Pig Killer

Chapter 110

"But mother will have to work harder for a few more days." Li Nu looked at her with wet eyes and said.

"Little fool, this is not hard work at all! This year has passed in the blink of an eye." Shen Hui'e chuckled and shook her head when she heard this.

"We are here." They walked in wearing straw raincoats made by Cheng Donglai.

"Hey! Where is the big tiger?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at the five of them with bright eyes.

"Did Da Chong go to see Doctor Li?" Cheng Donglai said with a smile, taking off his straw hat and raincoat and hanging them under the eaves. "He said he was going to buy gypsum for making tofu."

"I'll be back soon." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and said, "I hope the house won't leak!"

"No, the house has just been renovated, there is no leakage at all." Cheng Donglai said quickly after hearing this, and then smiled and said, "Our place is high, and the water can't rush in."

"That's good." Shen Hui'e looked at them gently and said.

"Our county is located on high ground, so the water has flowed into the moat and the river on the outskirts of the city. We didn't see any standing water when we walked over here." Cheng Donglai looked at her and said with a smile, "The cobblestones have been washed clean, so it's not slippery to walk on."

"How can it be smooth? It's so bumpy." The raccoon looked at them with big watery eyes and said, "I'm afraid I'll trip accidentally! Wooden clogs are uncomfortable to wear."

"Are you barefoot?" Shen Hui'e said, looking down at their feet.

"It's so hot, it's more comfortable to go barefoot." Cheng Donglai said embarrassedly, crossing his legs.

"Take the ladle and wash your feet." Shen Hui'e looked at them helplessly and said.

"Why?" Li Nu looked at her puzzledly and asked.

"Rain water is not clean and can easily cause foot rot. It's better to use well water to rinse." Shen Hui'e pointed to the wooden barrel placed at the base of the wall at the door.

"Oh!" Cheng Donglai and the other four people were standing outside the door, raising their feet and rushing forward.

"How come my feet are rotten due to the rain?" The cat slave blinked her bright eyes and looked at her and asked, "Rainwater is clean! I drink it with my hands!" She asked worriedly, "Will it rot my stomach?"

"Little fool, I mean wading in the street. The ground is dirty, and the rain is also dirty when it falls on the ground!" Shen Hui'e looked at the heavy rain outside the door, "Rainwater is rootless water, and it's okay to drink it." She smiled and said, "But! No matter what kind of water it is, you have to boil it before drinking it."

"Why?" Cheng Donglai looked at her in confusion and said, "It's okay to drink cold water! It's troublesome if you boil it."

"If you drink cold water, you'll get a stomachache and get sick. Boiling it and then cooling it down won't be a problem." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep, penetrating eyes and said, "If you can't stop having a stomachache, you'll have to see a doctor, and it'll cost money. I don't need to tell you which is more important!"

"Then let's boil it!" Cheng Donglai nodded vigorously when he heard that.

"It's raining heavily again now." Shen Hui'e said as she watched the rain getting heavier outside the door.

"Mother, I'm back." The big tiger walked in with crisp steps.

"You're back just in time. It's raining heavily." Shen Hui'e took the umbrella from his hand and looked him up and down.

"I'm not wet." Da Chong looked down at himself and said, "It's normal for my legs to be wet." He smiled and said, "I rolled up my trouser legs!" He looked at the umbrella leaning against the wall and said, "Our umbrella is big enough to cover me tightly."

"It's still heavy!" Shen Hui'e said, looking at him gently.

"I leaned on your shoulder." Da Chong said, patting his thin shoulder.

"Doctor Li, where can you buy gypsum?" Shen Hui'e asked, looking at his empty hands. "Don't you have any? Let's just drink soy milk."

"Yes, yes! Here it is!" The tiger took out a sackcloth bag from his chest and said, "Is this it? It looks like white powder."

Shen Hui'e took it, opened it, looked at the plaster powder and said, "Yes, this is it."

"Brother Da Chong, come and wash your feet." Cheng Donglai said, holding a ladle.

"Wash your feet quickly. Rain water is dirty." Shen Hui'e urged him.

"Okay!" The big tiger stood under the eaves and took the water scoop handed to him by Cheng Donglai and washed his feet.

"Mother, when do we start grinding the beans?" Da Chong looked at her anxiously and asked.

Shen Hui'e looked at the soaking soybeans and grabbed a handful. The weather was hot, so the beans soaked quickly. "Let's start now."

Shen Hui'e moved the millstone up and down, placed soybeans on the millstone with a wooden spoon, added some clean water, and then pushed the millstone around.

"It's flowing out, it's flowing out." Da Chong and the others looked at the milky white liquid flowing out of the millstone.

"The beans smell very strong!" said the cat slave, sniffing.

"It smells quite good." The big insect said, sniffing like a puppy.

"Woof woof..." Huang Er, who was lying beside him, also expressed his agreement.

"You can drink it after boiling it." Shen Hui'e said as she pushed the millstone.

"Is it so simple?" said the big tiger in surprise.

"It's that simple. You can add sugar or honey." Shen Hui'e watched as the stone mill stopped producing soy milk, so she added soybeans and water.

"Aunt, let me grind the mill." Cheng Donglai said as he rolled up his sleeves.

"It's very heavy. Can you handle it?" Shen Hui'e looked up at him and said.

"Aunt, I'm taller than you." Cheng Donglai said with a silly smile.

Upon hearing this, Shen Hui'e looked him up and down and said, "You've grown so tall in an instant." He was a head taller than her.

I still remember when we first met, she was about the same height as me. I am 1.65 meters tall, which is very tall for a woman.

These days, the food is good and it's the time for growth, so the body grows very fast.

Shen Hui'e made way for him and said, "Okay! You push the mill and I'll add the soybeans and water."

This is my first time making this, and I didn’t soak much soybeans. It’s just an experiment! I don’t know if it will work yet!

Soon more than a pound of soybeans were ground.

"What should we do next?" Li Nu asked, looking at the white soy milk in the wooden barrel.

"Then filter it with linen." Shen Hui'e took down the clean square towel hanging on the hemp rope and washed it again with clean water.

Shen Hui'e brought the wooden barrel to the stove, spread out the sackcloth on the clean large iron pot and said, "Come on, scoop the soy milk onto the sackcloth."

"I'll do it!" Da Chong took a wooden spoon and scooped soy milk onto the sackcloth.

"Auntie, do you want to light a fire?" Cheng Donglai said, looking at the dark stove eye.

"No, no, no! We can't have a fever now." Shen Hui'e said quickly, "You guys sit on the bench and take a rest first, it will be fine soon."

"Oh!" Cheng Donglai and the others sat obediently on the bench and watched her squeeze the linen cloth with both hands. The soy milk flowed into the big iron pot, and the bean dregs were placed in a clean clay basin.

"Mother, what should we do with this bean dregs?" Li Nu said with bright eyes looking at the ball of bean dregs.

"These bean dregs are best for feeding pigs and chickens." Shen Hui'e looked at her with bright eyes and said.