Chapter 74: Getting to Work
However, when they learned that the position was held by Su Mingyue, they completely lost the courage and face to compete. The reason was simple: who among the children in the whole village could compare with Su Mingyue who had already attended high school?
Even if there is one, I'm afraid only Su Muyang from the captain's family or Su Mingyi who is still in school can compete with him.
But the reality is that Su Muyang has no need to do the job of warehouse registrar.
After all, Su Muyang is regarded as the best candidate for the next captain of their village!
Besides, Su Mingyi is still studying in school. After she graduates from high school, she will undoubtedly find a job in the town or the county and start her career.
It is worth mentioning that Su Muyang, who also graduated from high school, completed his studies two years earlier than Su Mingyue and Su Mingyi.
Unfortunately, he failed to enter university like his elder brother Su Xiangyang. Fortunately, he later found a job in the county town and has been working there for two years.
Just this year, he quit that job and returned to the village with great ambition and determination, determined to show his talents here so that he can naturally take over his father's position as the captain in the future.
After all the workers had taken their tools away, Su Mingyue waited in the warehouse for a while. After making sure that no one was there, she locked the warehouse door, returned home, and started to make breakfast.
After making breakfast and eating with Su Qingfeng, he took Su Qingfeng to the mountain to collect firewood.
You have to collect firewood! Although it has thawed, it is still a bit cold at night, so she and Su Qingfeng still light the kang at night. In addition, they usually use a lot of firewood for cooking, because their family cooks at least one dish of meat every day, and cooking meat wastes the most firewood.
So now that she had nothing to do in the warehouse, she took Su Qingfeng up the mountain to collect some firewood. The other people in the village went to work, so the ones who went up the mountain to collect firewood were the children in the families. But because they went to the outskirts, there was not much danger. However, families would not let very young children go, so most of the people who went were children aged seven or eight or above.
Su Mingyue and Su Qingfeng collected firewood for the whole morning. When it was noon, Su Mingyue did not need to go to the warehouse because those who went to work at noon did not need to return the tools.
Su Mingyue brought Su Qingfeng to see the noon, came down from the mountain, and started cooking when they got home.
The kitchen was filled with the faint smell of smoke. Su Mingyue lit the stove skillfully and put some leftover meat from the morning into the pot to heat it up.
After a while, the pot sizzled and smelled delicious. She put some potatoes in. Then she washed the right amount of rice and steamed it. Before long, a pot of steaming and fragrant glutinous rice came out of the pot.
After the meal was served, the brother and sister sat together and ate heartily. They ate the delicious meat and potatoes with gusto. After eating, the brother and sister cleaned up the dishes together and took a nap.
When Su Mingyue woke up, the afternoon sun was already shining into the house.
She stretched, stood up and walked into the yard. She used her mental power to check on Su Qingfeng and found that he had not woken up yet.
She took out the pheasants and hares in the space. These prey were hunted by her in the mountains last time and had been well preserved in the space.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the village has gone to work and it is quiet and deserted, she plans to clean and cook all the meat so that it will be convenient to eat later.
Su Mingyue skillfully slaughtered, skinned, and cleaned the pheasants and rabbits, and cut them into pieces of suitable size. Then, she lit the stove, put the pot on the stove, poured in oil to heat it, and put the pieces of meat into the pot one by one to stir-fry.
As the heat was controlled and seasonings were added, waves of tempting aromas wafted out. Soon, three large pots of delicious dishes were ready.
Su Mingyue divided the prepared meat and vegetables into several small portions and put them in the space. When she wanted to eat them, she would just take them out of the space and pretend that they were prepared in advance and reheated.
If Su Qingfeng asked, she would tell him that it was prepared in advance and placed in the cabinet. Anyway, Su Qingfeng would never open the cabinet to check without her permission.
Thinking of this, Su Mingyue smiled with satisfaction and continued to tidy up the kitchen.
At this time, Su Qingfeng slowly got up from the bed and walked to the kitchen with sleepy eyes. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw his sister Su Mingyue busy at the stove. The strong meaty aroma instantly stimulated his olfactory nerves, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sister, didn't we just have dinner? Why do I smell meat again now?"
Hearing his brother's question, Su Mingyue smiled and replied softly: "Haha, your little nose is quite sensitive! I just made it. I thought that if our family cooks meat every day, it will attract too much attention. If other people in the village knew that we hunted in the mountains, they might ask us to hand over the meat to share!
So, I will take advantage of the time when I am working in the village to prepare the meat in advance. When we want to eat it, we can just take it out of the cupboard and heat it up. This way, the smell won’t spread out and we don’t have to worry. The weather is still cold now, and the meat can be kept for a while. If it is summer, I am afraid that I can’t make so much at a time. Even if I cook it and put it in the well, it won’t keep for long!"
After hearing what Su Mingyue said, Su Qingfeng smiled and nodded, and said to Su Mingyue: "Sister, you are so thoughtful! You really deserve to be my sister! You are so amazing! Sister, let's go up the mountain again in the afternoon! Let's see if we can catch pheasants or rabbits, or if not, finding some bird eggs would be a good idea!"
Su Mingyue said, "Okay, I've packed it up, let's go! Carry the backpack and we'll go now!"
Su Qingfeng carried his small backpack in the yard on his back and went up the mountain with Su Mingyue.
The brother and sister went up the mountain and collected firewood for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Su Mingyue took Su Qingfeng down the mountain. After going down the mountain, Su Mingyue walked towards the warehouse.
On the way, they met their uncle, who was driving an ox cart with Uncle Zhang towards the village.
There were several large packages on the ox cart, and behind the ox cart were several men and women who looked not very old.
Su Mingyue saw her uncle Su Heping and greeted him: "Uncle, you are back from the town. Who are these people behind you?"