Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 13 Wolf Meat
Xu Xiaomi had already figured it out on the way, they couldn't just carry the wolf home.Because wolves have a very sensitive sense of smell, and they live in groups and hold grudges very much.

It would be bad if they followed the smell to find their house tomorrow.Therefore, they must cut off the wolf skin tonight, clean the wolf meat and salt it, and discard the internal organs.

They saw Zhou Yuqing and Sanniu standing at the door from a distance, and as soon as they approached Xu Xiaomi, they asked Erniu and Sanniu to go home with their mother.

Let Er Niu go home and drink water, then send a big basin and a torch to the river.She and her father first carried the wolf to the river to clean the wolf meat.

The father and daughter, one tall and one short, came to the river to find a stone slab where women usually wash their clothes.Put the wolf down, first take off the motherless vine wrapped around the wolf, wash it and put it aside.

Put the wolf together with the branches into the water to wash the blood on the fur.Then lift the wolf out of the water and put it on the stone slab to prepare for skinning.

At this time, Er Niu was walking hard with a torch in one hand and a basin in the other.

Xu Xiaomi hurriedly ran to catch the pot and came to his father with Er Niu.With the help of the light of the torch, my father started to cut open the wound under the wolf's neck with a knife. The wolf's skin must be cut well to sell for a good price.

Therefore, Xu Erqiang didn't dare to scratch in the dark. At this time, a torch was lit, and he seized the time. After half an hour, a intact wolf skin was cut off.

Xu Erqiang very reluctantly cut off the wolf's internal organs and threw them in the river to let the water wash away.In fact, he really wanted to take the offal home and cook it up, but Xu Xiaomi refused.

Xu Xiaomi said: "Father, I don't want the internal organs. It smells too wolfy. If you take it back, it will attract wolves. Throw it in the water and let the water wash it away. By then, even if the wolves find it, the smell will be gone." son.

The wolf meat is marinated with salt to clean the blood, and when it is cooked with some chili and wild onions, the wolf will not be able to smell it.”

The main reason Xu Xiaomi did this was because she was afraid of wolves' revenge. After seeing (Wolf Totem), she never dared to underestimate wolves again.

The cold wind blew by the river, and the torches were blown into flames. Xu Xiaomi hurriedly reached out to hold the torches under the wind.

Xu Erqiang had already put the wolf meat in a basin and covered the meat with wolf fur to prevent the blood from flowing out of the meat and invading the fur.

After Xu Erqiang finished everything, he brought his children home with a large bowl of wolf meat.Xu Xiaomi walked behind her father holding the Wuniangvine, and Er Niu held the torch.

Although the flames were blown to and fro by the cold wind, she still saw that her father's hand holding the basin was already red from the cold, but he was still walking briskly towards the house, as if his hand didn't feel cold at all.

In fact, this pot of wolf meat is really a timely help to their family!With this pot of wolf meat, he will be able to eat meat during the Chinese New Year, and the children don't have to swallow while watching others eat, and he has confidence in his heart and even walks energetically.

When they got home, Xu Xiaomi dried the motherless vine in the dustpan under the eaves.

The younger sister ran to Xu Xiaomi and said, "Sister, go eat quickly. Mother made white noodle pancakes and white rice porridge, and your fried sausage is delicious."

"Okay! Sister will go right away, you should go to bed, have you washed your face yet?" Xu Xiaomi took her by the hand and walked into the kitchen.He pinched his sister's face with one hand and asked.

"I want to sleep with my sister!" San Niu insisted.

"I put her to sleep. She said she would wait for you to come back. If I don't care about her, you should coax her!" The mother said to her when she saw her walk in while boiling hot water in the stove.

Both father and Er Niu came in from the outside just after washing their hands.She saw that her mother had put the hot food on the table.Xu Xiaomi and his father sat around the table with his younger siblings for dinner.

After dinner, she said that she was too tired today and asked her sister to go to sleep with her mother first.My father and younger brother were exhausted all day today, so let them all go to bed early.Wait until the family is asleep.

She was busy adding water to the pot, and she wanted to wash the blood from the wolf meat with hot water.Then, all the meat is smoked with fragrant branches and leaves so that it cannot be smelled as wolf meat.

