Pig Killer

Chapter 125

"No, I'm not tired." Shen Yun'e smiled and shook her head, "Brother Tie is the only one who is busy inside and outside. Even the meals are sent by my eldest brother's family. I just need to take care of myself." She pointed her chin at the bench and said, "Second sister, please sit down and talk." She said embarrassedly, "It's too much trouble for my eldest sister-in-law."

"It's the busy farming season, so it's not a big deal. We can just help each other." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her deep, clear eyes and said, "Just let my brother-in-law make it up to me later." She reached out her hand along the back of her skirt and sat on the bench.

"What do you mean?" Tie Feng asked curiously, "What does Second Sister want to do now?"

"I really want to make something." Shen Hui'e said with a smile, "Make a big knife." She gestured, "As long as my arm."

"Second sister, what do you want such a long knife for? To go to the battlefield!" Shen Yun'e looked at her in surprise.

"It doesn't matter if the knife is a little blunt, it's for cutting wheat ears." Shen Hui'e looked at them with clear eyes and said, "You know the knife that Doctor Li used to cut medicinal herbs, and there's a thick wooden board underneath it."

Tie Feng clapped his hands and looked at her with sparkling eyes, "I know what Second Sister is talking about. Cut the wheat ears."

"Yes! We can also cut the ears of grain by then." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile in her clear eyes and said, "And it's also good to feed horses and cows. Cutting the grass into small pieces is also good."

"What Second Sister says will be of great use." Shen Yun'e said, looking at her with a smile in her almond-shaped eyes.

"That's right! You won't suffer any loss if you beat it." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a smile and said, "Anyway, it's better than breaking it with your hands. We have the conditions, so we should make good use of the tools."

"That's easy. I'll make a big knife for you later." Tie Feng said cheerfully, "Do you have anything else to do, second sister?"

"That's all, that's all." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her dark and bright eyes and said.

"Let Yun'e talk to you. I'll go and fight you with the sword now." Tie Feng said hurriedly.

"Sorry to trouble you! Can't you take a break after the summer harvest?" Shen Hui'e looked at him embarrassedly.

"I'm not tired." Tie Feng smiled naively, "I'm leaving." He turned and left the main room.

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Shen Hui'e watched him leave, then turned around and looked her up and down. She looked good. "Don't try to stay cool when it's hot. If you can't stand the heat, go take a shower. It's convenient to take a shower now."

"I know. It's not that hot in the room right now. The ceiling is really heat-insulating." Shen Yun'e pointed at the ceiling and said, "It's really amazing. The room is cool and cool."

"It's convenient to take a shower now. Just take a shower when you feel hot. It will make you feel comfortable for a while." Shen Hui'e looked at her gently and said.

"I know, I know." Shen Yun'e smiled and nodded, "No need to boil water, so convenient."

"It's hard for pregnant women to survive the summer." Shen Hui'e looked at her tenderly and said, "In winter, people can be more diligent and burn firewood to keep warm. In summer, even if you jump into the river and the sun is blazing, it's still hot."

"Hehe..." Shen Yun'e looked at her with a smile in her starry eyes and said, "Second sister is still so afraid of heat."

"Scared!" Shen Hui'e nodded like a chick, "Just think about it, I have to stand in front of the meat stall under the scorching sun to sell pork." She shook her head violently, "It's really scary just thinking about it."

"It will pass if you hold on." Shen Yun'e looked at her calmly and said.

"If you count the heat, you count the cold." Shen Hui'e looked at her with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "Have you ever thought about remodeling our bed?"

Shen Yun'e lowered her head and looked at her bed, questioningly, "How do we renovate this?"

Shen Hui'e smiled and said, "Raise it too!" She patted the bench she was sitting on and said, "Just like this." She walked to the bed with enthusiasm and said, "Put the fire next to the bed directly next to the bed, just like a clay stove, do you like it?"

"Ah!" Shen Yun'e supported herself on the bed and tried to stand up.

Shen Hui'e quickly lent a hand and helped her stand up.

Shen Yun'e looked back at the bed and gestured with her hands. "Is this okay?"

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e said with a slight movement in her eyes, "It's just like a teppanyaki grill, with fire burning underneath and it's hot above."

"Haha... Second sister would scald people." Shen Yun'e laughed heartily.

"Who told you to burn so much firewood? Just use sawdust and slowly ferment it." Shen Hui'e looked at her with bright eyes and said, "Just keep it warm. It's good for you and the child in winter. You can lie on it and it's warm. You won't feel cold at all."

Shen Hui'e used her name to build a kang.

She didn't want to shiver to keep warm because of the cold anymore.

Shen Yun'e gradually put away the smile on her face and thought seriously, "How can this smoke get out? The smoke will choke people to death."

"The chimney! The chimney of the stove we built is standing up. Now let's make it lie down and connect it to the outside of the wall." Shen Hui'e let go of her hand, moved a bench and let her sit down. "Is this feasible?"

"The more my second sister talks about it, the more I think it's a good idea." Shen Yun'e looked at her with sparkling eyes and said.

