Chapter 87: Take the Initiative to deliver it to your door

In a dilapidated house at the edge of the village, seven families shared their work.

Madam Xu and Zhou Youcai’s parents cleaned the house and prepared a place for them to sleep at night.

Due to her weak legs and feet, Su’s mother had to watch over the two sleeping babies.

Xiao Yanggui and Xiao Taohua helped watch from the side to prevent the children from waking up, as Su’s mother wouldn’t be able to take care of them if they did.

Yang Rong, Yang Hua, and Yang Lin brought the pots and pans from the car and took care of providing water and food for the three animals.

Su Yin, Yang Tufu, and Zhou Youcai went out to gather firewood.

The edge of the village was at the foot of the mountain. The weather was dry, so they could collect plenty of dry firewood without walking too far.

Butcher Yang sniffed, “I smell the aroma of barbecue.”

Zhou Youcai smiled and said, “Uncle Yang, you’re hungry.”

“It really smells like barbecue,” Butcher Yang insisted.

Su Yin smelled it, and a faint fragrance floated in the air, “There is indeed the smell of barbecue.”

“It must be those people living in the village barbecuing.”

“I’ve been so thirsty these days, I haven’t eaten meat in a long time,” Butcher Yang reminisced.

In Xinghua Village, Butcher Yang’s family was considered to have the best living conditions, and because he was a butcher, he often ate some pig offal or trimmings, so they never lacked meat at home.

As a result, their family members were relatively tall and strong.

It was quite intimidating for people to encounter them.

Su Yin smelled the aroma of barbecue and longed to eat it.

“I want to eat barbecue too. Rabbit meat is the best,” Su Yin smacked his lips as he gathered firewood.

Zhou Youcai felt a little greedy after hearing the two of them talk, but he didn’t feel as uncomfortable as they did because he didn’t eat meat very often.

Suddenly, a rabbit hopped out in front of Su Yin. Her eyes lit up. Before she could react, she saw the rabbit charge forward, slam into the tree trunk, and then fall straight down.

This scene left Zhou Youcai and Butcher Yang speechless.

Su Yin picked up the stunned rabbit and smiled at the two of them, “Here’s our meat.”

Looking at the skinny rabbit, he said, “There’s not much meat. Barbecuing it would be a waste of seasoning.”

The secret seasoning was precious.

As soon as he finished speaking, another rabbit jumped out of the bushes in front of them.

After seeing the three strangers, it fled in panic, only to bump into a tree trunk and meet its demise.

Before they could close their slightly open mouths, rabbits kept jumping out, like headless flies, either hitting the tree trunk or being hit by their companions, allowing Su Yin and the others to pick up ready-made rabbits.

The three of them looked at the six rabbits in their hands with joy.

“Oh, we’ll have extra food tonight.”

“This whole litter of rabbits is so stupid.” Zhou Youcai was delighted.

“Stupid rabbit father and rabbit mother will give birth to stupid children.” Butcher Yang didn’t know about genetic inheritance, but he knew this truth.

Su Yin tied up the six rabbits, Zhou Youcai and Butcher Yang carried the firewood, and the three of them each performed their duties.

People in the courtyard heard the noise and looked at the door cautiously. They were surprised to see a string of rabbits hanging from Su Yin’s hand.

When Xiao Yanggui and Xiao Taohua saw the rabbits, they rushed up in surprise.

“Sister, can we have barbecue again?”

At the mention of barbecue, Xiao Yanggui and Xiao Taohua couldn’t help but lick their lips, and the other adults were also tempted.

“Okay!”

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the two little ones were very happy.

My eldest cousin’s one-year-old baby saw the little peach blossoms laughing and giggled along with them.

Butcher Yang took the initiative to handle the rabbit, taking out his meal from his package.

The seemingly heavy butcher knife was very dexterous in his hand, and he easily peeled off a whole rabbit skin.

Mother Su wanted to help with the rabbit skins, but her aunt pushed her back and took over the job.

Now that they had no shortage of water, they could indulge in such a luxury. Other times, even if they had rabbit meat, they wouldn’t dare to do this.

Even with water, when cleaning the rabbit meat, only a spoonful was used. With just that small spoonful, all six rabbits were cleaned.

After washing, the water turned completely into a basin of blood.

Su Yin wanted to wash them again, but when she thought about the difficulty of using water later and the possibility of not finding more, she had to make do with what they had.

“Since we have rabbit meat, let’s make pancakes tonight,” Su’s mother said, and the other families followed suit, preparing to make pancakes.

With previous experience, Su Yin didn’t need to speak, several cousins came over to help, Xiao Taohua and Xiao Yanggui also pitched in.

Even Wan Sanye, who was out of breath from exhaustion, happily ran over to help.

He was greedy for that bite, especially in such a harsh environment where they didn’t have enough to eat, didn’t wear warm clothes, and were in such a harsh environment, it was definitely a pleasure to have a barbecue.

After the meat was cut, Su Yin poured in the secret seasoning to marinate it, and would let them skewer it later.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Su Baozhu shaking her hand from time to time, “Sister-in-law, is your hand injured?”

He grabbed her hand and there was a blister on it.

When Su’s mother saw it, she quickly found a needle and thread from the baggage, used the needle to pop the blisters, and squeezed out the water inside.

Only by squeezing out the water would the scabs form and heal more easily.

She looked at Su Yin, “Do you have blisters on your hands and feet? I’ll pop them for you too.”

“No, the blisters that were popped before are all scabbed and dead skinned.”

Walking, walking, walking every day, even if they did farm work in the fields every day, their legs couldn’t bear it.

The first thing to bear the brunt was blisters under the feet. If the blisters weren’t popped, it would become more and more uncomfortable.

When they first started walking with the broken blisters, the soles of their feet felt excruciating pain every time they took a step.

After a long time of running in, scabs slowly formed, and they got used to it.

“This cart is too difficult,” Su Baozhu looked at her hands.

Madam Xu’s family didn’t have any livestock, so she relied on Madam Xu to pull the cart alone, while her mother-in-law helped push it behind.

Niu Niu was carried on Aunt Xu’s back. Fortunately, Niu Niu was a sensible child who didn’t make any noise.

Occasionally she was thirsty and felt really uncomfortable, so she would let the adults put her down.

They were walking very fast today, and Madam Xu was a little overwhelmed, so Su Baozhu went over to help.

As she pushed it all the way down, her hands kept rubbing, causing blisters.

When the marinade was almost done, Su Yin started grilling the rabbit meat.

As soon as the marinated rabbit meat was placed on the fire, a unique fragrance soon wafted out.

Among the group of people at the head of the village, Si Wensheng lost his appetite after eating a few mouthfuls of meat and rinsed his mouth directly.

Suddenly, he smelled a scent on the tip of his nose. The smell of barbecue mixed with unknown spices. The smell inexplicably aroused the greed in his stomach.

The burly man shrugged his nose and said, “Do you smell any fragrance?”

Others followed suit and said they smelled the fragrance.

“The group at the end of the village must have made something to eat.”

As soon as the burly man finished speaking, he saw his master walking out with his legs up.

“Young Master, where are you going?”

Mr. Siwen didn’t respond and walked towards the end of the village. The closer he got, the stronger the fragrance became, which whetted people’s appetite.