"Let's get to know the situation first." Jiang Wanbai said, handing the hairpin in her hand back to Tian Lao Er, "The next time you see Yinfeng, return this hairpin to her, just say that I asked you to give it to her." ”

"This ......" Tian Lao Er was a little unsure of Jiang Wanbai's meaning, so he hesitated and didn't dare to take the hairpin.

"Just do what I say." Jiang Wanbai stuffed the hairpin into Tian Lao's second-hand hand, and lowered her head and began to make her seasoning.

Tian Yinfeng's matter could not be solved in a day or two, so Jiang Wanbai was not so anxious.

Tian Lao Er was anxious, but the affairs of the family could not be delayed, so he could only suppress his heart and lead Tian Lao San and Tian Lao Si to build a stove in the courtyard. The day after tomorrow, the bottom of the pot will be burned, and a stove will be busy.

In fact, this stove is also very simple, that is, the shape of the stove is made with yellow mud mixed with wheat straw, and then the iron pot can be put on it when it is formed tomorrow.

But this matter is simple to say, when they finish it, it will be dark, so Tian Yinfeng's matter can only be dragged back.

The next day, the sky was a little gloomy, and it looked like it was going to rain, and early in the morning, Li Butcher came, and Tian Wenhu, who was with him, also came.

Jiang Wanbai hurriedly welcomed the two into the door, and then pointed to Tian Lao Er and the others and asked Li Butcher, "Look, are these few people enough, or should I let the second child call a few more people?" ”

Li Butcher laughed, "Enough is enough, in fact, you don't need so many people at all, two or three people are enough." ”

This made Jiang Wanbai a little strange, "How can such a big cow be used by fewer people than by killing a pig?" ”

When Butcher Li heard this, he put away his smile.

With a light sigh, he said, "How can a pig be compared to a cow!" When killing a pig, the pig didn't know that he was going to die, but he still ran around, shouting and screaming, but when he killed the cow, the cow knew in his heart that he was going to die, but it would not resist.

So, in fact, I'd rather kill a hundred pigs than take on this job of killing cattle and do evil! ”

Li Butcher's words made Jiang Wanbai a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Li Butcher instantly reacted that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly remedied: "This matter in your family is different, this cow is sick like this, killing it will end its pain;."

Auntie, don't you say? ”

He said so, what else could Jiang Wanbai say, and quickly poured water for him, but Li Butcher was an impatient and didn't drink water, so he immediately led people to do the work.

I saw that he asked Tian Wenhu, Tian Lao Er and others to tie up the limbs of the cow with a rope, and then took out a black cloth from his arms and covered the cow's head, and then picked up a cow's ear knife from the side and looked at the cow back and forth.

Jiang Wanbai watched from the side and found that, just like Butcher Li said, this scalper really didn't resist at all from the beginning to the time it was tied up, but the tears in its eyes were flowing more and more, and they all wet the black cloth.

Obviously, Li Butcher also found out about this, sighed lightly, and said to the cow: "Don't blame me, who made you a cow in this life, this is your life." As he spoke, he began to grope his hand around the cow's neck.

After groping for a while, he seemed to have finally found what he was looking for, picked up the bull's ear sharp knife, and stabbed it into the place where he was under him, and with a poof, blood splattered out and splashed on the ground and on the hands of the Li butcher.

The ox trembled and moved slightly, as if struggling to get up, but its limbs were tied, and the blood fell like water into the pot that had been prepared, and it soon lost its strength, shook its head twice, and fell to the ground, and was no longer silent.

So fast, so calm? Jiang Wanbai couldn't believe it, you know, if you kill a pig, the pig will have to scream for a long time, that voice can really be described as a "scream like killing a pig", basically a family kills pigs, and every village knows it.

But now...... Sure enough, it's better to kill less of cattle.

Suddenly, Jiang Wanbai remembered a saying, saying that the cow is actually spiritual, and if you wipe it with its tears on your eyes, you can see things that ordinary people can't see, and you don't know whether it's true or not.

