Chapter 31: Cooking Against the Heavens
When Aunt Qi saw the old village chief going to call her family, she opened her throat and yelled at the next door.
"Big tiger, two tigers, little tigers. Dad, come over and help. ”
Aunt Qi, you shouted in such a voice, which frightened the puppy in her yard to bark wildly. Uncle Qi, who was sitting under the eaves resting, frowned, this loud mother-in-law was going to do something again.
The two Qi Dahu brothers glanced at each other and strode away in tacit understanding. Qi Sanhu smashed his mouth, put down the carved puppet in his hand and chased it out.
"Big brother and second brother, wait for me."
Aunt Qi looked at the milky white lard in the dustpan and frowned. She didn't understand what was the use of Ah Xian asking for these greasy things? Boiled in a dish, it's hard to swallow!
Aunt Qi, who has a bold personality, is a straight gut, and she says what she thinks in her heart.
"Ah Xian. Auntie asks you something, what's going on with this thing? It's so greasy, and it doesn't taste good when cooked! ”
Baili Tianxian pursed his lips and smiled. Pick up a fan of lard and put it on the cutting board, cut it into strips two fingers wide with a knife, and then cut it horizontally into squares. Explained while cutting.
"Aunt Qi, this is for refining oil and stir-frying. Let's refine all of this, and then put it in a jar, and it can be kept for a year. When stir-frying, just put a little bit on it. ”
Aunt Qi's eyes widened and she kept nodding. It's for stir-frying! And it can be used for a year. That's great! The bowl of meat was also fried with this oil. The more Aunt Qi thought about it, the more excited she became, and her perennial work face turned into a flower.
At this time, Qi Dahu's father and son stood at the door of Baili Tianxian's house.
"Come on, come on, what are you doing standing stupidly? Come and help. Aunt Qi opened her loud voice and beckoned her four laborers, as if she was afraid that she would be snatched away by others when it was too late.
Uncle Qi rubbed his big hands and smiled, showing a hint of awkwardness on his bronzed face. Smacking his lips, the aftertaste of the fried meat seemed to still stay in his mouth.
"What? Little strings! Uncle and your eldest tiger brother and second tiger brother have strength, what are you going to do? You speak. ”
Baili Tianxian is also not welcome. Cleaning the pig's head and large intestine is a tedious job, and it is really too busy to be alone. Nodding his head, he arranged softly.
"Please Aunt Qi follow Fang Cai's example and cut these lard fat into small cubes."
Aunt Qi is also unambiguous. Roll up your sleeves and lift the kitchen knife to start work, and the action is called a pedestrian running water. With a small effort, the two plates of oil become small squares two fingers wide.
"What is Uncle doing?" Uncle Qi is a little impatient! Looking at the hideous boar's head in the dustpan, I don't know what to do.
"Ah Xian, Brother Erhu can do anything." A smile bloomed on the youthful face of sixteen-year-old Qi Erhu. I had already rolled up my sleeves and was ready to go, just waiting for Baili Tianxian to give an order. He thought about it, and after waiting for Ah Xian for another year or two, he would let his mother propose.
"Xiao Xian, I'll help you fetch water." Thirteen-year-old Qi Sanhu glanced at the empty bucket of Baili Tianxian's house, picked up the bucket and walked to his yard.
Baili Tianxian was very moved! Said softly.
"First trouble Uncle Qi to put a fire in the yard and find a bracket to put these wild boar heads on top and burn them. In putting the tongs also burned red, pig eyes and ears need to be cleaned. ”
"Okay, uncle, let's go and prepare." Uncle Qi didn't ask much. Whatever Xiao Xian tells him to do, he can't be wrong!
"Big Tiger Brother and Second Tiger Brother, please clean the pork belly and intestines."
Qi Dahu was stunned for a moment and asked embarrassedly.
"Ah Xian, how do you cleanse this large intestine?" He's never done it before, so he doesn't know where to start!
"Yes, Ah Xian, tell me carefully, how do you get it?" Qi Erhu asked with a smile. He's not afraid of getting dirty, isn't he just wild boar? Besides, those wild boars are in the mountains, and I don't know how many precious medicinal herbs they have eaten, and they are not so dirty when you think about it.
Hundred miles of heavenly strings willow eyebrows are lightly locked. Truth be told, she's never cleaned her large intestine yet. What is sold in the market is all finished and semi-finished products. The cleaning of the large intestine was completed in one go in the intelligent slaughterhouse. She thought for a moment and commanded in a low voice.
"That's it, Big Tiger. Let's dig a pit in the vegetable field first, and Brother Erhu will pick a few banana leaves. The feces in the large intestine were first disposed of, and then washed by the creek with plant ash. ”
"Hmm!" Qi Dahu nodded. Ah Xian is really thoughtful, so that the river water will not be polluted.
Baili Tianxian and his party are enthusiastic, taking care of their own affairs, and they are very busy. And the fat village chief's house is not so harmonious! When the village chief's daughter-in-law and daughter heard that they were going to Ah Xian's house to help, especially to help clean the stinky pig intestine, they were even more unhappy!
"Why? She couldn't embroider at home, so why should she wash those disgusting things. Bailitian's eyes were red from the fragrance, and he slammed the door and returned to his room. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I even sobbed quietly.
The fat village chief was so angry that he beat his chest. He didn't expect his usually docile daughter to react so much, so he yelled patiently.
"Old woman, look at the good daughter you taught."
The village chief's daughter-in-law was extremely aggrieved, and whispered with red eyes.
"Her father, what kind of moth is there for that little girl in Baili Tianxian? Why does Tianxiang have to help? She didn't get it. The dead old man went to the girl's house, and ran back in a hurry like an evil spirit. Hey, with the shrewdness of this dead old man, he would never ask Xiangxiang to help for no reason.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly walked into the back room to pat the door of Baili Tianxiang.
