Pig Killer

Chapter 129

The next day, at daybreak, Shen Hui'e and the others got up.

Work from sunrise to sunset, rest from sunset, life is very regular.

Without entertainment, I can only go to bed early and get up early, which will keep me healthy!

Cicada monkey is known as Tang Monk's meat, which shows how high its nutritional value is.

The cicada monkey, which had been soaked in salt water for a night, looked listless and without any energy.

Shen Hui'e washed it carefully several times, blanched it again with hot water, drained it, put it in a large iron pot, and dry-fried it first to completely dry out the water.

Then pour in lard so that the lard won’t splash everywhere and get on people, causing burns.

Shen Hui'e also sprinkled pepper powder on the cicada monkey, and since it had been soaked in salt water, no salt was needed.

Shen Hui'e stir-fried the cicada monkey with a wooden spatula, watching the shell of the cicada monkey burst open, revealing the light yellow meat.

"What a beautiful color." The raccoon slave looked at the cicada monkey whose color was gradually turning golden and said, "It smells good!"

"Come, have a taste." Shen Hui'e scooped up some cicada monkeys with a strainer and put them in a rough pottery bowl, "Choose for yourself."

"Hey!" Da Chong and the others picked up cicada monkeys with chopsticks and put them into their mouths.

The big insect swallowed the cicada monkey in his mouth and said, "It's delicious. It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. This meat is almost like eating chicken."

Shen Hui'e looked at the fried cicada monkeys, which turned into a gorgeous golden color. They tasted crispy and tasty, so delicious!

"What are you frying? It smells so good." The noodle shop owner opened the door and looked at them and said, "I can't sleep because of your delicious smell."

"Fried cicada monkeys, do you want to eat them?" Shen Hui'e blinked her clear eyes and said to her beautiful face.

"I haven't eaten it for many years." The noodle shop owner's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she squinted her eyes and looked at the big iron pot, "Fried cicada monkeys? You fried them with lard."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded with a smile.

"You are so willing to do that. When we were kids, we would light a fire and roast the noodles. We would never be willing to use oil, not to mention there was no oil anyway." The noodle shop owner looked at her with a helpless look.

"It tastes better this way." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her bright peach blossom eyes.

"How can this not be delicious? This is lard." The noodle shop owner looked at her with her dark eyes and said.

Shen Hui'e scooped out the fried cicada monkeys with a colander, put them in a coarse earthenware bowl, and asked Dachong to bring a bowl to the other person.

"How can this be so embarrassing?" said the noodle shop owner, waving her hands.

"You're my next-door neighbor, why are you being polite to me?" Shen Hui'e said straightforwardly.

"Wait a moment." The noodle shop owner said to the big bug walking over, then turned back to the house and took out an empty bowl.

Da Chong poured the fried cicada monkeys into her empty bowl.

"So many?" The noodle shop owner looked at her with some surprise.

"We were lucky last night. We caught a lot, half a wooden basin!" Shen Hui'e said to her with her glassy eyes.

"I don't have to make breakfast now." The noodle shop owner stretched out her hand and twisted a cicada monkey into her mouth.

"We don't plan to make breakfast either." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her dark eyes and said.

"Mom, open your mouth." The raccoon girl held the cicada monkey in her mouth, raised her chopsticks high and looked at her and said.

Shen Hui'e lowered her head and swallowed the cicada monkey in one gulp. Her eyes lit up. It turned out that pure natural food was indeed delicious.

"You eat! I'm not in a hurry." Shen Hui'e said to her daughter with gentle eyes.

The noodle shop owner looked at the mother and daughter interacting with each other with deep envy in her eyes.

Looking down at my belly, I wonder if I can still have a baby at this age?

The noodle shop owner took a deep breath, calmed herself down, grabbed the cicada monkey and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Mom, I've almost finished eating. Let me fry it." Da Chong put down his chopsticks and walked up to her.

"I'm full." Shen Hui'e tilted her head slightly and looked at him and said.

"Eat later." Da Chong took the strainer and long chopsticks from her hand.

"Okay, I'll eat first." Shen Hui'e made way.

"Mother, there is not enough lard!" said the big tiger as he was frying the cicada monkey.

"It's easy. Just add more oil." Shen Hui'e held the oil can and fiddled with two large wooden spoons.

Seeing this, the noodle shop owner's mouth twitched, "What if you can't use up all the oil?"

"This oil can be used for cooking. What's the matter? It's for your own consumption, so you don't have to worry about using it again." Shen Hui'e looked at them with eyes like glass beads and said, "It's your own, so there's no need to be so particular."

"It seems to be right." The noodle shop owner chuckled and shook her head when she heard this. She twisted the cicada monkey in her hand and put it into her mouth, biting it with a crunching sound.

"Slaughterer, are you selling these cicada monkeys?" Neighbors who came here following the smell asked as they looked at the golden fried cicada monkeys in the big iron pot.

Shen Hui'e pursed her lips and looked at them and said, "I don't know how much is appropriate to sell it for?"

"Beautiful sister, auntie, and auntie, these are all fried in lard. They are delicious!" Da Chong said to them with a smile in his eyes.

