The two foxes were quickly skinned.
The fur was hung under the eaves by Aunt Liu.
After drying, you can use it to make a leather hat. Children in the compound like to wear this thing most.
"Rain, help light the fire."
"okay."
The only bad thing about burning a large stove in summer is that it's too hot.
As handfuls of firewood were put into the stove, the room quickly became steamy and became like a sauna.
The door is open and both windows are open, which is better.
Wang Gangzhu used the butcher knife to chop meat on the chopping board. Li Aiguo lit a cigarette for him and stood beside him chatting.
In the hall.
Aunt Liu has already started chatting with Commander Bai and the others.
"Girl, you are a patriotic leader, right?"
"Auntie, please don't say that. Although I hold the position of train conductor, it's just a different division of labor. My shoulders and head are the same." Captain Bai respected the old man very much.
Aunt Liu: "My family is quite patriotic now. Could you please give your leaders some care and help him find a wife?"
He Yuyu answered: "I want to find someone who is beautiful, kind, gentle, virtuous and able to have children."
Although Captain Bai didn't know what their relationship was with Li Aiguo.
But he still nodded and promised: "Don't worry, we have a Women's Federation in our locomotive depot. I will report this issue to the comrades of the Women's Federation when I get back."
Aunt Liu nodded with relief.
Now Li Aiguo has a formal job and his house has been sorted out. The only thing missing is a wife.
When Li's father passed away, he once held Aunt Liu's hand and asked her to help take care of Li Aiguo.
The locomotive depot is almost like a factory. It takes care of everything. It will definitely find a good wife for Li Aiguo.
Li Aiguo heard the conversation between the two over there and glanced at Zhang Yazhi.
Zhang Yazhi seemed to have no reaction, still clearing the table with a smile.
"Hey, Wang Gangzhu, what kind of meat is this? Why is it so red?" A donkey face suddenly appeared at the window, and Xu Damao's voice came from the window.
Wang Gang didn't even raise his head: "You scared me, so I cut off your fingers, so I castrated you and asked you to be a eunuch."
Xu Damao curled his lips: "Who are you scaring? Who doesn't know that you are an old butcher? I heard that you got fox meat?"
Wang Gangzhu: "You know, why do you still ask?"
Liu Guangqi also came over: "Fox meat seems to be sour and not tasty."
Xu Damao nodded: "That's right, patriotic brothers, I have pork at home, that one is delicious, how about we exchange it."
Liu Guangqi shouted: "Xu Damao, are you planning to give it to the Lou family? Don't even think about it. The Lou family has a great business and would like your fox meat."
Xu Damao rolled his eyes: "It's much better than if you can't find a wife and have a pen pal.
Did you know that Liu Guangqi met a girl from Baoding in the newspaper, and the two often wrote letters.
In the letter, Liu Guangqi also called the girl his dear comrade and wanted to establish a pure friendship with her."
Liu Guangqi was furious: "Xu Damao, how dare you peek at my letters."
Xu Damao chuckled: "Who allowed your letter to be delivered to my house by the postman?"
Liu Guangqi picked up his fist and was about to fight Xu Damao.
Bang.
The butcher's knife struck the chopping board hard.
Wang Gangzhu glared at them: "If you two make trouble again, I will go out and take advantage of you."
The two of them shrank their necks in fear and ran away quickly. Several children who were watching also ran away in fear.
Wang Gangzhu has a hot temper and he really dares to do this.
Everyone dispersed, Wang Gangzhu banged a few times, and quickly chopped the fox meat into small pieces.
"Patriotic brother, I am a butcher, not a cook. What happens next is up to you."
"Just watch it!"
Although Li Aiguo's cooking skills have not been upgraded, he has mastered the true meaning of delicious food.
That is wide oil.
No matter what kind of dish it is, as long as you add more oil, it will be delicious.
He Yuyu has already boiled the boiling water.
Blanch the fox meat in a pot of boiling water, take it out and wash away the blood.
Then.
Dun Dun Dun, pour sanitary oil into the small iron pot at the back. When the oil is hot, pour in the fox meat and stir-fry again. Add soy sauce, onions, ginger, garlic, and half a pound of red pepper.
Fry until cooked, add boiling water and simmer over low heat.
The unique aroma of fox meat floated out from the pot lid and instantly filled the entire courtyard.
The fragrance was so alluring that it rushed into people's nostrils irresistibly and exploded instantly.
The aroma penetrates deep into the bone marrow, with a pungent taste, like a big hand reaching into the throat, clenching the intestines, and twisting it hard eighteen times.
Yi family.
Smelling the aroma, the Su Xianshi in Yi Zhonghai's mouth suddenly lost its aroma, and he gently put down his chopsticks.
Aunt Yi glanced at the door and told him: "It came from Li Aiguo. His house has been tidied up today. He invited the workers from the unit and Wang Gangzhu to have dinner together. There were quite a lot of people and it was quite lively." of."
"This kid is getting more and more outrageous. Why don't you invite me, the elder, to such an important occasion?"
