Chapter 21 Eating Meat

Chapter 21 Eating Meat

The air was filled with the smell of wood. One, two, three... The planks were sawed and put aside.

There is a double bed at the rear of the car. When the bed is pulled out, it becomes larger and longer. The length is 2 meters and the width is 1 meters. The mattress on the big bed is rolled up and tied tightly against the car wall. A straw mat is laid on the bed board. A piece of wood sawed to size is placed horizontally at the position of the double doors at the rear of the car, blocking half of the rear door. This is to prevent the grain bags from falling down when the rear door is opened. Half of it is left for easy access to the grain.

Bags of food were brought into the RV and piled on the big bed, filling it up completely. Four wooden boards were placed vertically beside the bed, and one board was placed horizontally on the left and right sides, with the vertical boards blocked inside on the 4-2 cm wide edge of the window.

Under the board were two large jars filled with mixed pork and lard, and next to the jars was a double sofa. The bed and the sofa sandwiched the two jars and the board that held the grain bag on the bed tightly in the middle, leaving no gaps.

Li Ai looked at the toilet, where the items in the cabinet under the bed were piled up. The washing machine could not be used because the wooden board blocked the lower row. Fortunately, she had foresight in the morning and threw the wool into the washing machine to dry when it was almost done drying. After the two bags of wool were dried, she put them in a plastic bag and stuffed them in the cabinet.

The homemade straw curtains of Li Hao brand hanging outside the RV were removed. The finely woven straw curtains were hung again. On the roof of the car, except for the exhaust fan and air conditioner at the front, nothing was placed there. Bedding, clothes and pants were placed on the roof tent in the luggage rack, and wooden boards were placed on the solar panels, and clothes and pants were also tied on them. The canopy directly covered the luggage, and several straw mats were placed on the canopy.

Li Youcai took a hemp rope and tied up the roof of the car.

I was so hot that my whole body was wet, and sweat was sliding into my eyes, making me feel uncomfortable.

There are more than 20 people in the Lin family, and they divide the work and cooperate with each other, and no one is idle.

All the food, clothing and daily necessities have been packed up.

Li Hao put the tools for sawing wood back into the car.

Li Youcai went to the backyard to take a shower.

In the yard, women and children were collecting beans, millet and the few vegetables brought back from the fields.

Old Mrs. Wang was picking beans, glaring at her second daughter-in-law, Yang, from time to time.

Yang leaned sideways, picking beans, not daring to say a word.

Old Lady Wang had a stern face and glared at Yang. "Oh, I'm so busy all day that I don't even have time to pee."

Yang's head almost bowed to the ground, and her hands were busy picking beans.

After helping out with her father, Lin Zisu saw that the atmosphere of the Bean Team was not right, so she hurried to the backyard to find her father.

Dad said he would cook tonight. We will leave for the evacuation tomorrow morning, so we will have a good meal tonight. Dad kept pestering Old Lady Wang about this for a long time during the day.

Lin Xianwen packed all the seasonings in the RV into a basket and took it to the kitchen.

Thinking about their father's cooking skills, tears flowed from the corners of their mouths.

My mother said to mince all the bones and meat of 5 ducks, 7 chickens, and 3 geese, pack them with leaves, and put them in the freezer. The purpose of mincing is that it is easy to cook and everyone can eat some meat, otherwise many people can only watch. The internal organs of chickens, ducks, and geese are all cut into small pieces and stir-fried with sour peppers in the RV. The whole body of the pig is put into the jar, and the internal organs of the pig are all washed and cut into small pieces. A big pot of peppers are stir-fried tonight.

Of the offal fried tonight, only a small portion can be eaten and it has to be put in the refrigerator to be eaten tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. This is Old Lady Wang’s last stubbornness.

This is what my father and mother discussed. My father told me this when he went to talk to Old Lady Wang. Hahahaha… Lin Zisu found it funny when she thought of the scene where my father and Old Lady Wang were arguing with each other.

