Chapter 42: Upset
"Xun'er, what the eldest sister said is right, just treat it as your own family and eat more." As soon as Liu Yiyu's words fell, Liu Li took a chopstick dish to Xun'er's bowl and said.
"Xun..., Sister Xun'er, you eat more, you have the strength to eat more, you can work more..... I don't mean anything else, I didn't ask you to work, I raised...., I ......" Liu Yihao first sandwiched a chopstick dish for Xun'er, originally the words in his mouth were to let Xun'er eat more, don't be afraid, the words in his mouth, as he spoke, changed, Liu Yihao was afraid that Xun'er would mistakenly think that he wanted Xun'er to eat and work well, and suddenly, Liu Yihao's face was flushed with urgency, and he couldn't say anything if he wanted to explain.
"Well, Xun'er eats less, Xun'er is very capable, can boil water and cook, can do laundry and chop wood, Xun'er doesn't eat rice, I will do a lot of work." Xun'er lowered her head and said.
"Xun'er is really capable, can he do such a job? But these jobs in our family, we don't need to do it alone, we do it together, you will be the eldest sister's sister in the future, what does Xun'er want in the future, what to eat, just tell the eldest sister, Xun'er is like this, the eldest sister is distressed, you know? ”。 Xun'er's child is sensitive, which makes Liu Yiyu feel distressed, and if he wants to let Xun'er let go of his heart and get close to his own family, I am afraid that he will slowly soothe the pain of Xun'er's loss of his mother, and slowly enlighten Xun'er.
"Hmm".
"Big sister, these pigs have large intestines, small intestines and pig liver kidneys, what's the matter? Let's salt it, and it won't last long, and our family can't eat it every day, so what can we do? ”。 After eating, Liu Zhang looked at the pig with a large pot of water and said worriedly.
In the past, the Liu family was worried about not eating, but now the Liu family is worried about not being able to eat for the first time.
"Fourth sister, fifth brother, have you done what the eldest sister told you to do?" After Liu Yiyu heard Grandma's words, he turned to Liu Yiya and Liu Yihao and asked.
"Eldest sister, the fourth sister of the pig has been pickled." Liu Yiya nodded back.
"Eldest sister, the fifth brother also picked up a lot of firewood, and built a firewood shed by the way, and the firewood picked up by our family will be piled up in the firewood shed, but it is also a little earlier than the winter day, is it earlier to pick up firewood at this time?" Liu Yihao asked a little puzzled.
"The eldest sister has her own magic in using these firewoods." Liu Yiyu winked mysteriously at Liu Yihao, and then, Liu Yiyu said to his grandmother, "Grandma, in the winter, didn't some villagers like to smoke some bacon with fire?" Since our pigs can't eat so much, they can also be smoked with fireworks, so that they can be stored for a longer time, and our family can eat them slowly in the past, and they can't be broken."
"This...., is this done?". When Liu Zhang heard this, he immediately hesitated, after all, the Liu family had also smoked bacon, chicken, duck and fish in his hometown before, and he had not smoked things like pigs in the water, and he didn't know if he could eat the pigs in the water.
"Mother, I think the eldest sister has this method, our family used to smoke these, after smoking, but it can be put for a long time, but there is no smoked pig water and other things, just changed things, we put it is also put, maybe it will be broken, why don't you try the method that the eldest sister said?". When Liu Li heard the eldest sister's method, he also felt that this method was successful, and nodded in agreement.
"Then do what the eldest sister says, and leave this matter to the eldest sister."
"Well, grandma rest assured." Pig water includes pig intestine, pig small intestine and pig heart and liver, which are smoked, stir-fried with garlic, and then put peppers, not to mention how delicious the taste is, Liu Yiyu is drooling when he thinks about it.
Immediately, Liu Yiyu beckoned the third sister, the fourth sister, and the fifth brother, first using a small hemp rope to string the marinated pig intestine, pig intestine and pig heart and liver, and then use wooden strips to put the pig into the water and put it on the fire to smoke.
By the way, Liu Yiyu asked the sixth sister, the seventh brother and the eighth sister to find some dead leaves from the woods, sprinkle them with water, and spread them on the fire.
As the pig is smoked for a longer time, the pig slowly turns yellow, and the lard drips from it.
A smoky aroma came, and a few small ones were gathered together, looking at the smoked pig into the water.
Liu Yiyu turned the smoked pig into the water from time to time on the side, smoked for three hours, saw that the pig was half dried in the water, look at this appearance, and then smoke for two days to smoke dry, Liu Yiyu saw that the sky was not early, put the pig into the water and put it away, and by the way, the fire was completely extinguished with water, such as today's dry matter, not a trace of spark.
Originally, the kang on the top was slept by the grandmother and the mother with the eighth sister and the seventh brother, the kang on the left was Liu Yiyu with Liu Yihao and Liu Yimeng, and the kang on the right was Liu Yisa, Liu Yishuang, and Liu Yiya slept.
After one more person called Xun'er, Liu Yiyu asked Liu Yihao and Liu Yiyang to sleep with their grandmother and mother-in-law, and took Xun'er and the sixth sister to sleep by themselves.
Now that Liu Yihao is gradually growing up, although the people living in this cave are all his own family, but there are many girls, and they did not sit at the age of seven in ancient times, so the cave where such a family lives is not the same thing.
Originally, Liu Yiyu planned to sell the honeysuckle for the money, because he wanted to bribe Li Zheng with the silver money, settle his family in Shangou Village, and then use the remaining silver money to build an adobe house.
Besides, my mother and grandmother are not in good health, in case ........
Now it is a good thing, a drought has now caused panic in the people, and all the money has been bought for food, and all expectations have come to naught.
Thinking of this, Liu Yiyu was bored.
Liu Yiyu, who couldn't sleep, saw that his younger siblings were asleep, so he got up cautiously, put on his clothes, and walked out of the cave.
The night sky is like washing, the stars are shining, and the air of ancient times is fresh with a scent of plants and trees, unlike modern times, which have been polluted by heavy industry and are turbid.
Liu Yiyu, sitting on the stone pier, looked at the stars in the sky, thinking about the future days, how to live this, and thinking about what to do next.
"Mother, why haven't you slept yet, did your daughter wake you up?" Liu Yiyu heard footsteps walking in, and after turning his head to see Liu Li coming out in his clothes, Liu Yiyu hurriedly helped Liu Li to sit down and said.
"No, my mother can't sleep, eldest sister, what do you have on your mind, let's tell my mother, maybe my mother has some attention?" , Liu Li touched the eldest sister's head, and said with a loving look on her face.