"Girl, open the door. Think about it, how shrewd your father is and will ask you to help for no reason. ......" The village chief's daughter-in-law kept knocking on the door outside the door, trying to persuade her daughter, hoping that she would come out.
The fat village chief paced around the house irritably. If it's late, the string girl has done everything right, and she's still stealing a fart! So he gritted his teeth and scolded.
"You damn girl. Why do you like the eldest son if you don't learn and don't know how to do it? Those young ladies in the city, which one is not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, and female red. Just like you, I'm afraid the eldest prince won't even look at it. ”
"Bang~~~" The door of the inner room was slammed open by Baili Tianxiang. I saw her tearful eyes biting her lower lip, and her big black and white eyes erupted with monstrous anger.
"Dad, you just want your daughter to marry a mud leg." There was a cry in her trembling voice. I wholeheartedly want to marry the eldest son, not for the good of the eldest brother. How can Dad say that about himself?
Looking at his daughter with tears rolling down, the fat village chief sighed and said. After all, she is her own daughter, and she won't understand if she doesn't crush it! So he said slowly.
"Dad asked you to help Ah Xian for a purpose. Chef Tianxianglou's dishes, you must have eaten them too. But just now, the two dishes made by the string girl, a hundred chefs are not as good as her. Do you understand now? Why does Daddy want you to help? ”
Seeing that his daughter did not react, the fat village chief continued.
"If you can learn the craft of Ah Xian. Think about it, will the eldest prince look at you differently? Your opportunity has also come, and it will be of great benefit to your eldest brother. ”
"Dad, that dead girl's cooking skills are really better than that of the chef of Tianxianglou?" Baili Tianxiang wiped a handful of tears from her face, and looked up in disbelief and asked.
"That's nature. For this matter, Dad is also an eye-opener today. I didn't expect it! The string girl has such a craft. The fat village chief swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, and his mouth was full of the smell of meat.
"Girl, your father is right. Go and change your clothes, and my mother will go with you to help the string girl. The village chief's daughter-in-law had a smile on her face. Busy pushing his daughter into the house to change clothes, he only praised his old man for his vision.
The peach blossom village in the sunset is beautiful and has become an oil painting. The fresh and elegant fragrance of peach blossoms permeates the air, making people feel refreshed and forgetful.
Baili Xiaojing stepped on the peach blossom path and jumped to the old patriarch's house.
At this time, the old patriarch was having dinner. On the table was a bowl of boiled three-line pork slices, a small plate of pickled radish, a small plate of barbecue slices, and four multigrain nests.
The old patriarch picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of three-line meat in his mouth, nodded lightly.
"Changshan, you taste. The meat of this wild boar is indeed more delicious than that of domestic pork. Think about it, since we returned to Peach Blossom Village, how many years have we not tasted this wild boar. The old patriarch sighed while eating, with a happy face.
The gray-clothed man who called Chang Shan nodded, indicating that he agreed very much with what the old patriarch said. The chopsticks in his hand did not stop. Since the war of the Great Xuan Dynasty, he has not eaten meat for a long time.
While the two of them were feasting, a young girl's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.
"Grandpa Tai, grandpa Tai, Xiaojing is here to send you fragrant meat!"
The old patriarch put down the chopsticks in his hand and motioned for the gray-robed man to open the door. I was quite surprised in my heart, it could be that the string girl made delicious food with wild boar offal!
Just when the old patriarch was puzzled, Baili Xiaojing squeezed in through the crack in the door. Carrying a small clay pot with four ears and a cigarette, he ran to the dining table, stood on tiptoe, and struggled to put the jar on the table. Carefully took down the small pottery bowl from the mouth of the jar, lifted the small bowl on it and put it away, and then poured out the pork liver soup and pushed it in front of the old patriarch like a treasure.
"Grandpa, Sister said that the pork liver is bright and nourishes blood, you always taste it." The soft and glutinous children's voice is like the dew on the peach petals in the morning, crystal clear and pitiful.
The old patriarch stroked the snow-white long hair on his chest, touched the little head of Baili Xiaojing, nodded and said with a smile.
"Okay, grandpa will try your sister's craftsmanship." After speaking, he picked up chopsticks and put a piece of pork liver in his mouth.
"Hmmm! This smell is strong and melts in your mouth. What a craft! The old patriarch was full of praise, and put another piece in his mouth. He didn't expect that what should have been discarded would become so delicious through the hands of that girl! Is this person really the lucky star in that person's mouth?
"Chang Shan, you can taste it too."
The gray-robed man smelled the fragrant garlic sprouts and fried meat, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva. With Mr. by his side, he can be regarded as a well-informed person. This meat is fragrant, I'm afraid that the chef in the imperial dining room may not be able to make it.
"Grandpa, Uncle Chang. This soup is also delicious! Xiaojing drank two bowls and ...... "Baili Xiaojing patted his little belly and smiled brightly.
The old patriarch took a spoonful with a wooden spoon, blew it and gently put it into his mouth. Oh! This feeling almost makes people's taste buds fly. Silky and soft, full of fragrance and not greasy.
The gray-robed man's eyes widened, and the pork liver soup in his mouth was reluctant to swallow for a long time. God, this girl's cooking skills are against the sky! Who gave it?
looked at the two with strange expressions. Baili Xiaojing's eyebrows and eyes are bent, and the pear vortex on the pink cheeks is shallow, like a pink peach blossom blooming on the branches.
Charming and charming!
"Grandpa, Uncle Chang, Xiaojing is going back. Sister said that tonight I want to marinate pig's head, pig's heart and pig's liver! Baili Xiaojing's voice just fell.
I saw the figure of Uncle Chang in front of the table flashing, and floated out of the house in an instant.