Pig Killer

Chapter 128

"Just cook the noodles and rinse them in cold water." Shen Hui'e said to Li Nu with her eyes as gentle as jade.

"That must be delicious." The black grape-like eyes of the raccoon slave instantly lit up when he heard it, "It's cool."

Shen Hui'e didn't dare to rinse the noodles with well water, for fear that it would be too cold and her stomach would not be able to bear it.

She poured the boiled water into a clay basin and let it cool.

After paying the taxes, I calculated that the remaining wheat would not last until next summer's harvest.

Then we have to mix the two. Now we have stone mills, and the flour and millet flour ground from them are very fine.

It doesn't make your throat hurt as much when you eat it, and the taste is pretty good, smooth and tender.

After kneading the dough, cover the basin with a clean linen cloth! Use the eggs to make omelets.

One egg per ticket, everyone who sees it gets a share.

Da Chong blanched the bean sprouts and vegetables from the field that he bought in water and simply pickled them.

Then stir-fry chopped green onion and garlic with lard, add salt and soy sauce, and add appropriate amount of water.

Roll out the noodles, cut into strips, and after cooking, scoop them into cold boiled water and blanch them.

Shen Hui'e put the noodles back into the stoneware bowl, cut the egg pancake into shreds and placed it on the noodles, pickled bean sprouts and green vegetables, arranged them on the noodles, and finally poured hot oil on it.

"Wow..." The raccoon slave looked at his mother with sparkling eyes, "Not only is it fragrant, but it's also beautiful."

"Isn't it!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and said, "The three colors, when poured with hot oil, become even more oily and shiny." She smiled and said, "It tastes more refreshing and is most suitable for summer." She used the chopsticks in her hand to mix the noodles and vegetables evenly, picked up the noodles, put them in her mouth, "Woo woo..." It was so delicious that she could swallow her tongue.

The slurping sounds one after another prove how delicious it is.

"Can I drink this soup?" Cheng Donglai put down the empty bowl and sipped the soup on his lips.

"Why can't we drink it? It's boiled water that has been cooled down." Shen Hui'e looked at them with curved eyebrows and said, "It's better to drink more water."

"Mom, let's eat like this from now on. It won't be hot at all." The raccoon slave looked at her with his watery eyes and said.

"Listen to my daughter." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her gentle eyes and said, "Let's avoid the hottest time at noon and weed in the evening."

"Ah..." The big insect looked at her frustratedly and said, "Can't we get rid of this grass?"

"Wildfires cannot be extinguished; they will grow again with the spring breeze." Shen Hui'e said to him with her clear and bright eyes.

"Why can't the fire be extinguished?" Li Nu asked her with his pure eyes.

"Because the roots cannot be burned, they will come back to life after a rain." Shen Hui'e said to them with her dark eyes.

"So weed, or pull out the weeds, and get rid of the roots." The raccoon slave looked at her with his watery eyes and said.

"Cut the grass at its roots!" Shen Hui'e looked at her gently and said.

"Let's do it!" the raccoon slave pouted and muttered.

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e shook her head and chuckled, "If we want a good harvest in autumn, we must get rid of these weeds."

"Don't pout, little cat. I'll catch a cicada for you and we'll roast it to eat." The big insect said teasingly to his sister.

"Okay! Okay!" Upon hearing that, Li Nu's eyes, like black grapes, curved into crescents.

"Grilled?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at them and said, "Fried ones taste better."

"Wouldn't that be a waste of lard?" Da Chong said embarrassedly when he heard it.

"It's not a big deal. We don't lack lard at home." Shen Hui'e said to them with a smile on her face.

After finishing the noodle soup and cleaning up the kitchen, the children wrote big characters.

Shen Hui'e began to stir the fermented old dough.

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"Cicadas, it's easier to catch them at night!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep, clear eyes.

After we finished weeding, the sun was setting and the fiery clouds dyed half the sky red.

"Can you still see it at night?" The big bug tilted its head and looked at her and said, "It won't be worth it if we light a lamp."

"Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month! There will be a moon tonight." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her clear and bright eyes and said, "Go squat under the tree and you will find it."

"Cicada monkey." Cheng Donglai said to her with sparkling eyes.

"That's right." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a smile and said, "Soak them in water overnight when you get back, wash them clean, and fry them tomorrow."

"Then let's catch the cicada monkeys after dark and when the moon rises." The big insect looked at them with his black eyes and said.

"Go home and eat something now so you'll have energy for the evening!" Shen Hui'e said to them with a smile.

Shen Hui'e directly cooked vegetable porridge, which was easier to digest at night. Each person drank two large bowls and was full.

"Bring your mosquito repellent kits!" Shen Hui'e glanced at them and said, "Otherwise the mosquitoes will eat us."

"I have it with me!" said the raccoon, patting the purse on his waist.

The big bug put on the backpack and took up the long wooden stick, "Let's go!"

Letting go of Huang Er, locking the door, Shen Hui'e and the others left the house.

There were so many children on the street walking out of the city. Shen Hui'e blinked and said, "They are all going to catch cicada monkeys."

