Pampered in the Eighties

BPE Chapter 18

In the past few days, Mrs. Feng looked at Huzi from time to time. She deliberately muttered in a place where Huzi could hear: "It's almost the New Year's Day. There is still meat in the house but it's all dried meat and I don't know if that would be good on New Year's Eve. It would be good if we can eat fresh meat, even if there is no goat, a wild rabbit or pheasant would be fine."

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Huzi lying on the ground ignoring her. She walked over and grabbed his ears and said, "Huzi, do you think we have this blessing?"

The Chinese New Year is almost here and Mrs. Feng is looking forward to the return of Huzi from hunting some fresh meat. The family is used to eating fresh meat, and eating dried meat is a little tasteless. But after a few days, Huzi had no movement. Madam Feng was disappointed, she also wondered if she became too greedy.

Old man Feng squatted in the yard and made lanterns. Once he had tied one, he put it aside. Seven lanterns were finished today. These were prepared for the seven children in the family. He heard his old wife was still nagging at Huzi. He turned around and said: "Come on, Grandpa Mountain God also went back to Heaven to rest after the Chinese New Year, why would he still give you meat to eat? Let's not embarrass Huzi, be careful that Grandpa Mountain God might get angry and he won't give us any meat in the future."

Madam Feng looked down at the languid Huzi, and immediately believed it a little bit, she quickly folded her hands together as if praying to the Buddha. "You are right Old man, we can't be too greedy. I was just thinking that if there is fresh meat, I can make minced meat for Mengmeng or something."

Mengmeng has grown four teeth recently, and the little teeth were like bamboo shoots that have emerged from the ground. White and tender. Not only that Mengmeng cannot eat too hard food but when she eats, she is always drooling.

Huzi used to go hunting for meat in the mountains every now and then. Madam Feng chopped the fresh meat finely and boiled it into porridge, minced meat, etc. for Mengmeng to eat. Now that she has teeth, she hasn't eaten well for several days in a row, and Huzi no longer went to the mountains to hunt. That is why Mrs. Feng is anxious?

She stood in the yard and sighed. She then bent down to touch the eggs in the chicken coop. Fortunately, Mengmeng also liked eating eggs. She can eat these eggs if we can't have meat.

Madam Feng had given up hope of having meat on New Year. But she didn't expect that the day before the new year, Hu Zi suddenly went to the mountains and brought back a small deer. It was still alive. The deer looked only six or seven months old. It should have been born last fall. The meat is sure to be tender and tasty.

The little deer was dying, and the tiger didn't care if it was thrown away. Madam Feng hurriedly called her family to slaughter the deer. When the deer was killed, they let it bleed. The venison was cut to pieces, they put it on the basket and hung it on the well with a rope.

With fresh meat, Mrs. Feng is relieved. Mrs. Feng cooked a bowl of minced meat for Mengmeng that day. Chopped the tenderest piece into fine pieces, added an egg and stirred it evenly, then put a little salt to separate it. It was steamed with water, the fragrance could waft out far away, Mengmeng fell in love with it as soon as she ate it, the chubby face smiled like a dumpling, and her saliva stopped flowing. A delicious bowl of porridge.

Madam Feng touched her bulging belly, and said to Hu Zi with satisfaction: "Hu Zi is really so smart. He knows that Mengmeng wanted to eat meat. I just told you that Mengmeng has no meat to eat, so you went to get the meat and come back. It's not in vain that Mengmeng picked you up."

Huzi squatted on the ground and gnawed at the flesh and bones without raising his head. If he could talk, he would definitely tell Mrs. Feng, that it wasn't because he didn't want to go to the mountains, but since Mengmeng had grown her teeth she lacked energy in the past few days. He was worried about her so he didn't go to the mountains.