Chapter 383: Sharpening the Knife to Kill Pigs and Sheep

"I'm afraid Madam will give birth in the next few days!" Doctor Mo said after taking her pulse.

Yang Chunhua's belly was bulging, after ten months of pregnancy, she was about to give birth.

It’s the end of the year and the baby in my belly should be coming out.

"Thank you, Mr. Mo!" Su Ying brought over a bowl of brown sugar and egg water.

"Oh, Lord Su, you are too polite! Why bother you to do it yourself!" Doctor Mo quickly stood up and took it.

"Mr. Mo, don't be polite. This is the countryside and we don't have many servants. We do everything ourselves and have enough food and clothing." Su Ying advised.

Doctor Mo was rescued from the Rong County Prison and recuperated for a few days in Doctor Ge's clinic in Wu County. Su Ying then took the master and apprentice to Huanggou Village.

It just so happened that Second Aunt was about to give birth and needed a doctor on standby, so Doctor Mo and his apprentice also had a place to go.

At first, Doctor Mo refused, fearing that it would cause trouble for Su Ying. Su Ying was an official, while he was just a commoner.

How can I have the nerve to rely on others when I can't repay them for saving my life?

Only when Su Ying said that there were elderly people and a woman about to give birth in her family and they needed a doctor did he nod in agreement.

Here, Dr. Mo was nourished with brown sugar and eggs every day, and he recovered quickly.

Feeling uneasy while idle in Huanggou Village, he saw Su Ying giving lectures to the children, so he took the initiative to teach the children about medicinal materials, common diseases and medication.

The happiest one was undoubtedly the little medicine boy Mo Shiyi, who studied with other children, learned to use an abacus, learned Arabic numerals, and received writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone for free.

There are people in the village who teach you how to press oil, make soy sauce, make vermicelli, and keep bees. I have learned a lot.

Lord Su also bought him and his master several sets of winter clothes, and they lived in the Su residence.

The food changes every day, and many of them are things he has never eaten before. Even brown sugar and honey are common here and can be eaten casually.

Mo Shiyi felt like a mouse falling into a rice jar and landing in a blessed nest. It felt as unreal as a dream.

He was originally a beggar. He wandered to Rong County in the cold winter and collapsed in front of the clinic due to burning all over.

Mo Lang softened his heart and gave the child some medicine and hot porridge, and the child came back to life.

Life was cheap at that time and could be saved by a bowl of porridge or a bowl of medicine.

After being rescued, he went to the clinic every day to clean and help attract customers.

Doctor Mo didn't let him work in vain, he gave him a bowl of porridge and a Hu pancake.

This made the apprentices who were studying at the clinic very unhappy, and they privately excluded him and drove him away.

But he just refused to leave, and was bumped into by Doctor Mo and several others who ganged up on him and bullied Eleven, beating him until his head was bleeding.

He scolded several apprentices and accepted Eleven as his apprentice.

These disciples finally calmed down, but they still did a lot of tricks in private.

Eleven is very smart, clever, and sweet-talker. He is good at identifying medicinal herbs. It didn't take long for him to surpass the older ones. Doctor Mo liked the little disciple more and more.

That day, a disaster struck and he was captured by the yamen runners.

Let the children go home and leave him in prison with no one to visit him.

Instead, it was this homeless little disciple who was guarding outside. He accidentally ran into Su Ying and others and was rescued.

Otherwise, he would be a tomb by now.

"Old sister, you can rest assured with Mr. Mo here. Erlang will definitely find a good wife!" Old Mrs. Su clapped Gao's hand happily.

Gao looked at her little daughter with loving eyes. Her face was round, fair and tender, her gaze was gentle, and she exuded the radiance of motherhood.

Although his son-in-law was busy repairing Dayuling Mountain and was unable to leave, he would occasionally ask people to send back some silks, precious medicinal herbs, supplements, and small items for the children.

I don’t know what was written in the letter, but Chunhua would always sit there happily for a long time.

"Burp, burp!" The howling of pigs came from the pigsty.

