Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 160 Borrowing Meat
Those people were half-believing and half-doubting what Liu Dongshan said. They always felt that something was not right, but they had no evidence.

No one dared to ask any more questions, so they just chatted at Liu's house.

The men sat in the yard chatting, while Lin Ruolan, Li and Chen Xiuyun were busy in the kitchen.

Last night, we caught two pigs, one big and one small, and prepared them for dinner. We can't finish the meat in a short time, so we have to think about how to deal with it and preserve it?
Needless to say, the fat is made from refined oil. There are many people in the family and the work is heavy, so they have to eat some oily food.

The oil can be preserved for a long time after being simmered, and it is still delicious even with the oil stains, which is better than leaving the meat.

The weather is not too cold at this time, and the meat cannot be kept for too long. Even if you put it in cold water and change the water every day, it will not work.

So Lin Ruolan planned to pickle some bacon and preserve it.

In the morning, Qu Shaoyang and Liu Dongshan both said they were craving for buns.

It is necessary to chop the stuffing and knead the dough, and it would be best if it can be steamed at noon. The guys at home work hard and this is a great way to satisfy their cravings.

Lard was being simmered in the kitchen, and the aroma soon wafted out of the house.

The people in the yard sniffed, and immediately their appetite was aroused.

"Brother Liu, what delicious food do you have at home? It smells so good. Is this the hot oil?"

"Oh, there were wild boars in the fields last night, and Shaoyang led some people to kill two of them.

Your sister-in-law should be refining lard right now, and the aroma of oil stains is there."

The whole yard was filled with the fragrance, and there was no way to hide it, so Liu Dongshan could only tell the truth.

"Oh, it's your family that has to eat delicious food every day.

If it weren't for the fact that Shaoyang is a good hunter, your family would have never been short of meat to eat."

After hearing this, everyone was envious and praised him.

"Brother Lao Liu, can I discuss this with you? Um, lend me a few pounds of meat.

We will kill the pigs during the Chinese New Year and return it to you." Someone was so greedy that he came up with this idea.

In the countryside, if you see someone slaughtering a pig, you can usually go and borrow some meat.

When you kill your pigs at home, you can return it.

It is just the beginning of autumn, and the pigs raised at home are also gaining weight. Who would be willing to kill them? Everyone is waiting for the New Year to kill the pigs.

But they were tired from working in the autumn and hadn't seen meat for a long time, so everyone would be greedy. That's why they asked to borrow meat.

Liu Dongshan hesitated and said, "This is wild boar meat, which is incomparable to domestic pig meat.

I have to make it clear to you in advance, so that you don’t complain about the meat when you go back to eat it.”

In fact, sow meat is pretty good, much better than sow meat. Of course, if you want to talk about deliciousness, it has to be yellow-haired or the previous year's meat.

Liu Dongshan would definitely not lend out the little bit of yellow-haired meat at home.

Then you have to make it clear to them in advance that this is not domestic pork and it is not as fragrant.

"Oh, how could we not know this? Don't worry, we don't mind.

I will lend you as much as I want now and pay you back by the New Year. I will definitely not default on my debt.”

I haven’t eaten meat for a long time. Who cares about wild boars or domestic pigs? It’s good to have something to eat.

Everyone immediately said that they wanted any kind of meat, no matter what it was.

Since others said so, if Liu Dongshan really didn't lend it, he would seem stingy, so he went into the house to discuss it with Lin Ruolan.

Lin Ruolan naturally had no objection. Just lend it to her. It would be just right to return it before the New Year. It can still be kept when the weather is cold.

In this way, those people each asked for five or six pounds of meat and left happily.

At noon, Lin Ruolan and Li made big buns stuffed with pork and cabbage.

There wasn't much cabbage in the buns, and it looked like it was full of meat. When you bite open the bun skin, you can see a meat egg inside, and oil oozes out when you take a bite. Now, the guys eat it one by one, their mouths full of oil, and they keep saying it's delicious and fragrant.

"Oh, it still has to be our boss. Look how much happiness we enjoy by following the boss.
If it were someone else’s family, they might not even be able to eat these big meat-filled buns during the Chinese New Year.

I tell you, work hard and don't just think about it. Once you leave this job, you will never find such a good employer again."

Jiang Chunfu held a bun in one hand and a clove of garlic in the other, his mouth full of oil. But he was still not idle and took the opportunity to hit the waiters.

This is not Jiang Chunfu's deliberate show of force. It's mainly because recently, some people from other companies have been contacting these guys privately, trying to poach their business.

The Qu family's guys are good at their work and the owner doesn't have to worry about anything. They don't try to be cunning or sly and are very honest.

Everyone around saw it, and some of them inevitably became interested in poaching people to work for their family.

Not only did they poach associates, some people also found Jiang Chunfu and asked him to be the leader, but Jiang Chunfu refused.

What a joke, the food and accommodation here are all very good, the boss doesn't have much to do and never nitpicks to cause trouble.

There is only one boss like this among hundreds, and anyone who wants to leave is a fool.

Of course, they were afraid that there might be people with stupid brains who would run away after being fooled, so Jiang Chunfu took the opportunity to give them a warning.

"Tell me, am I right? When were you able to eat such food in your hometown?"

"Yes, yes, that's what the head said.

What do we eat in our hometown? Steamed bread with half wheat bran in it, a little cornmeal in the vegetable dumplings, and potatoes and sweet potatoes to fill us up, that's good enough.

When you come to the boss's place, you can have as much two-ounce pancakes as you want, and there are often meat dishes. During festivals, there are either dumplings or buns.

Our lives are better than those of the landlords in my hometown."

The leader's words resonated with everyone, and everyone spoke up.

"Don't worry, boss. We will definitely stay here. No matter who comes to look for us, we won't leave."

Xingjia Xingye took the lead in expressing its stance, and others followed suit, saying that they would not leave.

Jiang Chunfu nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, "Eat quickly, we still have to work after eating.

We have to make good use of the time these days to harvest potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops. In a few days, it will be time to harvest corn, sorghum and other crops.

The boss is good to us, so we have to think about him and not waste the food."

The guys work hard and eat a lot, so two pots of buns are enough for them to finish one meal.

After finishing their meal and taking a short rest while drinking some water, the guys went back to work in the fields without anyone urging them.

In the next few nights, wild boars will still come in groups.

Then the traps and clamps started to work, and wild boars would be caught from time to time.

After a few times, the wild boars learned their lesson and no longer came to this area. Instead, they went to hunt other places.

In this way, a lot of pork was accumulated at home.

In addition to lending to others, Lin Ruolan also pickled a lot of bacon, dried meat and other things to eat in the spring of next year.

After a busy day, Mid-Autumn Festival is here in the blink of an eye.

Qu Shaoyang sent people to Tonghua to buy a lot of mooncakes and fruits, and gave half a pound to each of the servants in his family.

On the festival day, we finished work early in the afternoon and came back together to make dumplings.

At night, everyone built two fires in the yard, put a table in the middle of the yard, and placed moon cakes, fruits, etc. on it.

Everyone sat around the table, eating mooncakes, drinking tea, appreciating the moon and chatting, it was a chance to take a break from their busy schedule.

(End of this chapter)