Chapter 211 The Pain of Cleaning Up
Ning Xiyue looked down at the spoonful of venison that Yunmu had scooped out for her in the bowl, touched her bulging belly, took a deep breath, and resigned herself to eating.
As Ning Xiyue ate more and more, she thought that she would not want to see hotpot for a long time after this meal. She had really had enough of this hotpot. She ate so much that she saw stars and her stomach churned when she saw hotpot.
This wild deer has a lot of meat, weighing about 160 kilograms. Excluding the fur, internal organs and other things, there are about 64 kilograms of pure meat and a large amount of bones.
Their family of five ate from noon to night, and most of the day was spent on eating. At first, it was very comfortable to eat and play at the same time, but later on, their stomachs were unknowingly bloated.
When the decision was made not to serve the dish, only 12 pounds of the deer's meat had been eaten, leaving 52 pounds of venison and about 90 pounds of bones.
At this time, the five of them could not eat anymore, but there was still some meat left in the pot.
Thanks to this meal, no one wanted to see hot pot again tomorrow, but the meat in the pot couldn’t be wasted, and there wasn’t much left and they were too lazy to clean it up.
Yun Xiulan looked at the meat in the pot, stood up with a colander and scooped a large spoonful of meat from the pot.
Who to eat the meat became a big problem.
She looked around at the four people sitting at the table. Her intention was obvious: to pick someone to clean up the mess. However, she decided to be polite before using force. She looked at them and asked, "Who else wants to eat? I'll give him this spoonful."
When the four people present saw the steaming meat in the colander in Yunmu's hand, there was only rejection in their eyes.
No matter how delicious the hot pot is or how tasty the meat is, no one wants to see it or eat it at this time.
Cleaning up is the most painful.
Ning Xiyue burped. She could feel the meat reaching her throat, and the burp almost made the food she had eaten come out.
She quickly lowered her head, avoiding sight, protecting the outside of the bowl with her left hand, and using chopsticks in her right hand to pick up the condiments in the bowl and eat them, pretending that there was still meat in the bowl, and then shook her head vigorously.
"I don't want it. I have some in my bowl. Give it to dad or my older brother."
Yun Xiulan shifted her gaze from Ning Xiyue to Ning Hai and asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm done eating, enjoy your meal."
Ning Hai, who usually pays more attention to facial expression management, couldn't keep a straight face for the first time. His nose, eyes, eyebrows and the wrinkles on his forehead all revealed a sense of rejection and a bit of pain.
He put his glasses on the side and put them on his nose. He even took out a newspaper from his pocket and opened it to read it seriously. He also moved his bench back a step, indicating with his actions that he had left the table.
Yun Xiulan did not force it. She shifted her gaze to her two sons below with a firm look in her eyes.
Ning Qingyuan was the first to cover his bowl, glanced at his elder brother, then smiled at his mother and said:
"Mom, my eldest brother was seriously injured a while ago. He needs to eat more warm and nourishing food to make up for the physical deficiency caused by the injury. Give the remaining meat to my eldest brother to nourish his body. I am strong and healthy, so I don't need to eat it. I won't compete with my eldest brother for it."
Ning Qingzhi: You are such a good brother. There is no need to be like this.
The second brother is unkind and he is going to be unjust.
Ning Qingzhi looked at her mother and smiled considerately:
"Mom, my brother has suffered a lot in the countryside. He works hard every day and should eat more to nourish his body. The remaining meat will be taken care of by my brother and me. You just sit down and drink tea to digest it. Don't worry about it."
"Okay, okay, you are so considerate, eldest brother. I'll give the food in the pot to you and second brother. Especially second brother, eat more."
Yun Xiulan glared at Lao Er and spoke in dialect: "Open your hands, I'll count to three."
Ning Qingyuan was so scared that his body trembled. He silently removed his hand that was covering the bowl and handed the bowl to Yun Xiulan.
"That's what a good kid should be." Yun Xiulan smiled and poured all the meat in the large colander into Ning Qingyuan's bowl. "Eat slowly. I'll help you scoop out the meat."
The latter spoonful was only half full of meat. Ning Qingzhi readily took his bowl to catch it. He liked this spoonful better than the second brother's full spoonful.
Ning Xiyue secretly gave her elder brother a thumbs up under the table.
Old ginger is still spicy.
It was clear from the look in her mother's eyes just now that she wanted the two brothers to share the meat in the pot, but the second brother's cleverness ended up hurting himself.
Such a big spoonful of meat had all stuck out, and it made her feel uncomfortable just looking at it.
Ning Xiyue laughed at her second brother in her heart, and silently took out two digestive tablets from her pocket and handed them to him as encouragement.
Ning Qingyuan took the digestive tablets with a bitter face, looked at his complacent elder brother with resentful eyes, then lowered his head to look at the meat in his bowl and poked it with chopsticks with resentment.
Under the pressure of the mother's influence, he didn't dare to go too far. He picked up the meat slowly and ate it, chewing it with tears in his heart.
