The sugar beets from five mu of land made a huge pile in the yard.
These sugar beets still needed processing afterward: the remaining mud had to be shaved off with a knife, and the roots chopped clean.
Of course, if they were for the pigs, the job could be done more roughly. If the family wanted to boil them down into syrup, they needed to be cleaned carefully.
When Li Long returned to the yard, he saw a huge pile of sugar beets. There were still unfinished bones in the pot on the outdoor stove, covered with a lid and giving off a delicious smell.
Some bones had been tossed into a corner by the wall, and a stack of bowls sat on the table under the shed. His sister-in-law, Liang Yuemei, was washing plates. When she saw Li Long return, she asked with a smile:
"Back, Xiao Long? Have you eaten?"
"No, but I'm not hungry. I'll drop off this meat, then take Fawn over to the stable," Li Long explained. "These are the stomachs and intestines from the wild boar and the wolf, along with the meat from a little wild boar. Could you take care of them, Sister-in-law?"
"Sure." Liang Yuemei was full of gratitude toward Li Long at that moment. If he hadn't hurried back to get help yesterday, her parents and brothers would have come off worse.
Li Long unloaded the meat and offal, then put some into another sack to take to Uncle Lao Luo.
He rode to Old Ma's Place, but Uncle Lao Luo wasn't there. Li Long guessed he had gone to gather grass. The wild boars would have to be slaughtered in winter, but the roe deer was going to be kept. Uncle Lao Luo had said earlier that he