Master Tai waved his hand and replied, "If you want to thank someone, thank your Sixth Uncle. Zhuzhu discovered this wild boar, and your Sixth Uncle risked his life to kill it. In the end, it was a good thing for you!"
The villagers immediately changed their tone and started laughing.
"Thank you, Uncle Six, you're so awesome!"
"Our Zhuzhu is so lucky, and we are also blessed with it!"
Old Man Tai tapped his pipe twice and said with a smile, "Our village is a whole. When there's trouble, we all work together to find solutions, and of course we eat meat together. We can't finish the wild boar we divided up, so we'll take out the pig's head, offal, and one front leg, and put them all in a big pot. Everyone, eat more!"
This time, all the villagers cheered!
Although each family received a few pounds of meat, no one was willing to eat it.
I was looking forward to this big pot meal at noon to satisfy my craving, but it was just bones and offal stew, which didn’t seem very tasty.
Who would have thought that Uncle Six would be so generous and directly add pork leg meat!
There was almost no time to wait and everyone was busy.
The men chopped wood and built the stove, the women cut vegetables and meat and washed offal, and the naughty boys also helped to carry pots and bowls.
Instead, the old men and women were enjoying themselves, gathering together to chat and laugh.
Tai Jijin worked among the men and had no problem getting by. Even when he was occasionally given a roll of the eyes or a few sarcastic remarks, he pretended not to understand.
But Sun Meihua was "ruthlessly" despised by the women. No matter what she did, someone stopped her and she was not allowed to touch the dishes or chopsticks.
In the end, she could only carry her own piece of meat back home angrily.
Without her mother-in-law to suppress her, she was like a liberated serf singing her praises. She had previously sold her daughter for ten taels of silver, and now she was comfortably raising her son. She considered herself the most powerful and most blessed daughter-in-law in the village.
Now she is looked down upon by the villagers. Humph, she even looks down upon the villagers!
Aunt Tai and the others watched Sun Meihua leave from afar, spat bitterly, and wanted to curse a few more words, but seeing Chunhong and Erya busy, they swallowed their words...
Seeing that there was little work but many people, Uncle Tai San called on his eldest son to take people to cut trees and cut dead grass in preparation for building a thatched hut.
After all the busy work, by the time everyone had their meal, the sun was already setting.
Everyone's stomachs were flat, and as they smelled the strong aroma of meat in the air, the roundworms in their stomachs were screaming as if they were competing with each other!
Finally, Aunt Tai San came and banged the spoon and shouted.
"It's time for dinner! It's time for dinner! Everyone line up, each person gets a bowl of stew, and the bread is from their own home! Don't rush, or you'll make a fool of yourself if outsiders find out, and the whole village will be embarrassed!"
Everyone held the big ceramic bowls they brought from home, held chopsticks in their hands with two sorghum flour cakes stuck on the chopsticks, and rushed to the stove to line up!
Some people are lucky and half of the bowl is filled with meat slices.
Some people were unlucky and got a piece of bone and half a bowl of offal.
But no matter what it is, it smells so good that everyone drools.
A table was set up at the foot of the wall in the Tai family's courtyard, where Mr. Tai San, Mr. Tai Lao, Mr. Tai Si and other elderly people sat together to eat and drink.
In the middle of the table was a clay pot filled with stew, most of which was the most fragrant and tender pork cheeks, hearts, and lungs.
The dry food was also steamed buns made of two tbsp flour specially made by Liu Dongniang, and was also served with two plates of cold dishes.
The old men ate without raising their heads or opening their eyes. Occasionally, when they had some free time, they would just nod and didn't want to say anything.
Next to them, there was a small kang table in a sheltered area to entertain Zhuzhu and her friends.
As the biggest contributor, Zhuzhu naturally got a big elbow, the kind with the skin removed.
The rest of the friends also got some benefits, each of them got half a bowl of meat, and of course steamed buns.
The old man guessed correctly, the fat girl really didn't like wild boar meat.
Not only is the wild boar meat rough in texture, but it also has a strong fishy smell. Even if Liu Dongniang cooks it herself, these shortcomings cannot be covered up.
So, Zhuzhu took a few bites, and seeing that her friends were eating so happily, even a little cautiously, she started to share the meat with others.
The children were naive and thought that Zhuzhu was reluctant to eat the meat, so she shared it all with them.
So they were very moved.
One said he wanted to pick the most beautiful wild flowers for Zhuzhu, and the other said he wanted to bring his favorite wooden rabbit...
In short, the little girls were chattering, eating happily and talking lively.
The people around them were laughing so hard that they couldn't stop smiling...
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, the iron pot on the stove was scraped clean.
The women were busy washing pots and pans, the children were playing nearby with their round bellies, the old men and women were chatting to help digest their food, and then Master Tai San talked about forming a patrol team.
When they heard that the patrol team was there to protect the crops and the peace of the village, and that there would be a midnight snack in the evening, the men all responded.
"Third Uncle, count me in! The crops are so good this year, we can't let wild animals destroy them."
"And me! And me! I'm counting on selling seeds so I can get married in the fall. I can't let anything happen to the crops!"
"Yeah, maybe we can catch a couple more wild boars and have a feast together!"
Old Master Tai called Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue. The two boys went into the house to get the four treasures of the study and quickly wrote down the people who had registered.
This is for the good of the village and their own families, and no one wants to be lazy and refuse.
A family with a small population will give one person, while a family with many children and grandchildren like Mr. Tai Sanye's will give two people.
In this way, they actually formed a patrol team of 40 people.
After a discussion, Mr. Tai San and Mr. Tai Lao divided the forty people into four teams. During the day, the villagers often walked around the fields, so there was no need for patrols. However, at night, they had to pay close attention to the fields.
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