Gao Xiulan was slightly unwilling to surrender. She took some cornmeal to the hen, wanting it to eat an excellent meal to proceed laying eggs.

Nonetheless, the hen could be very ungrateful, after consuming, it nonetheless didn’t lay eggs for 2 consecutive days. And misplaced weight at a velocity seen to the bare eye.

Gao Xiulan was livid, she cheated it a meal, however nonetheless didn’t lay eggs.

After tossing for some time, Gao Xiulan appeared to surrender. She patted her head, “I’m confused. Girls are so hungry lately that they will’t have youngsters. It’s not shocking that hens can’t lay eggs.”

Su Qinghe was consuming dried candy potatoes. When she heard this, her ears perked and smashed her mouth twice.

To be trustworthy, she hasn’t had an excellent meal in a very long time. White noodles and egg custards are certainly scrumptious to different folks on this period, however it isn’t sufficient for somebody who continues to be having fun with meals within the twenty first century not way back.

What a pity, what a pity, this solely previous hen, her mom will certainly not eat it. If there’s an previous hen within the system, simply get one and stew one…

“Ding, host please concentrate, the system gives reside uncooked substances. Hope that the host works onerous to get rewards.” A system voice sounded in her head.

“Additionally present residing issues?” Su Qinghe was shocked and rapidly received up and went into the home.

When she arrived within the room, she lay immediately on the Kang, “System system, do you even present residing issues?”

“Please belief that the navy system gives any edible substances. It’s recent and dependable. As well as, the worth of the rewards the host receives is the same as the worth of the substances utilized by the host for cooking. Please host, strives to make invaluable delicacies.”

“Yeah, I nearly forgot.” Su Qinghe solely then remembered that the system had informed her earlier than that she may get as many issues as she spent on cooking. There aren’t any coarse and fantastic grains within the system, so it’s calculated by weight. And if she needs to get pork stomach, she will be able to solely get half a catty each time, apart from the double reward that appears to be given to the one who opens the duty for the primary time.

It is because the meals she spends every time is price solely half a catty of pork stomach. In different phrases, if she stewed an previous hen…

A plump, smug previous hen appeared in her head for an immediate.

“System, can the substances you present lay eggs?” If she needs to eat the previous girl’s valuable previous hen, she should return one to the previous girl, or she may get sick.

“Host, please relaxation assured that inside the scope of the reward commonplace, the host can put ahead necessities for the rewarded substances. This technique absolutely meets the every day wants of the host.”

Excellent! Lastly, I can eat previous hen soup!

Su Qinghe sat up and walked into the courtyard.

Gao Xiulan sighed whereas nonetheless feeding the previous hen.

Su Qinghe silently mentioned Amitabha to the previous hen who had misplaced weight.

Sorry, chickens all die, and loss of life could also be lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai.1This is a quote from a well-known Historian of Han Dynasty: “Although loss of life befalls all males alike, it could be heavy as Mount Tai or mild as a feather.” Being eaten will be considered finishing the ultimate mission.

“Mother…” Su Qinghe shouted aggrievedly.

Gao Xiulan was depressed. When she heard her daughter calling her, she checked out her daughter lovingly, “Qing’er, what’s mistaken?”

“Mother, this rooster seems to be thinner daily. If this continues, I’m anxious that solely rooster bones can be left sooner or later. Too unhealthy!”

Gao Xiulan sighed, “Mother is aware of it too, I really feel uncomfortable.”

“Mother, we should always simply eat it.” she winked at Gao Xiulan.

Gao Xiulan was shocked for a second. DaYa and ErYa who’re doing laundry subsequent to them appeared over. Staring on the previous hen.

Gao Xiulan waved her palms repeatedly, “No, no, that is so that you can eat. If we eat it now, what is going to you eat sooner or later? You aren’t in good well being, so that you must handle your self.”

“Mother, it may’t lay eggs as you mentioned. Do you assume we are able to go to my godfather…”

“…” Gao Xiulan opened her mouth as if she had all of a sudden realized that.

