Luo Qinian's three concubines packed their bags and wanted to live in Zhuangzi, which was called "stepping into the green".

"Daughter-in-law, do you want to leave me alone at home?" Han Yu wanted to cry, the eldest brother caused trouble, let him take the blame.

"You can go if you want, no one will stop you. It's just that it's inconvenient for you to show off your skills when you go to Zhuangzi. Besides, your son has to walk his hooves, recognize the flowers and trees, stay at home all day and listen to some useless things, and cry crookedly without tears. ”

Han Yu and Han Jie were sad in their hearts, but they still had to send their three concubines and a few leather dolls away with a smile.

"If only the big brother was here. Han Jie sighed.

At the end of April, the peach and plum are thanked, and the azaleas and the moon season are in full bloom. Along the way, wild peonies and begonias competed for beauty. They couldn't take their eyes off it, and they were full of novelty.

The room on the Zhuangzi was packed up early, and Luo Qinian and they only threw away their luggage and went out to play.

The children came to the Grange for the first time and were very curious. The dirt road is uneven, and there is still stagnant water in some places, and there is a layer of Dongdong floating on it, which is dense and dense, a little black in the middle, and it is slippery to touch.

Tuan Tuan exclaimed: "Mother, come and see, what is this?"

"Frog eggs. ”

"Frog eggs?" Tuan Tuan looked down carefully, "Oh, frogs, like chickens, ducks and geese, also lay eggs." ”

Zhang Xiaofeng squirted out a mouthful of water: "Well, frogs, birds, snakes, chickens, ducks and geese are the same, they all lay eggs and hatch eggs to reproduce." ”

"Snakes also lay eggs?" Not only Tuan Tuan, but also Chubby Dundun and Niu Niu opened their mouths in surprise, excited by the newly known knowledge, and said in unison: "What does a snake egg look like?"

"It's small, like a sparrow egg. But snakes can bite, you must not dig out snake eggs, and if you see snake eggs, you have to take a detour. ”

The children were very obedient and nodded their heads in agreement.

Noon soon came, and Zhang Guihua and the others wanted to cook and eat by themselves. Niuniu wanted to eat duck meat, so Zhang Guihua went to slaughter the duck with Zhang Xiaofeng. In the past, when they were in Qinghe County, Han Xuan slaughtered chickens and ducks, and after coming to Kyoto, they were slaughtered by the subordinates. They slaughtered chickens and ducks for the first time, and they were in a hurry. Fortunately, I have seen it many times and know the basic steps.

Luo Qinian boiled a pot of boiling water, and Zhang Guihua and Zhang Xiaofeng grabbed the duck and plucked the fur on the duck's neck. They gathered around and watched. Probably because they moved too gently, and a few of them stroked the duck, and the duck was very comfortable, and obediently closed its eyes and slept.

Zhang Guihua and the others almost couldn't get their hands on it.

"Niuniu, take your brothers away. Niuniu is the eldest sister, and the most well-behaved and obedient, Zhang Guihua told her to take care of her younger brothers and raise her knife to the duck.

Zhang Xiaofeng was startled: "Second sister-in-law, are you okay?"

"Okay!" Zhang Guihua was resolute, and said with a stalk around her neck: "Xiaofeng, hurry up." ”

"Get closer, get closer, or the duck's blood will be wasted if it goes outside. ”

Zhang Xiaofeng hurriedly handed the duck neck to the bowl with a small half bowl of light salt water. Zhang Guihua held her hand steady, and with a hard wipe of the kitchen knife, the duck suddenly struggled violently, and blood spurted like a waterfall! Zhang Guihua and Zhang Xiaofeng were so shocked that they almost abandoned the duck and ran away. Tuan Tuan They were also startled, and then you looked at me, I looked at you, patted my chest, laughed at the other party's coward, and said that I was not afraid.

