nucmednet Chapter 244 Competition
Chapter 244 Competition
Seeing that everyone agreed with his suggestion, Chen Yan showed a happy smile on his face.
"Chen Yan, how do you think we should select people? Should we hold a meat jerky making competition?"
Chen Damazi's mother shouted with an eager look on her face.
She makes dried meat quickly and well, so she booked the workshop. This way, the family can have an extra income, which makes her happy just thinking about it.
"Fellow villagers, making meat jerky requires several steps. I suggest that we divide it into three groups. The first group will compete in butchering skills to see who can kill and clean chickens, ducks, pigs or prey quickly; the second group will compete in cutting meat to see who can cut meat quickly and cut the meat strips evenly; the third group will compete in baking meat jerky to see who can control the fire just right and make the meat jerky with the right hardness and softness."
When the villagers were discussing just now, Chen Yan had already thought about all this, and now he expressed it in a very organized manner.
After hearing what Chen Yan said, the eyes of Chen Fugui and other butchers who were good at butchering lit up instantly. The village head's wife and others who were not good at controlling the heat but had excellent knife skills were also very happy. They thought there was no share for them, but now it seems that they can also compete with everyone else and fight for the quota to work.
Lin Xi looked at Chen Yan, who was full of confidence, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that her friends were slowly beginning to have their own shining points, which was great!
Seeing that the villagers were getting impatient, the village chief said with a smile: "We just retrieved the prey from the trap, how about we have a competition today?"
Everyone agreed.
So, in the following period of time, the village chief asked those who wanted to sign up for the competition to register with Chen Yan, and also had someone move over a dozen square tables based on the number of people who registered, each with a large chopping board on it.
After preparing all these, we picked out a dozen roe deer from the prey everyone received today, and everything was ready.
The first competition was slaughtering prey.
The village chief looked at the dozen or so strong men standing in front of the square table and asked loudly, "Fellow villagers, are you ready?"
A dozen people raised their knives and responded in unison: "Ready!"
Seeing this, the village chief rang the bell vigorously and shouted: "The competition begins. When the slaughter is completed, raise your hands to signal!"
Hearing the bell, more than a dozen men started working with their knives, and the wives and children of each family gathered around the rice field to cheer them on!
The scene was very hot!
Lin Xi quickly climbed up a big tree next to the rice field, sat between the branches, and stretched his neck to watch the fun.
At this time, Yuanyuan and Daya came under the tree with a small basket. They climbed up the tree effortlessly and sat between the branches with Lin Xi.
Yuanyuan grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the basket, handed them to Lin Xi, and said with a sweet smile: "Sister Lin Xi, here, eat some melon seeds! These are fried by Sister Daya, they are delicious! Here are some peanuts I fried, Sister Lin Xi, take them yourself when you are done!"
Lin Xi took the melon seeds, pinched her round red cheeks, looked at Daya and Yuanyuan and said with a smile: "Sister Daya, Yuanyuan, I was just thinking that it would be great if I could have some melon seeds to crack while watching the fun, but I didn't expect you two to bring them to me. You two really understand me, Sister Daya and Yuanyuan!"
Daya grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the basket and laughed as she ate them: "Of course, we've been together for such a long time, how could we not know your habits?"
Yuanyuan happily cracked melon seeds and agreed repeatedly: "That's right, that's right, just like what Sister Lin Xi said two days ago, we are the worms in her stomach, we know what Sister Lin Xi is thinking!"
"Haha! Xiao Yuanyuan, don't you think the bugs in my stomach are disgusting now?"
Lin Xi teased Yuanyuan.
Thinking back to two days ago, when she said Yuanyuan was the roundworm in her stomach, little Yuanyuan pouted and asked her why she said she was that disgusting worm? Thinking back to the expression on her face at that time, Lin Xi found it funny!
Yuanyuan stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly, chuckled twice and said, "Sister Lin Xi, I didn't know what that meant at the time!"
Lin Xi and Daya looked at Yuanyuan's cute little appearance and burst out laughing, then reached out and pinched her little face.
Yuanyuan held her face in her hands and protested, "Oh! Sister Daya, Sister Lin Xi, please stop pinching my face. I feel like my face is getting rounder and rounder!"
"Isn't it better to be round? How cute!"
"Yes, it's round, pink and tender, and makes people want to pinch it!"
After Lin Xi and Daya finished talking, they couldn’t help but stretch out their “claws” towards Yuanyuan’s red face, causing Yuanyuan to protest repeatedly!
"Hey, Sister Lin Xi, Sister Daya, please stop teasing me! Look, Uncle Fugui is so good, he has already prepared the roe deer skin and bones and put them aside in such a short time!"
When Lin Xi and Daya heard what Yuanyuan said, they looked in the direction she pointed and saw that Chen Fugui was almost done slaughtering the roe deer!
Daya was very proud to see how powerful her father was!
The three of them sat among the branches, eating melon seeds and peanuts, and occasionally pointing at the people who were competing in the middle of the rice field and discussing them.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Chen Fugui washed the slaughtered roe deer meat and raised his hand first!
Seeing this, Chen Yan lowered his head and wrote a "one" behind Chen Fugui's name on the paper.
"Dad, you've worked hard. Come, let me rub your arms!"
Chen Fugui's wife was very happy to see that her man was the first to finish. She walked to him, grabbed his arm, and wanted to give him a massage.
Chen Fugui blushed, pulled back his arm, and said embarrassedly: "Mother, I'm not tired, there are so many people watching!"
When the villagers saw Chen Fugui's face turn red, they all burst into laughter and said, "Hey! Fugui, your sister-in-law is worried about you, why are you embarrassed?"
"That's right, that's right, everyone knows that you two have a great relationship!"
Hearing everyone's teasing, Chen Fugui felt even more embarrassed.
Chen Fugui's wife said loudly: "Everyone is right. There is nothing to be ashamed of loving your man. Who doesn't envy the folks in our Linshan Village? Every household is harmonious and there has never been a case of a wife running away or a man beating his wife. The men in the village know how to love their wives, and the wives also know how to understand and love their men. People from other villages must be so envious!"
After hearing what Chen Fugui's wife said, everyone agreed.
"That's right. Two days ago, when I went back to my parents' home, my cousin asked me if there were any boys in our village who were looking for marriage. He was eager to marry his daughter to our village!"
"Yes, it's the same when I go back to Sunjia Village. My mother's family always asks about the boys in our village!"
"Haha! It seems that boys in our village have become popular!"
"Not only boys, but girls are also sought after by many people. They say that the girls in our village are all hardworking and capable, can read, and have good family education!"
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Everyone's topic instantly revolved around the children in the village, and everyone looked proud when talking about their own children.