Yi Zhonghai said this, but felt a little weak in his heart.
Ever since Li Aiguo joined the maintenance department, he has become less and less important to him.
Yi Zhonghai sighed: "It would be great if Shazhu was still there. Without Shazhu, it's like I'm missing an arm. I'm really helpless when meeting those difficult residents."
The eldest mother answered: "By the way, Silly Zhu has been arrested. What will happen to his workstation?"
“At the beginning, the deaf old lady came forward to find Lou Zhenhua, and the factory kept him for a while.
But workers can't go without food.
Seeing that Si Zhu didn't come out, the factory had no choice but to fire him and hired a cook named Nan from the machinery factory. "
The aunt's eyes sparkled: "How about you invite Master Nan to live in our courtyard. In the future, we will have more helpers to deal with Li Aiguo."
"No, that guy Nan Yi is too smart. He's not as stupid as Silly Zhu and can't be easily deceived." Yi Zhonghai shook his head.
Praising:
"But your idea is correct. This is called uniting all the forces that can be united.
Now that Silly Zhu has entered, it's time to find someone to take his place. "
As he spoke, Yi Zhonghai narrowed his eyes slightly and calculated in his mind for a long time, but he did not think of a suitable candidate.
He suddenly remembered something and told the third aunt: "I saw Xu Jixiang packing things at home today, and he will probably go back to his hometown soon.
The marriage between Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e is probably coming soon. You have been letting loose in the courtyard these days.
Just say that Lou Xiaoe is different from Lou Zhenhua. She is an activist, not a big capitalist, and tell those old women not to talk about Lou Xiaoe's background. "
You can still control someone else's mouth. She scolded her, but she nodded and agreed.
She always felt that helping the Lou family would make a mistake.
But Yi Zhonghai is the head of the family. What can she, an unemployed housewife, say? !
Xu family.
Xu Jixiang was indeed packing the packages back to the countryside with Xu's mother, just as Yi Zhonghai said.
The two of them were fine, they were willing to go back to their biased hometown for Xu Damao.
Xu Damao's sister Xu Chunhua was a little reluctant.
He muttered: "Dad, mother, why is my brother getting married? We have to go back to the countryside. The houses in the countryside are dilapidated and old, and there are a lot of rats. I don't want to go back!"
Xu's mother said sincerely: "Chunhua, you are a sensible child. Our old Xu family has only three generations. Only when your brother gets married can he continue the family line of our old Xu family."
"But this way, my distance to school will be longer." Xu Chunhua rolled her eyes.
Xu's mother rubbed her head apologetically: "I heard that your junior high school can accommodate you. When we move back, I will pay the accommodation fee for you, and you will live in the school from now on."
There are a lot of mosquitoes in the junior high school dormitory. I often get bitten all over my body after sleeping.
Xu Chunhua didn't want to live in the dormitory.
It's just that carrying on the family line is a big priority for the Xu family, and there's no way to refute it.
Who made her just a little girl?
Xu Jixiang squatted at the door, smoking a cigarette and telling Xu Damao.
"Da Mao, this time I even gave up my job and house to you so that you could get married. You must not let me down."
Xu Damao patted his chest and assured: "Dad, don't worry, I've been to Lou's house often these days, and Lou Zhenhua treats me like his own son."
Hiss. Huh.
Xu Jixiang took a deep breath from his cigarette, squinted his eyes, and said calmly: "Lou Zhenhua is an old fox, you must not let down your guard."
"Yes Yes Yes"
"When you go to the countryside in the future, without me following you, you have to be careful when stealing other people's chickens." Xu Jixiang lowered his voice.
Xu Damao was full of confidence: "Dad, don't worry, my Damao's chicken-stealing skills are now superb! As long as I take action, no one can escape."
Xu Jixiang also knew that Xu Damao had good skills and was a born chicken thief, so he didn't say much.
He coughed lightly and waved to Xu Damao:
"Next time you pass by Wuliqiao Village and find Widow Wang who lives at the east end of the village, tell her that I have returned to my hometown. If she wants to see me, ask her to go to the grove behind the village in our hometown."
Good guy, I'm still thinking about it
Xu Damao's mouth opened a little bit and he nodded quickly: "Dad, don't worry, I'll remember it."
"I haven't finished talking yet! There are also Widow Zhang from Zhangzhuang, and Widow Huang from Liuzhuang, Second Sister Liu from Qili Store." Xu Jixiang glared at him.
Xu Jixiang named seven or eight names in succession.
While Xu Damao couldn't help but give a thumbs up, he was also full of expectations for his future life as a projectionist.
This is simply the countryside full of spring scenery!
The Xu family's father and son have completed the inheritance of fire, and Xu's mother and Xu Chunhua have almost finished the ceremony.
Xu Damao found a donkey cart and moved all the salutes to the donkey cart.
Xu Jixiang, Xu's mother and Xu Chunhua all got on the donkey cart.
It was already close to noon, and the courtyard was becoming lively.
