to have never grown up, and his eyes are dull!" Chai Shao said angrily.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Brother, it depends on who you compare with, but I think Baotong is pretty good. Last year he didn't like to chat much, but this year he can chat with anyone. Isn't this just growing up?"

Sun Jiye said: "Not really. My son Xu was also introverted in the past two years. He would not say a word to anyone he saw. He has gotten much better in the past two years. You have to give your child time to grow up."

"Hey, that's because my old man is protecting me, otherwise I would definitely have to educate him!"

When it comes to educating children, Chai Shao actually tends to be reasonable, but sometimes he just can't communicate with his children, so he can't help but slap them. Chai Liangyu heard the noise and ran over with a broom, chasing Chai Shao and slapping him hard. Chai Baotong has Chai Shao to protect him, and he made Chai Shao angry a lot when he was little, so he felt a little aggrieved.

At this time, everyone opened the cage door. Chai Bing, holding a cigarette in his mouth, grabbed the rope that tied the doe. He and Sun Jiye worked together to pull the doe out of the cage. Because the doe was in a depressed state and her hind legs were tied, she did not struggle at all and fell to her knees on the ground under the force of Chai Bing and Sun Jiye.

"Just slaughter them here?" Chai Shao asked.

Sun Jiwei said, "Let's clean up the front yard. The backyard is full of vegetables. It would be a disaster if it flutters around a few more times and destroys the vegetables."

"Okay, listen to Second Brother! Third Brother, you two pull the front legs, Second Brother and I will pull the back legs."

Xu Ning stood by and said with a smile: "Then I'll go to the front yard to set up the table. What kind of knife should I use?"

Chai Shao said, "Ask your uncle to find a boning knife. It's on the kitchen counter. I sharpened it last night."

"Got it!"

Xu Ning trotted back to the outer room. At that moment, Chai Liangyu was picking up knives. He pointed at the sharp boning knife and said, "Master, use this."

"Okay! Then what are we going to use to collect the blood? Just pour it into the wine bottle?"

"No, just use a large basin to collect the water first, and then pour it into the wine bottle."

Chai Liangyu smiled and nodded. He carried the boning knife and the large basin, while Xu Ning picked up the kang table leaning against the wall, and the two of them came to the courtyard.

The kang table was placed near the lower room, and Chai Shao, Sun Jiwei and three others also came over carrying the doe.

"Oh my god, this deer is so heavy."

They threw the doe on the kang table. Chai Bing stood behind the doe wearing boots and rain pants. Sun Jiye pressed down on the doe's body, while Sun Jiwei and Chai Shao pinched the deer's legs.

Xu Ning placed the basin under the doe's neck, turned around and said, "Master, cut it."

Chai Liangyu said with a smile: "I haven't slaughtered a deer in many years. I slaughtered a pig only two years ago. Why do you just stab it here?"

"Well, I'm still as good as ever, and I can always find the right one."

"Hahaha, you only say nice things."

Chai Liangyu raised his head and laughed twice, then stabbed the doe's neck with a knife. The doe was originally in low spirits, but after the knife was stabbed, it kicked around with all four hooves and its body moved up and down. Fortunately, Chai Bing, Sun Jiye and others held it down, otherwise it would have definitely fallen off the table.

Xu Ning squatted in front of the deer's head, holding a basin in one hand to collect the deer's blood. Because the deer's head was also shaking around, Chai Liangyu grabbed the deer's two ears after stabbing it with a knife and locked it tightly...

Only when the deer blood dripped into the blood basin did Xu Ning quickly remove the deer blood basin and carry it into the outer room.

"Sister-in-law, please save some of this deer blood. My uncle wants to make some deer blood wine."

"How much should be left? Should we fill up all the bottles of wine on the counter in the room?"

Xu Ning lifted the door curtain and took a look, then said, "We normally drink one and a half cups from a bottle. Any more will be too fishy."

There was more blood in this basin of the female deer than that of the big male deer, because the crotch of the big male deer was bitten by the blue wolf, and a stream of blood was flowing. Secondly, it died halfway, so the blood in its blood vessels had spread into the flesh.