"Yes! Pig-killing lady, you go too!" The fearless child responded directly after hearing it.

"Let's go too." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with eyes as clear as water.

"We are all children, there are no adults!"

"Can't I?" Shen Hui'e chuckled.

"Of course not, it's just weird."

"Go home and ask your parents. When they were your age, they also caught cicada monkeys like you in the summer." Shen Hui'e said with a sly smile.

"what!"

"impossible!"

"Your parents were also your age. They climbed trees to take bird eggs, went to rivers to catch fish, and did all kinds of naughty things." Shen Hui'e unkindly revealed her parents' past.

"real or fake?"

"Just go back and ask and you'll know." Shen Hui'e said to them with a smile on her face.

"I dare not do that. I'm afraid my father will beat me with his straw sandals."

"You don't dare, but I do. My father loves me the most."

"You are stupid! Why are you asking your father? Ask your mother or grandmother secretly!"

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e shook her head and chuckled when she heard that. What a clever little girl.

"Yes!"

Shen Hui'e and the others followed the children who were catching cicada monkeys and chatted with them all the way to the edge of the woods.

The sky gradually darkened and a full moon rose.

"Mother, we can't see the shade of this tree!" said the cat slave, looking up at the dark leaves.

"You are facing the moon with your back to it! Look towards the moon." Shen Hui'e looked at them with amusement and said, "Turn around while the moon is just rising."

"Ah! I see it." The big insect looked excitedly at the cicada monkey that had just climbed up the tree trunk.

"So many?" Shen Hui'e looked at the densely packed cicada monkeys on the tree trunk, climbing up with a grunt.

It’s really within your reach.

"Mother, there are so many every year." The big tiger looked at her with his dark eyes reflecting the bright moonlight.

"I know you have captured a lot of cicada monkeys, but I have never seen a cicada monkey crawling from the ground to a tree trunk." Shen Hui'e looked over in the moonlight, "It's spectacular."

"There are very few elders and women who come to catch cicada monkeys." Cheng Donglai said while looking at her with a smile.

"Yes!" Li Nu looked around and through the moonlight, he saw children like them under the tree.

"I've never seen it. Come and see the world and make up for my childhood!" Shen Hui'e's bright black eyes reflected the fragmented moonlight.

"Mother is like a child." Li Nu said with a chuckle.

"Now that you've grown up, you don't want to grow up anymore." Shen Hui'e said to them with gentle eyes.

"How could that be?" The big insect looked at her with innocent eyes and said, "Isn't it good to grow up?"

"When you grow up, look back and ask yourself." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and clear eyes and said, "No more talking, hurry up and catch the cicada monkey, the moon will rise soon and there will be no light."

"Oh oh!" The big beast reached out, grabbed the cicada monkey and threw it into his backpack.

There were a lot of cicada monkeys, and it was fun to catch them. After the moon rose, the tree trunks suddenly turned black.

After the vision was affected, Shen Hui'e and the children began to retreat.

"That should be enough to eat!" Shen Hui'e stood on the edge of the field and looked at the cicada monkeys in the children's backpacks through the moonlight.

"That's enough, that's enough, that's enough." The big insect poked its head out and looked at the basket and said, "Tomorrow I will definitely have enough."

"Close the lid quickly, or they will crawl out." Shen Hui'e pointed at the cicada monkeys crawling out and said, "Let's go home and soak them in salt water first."

"Hey!" the child responded excitedly and went home with a brisk pace.

Pour the cicada monkeys in the backpack directly into the wooden basin.

"Wow... so many." Shen Hui'e said in surprise as she looked at half a basin of cicada monkeys.

"It's definitely enough to eat." said the big tiger with a smile.

"Ah... Mother." Li Nu grabbed her sleeve and said worriedly.

"What's wrong?" Shen Hui'e asked with concern, lowering her head slightly.

"With so much, do we have enough lard?" Li Nu looked at her nervously and said.

"That's enough!" Shen Hui'e looked at her tenderly and said, "No, we can just roast it and eat it."

"That's right! As long as it's cooked, it can be eaten anyway." The raccoon slave said to her with an innocent smile on his face.

"Okay, put the lid on and don't let them escape." Shen Hui'e took the lid handed to her by Cheng Donglai and covered the wooden basin.

"If there are too many of them, maybe they will push the wooden cover open." The cat slave said worriedly again.

"That's easy. Just put another clay pot in there." Cheng Donglai said cheerfully.

"Bring me a clay basin." said the big tiger with a smile.

"Here it comes." Cheng Donglai put the clay pot on the clay pot and clapped his hands, "It's all right!"

"Absolutely." The big tiger looked at them with a smile in his bright black eyes.

"Okay, it's getting late, you should go home quickly." Shen Hui'e said to them with her eyes as gentle as jade.

"Then we'll go." Cheng Donglai and the others bowed and said.

"I'll take you there." The big tiger said to them with a smile.

After sending them away, the tiger closed the door and bolted it.

"Okay, take a shower and go to bed." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bright black eyes.

The mother and her two daughters took turns taking a shower and having a good night's sleep.