Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Chapter 5

After eating and drinking, Li Ji stood in the courtyard and looked at everything in the courtyard, but felt that the courtyard was too clean.

The family was separated before he was born, and his family was poor. At that time, the elder brother was the eldest son, so his parents gave almost all their belongings to the elder brother to run his own business. Therefore, since Li Ji was born, there was nothing in the family.

When father was gone, all the things that could be sold in the family were sold to father for medical treatment. Now that father left, the only thing left for Li Ji was this dilapidated house.There was no food for the first year, and the eldest brother was still helping to get by. Later, the eldest brother disappeared, and 14-year-old Li Ji could only persevere alone.

He is a senior in the village, so he can't just go to someone else's house to be raised by others, he can only support himself.

The rice was cooked, and Er Gouzi almost cooked it by smelling the smell of the rice. Li Ji urged him to put on the cotton padded coat, but Er Gouzi moved his body unaccustomed to it, and finally managed not to take it off.

After the two had eaten, Er Gouzi rubbed his belly and thought about it.Er Gouzi is a simple person who puts everything on his face. When Li Ji asked him what was wrong, Er Gouzi pursed his lips and thought for a while before saying a word.

"Meat."

Li Ji understood that he wanted to eat meat.That's right, with Er Gouzi's ability, there is never a shortage of meat on the mountain, but when he comes here, he clears porridge and side dishes every day, no, it's clear porridge and pickles. Just kill two chickens to satisfy your hunger, and save the rest to lay eggs, eggs are similar to meat, and they are quite filling."

"I'll catch it." Er Gouzi didn't understand Li Ji's words, after all, in his impression, the meat was all caught.

Li Ji thought about the distance from here to the place where there are many prey on the mountain, and he was a little worried: "Forget it, it's winter now, let's not go there."

Er Gouzi heard what he said, thinking it meant two people, Er Gouzi shook his head and pointed at himself: "I'll go, you won't go."

Knowing that Er Gouzi misunderstood, Li Ji didn't know how to explain it, so he wanted to cry without tears: "Are you really gluttonous?"

Er Gouzi nodded, and Li Ji thought that Er Gouzi would not be in danger after living on the mountain for so many years, so he had to agree.There is a rough weapon brought back by Er Gouzi at home. Er Gouzi is not suitable for the clothes he is wearing, so he is strictly reminded by Li Ji not to take them off.

Li Ji sent Er Gouzi directly to the entrance of the village, and watched Er Gouzi enter the mountain without forgetting to tell him not to go far and come back early.

I went down to the coal kiln to have a look, because it was for my own use, and I didn't want to make it very good. It took more than a day, and the charcoal could be ready.

After opening the kiln to dry for a whole morning, when it was cool in the afternoon, Li Ji pushed a broken wheelbarrow to transport it home by himself.

Li Ji cooked the meal early, and went directly to the entrance of the village to wait for others.Li Ji stood at the entrance of the village and looked into the mountains. He regretted agreeing to Er Gouzi to enter the mountains in the morning. He knew that it was one thing for him not to be afraid of going up the mountains, but it was another thing not to go home.

Now that he decided to live together, Li Ji was ready to be responsible. Er Gouzi had only lived in his house for two days, so he couldn't just lose it.

Li Jilian sighed twice.People have been standing at the entrance of the village for half an hour. People who have contacts have seen it and asked what happened. Li Ji told the truth that someone gave Gao Orion to go up the mountain to look for it.

Where can I find it on such a big mountain?Li Ji thanked the person who gave the idea, and sat on the relatively clean stone at the entrance of the village, holding his cotton coat tightly, feeling more and more anxious.

The sun was about to set, and no one had come back. Li Ji couldn't sit still, so he stood up and stomped his feet to look into the woods. Finally, he saw a figure coming out of the woods.

Li Ji went over in a hurry, and it really was Er Gouzi.At this time Er Gouzi was covered in blood on half of his body, his clothes were torn and the cotton flew out, and he was carrying a half-big and half-big wild boar weighing more than a hundred catties on his shoulders, and the wild boar was still covered with blood.

Li Ji hurriedly went over to have a look, and found that the meat inside the torn part of the clothes was not torn, so he was relieved, the blood on his body was from a wild boar.

"Why did you come back so late!" After heaving a sigh of relief, Li Ji began to teach this ignorant nephew a lesson.

Er Gouzi pointed to the wild boar on his shoulder: "Run far."

Looking at Er Gouzi's innocent face, the anger in his chest can't get out.Sigh, no matter what you say, it's a good thing when someone comes back.

"Okay, don't go up the mountain if you can't guarantee to come back soon. This time you killed such a big one that it should be enough for us to eat all winter. We won't go up the mountain in the future, be good."

Er Gouzi didn't respond, and the two went home carrying the wild boar. In the yard of the house, they watched Er Gouzi clean up the wild boar.Li Ji sat and watched, and couldn't help admiring Er Gouzi in his heart. Although this wild boar weighs only more than 100 kilograms, it is still a piggy, but the strength of a wild boar should never be underestimated. This wild boar is enough to knock people out of their heads. Come on, ordinary people will run away when they see it, let alone kill it and bring it back.

Er Gouzi has the habit of bringing prey down from the mountain, so he took out the internal organs and threw them away. Li Ji hurriedly picked them up: "Why throw them away, meat eats meat."

