The next day, Xiao Mu got up very late, and it was already noon.

As soon as he came out of the room, he saw that Wan Rong was still lying in place and sleeping, Xiao Mu didn't look at it, glanced at it and hurriedly walked out.

And Zhang Laohan and Lao Fu had already gotten up and began to busily take care of the messy kitchen and prepare hanging meat.

Xiao Mu looked at the busy old man, and there didn't seem to be anything unusual, which was good.

The old man said: "Go and wash, get ready to eat, and fill the sausages with us in the afternoon."

Xiao Mu seemed to be a lot more obedient, and as soon as the old man finished speaking, he went to brush his teeth and wash his face.

During the meal, Xiao Mu asked Zhang Laohan if he wanted to ask Wan Rong to get up and eat together, Zhang Laohan said: "No need, let him sleep more, he will get nervous after drinking some wine, he can't work hard, and he has a temper tantrum in his face." ”

The old man kept serving Xiao Mu vegetables, and said: "Ah, if you pay too much attention to what your uncle says, he just goes crazy after drinking too much, usually you should be more diligent and fast, just listen to some words." ”

Xiao Mu pursed her lips and nodded.

But there is one thing that Xiao Mu has always been unable to understand, that is, why did the old man do that last night?

Zhang Laohan looked at Xiao Mu, who was meditating, thinking that he was thinking about what Wan Rong said last night, so he said: "Don't worry, I won't send you back, as long as me and your grandmother are still alive, and you are not yet an adult, I will definitely raise you as an adult." ”

Xiao Mu was shocked, he didn't think about it at this time, and he only remembered this matter when Zhang Laohan brought it up.

However, accustomed to being in Zhang Laohan's house, the concept of parents gradually erased from Xiao Mu's mind, and more of them were grandparents, if it weren't for the fact that parents were often mentioned in life, maybe Xiao Mu would have forgotten about it.

Rice roar, Xiao Mu helped the old man wash the dishes, and began to prepare to fill the sausage, the sausage does not need to be washed, it has been washed by the old man before.

Zhang Laohan took out the tofu he had bought in advance from the hall, rinsed it with water, smashed it on a dustpan, and then sprinkled the minced pork on the tofu.

Obviously, there is less meat, and you can't even see the meat foam after stirring it evenly.

Then add salt, chili noodles, and other spices to the mixed tofu minc.

The fragrance is very strong, it is not only fragrant, the color is also very good, the white and tender tofu can no longer be seen, what you see is the tofu foam dyed red by chili peppers and spices, if you don't know that it is tofu before, you really can't see what it is.

Then, the old man cleaned up the foam stuck to his hands, turned around and went to get the bamboo tube.

Bamboo. At that time, Nancheng did not have mechanized or more advanced equipment to fill sausages, so they could only use the most primitive way, that is, using a bamboo tube of different size, cutting one section into a diagonal mouth, stuffing 3 to 5 cm into the intestines, and then stuffing tofu into the other end.

The main ingredients for making sausages are tofu, pork, and pork intestines.

If the conditions are not good, put more tofu and less pork, and if the conditions are good, the opposite is true.

However, some people use potatoes at home, and the potatoes are boiled and mashed into mashed potatoes without meat.

There is also a part of blood sausage, but this is basically rare in the small village of Nancheng.

Xiao Mu's main job is to help Zhang Laohan and Lao Fu tie the thread and plate the sausages.

Not to mention, this plate of sausages looks simple, but it is not an easy task for the inexperienced Xiao Mu.

And Zhang Laohan and Lao Fu are very experienced, and they loaded the sausages very quickly, the sausages were like pythons, and they were very silky, and Xiao Mu seemed a little powerless.

The old man stopped the work in his hand and said: "Xiao Mu, look, it's not right for you to be like this, this disk is very slow, you have to guide it according to the reverse, so that it will naturally return to the coil in a circle." ”

After watching the old man's operation, Xiao Mu also drew a scoop based on the gourd, but he didn't expect it to be much easier than before, from being in a hurry to being orderly.

In less than an hour, all the sausages were finished, Xiao Mu got up and stretched his waist, beat it like an adult, and muttered in his mouth: "Ouch, backache!"

Zhang Laohan and Lao Fu carried the sausage to the place where the sun was shining, saying that they would hang it up when the water vapor was a little dry.

After resting for a while, Zhang Laohan asked Xiao Mu to help bring the marinated meat pieces from the house to him.

In many places, pork is salted with edible salt and then dried naturally, and people who love chili peppers will add a little chili noodles, so that it can be preserved for a long time, although it cannot be guaranteed to be completely preserved, but to a large extent it avoids rotting.

But the meat cut by Zhang Laohan is all large and large, although he also wears all the pieces of meat with palm leaves, which is very convenient to lift, but it is still very heavy for Xiao Mu, so he can only lift one piece of meat at a time, which is already his limit.

When encountering a large piece, Xiao Mu had to hold it with both hands, although there would be juice dripping on the sleeves and trouser legs, Xiao Mu was still smiling and happy.

After a few turns, Xiao Mu began to hold on a little, so he said to Zhang Laohan: "Grandpa, can I rest for a while? ”

Zhang Laohan himself was also addicted to smoking, so he smiled and said, "Rest, rest, it just so happens that my addiction to smoking has also come up." ”

"Ahem, cough, cough"

While smoking, Zhang Laohan coughed a few times, perhaps because he smoked too much.

Xiao Mu said very sensibly: "Grandpa, can you smoke less, smoking too much is not good for your health." ”

Zhang Laohan squinted his eyes and said earnestly: "Child, my grandfather's smoking time is too old, smoking is like eating, and you can't quit quitting." ”

At that time, Xiao Mu was very confused, isn't it just smoking, what is there to smoke, if you inhale and spit out, it's over, and you can't quit!

It wasn't until now, when he started smoking himself, that he realized that smoking and quitting smoking were not as simple as he thought at the beginning.

Zhang Laohan extinguished the cigarette, the pipe clattered against the stones, the black smoke droplets fell tricklingly, and he kept blowing into the pipe, blowing out the ash adsorbed in the pipe.

Smoke a thin bamboo from the broom handle, insert it into the cigarette stick, the thin bamboo is full of oily black smoke stains, the smell is incomparable, I heard Zhang Laohan say that it is a good thing, locust allergies can be used to rub, the effect is very good.

Xiao Mu didn't understand why Zhang Laohan did this, so he stared at Zhang Laohan longingly and asked, "Grandpa, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, the pipe will produce smoke stains after smoking for a while, causing clogging, and it will be more laborious to smoke, so clean it regularly, you don't know it, silly boy!"

Xiao Mu couldn't help but show her white teeth and scratched the back of her head.

Zhang Laohan put the pipe into the worn-out laundry detergent bag, and there were still a few tobacco leaves in it, and slowly stood up with his hands on his knees.

"Let's go, keep working, or your grandmother will come to say that our grandfather is lazy again." ”