A scene from the TV series Journey to the West appeared in Qin Nian's mind: when Zhu Bajie went to the Flower-Fruit Mountain to ask for help from Sun Wukong who had been driven away by his master, he was caught by the little monkeys.
Their arms and legs were tied up, pierced with wooden sticks, and carried away.
She also wanted to do that, and looked at Geng Feng and suggested: "Tie up the wild boar's legs, pierce them with a wooden stick, and let's carry it away."
Geng Feng was stunned for a moment, then his eyes were filled with smiles. If he was with his father, then it would be fine to carry the wild boar.
But Qin Nian in front of him was as weak as a dogtail grass, and he still wanted to lift the wild boar with a wooden stick?
Not only could she not lift it, she couldn't even lift it.
But he couldn't say it directly, he had to save face. The smile in Geng Feng's eyes spilled over into his face and voice:
"Hahaha, it's easier to drag than to carry. Just get it to the foot of the mountain and push it on a cart. It can save a lot of effort.
Hahaha--"
Qin Nian glared at Geng Feng, guessing that Geng Feng believed that she was too weak to lift the wild boar. She was indeed too weak, and her words just now were too harsh.
If you can't lift it, can you help me drag it?
Qin Nian ignored Geng Feng's kind words and reached out to help Geng Feng pull the rope to drag the wild boar.
After walking a short distance, Qin Nian was sweating all over. Even if he dragged himself, he couldn't finish it without some strength.
Geng Feng is really energetic.
After walking and resting for a while, they finally reached the foot of the mountain. It was already afternoon. Geng Feng pulled the cart out of the woods.
He covered the wheels with stones and asked Qin Nian to help hold down the cart. He bent down, picked up the wild boar and put it on the cart.
I picked up some branches and put them in the car to cover the wild boar. Otherwise, many people would come to ask for wild boar meat when I got back.
In years of famine, every family is short of food. People cannot afford to be good, so they can only harden their hearts and live their own lives.
If it were someone else, they would do the same. With a family to support, life is not easy for anyone.
The young man wiped the sweat off his face and said to Qin Nian with a smile: "Sister Xiao Nian, you have been walking since this morning, you must be exhausted, right?
You get on the car and I'll push you."
Qin Nian shook his head and refused: "A big wild boar weighs more than 300 kilograms, plus me, it will be 500 kilograms. It's too tiring to push such a heavy cart.
The road back to the village is quite long, I will walk by myself. "
Geng Feng was amused by this again: "Little sister Nian, you weigh at most 60 kilograms. If you sit on the car, it will be like putting a squirrel in it."
Qin Nian was so amused by Geng Feng's analogy that he doubled over with laughter: "I can't be that thin, right? At least I'm as thin as thirty squirrels."
After drinking the motherwort soup yesterday and regaining some strength, Qin Nian tried to find a bronze mirror to see what he would look like after traveling through time.
Unfortunately, there is no bronze mirror at my grandmother's house.
She took advantage of her grandmother's inattention and stared at the water tank for a long time. There was only a little water in the tank, and only a simple outline could be reflected.
I can't really tell what it looks like.
Hearing Geng Feng say this, Qin Nian understood that she must be very thin.
Even if you are thin, you can’t get on the car and let others push you. Qin Nian glanced at Geng Feng and said, “I won’t get on it, I can just follow along.
If it’s difficult to walk, I can still lend a hand.”
It was already two quarters in the afternoon when the two men returned to the village. Geng Feng moved the wild boar into the house and began sharpening his knife, preparing to gut the wild boar.
Qin Nian returned home and her grandmother quickly started cooking.
She washed the mushrooms Qin Nian picked, blanched them in water, and tore them into small pieces.
She did not finish the two large cornmeal pancakes that Ye Meizi brought her in the morning, but only ate a small half of them.
She cut the big pancake into small strips, put it in the pot, added water and brought it to a boil, then put the mushroom slices into the pot and added a few grains of salt.