In the courtyard, Chai Shao grabbed the boning knife and cut open the doe's belly, took out the intestines and threw them into the basin. This intestines was a complete set, including the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys. The intestines that Xu Ning threw away when he went hiking in the mountains before were just a bunch of intestines.

"Er Ning, are you trying to peel my skin off? I can't handle this."

"to make."

Xu Ning took the bloody boning knife, held the deer's head and cut it off in circles, then cut along the edge of the knife used by Chai Bing to separate the deer skin and fat, and then cut the deer leg from the knee, and the entire deer skin came off.

"This knife technique is quite neat!"

"Not bad."

Xu Ning put the deerskin on the window edge of the lower room and said, "You become skilled at skinning by doing it often. I was a little hesitant to skin the old leopard before, for fear of damaging the skin. But then I thought, it's just like that, what can I do if it gets damaged? Just do it boldly."

"Of course, gentlemen should show some courage. Being slow in doing things will easily make people laugh at you," said Chai Liangyu.

After that, Chai Shao and Sun Jiwei took the basin hanging from the lantern to clean the intestines, while Chai Bing took a look at the placenta, which was empty, with nothing in it.

Normally, May and June are the time when deer give birth. There is nothing in the placenta of this deer, so there are only two possibilities. One is that it has given birth, and the other is that it has not conceived. However, the latter possibility is extremely small. It fell down the mountain among the deer herd and was surrounded. So Xu Ning guessed that its baby was either killed by other animals or ran away with the herd.

"Can this placenta be soaked in wine?" Chai Bing asked secretly. Xu Ning said, "Yes, but it has to be dried in the shade before soaking, otherwise it will be too fishy."

There is an essential difference between deer fetus and deer placenta. The twins that Xu He gave to Xu Ning were taken out of a pregnant doe, including the formed fawns, placenta, and amniotic fluid.

The deer placenta is commonly known as deer skin. There is nothing inside it but a placenta. It is much cheaper than deer placenta, and its medicinal effect is slower to take effect than that of deer placenta.

Chai Liangyu grabbed the deer's hind legs and chopped it with the axe in one hand. He was very energetic. He enjoyed doing this because it was fun and gave him a sense of accomplishment.

In the past, he supported his family by himself, and as long as his family had enough food, he was considered to be supporting his family. Whenever he slaughtered pigs and deer, he would look at the three little creatures standing next to him, and he would be very motivated...

"Your second brother Xiao Qian was the worst. He didn't like eating deer intestines, so he threw them on the roof. I beat him several times for that!"

"Hahaha, then is my second brother happy to eat now?"

“I don’t feel like eating now…”

Chai Shao came over and said with a smile: "One time your uncle forced him to eat something, but he vomited after taking a bite. Just as your uncle was about to do it, I quickly stopped him. Do you know why?"

Xu Ning rolled his eyes and asked, "Is there stuffing in the deer intestines?"

"Hahaha, that's not so great! I don't know who prepared the sausage that time, but the stuffing was not cleaned up properly, and your second brother took a bite and almost sprayed it on your uncle's face."

When everyone in the court heard this, they all burst into laughter.

Fortunately, Chai Feng went to work in the store. If he was here, he would definitely be embarrassed.

Although these gentlemen were busy, they did not slack off from their work. Instead, in the jubilant atmosphere, they finished cleaning the deer intestines, deer heads and deer hooves in a short time.

After finishing their work, the old men went into the house to drink tea and chat, while the old women took over the job of braising and chopping meat. They threw the cleaned venison, venison head, and venison intestines into a large pot and blanched them with water. They chatted while the water was warm and the fire was on. The topics they chatted about were quite vulgar. If someone as shy as Xu Ning heard them, he would definitely be embarrassed...

At this time, Chai Hongyan, Chai Baotong, Sun Lianjun and Sun Lianxu came back. They were not idle in the shop either. When someone came to sell things, they would chat with them. When there was no one around, they would find some snacks to eat. Chai Feng was sitting in the shop, so how could he let his nephew-in-law down?

