When Lin Shan and the others returned exhausted, Han Zheng had already split all the bamboo and was now repairing it. They really didn't have the energy to help, so the two of them panted and thanked him, "Brother Han, you've worked so hard, thank you."
"Go and have a rest." Han Zheng curled his lips.
The two of them ran straight to the kitchen. They were now tired, hungry and thirsty. When they smelled the rich fragrance in the kitchen, the gluttons in their stomachs protested strongly and started to growl on the spot.
Yun Huaying was still frying the last dish. When she saw them coming back, she guzzled water. She was too thirsty to talk to her. She smiled and called out outside, "Han Zheng, it's almost time to eat. We don't have enough bowls here. Go home and get two bowls to fill up your grandfather's food."
"good."
Han Zheng had just finished his work. He quickly moved the trimmed bamboo under the eaves, cleared the small space in front of the house, and then went home with a hatchet.
Old Man Han was also working in the afternoon, plowing the soil. When he came back, he was panting with exhaustion, and his simple coarse cloth shirt was soaked with sweat.
"Grandpa, there's hot water in the pot. You go take a shower first. Huaying has cooked some food. I'll bring it up for you." Han Zheng said, and before the old man could say anything, he rushed downstairs with the bowl in his hand.
Seeing that his heart was completely devoted to the female comrade and he wanted to stay with her all the time, Mr. Han, as an experienced person, smiled, said nothing, and went to the kitchen to fetch water for a bath.
Jiang Yuan simply washed herself and came over to serve the dishes. She found that tonight's meal was very sumptuous, with several meat dishes. Just smelling them made her mouth water. She said, "Yun Huaying, you said you would make vegetable porridge before, why did you cook so many vegetables?"
"I'm so hungry today. I feel like I can eat a whole cow right now." Yun Huaying replied and went out with the rice pot.
Jiang Yuan laughed when she heard this, and followed with two bowls of food, laughing non-stop: "I can even stuff a cow in my stomach."
Lin Shan was setting her chopsticks. Seeing that they were all delicious dishes, she smiled and announced the names of the dishes: "Spicy rabbit, scrambled eggs with wild garlic, pumpkin soup, and pheasant stewed with dried mushrooms. They are all great dishes to go with rice. I have to have two big bowls tonight."
“And tofu.”
Jiang Yuan brought another bowl of dish. She only knew that it was white tofu, and the tofu soup was red and thick. She didn't know what the dish was called, but she was drooling just by looking at the appearance.
"Mapo tofu." Yun Huaying came over with a spoon and scooped several large spoonfuls into Grandpa Han Zheng's bowl. "This tofu is soft and goes well with rice. Even people with bad teeth can eat it."
Han Zheng picked up some of each dish and filled a large bowl with rice, and passed it to the old man first, "You guys eat first, no need to wait for me."
They are all polite people. It is impossible for a guest to eat before the host, or pick up the chopsticks first even if they are very hungry.
Since there were no outsiders around, Yun Huaying quietly told them the good news: "Today I caught fifteen pheasants and rabbits in the mountains."
"so much!"
The two people who were originally in low spirits and tired suddenly became energetic.
In fact, there were more than that number, but she had to leave some for the gray wolf to eat, and she couldn't tell the two of them about this. She pointed in the direction of the hidden things, and the corners of her mouth rose: "Han Zheng also got a lot, and hid them in the mountains for the time being. I'll get them back when it gets dark. I'll sell them on the black market tomorrow."
"Hua Ying, someone will find out."
There are many people in the village, and everyone has sharp eyes. When she came back from the mountain with a basket on her back today, Lin Shan noticed that all the neighbors were looking into her basket, as if they had a pair of X-ray eyes.
Yun Huaying had certainly thought of that, but she had help. She smiled and told them, "Han Zheng is also planning to sell his goods. The rice mill on the team is about to be topped off, and they need to haul a truckload of black tiles back. The tractor driver can't go tomorrow, so the team leader asked Han Zheng to help haul it. This is just the right time to load the goods onto the tractor and transport them away."
With Han Zheng helping to cover for them, they weren't afraid of being discovered. Jiang Yuan smiled and reminded them, "Yun Huaying, wait until the team starts work tomorrow morning before you leave."
"I understand."
Yun Huaying doesn't want to be targeted, as she wants to make a fortune by selling wild game in the future.
"Huaying, do you want to clean up these wild game before selling them?" Lin Shan asked her.
"No, it's better to sell them alive."
Yun Huaying asked Han Zheng as soon as she came back from the mountains. He had experience in selling game and understood the market prices. She just needed to follow him tomorrow.
As for the chicken and duck eggs in the space, she would find a separate opportunity to sell them later. She didn't have to worry about not being able to sell them. She could sell as many as she could. The only thing she had to consider was to avoid being tracked by spies.
Han Zheng came down quickly and saw that they hadn't started eating yet, so he sat down immediately: "You've worked hard today, eat quickly."
"I'm really exhausted today. My palms are all blistered."
Lin Shan stretched out her right hand to show them. After just a few days of labor, calluses had appeared on the palm of her right hand, and there was a very obvious blister.
In fact, she was in a bad mood today, feeling a little sad and uncomfortable, and especially homesick, but she endured it and didn't show it.
Yun Huaying leaned over to take a look and said, "After you take a shower, I'll pick the blisters for you and apply some medicine. You'll be fine by tomorrow morning."
Jiang Yuan was much better off than her. She had done a lot of heavy work at home before, and her hands were already covered with calluses. Although digging and turning the soil was tiring, there was no rush to finish the work, and she could take a break at any time, so she could still bear it.
Yun Huaying scooped a large spoonful of spicy rabbit meat for each of the four people and pointed at the peppercorns in the dish with her chopsticks. "This is the peppercorn I picked in the mountains today. It's very spicy and can remove the fishy smell. Don't eat it."
Lin Shan had just stuffed a mouthful of rabbit meat into her mouth, and there was a Sichuan peppercorn in it, which she had chewed up. Her expression was exaggerated and ferocious: "Oh my God, this little Sichuan peppercorn is too numbing."
"Let me try." Jiang Yuan was interested and even took a grain from the bowl to eat.
Han Zheng also tried it and found the taste acceptable to him. "People in the mountainous cities of Sichuan Province like to eat Sichuan peppercorns. They have a spicy flavor and often grind them into powder as a seasoning. It's quite delicious when added to dishes."
Yun Huaying is not picky about food taste, she likes spicy, fresh, fragrant, sour and sweet food. She continues to eat with the bowl in her hand. She is not slow at all when picking up food, and her eating manners are very elegant, with a bit of indescribable heroic spirit.
A big pot of sweet potato rice was cooked tonight. The three female comrades drank two large bowls of rice each. Han Zheng had a big appetite and ate three full bowls. He even ate the last layer of golden rice crust with the soup.
"I used to eat one bowl of rice at most at home, but after coming here, I never eat one bowl of rice for a meal. I always eat two bowls at a time."
Lin Shan touched her stomach inconspicuously. She felt a little full, and it was slightly bulging. She smiled awkwardly, "With such a big appetite, I have to work hard every day to earn work points, otherwise I'll really starve."
"We won't starve. I asked Mrs. Wang and the others before. The work points we earn every day are not the most, but not the least either. It's about the same as Wang Huiyu and the others. If we accumulate like this, the food we get next month will be enough to last us a month." Jiang Yuan was most concerned about this issue and had already inquired about it.
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