Chapter 11: Mother's Worries
Killing ducks is simple, but dehairing is a technical job.
Before shedding, the duck should be soaked in hot water, where the water temperature is the key.
When the water temperature is high, the duck skin will be torn apart when the feathers are shed, which is very ugly.
When the water temperature is low, the duck feathers can't be plucked, especially the fine feathers on the duck skin, it is really difficult to pluck them out, if it is the original time and space, 17-year-old Xu Tongdao will definitely not be able to grasp this water temperature.
Not only him, but also his sister Ge Yuzhu and younger brother Xu Tonglu are impossible to master.
But now......
Throwing the duck in the open space outside the kitchen, he told his sister to go to the stove and boil the water, and he went to the hall to get a wooden basin for washing his feet, and after washing it, he scooped two scoops of cold water into it.
When the water in the pot was boiling, he scooped a few scoops of boiling water into the wooden basin, reached in and tested the water temperature, scooped another scoop of hot water into it, and then tried the water temperature again, and after several times, he went to take the duck that had long been dead on the ground to the wooden basin, and scalded it several times in the hot water in the basin.
When he started to scald the duck, his younger brother Xu Tonglu also had a good meal and came out of the hall to watch him busy.
My sister Ge Yuzhu squatted next to him, blinked her eyes, and asked worriedly: "Big brother, you don't put salt in this hot water, do you?" I remember that my mother used to put salt every time she scalded the duck, otherwise the hair would not be clean......
"No!"
Xu Tongdao replied casually, pinching the duck's feet with one hand, and his right hand had quickly pushed the coarse hair on the duck's wings, and as his right hand pushed it again and again, a pinch of coarse hair easily slid down.
But the water was so hot that his 17-year-old fingers couldn't stand it, so he turned his head and told his sister, "Go and scoop me a scoop of cold water!"
"Oh, oh, the water is too hot, isn't it? I'll go now!"
Ge Yuzhu immediately got up and went to the water tank to scoop water.
Without waiting for her to scoop water back, Xu Tongdao, who was still pushing the coarse hair on the duck's wings, instructed again: "Don't pour cold water into the basin, just put it in my hand!"
"Ahh ”
Ge Yuzhu was a little puzzled, but still responded obediently.
Soon she put a scoop of cold water in Xu Tongdao's hand.
Xu Tongdao hurriedly soaked his right hand in cold water, and then continued to push the duck feathers.
......
Because the water temperature was just right, it didn't take long for all the duck feathers to be wiped off by him, no matter how big or small.
"Bring me the scissors!"
He commanded again.
Sister Ge Yuzhu agreed, and hurriedly got up and trotted into the hall to find scissors.
When she brought the scissors and handed them over to Xu Tongdao, she saw that Xu Tongdao skillfully used this scissors to disembowel, disembowel, duck gizzard, duck intestines, etc., and he was also very skillful.
stunned Ge Yuzhu, who was squatting next to him.
Xu Tonglu, who was standing not far away, was also surprised.
Ge Yuzhu couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, when are you going to do this? You don't seem to have killed a duck before, right?"
Xu Tongdao didn't look up, he was already cutting the toenails on the duck's feet with scissors, and hummed casually, without planning to explain.
When he came back from rebirth, he was destined to have a lot of things that would surprise them in the future, and he didn't intend to explain, no matter what they thought, no one would have thought that he was reborn back anyway.
......
Just when Xu Tongdao was killing ducks and stewing ducks at home, Ge Xiaotian and Ge Xiaoyu's father, Ge Zhiping, stepped on the mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and came to a house next to the polder.
The family had a large courtyard, and there were twenty or thirty people sitting or standing in the courtyard at this time.
As soon as Ge Zhiping came, many people in the courtyard greeted him, and he responded with a smile.
After a glance in the courtyard, he found his daughter-in-law Xu Hongye.
According to the rules of Shangwei, every household must have one person.
Ge Zhiping's daughter-in-law Xu Hongye has been on duty here for a day, and Ge Zhiping has just come from home to replace his daughter-in-law Xu Hongye.
At this time, Xu Hongye was leaning against the wall and napping.
Ge Zhiping walked over and patted her on the shoulder, "You go home! I'm here." ”
Xu Hongye opened his eyes and looked at him, smiled, got up and patted his ass and left.
Xu Tongdao's mother Ge Xiaozhu was sitting with Xu Hongye just now, and when she saw Xu Hongye patting her ass and going home, she looked up at Ge Zhiping, squeezed out a smile, and asked: "Zongjia! You are from the village, how are those little things in my house and my family?"
Her husband disappeared suddenly, leaving behind a pile of gambling debts, which caused the family's belongings and food to be emptied, which shrouded her eyebrows with a touch of sorrow, even if it was a smiling expression at this time, her brows were slightly furrowed.
Why did she call Ge Zhiping "Zongjia"?
That's because she and Ge Zhiping were originally from Gejia Village.
Later, she married to Xujia Village, while Ge Zhiping moved to Gejia Village, and the distance between the two families was not far away.
Speaking of which, she and Ge Zhiping have the same surname and the same clan, so she used to call him "Zongjia" when she saw Ge Zhiping on weekdays.
is also because of the same surname and the same ancestry, Ge Zhiping also takes good care of her on weekdays.
"Your family......"
Hearing her question, Ge Zhiping frowned and shook his head with a wry smile.
When he shook his head, Ge Xiaozhu suddenly became nervous, and quickly got up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that she was worried, Ge Zhiping hurriedly raised his hand to signal, "Xiaozhu, you don't have to be so nervous, talk about it...... Don't be nervous, don't be nervous!"
"A good thing?"
Ge Xiaozhu was puzzled, "What do you say?"
Ge Zhiping chuckled, "That's the case, your little road is a blockbuster today, this kid has a kind, more than his father, let me tell you, this morning he first went to Xu Jinshan's house, and then went to Xu Hengbing's kid's house......"
Ge Zhiping told a story about what Xu Tongdao did this morning, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
In fact, he was not at home this morning, and what he said to Ge Xiaozhu at this time was what he heard from his daughter Ge Xiaoyu and son Ge Xiaotian when he went home for dinner at noon.
But what he said had already shocked Ge Xiaozhu's face several times.
Surprised, worried.
After hearing it until the end, she still confirmed to Ge Zhiping uneasily, "Zhiping, what you said is true? You, you didn't lie to me, right?
Ge Zhiping nodded with a smile, "It's really okay!
When he said this just now, many people in the courtyard subconsciously gathered.
These people are all from Xujia Village.
I heard that Ge Xiaozhu's son Xu Tongdao made such a big splash in the village today, and everyone was interested.
I just asked a lot of questions.
After listening to it at this time, the gossiping voice made fun of Ge Xiaozhu.
"Xiaozhu, now you're good, although your man has run away, your family can help you support you in the future, hehe. ”
"That's it, I really didn't see that Xiaodao kid was so responsible......"
"Zhiping, are you sure you said nothing wrong just now? I remember the two sons of the Xiaozhu family, and her younger son has a bigger temper, right? Did you say it wrong just now? The things you just said should have been done by that child on Xiaolu, right?"
"I also think it should be done by Xiaolu!"
......
Ge Xiaozhu didn't have the heart to talk to them at all, although Ge Zhiping had nodded to affirm that her son was okay, but she was still very worried in her heart, frowning and tangled for a moment, she suddenly exhaled, and said to the captain of their production team: "Captain! There is such a big thing in my family, I am really not at ease, I, I want to ask for leave to go back, do you fancy it?