Alas, the bottom line is that resources are scarce and we are poor.

The sun sets in the west, and the people working in the fields finally finish picking the crops and return home in the sunset.

After unloading the millet from the truck, Lin Youfu sniffed and said, "What a nice smell!"

Lin Youxiang took a deep breath, "Meat smells good!" He whispered, "I'm so upset that I'm so willing to give it up today!!!"

"Just eat what you have, and don't talk too much." Feng pinched her man and reminded him in a low voice.

Mrs. Lu looked at her mother-in-law, second sister-in-law, and fourth sister-in-law in the courtyard, "Huh? Who's busy in the kitchen?"

"Cui He, Xia Tao?" Lin Yougui didn't look at his two nieces. He only saw his daughter Qiuyue picking beans next to his wife.

"Didn't they go to the mill with Dad?" Lu said as she walked towards the well in the backyard. After a day of cutting millet in the fields, her whole body was hot and itchy.

Lin Youfu's face was wrinkled with heat as he unloaded the cart for the mules and cows and led them to the backyard to drink water and feed them grass. The mules and cows had worked hard to transport food back home and to the fields today.

Lin Youcai took a shovel and walked out of the kitchen back door, which led to the backyard. Looking at the people washing their hands and faces by the well, he said, "Brother and sister-in-law are back! We'll have delicious food tonight!"

The three brothers looked as if they had seen a ghost, the three sisters-in-law looked confused, and the fourth brother was cooking?

It must be the fourth brother’s wife who cooked the meal. The couple has always had a good relationship and they always cook together! Tsk tsk tsk tsk. . . .

Lin Zisu followed him out, chewing some food in her mouth, "Dad, the food has salt. Dad's cooking is amazing!" She gave him a thumbs up! Then she saw the stunned people by the well.

Everyone in the Lin family: “…”

When everyone was having dinner, ah! It smelled so good! When did my fourth brother become such a good cook?

Old Mrs. Wang glared at Si'er. Her job was actually taken away by her son, who was a scholar at that.

Lin Youcai ignored the gazes of those around him, took a spoon, and scooped up a spoon of meat for each person. Half a spoon of chicken, duck, and goose offal, and half a spoon of pig offal. The children in Xi's family were like celebrating the Chinese New Year, which was not the time to have so much meat to eat. Especially Cuihe, Xiatao, and Qiuyue, they ignored the gazes of their grandma and mother, squatted aside and ate with millet porridge. It was the first time in their teens that they could eat so much meat in one meal. In the past, even during the Chinese New Year, it was rare to get a piece of meat, and there were many brothers and sisters in the family.

"Dad, why don't you make some braised pig's trotters... Braised pork will be fine too!" Lin Xianwen chewed the meat, thinking about his favorite braised dish.

"Go and tell grandma! Otherwise, you can go and tell grandpa first, and then tell grandma." Lin Zisu was not afraid of the fire and still added some firewood.

Lin Xianwen gave him a big eye roll.

At around 9 o'clock in the evening, everyone in the house checked everything again. After they were reassured, they washed up and had a good night's rest.

Lin Zisu and my mother slept on the small bed in the RV. After a tiring day, Shen Xianglan fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

"Oh, I don't know when I can sleep in a big bed again!" Lin Zisu said to herself and sighed. She had to put wooden boards and jars next to the bed. The backrest of the double-seat sofa could not be put down. There was no place. The length of the small bed was reduced. Fortunately, she was still young and her height had not grown up yet. But my mother's feet could only be placed diagonally outside the bed.

In the past, we slept with our heads facing the big bed, but now we are afraid that if the board gets loose and falls down, the grain bag will fall down! If we don’t die, we will be seriously injured, so now we both sleep with our heads on the co-pilot side.

He muttered a few words to himself, then turned over and fell asleep.

Outside the car, frogs croaked, insects chirped, a cool breeze blew, and the sky was full of stars.