Li Gang smiled heartily, "Okay, medicinal herbs are precious things, I won't be polite with you." If the coalition forces met people with the same temperament as the Ningxia and Mu Yuanqing families, the two sides would not have been in a situation of mutual unhappiness.
After seeing off the three members of the Liu family, the people in the yard fell silent again.
Ningxia was silently thinking about how to preserve the meat.
Seeing her staring at the pile of meat in a daze, Lao Liao chuckled, "Ningxia, are you jealous? Don't worry, I'll make the decision as to your share. It's more than Liu Ximu's share."
Ningxia came back to her senses and forced a smile: "I'm not going to be polite with you guys. If you don't give it to me, I'll take it myself."
Old Liao laughed out loud.
"Squad leader, can this meat be smoked and stored for the cold months to sell for a good price?"
"Of course, mutton is not cheap. When you smoke it, use oak wood, it will taste better. I saw a lot of oak wood in the forest east of the river. I will take them to get you two when the time comes."
Ningxia smiled happily. Her thermal insulation material was one step closer to her! "Thank you, squad leader."
After eating and drinking her fill, Ningxia's already restless sleepiness returned. Leaving the rest of the energetic people in the yard, she went inside alone and fell into a deep sleep within a few breaths.
"Old Liao, where do you think is the best place to dig a vegetable cellar?"
"Isn't there no cement around the locust tree? Just dig there. I took a rough look and it seems like it should be no problem to dig a vegetable cellar."
"Don't make it too small. You might be able to harvest a lot of food from that field."
"It can hold 700 to 800 kilograms and still be small? Then why don't we go build a football field outside."
"Screw you! Then you look at the design and we'll start construction tomorrow. We've been out for nearly half a month, we need to hurry back, otherwise there will be a lot of nonsense in the camp."
"Why bother with them? When I don't want to live off the military pay anymore, I'll retire and live out my days in Ningxia."
"You are so beautiful. If Ningxia wants you, you can retire to your old age."
"I have a large sum of money in my account! Can't I use it to pay the rent?"
"Aren't you afraid that Sangsang will pee in your bowl?"
Sangsang, who was playing with the flower string with Xiaojie, looked up and frowned in disapproval, "Uncle Li! You can't pee randomly, you have to save it to feed Caicai!"
“Hahahahahahahahaha!”
The yard was bustling with activity until late at night when it gradually quieted down.
As daylight deepened, the yard began to stir. Ningxia stretched his sore muscles and stared blankly at the pots of mutton.
Ningxia first took out a large piece of neck meat and butt meat that she planned to eat this morning. After she finished her lunch, she would deal with these sweet troubles.
Several people in the room got up one after another, washed up briefly, and gathered around the locust tree, pointing and drawing. Ningxia didn't bother them and quietly moved the chopping board back to the kitchen.
If you want to dig a vegetable cellar in the yard, dust is inevitable, so Ningxia simply went back to the kitchen in the house to show off his skills.
It was almost nine o'clock. Ningxia took a few large bones from the basin, which had been cleaned of meat, and threw them into the big pot. She also added scallions, ginger, and dried chili peppers, then covered the pot and went about her business.
"Ningxia! Ningxia!"
"Hey!" Ning Xia heard someone shouting in the yard. She put down what she was doing and walked out quickly. "What's wrong, squad leader?"
"Come and see if this works?" Li Gang said as he handed over a simple blueprint.
This is the paper and pen that she borrowed from Sangsang. The little girl said frankly that she didn’t need to return it, and she looked like she owed it to him.
Ningxia stared at him for a long time. Lao Liao thought that his years of experience were not enough for her to appreciate, so he quickly asked what was wrong.
Ningxia looked intently at the shaded area, the arrows pointing in all directions, and the dotted lines. After a long moment, he looked up with a serious expression, "I don't understand!"
She was so arrogant that Lao Liao almost couldn't help but raise his hand to give her a slap.
"Squad leader, Brother Liao, your painting is too abstract. I really don't understand it."
Li Gang took the paper with a smile and pointed out the areas to her one by one. "Here, this area is the vegetable cellar, about four or five cubic meters. Look here, it's about two meters deep."
If the operation is not difficult, we will build a staircase for you. If it is not simple, we can only tie a ladder to go up and down. The location is here. The entrance is next to the locust tree. We are afraid of digging into the locust tree roots, so we stay away from it and dig outwards. It is probably at this location."
Li Gang said this, took two steps forward, and then said, "Down here is the vegetable cellar."
Ningxia was confused and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, okay, let's do this, squad leader."
Li Gang smiled and didn't make things difficult for her anymore. He could only pay more attention himself.
After finalizing the blueprints, several people put on gloves and started working. The four men were in their prime and worked very efficiently.
Ningxia went back to the kitchen, washed a pot of mixed grain rice and steamed it on another stove.
There are only two holes in total, one for making soup and the other for steaming rice. Ningxia originally wanted to stir-fry a small dish, but had to give up and turned to prepare the ingredients for the hot pot.
That's right, hot pot. I happened to have some dried wild mushrooms at home, so I soaked them in the mutton soup and dipped them in it. Ningxia could already foresee the exciting battleground at the dinner table.
"Xia Xia! Can I go play with my sister Qingtian?" Sangsang came over jumping.
"Where's your brother? What's he doing?"
Sangsang rolled her eyes, but still didn't dare to act crazy. She said honestly, "Brother... is studying..."
Ningxia put down the handkerchief in her hand and sat down in front of the stove. "How dare you say that?"
"Well...I already learned that this morning!"
"Go and call your brother over to me."
Sangsang went in with a giggle and pulled her brother out.
"Did she study this morning?"
Lin Yi looked at Ningxia and then at Sangsang.
Sangsang suddenly became unhappy, "Why are you looking at me? I learned it!"
Seeing her like this, Lin Yi spoke without hesitation: "She took out the picture book, flipped through it, and then read a few pinyin sentences."
"No writing?"
"My notebook was lent to Uncle Pee!" Sangsang frowned slightly and shouted at her brother in dissatisfaction.
Ningxia lowered his head and touched his swollen forehead. What a good child! He became like a different person when talking about studying.
Thinking of her past achievements, Ningxia felt inexplicably guilty looking into Sangsang's big eyes. She really didn't want to deal with this little girl. It was so annoying. "Oh, okay, okay, go ahead, go ahead."
Sangsang smiled happily.
"Let your brother take you there. You are not allowed to go out by yourself at any time."
Sangsang nodded obediently and reluctantly put her hand into Lin Yi's palm.
"Take her there and tell your aunt to come over for lunch. It'll be served in two hours. And if you're going out, take Maomao with you and let him go for a walk."
Lin Yi held onto the reluctant Sang Sang and nodded, "I understand."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com