pjbooks Chapter 36 Someone Has Something Gotten
Chapter 36 Someone Has Something Gotten
"Hey, bro, a rabbit, a rabbit."
"Let it be a rabbit; we won't kill any living creatures today."
Lin Chuan came out this time just to relax and didn't bring anything with him.
After a good night's sleep, he felt completely relaxed, and his mindset underwent some changes.
Previously, he was focused on making money to give his family a better life, and he wanted to bring home everything he saw, always carrying a slingshot with him.
Every day is spent either hunting or selling goods. Thinking about it carefully, it seems unnecessary to be so tense.
Even if you're just selling fish, you can earn a fortune in a month. There's no rush to make money; spending more time with your family is the right thing to do.
"Holy crap, it's a frog! Catch it quickly!"
"Brother, didn't you say you wouldn't kill?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Wait until I make you a spicy frog dish, then you'll know whether to kill it or not."
Rabbits can be spared, they don't taste that great anyway, but frogs can't be let go, they taste much better than rabbits.
The two shouted and yelled, and harvested twelve frogs, gaining +4 harvest points.
Adding the previous crab points (+6), the total harvest points are now 274.
"Why aren't you sleeping? What are you carrying?"
"Brother, brother."
When I got back, my mother and Lin Xue had just gotten up and were sitting in the yard. My mother was checking Lin Xue's head for lice.
As soon as Lin Chuan and Lin Feng returned, carrying buckets, Lin Xue, with her hair down, ran over.
"Wow, frogs and crabs."
"Why are you arresting this?"
"Eat up, Mom, this is delicious!"
Strangely enough, people here don't go hungry, and meat is still scarce, but very few people catch frogs and crabs.
Anyway, Lin Chuan has never eaten it at home, nor has he seen anyone else eat it. He doesn't know if they don't know how to make it or if they think it's cruel.
Lin Chuan instructed Lin Xue to fetch a basin, and he sat in the shade of the yard to start cleaning the crabs.
After scrubbing them, I sprinkled some salt into the water and left them to spit out the mud. This is a method to help the snails and clams expel the mud.
He doesn't know if it's suitable or not, but who cares? That's how things are; as long as it's passable, that's fine.
Killing frogs was a bit bloody, but Lin Xue and Lin Feng watched with great interest, showing no discomfort whatsoever.
My mom went to the fields again. She seems to be unable to stay still; she feels uncomfortable if she doesn't do something.
This is also a reflection of many rural people; they simply can't stay idle.
Looks like I'll have to buy a TV first and ask questions later. Let them say what they will.
Otherwise, just being idle seems pretty boring; you can't just sleep all the time.
After preparing the ingredients, Lin Chuan took Lin Feng and Lin Xue to find his mother and helped her carry two loads of firewood.
At five o'clock, they started a fire to cook, and were heating the oil to prepare to cook the frogs when Wang Yan arrived.
"Brother, my brother is sick. He asked me to come and tell you."
Is Wang Long sick?
It seems unsurprising that if we were to talk about who suffered the most yesterday, it would undoubtedly be Wang Long.
He was not only constantly on the go, but also experiencing immense inner turmoil.
The double blow, both physical and psychological, caused him to develop a fever today.
How serious is your illness?
"He has a fever, so we need to get him an injection."
Sun Cai, whose real name is Da Yizhen, is a doctor at the village clinic.
For any ailment, even a sore on the body, his words would be: "This probably requires an injection."
Over time, "getting an injection" became his nickname.
Hearing that he had already received the injection, Lin Chuan didn't say anything. He wasn't a doctor, and there was nothing he could do about it.
By this time, the oil in the pot was hot and fragrant, and the frogs were cut in half and placed aside.
Wang Yan kept staring at it, wanting to ask but too embarrassed to.
Lin Chuan patted her head:
"You and Xiaoxue help with the fire, and I'll cook you something delicious in a bit."
"Eh~".
Wang Yan happily squeezed in next to Lin Xue; she had been secretly drooling over the delicious aroma.
As for what brother or sister, there's nothing she can do about having a fever.
The oil was hot, and the frogs were put into the pot, making a crackling sound. Lin Chuan didn't move them, waiting for them to set.
Taking this opportunity, he cut the crab in half, while Lin Feng, Lin Xue, and Wang Yan watched curiously from the side.
The word "fried" has a special meaning in rural areas.
Because frying food is usually done during the Lunar New Year, and it's rarely seen at other times.
Therefore, frying things makes people inexplicably happy.
"Keep an eye on the fire, or it won't taste good if the fire is too low."
After cutting up a few crabs, Lin Chuan ran to turn over the frogs, while Lin Xue and Wang Yan ran towards the stove, laughing and joking.
After the frog legs were fried, Lin Chuan coated each of the crab cuts with flour, since he didn't have any starch.
When we finished frying everything, my mom came home.
In the past, my mother would have nagged me a lot for doing something so wasteful of oil, but now she just glanced at it and didn't say anything.
Lin Chuan poured out the oil, added ginger and scallion whites, then threw in a handful of dried chili peppers, stir-fried until fragrant, and then added the crab.
Add a splash of white wine, then add chili peppers and seasonings, stir-fry over high heat, and serve.
The same method was used for frogs. I originally wanted to make them spicy, but I had to give up because I didn't have any Sichuan peppercorns.
Wash the pot, put the rice that was previously cooked to about 80% done into the pot, poke a circle of holes around it, and steam it.
There were still three bottles of orange soda left from what they had bought earlier, so Lin Chuan opened them all, poured a glass for everyone, and before the food was even cooked, he urged everyone to start eating.
"Mmm, this frog is delicious, bro."
"It's so delicious, a hundred times better than my mom's cooking."
Frog meat is tender, and it tastes good no matter how it's cooked. The group of people kept eating it without stopping.
"This crab is delicious too."
Lin Xue picked up a piece of crab, and Wang Yan followed suit, picking up a piece as well. Just as she was about to put it in her mouth, Lin Chuan gently patted her.
They had no idea how to eat crabs. Lin Xue had only tasted the surface before showering them with compliments. Now, she was biting into a crab leg, crunching loudly with a frown.
Lin Chuan picked up a piece of crab and demonstrated to the others how to eat it.
It tastes really good; it's fried with flour in it, and it even has a floury aroma.
After dinner, Mom washed the dishes, Lin Chuan held one of the little ones' hands, and Lin Feng pushed the bicycle beside them.
Lin Chuan borrowed this bicycle from Wang Long in the village last night. There are three bicycles parked in the yard, two of which belong to Lin Hongmei. There's no rush to return this one.
Lin Chuan first took them to return the bicycles and gave them a few pounds of wild boar meat as a gift.
After some pleasantries and back-and-forth, the other party finally accepted the gift and told Lin Chuan some unexpected news:
The Tang brothers are also preparing to hunt wild boars.
Lin Chuan's house was at the very back, and no one else knew what he had gotten.
But Wang Long and Wang Liang's house is in front, and these past few days they've been eating meat every meal, the aroma of which has made everyone nearby dizzy with its fragrance.
The meat was a gift from Lin Chuan; it was wild boar meat. When they were cooling off, someone asked about it, and there was no point in hiding it, so they mentioned it, and it quickly spread throughout the village.
Most people admired Lin Chuan's good fortune and loyalty, but some had ulterior motives, including the Tang brothers.
They were quite efficient; I don't know where they got a gun.
I spent the whole day in the mountains but didn't catch anything. I'm going to go back into the mountains tonight and make sure I catch a wild boar.