After dawn, there would occasionally be a few muffled claps of thunder in the sky, but it would always be dry thunder without rain. Everyone would be happy for nothing.
More than half of the water in Li Yu's family's reservoir had been used up. Liu Changmin and Xiao An drove the ox cart and began to go to the river to draw water home to pour it into the reservoir.
Some of the villagers emulated Li Yu's family and began to dig a pond to store water they fetched from the river. Some began to pour water into the rice fields to prepare for the planting of grains in April.
Li Yu invited Butcher He to come to the house to kill the two pigs. The streaky pork was cut into small cubes and marinated with large ingredients. Then, it was fried with plate oil and a small amount of rapeseed oil. The oil and meat were stored in jars and sealed.
The ribs and lean meat were marinated, steamed, and roasted into jerky for storage.
