Chapter 107: The Old Man's Dream
Fee Chapter (12 points)
Even the old man said this, Lian Man'er naturally couldn't ask for it.
The first thing is to screen the peanuts and weigh them, and pick out the deflated and bad peanuts, leaving only the peanuts with full grains to be weighed. This job needs to be careful, so let Lian Shouli, Zhao, and Lian Ye'er of the third room do it. Even the old man's work is different from Zhou's, he does not just use his mouth to command others, but "takes the lead", he is also picking peanuts, and he is more careful than others.
"Those deflated and small ones are kept for our family to eat and sell to others, but we have to pick good ones." Even the old man instructed while picking.
The good peanuts picked out, after being weighed, are divided into batches per fifty catties, and they are cleaned by Lian Shouxin and Zhang's, and then it is the procedure of soaking and flavoring Chapter 107 The old man's dream, this is made by Lian Man'er himself. She added the spices she bought from the market, coarse salt and garlic, and weighed them according to the ratio of peanuts per fifty catties. Lian Zhi'er and Gorou have already washed the four clay pots, and after Lian Shouxin and Zhang finished washing a batch of peanuts, they poured them into a clay pot, mixed in various spices, and then added water to stir, this time in order to quickly absorb the flavor, they added warm water.
The sun has not yet set, and the two hundred catties of peanuts have been put into the clay pot and pickled.
Marinated in this way for one night, you can start boiling tomorrow morning, and then dry, and by noon the day after tomorrow, 200 catties of garlic peanuts can be made all.
Leaving the men to collect peanuts in the yard, the women began to cook. Because to cook meals for the whole family, I use two stoves in the upper room. Zhao and Lian Ye'er occupied a stove and cooked rice. This year's new sorghum was pushed to the mill two days ago, and 100 catties of new sorghum rice were grinded. Although it is a coarse grain, the rice cooked with new rice is particularly delicious.
Zhang took Lian Zhi'er and Lian Man'er and used another pot to cook. The first major dish is the braised pork stewed potatoes promised by Lian Man'er. This dish is also Zhang's specialty, Lian Zhi'er and Lian Man'er are only responsible for peeling potatoes, cutting potatoes into hob pieces in Chapter 107 The old man's dream, and Zhang's are responsible for the rest.
Zhang first flew a piece of pork with more fat and leaner pigs to remove blood foam and impurities, and then took it out and cut it into hob pieces the same size as potato pieces. Heat the pot, put in the meat, the big sauce, the green onion, the garlic cloves, the spices and other seasonings to fry the oil, then pour in the potato pieces, stir-fry evenly, and finally pour in enough cold water, then pour in the appropriate amount of autumn oil and salt, cover the pot, boil the pot with high heat under the stove, and then burn about a quarter of an hour on low heat, then you can do without burning the fire, and then simmer for a quarter of an hour, this braised pork stewed potatoes is good.
The braised pork stewed potatoes made in such a large iron pot are not exquisite, but the taste and appearance are not bad at all. If you don't distinguish carefully, you can hardly tell which piece is a potato and which piece is meat, they are all fragrant and glutinous, very delicious and go well with rice.
Before this dish came out of the pot, the pot of rice cooked by Zhao was cooked. Braising rice in a large iron pot also requires a lot of skill, how much water to put in and how much fire to burn, all of which have tricks. Zhao's rice is well cooked, neither too dry nor too much water. Because Lian Man'er said that she wanted to eat the pot, Zhao deliberately burned a little more fire, and after the rice was served, a layer of pot was evenly spread under the pot. Because the heat is well controlled, this pot is moderately soft and hard, and it is Lian Man'er's favorite food.
Zhao used a shovel to scoop up the pot, rolled it into two rolls, and put it in the rice bowl, planning to give it to Lian Man'er when it was served.
The rice pot was vacated, Zhang brushed the pot clean, Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er pulled two cabbages from the vegetable garden in the backyard and came back, cleaned them, cut them, and added the shrimp skin they bought last time to make a vegetarian fried shrimp skin cabbage. Of course, it would be better if it was sea rice cabbage, but sea rice is more expensive, and now even the vines are only willing to eat shrimp skin. However, the shrimp skin and cabbage are still very delicious.
Because even the old man wanted to drink, Xiao Qi and Wulang peeled a plate of peanuts again, and even Man'er was the best at fried peanuts, so Zhang handed her all the spatulas.
Lian Man'er fried peanuts this time, only with a little oil, under the stove with low heat, pour the peanuts into the pot, quickly stir-fry back and forth, so that the peanuts are heated evenly, and wait until the pot comes out of the continuous crackling sound, each peanut has changed color, you can take it out and put it into the plate, evenly sprinkle fine salt and a little coriander on it, it is a fresh and crispy appetizer.
When Zhang's was cooking, Zhou's came out to look around with a calm face, and saw that Zhang's did not use the oil and salt in the upper room, but brought it from her own house, so she didn't say anything, broke the curtain and went into the house. He also helped pick peanuts, and when she was cooking, she went back to the room, and it wasn't until the smell of braised pork wafted to the east wing that she smiled and led Lian Ya'er over.
Everyone doesn't live together, and even Man'er's mood is relaxed, and he doesn't care about these. Zhang was used to it, and he didn't care about it.
