"There are many people in our family. We're lucky if everyone gets two pieces. How can we possibly eat to our hearts' content?"
They murmured their complaints in hushed tones.
Every household does this: the fatty parts of the pork are rendered into oil, while the lean parts are salted and cured.
Pork eaten during the Lunar New Year can often last until the autumn harvest!
Imagine two pigs divided among the people of a village—how much would that amount to?
Ke Meiyu also looked disappointed. "I want to eat meat too. There are few meat vendors at this time of year, and the meat is expensive. Most people are waiting for the New Year."
"Hey, Yu Bao'er, didn't your grandma say you're a lucky star? If you keep talking about it, maybe pork will fall from the sky," the villagers said, since they were all distant relatives and didn't hold back when talking to each other.
One person started to egg them on, and the others laughed and joked, "Yeah, let's all get some of that too!"
"We can't get enough domestic pigs, but wild boars are everywhere in the mountains." Just thinking about the rich and flavorful taste of wild boar makes people who haven't eaten yet feel their stomachs tighten with hunger.
But Ke Meiyu, who was amused, nodded seriously, "Yes, I want to eat pork, I don't care about wild boar meat! A whole bunch would be perfect, we can give half to the government and eat the other half ourselves."
"Haha, Yu Bao'er, we're not greedy. One or two to have a taste is enough. If a whole bunch of wild boars were to come down the mountain, we wouldn't have the life to handle it!"
"No, the more I talk about it, the hungrier I get. Yu Bao'er, you should go eat breakfast. I need to go home and have some porridge too..."
They parted ways when they reached the alley entrance.
Ke Meiyu skipped home, just in time to run into the men of the Ke family, who had been dragged out of bed early that morning by Qin Yuanjiu for training.
They were covered in sweat, dragging their heavy bodies, and both of them gave her a pair of resentful looks.
It wasn't just them, but also their teammates who were dragged into training by their own resentment.
Ke Meiyu completely missed their signal, gave them a perfunctory greeting, and then ran to the kitchen, "Mom, I'm hungry..."
Ms. Ke looked helpless, wondering when her child would grow up.
What married daughter comes home every day and eats three meals a day without feeling ashamed and acting like a child, confidently claiming she's hungry?
"Oh, it's my favorite egg custard! Mom is the best!" She couldn't resist hugging her cheek and taking a bite.
This egg tart is very easy to make. Mix eggs, flour, chopped green onions and salt into a batter. Grease a pan with oil, pour a spoonful of batter into it and spread it into a thin sheet. Once the batter has solidified, flip it over. Basically, it's ready to serve after flipping it over once more.
The eggs are crisp, fragrant, soft, and bouncy, especially when they're freshly made. Ke Meiyu can eat so much that her mother's arms ache!
"It's Xiao Qin who wants to eat this," Ke's mother said, handing her a plate.
Ke Meiyu immediately pouted, "Mother has a son-in-law now, so she doesn't want me anymore! Do you want me or not? If you don't, I'll go find my father to dote on me."
"Shameless girl," Mrs. Ke chuckled, slapping her forehead with her flour-covered hand and drawing a line on it. The little girl immediately turned into a little tiger, baring her teeth to show her jealousy.
"I know you love to eat it, so I make a lot of it, don't I?"
After dinner, Yu Bao'er said she felt too full and wanted to go for a walk, as she was going to give a health and wellness mini-lecture later.
She walked over to her brothers, who were slumped together, too ashamed to even look at them. She kicked one of them and said, "Brothers, you need to maintain your image at all times. How can you two, looking like this, help me find a wife?"
“Girl, try running ten laps around the village! You’d probably collapse,” Ke Yuansui snorted.
"I want to eat river shrimp for lunch," Ke Meiyu said with a smile. "Good brother, shall we go catch some shrimp?"
"Girl, you just finished breakfast and you're already thinking about lunch?" the brothers groaned in unison. "Can't you even rest for a bit?" "Get your man to get you internet!"
Ke Meiyu glanced at Qin Yuanjiu and shook her head, "Not enough to eat!"
Yes, ever since the girl bumped her head, her appetite has been unusually good. She eats almost anything and finishes it all.
What to do? I'll just have to spoil my own sister.
They gritted their teeth and reluctantly got up to get their equipment, dragging along a bunch of kids from their families, and marched in a large group to the riverbank.
The river that winds around the village is swift, but upstream there is a flat, naturally formed body of water, which is rich in aquatic plants and food, and hides many fish, shrimp and crabs.
The villagers would occasionally catch some river fish to make soup to nourish their bodies, so the fish, shrimp and crabs in the river were extremely small and had a fishy smell that people didn't like, so the villagers gradually stopped thinking about them.
Only children like to come here to swim and grill river delicacies on branches.
Ke Meiyu walked lightly ahead, carrying her bag, and liked to pick up stones and throw them into the river. Suddenly, a heart-wrenching howl came from afar.
The group paused, exchanged glances, and were all tense and afraid.
"Hey girl, come back quickly! The wild boar might have come down the mountain!" Ke Yuanwan, who was walking in front, jogged over and grabbed Ke Meiyu's arm, pulling her back.
“Brother, wild boar meat,” she smacked her lips.
Ke Yuanwan tapped her on the head in annoyance, "Girl, I think you're a pig, always thinking about food. Wild boars are so fierce, you think you can mess with them?"
Qin Yuanjiu glanced at Ke Meiyu and said indifferently, "I'll go take a look ahead."
"Be careful," the big guy whispered.
Ke Yuanda, being the eldest, also joined in, saying, "Together."
They went around the boulder and saw a group of wild boars stuck on the rocky beach along the river!
Ke Yuanda was immediately delighted and turned around to call out, "Come on, everyone, let's carry the wild boar meat for the girl!"
When everyone heard the surprise and joy in his voice, they quickly ran over.
Goodness gracious, when did pork grow out of the cracks in the rocks?
The group first laughed at the wild boars before starting to discuss how to deal with them.
"Go and call the village chief," Qin Yuanjiu said, his heart softening when he caught a glimpse of Ke Meiyu's smug expression with her hands behind her back.
They nodded repeatedly.
The little ones whose names were called no longer felt sore or aching in their legs or arms. They ran as fast as they could to the village to spread the news, shouting as they ran, "My aunt has found a herd of wild boars! Everyone hurry up and go get some meat..."
Upon hearing the word "meat," every household couldn't resist coming out.
The young wives were stunned. "Oh my, it really is Fu Bao! She was just saying she wanted to eat wild boar meat this morning, and now it's really fallen from the sky?"
Just then, a little guy ran past, grinning, "Wild boar meat didn't fall from the sky, it grew out of the cracks in the rocks!"
The whole village was alarmed, and men, women, and children all ran towards the rocky beach.
Ke Meiyu was afraid the wild boars would break free, so she had packed them all very tightly. Now, the men of the Ke family had tied the largest leg and were pulling it out with all their might.
The villagers were also amused by the wild boars that had sprung out of the cracks in the rocks.
Grandma Ke squeezed through the crowd, "Bao'er, what's going on here!"
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