Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 233 Hot Pot
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was dark and there was no light at all.

The Meng family mother and son and Xiwa had been busy all day with Zhao Xiaoxiu and his daughter. Only at this point did they put all the processed meat in the empty shop and finish their work.

As soon as the ruthless and iron-handed Meng Er entered the hall, he couldn't stand for even a second and immediately fell onto the sofa.

After squatting for a whole day, Meng Er's stiff and swollen body was completely relaxed, and he let out a long sigh of comfort.

"I'm numb, I'm so tired." Xiwa knew that he couldn't compete with the Meng brothers, so he decisively gave up lying on the sofa and curled up in the familiar corner of the hall, spread his arms and legs, looked up at the ceiling, and looked decadent as if his body was hollowed out.

Monkey sister, who usually jumps up and down with endless energy, has become silent.

Holding the rainproof cloth used for packaging in his arms, he stared blankly ahead. All the hair on his body had fallen down due to being in the rain, and the whole monkey looked smaller.

Granny Meng brought in a freshly cut mutant cabbage, and the flailing leaves flew past Sister Monkey, but failed to elicit any reaction from her.

Granny Meng looked at the listless people in the room and said to Zhao Gang, who was holding a baby in his arms, "Xiaoxiu, I'll show you my cooking skills tonight. Let's make a bone soup hot pot."

The little guy, who was already exhausted, suddenly raised his head from his father's arms, and his eyes lit up.

Granny Meng shook her head in amusement, and became even more soft-hearted.

"Mom, make some chili dipping sauce!" Meng shouted.

"I got it. Take a rest. I'll call you when I'm ready." Grandma Meng responded as she walked into Zhao Xiaoxiu's kitchen.

Because Zhao Gang had been going to work on the road construction team from morning till night some time ago, in order to take care of Zhao Xiaoxiu's meals, Grandma Meng was already very familiar with this kitchen.

Take a basin to wash the vegetables, move firewood to make a fire and heat the pot, just like in your own kitchen.

Xiwa was already exhausted, but in order to have his own share of dinner, he took a deep breath, got up quickly, and rushed into the kitchen with a big smile on his face: "Auntie, let me help you light the fire."

Zhao Gang was relieved to see someone cooking. He picked up the tired cub and went upstairs to bathe him, wash his hair and change him into clean clothes.

After cleaning up, Grandma Meng’s hot pot came out.

Xiwa used the winter stove to light a red charcoal fire, dragged the coffee table in the hall to the center, put two bricks on the table, and then placed the charcoal stove on it.

Grandma Meng brought out the cooked bone soup and placed it on the charcoal stove. The boiling soup was bubbling and emitting a white steam.

It was windy outside, so Meng Da closed the door. Meng Er and Grandma Meng brought out the sliced ​​meat and vegetable leaves, each in a large bowl.

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxiu and his daughter coming downstairs, several people hurriedly asked them to sit down.

"Oh, and there's dipping sauce." Grandma Meng slapped her thigh and hurried back to the kitchen. She brought out the small half basin of chili dipping sauce and put half a bowl into each person's bowl.

Before eating, Zhao Xiaoxiu couldn't help swallowing her saliva when looking at the spicy dipping sauce.

When everyone arrived, Granny Meng looked at them expectantly, "Let's try it. I haven't made it in more than ten years. I don't know if the ingredients have changed and whether it will still taste right."

"Dad, I want to eat a piece of meat first!" Zhao Xiaoxiu said happily, pointing at the mutant animal meat cut into even thicknesses in the basin.

Zhao Gang nodded, picked up a piece of meat and put it into the boiling bone soup to blanch it until the meat curled up and turned white. He immediately took it out and put it in the dipping bowl in front of his cub.

Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't want to be fed, she picked up the chopsticks and ate by herself.

The meat slices are still hot just out of the pot. I blew on them twice and immediately put them into my mouth.

Meng Da and the others were not in a hurry to eat, so they just watched her. The little fellow swallowed the whole piece of meat with a big gulp, filling his mouth with meat, his cheeks puffed up, and as he chewed, his eyes narrowed, and he even leaned back slightly in his sitting position, looking extremely satisfied.

After swallowing the sweet and spicy meat, Zhao Xiaoxiu immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "Grandma Meng, it's so delicious! I'll eat it again in the future!"

Granny Meng smiled so hard that her eyes curved. "Really? Then I'll try it too."

Everyone picked up their chopsticks and started to scald the mutant animal meat.

The meat was eaten, and everyone's expression was exactly the same as Zhao Xiaoxiu's just now, satisfied and happy.

Xiwa started crying again, sobbing and acting pitifully about how miserable he was in the past. At the same time, he picked up a bunch of meat slices with chopsticks and put them into the soup pot to cook. He coated three or four slices of meat together with a dipping sauce mixed with soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and chili powder, stuffed his mouth full of it, and swallowed it happily.

Sister Monkey was not good at using chopsticks and was scratching her head anxiously. The clever monkey turned her eyes and spotted the freshly blanched meat slices in Meng Er's bowl. She quickly stretched out her claws and stuffed the meat slices covered with chili water into her mouth, jumping and dancing happily.

But the next second, tragedy struck. Tears welled up in the big monkey's eyes. He opened his mouth wide because of the spiciness and fanned himself with his paws.

"Hahaha!" Meng Er laughed out loud without any hesitation.

This is the little aunt's beloved monkey. Xiwa was very considerate. He immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped the tears from his face with the back of his hand, ran to the kitchen to get a bucket of cold water and handed it to the monkey.

Sister Monkey looked at Little Baby with gratitude, picked up the water scoop and drank it down, then she rinsed her mouth with the cold water and felt better.

But even so, it was unwilling to give up the hotpot.

Zhao Gang didn't eat anything but drank sweet syrup, concentrating on boiling meat and cabbage for his cubs.

As a result, when she turned around, the little one put the blanched meat and vegetables in her own bowl into the monkey sister's bowl. From time to time, she would pick up some and feed it to the monkey sister, and then take a bite herself. The monkey and the baby were both very happy.

When Sister Monkey was in high spirits, she started singing and dancing. The whole room was filled with her high-pitched "squeaky" singing. She picked up a piece of rainproof cloth from somewhere, wrapped it around herself, and circled around everyone.

When it is happy, it is happy, unlike humans who have to be restrained and controlled.

There was a big pot full of meat and a big pot of vegetable leaves, and we ate everything without leaving anything.

Xiwa, that starving ghost, sucked the juice off the bones before he was willing to let go.

After the meal, he happily cleaned up the pots and pans and washed them. As he washed he sighed that this day was as happy as that of a god.

After the kitchen was cleaned up, everyone was tired and exhausted after a busy day, and went home.

Sister Monkey had fallen asleep on the sofa in the hall. Zhao Xiaoxiu patted her twice but she didn't wake up, so she just let her be.

After a comfortable sleep until 6:30 in the morning, the father and daughter got up together.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was doing morning exercises while Zhao Gang was making breakfast. He cooked a pack of instant noodles with bone broth and sauerkraut. The noodles smelled so good that Sister Monkey jumped down from the upstairs just to have a bite.

Two tentacles fiercely emerged and tried to pull it away, but failed.

However, when Zhao Xiaoxiu was eating, she secretly poured it a small half bowl of food, so that it could taste the sauerkraut noodles and have no regrets in its life.

Zhao Xiaoxiu had just put down her bowl when Mo Shigui arrived.

It seemed that a seller had been found, and all the processed meat was taken away and driven towards the temporary camp where the hunting group and the military were stationed.