novelaction Chapter 213 Take a shower and change into new clothes
Chapter 213 Take a shower and change into new clothes
Seeing that they wouldn't listen no matter what he said, Zhou Guo stopped talking. You can only know the truth after you have eaten it. He waved his hand and said, "I will buy some food at the market in a few days. You will know after I make it once."
Li and the others looked at him reluctantly. Zhou Gu said, "Do you really want to eat it? It's still so small. If you raise it until it's bigger, it will have a lot of meat, enough for us to eat for half a year."
Zhou Guo didn't want to answer anymore, so he turned and went to the front yard. He decided to discuss with his master how to make roast suckling pig. His master was so skilled in roasting meat, but he didn't know if he could make roast suckling pig.
The remaining few people looked at the little pigs and the big pig next to them, still wondering why the little pigs were worth more money than the big pigs. One was so small, probably less than eight kilograms, and the other was so big, weighing sixty or seventy kilograms. They couldn't understand it.
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After buying the plaster, the family started to pave the yard in the afternoon. Li and Zhou Xing were still making shoes in the shed. The thin cotton-padded jackets for the whole family were made. Now they can wear one when it's cold in the morning and evening. The thick cotton-padded jackets can wait and be made later.
Some places in the yard are uneven and need to be filled and leveled.
Then he started to mix the mortar and laid the stone slabs one by one. In view of the fact that the yard was too big, in order to save time, Zhou Guo also enclosed two small plots of land with stones. He planned to plant some flowers and vegetables. It would be beautiful, affordable and convenient. He could grow vegetables as soon as he went out.
There is strength in numbers. Although the young men eat a lot, they are very dedicated when it comes to fire work. They are like chickens with their blood pumped up, and they don't seem to get tired. They shout and scream while working, and the yard is paved before dark.
The well diggers looked at their quick work and exclaimed, "You work so fast. If you didn't know, you would think your ancestors were doing this."
Although the paving cannot compare with that of professional craftsmen, it is also flat and smooth. The river stones are washed by river water all year round, so the surface is smooth, clean, round and mellow. They are of different sizes. When laid in the yard, they look no worse than blue bricks. There is an indescribable beauty.
Finally, Zhou Guo brought back some pebbles and filled the gaps. In this way, the last flaw of the river stone yard was gone.
Several people from the Li family stood in the yard, thinking around, "I never thought that a yard paved with stones from the river would look so beautiful. In the past, we used bluestone slabs to pave the ground. Although bluestone slabs are good, they are heavy. It takes two people to lift one stone, and it costs money. This is much better. Although it is not as clean and neat as bluestone slabs, and it is not easy to clean, but it is free after all." What doesn't cost money is the best.
The Zhou family members couldn't help but nod their heads. Yes, not spending any money is the best.
The old man also thought it was good, with a kind of wild charm, not much worse than a tidy yard.
Zhou Guo walked around the yard with his hands behind his back. It would be nice if he could plant some flowers and plants. There were plenty of them in the mountains. He could move a few down from the mountains someday.
"Water is coming out, water is coming out!" At this moment, the excited voice of the well digger sounded from the well.
Zhou Guo jumped up and went to the well, and all the Zhou family members crowded towards the well.
Zhou Xing said: "Thank God, good news comes one after another. What a day it is today, so many good things happened."
Zhou Gu smiled and said, "Good days should be celebrated, and we should make something delicious tonight."
"Delicious? Isn't it enough to eat meat every day? What else do you want?" Zhou Xing raised her eyebrows. If they eat meat every day, how could the food not be delicious? The food here can only be compared with that of the landlords in the surrounding villages.
Zhou Mai smiled and asked, "Yes, brother, what else do you want to eat?"
Zhou Guhan smiled and touched his head, "I don't want to eat anything either. As long as I have meat to eat, I will be living like a god, and I will be satisfied."
Zhou Guo leaned over to look at the bottom of the well. After digging for so many days, water was finally found. The well was almost four meters deep. With this well, water for the family would no longer be a problem. They no longer had to run to the river to fetch water every day.
Considering that digging out the water was a great joyous event, Zhou Xing put a handful of dried pine mushrooms in the rabbit stew with pine mushrooms she made in the evening.
While the dish was still stewing, the aroma had already filled the yard. The father and son who were digging the well had never smelled such an aroma before. Even though they had eaten meat every day before, which was also very fragrant, that aroma could not compare to this. They kept swallowing their saliva, rolled up their sleeves and worked very hard.
Zhou Guo also missed it when he smelled the fragrance. The old man next to him couldn't help but sigh. He hadn't eaten fresh pine mushrooms for a long time. He said that fresh fried pine mushrooms were more delicious. Just sprinkle some salt on them and they would be delicious.
He felt that he still had to go into the mountains tomorrow as there was no game left at home and the few rabbits he had raised had all been eaten.
Zhou Guo was thinking about what she would do tomorrow: digging a cellar, chopping firewood, and mowing the grass. She felt that chopping firewood was the most suitable job for her, as her uncle and brothers could do the other jobs.
Zhou Dacang and his friends couldn't sit still. Once they had some free time, they couldn't help but squat by the pot. It would be better for them to go to the well to help.
In order to ensure the water supply, the master decided to drill a little deeper.
The Zhou family members gathered around the well and were unwilling to leave. This well belonged to them alone. They could use it however they wanted and for as long as they wanted.
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While eating, Zhou Guo first picked up a dried pine mushroom and ate it. It was mellow and delicious. Although the taste could not be compared with the fresh one, the dried one also had its own unique flavor and enhanced the flavor of the whole pot of dish.
She thought that if it was ground into powder, it would be more useful than dried shrimps. She would grind a large jar of it and add a little when cooking, so every dish would have the delicious flavor of pine mushrooms.
A few fathers and sons at another table were eating stewed meat with pine mushrooms for the first time. They were amazed at the taste after just one bite. They had never eaten such delicious meat before, and even the soup was delicious.
After finishing the meal, he was still not satisfied and kept praising Zhou Xing's cooking skills.
Zhou Xing's face turned red with praise, and the secret to the deliciousness was not because of her cooking skills.
Several people walked out of the yard muttering to themselves.
After seeing the three people off, the Zhou family members began to bathe one by one, from head to toe.
Zhou Dacang and the others were a little reluctant at first, "Didn't we just wash it the day before yesterday? Why do we have to wash it again?"
"That's right. There's no reason to wash so frequently even in summer." Zhou Gu was even more reluctant.
Zhou Guo was also tired. Although she had just washed yesterday, she was exhausted after a whole day and still wanted to wash.
Li smiled and said, "Whoever takes a bath tonight can use new bedding and wear new clothes."
"Ah, I want to wash, I want to wash." Zhou Gu was the first to jump up. New clothes! He hadn't seen such things for many years.
"I want to wash it too. I want new bedding."
Zhou Xing said: "Don't push, don't push, come one by one."
There is no way. There are only two buckets in total, one for men and one for women. Do we have to queue up to take a shower?
Adhering to the tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young, the old man was the first to take the shower. After washing, he came out wearing brand new clothes, looking like a different person.