"Here, here!" Su Ying, Pei Sanlang, Zhou Wulang and others were catching pigs.

The pig weighed over a hundred pounds, and when it saw several people surrounding it, it had a bad feeling.

He ran for his life in the pigpen, jumping from one stall to another, screaming in fear.

Several other big and small pigs huddled together in the corner, shivering.

Second Aunt was about to give birth, so she killed a pig and made lard and pig's trotters into a soup.

I've been here for a year and a half, and except for the wild boar at the beginning, I haven't eaten pork since then. I'm getting impatient.

The New Year is coming soon, and it’s time to sharpen the knives and kill the pigs and sheep. Only by killing the New Year pigs can we have the flavor of the New Year.

Soon the fattest one was caught, its four hooves tied up, and pressed against the stone slab.

The water had already been boiled, and a wooden basin was filled with water and salt.

The children watched from afar, excited but also scared to see the slaughter of the New Year pig.

The woman, the children, and even Pei Sanlang were slaughtering a pig for the first time. They held up the sharp knife and didn't know where to stab.

"Aying, where should we kill it?" Pei Sanlang held the pig and asked loudly.

"Haha!" Everyone burst into laughter. No one really knew how to kill a pig!

"Whatever, just cut its neck!" Su Ying remembered the video she had seen, which showed how the New Year pig was slaughtered.

"Puff!" Peng Sanlang decisively stabbed the pig's throat with a knife.

"Burp, burp!" The pig wailed and struggled, and gradually became silent.

Then use boiling water to scald the hair, shave it, and cut open the pig.

In the afternoon, we had pig soup. All the villagers at home came to help, and each brought radishes and cabbages.

The raw materials are rice noodle intestines, pork liver, blood sausage, and lean meat, and then vermicelli, radish, cabbage, and old hen are added and stewed in a pot.

Here we cut pork belly into crispy meat, braise pork with sugarcane tips, and make braised pork intestines with pig intestines.

"Second Aunt, try it!" He picked up the crispy meat and handed it to Yang Chunhua.

She wasn't greedy at first, but when she saw the crispy and fragrant meat, Yang Chunhua's mouth was watering and she was extremely greedy.

"Is it delicious?" Su Ying asked.

"Hmm, delicious!" Yang Chunhua nodded. The crispy meat melted in the mouth. The fragrant oil filled the mouth with aroma after one bite.

"Sister, sister!" "Sir, sir!" Many children were waiting in front of the stove.

Each person was given a piece of crispy meat. The children all ran away, sat on the steps, snorted, blew on it, and then took a bite.

"Wow! It smells so good!" It was hot and I was busy eating it.

"Master!" Eleven took his piece and handed it to Doctor Mo.

"Eleven, eat! Master can't eat anymore!" Doctor Mo smiled. He liked watching the children eat.

"Master, it's crispy, try it! Look, even the old lady can eat it!" Eleven said eagerly.

"Okay, I'll try it!" Doctor Mo couldn't resist and broke off a small piece. He didn't eat it himself, and his disciple also refused to eat it.

"Crunch, crunch!" It's indeed crispy.

"Is it delicious?" Eleven asked.

"Mm, delicious, delicious!" Doctor Mo nodded.

"Aying, how did you come up with the idea of ​​frying the meat like this?" Madam Zheng broke the crispy meat into small pieces and ate them.

This pig has been castrated, so it has no mutton smell. Moreover, the meat is more tender, fatter and glutinous than that of a wild boar, and it is really delicious.

"I'm just greedy!" Su Ying picked up a small piece and put it in her mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound. The crispy meat tastes better when it's cooked on the stove.

"I also want to kill one of my own! It's a pity that Jin'an is not at home!" Madam Zheng envied.

But my son is not around, so I can’t eat it myself after killing it.

"Oh, I don't know how Jin'an and the others are doing? There's no letter from them! This child!" Madam Zheng muttered.

"You should get a letter in the next few days! The New Year is almost here, and whether you find your old friend or not, there should be a result." Su Ying comforted him.