Chapter 30: Killing the Sheep to Celebrate
Canghai felt that the villagers were a little crazy, although they persuaded everyone to slaughter the chickens, but the half-sized little lamb in Hu Shijie's grandfather's house still did not escape the fate of being slaughtered.
The men were busy threshing sheep, while the women were taking the house's guys and starting to fetch water.
"Grandma Li San, how can you still fight when the tank is full, since there is water in the well, it seems that you can't do it for a while, you not only fill the tank, but also fill the basin at home, isn't it a waste?" Canghai looked at Grandma Li San under his house, that is, Qian Ximei.
Qian Ximei didn't mean to stop at all, and replied with a smile: "Use more tomorrow morning!"
Completely ignoring the fact that the house is already full, it is estimated that the two big straw pots at home will be filled with water if they continue to fight.
Canghai looked at the busy backs of these mothers-in-law, as if he was going to move all the well water to his house today, sighed, squatted down and smoked a cigarette from his pocket.
As soon as the cigarette came out, Ping'an, who was squatting next to him, immediately snapped like a little follower, took out a lighter and lit the cigarette for Canghai.
After lighting a cigarette, Ping An took a lighter and played with it.
"Ping'an, do you say the big guys are crazy?" Canghai took a puff of cigarette and asked Ping'an.
Ping An raised his head and did not answer Canghai's question, but pouted and shouted, "Second brother, I'm hungry!"
When Canghai heard this, he casually took out two small breads from his pocket and stuffed them into Ping'an's hand: "Eat secretly and don't be seen!"
Hearing Canghai say this, Ping An quickly took the small bread in his hand and looked around like a chicken thief, as if he felt unsafe, so he hid by Canghai's side, tore open the package, took a bite and looked around, and saw that there was no one to move.
Even so, this kid is still vigilant, as soon as the wind blows, his mouth immediately does not move.
Canghuo was smoking a cigarette here, letting the kid Ping'an hide behind him and gnaw bread, half a cigarette was smoked, he felt something arching at his feet, and turned his head to find that his tiger head yellow didn't know when he came to his side, biting his shoelaces.
Stretching out his hand to copy this little thing into his hand, Canghai looked at it: "I'm a little busy and forgot, I'm going to give you a name."
Ping An heard it at this time, turned his head to Canghai and said, "Call the puppy?"
Canghai shook his head: "The puppy is not good, there are black tigers or something in the village, or I will call you Tiger Head."
The name Canghai is also casual, and Tiger Head Yellow is called Tiger Head? Fortunately, although there is no technical content, the person next to him who is not a sycophant is safe, and after hearing the sound of the words, he continued to bury his head and gnaw his small bread like a thief.
Ping'an eats very finely, he doesn't often eat bread, and he naturally tastes it carefully when he eats it once in a while, for fear that he will eat too quickly and not taste the sweet taste.
Canghai continued to smoke his own cigarette, if someone looked from below, at this time Canghai only had the shadow of a black hole, and from time to time a little spark lit up, but it disappeared in an instant.
At this time, everyone in the village was not in the mood to care about the sea and peace, a group of sixty or seventy-year-old men slaughtered sheep with the enthusiasm of young people, while the mothers-in-law were busy continuing to fetch water.
Seeing that it would be impossible to finish being busy here for a while, Canghai stood up and prepared to go and see what Grandpa Hu brought back today. If it was usual, the old man would have sorted things out at this time, but today he was carried away by joy, and the old man couldn't think of anything else.
When he arrived at the side of the cart, Canghai found that the gas tank he wanted had arrived, so he picked up the gas tank and walked to his house.
Ping'an's little bread has not yet been eaten, and as soon as Canghai moves, he naturally follows, carefully hiding himself in the shadow of Canghai.
Carrying the gas tank into the house, Canghai pulled out the single-end gas stove from under the bed, connected it, unscrewed the tank and started to boil the water.
The water bottle Canghai is there, and the pot or something Canghai also has with it, a pot of water will be enough for two pots, and after it is boiled, Canghai took a towel and wiped his face well.
When I removed the towel, the part where the good guy wiped his face turned directly yellow, which shows how Canghai has come over in the past few days.
Seeing the face prints of the towel man, Canghai suddenly felt that his whole body was itchy, he was originally bathed once a day in the magic capital, but now he has returned to his hometown for a week, not to mention that he has not even wiped it with water after taking a bath, and it is strange that his body is not itchy.
As soon as he thought of taking a bath, Canghai couldn't hold back anymore and turned around and went to the house.
Seeing that Second Grandma Li was busy carrying water, she opened her mouth and asked, "Second Grandma, is there a bathtub at home, I want to take a bath!"
Li's second grandmother, Liu Aifen, immediately said: "Yes, yes, I'll find it for you!"
After speaking, he put down the plastic bucket in his hand and trotted back to the house, Cang Huo followed and stood at the door, and saw that Grandma Li Er took the basin, so he reached out and took it back to his kiln.
As soon as it was put in the basin, Grandma Li Er came in with water, and after coming in, she poured all the water in the bucket into the big wooden basin on the ground without saying a word.
"Is it enough, if it's not enough, I'll carry another bucket?"
Canghai hurriedly said: "Enough, enough!"
