Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 135 Smoked Rabbit Experiment
Recently, a batch of black rabbits have been born. Fortunately, black rabbits and the fast-growing yellow and white rabbits can also produce black rabbits. The fur of the little rabbits is shiny. If the growth rate is fast, then the economic value of this kind of rabbits It will far exceed all the original rabbits.

Du Xiaoyu is looking forward to writing down the record, and the result will be known in a few months.

When I walked out of the rabbit house, I heard a laugh from the main room, "Oh, you must be a big fat son now, it's only a few months, and it's about the same age as when I was six months old."

It was Mrs. Dong's voice. Du Xiaoyu thought for a while, and returned to the house to bring out a pair of black rabbits. Mrs. Dong often came to the door, bringing snacks and snacks, and the rabbits at home were also well-raised. It is really hard for a big family to earn money from open sources. Although the dedication to them is a bit obvious, but only a pair of black rabbits, it is not easy to do so.

Seeing Du Xiaoyu coming out, Dong's eyes lit up, "This rabbit's fur is really beautiful, it looks shiny from a distance!"

"Third Aunt, take it to raise." She handed it forward, "I won't earn you any money, two hundred Wen."

It's like a pie that fell from the world. The hawker in the county wants to sell a pair for five taels of silver. Dong is busy paying for it, and suddenly paused, "This, is this a pair?"

Du Xiaoyu is very experienced now, a two-month-old rabbit can tell the gender, so she nodded immediately, "Yes."

Dong's heart was full of joy, and she pushed her son Qin Tai beside her, "Look at how generous your sister Xiaoyu is, let me tell you, there will never be such a capable girl as Xiaoyu in our whole village. Sister Zhao, you are really blessed! "

Mrs. Zhao said modestly with a smile, "If you keep her for fun, your tail will go up to the sky if you praise her." He also praised Mrs. Dong's son, "Besides, your family's Xiaotai is so good, she has been admitted as a scholar."

"If your Xiaoyu is a boy, it won't be difficult for you to pass the Juren exam!" Although she said that, she showed a smug look on her face, and pushed Qin Tai again, "Why don't you say hello to your sister Xiaoyu?" ?”

Qin Tai's face is not good-looking, he doesn't bother to come to Du's house, and he doesn't know why the old lady is crazy, so she has to bring him here!But for a pair of rabbits, do you need to be petty to please others?He is a scholar, what can a country girl have to say?But being pushed again and again by Mrs. Dong, he could only frowned and said forcefully, "Sister Xiaoyu, long time no see."

Du Xiaoyu had a bad impression of him, she twitched the corners of her mouth, pointed to the outside of the house and said, "I'll go outside to add some grass to the sheep." The original ewe in their family had been pregnant for more than a month, because it was planted with purple flowers For the sake of alfalfa, I bought four more lambs from another house, and I had to add a lot of fodder every day.

Seeing that she didn't even reply, and there was still contempt in her eyes, Qin Tai was stunned at first, and then became angry from embarrassment. Since he was admitted as a scholar, he has never seen anyone dare to treat him like this!He is only 14 years old this year, so he became a scholar at such a young age, which is considered a remarkable thing. Not to mention the pampering of his family, even the uncles and aunts outside would not praise him?Even some girls were too shy to speak when they saw him!

Seeing her son's expression, Mrs. Dong hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold him, and said with a smile, "Xiaoyu is really busy, Xiaotai, let me talk to your Aunt Zhao, help Xiaoyu feed the sheep, huh?"

Qin Tai snorted slightly, stepped over the threshold and went out.

Mrs. Zhao saw this scene, and shook her head secretly, before, she only knew that Mrs. Dong's son could study, and he must have a good character, but when I saw it today, I was wrong.

Dong explained, "This kid is thin-skinned, and he doesn't want to speak out. It's not like this at home."

Mrs. Zhao just smiled, it's none of her business anyway.

When Qin Tai walked into the yard, he saw several sheep under the thatched shed scrambling to eat grass. There was a big dog lying in the middle of the road there. He had just walked a few steps when the dog stood up suddenly, completely out of sleep, and looked at the Extremely scary.

He was a little scared, but he didn't want to back away, and shouted, "Damn dog, get out of here!"

When the little wolf was yelled at by him, he immediately opened his mouth wide, baring his fangs, which shone coldly in the sun.

"Little wolf." Du Xiaoyu called it back, and said calmly, "It's not called a dead dog, it also has a name, just like you, next time don't call it a dog casually."

"What? How dare you compare it to me?" Qin Tai was furious, "Stinky girl, you're just teaching my mother how to raise rabbits, don't go too far!"

Du Xiaoyu sneered, "Tell your mother about this. If I want to make progress, why does she keep running to our house? Why are you here again? Come on, don't hinder me from doing things."

Qin Tai blushed with anger, and felt that he had nothing to refute, so he turned around and left quickly.

Seeing her son's back disappearing at the gate of the courtyard, Mrs. Dong didn't know what happened, so she said goodbye to Mrs. Zhao in a hurry, and chased after the pair of black rabbits.

"Son, what's wrong with you? Why can't you talk to your sister Xiaoyu?"

