Chapter 11 Sugar Water
Xia Daohua was not idle just now.
While hiding in the supermarket, she observed the outside through the floor-to-ceiling mirror, listened to the secrets between Xia Yujiao and this familiar stranger, and hurriedly drank two cans of 100% fruit and vegetable juice.
After drinking the fruit and vegetable juice, she simply didn't want to go out.
The temperature in the supermarket is comfortable and pleasant, there are food and drinks, beds and quilts, so living alone in it is not a problem at all!
But if I think about the care the Xia family has for Xia Daohua, I will know that if I just disappeared like this, they would definitely be very anxious and worried. They might even search all over the mountains and fields for me. The sound of them calling my name would keep me awake even if I hid in the space supermarket.
Xia Daohua couldn't ignore their feelings, so she had to give up this shortcut to a comfortable life.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Xia Daohua slipped out of the space and hurriedly trotted back home.
Linghua and the others have already gone back.
It is said that Linghua and Zaohua were very happy to eat freshly cooked blood sausage and pickled cabbage at the headman's house. When they saw Xia Daohua coming back, they complained to her angrily:
"Where have you been? You disappeared in the blink of an eye! I left a big piece of blood sausage for you, but it was almost snatched away by Liu Lang! In the end, I saw that you were taking a long time to come, so I had to eat it myself!"
Xia Daohua smiled and touched Linghua's head: "I don't like blood sausage, you can eat it yourself."
Before she finished speaking, everyone looked at her in surprise.
Xia Daohua immediately realized that she had probably said something wrong. Of course, she didn't like blood sausage, but the original owner must have liked it very much!
Xia Daohua was a little nervous and swallowed awkwardly.
Then, seeing the looks in everyone's eyes, she suddenly felt relieved. Jiang smiled with relief and reached out to stroke her newly grown hairy head:
"Our Daohua has grown up and become sensible!"
Linghua also reacted, and immediately couldn't help but bared her white teeth and angrily blurted out to Daohua:
"You are stupid! Why are you being so modest to me in front of the village head? When you eat a pig-killing meal at someone else's house, shouldn't you eat as much as you can? This is not our own blood sausage. If you eat one more bite, I have to eat one less bite!"
Looking at Linghua calculating with her abacus, Xia Daohua could not help but smile, and even wanted to reach out and touch her head.
However, before she could raise her hand, Wulang hit Linghua on the head with a loud slap:
"You are the only one who is so smart! If Daohua is as stupid as you, when we kill the pig, the dozen grandchildren of the village head will buy up all the meat in our pot. Do you believe it?"
After being hit, Linghua pouted in grievance, but she didn't dare to cry.
People in Beiguan Village are very particular about "lucky words", especially during the Chinese New Year. After the Little New Year, children are not allowed to cry or say unlucky or discouraging words.
Therefore, people who are more particular will not beat their children in the twelfth month or the first month of the lunar calendar.
Even if the child is naughty and breaks the bowl by running around, you can just cover it up with a sentence "May you be safe every year".
Jiang smiled and said:
"Linghua, don't cry, and Wulang, don't be afraid.
Our family has decided to slaughter a pig on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the same day as the family of Old Chen, the bricklayer, the family of Old Lu, the drunkard, and the family of Old Xu, the blacksmith in the blacksmith shop in town.
By then, if three or four of the dozen grandchildren of the village head can come to our house, that would be considered a lot!"
That's true.
Everyone in the village knew that the Xia family had just split up!
Other families might be able to sell some of their New Year pigs or give some away to neighbors. But Lao Xia’s New Year pigs might be divided among his family members, and they still have a hard time sorting it out! During the New Year, although it’s lively and beautiful, it’s still more economical to eat meat!
Starting from the slaughter of the New Year pig by the head of the village, the joyous occasion in Beiguan Village seemed to have begun.
The children went to watch the pig being slaughtered one by one, eat the slaughtering dishes, and fight for blood sausage, sauerkraut, pork belly, and braised offal, having a lot of fun.
Xia Daohua didn't really get involved.
Most of the time, she would quietly evacuate while everyone was staring at the pig being slaughtered, find a secluded place, and hide in the space supermarket to cook for herself.
At first Linghua was still a little angry, but later she found that every time Xia Daohua appeared, she would have a meaty scent on her body, so she felt relieved and stopped nagging her endlessly like a little old lady.
On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Xia family invited the village butcher, Lao Hu, to come and kill two pigs for the New Year and distribute the meat to the several families. For the first time, Xia Daohua did not take this opportunity to hide in the space supermarket, but watched almost the entire process from the sidelines.
The expected chaos did not occur, perhaps because the old lady Zhou’s stern face was too intimidating.
Of course, it could also be because there were outsiders present. Even though the daughters-in-law of the old Xia family were not very harmonious on weekdays, they were able to get along well on the surface. After all, no one wanted to be laughed at by outsiders.
Old Hu, the butcher, was tall and thin. Although he was wearing a short suit, perhaps because he was too thin, his clothes looked a bit fluttering.
The impression Lao Hu gives people is more like a bamboo pole that has become a spirit, or a skeleton covered with a layer of skin, rather than a butcher who has no shortage of meat to eat.
However, although Lao Hu does not look like a butcher, his skills are very good.
He knocked over a fat pig weighing more than 200 pounds with ease and stabbed it with a clean and decisive knife. With a scream that drowned out the noise of the crowd, steaming hot pig blood flowed out and flowed into the large wooden basin under the table.
Xia Daohua couldn't help feeling a little dizzy when looking at it.
She turned her head, took a breath of cool air, and calmed her dizzy head.
She was a little bit blood-shy. Not too serious, not to the point where she would fall down with a plop when she saw blood. But she could easily feel the staggering and turbulence of being drunk.
"Rice flower?"
Xia Yujiao noticed that something was wrong with Xia Daohua, so she rushed over and helped her up. She took her away from the crowd, into her room, and poured her a bowl of hot water.
"Drink some hot water to warm yourself up. Your face has turned pale. Is your head hurting again?"
Xia Daohua took the bowl and took a sip.
It’s so sweet, it must have contained a lot of sugar!
She raised her eyes and glanced at Xia Yujiao.
The girl is sixteen years old. She has a round, chubby face, big eyes, double eyelids, long eyelashes, a high nose bridge, and fair skin without any blemishes.
At first glance, she looks like a young girl version of Zhou.
It’s just that Xia Yujiao’s facial features are softer, and her brows are not as sharp as Zhou’s. She also lacks the suffocating majesty that Zhou has when he has a stern face.
In the previous life, this would be a naive middle school student!
When Xia Daohua thought of the bearded man, she couldn't help but shudder inwardly.
Please collect, recommend and leave a message. PS, today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is the first day of the Chinese New Year. I wish you all a happy new year. In the new year, may you have continuous good luck, happiness, success, happiness, and a healthy family! Love you, (づ￣ 3￣)づ!
(End of this chapter)
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