Zhang Guihua and the two concubines concentrated on putting the duck's blood, almost, one drop or two could not drip out, they put the duck into the copper basin prepared in advance. Zhang Xiaofeng stood up and was about to go back to the kitchen to boil water to scald the duck feathers, but who knew that she let go, and the "dead" duck flapped its wings and stood up. Shake it twice, scatter it and run away!

Zhang Guihua was dumbfounded, Zhang Xiaofeng was stunned, and Tuan Tuan forgot to react.

"Ah, chase!" Zhang Xiaofeng gave an order, Zhang Guihua and Tuan Tuan suddenly reacted, and a group of people chased after the duck's buttocks. The ducks were frightened, and they quacked and fluttered so fast, and they couldn't keep up.

The gate of the yard was open, and the ducks ran and ran out of the gate. So the people who came back from work saw a miraculous scene: a fat duck with a tilted head and a bloody neck was running wildly in front, and two adults and children were chasing after it, and the flowers and grass collapsed everywhere they passed......

Uncle Yan was quick and grabbed the duck.

Zhang Guihua, who was holding a kitchen knife, was the first to run over, holding a kitchen knife and shouting: "Look at you still running, hehe!" Zhang Xiaofeng and several of them also rushed over and looked at him adoringly one by one.

Uncle Yan: "......" pretended to be calm and took the sharp weapon in her hand, "You didn't cut the trachea." "Talking about the knife falling down, I only heard the sound of the blade grinding flesh and bones, and the struggling duck kicked its hind legs violently, and was silent!

Zhang Guihua's delicate body was shocked, her eyes widened and she thanked her: "Thank you, uncle, you won't cook at noon, eat with us." ”

Seeing that Zhang Guihua was frightened by herself, Uncle Yan wanted to laugh inexplicably, and he also laughed, he himself was also shocked by her, how could he not know her thoughts. Waving his hand: "No, my wife and children are at home, cook the food and wait for me to go back, you can eat it yourself." ”

Tuan Tuan and a few of them were not afraid, and smiled and thanked him and said goodbye.

In the kitchen, Luo Qinian cooked on the fire, washed the vegetables by the way, and stretched out his head when he heard the movement: "Are you back?" Seeing the duck lying in Zhang Guihua's hand, he smiled and said, "I'm tired of running." ”

Zhang Guihua originally wanted to scare her, saying that she would be slaughtered next time, but she couldn't help but laugh when the words came to her lips, "Thanks to Uncle Yan's help, otherwise we would have chased after her." invited him to his house for dinner, but he politely refused. Later, we'll cook the meal and bring him a bowl. ”

scalded the duck feathers and asked Niuniu to take her younger brothers to pluck the feathers, while she and Zhang Xiaofeng continued to slaughter chickens. The duck feathers they chose have already grown and are very easy to pull, and as soon as they have their little hands, they will pick up a large handful of duck feathers.

With experience, they felt that they could do a good job this time, but unexpectedly, the big rooster who witnessed the whole process of slaughtering their ducks saw them coming with kitchen knives, fluttering their wings and jumping vigorously, and their mouths were screaming, and their voices were so sharp and sharp that they almost didn't dare to do it!

Zhang Guihua patted her chest: "That duck has eight or nine catties, enough to eat, will you slaughter it next time?"

Zhang Xiaofeng was also quite stunned: "Okay." We women have small appetites, and the children don't eat much, enough is enough. ”

So the big rooster temporarily picked up a chicken life.

A few children worked seriously, plucking the big feathers of the duck's body, even the very small fur of the duck's neck. Zhang Xiaofeng chopped hard, and the duck legs were also chopped, because there were only four duck legs, and the children had seven, which was not enough (Nini was still young and didn't eat.) ）

There is no pork to sell in Zhuangzi, Luo Qinian eats one duck and four meals, spicy duck meat, stewed duck meat, old duck soup, duck blood vermicelli soup. I also burned a few new vegetables and vegetables, and set a large table full.