Chapter 574: The Smoked Chicken That I Can’t Forget

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After Zuo Mingdong and the others had left, Du Yue and the other two turned around and walked toward the RV. Xia Ju was in the lead, walking hurriedly. As soon as she entered the RV, she ran toward the smoked chicken. Du Yue could not help but tease her when she saw that her eyes were shining as she stared at the smoked chicken. “Are you staring at it? You’re almost staring holes into the smoked chicken.”

Xia Ju swallowed and said to Du Yue, “I’m studying the best way to eat to eat it?”

Du Yue laughed. “Have you figured it out?”

Xia Ju let out a long sigh. “If I had figured it out, the chicken would be in the pot long ago. How could it still be here?”

Looking at Xia Ju’s distressed expression, Du Yue felt both amused and helpless. “Then don’t stare at it. I’ll make it for you when I’m free.”

“Really?” Xia Ju stood up with a whoosh and shook Du Yue’s arm excitedly.

“Actually, it’s quite simple to prepare this kind of smoked chicken. You can heat it up and mix it with coriander, millet, and pepper. You can also tear it into strips and stir-fry it with onions and pepper. As long as the chicken tastes good, it’s delicious even if it’s steamed and eaten directly. We can try every method and see which one we like better.” Du Yue’s words made Xia Ju hungry!

Therefore, the three of them had steamed smoked chicken for lunch that day. The cooking method of smoked chicken was similar to that of cured meat. Just as Du Yue had said before, as long as the meat quality of the chicken was good, it would be delicious no matter how it was cooked.

As it had been steamed for a long time, the chicken meat was completely soft. They picked it up with their chopsticks, and the chicken bones fell off just like that. As it had been smoked, it had a special fruity fragrance. The meat was also very tight and chewy. With the seasoning that Du Yue had specially prepared, every bite tasted different. Each chicken was not small, but the three of them quickly finished the food on the table. After eating, Xia Ju wiped her mouth with a tissue and said, “I’ve decided. I’ll definitely do a good job at raising chickens in the future and strive to eat chicken every day!”

Du Yue looked at Xia Ju and felt that she was already restraining herself. If Xia Ju had truly let herself go, she might want to eat chicken three times a day! Seeing that Du Yue and He Xing did not react for a long time, Xia Ju asked again, “Why aren’t you guys saying anything?”

Du Yue came back to her senses. “Alright, we can raise as many as we want. We have plenty of time anyway!” Before they left the first base, they had prepared a lot of feed for raising chickens. They had normal feed, but they did not have worms.

The area outside the first base was full of bugs. They could catch as many bugs as they wanted, but they did not have time to catch them themselves. Therefore, they asked Zuo Mingdong to help them exchange other things for a lot of bugs. There were indeed quite a number of bugs. Even if Xia Ju wanted to raise dozens of chickens, it would not be a problem.

Xia Ju had always been a person who would do whatever she said. The next day, she began to prepare in a hurry. All the eggs laid by the hens during this period of time, except for the last nest of chicks, were taken out from the nest by them. Now that they had decided to raise more chickens, they naturally would not take eggs anymore.

In addition to keeping the eggs, they also had to make another chicken coop for the new chicks in the future. There was an empty space next to the existing chicken coop. As long as they cleaned the dust a little, it would not be a problem to make another chicken coop. What people feared the most was being idle. When they were busy, they would not feel bored.

The three of them built the chicken coop; He Xing studied the new car; Xia Ju developed various medicines for the poultry; and Du Yue was responsible for the food and drink of all the animals. The three of them were busy with their own work every day, so they did not even feel the passage of time. It was already a week later when they finished building the chicken coop.

The last time Zuo Mingdong came to borrow something, he brought seven smoked chickens, which was the rent for seven days of drilling equipment. It was almost the appointed time, but Zuo Mingdong had not brought the drilling equipment over yet. Du Yue and the other two did not care about when the well-drilling equipment would be sent back. They only cared about when Zuo Mingdong would send them the smoked chickens..