However, it should be believed that there is, otherwise, this Li butcher will not cover the bull's eye with a black cloth, I am afraid that he is also afraid that this cow will take revenge and seek revenge on him in the next life.

Seeing that Jiang Wanbai was shocked, Li Butcher wanted to show off his craft, so he said: "This is my ancestral craft, kill the cow at the point, find the bulge on the cow's neck, and solve the problem with one knife, quickly and without pain, and let the cow suffer a little less." ”

When Jiang Wanbai heard him say this, she naturally wanted to praise him, "It's really a good craft, I was afraid that there would not be enough people just now, but now I look at it, I really don't need so many people, it's enough to have you." ”

Li Butcher smiled and took it, and then said: "The next thing is that we need people, this cow is large and heavy, I need someone to help me peel and remove bones together." So saying, he changed to a lighter knife, and asked a few people to help him, and hoisted the ox, and then began to skin it.

This process was extremely bloody, Jiang Wanbai really wanted to hide in the house, but after peeling the skin, she had to disembowel, and she couldn't get out of the bezoar, at that time, she couldn't help but watch, so she tilted her head a little, while planning what to eat at noon, diverting her attention, while staring at the movement of Li Butcher, for fear of missing something.

And Tian Lao Er and the others obviously had this idea, so they all stared at the belly tightly while helping.

In the nervousness and anxiety of everyone, the skinning was completed, and the Li butcher changed another knife, and with one knife broke the belly of the cow, and the internal organs of the cow fell into the bamboo basket that had been prepared long ago.

At this moment, Tian Lao Er and the others suddenly moved, like crazy rabbits, and the three of them didn't wait for everyone to react, so they hurriedly lifted the bamboo basket, put it on the side of the courtyard, and handed it to the Wang family and the Zhang family, "Hurry up and pack it up, and treat the guests well at noon." ”

As they spoke, they winked at each other.

The Wang family and the Zhang family naturally knew what they meant, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly brought clean water and began to clean the internal organs.

Li Butcher was a little surprised when he saw that Tian Lao Er and the others were so anxious, but as soon as he heard that they said that they were going to entertain guests, that surprise immediately disappeared, and he was even faintly happy, this hospitality, isn't it just to treat him, this Tian family, it's really interesting.

Happy in his heart, Li Butcher worked harder, cutting those beef bones and beef one by one.

Jiang Wanbai came to the Wang family at this time, and looked at it with wide eyes to see if there was a bezoar.

The Wang family and the Zhang family also knew what Jiang Wanbai was looking at, and their subordinates moved faster, and they hurriedly went to turn over the cow's gallbladder.

In a large brown liver, they finally found a green gallbladder the size of a melon, and in the soft gallbladder, a yellow hard ball the size of a pigeon's egg stood out in the eyes.

Zhang's mouth opened wide and stopped suddenly.

Wang reacted quickly, took a knife, cut out the hard ball, and then wrapped it in a lotus leaf that had been prepared a long time ago, and placed it in front of Jiang Wanbai's feet, the meaning was self-evident.

Jiang Wanbai stretched out her hand to pick up the lotus leaf bag, turned around and looked at Li Butcher and their side, and found that except for Tian Lao Er and them who glanced over here from time to time, Li Butcher and Tian Wenhu didn't pay attention to this side at all, so she breathed a sigh of relief, held the lotus leaf bag, and slowly paced back into the room like a thief.

As soon as she returned to the room, she quickly closed the door, then opened the lotus leaf bag, and looked towards the middle of the lotus leaf, only to see that the thing that should be the bezoar was oval, a little light, the surface was golden, delicate and shiny, and it was not ordinary at first glance.

Gently peel off a little of the bezoar, and find that it is easy to peel off in layers, the cross-sectional color is a little light, and you can see the tight and delicate concentric layers.

Smell the section closely, a fragrance, immediately come to the nose, the taste, first a little bitter, then a little sweet, but also with a fragrant cool feeling, people's minds are suddenly clear, the whole person has become a lot of spirit.