Whose family can eat so much meat that they want to vomit? Only his family. He used to crave meat, but now he hates meat. How can he be so ungrateful? Woohoo, he despises himself.
Ning Qingyuan swallowed the meat in his mouth and saw that there was still a lot of meat left in the bowl. He continued to cry in his heart. Woo woo, it would be better for him to be ignorant. He never wanted to eat hot pot again, and never wanted to eat venison again! !
"There is no meat in the pot anymore." Yun Xiulan saw the pain on his face, put down the colander in her hand and told him the good news.
"That's good."
Ning Qingyuan and Ning Qingzhi relaxed visibly.
Ning Xiyue also put down her chopsticks and stopped pretending to eat the chopped peanuts in the condiment. She stood up and took out a box of hawthorn slices sold by the supply and marketing cooperative from the cupboard at the back and gave everyone a few slices to help digestion.
Ning Hai lowered the newspaper in his hand and moved it farther away, revealing his head. After waiting for a while, he folded the newspaper in his hand and put it back in his pocket.
The sooner he dies, the sooner he will be reborn. Ning Qingyuan retaliated by coating all the meat in the bowl with mashed garlic and stuffing all the meat into his mouth at once. After a few chews, he finally finished the meat in the bowl.
He took a sip of the tea made with dried hawthorn and swallowed the two digestive tablets in his hand.
He completed the whole process in one go. In the end, he dragged a chair over and sat on it. With a big belly, he looked lazily at Ning Xiyue who was eating hawthorn slices and stretched out his hands.
"Sister, give me another digestive tablet and some hawthorn slices to help my stomach move. I'm so full."
Ning Qingzhi put down his chopsticks, his expression unchanged. It was hard to tell whether he was full or not, but his honest hands and mouth showed his condition: "Little sister, give me one slice too."
"Okay, wait a moment." Ning Xiyue took out a bottle of digestive tablets and started by giving one tablet to each of her parents, then a few hawthorn tablets to each of them, and finally a small packet of intestinal and laxative health tea bag to soak in water.
The five members of the family each found a chair to lean on, taking a digestive tablet in their mouth, gnawing on hawthorn slices bit by bit like grinding their teeth, and occasionally taking a sip of health tea.
Half an hour later, after the whole family took turns going to the toilet, their stomachs finally felt better, no longer bloated or bloated. Their stomachs felt better, and their hearts also felt relieved.
Yun Xiulan was half lying on the chair, feeling so comfortable that she didn't want to move. She looked at the mess on the table and said, "Big Boss and Second Boss, go wash the dishes."
"Okay, you guys take a rest, my brother and I will take care of it."
Ning Qingyuan felt better, his hands and feet became nimbler, and he slowly and steadily cleared the dishes on the table.
Ning Qingzhi nodded, wiped the table with a rag, and poured hot water into the pot to wash the dishes.
The two of them were busy and having a lot of fun.
Seeing that they were busy and happy at work, Ning Xiyue looked away and continued to leisurely drink tea and chat with her parents.
Yun Xiulan frowned as she looked at the meat spread out in a large wooden basin, feeling worried: "Yueyue, there's so much meat and bones left, what should we cook?"
It was the first time she was worried about having too much meat. She wanted to buy some meat to satisfy her hunger at home before, but she couldn't get any meat even though she had money and meat coupons in her pocket. It was really difficult to buy. Who would have thought that she would be worried about having too much meat today.
Ning Hai took a sip of health tea and suggested: "Why not smoke the meat and the ribs together, and use the remaining bones to make broth."
Ning Xiyue swallowed the hawthorn slices in her mouth and offered her own suggestion: "We can also make meat sauce so that we can take it away later."
Both ideas were good, and Yun Xiulan adopted their opinions: "Listen to you two, let's do it this way. We can save it for later and use it as New Year's goods. Let's get it ready tomorrow morning."
After deciding what to do with the meat, Yun Xiulan felt much more relieved.
Ning Xiyue simply went to get her father's radio and listened to the storytelling.
After adjusting the channel, Ning Xiyue and her parents lay comfortably on the chairs and closed their eyes to enjoy the show, clapping their hands to the rhythm and shaking their heads from time to time.
Ning Qingzhi and Ning Qingyuan heard the sound on the radio and quickened the pace of washing the dishes.
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The next morning, the whole family got up together and worked together to make bacon, meat sauce, and soup. Before noon, all the venison was ready.
Four pieces of smoked meat were made, using a total of 32 pounds of meat, which was hung above the stove to smoke.
The remaining meat was all chopped into minced meat and fried with spicy sauce.
The last twenty kilograms of raw meat were used to make sauce, and the harvest yielded twelve kilograms of meat sauce.
"Huh, we've finally finished processing the meat." Yun Xiulan took a sip of the tea Ning Xiyue brought over to catch her breath, and she began to worry about Ning Qingzhi's marriage again: "Boss, will you have a group wedding with your comrades in your army on the wedding day?"
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