In the end, the catch failed.

At first, the ice was too thick, and the gate was frozen to death, and it could not be lifted.

Later, with great effort, the ice next to the gate was finally smashed open, and for this, he secretly got an iron wrench from the duty room of the embankment through the window, and finally lifted the gate by cranking the gate, but there was no water flowing out of the culvert.

It is the dry season of the Yellow River, and it would be nice to keep flowing.

Now the water of the main river can be left here at the sluice gate, no one knows.

In particular, the bottom of the Yellow River is full of snow, and there is a large area of white, and it is impossible to see where the waterline is.

It took so much effort that it was miscalculated.

But today's harvest is okay, tossing in vain, everyone is too lazy to go to the other side to catch rabbits.

Just pretend to go home happily, after all, there is still a lot of harvest, and the catch of fish should not have happened.

Chen Mingliang was divided into three hares, two for Chen Dongfang, and two for the Iron Egg brothers.

Rural people are righteous, and they will not take advantage of you on the surface.

Everyone felt that they had eaten so much meat from Chen Mingming's family before coming, and Chen Mingliang should have given one more hare.

Chen Mingliang didn't refuse, isn't it just a matter of a rabbit.

When they got home, their mother and brother had already returned.

Originally, seeing Chen Mingliang go out to wave, Zhang Chunhua was very unhappy, seeing that her mother was about to go crazy again, but when she saw the three live hares brought by Chen Mingliang, she restrained her momentum and let him Chen Mingliang live.

All three rabbits were caught alive, but their legs were simply tied and there were no injuries on their bodies.

My brother was very happy, but excited. On such a cold day, I went to the utility room to take out the chicken cage, cleaned up the old manure on the chicken cage with water, and then put the hare in.

Then he peeled the tender cabbage and gave it to them, but the hare was timid and temperamental, so he did not eat it, and wanted to bite.

Chen Mingliang took out the pig-killing scimitar and sharpened it again with a whetstone.

Chen Ming saw it tomorrow and immediately felt that something was wrong, this is the rabbit that wants to kill me, the rabbit is so cute, don't kill them, he was anxious, and began to cry.

"Brother, don't kill rabbits, I'm going to raise rabbits, rabbits are so cute, I don't eat rabbit meat, don't kill them."

"The rabbit is already too big to be fattened, and now there is so much meat that you can eat several meals when you kill it."

"No, no, you can't kill." Chen has a tendency to roll on chicken manure tomorrow.

"Don't kill, don't kill, keep it for you" Zhang Chunhua immediately gave in.

"It's weird every day, don't cry every day, go, mom will take you to your aunt's house, her house has just fried meatballs and burnt leaves, but it's delicious."

"Okay!." The meatballs are so fragrant, Chen Mingliang drooled when he thought about it.

The two of them went out, making room for Chen Mingliang to move the knife, and Zhang Chunhua took her younger brother out to kill the rabbit while Chen was not at home tomorrow, so much meat, it is impossible to waste it.

A rabbit has five or six pounds of meat, how can it be kept and thinner and thinner.

It's tacit.

Chen Mingliang didn't do anything desperately, he still kept one for his younger brother, and killed the other two.

The two rabbits were killed very quickly, and after a few jumps, they were skinned and hung on hooks, about the same amount as an old hen.

Dry the rabbit skin and wait until it dries, which is a good insole.

What should I cook?

Let's make a braised rabbit meat, two rabbits can't eat it at the same time, it's indeed a bit much, it's just right to eat one first.

Chop off the head of a hare and cook it while preparing the braised pork.

The rest of the body is ready to eat it in one meal.

That's about three pounds of meat.

Wield a large knife, cut the rabbit meat into pieces, put water in a large pot, throw in spices, and bring to a boil.

Then stir the oil, garlic, ginger and the like, add cooking wine, soy sauce, and water that has not covered the rabbit meat.

A circle of corn offcise pasta on the side of the pot.

Cover the pot with a lid and prepare to bring the water to a boil and slowly reduce the juice.

Sit back and wait for the iron pot to burn the rabbit.

After finishing this, Chen Mingliang sat by the stove and took a nap, feeling that the whole person had entered the elderly society, and he missed the past from time to time.

Sure enough, not long after the meal was ready, my mother and the others returned, almost pinching the meal.

"Brother, brother! I've brought you a delicious meatball. ”

It turned out to be the freshly fried meatballs at his aunt's house, and Chen grabbed a handful when he came home tomorrow, and there was still the last one left after eating it in his hand.

Something is better than nothing, this is love, Chen Mingliang took the ball and said: Thank you.

"Is the meal ready?"

"It's done. Ready to eat."

In fact, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

Eat indiscriminately during the New Year, and the work and rest are irregular, almost messing up the meal.

Wash your hands and eat.

When the lid was lifted, it was red, oily, and a burst of heat came to the nose with a fragrance.

Rabbit meat is so fragrant when you look at it, and it smells even more fragrant.