Then she put her valuable previous hen again into the cage and pulled Su Qinghe into the home. Earlier than leaving, she mentioned to the three granddaughters,

“Work onerous, don’t eat when you don’t do properly. What the hell are you looking at an previous hen? It’s not yours! All of you simply know the right way to eat and eat!”

Su Qinghe pulled her into the home vigorously. This previous girl actually doesn’t cease without delay.

Getting into the room, Gao Xiulan mentioned, “Do you assume your dad is able to this?”

“I’m undecided about this, however Mother, didn’t we get the large iron pot? It’s very straightforward to make use of. My sister-in-law mentioned it’s higher than the iron pot that we now have used for a few years earlier than. The issues my father despatched are totally different.”

Gao Xiulan listened, and he or she was proud, “That’s true, the rice your dad gave can be white.”

Su Qinghe mentioned, “I don’t know if the previous hen dad will ship lay extra eggs. Mother, let dad ship the hen over, and let’s eat this hen first? I’m anxious about it shedding weight, it’s a pity that it misplaced the meat.” She swallowed her saliva as she mentioned, expressing that she wished to eat it.

Gao Xiulan all of a sudden felt mushy. Her daughter hasn’t eaten rooster in a few years. Effectively, pheasant is just not counted.

Now their lady is sponsored by her dad. If it doesn’t work sooner or later, she will be able to use grain to alternate eggs for her daughter to eat. This previous hen… “Okay, let’s stew it. You’ll be able to eat for a very long time by your self.”

“Mother, the climate is getting scorching and it’s not straightforward to place it away. I feel everybody ought to eat it. Anyway, I’ll eat extra. Moreover, now I’ve my dad, I don’t have to fret about meals. My mouth is now picky, if it’s not good meat, I received’t eat it.” She even proudly mentioned.

Gao Xiulan checked out her daughter like this, feeling very comfy in her coronary heart. Up to now, she felt that her daughter didn’t have a father to like. Now she lastly has a father. The kid who has a father’s care is totally different.

“Okay, take heed to you. It’s cheaper for these bastards. They didn’t eat much less when your dad was right here.”

Nervous that the previous hen would drop a few pounds, Gao Xiulan ordered her daughters-in-law to boil water after consuming at midday to scrub the previous hen.

Lin Shuhong and Ding Guihua have been each shocked.

Ding Guihua requested tentatively, “Mother, is it going to be eaten?”

“It received’t lay eggs, why hold it when you don’t eat it?” Gao Xiulan mentioned in a foul temper.

Su Qinghe didn’t need to take heed to her mom speaking once more, so she hurriedly interjected, “Sister-in-law, mother mentioned that the stew goes to make up for everybody.”

Upon listening to this, the entire room was quiet.

Everybody checked out Gao Xiulan eagerly, after which on the previous hen.

The sound of swallowing was rumbling.

Gao Xiulan felt chilly. She patted the desk and mentioned, “Are you continue to working? If you happen to don’t need to eat it, simply don’t eat it!”

As quickly as she completed talking, Lin Shuhong and Ding Guihua ran out exterior and went straight into the kitchen to boil water.

Quickly the water boiled. The previous hen was heard clucking for some time and was quickly cleaned up.

Su Qinghe didn’t just like the scene2They have to slaughter the rooster first; it’s grotesque when you’re delicate with blood. They should reduce on the neck to ooze out the blood then put the hen in an enormous pot or bowl with scorching water to simply pluck the feathers. By the best way, that is based mostly on my expertise as a result of I got here from the countryside, we all the time slaughter rooster throughout bdays. and didn’t watch it both. When it’s prepared, I’ll be the chef.

She received’t waste such good substances. Didn’t the system ask her to make ten well-known dishes as a B-level cooking evaluation job? One of many dishes within the recipe is named genuine farmhouse rooster soup. As a result of it’s an genuine farmer’s dish, the substances are quite simple. Not so fancy spices.

