Chapter 40: Don't blame me for being rude to you
Deng Xiuzhen took a walk around the area and saw some people smoking bacon and fish.
It is different from the way they smoked bacon in the countryside. Those people just built a low shed next to the house, hung the meat and fish in it, and then poured a thick layer of sawdust on the ground. The sawdust had to be wet, because it couldn't burn with an open flame, and there was only smoke, which was just right for smoking bacon.
But in her previous life, she had heard of many cases where this fumigation method ended up causing fires.
So she was very opposed to this fumigation method.
"How come you have time to wander around today?" Old man Zhao was taking Xiaobao to bask in the sun and asked Deng Xiuzhen when he saw her.
"It's New Year's Day now, let's see if there's any way to smoke some preserved food." Deng Xiuzhen held Xiaobao's hand and replied.
"Where can we find preserved meat here? You can either go to the village and ask someone to make some, or build a shed and smoke it yourself.
Your place is narrow, but I have a yard behind where you can smoke. But you have to prepare everything yourself."
Deng Xiuzhen followed Old Man Zhao to see that the backyard was quite large. There was only a roof next to the eaves with a table and a few chairs underneath. The rest of the space was empty and looked very deserted.
"I have some wood in my house that can be used as support, and some covering cloth. I will get some boards and sawdust tomorrow. You just need to prepare the things you want to smoke." said Old Man Zhao.
“That kind of smoking shed is too short, it’s easy to cause a fire, and the smell of the smoked food is not authentic.
How about we renovate this roof and make a stove, so we can warm ourselves up when it’s cold, cook, and smoke meat and fish.”
Old man Zhao laughed: "Is it the same as in your village?"
"Yes, that's not only safe, but the smoked meat is also tastier than this. The way they smoke it has a smoky smell but no fragrance."
"Okay, let's give it a try." Old Man Zhao agreed.
Deng Xiuzhen turned around to buy meat, fish, and two chickens, took them to the old man's house, and marinated them in a plastic basin.
The next day, Deng Xiuzhen drove the car, and Tan Yanlin and Old Man Zhao renovated the old shed. It looked a bit like a kitchen in the countryside.
It’s just that the walls in rural areas are basically made of blue bricks and earth bricks.
Their house is made entirely of wooden boards, and is covered with plastic sheeting to prevent air leakage, so no one can sit inside.
After the shed was built, the next step was to build the stove and find firewood for the fire.
The most durable firewood for smoking cured goods is tree stumps.
The blue bricks for building the stove are easy to find. The bungalows in this area are all made of blue bricks, and there are several bricks next to each house.
But the tree stump is hard to find.
Old Man Zhao asked them if there were any villagers nearby that they knew.
They really don't.
Old Man Zhao said he knew an old man in the suburbs of East City and that he could go there to buy it.
Tan Yanlin said that he would go with Old Man Zhao, but the tree stump was heavy and Old Man Zhao and Xiuzhen could not lift it.
Deng Xiuzhen disagreed. Firstly, she was afraid that Qin Yanlin would not hire anyone to save money and would do it all by himself. It would be bad if he got too tired or injured.
Secondly, and this is also a very important point, in the past, the suburbs of East City were new areas with great development, but no one is aware of this now. There should not be many houses there now, and it seems very remote, so buying houses and land is very cheap.
She wants to seize the opportunity and buy cheap houses and cheap land.
Old Man Zhao said that he could ask the person who sells tree stumps to help transport them over, and only then did Qin Yanlin agree.
Tan Yanlin sent Old Man Zhao and Deng Xiuzhen to the east of the city. Old Man Zhao asked Tan Yanlin to run away, and he took Deng Xiuzhen along the river to the mountainside.
Deng Xiuzhen knew that mountain was called Jucai Mountain. In her previous life, there were only new houses at the foot of Jucai Mountain.
The first time she went to Jucai Mountain was to visit a friend's home, more than a decade later. When she went there, there were already villas and rows of buildings. There were many residential areas with complete supporting facilities, and it was close to the mountains and rivers. There was also a famous scenic spot next to it. The geographical location was excellent, which made the housing prices once rush to the top of Pucheng.
The compensation for the indigenous residents there not only allowed them to own houses, but also allowed them to have a certain amount of savings.
She once heard someone say: There was an old man who had no children and lived in a shabby shack. He made a living by picking up scraps and thought that his life was going to be spent in such a miserable way.
As a result, the demolition moved to his place, and he not only had a house to live in, but also had some money in his hands. I heard that he, who had been single for a long time, later got married, and his life became more and more comfortable, and he really turned his life around.
It can be seen that the compensation for this area was relatively generous at that time.
She didn't know when Jucai Mountain was demolished, but she imagined that there must have been some families living here.
But he followed Old Man Zhao for a long distance and only met two people who were fishing with batteries in the river. Apart from that, he didn't see any other people or houses.
All she saw were waist-high weeds. If she hadn't gotten to know Old Man Zhao better recently, she would have suspected that he was going to take her to the deep mountains and forests and sell her off.
After walking for a while, we came to an open flat land and a road. Although it was a dirt road, it was obvious that people often walked on it. There were houses built on the roadside.
Deng Xiuzhen was just about to go to the house to take a look when she heard faint sounds of quarreling coming from the front.
They walked quickly forward and turned a corner covered by weeds.
A sharp female voice was heard: "What nonsense are you talking about! Who stole your chicken?"
Then a man's voice rang out: "It was you who stole my chickens. The chickens were in your garden. I saw them all!"
"The chickens in my garden are mine, so how come they are still yours?"
"You don't have any chickens at home, and my chicken is gone, so this chicken must be mine!"
"This is my chicken. I just caught it from my relative's house."
"You went to your relative's house to catch chickens earlier or later, and my chickens disappeared, so you went to your relative's house to catch chickens and put them in your garden. They look exactly like my chickens. How could it be such a coincidence?"
"It's just a coincidence! It's just a coincidence, so what? It's in my garden, and it's my chicken!"
"If my chicken runs into your garden, it becomes your chicken? Then you passed through my field yesterday, so you are mine?"
"You're talking nonsense! Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? You're taking advantage of me!"
"Old thing! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will beat you to death!" a slightly immature male voice cursed angrily.
Chinese people like to watch the fun, and Old Man Zhao and Deng Xiuzhen are no exception. They hid behind the bushes and watched with great interest.
It is said that swearing is a woman's strong point, but Deng Xiuzhen felt that this was biased. At this moment, the man opened and closed his mouth, swearing all kinds of dirty words one after another. And he cursed for such a long time without repeating a word.
The woman was unable to win the scolding and was shaking with anger. The boy was probably her son, and he didn't know how to scold people at all, so he was holding back his anger and his face turned red.
The man sneered, and the woman became even angrier. She pointed at the man and said angrily, "I caught the chicken from my relative's house. Believe it or not. Get out of here! If you don't, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
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