Chapter 176. Get a son
Zhou Qing Bai got one hell of luck this autumn harvest.Only a few days into the autumn harvest, Zhou Qing Bai had already caught a big fat wild rabbit.
This wild rabbit of a good few jins made everyone in the production team envious.
In the past two or three years, Zhou Qing Bai was able to catch a rabbit in every autumn harvest. Have to say, he got quite a capability.
Some people on other teams had caught rabbits, but to be honest, it was never like Zhou Qing Bai, catching one every year.
The plump rabbit was carried home and handled by Zhou Qing Bai.
Then Lin Qing He received it and stewed it.
This year's rabbit was pretty big. It was braised rabbit meat stewed together with potatoes. The aroma can make the people, who wanted to catch a sniff in a corner, devour two more bowls of rice.
However, Zhou Qing Bai’s luck this year was better than in previous years. Halfway through the autumn harvest, Zhou Qing Bai caught another one. This one was also particularly chubby.
Forget the one before, this was a must-keep for the family.
For this one, Lin Qing He stewed it with potatoes, and then gave a bowl to Eldest Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, and Third Sister-in-law's family.
Of course, the majority of it consisted of potatoes. There was definitely not much rabbit meat, only a few pieces. Still, there was a lot of soup, which was very tasty to eat with the main.
The relationship between Second Sister-in-law and Lin Qing He was so-so. However, Lin Qing He had a good impression of Second Brother.
So even if she didn’t want to give it to Second Sister-in-law, she sent a share over with Second Brother in mind. Also, it was nothing. Just a bowl of it. Most of it was potatoes. Rabbit meat was five or six pieces max.
Even the potatoes only were extremely delicious. They are slick and oily. Completely soaked in the rabbit meat flavor, which was especially great for opening up the appetite.
"Why did Fourth Aunt bring this little? They got such a huge rabbit and our family only receive such a few pieces of meat." Said Zhou Liu Ni uttered.
Zhou San Ni reprimanded her: "Fourth Aunt was willing to give it and you still show disdain? First Aunt's and Third Aunt also got them, so how much can one be divided?"
"It's not like I'm eating your food, so why are you being so restless." Zhou Liu Ni wittingly retorted.
"If you find it too little, then don't eat it. Just give it to me." Zhou Xia said.
"Don't think about it!" Zhou Liu Ni immediately gobbled her share.
Second Sister-in-law just watched. She did not touch this dish, just remained silent.
As for Second Brother, he wasted no time at all. He gobbled it down like a hungry wolf. After working for the whole day and only had pancakes at noon, he was so hungry that his stomach was protesting a long time ago. How could he be bothered to care about anything else?
After finishing, Second Brother exhaled. He sentimentally remarked: "This rabbit meat is really delicious."
"Father, why didn't you catch a rabbit back like Fourth Uncle." Zhou Xia asked his father.
"You think rabbits are so easy to catch." Second Brother replied.
With how speedy the rabbits are, only a trained man like old Fourth can catch one accurately. How can it be so easy for other people?
He had to say, this rabbit meat was really just excellent.
But there wasn't much, only a few pieces per family.
Eldest Brother and Third Brother had also chowed down. Although it was just a few pieces, no one would show disdain.
Eldest Sister-in-law and Third Sister-in-law went over to personally thank Lin Qing He.
Lin Qing He said it was nothing. She urged them to cook some mung bean soup for Eldest Brother and Third Brother.
Lin Qing He persisted to cook this mung bean soup once a day.
Not to mentioning how thick it was, a bowl of gentle flavor mung bean soup can always relieve the heat.
With this ferocious autumn weather, it was exceptionally tough on people.
"If we can catch two rabbits like this autumn harvest in the future, we can keep our chickens to lay eggs to eat." Lin Qing He laughed.
Initially, she planned to kill a chicken this autumn and came into agreement with Mother Zhou. This had Mother Zhou's heart bleed.
Mother Zhou really felt distressed. Since the hen can lay eggs so often, why kill it?
Lin Qing He wanted to kill it to nourish Zhou Qing Bai's body, so she had nothing to say.
But now there was no need to kill it. With these two rabbits, he won't get undernourish.
Zhou Qing Bai answered: "I will keep an eye out."
Lin Qing He smiled and let him be.
Rabbits were certainly hard to catch. Although there were rabbits popping up in the following days of the autumn harvest, none were captured.
Third Sister-in-law Lin went into labor during the autumn harvest in October. This fourth child was finally a son.
When Lin Qing He visited, she not only brought two pig trotters and half a jin of pork, but also ten eggs and two cloth coupons.
"When this year's autumn harvest is over, get my brother to grab some cloth from the city and make new clothes for my nieces." Lin Qinghe said.
Since becoming a teacher, she was also issued cloths and food coupons. It can be said this benefit was really top-notch. No wonder those educated youths targeted this position.
"Third Sister, you brought too many things over," remarked Third Sister-in-law Lin.
