Xia Daohua was also busy 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 the 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 is food and drink, a bed and a quilt, so living alone in it is not a problem at all!
But if I think about how much the Xia family cares about Xia Daohua, I 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 plains for me. The sound of them calling my name would make me unable to sleep 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.
Linghua and Zaohua were said to have eaten freshly cooked blood sausage and pickled cabbage at the village head's house and were very happy. When they saw Xia Daohua coming back, they complained to her angrily:
"Where did you go? You disappeared in the blink of an eye! I left a large piece of blood sausage for you, and 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 yourself!"
Xia Daohua smiled and patted 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!
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 stubbled head:
"Our Daohua has grown up and become sensible!"
Linghua also reacted and couldn't help herself. She bared her white teeth and angrily blurted out to Daohua:
"You're so stupid! Why are you being so humble to me at the headman's house? When you're eating a pig-killing meal at someone else's house, shouldn't you eat as much as you can? This isn't 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 couldn't 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 forehead with a loud bang:
"You're the only one who's calculating! If Daohua were as foolish as you, when we slaughter a pig, the dozen or so grandchildren of the village head would definitely eat up all the meat in our pot. Do you believe it?"
After being hit, Linghua pouted in frustration, but she didn't dare to cry.
The people of 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 anything unlucky or discouraging.
Therefore, families who are more particular will not beat their children during the twelfth month and the first month of the lunar year.
Even if the child is naughty and breaks a bowl while running around, you can just cover it up with a sentence "Peace 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 village head's dozen grandchildren 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 Old Xia's New Year pig, on the other hand, will likely be divided among his family, and there's no clear way to sort it out! While New Year's celebrations are fun and exciting, eating meat is still more practical!
Starting from the slaughter of the New Year pig at the headman's house, the joyous occasion in Beiguan Village seemed to have begun.
The children went to watch the pig being slaughtered, eat the pig-slaughtering dishes, and grab 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 prepare her own meals.
At first Linghua was 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, Old Hu, to slaughter two New Year pigs and distribute the meat among the several families. For the first time, Xia Daohua didn't take this opportunity to hide in the space supermarket, but instead observed almost the entire process.
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 of the presence of outsiders. Even if the daughters-in-law of the Xia family didn't get along well on a daily basis, they were generally okay with each other. After all, no one wanted to be laughed at by outsiders.
Butcher Lao Hu is tall and thin. Although he is wearing a short suit, perhaps because he is too thin, his clothes look 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 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 easily knocked over a fat pig weighing more than 200 pounds and stabbed it with a 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 she saw it.
She turned her head, took a breath of cool air, and calmed her dizzy head.
She was a bit faint at the sight of blood. It wasn't serious, not to the point of collapsing at the sight of blood. But she could easily feel the staggering, nausea, and convulsions of a drunk.
"Rice flower?"
Xia Yujiao noticed something was wrong with Xia Daohua, and quickly rushed over to help 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 is 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 had when he had 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.
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