Chapter 11 Dividing the Chicken
When she got home, Shen Ruoqing shouted, "Mom, come out quickly. I have something good to show you."
Old Lady Ji popped her head out and said, "What a good thing! It's another pheasant! How did you catch it, dear?"
"I was picking wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain! I happened to see this pheasant caught on a barley. I rushed over and pinned it down! I also picked up ten pheasant eggs!"
"My dear! He is so capable, he can even catch pheasants! I said my dear is a lucky star. When he was picking wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain, pheasants came to his door. It's true that he caught ten pheasant eggs!"
"Mom, let's do it tonight?"
"Okay, I've done it. I'll give my dear a good rest!"
"Mom, I meant to cook it for everyone to eat together. The busy farming season is coming soon, and I want to nourish everyone." Shen Ruoqing ate the skinny hen alone last time. Although there was not much meat on it, it still made Shen Ruoqing feel embarrassed.
"My dear, why have you become so generous recently?" Old Mrs. Ji looked at Shen Ruoqing suspiciously while holding the chicken.
"No way, it's just that after I hit my head, I figured it out. My family members were nice to me before because I was young and they gave in to me. I can't take their kindness for granted, and I can't finish this chicken by myself." Shen Ruoqing looked at Old Lady Ji seriously.
She is not the original owner, and it is impossible for her to always act in the same way as the original owner, so it is just right for her to slowly let Old Lady Ji accept her changes.
"My dear, the baby has grown up... Old man, hurry up and cook this chicken!"
Shen Ruoqing watched curiously as Han and Old Lady Ji killed the chickens, while Du was helping to boil water.
Old Lady Ji first fixed the chicken, plucked the small hair on the chicken's neck with her right hand, and cut off the trachea, esophagus, and blood vessels with a sharp kitchen knife; then she lifted the chicken's legs with her right hand, and put all the blood into an empty bowl. Then Du's boiling water came and scalded it. The scalded chicken was placed in a basin and the coarse hair was plucked, and then the hair was rubbed in the reverse order. As for the remaining fluff, there were no tweezers at home, so she could only carefully pluck it clean with her bare hands. Finally, she made a small cut on the left side of the chicken's right wing to remove the crop, and then she took out the internal organs from the incision at the anus. The chicken was killed.
After plucking the chicken feathers, Han also peeled off the chicken skin, which is useful for making chicken fat. The remaining chicken was washed in clean water, and the chicken viscera were also washed. Nowadays, people eat everything, and there is no such thing as not eating viscera.
Next is Han’s home court.
Not long after, Shen Ruoqing smelled the smell of chicken. The whole family, including Shen Ruoqing, stared straight at the kitchen until Han brought out a large pot of chicken soup.
"Mom, where did this chicken come from?" Shen Xiangxi swallowed.
"I know, I know, this was caught by my aunt!" Shen Xue answered quickly, "Dad, you don't know, my aunt is very powerful, she caught another chicken this time!"
"Your sister is still the best. She was thinking of you when she caught the pheasant. She said that it was the busy farming season and you all had worked too hard, so she wanted to give you some nourishment. You must remember your sister's kindness in the future." Old Mrs. Ji brainwashed her three sons whenever she got the chance.
"Yes, yes, Mom, can we eat now?" Shen Xiangnan's stomach was already growling.
"Why are you panicking?" Old Mrs. Ji glared at her son unhappily. As the head of the family, she began to distribute the chicken.
As the most precious gold nugget in the family, Shen Ruoqing was given two thighs and a large piece of chicken breast. It can be said that most of the chicken and the best part of it were given to her. Old Mrs. Ji herself got a chicken head and a piece of chicken neck meat, her three sons each got two pieces of meat, her three daughters-in-law each got a piece of meat, and her grandchildren each got a piece of meat.
Thinking about how Shen Hansong, Erya and Sanya helped Shen Ruoqing catch cicada monkeys all night yesterday, he gave each of the three little ones a piece of chicken neck meat.
"Grandma, you are biased!" Shen Hanwen and Shen Hanwu shouted, "Why do the three of them get an extra piece of meat?"
"I got the meat, Sanya and the others helped me catch the cicada monkeys, so those who worked hard can naturally have an extra piece of meat." Shen Ruoqing said calmly, "Mom, I can't finish these two legs, so I'll give you one." Her mother doesn't have much meat to eat. Although this chicken head looks big, dogs don't eat chicken heads in her hometown. Old lady Ji's first reaction was to refuse, but then she thought of what Shen Ruoqing said to her today, and felt that Shen Ruoqing had really grown up, so she didn't let her filial piety down.
"Mom, I'm pregnant with another one, should I get an extra piece of meat too?" Wang was also a little dissatisfied. She was a twin, so how could she be treated the same as her sister-in-law? "Eat it if you want or not, forget it!" Old Lady Ji was about to take back the meat that was given to Wang, and Wang quickly protected her only piece of meat.
"Mom, I want to eat it. How can I take it away after you gave it to me?" Wang immediately stuffed the piece of meat into her mouth. Since she couldn't eat the soup with the meat, she had to drink more.
The chicken tasted great, even better than the lean hen from last time. Shen Ruoqing thought that it might be produced by the system, so the meat was much more tender, not as tough and dry as the usual pheasant.
The fried chicken innards were also snatched away.
After the meal, Shen Ruoqing touched her stomach. This was the most satisfying meal she had ever had since coming to Old Shen's house.
After dinner, there are no entertainment activities in the countryside. Basically, people go to bed when it gets dark, and they don't even want to light the kerosene lamp. Shen Ruoqing counted her money. She now has more than 600 yuan. This amount of money is not small in this era, but the cheapest space in the system mall costs 1,000 yuan, which she can't afford. The fastest way to make money is to sell food on the black market. The current food price is high, but in a few years, the food price will not be so high.
Let’s dig up all the medicinal herbs at the foot of the mountain first.
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The next morning, Shen Ruoqing went to the foot of the mountain to dig wild vegetables and medicinal herbs, and got a lot. After thinking about it, he bought two rabbits from the mall and put them at the top of the basket. Rabbits are much cheaper than pheasants, only two yuan each, weighing about five or six pounds, and very fat.
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Sun Taohua just after he got down the mountain.
"Ruoqing, why didn't you come to see me at the usual place this morning?"
"Why am I looking for you?"
"Brother Chen is back today."
"What does it have to do with me?" Shen Ruoqing rolled her eyes. "Do you have anything else to say? If not, please move aside. You're blocking my way!"
"Shen Ruoqing! Have you forgotten what you told me before? You said you would support Brother Chen to study hard, become a worker after graduation, and have a stable job..."
"Now I don't think so. Instead of supporting others to study, I might as well work hard myself." Shen Ruoqing thought. He had already taken many days off, and summer vacation was coming soon. He didn't have to go to school. He still had to go to school next semester.
"What are you talking about? Your grades..." Sun Taohua laughed as if she heard a joke, "Ruoqing, please stop being angry with me, okay? It was my fault before, and it has nothing to do with Brother Chen. You can't take it out on Brother Chen because of this."
(End of this chapter)