Chen Tomorrow he ate a big bowl full of dry goods, and never mentioned the matter of raising rabbits again, and in the face of delicious rabbit meat, he pretended that he had no objection.

While eating, Zhang Chunhua talked about the words that will change Chen Mingming's life in the future:

"Mingming, your fifth uncle came over with a message today, asking us to go to his house after sending the stove prince in the evening, saying that there is something to discuss."

He's coming! He's coming! He came with a present, what the hell?

No, it's a fork in the road in life!

The time has come to change your fate!

The previous life was this conversation.

Chen Mingliang chose to say goodbye to school and walked towards a stumbling society.

This time, he didn't choose that way anymore.

He's going to college! He wants to win his mother's respect like his younger brother!

After eating, there is still a lot of work to be done, the three pig heads that were killed yesterday, the two rabbit heads today, and the pig's hands and feet, all have to be marinated in the pot, and they can be sold before the year.

Cleaning the hair on a pig's head is not a hassle.

What is it like in the Hereafter?

Method 1: Burn a pot of asphalt, then throw the pig's head into the asphalt and take it out, wait for it to cool, remove the asphalt, and the pig's hair will be plucked.

Method 2: Spray directly with a gas canister or a flamethrower. In this way, although the pig hair is burned, the pig skin will still have a mushy smell.

In fact, both methods are traditional.

There was no asphalt before, but there was rosin, and rosin was the resin of the pine tree, which was melted and applied to the pig's head, cooled, and then peeled off.

Asphalt is toxic, but it is easy to use and low cost.

The meat that should be marinated is marinated.

It's time to prepare for the festival.

The maltose has been bought in the market today, and jujube cakes, persimmon cakes, and sticky cakes have been prepared.

I tied a paper horse and prepared forage.

Pray.

Then the statue of the king of the stove was removed, along with the paper horse and forage, and burned together, and the ceremony ended.

Chen Mingming happily enjoyed the leftover pastries of the stove king.

Children, they all love sweets.

Winter gets dark very quickly, and it's already dark at 5 o'clock.

Because the elders had something to discuss, the family packed up early and came to the uncle's house.

Uncle and grandfather are Chen Changshou's uncle, and from Chen Mingliang's point of view, it should be grandpa. I

Chen Zhuang is a family.

The ancestors were independent villages in the Qing Dynasty.

The concubine of the landlord's family, but he liked the lord, and when he grew up and divided the family, he got 30 hectares of land.

The ancestor of the Chen family moved to the middle of his field to become self-reliant.

He repaired the first house in Chenzhuang, and then gave birth to 6 sons in one go.

The whole family was bred by these 6 sons, and it is also called the old six branches.

Chen Changshou's family has 2 branches, and his uncle has 6 branches.

It doesn't take several generations, early and late, and the generation difference is several generations.

The fifth uncle is not the most senior, but the most prestigious.

In the family, the voice is very important.

Rural seniority is only one aspect, more is that you are a capable person, and the villagers believe in you or not.

Uncle Chen Wu is a capable person.

He is a cadre in the town, eats public food, has studied secondary school before, and is a cultural person.

The main reason why he can gain respect is that he can think about his fellow villagers.

If there are any good things, he can think about the people in the village, who has any weddings and funerals, red and white ceremonies, and he will assign tasks and assign people.

Whose brother divides the family property and makes an awkward trouble, he also goes to give peace.

Because it is fair, it is quite convincing.

After Chen Changshou died, the fifth uncle still helped a lot.

Because of local customs, young people do not mourn when they die, and they do not go to their ancestral graves.

If you don't mourn, you don't care about food, and it's hard to find manpower.

Digging graves, going out of the funeral, and carrying the funeral were all done by the five uncles and ancestors to help Zhang Luo.

The younger brother's hopes of raising rabbits were dashed.

Zhang Chunhua brought the remaining living hare over and gave it to the fifth uncle as a casual gift.

The fifth uncle was very polite, but he still accepted it.

A heart, and it is not bought with money.

Take the money to buy gifts and bring them over, and the fifth uncle will not accept them.

The fifth uncle is less than 50 this year, but he is already very leader.

He always wears a tunic and a pen pinned to his pocket, and he has the energy of an old-school cadre.

Many villagers and neighbors like to visit the fifth uncle's house, first, his family has a comfortable life, and there are always some melon seeds and snacks, so everyone will not be embarrassed to chat.

The second is that he still has prestige, and the villagers are willing to get close to the prestige.

When the mother came in, the fifth uncle's house was already full of people.

Some women tucked the soles of their shoes while watching the men play poker.

Most of the children are sharing the maltose that was sent to the king of the stove today, with a chopstick per person and several circles around it.

No one was surprised when the girl walked in, and there was no surprise.

A group of people still like to do what they like, and there is no commotion until the live rabbit appears.

However, the hare is not a rare object, and everyone has seen it.

Everyone chatted for a while, and said some short words from parents.

Fifth Uncle Chen took a cigarette from his ear and knocked on the butt of the cigarette.

lit it, took a puff, and got to the point.