Chapter 12 Complaint
How could a young girl like Xia Yujiao get involved with such a greasy middle-aged man? And why did she feel that man looked familiar?
Xia Daohua turned the bowl and drank the sugar water slowly. Xia Yujiao looked at her worriedly: "Daohua, do you have a headache?"
Xia Daohua shook her head and put down the half-empty bowl:
"Aunt, sometimes I remember some things or some people, but I seem to forget more.
When I was watching the pig being slaughtered just now, I suddenly remembered a man, not tall, but quite strong, with a full beard..."
She described the bearded man as best she could, but she made no mention of his clothes.
Finally, Xia Daohua looked at Xia Yujiao expectantly:
"But I can't remember who he is. Aunt, do you recognize him? Is this person a relative or neighbor of ours?"
Xia Yujiao's expression changed suddenly, and then returned to normal:
"This person, when I heard you say this, I felt that he was a little familiar, but I couldn't remember who he was for a moment. He should be someone our family knows.
Don't worry, maybe you'll remember it when we meet someday!"
After saying these words, Xia Yujiao picked up the bowl that Xia Daohua had just used and gulped down the remaining sugar water in one breath.
Xia Daohua looked at the beads of sweat oozing from the tip of Xia Yujiao's nose and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
My aunt's attitude is not very clear, and the bearded man obviously won't give up. I really don't know how this matter will develop in the end.
The old couple undoubtedly loved my aunt very much.
But if this matter were to be exposed one day and affect the reputation of the Xia family, how would the old couple deal with it?
Xia Daohua didn't dare to think about it.
She felt that the Xia family was a very humane family, but through the division of the family, she could also see that Old Lady Zhou had a hard temper and a hot temper, and she was probably not the kind of kind-hearted mother.
After resting in Xia Yujiao's room for a while and seeing that she was becoming more and more uneasy, Xia Daohua stood up and said goodbye.
Let my aunt think it over for now.
Xia Daohua came into the crowd and found that the chopping board had been cleaned. Almost everyone in the Xia family was busy, and every adult had a piece of work to do.
It turned out that Hu the butcher had been busy for most of the day and had already cleaned up the two pigs.
The daughters-in-law of the old Xia family had already washed the pigs and stuffed the pig blood into blood sausage. They also chopped a lot of minced meat and stuffed it into pure meat sausages. In the big pot in the yard, large chunks of pork belly and sauerkraut were already stewed.
The aroma of pork belly and sauerkraut wafted continuously, drilling into everyone's nostrils intentionally or unintentionally.
The old couple kept two pig heads, eight pig trotters and one pig's offal, and gave the other pig's offal directly to Hu the butcher to take back. They also cut ten pounds of good meat with fat for Hu the butcher.
As for other ingredients such as lard, pork belly, leg meat, ribs, front trough, back ribs, etc., they are all distributed according to the head of the house, one portion for each family, trying to be as fair as possible.
Finally, the old couple cooked all the stuffed blood sausages at once, preparing to entertain Hu the butcher, several neighbors who came to help, and the children who came to watch the fun.
This is also a major feature of Beiguan Village.
Whenever someone's family slaughters a pig, the children can go to eat the slaughtered pig dishes, eat as much as they can, and no one will say a word to them, let alone chase them away from the table.
Even if our two families don't get along on weekdays, if your child comes to my house to eat the pig-killing meal, I can only entertain him happily, and I can't chase this little bastard out.
The onlookers all gave them thumbs up, praised them highly and commended them for being fair.
No matter whether it was Sun from the second house or Wu from the third house, after hearing these compliments, they nodded repeatedly, showing an appearance of being convinced.
The children cheered and had a great meal at Old Xia's house. They were reluctant to wipe their greasy lips and ran away again, hurriedly going to Old Chen's house, Old Lu's house, and Old Xu's house.
Xia Daohua also ate a small bowl of pickled cabbage and a few slices of blood sausage that Jiang specially cut for her. Looking at Jiang's smiling eyes, Xia Daohua had to pinch her nose and accept this kindness.
It must be said that the most valuable thing about the pig-killing dish is its freshness. Even Xia Daohua, who doesn't like blood sausage, is somewhat fascinated by its fresh, tender and smooth taste.
A busy day has come to an end.
Jiang counted the meat she had gotten and couldn't help showing her joy.
The amount of meat that the four families received, including fat, meat, and ribs, totaled about 40 to 50 kilograms.
There is so much meat, if you eat it sparingly, it will be enough to last the whole winter!
The other rooms were also filled with joy.
After all, in previous years when everyone celebrated the New Year together, these two New Year pigs would basically be sold.
When have we ever had so much meat to eat?
Zhou is very good at budgeting.
After slaughtering the New Year pig, she always kept only the head and hooves for offal, a piece of lard to make lard, and another ten pounds of meat to prepare for making dumplings and the New Year's Eve dinner.
Everything else must be sold for money!
Therefore, even the dumplings for the New Year’s Eve dinner in the Xia family are not filled with pure meatballs. They must be mixed with a lot of cabbage and other things.
Like this year, except for giving some to Hu the butcher, not a single pound of meat was sold. It was such a good thing that no one had ever dreamed of!
However, Second Housewife Sun was still a little unhappy. She returned to her room, closed the door, and started complaining to Second Housewife Xia Yougui:
"To outsiders, this way of dividing the meat seems to be fair, but look at it, how many people are there in the third room? How many people are there in the fourth room? How many people are there in the fifth room? Our parents are actually biased!
Erlang is already this big, Sanlang and Silang are both growing up, and the peach and apricot blossoms are also edible! Plum blossoms are a little younger, but they are also starting to grow!
As a result, the amount of meat that our family got was the same as that of the other families! No matter what, it is still our second family that suffers the loss!"
The second son, Xia Yougui, scolded: "Say less! No one else is speaking up, but you are the only one who talks too much!"
However, in his heart, he agreed with his wife's words.
The third room only has two girls, so it's useless to feed them. The fourth room's children are all young, and the oldest, Lihua, is only twelve years old. How many pounds of meat can they eat? The fifth room's couple usually don't touch grass horizontally or vertically, and they just stay together all day long, and don't know how to avoid people! Besides, how old are their two kids?
After all, my parents are still partial!
There are so many people in the family, and I don’t know what’s going on, but the old couple just likes to mistreat themselves, the second child!
Happy New Year to everyone! Happy New Year! Good luck in the Year of the Tiger! May your family be healthy, happy, and everything goes well. May you have good luck and prosperity! I love you all, (づ￣ 3￣)づ!
(End of this chapter)
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