When the residents saw Xu Jixiang moving, they all came up to say hello.
"Uncle Xu, are you going back to your hometown?"
"Yeah, I'm old and can't do anything anymore. It's time to make room for young people." Xu Jixiang responded with a smile, but there was bitterness on the corner of his mouth.
Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, the three stewards, all came out to see the news off.
"Old Xu, you must come back often to see us old brothers."
"Lao Yi, Lao Liu, Lao Yan, don't worry, I will definitely come back on Damao's wedding day, and I will bring you souvenirs."
Xu Jixiang laughed twice, pointed at Xu Damao, and asked the three stewards to take more care of Xu Damao in the future.
The three stewards naturally nodded in agreement.
They were all happy about Xu Jixiang's departure.
Xu Jixiang is not a prominent person in the courtyard, but he is a difficult person.
Although Xu Damao inherited Xu Jixiang's insidiousness, he was still young and had little experience, so he was easier to deal with.
Things in the courtyard will definitely be easier to handle in the future.
At this time, the sun shines softly in the deep alley.
The antique courtyard house, the house door with mottled vermilion paint, the shiny door cymbals, the old man chatting under the old camphor tree, the children chasing after the naughty children, and the slightly hoarse "grinding scissors and sharpening kitchen knives" from far to near. The shouts. Everything seemed particularly cordial.
A trace of reluctance flashed in Xu Jixiang's eyes.
Xu Damao was in a hurry to go to Lou Xiao'e's house and whispered from the side: "Dad, please slow down."
"Da Mao, don't let me down!"
Xu Jixiang sighed inwardly and explained again.
He turned around and looked at the master driving the donkey cart, "Master, you can go!"
that's all.
A donkey cart took Xu Jixiang away from the courtyard where he had lived for five or six years.
Li Aiguo learned that Xu Jixiang was cooking when he left.
"Xu Jixiang left? He didn't even notify us. Logically speaking, they are all old neighbors and should go and see him off."
He Yuyu pursed his lips and said: "Xu Jixiang may be embarrassed. Everyone in the compound knows that he left this time because his son wanted to marry the daughter of a big capital.
No one said anything, but they still had some opinions about the Xu family. "
Li Aiguo was stunned for a moment, looked at He Yuyu and said, "Okay, I didn't expect that Miss Yuyu would understand these things now."
He Yuyu was proud: "Of course, I am still an advanced element!"
"Okay, our advanced elements should hurry up and fill the fire!" Li Aiguo knocked on the big iron pot with a spatula.
"Oh, I forgot!"
When He Yuyu saw that the flames in the stove were almost extinguished, he immediately became confused.
Inside the Li family house.
With the help of He Yuyu and Zhang Yazhi, Li Aiguo quickly prepared seven or eight dishes.
Mapo Tofu, Zao Liu Sanbai, White Fungus Braised, Sixi Meatballs, and the most popular one is the spicy fox meat.
That's right, the two foxes put together produced more than twenty kilograms of clean meat.
Such a large portion can only be contained in an enamel basin.
Putting it on the table, it looks a bit unfashionable.
But very real.
Have the simple style of working people.
"Rain, everyone is here, quickly lift the lid and start cleaning!"
"Yeah!" He Yuyu opened the lid of the pot.
The moment the lid was opened, the rich aroma of meat instantly filled the entire room.
"Gudu" and the sound of swallowing saliva kept coming and going.
Cao Wenzhi was not polite, picked up a piece of fox meat with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, narrowing his eyes happily.
Thumbs up: "Patriot, your craftsmanship is amazing!"
Li Aiguo smoked a cigarette and smiled happily.
Are you kidding me? If you pour two kilograms of oil into it, even tree bark will become delicious.
Fox meat is relatively rare, and even the well-informed crew members have not eaten it a few times.
The chopsticks were like raindrops, and more than half of the twenty kilograms of fox meat was eaten away.
After having had enough wine and food, the guests left the table.
Li Aiguo and Wang Dakui cleared the table and looked at the aluminum lunch box under the table, feeling that they had forgotten something.
"Dakui, what is this lunch box for?"
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Wang Dakui was stunned for a while, then slapped his forehead, "Oops, I forgot about Zhang Erpao, that kid is still hungry!"
Hey guys, it's almost two o'clock in the afternoon.
As an elder, you are really qualified.
"Then hurry up, don't starve the child."
Fortunately, there are leftovers and steamed buns in the pot.
Without too much effort, a full lunch box was filled.
But what the two of them didn't expect was that when they entered the second courtyard, they didn't see Zhang Erpao.
The waste products in the yard are neatly stacked.
"Is it possible that the boy was hungry and went to a small restaurant to eat?"
"No, this guy from the Second Artillery Group is very reliable despite his usual lack of tune. He won't leave the junk shop alone."
At this moment.
Zhang Erpao ran out of the house when he heard the footsteps.
Seeing the two of them, he looked particularly excited and grinned: "Brother Wei Dong, guess what good thing I just received?"
(End of chapter)
