Chapter 49: Pork
Hu Dingshi smiled sheepishly, "It's not that I'm a little hungry, but I get up early in the morning to eat, and I don't do any work, and I always feel bad." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"That's what there is! In the first few months, I suddenly wanted to eat this and that, and then I was hungry after eating, and I was hungry after eating, this is normal!" Hu Zhangshi said, "You sit in the house for a while, the first three months are the most careful time, especially your first child, you go into the house to rest, isn't this just a small piano, you don't have to work!"
With Hu Zhang's words, Hu Ding said a few more polite words, and finally returned to the house.
Li Qin hooked the corners of his mouth, and always felt that this Hu Ding clan was really the smartest person in the family. When Hu Jin'er yelled at her just now, she had already woken Hu Cui'er up. Later, the two sisters quarreled for a while, but they couldn't keep their voices open at all, and Hu Zhangshi was not a child like Hu Zhong, so she had no heart and lungs when she fell asleep, how could she not wake up? Of course, maybe this is the case with a daughter-in-law, otherwise it won't please anyone to come out and help. It's a shame that Hu Jin'er flattered her so much, and she didn't get a fair word from her.
However, Li Qin also knew that his opportunity might come again.
Sure enough, when I finished plucking the chicken feathers and cleaned up all the vegetables I had just picked back, the big bones were almost cooked.
The Hu family is not short of game to eat, and even many families in this village are not too unfamiliar with game. Xiangyang County is located in the mountainous area of Beifang, although the farmers in the village are not as good as the hunters in the mountains can hunt at will, but they can also catch some rabbits, hedgehogs, snakes and other small animals within the range of activities near the mountains, and occasionally open meat, without spending any money.
But this pork is different.
In the absence of war, the life of the people of Xiangyang County is still relatively good, but this is also based on the fact that the taxes paid are relatively less than those in the Central Plains area, and they can be considered self-sufficient in life. But it's a bit difficult to say how much you can have in balance.
Most farmers in Xiangyang County raise pigs. But the pigs have no extra grain and swill to feed, and when there is more, they still have to go to the pigweed. And at the turn of summer and autumn, while the pigweed has not turned yellow, almost every family has to go out to collect pigweed, to beat as much as possible, and then put it in the cellar or put it in the vat, and then bury the vat under the ground to ensure that the pigs continue to feed in winter. Therefore, ordinary pigs often have to be raised for two years to reach about 200 catties, and only three years to reach 300 catties, and at this time, they can be killed after the first day of the winter month, when the meat can be naturally frozen.
Pigs are wealth, so even if they are slaughtered, they can't be eaten casually. It is often the case that you keep a little less at home, and you still have to go out to sell more. Selling a pig can almost make a good life for several years, and even saying that if you sell a few pigs, you can save money to marry a daughter-in-law for your son.
When people encounter weddings and funerals, it is already very good to be able to find a familiar hunter to get some wild boar. If the conditions are really good, there will be serious pork. On the premise of ensuring that there is a lot of game, the Hu family also has chicken and pork, which is very rare.
Pork has a softer and richer aroma than wild boar, filling the whole room with the smell of meat, and even the puppy outside ran to the door, stretched out his tongue, and kept pacing. Rhubarb and Erhuang are quite calm, but they are still drooling from time to time when they are tied under the bud rice warehouse.
The pork is too tempting, even if Hu Ding's is reserved, he can't pretend to be able to do it at this time, so without waiting for Hu Zhang's to call her, she went out of the house, stood at the door of the house, and chatted with Hu Zhang's with each other.
Hu Zhong is different. The quarrel just now didn't wake him up, but the aroma of pork woke him up at this moment, and when he opened his eyes, he shouted: "Mother, is the pork ready?"
"Wait a while," Hu Zhangshi looked at Hu Zhong, who had just finished speaking, and ran to the outhouse without even wearing shoes, and dotingly stroked his messy hair, and said, "I'll give you food when it's out of the pot in a while! Look at you in a hurry, go back and put your shoes on! Let your eldest sister help you comb your hair in a while, and then wash your face, and it's almost time to eat." ”
"Ah, but I want to eat it now!" Hu Zhong disagreed.
"This kid!" Hu Zhangshi shook his head, opened the pot, took out a large bone with the fence, soaked his hand again, quickly tore off a piece of the bone, blew it on the side of his mouth, and stuffed it into Hu Zhong's mouth. "Good, go ahead!"
Hu Zhong ate the meat, chewed it heavily, and went into the house with satisfaction, looking for Hu Cuier to comb her hair.
"Boom. ”
Li Qin was doing his work, and when he heard the voice, he immediately raised his head, and happened to see Hu Dingshi swallowing a large mouthful of saliva.
A child can still play tricks and want to eat meat, how can she be embarrassed as an adult? So even if she swallows her saliva when she is greedy, she still has to hold on to a smile and chat with Hu Zhang's family.
Hu Zhangshi took the chopsticks and poked the bones one by one, and finally the one with the most tender and cooked bones (backbones) was the most tender and thorough, so he quickly fished it into the clay pot, dipped his hands in cold water, and quickly tore down the bones and flesh, and after a while, the meat on the bones was almost torn, and then the bones that did not have much meat continued to be thrown into the pot to cook.
The garlic was patted before, and Hu Zhangshi chopped it into pieces, as if it had been pounded out of a mortar, and then took out a small jar of soy sauce from the innermost part of the cupboard, carefully took out two spoonfuls with a spoon, and put it on a small plate with minced garlic. When you stir it gently, the soy sauce and garlic combine perfectly and become slightly viscous.
At this time, Hu Jin'er's breakfast was also ready. Boiled sorghum rice is washed with cold water to become sorghum rice. Sorghum rice is rough and stretches the throat, and after being made into water and rice, the volume will swell a little, which is more satiety, and it is also easier to swallow. The dishes are freshly picked beans for the stew of salted bacon brought by Fiji, pickles with radish and tassels, and a pot of cabbage soup. And Hu Ding's is still a white porridge specially made in a casserole.
Li Qin helped bring everything to the table, and Hu Zhang personally brought a small plate of torn meat.
Hu Dashan led Yu Fei to the neighbor's house to borrow tables, chairs and benches, and just came back. Because they had to entertain and there were not enough things at home, the two went out to borrow a kang table, a floor table, and four long benches. The two of them moved twice, and they just finished moving.
Hu Yuan went early in the morning to invite the village chief and cousins who wanted to accompany him, and informed them that they would have lunch at noon, and if they could, they should come early, don't wait for the in-laws to come, it would be rude for them to come again.