This must be the legendary bezoar, Jiang Wanbai has basically determined it after looking and smelling it, but she continued to test it according to the method left by Old Man Tian at that time.

Mix the little bezoar that was peeled off just now with water, and then apply it to the nails, the nails immediately turned yellow, that is, the "hanging nails" was successful, Jiang Wanbai suddenly smiled, finally, the sky is as people wish.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, Jiang Wanbai hurriedly wrapped the bezoar again, and then turned around and waited for someone outside to knock on the door.

"Mother, it's me." It was Tian Laosi's voice.

Jiang Wanbai went over to open the door and let Tian Laosi in, as soon as Tian Laosi entered the door, he asked nervously, "Mother, that thing?" ”

Jiang Wanbai pointed to the lotus leaf on the side, "Isn't it there." ”

Tian Laosi was so happy that he didn't know what to do, stretched out his left hand, and then stretched out his right hand, and finally he wasn't sure, he wanted to use that hand to get the lotus leaf bag, but he hurriedly said: "Mother, show me." ”

Jiang Wanbai smiled, just now she laughed at herself for being a money fan, but now compared with this Tian Laosi, she is a big witch.

Holding the lotus leaf bag in her hand, she reached out to open the lotus leaf, revealing the bezoar inside, and then she said insincerely: "Show you, what are the nice reads here;." ”

Tian Laosi's eyes couldn't wait to stick to the bezoar, and while looking at it, he said: "This is the bezoar, it looks like this." Tian Laosi was surprised, and after speaking, he thought of another thing.

"Mother, can this bezoar really be exchanged for a lot of silver?" After asking this sentence, Tian Laosi immediately became nervous, a typical gain and loss.

Wrapping the lotus leaf bag in a hurry, Jiang Wanbai smiled and said, "If it is according to your father's words, it should be possible." Okay, you've seen it, hurry up and go out to work, and in the future, there will be a time for you to watch. ”

Tian Laosi smiled, and then went out to continue working.

After he left, Jiang Wanbai found a wooden box, then opened the lotus leaf, and carefully put the bezoar in it to dry. After putting it away, she walked out of the room briskly, and now she could think about what to eat for lunch.

At noon, Jiang Wanbai invited the third uncle and ancestor, and left Tian Wenhu and Li Butcher to have lunch at home together, and their meals were simple and simple, and they were rare and rare, and it was the famous "Niu Babao" hot pot in modern times.

Beef Eight Treasures, with beef, beef liver, beef lungs, beef brain, tripe, beef tendon, beef intestines, beef shutters, these eight kinds of crispy and tender collocation, called eight treasures.

Among them, the eight things have the characteristics of crispy, chewy, sweet and tender, for example, the beef shutters are crisp and sweet, and the beef breast muscles are also known as the chest meat or beef four taels, which are more chewy than pure beef, and crispy and fragrant.

Put these eight things together and boil them in clear soup, the taste is really delicious but not greasy, the food is not oily, and the fragrance is crispy.

It can be said that only those who have eaten Niu Babao hot pot can be regarded as people who really like hot pot.

"This thing is good!" The third uncle first exclaimed.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Butcher continued: "I didn't expect this cow to be able to eat like this when it goes into the water, I don't know if I killed the cow for half my life, and today can be regarded as a long experience." ”

Tian Wenhu also nodded hurriedly when he heard this, "After eating today's hot pot, I realized that the original taste of this beef is so sweet and crispy, ridiculous, I ate all the beef in the past in vain." ”

Jiang Wanbai also ate quickly, even God helped today, just after Li Butcher finished cleaning up the beef, it rained outside, eating hot pot on a rainy day, and eating this Niu Babao hot pot, this day couldn't be better.

Eating happily, Jiang Wanbai also talked about sex, "This beef Babao hot pot, it tastes very particular, first of all, before the beef Babao is put into the pot, the bottom pot must be heated to boiling."

