Chapter 1493: Harvest
Zhang Qiu’e’s dinner was already prepared. After they changed clothes, drank some water, and waited for a while, they finally began the meal.
Yang Yujie went back to let her Aunt know she would be staying at the Wei Family for dinner tonight.
"Dad, are we slaughtering the pig tomorrow?"
"Of course, we’re getting the two butchers from the village." Earlier, Old Yang and the others had already brought the wild boar into the side room, as leaving it outside overnight would definitely freeze it.
"With so much meat from these two wild boars, are they for sale?"
Wei Kaiyun shook his head with a smile, "No, we’re not selling it. Tomorrow the whole family will work together, we’ll make sausages, jerky, and distribute them to those not at home."
The kids weren’t particularly excited about eating meat, but the thought of making sausages and jerky was something they looked forward to.
The next day was the twenty-sixth of the twelfth lunar month. Lv Beiguang’s family also came to help.
This made everything much faster; two sets of intestines filled two large pots.
The family didn’t consume it, but Yang Yujie liked it, and Li Xue wanted to take some to her parent’s house, so they braised it at home.
With so many people helping, they managed to make three hundred pounds of sausages in a day.
"Send half back to Sister She and the others."
Lv Beiguang laughed, "Sounds good, I’ll handle it at the train station, I met someone last time."
Honestly, splitting it like this doesn’t leave much behind.
The jerky was rubbed with chili powder and cumin, left to steam the next day.
The side room was full. At night, Yang Yujie and Zhenyu carried two big pots of braised intestines and over ten pounds of sausages back.
Tao Chunhe laughed happily upon seeing them, "Smells amazing."
Yang Yujie hung the sausages properly, and Zhenyu went back.
"Auntie, try this liver, it’s delicious. Aunt Wei’s cooking is unbeatable."
Tao Yanzhen took a piece, "Really delicious."
"Haha, the day after tomorrow we still need to go fishing."
"Yujie, are you going to help the day after tomorrow?"
"Yes, I have to. Otherwise, how would I feel comfortable taking fish? Auntie, I know how to make fish with pickled vegetables; I’ll make it for you then."
The next day everyone started steaming the jerky again. Over the past two days, they finally finished processing the two wild boars.
Li Xue originally wanted to take her younger siblings home by the twenty-eighth, but Hongpeng and the others found out they were going fishing today, so they refused to leave.
In the end, Red Army and Hongling also came over.
With so many people, Jiang Feifei had no choice but to use a drop of spiritual spring water.
𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
This turned out to be a massive catch, more than a thousand pounds of fish, transported back trip after trip.
Jiang Xinyu saw the fish at home and knew her daughter was up to something. This wasn’t a good thing.
Coincidentally, Red Army and Changhe came over. "Wow, whose luck is this? Gosh, someone here is definitely having a lucky year."
Red Army nodded with a smile, "I think it must be Yujie, she was the first to spot the fish school."
"Really! Yujie? Well, that’s great." They had to attribute it to luck, no other way to explain it.
Until around three in the afternoon, everyone finally came back.
Jiang Xinyu saw her daughter looking down. She pulled her aside with a smile, "Feifei, go have some milk tea with Yujie inside, let the others handle the rest."
Yang Yujie was only left with excitement now. "Aunt Wei, so many fish!"
"Haha, let’s distribute them later. This year, we’ll have plenty of fish to prepare in different ways."
Tingting came out and took Feifei’s hand, "Sis, the milk tea’s ready. It’s so sweet, but mom made yours not too sweet."
Tongtong followed like a little tail behind Tingting, nodding along.
Zhang Qiu’e came out with a kettle, and Zhao Xiaoli carried bowls, giving everyone a bowl of milk tea. It felt warm from the inside out.
Wei Kaiyun called over Red Army to help distribute the fish.
They decided to distribute it based on headcount. Changhe pushed a cart full of fish. The baskets carried by his three brothers were filled with fish too.
They were ecstatic, having grown up so much, it was their first time experiencing something like this. It was just like picking up fish.
Qu Xiaoli was startled by the amount of fish, "Why so many?"
"This is what we got, and today so many of us went too.
Just right. Leave them outside to freeze. Tomorrow, Red Army and the others can take more back. Changhe, you clean the fish, Hongling, take three fish to your Fourth Uncle’s house."
The kids followed the instructions. Qu Xiaoli had Changhe clean five fish, then sought their input, and they decided on red-braising them.
Zhenyu and Yang Yujie, the sibling duo, pushed about ten big fish back to the Tao Family.
Tao Chunhe was stunned, "Why so many?"
"Uncle Tao, we brought them back, doesn’t it look like a lot? Nearly everyone got this much. It was an eye-opening experience today," Yang Yujie excitedly said. "And Aunt Wei said it was because I had good luck to find the fish school.
After all, if I hadn’t asked Uncle Wei to go fishing, we wouldn’t have come across such a good thing."
"Wow, it must be Yujie’s luck," Liu Tongtong immediately chimed in, smiling.
They genuinely liked this girl from the Yang Family.
They directly gave forty fish to the Lv Family. Just enough for Li Xue to take back to her parent’s house.
They sent ten fish to Du Fengying, and the rest were not given away.
That evening Red Army came over again, pushing back twenty fish. Just like that, the Wei Family still had fifty fish left.
That night they made boiled fish, without any vegetables, just fish meat.
The remaining fish heads were reserved for fish soup the next day.
The next morning, Guodong packed ten fish, and with the ten fish his brothers-in-law took back, went to the city.
He didn’t stay, as there was plenty to do at home. At the very least, helping his wife and stepmother.
That evening Li Yunqiao returned. Seeing these twenty large fish, he thought they would make great gifts.
The fish were valuable items at this time.
After mentioning it to the children, no one objected, mainly because everyone had their fill of fish last night.
Tongtong sat in Li Yunqiao’s lap, excitedly talking about things at her sister’s house.
"Dad, can I go together when brother and Zhibin go back?
Sister Tingting is so nice, she plays with us, and Aunt Wei always gives me good food. Dad, hold me, am I getting chubby?"
Li Yunqiao smiled, responding to his daughter, "Yes, my daughter is getting chubby, and prettier."
"These clothes were made by Aunt Lv, the cotton shoes by the second aunt, the sweater inside is from my sister-in-law, and my sister also made me a new outfit. Fourth aunt also made me cotton shoes."
Listening to his daughter mention everyone, Li Yunqiao kissed her cheek with a smile, "I understand why you want to go back to your hometown so much. It’s because everyone there likes you, huh?"
"Yes, they all like me. Dad, there are so many friends there. Dad, I want to go, please let me."
"But if you leave, your mom and I will miss you, and your older brother and sister-in-law often mention you."