The whole deer feast was not served until after 1 o'clock. On the two tables were steamed venison dumplings, pie, deer head with sauce, deer offal soup, fried deer kidneys, deer hooves stewed with deer tendons, roasted venison skewers, deer blood tofu, deer meatballs, fried deer meat, etc.

Chai Feng closed his eyes when he saw the fried deer intestines, and calmly placed them in front of Sun Jiwei, saying with a smile: "Second brother, you should eat more deer intestines, this stuff tastes better."

“Hahahaha…” As soon as he finished speaking, the people at the table burst into laughter.

Chai Feng stared at Chai Shao in bewilderment, and when he saw him smirk twice, he understood and muttered, "Why are you talking about this again? It's been so many years."

"How many years have passed that you can't tell me? You're still being picky. Do you want to drink or not?"

"Hello! I will spend some quality time with my second brother today..."

"Haha, OK! Then let's just slide down slowly today."

Then everyone started eating. Xu Ning picked up the venison chop. It was stewed in clear soup and had a slight fishy smell, but it became delicious when dipped in garlic water. Chai Baotong smiled and opened a bottle of Arctic Ocean soda for Xu Ning, then ran back to his seat.

Chai Shao drooped his eyelids and commented: "Well, this is quite sensible."

"My eldest grandson has good eyesight, but you have a problem with your eyes and can't see!"

"Hahaha..." The people at the table burst into laughter.

Chai Liangyu was a man who loved to joke. Sometimes he would bring up something on the table and talk about it. Combined with his eyes and expression, it was easy to bring joy to people. But Chai Shao and others did not dare to laugh, because if they laughed out loud they would be punished.

He grinned and said, "Come on, let's raise our glasses and have a drink."

"okay……"

This whole deer feast was delicious. In addition to the deer chops, Xu Ning also took two bites of deer kidney and deer intestine. It did have a bit of a fishy smell, but he could accept it, unlike Chai Feng who refused to eat a single bite.

At around 3 o'clock, everyone's faces were flushed from drinking and their bodies were emitting heat, but they didn't put down their glasses and continued to chat non-stop...

At this time, someone outside the courtyard gate shouted twice.

The third sister-in-law took a look and said, "Brother, Accountant Liu is here."

Everyone looked out the window, and Chai Shao stood up and said, "Second brother, you guys drink first, I'll go out and take a look."

Sun Jiwei and others nodded. He walked out the door and waved, and Accountant Liu walked in.

"What's up, Lao Liu?"

Accountant Liu said bluntly, "I just received a call at the village office, and they said they were looking for Erning from the Chai family. I think Erning might be your brother who is good at hunting."

"Yeah! It's my brother. Who is the person who called?"

Accountant Liu said, "I think it was his third uncle."

Chai Shao was stunned: "A call from Qing'an City?"

"OK."

"Ah, wait a moment, I'm still in the room."

"Okay, I'll wait at the door."

Chai Shao hurriedly turned around and went back to the house. Chai Liangyu looked up and asked, "What's the matter, Liu'er?"

"He just received a call saying he was looking for Erning. Erning, this should be your uncle in the city calling. He may have something to ask you."

Chai Liangyu frowned and said, "Since the call has reached this point, there must be something wrong. Boss, you and Erning go over and take a look..."

Xu Ning stood up and said, "Master, no need. Let my elder brother stay and have a drink. Baotong and I will go over. It shouldn't be a big deal. Maybe I have done something brave and righteous."

Sun Jiwei's eyes lit up and he said, "I think so too. Then go quickly and don't make my brother wait too long."

"Well, Baotong, let's go."

Chai Baotong jumped up and followed Xu Ning. When they reached the courtyard gate, they saw Accountant Liu. Chai Baotong waved and greeted him with a smile. Xu Ning had met Accountant Liu before, so he called him "Brother Liu". Then the three of them walked towards the village office.

The village office was quite quiet, as most people were busy working in the fields. Only in the morning and evening people came to deliver shovels and pickaxes. The three of them entered the house, and Xu Ning sat down, picked up the phone and called back.

(End of this chapter)