Then, because the beef and tripe will be cooked tighter and tighter, it will be difficult to chew, so the best way to eat this beef treasure is to wait for the center of the pot to boil and then take it out immediately, so that you can eat the crispy beef in the water. ”

As she spoke, she scooped up a chopsticks of beef shutters, dipped a little sesame sauce and chili pepper, and put it in her mouth.

"It turns out that there are still these ways in here." Li Butcher Mei Zizi drank a glass of wine, "Next time I go to someone else's house to kill cattle, I will buy some of everything." ”

When everyone heard this, they laughed, and Jiang Wanbai immediately made a favor, "When you leave for a while, bring a little bit with you, so that the people at home will often have this hot pot." ”

"How good is this, even eat and take!" Tian Wenhu immediately waved his hand and refused, since he dealt with Jiang Wanbai, he had been taking advantage of Jiang Wanbai, this time, he couldn't do it anymore.

"This beef eight treasures will not let you eat in vain, tomorrow our family will burn the bottom of the pot, and we are waiting for you to come and help us." Jiang Wanbai said with a smile.

"Come, you must come, even if you don't eat this hot pot, I will definitely help with the affairs of my aunt's family." Tian Wenhu was enthusiastic and responded repeatedly.

"Then it's settled." After Jiang Wanbai finished speaking, she said to the third uncle ancestor, "Third uncle, there is less fat in beef, it is the most suitable for people of your age to eat, you must eat more." ”

The third uncle smiled and nodded, "You're not too young, so you should eat more." ”

The third uncle ancestor's words hit the red heart, which hit Jiang Wanbai's heart, Jiang Wanbai took advantage of the fact that everyone was not paying attention, smacked the toothbrush, and said this, can we still eat hot pot together!

After eating the hot pot, Jiang Wanbai packed some of the cows into the water for each of the three of them, and the three of them left, and when they left, the Tian family really started to get busy.

Stir-fry the chili, pepper and peanuts over low heat, stir-fry and crispy, then take it out, add a lot of oil to the pot, put the beef cubes into it and fry it, after the beef changes color, put the cut tempeh into the pot, slowly fry evenly, and it is fragrant.

Then add a little sugar, salt and other seasonings, and finally sprinkle sesame seeds when it comes out of the pot, and a pot of fragrant spicy beef sauce is ready.

In the courtyard of the Tian family, there is the fragrance of chili peppers, peanuts, sesame seeds, and beef, and finally these fragrances converge into a special fragrance, and the people who smell it have a great appetite and can't stop.

"Mother, why is this thing so fragrant." Tian Laosi was the first to say.

"It's still very appetizing, at noon, I ate a little bit, and now when I smell it, I'm hungry again." Tian Lao Er also said.

"Mother, can we eat some of this beef sauce at night?" Tian Laosan also said such a sentence for the first time, which shows the charm of this beef sauce, even honest people can't help it.

"Eat, eat whatever you want tonight, isn't this thing meant to be eaten." Jiang Wanbai smiled, in fact, she couldn't help but want to eat this meat sauce.

The Tian family laughed and began to look forward to dinner in the evening.

The jar that Jiang Wanbai asked for had been delivered in the morning, and at this time, put the beef sauce into the jar, only to see that in the snow-white jar, the surface of the bright red beef sauce was covered with a thin layer of oil, coupled with the constant fragrance, it was really a smell, Sai Shenxian, take a look, saliva is going to flow down.

Tonight, with this beef sauce and being able to eat half a more cake, Jiang Wanbai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then didn't look at it, didn't look at the beef sauce, and started the last process.

Cover the jar with a layer of oiled paper, then close the jar tightly, and use a string to fix the lid, Jiang Wanbai tried to turn the jar upside down, and found that there was no oozing oil, so she nodded with satisfaction.

The high-temperature beef sauce is put into a porcelain jar and sealed, and this beef sauce should be able to sit for a while.