"There aren't many cicada monkeys left. We ate a lot of them." Shen Hui'e pointed at the big iron pot and said, "Give them as you see fit! If you want to buy some, hurry up."

"I'll go home and get a bowl." He turned around and left anxiously.

Most of the bowl of cicada monkeys was thrown directly into the basket by the copper-coin buyer.

They were sold out after just a few bowls, after all, Shen Hui'e and the others ate first.

"Pig-killing lady, will you still sell this cicada monkey tomorrow?"

"You all want to eat!" Shen Hui'e looked at them in surprise and asked.

"I want to! If you want to sell it, we will sell it."

"No, you guys can just catch it yourself, kids. Can't you just roast it and eat it yourself when you get home?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with a puzzled look on her face and asked, "This will save you money!"

"I can't cook as well as you do at home."

"Yes! Yes! Same technique, same food, how come this is different from yours? Not as delicious as yours."

"Uh-huh! Why?"

"You guys are reluctant to add lard. Look at the lard in the iron pot of the butcher."

“It seems so!”

"How much lard can you make from this fat? And you're not willing to eat it."

"So! It's still a good deal."

"Pig-killing lady."

"You guys eat them, then we can catch them every night, okay?" Shen Hui'e said to them with a smile on her face.

"Then we have to come early tomorrow morning."

"If you come too late, it will be gone."

"That's right!" Shen Hui'e smiled and nodded slightly.

Since today's meat was sold out, the neighbors around the meat stall dispersed at once.

"Is this cicada monkey so popular?" Da Chong looked at her in disbelief and asked, "It wasn't before!"

"I don't know what to say about this?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them without blushing or breathing heavily.

"What mother cooked is delicious!" Li Nu said to them, blinking his eyes like black grapes.

"That's right. I grilled it before, but it wasn't this delicious." Cheng Donglai nodded like a chicken, "It's hard to control the heat. It's not cooked through, or it's burnt."

"Haha..." Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed, "Maybe you couldn't bear to throw it away, so you ate it with your eyes closed."

"Yes!" Cheng Donglai looked at her with his dark eyes and nodded, "How can I bear to throw it away!"

"We've sold out, let's close the stall." Shen Hui'e said to them with her deep, clear eyes.

In the following days, I weeded and caught cicada monkeys at night.

Shen Hui'e mobilized the children to catch cicada monkeys and give them copper coins.

Wow...now the kids are more excited, there is money to be made!

It’s fried and sold immediately, and can be sold until noon every day!

I persisted in this way for half a month. When the moon was waning, it was completely dark and I couldn't see my hand in front of me. I could no longer catch the cicada monkeys.

"Auntie, we really don't fry cicada monkeys anymore." The stall was filled with children looking at her eagerly.

"No! You can't see it." Shen Hui'e said cruelly as she looked at their lost little faces with her ink-black eyes.

"Can't we light an oil lamp?"

"Yes! Now that I have money, I can afford to light an oil lamp."

"We've been eating it for half a month straight. Firstly, we're tired of it, and secondly, you've almost caught all of these cicada monkeys, so there are fewer and fewer of them." Shen Hui'e said to them with her gentle eyes.

“You can go far away.”

After saying this, Shen Hui'e's face darkened and she said, "No! Absolutely not. It's OK to stay in our county town at night, but if we go to far away places and something happens, what will we do? How can I explain to your parents?" She smiled and said, "We just made a windfall, and it will be gone after the summer."

"Ah!" The children hung their heads one by one, and looked wilted like eggplants hit by frost.

"If you really want to make money, there are crabs in the river. You can touch crabs, shrimps, and loaches." Shen Hui'e gave them advice.

"You're going to take this too!" The children all raised their heads and looked at her with sparkling eyes.

"You can do it, right?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with concern and asked.

"Yes, yes! We have been doing this since we were little."

"It's just that there's not much meat on it, and it's hard to eat. Can it be sold for money?"

"Yes! If it's delicious, people will buy it, and it will be more delicious as a side dish." Shen Hui'e looked at them with crystal-clear eyes and said, "You can have a meal while sucking on the little crabs."

"As long as I can sell them, I'll go to the river to catch crabs."

The children spoke excitedly one by one.

"I only want crabs, loaches, and shrimps, no fish!" Shen Hui'e emphasized, "I don't want big fish or small fish."

"Got it." The children answered in unison, "Let's go." and ran towards the river.

"Mother, why don't you want the fish?" The raccoon asked, blinking his eyes and looking at her, "Are you afraid that they will go into the water?"

"You're right! Going into the water is too dangerous." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "My original intention was to let the children earn a few pennies, not to let them go into the river. It's safer to catch crabs and loaches in the mud by the river."

"Donglai, you'd better be careful and don't let anything really happen." Shen Hui'e said, her eyes falling on Cheng Donglai.

"Hey!" Cheng Donglai responded quickly, "I'll go right away." He turned around and chased after him.

"You don't have to do anything! Just watch them." Shen Hui'e shouted at Cheng Donglai's back.

"I understand." Cheng Donglai looked back at her and replied.