"How is it too many? I will stew the trotters for you. The cooking length should be about enough when I leave. Trotters stewed with peanuts are perfect for you to eat right now." Lin Qing He said.
Third Sister-in-law Lin didn't need her to come over to assist in the postnatal confinement because her third brother's eldest daughter was already seven years old.
A seven-year-old girl from the country was already familiar with the stove and can also handle everything in and out of the house.
So Lin Qing He brought the things over and stewed the trotters and peanuts. The rest was left for them to handle. She had no intention of getting too involved.
In this era, the things she brought over were really a lot.
After chatting with Third Sister-in-law Lin for a while, Lin Qing He didn't stay much longer. She instructed her niece that the pig's trotter and peanut were almost done and went back.
When Lin Qing He came over, Third Brother Lin was not there. He only heard that his sister had come when he returned in the evening. What's more, she also brought so many things.
"Third Sister is eating with her mother-in-law now, will it be bad to bring so many things?" Third Sister-in-law Lin mentioned.
"It's okay. My sister is a teacher now. She got earnings." Third Brother Lin assured. Then he continued, "Once I'm free, I'll see if there are any pheasants. If there are, I will bring them to my sister?"
"That's only right. We can't make it difficult for Third Sister," responded Third Sister-in-law Lin.
She was naturally grateful that Lin Qinghe, the third sister, was able to bring so many things to her for her postnatal confinement.
She really wanted to keep this relative and Third Sister will be happy to help in the future.
So, naturally, they can't always let Third Sister be the one to gift something. If they obtained good things at home and send it over, even if it's not much, it's the thought that counts, right?
"By the way, Third Sister asked you not to buy more food this year. Just wheat, 30 jins is enough." Third Sister-in-law Lin said.
"Okay." Third Brother Lin agreed.
Zhou Qing Bai got one hell of luck this autumn harvest.Only a few days into the autumn harvest, Zhou Qing Bai had already caught a big fat wild rabbit.
This wild rabbit of a good few jins made everyone in the production team envious.
In the past two or three years, Zhou Qing Bai was able to catch a rabbit in every autumn harvest. Have to say, he got quite a capability.
Some people on other teams had caught rabbits, but to be honest, it was never like Zhou Qing Bai, catching one every year.
The plump rabbit was carried home and handled by Zhou Qing Bai.
Then Lin Qing He received it and stewed it.
This year's rabbit was pretty big. It was braised rabbit meat stewed together with potatoes. The aroma can make the people, who wanted to catch a sniff in a corner, devour two more bowls of rice.
However, Zhou Qing Bai’s luck this year was better than in previous years. Halfway through the autumn harvest, Zhou Qing Bai caught another one. This one was also particularly chubby.
Forget the one before, this was a must-keep for the family.
For this one, Lin Qing He stewed it with potatoes, and then gave a bowl to Eldest Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, and Third Sister-in-law's family.
Of course, the majority of it consisted of potatoes. There was definitely not much rabbit meat, only a few pieces. Still, there was a lot of soup, which was very tasty to eat with the main.
The relationship between Second Sister-in-law and Lin Qing He was so-so. However, Lin Qing He had a good impression of Second Brother.
So even if she didn’t want to give it to Second Sister-in-law, she sent a share over with Second Brother in mind. Also, it was nothing. Just a bowl of it. Most of it was potatoes. Rabbit meat was five or six pieces max.
Even the potatoes only were extremely delicious. They are slick and oily. Completely soaked in the rabbit meat flavor, which was especially great for opening up the appetite.
"Why did Fourth Aunt bring this little? They got such a huge rabbit and our family only receive such a few pieces of meat." Said Zhou Liu Ni uttered.
Zhou San Ni reprimanded her: "Fourth Aunt was willing to give it and you still show disdain? First Aunt's and Third Aunt also got them, so how much can one be divided?"
"It's not like I'm eating your food, so why are you being so restless." Zhou Liu Ni wittingly retorted.
"If you find it too little, then don't eat it. Just give it to me." Zhou Xia said.
"Don't think about it!" Zhou Liu Ni immediately gobbled her share.
Second Sister-in-law just watched. She did not touch this dish, just remained silent.
As for Second Brother, he wasted no time at all. He gobbled it down like a hungry wolf. After working for the whole day and only had pancakes at noon, he was so hungry that his stomach was protesting a long time ago. How could he be bothered to care about anything else?
After finishing, Second Brother exhaled. He sentimentally remarked: "This rabbit meat is really delicious."
"Father, why didn't you catch a rabbit back like Fourth Uncle." Zhou Xia asked his father.
"You think rabbits are so easy to catch." Second Brother replied.
With how speedy the rabbits are, only a trained man like old Fourth can catch one accurately. How can it be so easy for other people?
He had to say, this rabbit meat was really just excellent.
But there wasn't much, only a few pieces per family.
Eldest Brother and Third Brother had also chowed down. Although it was just a few pieces, no one would show disdain.
Eldest Sister-in-law and Third Sister-in-law went over to personally thank Lin Qing He.
