Xianjia Pastoral

Chapter 90 Banquet for the whole village
"Gouzi, are you digging any wild animals over there?"

The man squatting on the ground digging the soil wiped his face with his muddy hands, and replied, "No, I found a few half-cooked sweet potatoes."

"Gouzi, Erlen, come here! There's a rabbit hole here."

"Come here, where is it?"

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Early in the morning, in order to pick up some wild animals, the villagers of Huangjia Village came to Yanziling in groups and were busy in every corner.Huang Mingquan and his grandson were also on the list, talking and laughing among them was very lively.

As for Cheng Wei and his wife, they may be resting in a hotel in the town, or they may already be on their way here.It was because the old house they lived in was at the foot of Yanziling Mountain, if they really lived in it last night, it would be fatal.

Because the villagers who picked up wild things in Yanziling can still feel the heat in the air.Not to mention that the whole land didn't cool down last night, if the young couple still lived in the old house, they would definitely suffocate to death.

It was not easy to disturb other villagers, so in the evening, I borrowed a motorcycle from Huang Mingquan and went to a random hotel in the town to stay.

Until some villagers left with a lot of harvest, Cheng Wei, the protagonist, finally appeared with his daughter-in-law.

"Brother Cheng, look. I picked a fox." A child came up to show off his harvest to Cheng Wei.

"Okay, okay, take it home and put it away, and come to Brother Cheng's house for lunch at noon." After touching the other party's little head, Cheng Wei walked straight to Huang Mingquan's side.

"Uncle Quan!" Cheng Wei shouted.

"Xiao Cheng, you just came here. All the wild things on the mountain have been picked up." Huang Mingquan smiled a little, and it seems that the harvest is good.

Cheng Wei joked: "It's okay, you eat meat, and I'll drink some soup by the way."

"Look at what you said, Lao Quan, am I such an ungrateful person? Everyone left you a lot." Huang Mingquan knew that the other party was joking, and he was in a good mood to show off his acting skills.

Of course, he really kept Cheng Wei's share, and he was not the only one. Every villager who had a harvest paid more or less, and it was being packed in a big basket at this time.

When Cheng Wei saw the pitch-black basket of wild animals, the quantity inside was also unexpected.Among them are hares, pheasants, snakes, and even foxes, as well as wild crops such as sweet potatoes, kudzu, and taro, which add up to fifty or sixty catties.

This is just what the villagers 'respect' him, and one can imagine the amount the whole village has harvested.Of course, Cheng Wei just lamented that there are so many wild animals, and this kind of chance to pick them up for nothing is very rare, who can go to burn the mountain all day long if he has nothing to do.

"Uncle Quan, let the villagers come to my house to eat at noon, so it will be convenient for everyone to work in the afternoon, right?"

Now Yanziling has been burned, and the dark surface makes those potholes show their original shape.On the surface, the soil must be turned once, but this work cannot be done by human hands, and it will be necessary to hire a few more dump trucks to come in.Right now, the potholes should be filled first, otherwise it would be difficult for vehicles to drive in.

"Okay, I'll go back and shout a big horn for you."

Huang Mingquan nodded, and he also understood Cheng Wei's thoughts.

Although Cheng Wei will pay every time he asks people to help, it is only a guest-host relationship at best. Treating everyone to a meal will not waste a lot of money, but it can establish a good relationship among the villagers.It's like going out to socialize, the relationship is accumulated step by step, you can't say that you really wait for something to happen before you go to give gifts and ask others for help.

Although these little people can't help Cheng Wei, they are enough to establish a good image for Cheng Wei, and they won't be the kind of unscrupulous boss who deducts for no reason and doesn't care about his subordinates.

Cheng Wei's coming to Yanziling was actually just a cutscene, and the villagers had already left by now.After explaining Huang Mingquan's matter, he also picked up the basket and went back to the old house with Liang Meilan.

Back at the old house, the young couple started to work between their hands and feet.

At this time, Liang Meilan picked up an unknown object that could no longer see its true colors, and looked like a piece of black charcoal.Asked: "Xiaowei, are these things still edible?"

It is true that Liang Meilan grew up in the countryside, but she has never seen anyone burn down a mountain, let alone pick up these wild animals.

"Of course it's edible, and it's delicious."

