"It's okay, it's okay." Yun Qiao waved his hand. "I'm used to walking every day. It's not difficult for me to walk from here to home. I walk more now, and I'll be alive when the time comes."
"Hello, slow down then."
Yun Qiao: "Yeah, I know."
The two separated, Qin Zheng sent Yan Jingwan back to the art troupe, and Yun Qiao, with her belly bulging, took Feng Juan's arm and walked slowly towards the grocery department.
She didn't brag to Yan Jingwan. In order to give birth during the delivery period, she now goes out for a walk every day. She walks slowly and builds up her endurance. Sometimes she can walk around the family compound without even getting out of breath.
There was no meat in the side dish in the afternoon, so Feng Juan only bought some vegetables and water chestnuts and took them back. She was thinking about buying a self-fed chicken from someone to stew at home.
This was the first time Qin Zheng brought Yan Jingwan home for dinner after they confirmed their relationship, and it would be inappropriate if there were no meat dishes on the table.
Feng Juan carried most of the shopping items and only let Yun Qiao take a bunch of grapes as a symbolic gesture, which was considered a help.
When they got home, Feng Juan put the things she had bought on the table in the main hall and said to Yun Qiao, "Yun Qiao, help Mom sort these things out first. I'm going to go to Aunt Jiang's house in the back and ask her if she wants to sell the chicks she raises."
"Xiao, go ahead."
Feng Juan went out for about ten minutes and came back with a big red chicken.
The big red rooster had its feet and wings tied with hemp ropes, but it was still struggling vigorously in Feng Juan's hands. Feng Juan could hardly hold it, so as soon as she entered the house, she threw the chicken into a corner of the yard and closed the gate.
Anyway, the chicken's feet and wings were tied. No matter how hard it struggled, it could only move around in the yard but could not fly out of the yard.
This big red rooster was really beautiful. Yun Qiao couldn't help but take a few more glances at it. "This big red rooster is really strong. It must weigh about five or six pounds."
"More than that, I think it must weigh at least six or seven kilograms." Feng Juan said, "Aunt Jiang has been raising it for more than a year."
"Then you have to use a lot of firewood to cook it vigorously, otherwise the meat will not be tender and inedible."
Feng Juan nodded. "There are still some mushrooms left from drying in the sun. Let's stew them for more than an hour. Even the tough meat will be tender. Then add some flour and stick some mixed flour pancakes on the edge of the pot. Then we can dip them in the broth and eat them."
"Hmm."
He Tingjun had gone to work and had not returned yet, so Feng Juan boiled some hot water in advance, preparing to wait for Qin Zheng to come and ask him to kill the chicken.
Feng Juan also knows how to kill chickens, but she can only kill those that have not yet grown up and those that are young chickens. She cannot control these big red chickens weighing six or seven pounds. She cannot catch them or kill them with one knife. The chickens are in pain, and she is in pain too.
Qin Zheng didn't let Feng Juan wait too long. He came back after a while after boiling the water.
He came back alone. Feng Juan was surprised to see no one behind him and asked, "Jing Wan didn't come with you?"
Qin Zheng explained, "She's been away for three months, and the dormitory is covered in dust. She needs to clean it first before coming back."
Yun Qiao: "Didn't you help her clean up?"
"That's the girls' dormitory building. I'm a grown man, so why would I stay there all the time?" Qin Zheng explained, "Li helped her get it up there and carried two buckets of water for her, and then I came back."
After listening to Qin Zheng's explanation, Yun Qiao slapped his forehead and said, "I was stupid. I didn't consider this."
It is true that a woman becomes stupid for three years after she gets pregnant.
Qin Zheng said, "Wait until four or five o'clock, when it's time for dinner, and then I'll pick her up."
Feng Juan nodded: "That's fine. The provincial government came too early, and she wouldn't feel comfortable at home."
After saying that, she went into the house and brought out a basin with water and salt in it, ready to hold the chicken blood when she killed the chicken.
"Qin Zheng, come over and help." Feng Juan called him.
Qin Zheng responded and walked over. He saw a large red chicken tied with hemp rope on the ground, struggling a little, and said, "Kill the chicken?"
"Yes." Feng Juan nodded, picked up a kitchen knife that had just been sharpened with a whetstone and handed it to him.
Qin Zheng rolled up his sleeves and tied a torn apron around himself before taking the kitchen knife handed to him by Feng Juan.
A chicken was going to be slaughtered in the yard, so Yun Qiao consciously went back into the house.
Qin Zheng moved swiftly, catching and slaughtering the chicken in one go, the whole process taking less than a minute.
Yun Qiao had just entered the house and poured a glass of water. Before he finished drinking it, Feng Juan had already returned with a basin of chicken blood.
Stir the chicken blood with water and salt and let it stand for an hour until it is almost solidified. Feng Juan and Qin Zheng took advantage of this time to divide the work, one of them used hot water to remove the chicken feathers, and the other took out the internal organs.
Living conditions are good these days, and chicken offal is also a waste. No matter how troublesome it is to clean up, no one is willing to throw it away.
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