Lin Qing He said it was nothing. She urged them to cook some mung bean soup for Eldest Brother and Third Brother.
Lin Qing He persisted to cook this mung bean soup once a day.
Not to mentioning how thick it was, a bowl of gentle flavor mung bean soup can always relieve the heat.
With this ferocious autumn weather, it was exceptionally tough on people.
"If we can catch two rabbits like this autumn harvest in the future, we can keep our chickens to lay eggs to eat." Lin Qing He laughed.
Initially, she planned to kill a chicken this autumn and came into agreement with Mother Zhou. This had Mother Zhou's heart bleed.
Mother Zhou really felt distressed. Since the hen can lay eggs so often, why kill it?
Lin Qing He wanted to kill it to nourish Zhou Qing Bai's body, so she had nothing to say.
But now there was no need to kill it. With these two rabbits, he won't get undernourish.
Zhou Qing Bai answered: "I will keep an eye out."
Lin Qing He smiled and let him be.
Rabbits were certainly hard to catch. Although there were rabbits popping up in the following days of the autumn harvest, none were captured.
Third Sister-in-law Lin went into labor during the autumn harvest in October. This fourth child was finally a son.
When Lin Qing He visited, she not only brought two pig trotters and half a jin of pork, but also ten eggs and two cloth coupons.
"When this year's autumn harvest is over, get my brother to grab some cloth from the city and make new clothes for my nieces." Lin Qinghe said.
Since becoming a teacher, she was also issued cloths and food coupons. It can be said this benefit was really top-notch. No wonder those educated youths targeted this position.
"Third Sister, you brought too many things over," remarked Third Sister-in-law Lin.
"How is it too many? I will stew the trotters for you. The cooking length should be about enough when I leave. Trotters stewed with peanuts are perfect for you to eat right now." Lin Qing He said.
Third Sister-in-law Lin didn't need her to come over to assist in the postnatal confinement because her third brother's eldest daughter was already seven years old.
A seven-year-old girl from the country was already familiar with the stove and can also handle everything in and out of the house.
So Lin Qing He brought the things over and stewed the trotters and peanuts. The rest was left for them to handle. She had no intention of getting too involved.
In this era, the things she brought over were really a lot.
After chatting with Third Sister-in-law Lin for a while, Lin Qing He didn't stay much longer. She instructed her niece that the pig's trotter and peanut were almost done and went back.
When Lin Qing He came over, Third Brother Lin was not there. He only heard that his sister had come when he returned in the evening. What's more, she also brought so many things.
"Third Sister is eating with her mother-in-law now, will it be bad to bring so many things?" Third Sister-in-law Lin mentioned.
"It's okay. My sister is a teacher now. She got earnings." Third Brother Lin assured. Then he continued, "Once I'm free, I'll see if there are any pheasants. If there are, I will bring them to my sister?"
"That's only right. We can't make it difficult for Third Sister," responded Third Sister-in-law Lin.
She was naturally grateful that Lin Qinghe, the third sister, was able to bring so many things to her for her postnatal confinement.
She really wanted to keep this relative and Third Sister will be happy to help in the future.
So, naturally, they can't always let Third Sister be the one to gift something. If they obtained good things at home and send it over, even if it's not much, it's the thought that counts, right?
"By the way, Third Sister asked you not to buy more food this year. Just wheat, 30 jins is enough." Third Sister-in-law Lin said.
"Okay." Third Brother Lin agreed.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
ReplyDeleteIf it were me, I would lose appetite smelling something more delicious than the food in front of me. Maybe because they are people that treats every bit of food preciously?
I thought the ones getting the son is LQH...haih.. hoping her get pregnant with her husband 🤣🤣
ReplyDeleteIf you want spoiler, I'll just say, see you next year
DeleteYou musy have forgotten Qing He got ligated.
Deletecant they keep the rabbit n breed it?
ReplyDeleteWell, it's a challenge to actually catch two to get a breeding pair, who knows if you get two females or two males instead? Those odds still exist. Then, you'd have to have a pen that is rabbit-proofed enough that they won't dig their way to freedom. That meant digging deep enough into the ground to construct have a fence that goes down for something like one meter below ground level.
DeleteLast, there's the issue of what the rules are. Here, each household are limited to two chickens each, not sure if similar rules apply to rabbits too.
Nothing warm my heart like siblings having a good relationship. Couples are cute and all but siblings loving and supporting each other is just next level😘🤌. Makes me wish I wasn’t an only child.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, happy holidays Translator. I hope that many good things will come/happen to you next year. Thank you so much for translating this novel for us. Stay safe.
just curious, what clothes are they wearing?
ReplyDeleteI think it's made of cotton or wool, or yarn if we're talking about the sweaters, since the author mentioned her buying those things earlier on. Not sure though
DeleteHonestly, rabbit meat smells....uhm...
ReplyDeletewell, maybe because these are wild rabbits so they smell better when cooked...yeah, that's it