newbobooks Chapter 203 Treating People Like Beasts
Chapter 203 Treating People Like Beasts
"Guoguo, where did you get so many chives? The seeds I sowed last time have only sprouted a few times. I don't know how long I have to wait before I can eat them."
"It's the same at my house. We haven't had any vegetables these days. Hey, where did Guoguo get the wild chives? Let's go dig some roots and plant them now. We can eat them in a few days. Aren't they ready-made?"
Yes, everyone was surprised. Here are ready-made leek roots. Aren’t they much faster than those damn seeds?
Zhou Guo smiled and pointed the way for them, "Go up. See that big rock? It's behind the rock. There's a large patch of leeks on the ground between the rocks. Hehe, I've cut all the leeks, so there are still a lot of leeks left."
"Hey, that's nothing. It's good enough to have leek stakes. I'll go first, so I don't forget them when I go back." A woman said this and started walking upstairs very fast. From her back, it was obvious that she was not afraid of forgetting later, but wanted to pick the best ones.
When the others saw this, they couldn't sit still any longer. They dropped their work and hurried up the mountain, threatening not to fall behind, otherwise the good ones would have been picked up.
Zhou Guo concealed the fact and put the bundle of leek roots he was carrying into the corner. There was not a single small leek root in it. As expected, you have to be ahead of others in everything you do, otherwise you won’t get any even if they are picked up for free.
After a while, everyone came down the mountain happily and said to Zhou Guo and the others, "It's such a big area. We have dug up a lot of it. There are still some on top, some small ones. Don't you want to dig some?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I dug it too, and I dug a lot."
In the evening, when they got home from work, Li saw them carrying a basket full of leeks and a large bundle in their hands. She said happily, "Where did you get so many leeks? They are so juicy and plump. Where are the roots? Have you dug them up?"
Zhou Guo handed the leek roots in his other hand to her, "Here, leek roots, I picked the strong ones specially, they are bigger than others."
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "That's great. The chive seeds I sowed last time haven't sprouted yet, and I don't know if we can eat them this year. The ones we have now will grow in a few days. It just so happens that I don't have time to pick wild vegetables today. I also plan to use more pine mushrooms to stew meat. I'll have this basket of chives. It'll be delicious if I throw them in and stew them with the meat."
Zhou Mai said, "Sister, don't you know that roasted leeks are delicious? They are much better than boiled ones."
Zhou Xing and the others were very surprised. "Can leeks be roasted? How do you roast them?"
Zhou Mai smiled and said, "Roast leeks the same way you roast pine mushrooms. It's really delicious. You'll see when I roast some."
Zhou Xing laughed, "Okay, then you come and teach me."
The two went to cook.
Zhou Guo glanced at another shed, where all kinds of fabrics were spread out on the floor. "Mom, did you do needlework all day today?"
Li said, "That's right. The weather is getting colder and colder. The clothes we wear are too thin. There is no thick clothes. The ones we brought with us have been lost. If you catch a cold, you will suffer and have to see a doctor and take medicine. Why spend money and suffer in vain? Now that you can't leave home, make a set of clothes for all of you."
Zhou Guo nodded and looked down at her clothes. She only had three sets in total. One set was torn left and right by her and was in a mess. The remaining two sets were what she wore when she went into the mountains to work. They were torn here and there by the branches. After mending them, they were finally not so torn anymore and were much better than the beggar's clothes.
Last time, the cloth shop owner gave her a bag of rags of all colors, which she used to patch her body in various colors. She thought it was quite fashionable. If it were in her time, she would at least win a prize.
It was still early and she could see that she was carrying the leek roots she had dug up and taking a small hoe to the vegetable garden. She separated the leek roots into clusters of a dozen or so and planted them in corners of the garden.
He scooped some wood ash from the stove and sprinkled some on the plants, then watered them, and the leek roots were planted.
She looked at the vegetable garden and always felt that something was missing. She turned around and saw the fence surrounding the yard. She clapped her hands and finally remembered that there was no fence in the vegetable garden.
There’s no rush for this. It won’t be too late to do it once you have chickens at home.
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For dinner, we had rabbit stewed with pine mushrooms, which contained half a basket of leeks.
As long as there is meat, it will taste good no matter how it is cooked. In this day and age, few families can afford to eat meat.
However, with the masters who dug wells and built kangs together, the amount of rice and meat that needed to be prepared for each meal increased exponentially. Zhou Xing always cooked in a big pot. After all, there was Zhou Guo at home, and one clay pot was not enough. It was also too troublesome to cook it in two batches.
A big pot of rice plus half a pot of meat and vegetable soup, including the soup and vegetables, is enough for so many people to eat well.
After finishing their meal, the workers left and discussed coming back the next day.
As soon as the masters left, Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu also came back. They had been working non-stop for various families these days and were very tired. Repairing a house is not an easy job, and their complexion became worse day by day.
Li felt distressed, "Why do you look so bad? Are you so tired?"
Zhou Gu didn't want to say anything more and sat down, gasping for breath.
Zhou Da Cang waved his hands and said, "Don't mention it. The food is just not good. Is there any food at home? Come over at 12:00. Today we went to Zhou Sanyuan's house. You all know his mother is notorious for being stingy. At noon, she only cooked one and a half bowls of rice for each person. The meat was counted by the number of people, and each person was given half a slice. At night, after work, she cooked a big pot of wild vegetable porridge. There was no meat, not even a pine mushroom. There was more soup than porridge. It was just watery after eating. How could I feel full?"
Zhou Guo was surprised. "One and a half bowls per person is not enough. Even if we don't talk about eating meat every meal, at least you have to be full. How can you work if you are not full? I am not afraid that you will faint."
Mrs. Li was very angry. "How can you not care about me? I have nothing to eat. Why don't you feed me enough when I do manual labor? You treat me like an animal!"
Zhou Mi suddenly said, "Who would be willing to treat animals like this? Every household wants to treat animals like ancestors and serve them, fearing that they will starve."
Everyone was silent.
Zhou Mai took out the leftover barbecue from their lunch break and said, "Here, this is the roe deer that the master caught in the forest at noon. The master roasted it, and we ate the four legs left. They are cold now. Wait, I will steam them."
"No need, why steam it? I'm almost starving. I've been doing manual labor for an entire afternoon, and now I'm just drinking porridge." Zhou Gu grabbed it, held it with both hands, took a big bite, chewed it, and frowned, "Why are there stones in it?"
Zhou Guo said, "I brought it back in a basket, so there might be some dirt and vegetable leaves on it, but it doesn't matter. It won't make you sick if you eat it if it's not clean. It won't taste good if you wash it. Just eat it. Uncle, you can eat it too. It's roe deer meat, and it tastes great."