A very powerful native hens are additionally available. If she succeeds, her reward can be doubled. That may make a revenue. When the time comes, one can be left for laying eggs, and one can proceed to be eaten.

As a way to succeed the primary time, she fastidiously adopted the recipe in each process. Coupled along with her newbie cooking abilities, it’s not too worrying to do it.

Put the cleaned rooster into the big earthenware pot that was used to prepare dinner rice, after which put some easy condiments. After including water, put the clay pot on the range. That is the best option to make soup within the countryside. No waste, the soup can be candy.

Trying on the clay pot within the range, Su Qinghe breathed a sigh of aid. She by no means thought that she would have a day to prepare dinner with such dedication, however for the sake of the previous hen, she labored slightly tougher.

Ding Guihua was nonetheless reluctant to go to work exterior the kitchen. She appeared on the kitchen and mentioned worriedly, “Sister mentioned that she needs to study to make soup, however I don’t know if she will be able to. What if it’s unhealthy?”

As quickly as Gao Xiulan heard this, her face elongated. “It’s not like you may make soup. Have you ever ever had soup in your previous Ding’s home? Our Qing’er grew up ingesting rooster soup, even when she had by no means cooked, she would nonetheless know the right way to do it. She’s like me!”

Ding Guihua instantly didn’t dare to say a phrase. The previous Ding’s household has by no means had soup. No manner, who made their previous Ding poor?

The rooster soup should be drunk tomorrow. Simply in case there isn’t any dinner at night time. This soup will be simmered on the range within the afternoon and night.

Though they will’t drink the soup immediately, however the considered tomorrow they will drink rooster soup; everybody’s spirits are lifted. Though their stomachs have been solely half full, they felt energized and labored very onerous once they went to the sphere.

When the sons and wives went out, Gao Xiulan went to the kitchen and introduced out the rooster head, butts, and clavicles within the bowl that weren’t processed.

Su Qinghe mentioned, “Mother, what are you doing?”

“Go to your uncle. By the best way, give your grandma two items of meat to eat.”

Meat… Su Qinghe appeared on the rooster head and rooster butt within the bowl and pursed her lips. “Mother, why don’t you choose two higher ones?”

Gao Xiulan appeared detached, “What are you going to do? Anyway, if I took it over, your grandma wouldn’t bear to eat it. Then she may also give it to your uncle. Your uncle has been consuming good meals since he was a baby, so I received’t give him something good to eat.”

“…” Her mom often went to her natal household’s dwelling, displaying how heat she was along with her uncle, and on the important second, it was the love between the rooster head and the rooster ass.

The soup was simmering at dwelling, and Su Qinghe couldn’t depart both. So Gao Xiulan went again to her household alone.

Gao Xiulan went again this time below the title of her previous mom. In actual fact, she went to search out out concerning the aid meals and got here again with autumn wind by the best way.

Having been a widow for a few years, she didn’t count on her man Su Dagen to actually present for the household for a lifetime. So the eggs cannot be put in a single basket. The aid meals ought to be saved in thoughts, and the issues of her mom’s household must also be saved in thoughts.

Anyway, her elder brother Gao Fusheng works within the Commune Provide and Advertising Cooperative, and he often took loads of good issues.

She doesn’t need it. This isn’t low cost for her sister-in-law.

Gaojia Village is just not removed from the Yellow River manufacturing workforce and belongs to the Dapo manufacturing workforce. It’s solely two or three kilometers away.

Gao Xiulan’s legs have been quick and he or she quickly arrived in Gaojia Village. Her mom’s household was on the head of Gaojia Village, a couple of earth-built homes round a courtyard. It seems to be neater than different folks’s homes.

When she received to the door, she didn’t have to knock on the door, she pushed the door immediately into the yard, “Mother, Mother, I’ll come again to see you.”

“Xiulan is again!”

The previous girl’s voice was stuffed with power and got here out of the home. She was quickly greeted.

Within the first nineteen years of Gao Xiulan’s total life, she had by no means loved this sort of remedy. Nonetheless, after she gave beginning to 3 sons and gave her mom a face, her mom handled her in a different way.

