The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 24
The sister-in-law's talent in skinning and deboning is really outstanding, but seeing her holding a wrist knife in her hand, peeling and deboning the yellow deer hanging on the lintel, the whole process is like flowing water, and it is a carefree decompression.

Of course, it felt a little different for a grown man to watch a long-legged woman peeling off the skin and bones of wild animals.

Ergou also wanted to try it a few times to show off his masculine demeanor, but his skills were unfamiliar and his clumsiness was a bit embarrassing.But what was even more embarrassing was that Ergou discovered that his wrist strength was not comparable to his sister-in-law, and he was pinched a few times by her for some reason, whether intentionally or not.

After unpacking the yellow deer, I got more than 40 catties of good meat, a pile of deboned bones, and two pieces of somewhat damaged leather.The reason why the skin was a bit broken was not because of the poor craftsmanship of the sister-in-law, but because the two yellow deer had fought with each other when they were alive.

Forty pounds of good meat is not a small sum of money. Even if Ergou and his family eat it freely, they can still eat it for three to five days, which is more than enough.

But no hard-working and frugal country people would be so extravagant.

Eating big pieces of meat and drinking in big bowls, even the wealthy family would not dare to eat like this.

Ergouniang had already planned to smoke large pieces of these good meats in the evening to make bacon; chop finely into minced meat, which can be used to make meat sauce.

Gouziniang was born in Kansai, but she is a good brat.

She instructed her sister-in-law to chop the minced meat into a pulp, add salt, ginger, garlic, balsamic vinegar, simmered flax seeds (fried sesame seeds), mix it with sorghum rice wine, put it in a jar, seal it and marinate it for a while.When it's time to eat, steam it in a drawer and then serve it with rice. It really tastes great.

There are also some small pieces of meat that were stewed that night, just to relieve the gluttony of the big guys.

Only the two pheasants ignored him, but they were also made into smoked chicken by the two bitches.

While the meat was being stewed, Ergou couldn't stay at home.

Ergou Niang divided the meat and bones into several portions based on the neighbors and tribesmen she knew well, and asked Ergou to deliver them from door to door.Although these bones may not look clean, they are still good things for ordinary villagers.

Not to mention anything else, just boiling some bone soup is delicious, and you can eat more bowls of bibimbap.What's more, if you break open the bones, you can inhale some of the fragrant and smooth bone marrow, which is really good stuff.

Only to the village chief Chen Zongfu's family, Ergou sent two or three kilograms of whole pieces of good meat. Firstly, the status of the village chief was there, and secondly, in gratitude for his family's generosity in lending books to Ergou. This is no small favor.

Although Chen Zongfu's family is the head of the village and used to be able to eat enough, it is not easy to eat meat, but Chen Zongfu is a secretive person, and his family usually sees meat once or twice a month.

Therefore, when Ergou came to deliver meat, the wife (daughter-in-law) of the village chief Chen Zongfu, even though she did not like to see Ergou, smiled with wrinkles on her face and only said: "Oh brother Ergou, you said you have never come to the door for many times. , It’s too polite to bring these things with you.”

However, her hands had already taken the meat of the deer's buttocks and held them tightly, for fear that the meat would disappear.

Ergou would not take the words of this foolish country woman to heart. This guy was a snobbery and was used to looking at people's orders. Ergou's mother had often looked down upon her when she came to borrow books.

It was only because Ergou had grown hair in the past few months and the elder Chen Tonghei of the tribe took notice of her that she restrained herself.

The village head, Chen Zongfu, is the one who is really in charge of this house. He cupped his fists and said to Ergou: "Brother Ergou, I often hear people say that you are Wushuang in shooting and hunting. It seems that you have gained a lot this time. You have to come and see me off in person. Fresh meat, but the older brother will suffer."

Er Gou Zhengyan said: "The elder brother of the village chief did not despise brothers, he generously borrowed books to read with me, so that I can understand things and understand righteousness. It is hard to repay this kindness. My younger brother is not talented, and today he shot a few yellow heads. Most of the roe deer was offered to the Lord of the Land, and the rest picked out a lot of good meat, and I just took the fattest one and gave it to my brother to drink."

Chen Zongfu complimented: "Brother Ergou is so eager to learn, and his future will be limitless. I will keep the books and textbooks at home. If brothers want to read them in the future, just come and borrow them."

Ergou exchanged greetings with the village chief for a few more words, then said goodbye and left.However, he did not go home directly, but went directly to the Earth Temple.

Let me explain here that in the Great Song Dynasty, there were earth temples in most rural villages, with different sizes.

Larger ones, such as the Earth Temple in Chenjia Village, have two courtyards and are guarded by special guardians and goddesses. There are also villages where the Earth Temple is just a small stone niche the size of a chicken coop, with only one village elder working part-time to look after it.

Whenever a hunter returns from hunting in the mountains, as long as he gains something, he has to make an offering to the Lord of the Earth in the Earth Temple.

As for the offerings, there are no strict requirements, just choose from the harvest.

If you have a good harvest, you can take one or two prey to feed the Lord of the Land.

If the harvest is poor, you can hunt a rabbit and offer a rabbit leg or a rabbit tail, or even a handful of rabbit hair; you can hunt a pheasant and offer a chicken head or paws, and it is also reasonable to be stingy and pull out a few colorful feathers to offer.

But if anyone dares to evade the confession, if something happens to you, then he will be the boss.

As the saying goes: Do not enter the house if you are injured, and do not enter the village if you die.

If you don't respect the Lord of the Land on a daily basis, the Lord of the Land will not protect you if something goes wrong.

This kind of thing is really not just talk, but a taboo that has been gradually accumulated through countless bloody lessons.

In terms of filial piety to the Lord of the Land, Ergou puts Scorpion Lababa in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages—the only one.

Whenever he hunted wild animals, he would mostly pay tribute to the Lord of the Land. Of course, in the end, it was his master and mistress who helped the Lord of the Land dispose of the offerings, which is not understandable to outsiders.

But after Ergou left the village head's house, the village head Chen Zongfu had a conversation with his wife.

Seeing that the two dogs had gone away, the old woman immediately turned into a gloomy expression on her smiling face, and said, "You son of a bitch! How did you get this far? God is really blind, and let my family come from Fang There is no end! Pooh! Do you want to be an old woman to care about your family's things!"

As she said this, she was about to throw the deer meat to the ground. She hesitated and struggled for a while, but finally couldn't let it go.

After Chen Zongfu waited for his wife to calm down, he said: "Don't say this to others! You can't blame others for what happened to San'er, but we are too arrogant.

I originally gave him a volume as a military secretary to induce him to be greedy for training, but who would have thought that not only was this guy fine, but he also got out of hand.

Now even the seventh uncle looks at him differently. It seems that this guy has become a person, so he should not offend him. "

The old woman said: "That son of a bitch is alive, but San'er is dead. The old woman can't swallow this breath!"

Chen Zongfu said angrily: "If you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it! This guy has opened the gate of heaven. As long as he doesn't die, he will soar into the sky sooner or later. In the future, the eldest brother (the eldest son) and the second brother will have to borrow his momentum! How about it?" Can you offend him?!"

The woman snorted coldly, but stopped talking.

But Chen Zongfu said: "You can bring ten kilograms of millet, and I have to go to the Tutu Temple. The seventh uncle got this good disciple, which has added a lot of income. I just want to go to congratulate him and have some wine and food."

When the mother-in-law heard this, she didn't even argue. She went to the rice vat to find some fine yellow rice, put it in a cloth bag and gave it to her husband, then sent him out.

(End of this chapter)