OBS Chapter 323 The Night Before Leaving
Chapter 323 The Night Before Leaving
He mentioned this now, maybe he has been thinking about it for a long time.
Zhou Guo lowered her head and sewed the soles of shoes in her hands. Shoes are the most worn out when walking, especially the soles, which are the easiest to wear out, so she had to sew several more pairs.
Thinking that winter is coming and the north is bitterly cold, and I don’t know where my uncle is going, I have to prepare two more pairs of shoes.
"Mom, have we sold the leather we tanned before? How about making two pairs of deerskin boots for my uncle? We still have one deerskin, right?"
Li slapped his head and said, "You are right. I made the cotton jacket, but I only made cotton shoes. I don't know how to make boots, let alone deerskin boots. There is only one piece of leather, and if it is damaged, it will be gone."
Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Master Boot Bucket knows how to do it. Let him teach us."
"Ah? Sir, you can also make shoes?" Everyone was surprised.
"Yes." Zhou Guo nodded. "When Master was working outside with the escort agency in the early years, he often slept outdoors. He couldn't ask others to mend his clothes and shoes when they were broken, right? Wearing a pair of broken shoes would not only make it hard to walk fast, but also make his feet tired. Over time, he gradually learned to mend them himself, and he became proficient in it."
Zhou Gu said: "I always thought that the master could only mend clothes, but it turns out that he can also make shoes. He is really amazing. I must learn it. If I can't learn kung fu, it would be good to learn the skill of making shoes."
Zhou Mi recalled: "That's not right. I remember the teacher said he could only mend clothes, not sew soles of shoes."
Zhou Guo said: "He only said that he couldn't make the soles, not the uppers. Mr. Deerskin wore a lot of boots when he was young, so he must know how to make them."
She went out and called the old man back.
The old man actually knows a little bit about it, and he has sewed many shoe uppers, but he has never made them all, so I just remember what they looked like roughly.
But that was enough. Zhou Xing took a few pieces of cloth and tried it out. Soon, he made a boot upper. It could be used after a few more adjustments.
Zhou Guo exclaimed: "Sister, you are really good at sewing. You only listened to the master's words and made a few gestures and you made it."
Everyone gathered together, no one did anything, and they all nodded.
Zhou Xing said a little embarrassedly: "I have been sewing since I was seven years old. I have been making shoes for so many years. Although I have never made boots, they are all uppers. It's just that the uppers are a little longer, which is not difficult."
Li took out a box of skins and took out the deerskins. As she turned them over, she said, "Fortunately, the skins haven't been sold yet. In addition to boots, we can also use these badger skins to make him a cloak and armor."
Zhou Guo's eyes lit up and he ran forward, "Mom, there are also knee pads and gloves, which are also indispensable."
Lee asked, "What are gloves?"
Zhou Guo stretched out his hand and compared, "Gloves are cloth tubes that are worn on the hands, just like socks, but one is worn on the hands and the other is worn on the feet. This way, my uncle's hands won't be cold in winter."
Li looked at her hands and laughed, "How did you come up with this idea? You need socks on your feet and you also need one on your hands. But this way, it's hard to work. I think this is only suitable for people who don't have to do any work. It's not easy for people who work to wear gloves."
Zhou Guo said, "Then make one with exposed fingers, and sew a cover on the back of the hand. Open it when working, and cover it when not working."
Li thought about it and said happily, "This is really possible. We can use it too. It will keep us warm in winter. Okay, after we make a few pairs for your uncle, we will make a few pairs for ourselves."
That night, the lights in Zhou's house were on all night, and the clinking sounds in the yard were heard all night.
After finishing the housework the next day, the family sat in the yard and started working again.
Zhou Guo spent the whole night sewing the soles, and including the previous ones, Zhou Dacang now has five pairs of shoes in his size.
I can’t take any more with me.
She took the half of the musk deer meat that was left over from last night and cut it into strips. She thought about it and decided to deal with the last two big rabbits as well. There wasn't much musk deer meat on half a side and rabbits were easy to catch, so she could just roast them and catch them later.
There was a huge pile of them all cut into strips.
Marinate with salt, dried shrimp powder, soy sauce and star anise for an hour, fry in pine mushroom oil and finally bake dry.
The old man followed every step he taught. When the food was fried, the whole yard was filled with fragrance, which distracted everyone from working.
But he also knew that there wasn't much meat on half a musk deer, so he resisted the urge to eat any.
Hei Dadan huddled at her feet, his head raised never lowered.
The barbecue hasn't even been cleaned up yet and it's time to cook dinner.
There were still two little wild boars left in the pigsty, and they were a little bigger than when they were first caught.
Zhou Guo looked at the big one and caught it. His uncle was leaving tomorrow, so he had to have a good meal before he left. Roast suckling pig was one of the most delicious dishes their family had ever eaten, so he had to have a good meal before he left.
Although Zhou Suli had eaten roast suckling pig before, it was leftover from the second meal. Naturally, the flavor was not as good as if it had been freshly cooked, and the aroma had also largely dissipated.
The shiny pig skin was sizzling with oil, and a unique aroma filled the yard, which was even more fragrant than barbecued meat.
The aroma was so fragrant that Zhou Su could not even walk. He squatted beside Zhou Guo without moving an inch, snorting from time to time, with his eyes almost glued to him.
Seeing him looking at it eagerly, Zhou Guo took out a dagger, cut off a piece, blew on it, and handed it to him, saying, "Here, taste it to see if there is any salt."
Zhou Su looked at her with sparkling eyes, then obediently opened his mouth and ate, nodding as he ate. "It's delicious, so delicious, the best thing in the world!"
Zhou Guo smiled and patted his head, "Then you should eat more later."
Zhou Su shook his head. "No, my uncle is leaving soon. There aren't that many good foods outside. Let him eat more. He's so pitiful outside. There's nothing to eat."
Zhou Guo sighed inwardly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my uncle is old enough, he won't let himself go hungry. Besides, he is going to be a soldier, not a beggar, he won't go hungry."
At most, the food won’t be good, and maybe even not enough. When you think about it, it’s a bit pitiful.
A roasted suckling pig, a pot of bone stew with pine mushrooms, and a large bowl of stir-fried Yongcai was Zhou Dacang's last dinner before leaving home.
He smiled and said, "It's really sumptuous. In the past, we only cooked two dishes for each meal, one meat and one vegetable. Tonight we also had a bone soup. This meal must be delicious. I don't know when I will have it again."
Everyone felt uncomfortable after hearing what he said.
Zhou Guo said, "No more talking. Let's eat quickly. I've been stewing this soup for more than half an hour. It smells really good. The roast suckling pig is still steaming. It's better to eat it while it's hot."
Zhou Guo took the dagger and put the slices into the big bowl one by one, and everyone picked up some and put them into Zhou Dacang's bowl.
"Uncle, eat more. You won't be able to eat it if you go outside."
"Yes, I don't know how long it will take for you to eat it next time. This bowl is all yours. And this bone stewed with pine mushrooms. Eat more pine mushrooms. They used to be your favorite."