Du Yuhan picked out a piece of wild boar meat and asked her second brother to chop it into minced meat so she could make Four Happiness Meatballs.
She also plans to make braised pork, boiled sliced pork, chicken stew with mushrooms, and a mixed wild vegetable dish.
Today, the Liang and Du families will definitely go and eat the pig-killing feast with the villagers, so they won't go to join in the fun.
They caught quite a few pheasants and rabbits today. Du Yuhan plans to give one rabbit and one pheasant to each of the Liang family and her adoptive parents' family. The rest they can keep themselves.
In the evening, Liang Shouzhen personally delivered a pig's hind leg, complete with its hindquarters, to the He family. He invited them to a feast of pork stew.
Yu Huiru said, "Xiaohan has already prepared the meal at home, so we won't go and join in the fun. You should all eat more."
Liang Shouzhen didn't press the invitation further; since Xiaohan had already prepared the meal, eating at home was just as good.
With such delicious dishes for dinner, Du Yuhan steamed white rice.
The table was laden with wild game, served with white rice, and Du Yuhan's excellent cooking skills made it incredibly delicious.
The three men, who had been eating cornbread all this time, didn't even lift their heads while eating.
Opportunities to eat meat like this, which they might not even encounter once a year, are rare. They are really benefiting from Xiaohan's kindness.
After enjoying a delicious meal of pork stew at the Laohewan Village brigade headquarters, everyone started dividing the pork.
The two large wild boars yielded several hundred pounds of meat, which was distributed among all the families. The large bones were given to families with children so they could make bone broth for their kids.
Old River Bay Village was even more lively than during the Spring Festival, and soon after the start of spring, they were able to eat meat. Everyone was grateful to the He family; they wouldn't have known if the He family had secretly taken away the two large wild boars, but the He family was so generous as to share them with the whole village.
Just a while ago, Dr. He prepared a big fish meal for everyone, and now it's wild boar meat.
This young doctor, He, has only been in Laohewan Village for a few days, but he has already brought several good things to the village. We must try to win him over and keep him in Laohewan.
The next morning, He Zhenhua and his two companions got up early to prepare for planting trees in the backyard. When they arrived at the backyard, they were surprised to find that there were quite a few people quietly digging tree pits outside the fence.
So many people were all silent, probably because they were afraid of waking the He family.
He Zhenhua learned that the villagers of Laohewan Village had come to plant trees for the He family before they started work, as a way of expressing their gratitude.
The tree pits have all been dug; all that's left is to ask the He family what kind of tree to plant.
He Zhenhua and his two companions exchanged glances and felt that the villagers of Laohewan Village were quite endearing. Their expressions of gratitude were all done quietly, as if they were afraid of waking them up and disturbing their sleep.
He Zhenhua and two others joined in the work. With many hands making light work, the saplings around the backyard were all planted before breakfast time. The villagers then quietly left.
When Du Yuhan got up to make breakfast, she went to the backyard and was surprised to see that all the trees had been planted. She said, "Big brother, why are you in such a hurry? How early did you all get up?"
He Zhendong said, "Hey, we didn't do it. When we got up, we were going to dig a hole in the backyard first, but when we opened the back door, there were people all outside the backyard. They were all villagers from Laohewan Village. The tree pits had already been dug by them."
He Zhenhua said, "They came to thank us for giving the wild boar we hunted yesterday to the village. They not only had a meal of stewed pig, but each family also received a share of pork. They are very grateful to us. They came to help us with the trees we planted yesterday before we started work today. They all came voluntarily. They worked quietly so as not to wake us."
Du Yuhan smiled and shook her head, saying, "I really didn't expect that. Interesting."
Huo Xicheng said, "This shows that the people of Laohewan Village are grateful and kind. We feel more at ease with you here, Xiaohan."
All the saplings were watered, and the planting work was finished.
After breakfast, He Zhenhua and the others kept thinking that the grapevines needed a trellis, so they found some wood and built a sturdy grape trellis.
After setting up the grape trellis, Du Yuhan saw that there was still time, so she instructed her brothers to plant vegetables with her.
Now that the season is almost right, she has no worries about her vegetables not sprouting, given the space and well water available.
Du Yuhan prepared a wide variety of vegetable seeds, and she planted all the kinds that could be grown. She also planted strawberries and watermelons.
Du Yuhan imagined that by summer her new home would be lush and green, filled with the fragrance of fruits.
Imagine sitting in a deck chair under the grape trellis in the yard, sipping tea, and reading a book. Occasionally, you could take a stroll in the mountains to gather herbs—it sounds like the life of an idyllic hermit.
Du Yuhan secretly watered the trees in the front yard with some water from her spatial well, ensuring that each tree would survive and grow rapidly. Soon, her yard would be surrounded by a green wall.
By noon, He Zhenhua and the others had finally finished the task their father had given them, completing all the physical chores needed to be done at their younger sister's house. The new house was now properly tidied up.
At noon, Du Yuhan stewed all the hind legs of the pig with the back seat at home, making braised pork. Her three older brothers ate their fill.
He Zhendong couldn't stop thinking about Du Yuhan's braised pork whenever he had a spare moment.
Du Yuhan knew her father loved braised pork, so she packed two large lunchboxes for her older brother to take back with him. There was also a lunchbox of four-happiness meatballs and a lunchbox of chicken stew with mushrooms.
The weather isn't too hot yet, so my father can eat it for two or three meals if we take it home. Besides, there are two older brothers, so there definitely won't be any left over.
In the afternoon, the three men reluctantly left Laohewan Village. They had no choice but to go back after the holiday was over.
These past few days in Laohewan Village, they've been eating meat almost every day, and it seems like they've gained several pounds.
This kind of life is something to long for.
A chicken coop was built in the backyard, along with a fenced-off area for the chicks to roam. Du Yuhan then used the excuse of going out to get the chicks, but in reality, she took them from her spatial ranch. She had already prepared the chicks.
The chicks Du Yuhan took out from her spatial storage were already half-grown, making them easier to raise and laying eggs earlier. She also got a few for the Liang family and her adoptive parents.
Raising a few chickens will at least ensure we don't have to worry about eggs.
She doesn't plan to raise pigs anymore; feeding them every day is troublesome, and the smell is terrible. If she wants meat, she'll just go into the mountains to get it.
Thanks to the addition of tractors, spring plowing in Laohewan Village was completed much earlier than in previous years.
Because it was a new tractor, it didn't break down once during the spring plowing season, which made Liang Shouzhen smile every day.
Not only was spring plowing successfully completed in Laohewan Village, but chemical fertilizers were also used this year.
In the past, it was extremely difficult for Laohewan Village to obtain fertilizer quotas, and even if they did, the quotas were very limited.
This year, with forty bags of chemical fertilizer plus manure, we have plenty of fertilizer for farming.
The villagers of Laohewan Village are all determined. This year, they've been irrigating, tilling, and fertilizing the land. Even the seeds are better than in previous years. If they still don't have a good harvest this year, it's as if God is not giving them food.
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