After a while, the food was put on the table, and the men and women ate at two separate tables, as before. Although the big house family didn't work, they all sat down at the table.
The meals on the two tables are the same, they are all a large pot of braised pork and stewed potatoes, plus a pot of shrimp skin cabbage, but even the old man has an extra plate of fried peanuts in front of him, which is for him to drink. Even the old man was very happy today, so he put the two jars of wine on the table, and each son put a wine cup in front of him, and even the grandchildren, even the step-grandfather, Erlang and Sanlang were also allowed to drink a cup with him.
The men's table is full of laughter, and the women's table is quieter.
Eating this meal, of course, is to reward everyone for the work they have just done, but it also has the meaning of harmony. Zhang was therefore very careful, fearing that Zhou would find fault and ruin the atmosphere.
Zhou gouged out Zhang's with his eyes, and then gouged out Zhao's. Both of them bowed their heads.
"Today is a good thing, home and everything is prosperous, I am very happy." Even the old man said loudly, he seemed to have drunk a little too much, and all the laugh lines on his face were opened.
Zhou glanced at the kang head, and it was rare that he didn't pick a thorn.
This time, the meat was mostly fat, and even after eating a piece of man'er, he didn't eat it anymore, but only picked up potatoes, scooped two spoonfuls of soup and mixed it into the rice, and ate it with cabbage. Lian Xiu'er ate very fragrantly, even Hua'er, Gu and Jiang also ate vegetables, and Lian Man'er saw that Lian Hua'er had sandwiched several pieces of fat meat one after another and buried them in the rice to eat, so he remembered that when Lian Hua'er first came back, he disdained to eat fatty meat.
It's the meat made by Zhang's that is so delicious.
"Fourth, the garlic peanuts you sold made a lot of money." Lian Shouyi said with the strength of wine.
"Just make a little fuss with the children and make some money to fight tooth sacrifices." Lian Shouxin said with a smile.
"Fourth, don't hide it from me. If you get rich, you should let the big guys follow suit. Lian Shouyi raised his neck, poured a cup of wine, and put a large piece of fat meat into his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it. Fourth, we've been busy for most of the day today, and this peanut ......"
"Dad, I was about to discuss it with you." Lian Shouxin put down the wine cup and interrupted Lian Shouyi's words. "I inquired about the peanut market this year. It's still 12 yuan a pound in previous years, Dad, if it's not enough, I'll add it. ”
"What's more." Even the old man said, "The peanuts haven't dried yet, so they can't be sold for so much money." Fourth, when the family was separated, I didn't give you money, and our family had to live, and I won't give you these peanuts for nothing, just ten cents per catty. ”
"Dad, it's just twelve." Lian Shouxin said with a smile.
Even the old man raised his glass, and the topic did not continue. The four-room family had already discussed, and if they didn't take advantage of the old man, they would give it according to 12 cents a catty. And although Lian Shouyi is a little insufficient, the peanuts that have not been dried can be sold for twelve cents a catty, which is also profitable, and there is even the old man in charge, so he can't say anything more.
The meal went very smoothly, and on the table over there, Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi drank too much and were helped down. Zhang and Zhao began to clean up the table with a few children.
"If I could live like this every day, I would be content." Even the old man leaned on the kang, a little vague.
"It's just a little horse urine, a few pieces of meat, and it looks like you're happy." Zhou muttered quietly.
Back in the west wing, Lian Shouxin sat on the kang and sighed.
"Dad said that on days like this, how good it can be every day."
Even the old man is by no means a greedy person, the key to the life he wants to live is not to have wine and meat, but that his children and grandchildren are together, working together, eating together lively, and living in harmony. These days, a lot of things have happened, and today's incident has brought everyone together, making even the old man feel the harmony and beauty of the family reunion that has not been seen for a long time.
"It's good to be separated like this." Zhang said, "When to get together, I still think it's quite fragrant." ”
is as virtuous as the Zhang family, and after such a short period of separation, he doesn't want to go back.
When she got up early the next morning, Lian Man'er opened the lid of the clay pot, fished out a peanut, peeled out the peanut kernels and tasted it, then nodded, the peanuts were already delicious.
She wakes up early, and there are others who wake up earlier than her. In the front yard of Lian's house, in the open space between the east wing and the gate, two temporary stoves have been erected, and Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin are carrying a large iron pot to the stove.
This was discussed by Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin last night. The pot in the house also has to cook on the fire, and it is too tense to cook 200 catties of peanuts, and it is much more convenient to build another stove.
After a hurried breakfast, with the help of Lian Shouli's family of three, everyone was busy cooking peanuts. An iron pot can cook twenty-five catties of peanuts at a time. The cooked peanuts are dried and then sent to the roof to dry. After a busy day's work, most of the peanuts have been dried, and only the last fifty catties of peanuts have not been completely dried. I had to bring it into the house, planning to dry it again the next day.
"If it's a good day tomorrow, half a day's work, it's no problem to dry it."
Lian Man'er thought so and fell asleep.
The next day, when she opened her eyes, she saw that it was gloomy outside.
"What can I do, it's cloudy today, and it looks like it's going to rain." Zhang walked in from the outside.
Even Man'er's heart sank.
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