Er Gouzi frowned: "Smelly."

Li Ji just remembered that Er Gouzi caught prey on the mountain and roasted them on fire without any seasoning, so how could he know how to eat offal.Li Ji didn't know how to do it either, he didn't eat meat much since he was a child.

Li Ji gave Er Gouzi two pots and told him to put the one with feces in one place, and put the clean one without feces in another pot. He went directly to Gao Orion's house to find Gao Orion's daughter-in-law. It would be better if he didn't help with the internal organs. Marinate all the meat that can’t be eaten today, and eat less meat every day for one meal a day, and there will be enough meat for this winter.

Gao Orion's daughter-in-law can be said to be the most exposed to meat in the village, and she knows how to deal with it the most. Gao Orier's wife, who has not eaten meat for some time, is very happy to use two catties of meat as salary.

It's getting darker and darker, ready the oil lamp, and light it up when you can't see it, Gao Liehu's daughter-in-law has rolled up her sleeves, and Er Gouzi will take over whatever Er Gouzi has dealt with, and give Er Gouzi some pointers How to cut is better to deal with.

Er Gouzi always eats the piece he cut off from the mountain. This is the first time he has done it like this. He has been busy from dawn to dusk, and the lamp oil has been burned for more than half of it. The meat and the meat they are going to eat today, all the rest are marinated with salt and pepper, put in a tank and pressed with stones, and the rest of the internal organs are also washed and cut. It's not bad, save it for tomorrow and eat it the day after tomorrow.

After sending away Gao Orion's daughter-in-law, Er Gouzi cut up two pieces of front meat and fried them all, then poured in all the rice that was stuffy between them, stirred them evenly and sprinkled them in a basin, the whole room was full of meat fragrance, Just smelling it makes your mouth water.

Looking at Er Gouzi who kept swallowing beside him, Li Ji asked him to set up the table and put the bowls and chopsticks, and put the fried rice on the table. The uncle and nephew shook off their cheeks and molars wiped out all the food.

The meal was so delicious that Li Ji, with a bulging stomach, leaned against the fire wall (the wall connected to the stove in the northeast, and the fire wall is very hot when the stove is lit) after eating, and he didn't want to move.

I am used to eating rice porridge and only pickles. It seems that I have never eaten meat so happily as I do now.

Looking at Er Gouzi who was still eating, Li Ji tilted his head and smiled at him.This is all thanks to Er Gouzi. It feels so happy to have meat to eat.

After tidying up the table and still lighting the oil lamp, Li Ji repaired Er Gouzi's torn cotton coat on the kang. The fire in the room was very hot and hot, so he wouldn't feel cold even if he didn't wear cotton coat. There is less cotton, and after patching it up, it will definitely not be as warm as before.

Li Ji was a little anxious when Gao Orion would be able to sell all those leathers so that he could buy two thick cotton padded clothes.

Others bought fabrics and cotton to make at home, but the family didn't even have a woman, Li Ji's wounds were all crooked, let alone Er Gouzi.

After mending the clothes, I blow out the candles and go to bed.The room is warm, and I can quickly fall asleep when I close my eyes.

When I woke up in the morning, Gao Orion's daughter-in-law came over and told Gao Orion that today he was going to the city to buy leather, and he would be back in the afternoon.Li Ji was very happy. He cooked and sliced ​​the pig's heart, dipped it in soy sauce, and fried the pig's lungs.The porridge was specially cooked in the morning, and the two of them had nothing to do in the afternoon and sat on the kang in the house to chat.

In fact, Li Ji was basically the only one talking about it, and it didn't matter if Er Gouzi could understand it, from how to spend the money after selling it to how to live in the future.

In the future, if Er Gouzi insists on going up the mountain, he will not be able to wear only cloth clothes. He must find a way to get him something like armor. The iron ones are too heavy to affect his movements. Leather, bamboo or wooden ones are still good. With two weapons at hand, it must be too late for him to learn bow and arrow, and he can't find a decent master, so he can use a spear or iron to hit his head, which must be sharper than Er Gouzi's bone.

In fact, Li Ji also wanted to go hunting in the mountains, but he didn't have the guts. He thought that when he was rich, he could buy some livestock in the yard, and then he could sell them to supplement his family's income.

The two talked for the whole afternoon. In the afternoon, when the shadow was dragged by the boss, Gao Orion came back. When he came back, the smile on his face could not be covered, and his waist was bulging. It was obvious that he had pretended a lot silver.

When Gao Liehu came back, he went to Li Ji's house first. When he got to the yard, he first called Fourth Uncle, and then warmly greeted Er Gouzi.Welcoming him into the room, he poured him a bowl of boiling water for him to drink to get rid of the cold. Gao Orion took out a cloth bag from his pocket, opened it, and it was shining with silver. There were three silver ingots weighing one or two and many stringed copper plate.

"A total of six taels of silver was sold, and I took [-]% of it. This is the remaining four taels of silver. I know you must buy a lot of things, so the one tael of silver was exchanged for copper plates. You spend it Also convenient."

This is enough for Gao Orion to be happy, and he can earn a tael or two of silver by running errands. He may not have been able to bring down so much silver in the three to five months of hunting for gangsters.

Looking at the money that was spread all over the table, Li Ji couldn't hold back the smile on Li Ji's face. Li Ji is a layman and there is no reason not to be greedy for money.

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