When it was time to go to work, Wan Xinyu reluctantly jumped into the pigpen to work at Jiang Yunshu's command. He was seen waving a shovel and shoveling pig manure with a look of despair, shoveling here and there.
Not long after shoveling, Wan Xinyu was so tired that he squatted on the ground to rest.
He was starving as he looked at the piglets running around at his feet. Thinking of the roast suckling pig recorded in the Wan family's ancestral genealogy, he swallowed his saliva reluctantly. Before his brain could react, he blurted out:
"Jiang Zhiqing, have you ever eaten roast suckling pig?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was in an uproar. Now, hundreds of eyes from the entire team were staring at the pigpen. If anything went wrong with the pig, the whole team would spit at them.
They also roasted suckling pig. Wan Xinyu was really bold. After he roasted the pig, the team members roasted it over the fire and ate it.
Liang Mingli noticed that Jiang Yunshu's face looked strange, and fearing that Wan Xinyu would be scolded, he winked at him and tried to make amends for him:
"The pigs are to be handed over to the commune for the New Year. You can't eat them. Wan Zhiqing, you didn't eat this morning, so you're a little hungry."
"Yes, yes, I'm so hungry. The pigs are the team's property and cannot be eaten." Wan Xinyu broke out in a cold sweat when he realized that he had just said the wrong thing. He immediately looked at Liang Mingli who spoke for him with gratitude.
Just when everyone thought Jiang Yunshu would get angry, she unexpectedly asked, "Roast suckling pig, is it delicious?"
"It should be... delicious... I haven't eaten it before..."
Wan Xinyu spoke with a tearful tone, because Jiang Yunshu's half-smile was very scary. Instead of this, he would rather Jiang Yunshu gave him a quick death.
Jiang Yunshu asked, "That's delicious. Can you make roast suckling pig?"
Everyone panicked instantly and began to persuade Jiang Yunshu to give up this idea. Du Piaoliang, who had just returned from collecting pig grass, also advised:
"Jiang Zhiqing, if you're craving meat, I'll have my mother kill the old hen at home and stew it for you."
The chicken from Du Piaoliang's house: "You are so noble, so great, why don't you kill yourself to cheer her up."
Seeing that everyone had misunderstood, Jiang Yunshu hurriedly explained: "The piglets are so cute, how could I bear to eat them? You are just mistaken."
"So you just asked Wan Zhiqing if he could make roast suckling pig? What does that mean?" After Liang Mingli finished speaking, the others looked at her with puzzled eyes.
Jiang Yunshu replied, "We can't kill the pigs, but we have rabbits. We can roast them."
Seeing that Jiang Yunshu was not angry, Wan Xinyu, who had been frightened for a long time, asked: "Rabbit? Where is the rabbit? Why can't I see it?"
"Go catch it in the field. Are you going to wait here for it to come to you? Is the rabbit stupid or are you stupid?"
After Jiang Yunshu finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
Although there are many rabbits in the wasteland, it is very difficult to catch them. Someone in the team has tried it before, chasing them from all sides and blocking them from all sides, but still failed in the end.
Not only did they not get to eat the rabbit, but they also wasted all their energy. Over time, no one in the team mentioned catching rabbits anymore, unless they were lucky enough to come across a dead rabbit and take it home to cook and eat.
When Jiang Yunshu mentioned catching rabbits, everyone had no hope in her, but Jiang Yunshu ignored the advice and took Du Piaoliang with her to catch rabbits in the grove not far away.
Like everyone else, Du Piaoliang didn't believe that Jiang Yunshu could catch the rabbit, but she was obedient and did whatever Jiang Yunshu asked her to do.
It rained a few days ago, and the ground in the forest was not yet dry. Jiang Yunshu and Du Piaoliang walked forward a few steps and saw rabbit footprints, which were similar to plum blossom shapes.
Following the footprints, there was still fresh rabbit droppings in the grass not far away.
The male rabbit's poop looks like peanuts, while the female rabbit's poop is a bit oval-shaped. The rabbit poop on the ground is exactly oval-shaped, so it can be inferred that female rabbits often appear nearby.
Suddenly, something flashed past them. Du Piaoliang excitedly pointed ahead, "Jiang Zhiqing! Look! That's a rabbit, a rabbit."
Jiang Yunshu also saw it. In just a blink of an eye, the rabbit disappeared in front of the two of them. Du Piaoliang was so angry that she stomped her feet.
"Get your things and follow me."
Du Piaoliang followed Jiang Yunshu silently, holding a makeshift haystack in her arms.
Sure enough, the rabbit hole was here. Jiang Yunshu carefully pushed aside the weeds at the entrance of the hole. After seeing the white hair inside, she immediately blocked several of the rabbit holes, leaving only two holes.
The entrance to the hole was blocked with the haystack in Du Piaoliang's arms.
This time, Jiang Yunshu used the traditional smoking method. The rabbits in the cave could not stand the smoke and would run out obediently. At the entrance of the cave were Jiang Yunshu and Du Piaoliang who had been lying in ambush.
Finally, after working for most of the day, Jiang Yunshu and Du Piaoliang harvested four big ones and three small ones, commonly known as "catching all in one nest."
Du Piaoliang looked at Jiang Yunshu with starry eyes and said, "Jiang Zhiqing, you are amazing."
"Read more, you will be very capable. Maybe one day you will get out of here through your own efforts. It's beautiful. The world outside is still very beautiful."
"But my mother said that it's useless for women to study so much. In the end, they still have to get married. It's better not to study and save the money for education so that they can marry into a good family in the future."
Du Piaoliang looked a little confused.
Chen Fengying's living environment determined her cognition and vision, but it was undeniable that she loved her daughter Du Piaoliang very much. Thinking of this, Jiang Yunshu sighed: "Piaoliang, am I amazing?"
Du Piaoliang nodded vigorously: "Jiang Zhiqing, you are the most amazing person I have ever met. You are good-looking and can raise pigs. You are even more amazing than Liu Meichun."
"Who is Liu Meichun?"
"She's the accountant's daughter. She's been living with her aunt in the city. Everyone in the team says she's the prettiest girl in the team, but in my opinion, you're the prettiest one."
"I think I'm the prettiest, too." Jiang Yunshu said shamelessly, then suddenly changed the subject: "Beautiful, read more and study more. One day, you'll become someone as amazing as me."
"Jiang Zhiqing, is everything you said true?"
Seeing that she didn't trust him so much, Jiang Yunshu was very sad: "When have you ever seen me lie to anyone?"
Du Piaoliang said anxiously, "Jiang Zhiqing...I didn't mean...that. I know you're doing this for my own good. I'll learn."
"That's more like it. The path to a mountain of knowledge is made through diligence, and the boundless sea of learning requires hard work. Beautiful, I believe you can do it."
You can definitely do it. These five words were like a piece of hot iron, branded on Du Piaoliang's heart. In the days to come, they supported her to overcome one hurdle after another.
"It's getting late since we left. If we don't go back soon, they'll be getting anxious." In fact, it was Jiang Yunshu herself who was anxious. She wanted to eat the roasted suckling rabbit made by the descendants of the imperial chef as soon as possible.
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