After all, Cheng Wei took out a small knife, took the thing in Liang Meilan's hand, and cut it down. Except for the tip of the knife being slightly stuck on the skin, it was unimpeded after entering.

Cheng Wei pulled out the knife and directly split the two sides with Heitan.Liang Meilan opened her small mouth slightly, but she didn't expect that the inside of the black charcoal was pink and flesh-colored, and a lot of animal oil flowed out from it, and the smell of meat immediately smelt.

"Try it." Cheng Wei handed a piece to the other party's mouth.

The two had been together for several months, how could Liang Meilan be polite to him, and after one bite, she ate it with a 'smash it'.

Not to mention, although there is more or less a burnt smell, the meat inside is extremely soft and tender, and it is not without bones, but it tastes very soft, just like chicken cartilage.

"It's delicious, but what does it come from?" Liang Meilan asked.

Cheng Wei didn't know what animal it was just by looking at it this way, so he put a piece of meat into his mouth. With his chef-level tongue, he could tell the material through his taste buds.

After a pause, Cheng Wei said with a smirk, "I occasionally get you something to eat at night."

"Did you get me something to eat at night? No? I don't have the habit of eating late at night." Liang Meilan said thoughtfully.

"It's... that, the one that can produce milk by sucking and sucking." Cheng Wei reminded again.

"Milk?" Liang Meilan came to her senses immediately, and rushed towards the opponent with her fist.It would be enough to say that it was a bird, and it would be disgusting to her.

"Don't hit, don't hit. I'll just use a metaphor."

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After the fight, the young couple began to pack up the ingredients. Cheng Wei was in charge of the noon meal, and Liang Meilan was in charge of washing the vegetables. After setting the dishes and chopsticks, they could sit and wait for the meal.

Cheng Wei cooks rabbit meat first, not only because there are many ingredients, but also because it is easy to handle.Then there is the snake meat. Because the skin has been burnt, the skin is omitted. You only need to cut off the burnt part with a knife, and then scoop out the snake gall and the surrounding meat.

The most troublesome thing is the fox. There are two parts of the fox that are most difficult to deal with. One is the position below the tail, which is where the word body odor comes from.Second, it has gall like a snake, and its stomach cannot be pierced.

Cheng Wei had a full two hours to process the ingredients. The difficulty of food processing is one thing, but the quantity to be processed is also the key. After all, there are still hundreds of people who came to the banquet this time.

The next cooking is easy to deal with, these ingredients themselves have been burned once, and the reprocessing can save a lot of time.

In the end, the young couple made several trips, and nearly forty dishes were served.Including: braised rabbit meat, stewed rabbit meat, five-spice snake meat stew, stir-fried fox meat, spinach in clear soup, cabbage heart in oyster sauce, baked taro, sweet potato cake, etc.

In addition, I also boiled a large pot of soup, which is made of kudzu powder and pork bones. I just finished eating and drank the soup and put it on the fire.

From noon to noon, the villagers also took their seats one after another.

"Xiao Cheng, I've been smelling the aroma from your yard all the way. I didn't expect you to have such cooking skills."

"Yeah, if I have this cooking skill, I don't know how much better it will be to open a restaurant in the city."

"Boss Cheng is doing big things, and he even ran to open a small restaurant. I think you deserve to be a cook for the rest of your life."

"Can't I just say it? And I'm talking about myself, and I'm messing with you?"

It's still the two grumpy old men from last time. I really don't know if they have had a grudge before. Whenever the other party speaks, they always have to say something.

"Come on, why are you all standing still, let's toast Xiao Cheng first." Huang Mingquan motioned everyone to stand up and toast.

"Why is this wine red? Could it be something tragic?"

"Drink as soon as you are told, there will be so much nonsense."

Seeing that the two old men were about to quarrel over a glass of deer blood wine, Cheng Wei quickly smoothed things over: "Harmony makes money, and harmony makes money. You two should sell my face."

"Hmph, let's sell some face to Boss Cheng today, try again next time."

An old man shouted loudly: "I'm afraid you won't succeed. If you have the ability to finish your work in the afternoon, let's practice alone."

"Come here, whoever is afraid."

Talking and talking, these two people actually talked about fighting the landlord.

At this time, Cheng Wei's cell phone rang, and he looked down at the number, which made him frown.

(End of this chapter)