When Su Xieqiu heard Han Zhenyu's voice, he immediately ran over and opened the door.
Han Zhenyu and Gu Fangxun were seen carrying a large wild boar with two pheasants and a gray rabbit hanging on sticks.
She didn't ask anything and quickly let the two in. When she closed the door, she went out to see if there was anyone outside.
Han Zhenyu and Gu Fangxun carried it directly to the backyard.
Su Xieqiu closed the door and quickly went to the kitchen to get a basin and a kitchen knife.
Afraid of scaring the two children, she reminded them, "Chenchen, you stay here and play with your sister. Auntie will stew meat for you tonight."
Jiang Lichen had never seen a wild boar before. When he saw his uncle and Uncle Han carrying such a big thing back, he was so scared that he didn't dare to move.
He asked, "Aunt Su, what is that?"
Su Xieqiu whispered, "It's wild boar. It's delicious. I'll stew some braised pork for you tonight."
When Chenchen heard that it was meat, he nodded happily and took An An to continue playing with stones there.
Su Xieqiu came to the backyard and saw that the two men had already placed the wild boar on the open space next to the firewood shed.
Gu Fangxun was drawing water from the well while Han Zhenyu put two pieces of wood together, probably preparing to make a cut on them.
"Did you two kill this wild boar?" Su Xieqiu asked.
Han Zhenyu saw her coming over with a knife and a basin, and nodded with a smile on his face.
Then he whispered, "We are so lucky today. We found this injured wild boar not long after we entered the mountain."
Su Xieqiu poked the thick wild boar skin with his finger and said, "This pig looks like it weighs more than 300 kilograms, right?"
"It has to be at least 300 kilograms." Han Zhenyu nodded, then praised Gu Fangxun with a smile.
"If the wild boar hadn't been injured, we wouldn't have dared to fight it head-on. But Comrade Gu was very skilled, and he knocked the wild boar down by himself. I just helped a little bit on the side."
Gu Fangxun came over with a bucket of water and said with a smile, "You are too modest. If you hadn't been there with a stick, I wouldn't have been able to defeat this big guy alone."
The two men praised each other back and forth.
Su Xieqiu smiled and shook his head: "Then I'll go boil some water for shaving later."
"No need. The wild boar's skin is too thick. Just peel it off. My uncle is good at dealing with these. I'll give it to him tomorrow to clean up."
Han Zhenyu and Gu Fangxun lifted the pig onto the wooden board and prepared to gut it.
Seeing two pheasants and a wild rabbit nearby, Su Xiaqiu went back to the front yard, boiled a pot of water, and plucked the pheasants' feathers.
By the time we finished dealing with the wild boar, it was almost dark.
Su Xieqiu asked Han Zhenyu to cut a piece of pork belly and made a pot of braised pork and potatoes, put a circle of cornmeal cakes on the edge, and stewed dried mushroom and pheasant soup in a casserole.
Chenchen and Anan stood at the kitchen door, smelling the delicious aroma and drooling.
Su Xieqiu saw that the meat in the pot was almost done, so he took out a few pieces of fat and lean meat and chopped them up. He then mashed the potatoes and finally added a spoonful of chicken broth and mixed them together.
He smiled and waved to An An, "Come over here and eat, little greedy cat."
"Auntie Su, let me feed my sister." Chenchen said.
"No need, An An is very well behaved, just let her eat by herself, and we will go eat too."
Su Xieqiu discovered at noon that An An was a very smart little girl and learned things quickly.
Moreover, he won’t cry or make a fuss as long as he is full. Except for humming when he wants to sleep, he is usually smiling and very likable.
Han Zhenyu scooped out all the potatoes and pork from the pot, filling up a large bowl.
Add to that the soup made from a whole chicken and a bamboo basket of golden cornmeal cakes, and the adults couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Su Xieqiu filled a bowl of potatoes and braised pork and said with a smile, "Sister Fengqin next door often sends me food. I'll bring a bowl over for them to try."
"I'll go." Han Zhenyu stood up and said immediately.
"No need, you guys eat first. I'll take this opportunity to talk to Sister Fengqin about the two children. They'll know about it sooner or later anyway, so it's better to take the initiative to tell them to save them from guessing." Su Xieqiu said as he carried the dishes out of the main room.
Sun Dahan's family had just finished dinner. When they heard a knock on the door, Wang Fengqin came out of the kitchen and asked, "Who is it?"
"Sister-in-law, it's me."
"Oh, it's Zhenyu's wife." Wang Fengqin quickly opened the door.
Su Xieqiu handed her the bowl of braised pork and potatoes and said, "Sister-in-law, this bowl of food is for the children to satisfy their cravings."
When Wang Fengqin was cooking, she smelled the aroma of meat coming from next door. She didn't expect that Su Xieqiu would send it to their home.
Thinking of the bowl of meat sauce she gave me some time ago, although I also picked a lot of vegetables to repay the favor, the vegetables grown at home are not valuable, how can they compare to the precious meat?
So she didn't dare to accept it anymore. Her family didn't have much food to offer, and if she kept asking for other people's things, how could she repay the favor?
"Zhenyu's wife, the weather is cold now, so adding more salt to this meat won't spoil it. You can keep it and eat it slowly. Your head injury hasn't healed yet, so you need to eat more nutritious food to replenish your body. The stomachs of the boys in our family are bottomless pits, so it would be a waste to give them good food."
"Sister-in-law, look at what you said. The child is in the growth stage, so he should eat better."
Su Xieqiu smiled and stuffed the bowl into her hands, "If you don't accept it, I won't be embarrassed to ask for the food you give me next time."
"What's the value of that dish? The thing we have the most in the countryside is vegetables." Wang Fengqin was holding the bowl of hot meat dishes, feeling very touched and thinking that the couple was really sincere.
She said embarrassedly: "Zhenyu's wife, Zhenyu bought you some meat to nourish your body, and you gave us so much. I feel really bad about it."
Su Xieqiu smiled and shook her head, "Sister-in-law, this meat was not bought by Han Zhenyu. It was bought by a friend of his who wanted to foster his child in our house. He took it when he came to send the child to our house today."
Wang Fengqin asked in confusion: "Leaving the child in your home? What's going on? Why doesn't he raise the child himself?"
Su Xieqiu told Wang Fengqin the reason they had discussed, "The man lost his previous wife, and now he has met another one through an introduction. I heard that the woman is the daughter of the factory director, and she also likes this man, but the condition is that she doesn't want two children.
The man was reluctant to give up such a good wife, so he was going to give the two children away. Han Zhenyu felt sorry for the two children and wanted to bring them back to raise them. "
After listening to her, Wang Fengqin looked at her in disbelief, "Are you stupid? You two just got married and don't even have your own children. Why are you helping others raise children?"
"Alas." Su Xieqiu sighed, and pretended to be helpless and said: "Sister-in-law, we don't want to help others raise children, but you also know that Han Zhenyu and I left the house with nothing.
The family that sent the child said that they would give 100 yuan to whoever helped them raise the child. At that time, Han Zhenyu and I needed money to build a house, so we agreed without thinking too much.
I feel a little regretful now, but the house has been repaired and the 100 yuan has been spent. I can only take the child home to raise him. I can't go back on my word, can I?"
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