In spite of everything, her eldest brother and different sisters had so many daughters after marriage, which made folks assume that her mom Gao had a foul life, and the subsequent technology wouldn’t be capable of give beginning to a son.

Nonetheless, after she gave beginning to 3 sons in a single breath, this face was naturally discovered again. Whoever talked about her mom, Outdated Mrs. Gao will immediately whip her up with an ear, after which proudly say, “My Xiulan gave beginning to 3 sons for Lao Su’s household in a single breath!”

At this second, previous girl Gao checked out her lady and smiled, “Xiulan, why didn’t you let somebody convey a letter while you come again in order that mother can save meals for you? These ladies are all gone at midday, I’m so indignant!”

The previous girl is just not large however she has a full voice.

Gao Xiulan mentioned in her coronary heart I nonetheless don’t know what you, the previous lady may give the ladies to eat; the nice issues should be hidden.

Certain sufficient, the previous girl pulled her into the home and mentioned, “Go, Mother has left meals so that you can eat. Let’s go into the home and eat.”

Gao Xiulan mentioned instantly, “Mother, don’t fear, I’ve introduced you one thing to eat.”

Then she took out a bowl of meat from the again basket. Effectively, rooster head and rooster butt are additionally meat.

Then she choked up, “Mother, I’m ineffective. My sons and daughters-in-law dominated the household, so that is all that’s left for me. I introduced all of them and let my sister-in-law offer you a style.”

On this famine yr, there isn’t any want to concentrate to what meat is nice or not, so long as it’s meat, it’s a valuable factor.

Outdated girl Gao flushed with pleasure, and took her daughter’s arm, “Our household Xiulan is essentially the most filial, and most like me. Go, go, go, mother left meals for you, loads of meals.”

Gao Xiulan’s smile turned extra apparent when she heard her mom’s phrases.

When she entered the home, the previous girl took out all the nice issues in the home and loaded them into Gao Xiulan’s again basket.

Gao Xiulan didn’t care, she simply watched from the aspect, “My sister-in-law will fuss about this, Mother.”

“She mentioned a fart!” Mrs. Gao cursed immediately, “I can’t name the photographs of my son’s issues? If she will be able to have extra youngsters, I’ll give her meals even when I don’t eat it. Heartless bastard! I fed her a lot good meals however solely gave our household a grandson unwell, and blamed me for bullying her. The place did she get such an enormous face?”

As she was scolding, Gao Xiulan’s sister-in-law additionally got here again.

She got here again intentionally after listening to the information of the third sister’s return. Stepping inside the home, she noticed the previous girl put the household’s brown sugar into the third sister’s again basket. She nearly vomited blood out of anger.

Her daughter was in confinement and got here to the home to beg for brown sugar, however she couldn’t maintain her head up when she was scolded. When it was the third sister’s flip, she gave as a lot as she may. Is that this previous girl confused?

“Oh, Xiulan is again. Thankfully, I got here again and see you. In any other case, the home can be empty and I wouldn’t know who had come.”

Gao Xiulan smiled, “What’s my sister-in-law saying? You actually assume I got here to ask for one thing. Mother is doting me, can I deny it? Moreover, there is just one youngster within the household who is just not married but. He can’t eat brown sugar water. Is it potential that the sister-in-law goes to subsidize your daughter?”

“Xiulan, you’re additionally a married lady.” her sister-in-law smiled.

Gao Xiulan mentioned, “That’s totally different, I got here out of my mom’s stomach. Can or not it’s the identical?”

“After all it’s not the identical,” the previous girl mentioned with a stern face, “that is what my son earns, why can’t I give it to my daughter? My daughter gave beginning to a son, can your daughter have a son? Your daughter gave beginning to a woman and he or she got here again to ask for brown sugar? I’m afraid that folks will level at my nostril and say I’m subjugating folks.”

