Chapter 14: This Kind of Experience is Too Rare
After discussing it, Song Chu took the kitchen knife from home and cut the snake into several pieces.
Her knife skills were very good, and each piece to be given away was cut evenly. “Mom, after work, let’s go and give snake meat to Uncle and Uncles.”
“Okay, we’ll go deliver it in a bit.” For this kind of thing, giving meat and building relationships, Tang Feng definitely wanted to take her daughter along. She didn’t trust her sons.
After Song Chu finished cutting the snake meat, she took out the pheasant and wild rabbit she had caught from the back basket.
Tang Feng and the other two’s eyes lit up. “Yaobao/Little Sister, you’re amazing!”
Not only did she catch such a big snake, but she also caught a pheasant and a wild rabbit.
Song Chu threw the pheasant to Song Lao Er, “You k*ll the chicken, and we’ll take it to the cowshed later for Old Zhao to cook.”
“What about the rabbit?” Song Lao Er didn’t refuse this time and asked after catching the chicken.
Song Chu picked up the rabbit and noticed that its belly was relatively large and round. It was pregnant.
Just then, she saw Da Niu and San Niu coming in with the wild vegetables they had picked. She smiled casually and said, “The rabbit is pregnant. I only knocked it out before. Since we have snake and chicken, there’s no need to k*ll it. Let’s keep it for Da Niu and San Niu to raise.”
The two little ones were happy to hear that and ran over, looking at the rabbit in her hands with curiosity.
Song Chu handed the rabbit to Da Niu, “Take good care of it. When it has babies, you can eat rabbit meat.”
“Aunt, we will take good care of it.” Da Niu carefully took the rabbit and smiled shyly at Song Chu.
San Niu also made a promise, and the two of them went to the side to take care of the rabbit.
After that, Song Chu went into the kitchen and put all the available seasonings into the back basket. She also added the chicken that Song Lao Er had killed and the chestnuts that Song Lao Si had shelled, covering them with pigweed.
“I’ll take these to Old Zhao first. Second Brother, you should come along and learn how to cook.” If they delivered it too late, there wouldn’t be enough time to stew it.
Song Lao Er wasn’t so lazy when there was food involved, “Okay.”
The two siblings pretended to go to the pigsty first, and after a while, they slipped out to the cowshed. The two places were relatively close.
The pigsty and cowshed were located at the end of the village, which was quite remote, so they usually didn’t encounter many people.
Gu Yue had taken the day off, so they had to do the work of cutting grass and feeding the cows.
Therefore, at this time, apart from a sick elderly man, Old Zhao, and Teacher Lu, everyone else in the cowshed had gone out to work.
Old Zhao was squatting down and boiling medicine. When he saw the two coming in, he immediately stood up, “You’re here.”
“Old Zhao, this is my second brother. From today onwards, you can teach him how to cook,” Song Chu introduced.
If it were any other time, Song Lao Er’s attitude towards these people would definitely be bad and perfunctory. But thinking of what his little sister said, maybe he could also benefit a little.
So he smiled and said, “Master Zhao, hello, my name is Song Jianguo.”
Old Zhao nodded at him, “From now on, you can learn from me.”
“Okay!” Song Lao Er nodded.
Song Chu said, “I brought a lot of snake meat. After you cook it, keep a portion for yourselves. You can deal with the snakehead tomorrow.”
Old Zhao smiled and said, “This is too kind.”
“In the future, any dishes I bring over for you to cook, you can keep a portion for yourselves, consider it tuition for my second brother’s cooking lessons.”
Considering the situation in the cowshed, Old Zhao didn’t refuse, “Alright.”
They kept Song Chu’s life-saving grace and kindness in their hearts.
Song Chu told Song Lao Er to learn well, and then she went home first.
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Not long after, it was time to get off work. Tang Feng took Song Chu, who was carrying the snake meat, to deliver the meat to each family.
First, they went to Eldest Uncle and Second Uncle’s homes, which were not far away, next door.
As soon as they walked over, they met the two families who were getting off work.
Song Chu’s Eldest Uncle had two sons and a daughter, all of whom were married but hadn’t separated and lived together.
Second Uncle’s family had three daughters and a son, who were also married.
Both families were relatively hardworking and honest. Because they reciprocated favors, their relationship was better, and they basically went to and from work together.
Her father, Song Youfu, also came back with them now.
As soon as she saw the two families, Tang Feng, fearing that others wouldn’t hear, smiled and said loudly, “Eldest Brother, Eldest Sister-in-Law, Second Brother, Second Sister-in-Law, my Yaobao caught a big snake in the mountains, so I brought some snake meat for you to try.”
Song’s Eldest Uncle and Song’s Second Uncle and their families were stunned when they heard this. Did they hear correctly? Song Chu would take the initiative to let them have some snake meat?
And Tang Feng was actually willing to share?
Seeing the unbelievable expressions of the two families, Song Chu felt a little helpless. It seemed that the image of their family being extremely selfish was too deeply ingrained.
She greeted everyone first, and without beating around the bush, she smiled and said, “Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, I’ve eaten a lot of your food before, but our family was poor, and we didn’t have much to repay you with. Now that I’ve caught a snake, of course, I have to share it with you.”
Her father was the youngest, so Eldest Uncle and Second Uncle took care of their family.
But whether other people had any objections, it was hard to say.
Song’s Eldest Uncle reacted first, and his eyes showed some kindness when he looked at Song Chu, “You’re thoughtful.”
Then he changed the subject, “But don’t go into the Back Mountain anymore, it’s too dangerous.”
Now the whole village knew that Song Chu went to the Back Mountain and brought back snake meat. Everyone thought she went in on purpose because she wanted to eat meat.
Song’s Second Uncle found that Song Chu seemed to have become more sensible. He nodded with relief, “That’s right, don’t go into the mountain anymore.”
The fact that she caught snake meat and didn’t sell it, but instead thought of bringing some to them, made them change their opinion of Song Chu a lot. It seemed that they hadn’t treated her well in vain before.
The elders felt gratified, but the younger generation found it a bit unbelievable.
Especially the three cousins’ wives. Based on their understanding of Song Chu, it would be a blessing if she didn’t come to take advantage of them. How could she possibly give them meat? Did the sun rise from the west today?
But having meat to eat was always a good thing, and they all smiled.
Other families lived around them, and they all heard what Tang Feng said loudly. They also found it hard to believe.
The mother-daughter pair of the Tang family, who were always stingy, were so generous today? It wasn’t like them!
Could it be that Song Chu really wanted to become hardworking and change for the better?
Then they thought it was unlikely. It was probably just a momentary impulse, and she would return to her old ways in a couple of days.
Tang Feng and Song Chu didn’t go in. They took two large pieces of snake meat from the back basket, one for each family, and then went to the homes of her three maternal uncles.
The reactions of the three families were similar, feeling like a pie had suddenly fallen from the sky.
Tang Feng and Song Chu were so generous, actually thinking of giving them snake meat. This was the first time in so many years.
Earlier, when they heard people in the village say that Song Chu had caught a big snake, they thought the snake meat would probably be sold. They never expected to have a share themselves.
It has to be said, this kind of experience is too rare…
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