Grandma first made a bowl for Qin Nian and said with a smile: "Xiao Nian, come and eat."
The corn pancake and vegetable porridge, which couldn't be more ordinary, actually made the old man so happy.
Qin Nian felt very sad, and became more determined to live a prosperous life.
It was completely dark, and just as grandma was about to lock the door and go to bed, Geng Feng and Ye Meizi arrived.
Geng Feng held a large black clay pot filled with wild boar meat in his hands.
The clay pot that Ye Meizi was holding was slightly smaller and also contained wild boar meat.
Ye Meizi smiled with her eyes curved: "Auntie Li, I've brought you some meat.
If you can’t eat it right now, pickle it with salt, and when you cook wild vegetables, cut a few pieces and put them in to add some flavor, so the wild vegetables won’t be so bitter.”
When the grandmother saw this, she hurriedly stopped him and said, "Meizi, I'll keep the pot of meat you brought. Take the big pot that Geng Feng brought back quickly."
Zhenhai is injured, give him more meat so he can recover sooner."
Qin Nian also said: "Uncle Geng still needs to buy medicine for his leg injury. Using wood ash to disinfect is only a temporary solution."
Ye Meizi smiled and said, "That wild boar was big enough and produced more than 200 kilograms of meat. I kept a lot more than what I gave you.
Aunt Li, the skill that Xiao Nian used to suture Zhen Hai's wound yesterday would not be enough to cover the medical fees if it were the doctor in the clinic, even if he gave him the whole wild boar.
Geng Feng and I have made plans. Tomorrow morning, he will push the wild boar meat to the county town to sell it.
I'll change the money and buy medicine for your uncle Geng."
Qin Nian asked, "Uncle Geng, you were in a lot of pain last night, right?"
Ye Meizi nodded: "It does hurt a lot, but being able to save your life is better than anything else."
Geng Feng's eyes fell on Qin Nian's face: "Xiao Nian, these meats can't be eaten for a while, and if they are pickled, they will need a lot of salt.
Why don't you come with me to town this morning and sell some wild boar meat and bring back some rice."
Qin Nian nodded: "Okay, I'll go to the county town with you tomorrow and buy some rice."
Ye Meizi was very happy when she heard this: "Then Xiao Nian and Geng Feng can go together tomorrow morning. Geng Feng can push the cart, so it will be easier to go back and forth."
Ye Meizi sat on the edge of the kang and talked to her grandmother, and told Geng Feng to go home and get the pork liver.
Grandma and Qin Nian both don’t want it. Geng Zhenhai is injured and pig liver can be easily overcooked, so this one is better for him to eat.
But Ye Meizi and Geng Feng are both grateful people, so they must give Qin Nian half of the wild boar liver.
Unable to refuse, grandma had to accept it.
After Ye Meizi and Geng Feng went back, Qin Nian and her grandmother brought the wild boar meat to the yard and took out the chopping board.
Under the dim moonlight, the wild boar meat was cut into strips, each weighing about one pound.
After cutting, put most of the meat back into the large clay pot, and put the rest into the jar, add plenty of salt and marinate it.
After finishing, it was already 11am, so I quickly washed my hands and went to sleep.
The next day, before dawn, Qin Nian was still sleeping soundly, and grandma got up quietly.
Light the stove, put the wild boar meat and pork liver into the pot and boil them until they are soft.
Then he chopped the wild boar meat into pieces, selected the motherwort that Qin Nian had dug yesterday, cut it into small pieces, cooked two bowls of meat, vegetables and meat, and cut a few slices of pork liver.
Qin Nian woke up just in time for dinner.
As she ate, she sighed in her heart that she probably wouldn't have been able to eat such a meal in her previous life, but now she found it so delicious.
It's really like this life and that life.
However, Qin Nian was not sad. She decided to make the best of whatever happened. She was confident that she could live a good life.
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