Telling everyone to do the same as her, the Tian family went into battle together, chopping the meat, stir-frying, canning the cans, and working until the evening, when the beef turned into cans of beef sauce and was put into the cellar.

"In two days' time, we won't sell shrimp paste, we will sell beef sauce." Jiang Wanbai looked at the Tian family, who was almost exhausted and paralyzed, and happily announced.

"This one must be better to sell." Tian Lao Er was the first to say.

The rest of the people nodded hurriedly, the shrimp paste, it didn't smell so tempting, and on this point alone, the beef sauce won the reads;.

Jiang Wanbai nodded, and then sighed lightly, it is easy to sell, but the raw materials of this beef sauce are not so easy to get, Li Dynasty attaches great importance to agriculture and mulberry, and does not allow private suicide of cattle, how can there be so many cows for her to kill.

Moreover, the cattle that were going to be killed were all sick cows, how did she know that eating the beef of these sick cows would not make people sick? That's a big problem. It can be seen that the raw materials of this beef sauce are not as easy to get as shrimp paste!

Forget it, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there will always be a solution in the future, Jiang Wanbai smiled and prepared to have dinner.

Wang and Zhang's tired arms were also trembling, but according to the customs of the farmer's family, this meal had to be cooked by the two of them, so they had to go to cook.

Jiang Wanbai hurriedly stopped them, "You're tired like this, don't start the fire at night, isn't there still a cake that hasn't been eaten at noon, everyone eats some, deal with it, and cook early tomorrow morning!" ”

The Wang family and the Zhang family knew that Jiang Wanbai was considerate of them, and they were moved and immediately turned red, it has always been the mother-in-law who dislikes the daughter-in-law for serving the family members well, how can there be someone like Jiang Wanbai, who would rather wronged herself and her son than rest for her daughter-in-law.

"Mother, we're not tired, let you eat cold rice, say it, we won't be scolded to death." The Wang family and the Zhang family were like the explosion of a small universe, and they were full of power. People's hearts are made of meat, Jiang Wanbai is good to them, and they will only be better to Jiang Wanbai.

Saying that, the two went out to cook, Jiang Wanbai loves to drink porridge, and tonight, I have to boil a pot of porridge for Jiang Wanbai.

Jiang Wanbai looked at their backs, and there were some mixed tastes, just go if they want to, just treat them well in the future.

That night, Jiang Wanbai drank porridge and beef sauce, and ate a half cake before she stopped, and she was a little tired of eating.

While stroking her belly, she sighed, the magic of this beef sauce is really great, and under its taste, even the sorghum cake that she had always disliked before has a second spring and becomes delicious.

With Jiang Wanbai's same thoughts, there are also other people in the Tian family, this night, such a big pot of porridge and half a basket of cakes were eaten by the Tian family.

The next day, it was the day when the Tian family burned the bottom of the pot, and before dawn, the Tian family began to get up and get busy.

Tian Lao Er took Tian Lao Si to the town to buy things for today, Tian Lao San began to arrange the tables and chairs, and the others began to cook.

The beef was taken out of the cellar and stewed in a pot, and the beef bones were set aside to boil, and they prepared other dishes, choosing vegetables and cutting meat, and they were very busy.

After a while, Tian Lao Er came back with a wheelbarrow, and there were a few chickens, a few fish, a bundle of pig's feet, and various other things on the cart, which also made the Tian family's busyness reach □□.

When the sun rose, Tian Wenhu came early with his daughter-in-law, put half a bag of rice in the house, and Tian Wenhu said, "Auntie, congratulations on moving to a new house." ”

Although Jiang Wanbai and they have been living here for a while, it is customary to burn the bottom of the pot today and say congratulations.

Jiang Wanbai responded with a smile, "Why are you taking so much rice, it's a waste of money." ”

Jiang Wanbai's sentence is the truth, the bag of rice that Tian Wenhu brought is thirty or forty catties, that is to say, it is nearly four hundred Wen, which is not a small amount. You know, generally this kind of thing, if you can take five catties of rice, you are a very good relative.