Chapter 339: Preparing for the New Year
It's snowing again.
Before you know it, the days are approaching the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the smell of the year is getting stronger.
The Sancai Great Array can block the cold and heat, and it can withstand the fierce beasts and vicious enemies, but it can't stop the snowflakes falling in the sky.
The snow is already deep in the lodge.
Shen Mo was wearing a thin autumn coat, standing in the courtyard but not feeling cold at all.
The bamboo forest is still verdant, obviously the wind and snow are still helpless to those Xiangfei bamboos born by wishful fairy spirit, Ah Bao is holding a puff of emerald green bamboo leaves, smiling flatteringly at the lightning.
The little wolf girl ran around the forest like Erha, and the heavy snow around her seemed to unlock her excitement genes. It's just that her head always hits the bamboo pole when she runs, making a loud "bang" sound, but she herself is unaware of it, and she still has fun in the snow, losing the face of the werewolf family.
Father Tang was clearing the snow, looked at this scene with a smile, and said: "The New Year is coming soon, when the snow is smaller, I will go down the mountain to buy some New Year's goods and buy some meat to make bacon." ”
In Hunan Province, every household has to make bacon for the New Year, which has become a tradition.
Shen Mo remembered the bacon he had been eating when he was a child, and suddenly his heart moved, those hares and wild boars in the cave sky, not to mention the fat heads and big ears, the flesh and blood were still full of aura, why did the family go to the mountain to buy those ordinary meats?
Thinking of this, Shen Mo once again entered the cave.
Next to the bamboo forest, the Tang family and the Shen family have gathered, and even the three major pets have come, but the silence is missing.
In the days when Shen Mo was away, Bai Ping was the supreme head of the family. She thought for a moment and said, "I called everyone here today to ask how I should spend this year?"
"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, this is our first year in the villa, what ideas can be freely spoken. ”
Tang Weiwei thought for a while and said, "For the New Year, of course, it is to buy New Year's goods, make bacon, paste Spring Festival couplets, and eat dumplings." ”
After speaking, she kicked Ah Bao, who was lying at her feet, and said, "Ah Bao, the dumplings I made are delicious, you have to eat more when the time comes." ”
Ah Bao turned over and used his ass to express his disdain, and the angry Tang Weiwei raised her foot and wanted to kick it, but she was reluctant, so she had to scold fiercely: "You stinky bear!"
Po doesn't stink, in fact, even if it's a latrine, if you have to be forcibly pulled into the bathroom several times a day, it won't stink.
But Ah Bao felt that the meat was very smelly and unpalatable, and the little wolf girl liked it, every time it saw the little wolf girl eating meat, it felt like seeing a dog eating.
Although pandas are omnivores, that obviously does not include Po.
Their family has lived in the blessed land of Junshan for 2,000 years, and they have long been accustomed to the delicious Xiangfei bamboo, so they are very disgusted with meat.
Everyone looked at Bao's round white buttocks and couldn't help laughing.
Tang Mu nodded and said, "Since this is the case, let's prepare separately." Weiwei and your dad went to buy New Year's goods, and Weiwei's mother and I pickled bacon and made dumplings together at night. ”
Everyone was about to take action, but they heard a silent voice in the distance:
"No need to go down, I brought the better. ”
Everyone followed the prestige and saw Shen Mo walking in front of him in light clothes, followed slowly by a large sea turtle. On the back of the turtle, there are piles of wild pigs, sheep and rabbits, although they are dead, there is no trace of injury or blood, as if they are asleep.
Shen Mo picked up a huge hare, threw it into the air, and shouted, "Lightning, go on." ”
An eagle shadow roared, grabbed the hare, let out a high chirp, spread its wings, and disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye.
The little wolf girl ran in a very standard Erha posture, and because of the large range of movements, she fell into the snow. Then it rolled around in the snow on a donkey, nodding and running to the eyes of Shen Mo, its tongue sticking out.
"You want it too?"
Shen Mo's face was weird, and he turned around and found a small bird on the turtle's back and threw it out.
Shen Mo threw it not high, only a little taller than the height of the little wolf girl. The little wolf girl's front paws sank deep into the snow, looking up and watching.
In the next second, the little wolf girl jumped up, her head raised high, like a straight arrow, shooting towards the prey in the air.
"Bang!"
Biting ...... Oh no, it didn't bite, it was the sound of the prey smashing into the face.
The little wolf girl was smashed to the ground and was a little blind.
The audience burst into laughter.
Ah Bao hugged his bamboo, muttered a sentence in his mouth, probably "hit the street", "stupid death" or something like that, and continued to gnaw on his bamboo leaves slowly.
The little wolf girl was very hurt, and after letting out a wolf howl, she left with her prey and her tail in her mouth.
After the farce, everyone gathered around and marveled at the prey on the back of the turtle.
"That's so much, enough to eat until the next year. ”
The silent mother grabbed a pheasant, her eyes full of joy. In these years, many people like to eat wild meat, but most of the game is raised in captivity, which is not the original taste.
And the pheasant that Shen's mother sees now has bright feathers all over his body, and the longest feather on his tail is one foot long, which is as bright as a peacock feather.
Such pheasants cannot be raised in captivity!
With the help of his daughter, Tang's father lifted a goat, walked towards the kitchen, and muttered: "This sheep is enough for us to have a fat year, and the rest will be made into bacon, and the relatives will take it with us after the year." It's pure wild meat, and it's better than any gift. ”
Tang Weiwei carried the goat's two hind legs and walked forward with a relaxed face. Although the exercises she cultivates are not focused on strength, it is completely easy and enjoyable to say that lifting a goat or something.
Tang's father actually realized the changes in his daughter a long time ago, and he felt that he was taught by Shen Mo, but he was a smart person and did not break it. As long as his daughter is good, he, as a father, will only feel gratified.
Soon, everyone began to work together.
Tang's father was responsible for peeling and removing the meat, while Shen's mother and Tang Weiwei were preparing accessories for the next production.
In Hunan Province, there are six processes for making bacon, namely: cutting strips, ingredients, pickling, washing salt, drying and smoking.
After six processes, the bacon with good color, flavor and shape has been successfully developed, and the bacon has the characteristics of not being bad for a long time, and it will not deteriorate after dog days.
Shen Mo was also asked for an errand, which was to cut meat. The reason is that he has good swordsmanship and is able to cut meat into very even strips, which is important for the good shape of bacon after it is made.
As a result, Shen Mo became a meat cutter, and Qingmangjian became a kitchen knife, busy in the kitchen.
One of the characteristics of silent meat cutting is that it does not use a cutting board. In fact, with the sharpness of Qingmang, even the board made of stainless steel can't block all the power of Qingmang.
Therefore, the silent way of cutting meat has become the only one in the world. He sat on a chair made of Xiangfei bamboo, leisurely drinking the newly fried bamboo tea of Tang's father, and the green mangs swirled gently above his head.
Next to him, Po looked reluctant, but under the silent burst, he had to throw the large pieces of meat in the kitchen into the air again and again.
Then the green light shoots out, flashing back and forth around the meat piece several times, and when the meat piece falls, it is divided into uniform strip shapes.