Wu Shengli kept begging for mercy, "Big sister, I was wrong, please stop hitting me, please stop hitting me..."
Seeing the farce unfolding before him, Captain Huang's face darkened: "If you want to fight, go back and fight. There are still wounded here. Don't disturb the educated youth from treating them."
Coupled with the laughter of the other burly men, Wu Shengli was so ashamed that he couldn't face anyone. He flipped over, pulled Jiang Damei up, and the two of them ran away as if their buttocks were on fire.
Yu Rujia examined each of the other wounded soldiers, applied medicine, and gave each of them some medicine powder: "When you get back, don't let the wounds get wet. Apply the medicine once a day, and after three to five applications, the scabs will heal."
After seeing the people off, Yu Rujia picked up her basket and went out the door.
After bringing back so much meat, everyone except those who came from Yu Rujia's place lined up in the open space of the threshing ground to wait for their share.
Hearing that there was mutton she had been longing for, she wanted to bring back more.
Yu Rujia's idea was good, but unfortunately her work points were limited. She didn't ask for wolf meat or wild boar meat, but exchanged them all for venison and mutton. She only got one pound of mutton and one and a half pounds of venison.
Captain Huang gave her a large portion of the meat because he treated several wounded soldiers; otherwise, she wouldn't even be able to exchange her work points for a pound of meat.
When Gao Shujing saw her, he walked over, glanced into her basket, and knew her preferences immediately.
Gao Shujing: "I killed four wolves and a wild boar. In addition to work points, the brigade leader rewarded me with five catties of mutton, ten catties of venison, ten catties of pork, ten catties of wolf meat, a chicken, and a rabbit. Do you think we should exchange them all for mutton and venison?"
Yu Rujia quite liked the tender and delicious venison, but since she already had eleven and a half pounds of venison, she didn't plan to exchange it for any more.
Yu Rujia asked, "Could we replace the rabbit and wolf meat with mutton?"
Gao Shujing: "Okay, I'll go find someone to replace it right away."
Gao Shujing eventually brought back ten catties of mutton, ten catties of venison, ten catties of pork, and a chicken.
Yu Rujia's face lit up with a smile: "How about we have hot pot tonight?"
Looking at the beaming Yu Rujia, Gao Shujing's smile deepened: "Okay, let's have hot pot. I'll go make the broth."
Yu Rujia: "I'm going to pick some green vegetables."
Before the broth was even ready, Captain Huang, who had just finished dividing the meat, ran over and asked, "Gao Zhiqing, what are you doing?"
Gao Shujing put down the firewood in his hand and said, "We got so much meat today, we're planning to have a good meal. Why don't you stay and eat with us?"
Today, meat was distributed, and the whole brigade was filled with the aroma of meat.
Although Captain Huang didn't get as much meat as Gao Shujing, his family's work points, plus his reward for going up the mountain, meant he received over 20 jin (10 kg) of meat, more than many families could afford in a year.
Captain Huang said, "It's rare to get so much meat, so we really need to have a good meal. My family also cooked meat tonight, but I'll go home to eat it. After coming up the mountain, I can finally have a few big meals of meat."
"I came here today to tell you that we're going to the power supply station tomorrow. If they agree to let us exchange meat for power lines, you can bring some back."
Gao Shujing: "No problem. For safety's sake, we'll go early tomorrow. We won't bring any meat. We've already arranged for someone to take the wires from here, and you can come back and have someone deliver the meat."
Even if you're exchanging something, you can't just casually hand over meat like that; you have to give people some time to prepare.
If they were to casually deliver meat, some narrow-minded person might accuse them of corrupting government officials.
Captain Huang thought Gao Shujing was worried that the other party wouldn't be willing to exchange the meat, and that it would be troublesome to move the meat around. He went there with the idea that he would definitely succeed and didn't think about the possibility that he wouldn't be able to get it back.
Captain Huang: "People are more likely to believe us after they see the meat."
Gao Shujing: "I'm worried about the negative impact. We can only send things over after someone has already let it slip."
It was so obvious, if Captain Huang still couldn't understand, then all these years of being a captain would have been for nothing: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
That evening, Yu Rujia brought all the lights in the house and arranged seven lights in a circle in the kitchen, illuminating everything on the table clearly.
Several children sat around the table, gazing at the fragrant pot in the center and the dishes arranged in a circle, tears involuntarily streaming from the corners of their mouths.
Duolu slurped his saliva: "Auntie, how much longer until we can eat?" He spoke more and more fluently.
Yu Rujia: "It'll be ready soon. Wait a little longer, it will taste even better if you cook it a little longer."
Duoshou's little nose kept twitching: "Auntie, it smells so good, can I have a little bit now, just a tiny bit?"
Gao Shujing brought out the prepared sauce and placed it in front of Yu Rujia. As for the children, they had weak stomachs, so they could just eat clear soup.
Gao Shujing picked up a large spoon, scooped up a little soup base, and tasted it: "We can start eating now."
Hearing what he wanted to hear, Doroo picked up a spoon and tried to scoop food from the pot, but his short arms limited his development. Even though he stretched out his arms, he still couldn't reach the pot.
Yu Rujia scooped a large spoonful of meat into the pot, let it cool for a few seconds, then gave each of the three children two very thin slices of mutton, put the rest into their own bowls, and then threw a handful of greens into the pot to blanch.
The weather turned cold quickly at the end of November, and by the time Yu Rujia placed the meat in front of them, it was already edible.
It was Duolu's first time eating hot pot and mutton. After tasting it, he casually took a few bites and ate it, then stared at the food in the pot: "Auntie, more!"
Seeing this, Yu Rujia said, "Duolu, chew it a few more times before swallowing it, so your tummy won't hurt. If your tummy hurts, you won't be able to eat a lot of delicious food."
Hearing that her tummy hurt, Duoshou, who was about to swallow, chewed a few more times before swallowing the meat in her mouth. She looked up at her with her little face, asking for praise: "Auntie, I chewed so many times."
Yu Rujia praised, "Duo Shou, Auntie will get you some good food."
Put more freshly cooked vegetables into the longevity bowl, but less fortune and prosperity.
The obvious difference made Duolu consciously chew her food a few more times before swallowing: "Auntie, I chewed it a lot too."
The vegetables, imbued with a special charm, tasted just as good as the meat, and the little ones, eating hot pot for the first time, were especially delighted.
Yu Rujia: "Duolu is good, eat meat."
This time, the amount of meat in each of the three bowls was the same. Duolu was satisfied and ate it bite by bite, chewing carefully before swallowing.
Duofu kept an eye on the two of them from time to time.
Seeing that her three older brothers had started eating while she was the only one still hungry, Duo Xi anxiously pointed her little finger into the pot and uttered one word at a time: "Eat, eat, eat."
Gao Shujing picked up Duoxi and sat down in front of a bowl of meat porridge.
Yes, no matter how lavish the meal is tonight, ten-month-old Duoxi can only eat meat porridge.
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