Thirty-Eight Snake Soup

Shen Jiao's heart moved when she saw the big snake. When she was in exile, her fourth uncle also caught the snake to eat. At first, she was a little scared, but then she was hungry, so she ate it too. Only after eating did she realize that the snake meat was so delicious. Not as bad as beef and mutton.

The first few children shouted that they were going to roast the snake. Shen Jiao's mind moved, she walked over and said, "Can I exchange something for this snake with you?"

The boy who caught the snake looked at Shen Jiao with a blushing face and asked, "What do you get in exchange?"

Shen Jiao thought for a while and said, "Can you make it with the sugar just now?"

The boy agreed without even thinking about it. There are some things on Snake Mountain. You can grab it anytime you want. Candy is not something you can eat every day. How much sugar?"

Shen Jiao didn't know how much to exchange, but when she was hesitating, Ma Hongqi came over, took the snake from the boy's hand and twisted it, and said, "Your snake is only three pounds at most, and the snake meat is worthless, so exchange it for one. Candy, you cheap dog!"

Gouwa was about the same age as Shen Jiao. He had no idea about a pound, but he was convinced of Ma Hongqi. He immediately agreed when he heard that he was taking advantage of it. His sister next to him seemed a little unhappy, but he also dare not say anything.

Of course Shen Jiao had no objection, and said to the sister and brother, "Come with me to get candy at home, I don't have so much candy on me."

"It's done!" Gouwa nodded excitedly, grabbed the big snake on the ground and was about to drive away.

"Wait, take the Chai He back for Jiaojiao first, and eat the sugar for nothing!" Ma Hongqi shouted.

The other children smiled and carried bundles of firewood on their backs. You squeezed me and I squeezed you down the mountain. These children piled firewood at the door of Shen's house, and they turned it into a small mountain of firewood.

Shen Jiao didn't dare to give any more candy to these children, she couldn't let others think she had a lot of candy on her body, it would cause constant trouble.

Gouwa's sister Maodan rushed to Shen Jiao for candy, Shen Jiao opened a big bag, took out a paper packet of fruit candy, and handed it over, "It's about a pound or so here, all my candy is here."

Cat Dan took the paper bag and twisted it, nodded with satisfaction, and took the dog back home.

Shen Jiao stopped the Ma Hongqi brothers and sisters who were going to go home, took a few biscuits from the big bag and stuffed them into Orchid's pocket, and said with a smile, "The biscuits are for Sister Orchid!"

Ma Hongqi didn't refuse either. After thinking about it, she asked Shen Jiao for a knife and said she wanted to cut a snake for her. Of course Shen Jiao couldn't ask for it. She gave him an ordinary dagger. She loves knives the most. If she knew that she had a treasured knife that slashed iron like mud, she would be in trouble!

Ma Hongqi's movements were very neat, grabbing the seven inches of the snake and swiping it on the snake's belly, and then gently picking it up, the snake's gallbladder was picked out, Shen Jiao hurriedly said: "The snake's gallbladder is the most eye-catching, brother Hongqi, you are about to swallow it. Bar!"

"You don't want to?" Ma Hongqi asked.

Shen Jiao shook her head, Ma Hongqi swallowed the guts of the snake in one bite, then cut the snake's head with a knife, tore it down with both hands, and let him peel off the whole snake's skin, revealing the white body, still twisting and twisting. twisted.

Ma Hongqi removed the internal organs repeatedly and put the snake on the stove: "Okay, you can cook the soup after washing it."

"Thank you, Brother Hongqi." Shen Jiao said gratefully.

Ma Hongqi touched the back of his head and asked a little embarrassedly, "Do you want that skin?"

Shen Jiao was stunned for a while, but quickly reacted: "No, I'm still thinking of throwing it away. Brother Hongqi, take it if you want!"

Ma Hongqi picked up the snake skin unceremoniously. Grandpa's erhu skin was not very good, so he took it back and replaced it.

After sending off the Ma Hongqi brothers and sisters, Shen Jiao started to stew the snake soup. Now she is starting to stew. When her grandfather gets off work, she can just drink the hot snake soup, which is nutritious and relieves fatigue.

When the sun was just in the sky, Shen Jiaxing came back with a tired face. He came back alone. Gu Chen and Zhao Si went to the cafeteria.

The rations have not been distributed these days, and everyone is eating in the cafeteria.

"Is Grandpa tired? Let me beat your back for you!" Shen Jiao said distressedly.

Shen Jiaxing cheered up and smiled: "I'm not tired, it's almost like sweeping the streets. Grandpa is not tired at all."

Shen Jiao didn't expose his lies, but found a needle, scalded it in the fire, and stirred up blood blisters for Shen Jiaxing. There were bright blood blisters all over Shen Jiaxing's mouth and palms.

It took only one morning to grind so many blood blisters, so one can imagine how tiring the work on the farm is!

The hot tears dripped onto Shen Jiaxing's hands, dripping into the punctured blood blisters, stabbing pains, and Shen Jiaxing couldn't take it anymore, and hugged Shen Jiao to comfort her: "Jiaojiao don't cry, life is really not tiring. , Grandpa just did less work in the past, he will get used to it after a few more days of work, don't worry, ah!"

Shen Jiao nodded and wiped away her tears. She couldn't help grandpa now, but she couldn't let grandpa worry anymore.

"Grandpa, do you smell the fragrance?" Shen Jiao asked deliberately.

Shen Jiaxing took a deep breath, the strong aroma of meat made his whole body less tired, and asked in surprise, "Jiaojiao stewed meat?"

Shen Jiao nodded first, then shook her head again. She walked to the stove and lifted the lid of the pot for Shen Jiaxing to see. At this time, the snake soup had turned milky white, and rolled into a white chrysanthemum in the pot, and the fragrance was even stronger. A bit thicker.

"Snake soup? Where did Jiaojiao get the snake?" Shen Jiaxing was even more surprised.

"I exchanged a packet of fruit candy with someone else." Shen Jiao shook her head proudly, begging for praise.

"Jiaojiao is amazing!" Shen Jiaxing praised her generously and gave Shen Jiao a thumbs up.

"Uncle Shen, I brought your lunch back for you." Gu Chen's voice sounded outside the door.

"Come in quickly, let Zhao Si and Wenliang come in together." Shen Jiaxing shouted.

If it wasn't for the three of them taking care of his old bones in the morning, he really couldn't stand it!

It turned out that the morning was digging earth, and the four of them supplied a carriage. They were in a group with Ma Xixi. This guy works very fast. He can pull three times when others pull it, so the four of them are very difficult. If it weren't for Zhao The three of them took on most of the labor, how could he keep up!

"Uncle Shen, are you going to invite us to eat meat buns again?"

Gu Chen opened the door with a smile and walked in. After a morning of work, this rich boy from the sea market has completely turned into a working person. The fatigue on his face is not much less than that of Shen Jiaxing, but he is still young and can still hold on.

"There are no meat buns, but there is meat soup. Hurry and sit down and drink the soup together!" Shen Jiaxing said with a smile.

Shen Jiao had already filled four bowls of the snake soup and brought them over, the milky and hot meat soup made everyone's eyes bright, and her spirits were instantly lifted, Gu Chen said in shock, "This looks like fish soup, Shen Uncle, you don't even bring fish, do you? No, no, if you did bring fish, it would stink after a week."

Shen Jiao smiled and said, "It's snake soup. I exchanged a pound of candy with the children here in the morning."

Gu Chen gave Shen Jiao a thumbs up, and drank it rudely. He drank the hot soup in one gulp, and he couldn't help groaning so comfortably, and the fatigue from work was much relieved.