In the evening, Zhang Xiaohua finally got to eat the rabbit meat he had been craving, but it was not braised as he had imagined. Although born into poverty and having helped with household chores from a young age, Zhang Xiaohua was a boy and mostly worked in the fields. He was not familiar with the finer points of cooking, and his only experience with it was fetching spring water for the kitchen stove at home.
Nevertheless, he decided to give it a try. He peeled off the rabbit's skin and cleaned it in the same way his father did with chickens. He then put the rabbit in a pot to boil. Although he didn't use any seasonings, the aroma was still enticing. Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help salivating as he looked forward to eating it.