"Let's go back and talk about how to make it better." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her bright eyes and said, "This bed is higher, higher than the bench." She pretended to sit on it.

"Hehe..." Shen Yun'e looked at her second sister's pretending with her starry eyes and bent over with laughter.

"Don't laugh! I'm serious." Shen Hui'e looked at her lovingly and said.

"Don't laugh, don't laugh." Shen Yun'e stopped smiling and looked at her, trying her best to control her facial expression, the smile in her eyes, and the shaking of her shoulders, she couldn't hold it back.

"Laugh if you want to!" Shen Hui'e shook her head and chuckled when she saw this, then she lifted up her clothes and sat on the bed.

"I'm not laughing anymore." Shen Yun'e took two deep breaths and looked at her and said, "Second sister, I think what you said is feasible."

"This bed should be bigger so that the 'earth stove' below can be used more." Shen Hui'e pointed at the earthen stove in front of her and said, "It's best if it is against the wall on three sides. This way, you can eat, sleep, and work on it, and it won't be cold!"

"How big must that earthen stove be?" Shen Yun'e said with a frown.

"Actually, the stove doesn't need to be that big. The key is the chimney. It has to fill the bed and not get blocked." Shen Hui'e drew on the bed with her finger. "If the chimney is blocked, it's life-threatening."

"I know." Shen Yun'e nodded hurriedly, "When the fire is burning and the smoke is curling, the chimney is indeed hot." She thought seriously for a moment and said, "Second sister, this idea is feasible!" She smiled and said, "It really works. I don't have to squeeze into Tiege's shop with my children this winter."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded slightly, "We need to think about it carefully, so that it can emit smoke smoothly and be hot without burning us. It's really hard to grasp the right degree."

"Think about this carefully." Shen Yun'e nodded cautiously.

"There's still time. It's still a long way to go before winter." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her warm eyes and said, "The summer harvest is over, and the fields are not too busy."

"I'll talk to Brother Tie later." Shen Yun'e looked at her with interest and said, "If it really works, we'll have a better winter."

"Yeah!" Shen Hui'e nodded and smiled, looking at her panting and said, "There's no rush for this, you should take a rest first! Pregnant women tend to get sleepy easily."

"I feel like I haven't gotten enough sleep all day long." Shen Yun'e said in a muffled voice, covering her mouth.

"Go to sleep! I'm leaving." Shen Hui'e stood up and looked at her gently.

"I'll take you there." Shen Yun'e stood up and looked at her and said.

"No, no, no! I'll go by myself." Shen Hui'e waved her hand slightly.

"Then take care!" Shen Yun'e watched her leave, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep in a short while.

Shen Hui'e left the house, closed the door, went to the blacksmith shop in front, said goodbye to Tie Feng and went home.

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The next day, there was a pig-slaughtering feast, and this time the pigs that were slaughtered were two castrated piglets.

"Wow..." the raccoon sniffed like a puppy, "The smell of pork is really not that strong."

"Yeah! It's so hot, you can only smell the meaty smell if you get close to it." The big bug looked at her with his big black eyes without blinking and said, "The effect is too obvious."

"It tastes fragrant, without any fishy smell at all." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her glassy eyes.

"I smell it! This lard tastes so good!" said the big tiger, sniffing his nose and smacking his lips.

"Try the fried oil residue!" Shen Hui'e picked up the fried golden oil residue and put it into the stoneware bowl, "Eat it yourself."

Da Chong picked up the oil residue with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. "Great, great." After swallowing it, he said, "It tastes much better than before."

Remove the oil residue and put the fresh green peppercorns from the pepper tree with leaves still attached into the lard.

The sizzling sound is accompanied by the aroma of peppercorns.

"Does Sichuan pepper smell so good?" said the cat slave, sniffing.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e looked at her with eyes as gentle as jade.

"It's bursting, it's bursting." Da Chong pointed at the oil pan and said, "The peppercorns are bursting."

"The black ones inside are Sichuan peppercorns." Shen Hui'e lowered her eyes and looked at the Sichuan peppercorns in the oil pan and said, "If I don't pick them out, it will be more troublesome for you to eat them, okay?"

"What's the big deal? We can pick it up when we eat." The raccoon looked at her with watery eyes and said cheerfully.

"It will float in a layer!" Shen Hui'e said, spreading her hands, "covering the entire iron pot."

"It's okay, it tastes better this way." The big insect looked at her with his black eyes.

"Then I won't pick it up!" Shen Hui'e put the chopped onion, ginger and garlic directly into the pot. With the sizzling sound, the rich aroma of onion and garlic filled the air and filled my nostrils.

Shen Hui'e poured the washed and cut pork into the pot, added appropriate amount of salt and soy sauce, stir-fried it, and then poured in honey water and clean water to cover the pork.

Cover the pot, turn on high fire, bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat.

When the braised pork was ready, Shen Hui'e asked the children to deliver it door to door.

The neighbors were unhappy, "Slaughterer, you are wrong."