Eldest sister-in-law Gao was overwhelmed by the previous girl’s phrases. She was so indignant that her eyes turned purple. Didn’t she simply discover an excuse to be afraid of her husband’s disgust, so she mentioned casually, and he or she was hated for a lifetime?

Outdated girl Gao is just not afraid of her. After placing issues in Gao Xiulan’s again basket, she mentioned once more, “If you happen to miss something, come again and inform mother.”

“Oh mom, I knew you like me.” Gao Xiulan smiled, and no matter Gao’s sister-in-law sulking subsequent to her, she requested, “Mother, have you ever heard my brother say something concerning the aid meals? Many individuals in our workforce have been reduce off. I’m anxious.”

“Sure, the final time you requested, I requested your brother to inquire. He mentioned it might take some time. Aren’t you busy harvesting meals now? Solely after you could have harvested are you able to get aid meals. At any fee, we now have to attend for the autumn harvest.”

Listening to these phrases, Gao Xiulan is just not glad. That is actually going to starve folks to loss of life.

When she received the information, Gao Xiulan hurried dwelling to search out her daughter.

“Mother, I’ve to return. There’s nonetheless loads of issues to do at dwelling. As a grandmother, I’m anxious. I can’t assist it, there are such a lot of grandchildren within the household.”

Outdated Mrs. Gao was envious. She wished to fret about her grandchildren. Sadly, she has just one grandson. He’s nonetheless unwell and can’t get a spouse.

Gao Xiulan arrived with an enormous swing and walked away from Mrs. Gao3I will use Mrs. Gao as an alternative of Eldest sister-in-law. Or do you like Dasao Gao which is the chinese language time period for it? Pls remark beneath. with an enormous swing.

Mrs. Gao was so indignant that her physique shook twice.

It’s actually unhealthy luck. To start with, she noticed that Outdated Gao’s household had just one son and thought she may very well be answerable for the household. Who thought she’s going to reside so oppressed!

Outdated girl Gao didn’t care about her, she took the meat that Gao Xiulan had given, and went into the kitchen, making ready to prepare dinner it for her grandson at night time.

Her grandson is unwell, however she must make up for it. In any other case, different ladies will not be prepared to marry him.

Su Qinghe didn’t count on her mom to go to her household’s home in a rush, and when she got here again, she introduced brown sugar and dried candy potatoes. And there are loads of them.

After all, Gao Xiulan’s coronary heart is just not superb. She places issues within the room and mentioned to her valuable lady,

“Qing’er, I requested your grandmother. We will’t get aid meals for some time. Our household actually has to depend on your father. In any other case, our household can be ravenous.

No, I’ve to speak to your dad tonight, it doesn’t matter what, he has to get meals for us. We will’t starve our Qing’er. Once I consider you not consuming, my coronary heart hurts, I can’t wait to chop off my very own meat so that you can eat. Don’t fear, I heard that human meat is extra aromatic than pork.”

Su Qinghe: “…Mother, if my dad is aware of the difficulties at dwelling, he should ship meals to the household. My dad loves us. By the best way, there’s additionally the previous hen at dwelling, you keep in mind to inform my dad.”

Gao Xiulan nodded rapidly, “Sure, this should not be forgotten. Our Qing’er wants eggs to nourish her physique.”

There isn’t a dinner within the night. Even Su Qinghe simply ate some dried candy potatoes.

However even when there isn’t any meals to eat, everybody’s eyes are fastened within the route of the kitchen. There was mild of their eyes. Then, below the urging of Gao Xiulan, they dawdled again to their rooms to go to mattress.

Su Qinghe additionally went again to her room to sleep. In spite of everything, it’s higher to sleep whereas ready; time passes sooner.

When she slept till midnight, Su Qinghe all of a sudden heard a ding, after which the system’s mechanical voice, “B-level cooking job evaluation job – genuine farmhouse previous hen soup accomplished, rewarding 1 talent level and two previous hens laying eggs.”

“We have been the individuals who weren’t within the papers. We lived within the clean white areas on the edges of print. It gave us extra freedom. We lived within the gaps between the tales.”

~ Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Story

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