"What can you say to a stinky girl like her? Mom, don't ask me to go there next time!"

Mrs. Dong said with a smile, "I don't have time next time. You have to go to the county academy to study." Not bad, but Mrs. Dong panicked.

The eldest son hadn't gotten a wife yet, and the second son was not a granary student, so he had to pay for his studies in the academy, and the wife of the academy also had to take care of it, which was not a small sum of money.She can still earn a little by raising rabbits now, so she wants to establish a good relationship with the Du family, just like today's pair of black rabbits, won't it be a few taels of silver when they give birth to a baby rabbit.

I only blame the fourth aunt who didn't care about her elder brother, opened a grocery store and sold pork by herself, and married a daughter-in-law, but even if it was the money between her fingers, she refused to reveal it!
What else can I do besides relying on myself?Mrs. Dong sighed, "Son, it's not so easy to take the exam, we still have to think more about the future, the Du family is a good family..."

Qin Tai interrupted her and said angrily, "Mother is sure that I won't pass the exam?"

"Mother didn't mean that..."

Qin Tai ignored her again, and walked forward without looking back.

Mrs. Dong followed slowly. This son is good at everything, but his temper is too bad. This did not follow her husband at all. Thinking of Qin Zhixiong, she shook her head helplessly. !
The salted rabbit has dried up and it's time to take it down and smoke it.

Du Xian is still working on a few cooked dung pits. Now more than [-] acres of land are fertilized with cooked dung. One big pit is no longer enough, so he dug two more at the side. At first, it was a bit smelly, but after the dung water fermented, it smelled It will be much lighter.

Du Xiaoyu told him to wash his hands and get ready in the kitchen first.

The bacon in the farmhouse is hung above the earthen stove for smoking, which is more convenient, but it takes a long time. After all, the stove is not always burning, so their family dug a fire pit next to it, and six rabbits hung above it. Then cover it with a bamboo veil to prevent the smoke from burning for a while.

Put firewood in the fire pit and ignite it, but there should be no open flames. When it starts to burn, you have to spread rice chaff on it, and then put cypress leaves and various spices. After a while, thick smoke will come out.

Du Xiaoyu was too close, tears could not stop streaming down.

It was Du Xian who was more experienced. He took a few wet towels to cover her face, handed one to her, and urged, "Get out, your eyes are smoky, I'll come here, don't ask your mother to come in."

"Then dad, watch carefully, don't let the cigarette go out." Du Xiaoyu ran out after finishing speaking.

Seeing her rushing out, Mrs. Zhao said with a smile, "But it's smoked?"

"Yeah, the smoke is so heavy." Du Xiaoyu coughed a few times, wiped his eyes with a towel, "Mother, how long does it take to smoke? It takes about ten days to smoke pork, but what about rabbits?"

"I can't remember exactly what your grandma said, but the rabbit has no fat, the skin has been peeled off, and it was specially smoked in the fire pit, so it shouldn't take too long." Mrs. Zhao still has some research on cooking, after all Cooked for so many years.

Du Xiaoyu thought for a while and said, "Anyway, there are six of them. Let's taste one every few days. Which one tastes the best means that the number of days of smoking is the most appropriate."

Ten days later, they tasted all six smoked rabbits with Aunt Wu's family and Pang's family, and finally agreed that the rabbits that have been smoked for three days are the best, and they must have cypress leaves.

This cypress leaf is indeed a good thing, the rabbit smoked by it has a special fragrance, and the color is also good-looking, Lin Meizhen said that there is no bacon she has eaten that can compare with it, but Du Xiaoyu has it again an inspiration.

If the smoked rabbit is easy to sell, she will make some smoked pork and sell it together. By the way, smoked pork head meat, she used to like to eat pork head meat, there are fat, thin and bone, it is definitely the best choice!

It's a pity that the weather is getting warmer, and it is impossible to make smoked rabbits during this period, but no matter what, the stewed rabbit meat is still cooked every day and sent over.No matter how bad the attitude of the staff in Wangyuelou was, she didn't want to make trouble with the money. She didn't want to sell it because she couldn't see it. The contract was not signed for nothing, and she had to earn it back.

As the end of the month was approaching, she began to prepare for going to Qidong County again.

I definitely need to hire a carriage. I don’t know how long the ox cart will take. I’m afraid it will cost two taels of silver. The weather is hot again. I’ll bring a few changes of clothes. I’ll definitely have to stay in a hotel at night. I don't know if there is a restaurant to eat.

Fortunately, someone in the family has been to Qidong County, and it became clear after asking Du Wenyuan.

Seeing her excited look, Du Xian said, "Do you want to wait a few days? The cold melons are about to be harvested. Although Brother Zhong has nothing to worry about, I don't know if he sells the cold melons..."

"I said you refused to go with me alone, and now you are worried about letting Uncle Zhong see you. I think you won't be able to let it go, mother."

"Nonsense, how can you go far away as a little girl." Du Xian immediately objected, "Your mother has your sister to take care of me. If there is anything I can't let go of, Dad will definitely go with you."

Du Wenyuan said at this time, "I'll go with Xiaoyu, I've asked my master for leave."

There is another update at seven o'clock in the evening~~
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