There are only two pots of hot water, no matter how much water there is, it will not be hot, and Canghai is not ready to take a big bath here, even if you want to soak there, you have to have a big wooden barrel.
Hearing Canghai say this, Second Grandma Li went out with a bucket, and when she went out, she also pulled out Ping'an.
Mixed with hot water and sat in the basin, Canghai suddenly felt that his whole body was full of comfort, and he washed his whole body with a hot towel dipped in water, and when he got out of the basin and changed into dry clothes, his whole body was full of refreshment.
poured the water in the basin, returned the basin to Grandma Li's house, Canghai returned to the house and continued to boil the water, used up all the water in the bath, and had to have hot water to drink.
After boiling the water and pouring it into the pot, Canghai went out and walked away.
As soon as Canghai went out, Ping'an's little tail immediately jumped out and followed behind Canghai.
The whole village is a black hole, the only bright place is the door of Grandpa Hu's kiln, now a group of people are cutting sheep, the whole little lamb has almost forty catties, and the internal organs are almost ten catties. Now the old men are cutting sheep and boiling water, as for Li Liren, the second grandfather, Li Liren, who used to be a cook for red and white ceremonies, and the work of cooking sheep naturally belongs to him.
Seeing Canghai coming over with Lai'an, everyone greeted Canghai one after another, at this time, no one thought that Canghai was a fool, they all felt that Canghai was a person with ink in his stomach, and the famous college students were really much stronger than those sticks in the county.
Looking at the rice buckets in the county, they came over with a vote of things, mixed several meals in the village, and entertained them with delicious food and drink, but it delayed everyone's time for more than ten years.
"Haiwazi, wait a while, and you can start eating in a while!"
Li Liren is holding a big spoon in one hand, a cigarette in the other, and a white apron around his body, although the white has become semi-gray, Li Liren is still full of style as a chef.
"It's okay, I'm not hungry," Canghai said a little against his will.
Now Canghai doesn't feel hungry very much, because he is too hungry.
As he spoke, Li Lida had already unloaded the sheep's head, cut it in half and released it into the earthen pot casually.
"Are the sheep's hooves and sheep's tails boiled today?" Li Lida was a little undecided, so he looked up at Hu Shijie.
"It's boiled in a pot, I'm happy today, I've cooked it all in one go" Hu Shijie was happy in his heart, and said with a wave of his hand.
Hearing this, Li Lida immediately threw the sheep's tail in his hand into the pot, and then raised his head and began to chop the sheep's hooves.
Canghai stood by the pot for a while, and then smelled the aroma of meat from the pot, these mutton and the mutton that Canghai ate in the magic capital are different, the sheep here are not fed, all of them are fed with sheep at most, that is, a little grain and corn or something, the taste is first-class and good, plus the men in the northwest will also cook sheep, so this fragrance does not have the smell of ordinary mutton.
Originally, he was too hungry, but as soon as he smelled the smell of mutton, Canghai's stomach couldn't help but let out a rumbling sound.
The sound was not small, and everyone heard the movement in Canghai's belly.
Hu Shijie said with a smile: "It seems that our great hero is hungry, the big guy has more strength, hurry up and let Haiwazi eat!"
"Hahaha, okay" Li Liren laughed loudly.
The mutton has to be stewed when it comes to the pot, and it is not said that it will be eaten for a while, Canghai watched it for a while, and then he helped with peace, added firewood, and took something or something.
At nearly twelve o'clock in the evening, the mutton was cooked, the table was placed in Hu Shijie's kiln, and the whole village, young and old, with a total of about a dozen people sitting around the big table.
On the table is a big dish, stewed mutton, the other two side dishes are taken out by Canghai, two canned food, one is beef meal meat, and the other is moray eel.
Everyone gathered around the table, and Wei Wenkui brought the wine jug to him.
When Canghai saw it, he immediately reached out to get the pot, because he was a small person on the table, and he didn't talk about peace, this guy's brain is not bright, so he should be responsible for pouring wine.
Wei Wenkui immediately stretched out his hand to block Canghai's hand when he saw it: "Today you are the great hero of our village, this wine will not be poured by you anyway, if you want to pour it, wait for next time!"
"Yes, yes!"
Wei Wenkui's words aroused a chorus of approval from the people around him.
Seeing this, Canghai smiled bitterly and retracted his hand.
Hu Shijie picked up the wine glass in his hand at this time, not to mention the wine glass, it was directly a wine bowl, and a bowl was full of three taels.
"Today is a big day for us, the old well in the village has regenerated water, and it is not that kind of mud water, the clear and sweet water of a well, let's pay tribute to our great hero now, Haiwazi!"
Speaking of this, Hu Shijie held the bowl to Canghai, and when Canghai saw it, he immediately picked up the bowl in front of him and stood up: "Grandparents, Uncle Wei, I am also lucky!
Ping An shouted at this time: "Grandpa, I also helped with the work."
Hu Shijie smiled when he heard it: "You are also counted, you are also considered a hero, you can drink a little bit today."
Hearing the drink, Ping An shook his head: "Don't drink, spicy!"
The crowd couldn't help but laugh again.
Everyone raised their glasses together, took a sip, and then began to eat.
Maybe because they were happy, in less than half an hour, these people drank a little high, and even so, they didn't stop until they drank crookedly one by one.