When all this is done, it will be dawn!Xu Xiaomi sat down and thought, is she too nervous?
If there were wolves in this forest, there would be no one in this Xujia Village.But now there are fifty or sixty families in Xujia Village.It seems that I have never heard of wolves entering the village!

well!I really thought too much and made myself tired all night.Fortunately, their home is at the end of the village. If they were in the middle of the village, they would attract the attention of many people!

However, it's already done anyway, no matter if she thinks too much?It's always good to be prepared.

Think about it today, the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the last day of this year. I have to sell the Wuniang vine and wolf skin and then buy some food.Let's get through the New Year first!

After the spring of the new year, there will be more things to be found in the mountains, but this year is sad!
I thought about selling the motherless vine today, but it's still wet!She had to find a way to dry it out, and she was thinking of looking at the smoked wolf meat.

She took the wolf meat down and put it in a pot, and took the motherless vine and put it on a shelf made of branches.Use a firewood stick to plan the remaining fire in the stove, so that it can quickly dry off the water on the motherless vine.

Xu Xiaomi sat in front of the stove and hugged her legs. She wanted to cook after the vines were dried.She watched the fire in the stove flickering on and off and slowly fell into thought.

She thought of all kinds of things in her previous life, happy less sad and more desperate.Thinking about it, she fell asleep in a daze...

"Girl, girl, why did you fall asleep while sitting at the door of the stove?" Xu Xiaomi was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by his father's voice, rubbing his sleepy eyes with his hands.

oh!Suffered!Is Wu Niangteng all right!She was so frightened that she jumped up from the stove door, ran to the back of the stove and touched the vine without feeling any water, so she hurriedly carried the vine into the basket and put it away.

Remove the branches on the stove and put them in a pot to wash the pot and boil water.Seeing that she was so busy, my father sat in front of the stove and lit the fire.

She washed the rice and poured it into the pot, and then started making noodles.She's still going to make pancakes this morning.Bring a few when you go to the market, and you will have lunch.

When the porridge was ready, she scooped up the porridge in a basin and started making cakes.Mother also got up when she heard the movement of the father and daughter in the kitchen.

Asking her to wash Xu Xiaomi feels strange that she hasn't brushed her teeth for the past few days, but people here just rinse their mouths with salt water, so she can only do this. The era without toothbrush and toothpaste is really sad.

She vowed that if she had the ability in the future, she would definitely make toothpaste and toothbrushes.It's unbearable not to brush your teeth for a long time.

She simply washed her hair and hadn't combed her hair for several days. She took apart the bun she had combed and asked her mother where is the comb?Mother brought her a wooden comb with several teeth missing.

She took over and combed her hair casually and tied it in a ponytail with the original blue cloth strips.After she finished her hair and rice, she took a few bites and found it tasteless.In the morning, I don’t even have kimchi for cakes and porridge, so I can make do with it when I’m hungry.

But for a person who stays up all night, it is bland.Staying up late is already tasteless and eating tasteless food is even more tasteless.

Xu Xiaomi put the bowl and chopsticks away and turned around to find a better earthenware pot, and packed the roasted fat sausage for Uncle Pork.

He said to Xu Erqiang who was still eating: "Father! Today we went to the town to sell the mother-free vine and wolf skin, and then bought some things for the family. The wolf meat was smoked and there was no salt on it, so it would not be long. I need to buy salt and come back to pickle the wolf meat."

"Okay! I'll be fine soon!" After speaking, Xu Erqiang drank the porridge in the bowl and wiped his mouth with a cloth, patted the ashes on his body, touched some water with his hands, and wiped it on his hair. His hair looked more energetic when his hair was shiny .

Xu Xiaomi and Zhou Yuqing looked at him, and he turned his face and said, "I'm going to be in good spirits today! From now on, I want to let my wife and children live a good life. I also want to save a dowry for our eldest daughter. Hehehe !"

Seeing Xu Erqiang's difference today, Xu Xiaomi couldn't figure out why this taciturn father suddenly became so funny!

She didn't know the reason until Xu Erqiang said it himself many years later, it was because the pot of wolf meat gave him confidence.

But today Xu Xiaomi still gave her father a thumbs up and said, "Okay! Daddy, we all support you! Hehe!"

After speaking, she took Zhou Yuqing's arm and shook it: "Mom, right!" Zhou Yuqing was so moved that she smiled and nodded with red eyes.

(End of this chapter)