Chapter 24: Roasted Bamboo Rats

Zhao Lao Liu walked away, and his brother-in-law Scarface was still a little ignorant.

"Why is this Zhao Lao Liu suddenly so good at talking today?"

Luo Lian'er shook her head at her husband who had a pimple in Yulin's head, "You, haven't you seen that it's not him Zhao Lao Liu who suddenly has a good heart, but is afraid of my brother?" ”

She used to read and write with her mother, and she was much smarter than her husband. She had already seen that the amount of fur of this Zhao Lao Liuzheng must be more than that of the Yamen, which was to increase the profits of herself in the name of the Yamen.

It's just that in the past, even if ordinary people knew, there was no way, after all, the people didn't fight with the officials, although this Zhao Laoliu was just a helper, but he was also a person in the yamen. But now it's different, her brother is now a county magistrate, and he has to be appreciated by the county order. As long as his brother takes this matter to the county and investigates it casually, he will be able to figure out the greasy inside, and know how much Zhao Laoliu has taken the opportunity to levy and embezzle.

If this matter is stabbed in front of the county order, this Zhao Lao Liu will not be able to eat and will have to walk around. But the brother didn't say this, but said that he would pay for Zhao Lao Liu to buy fur for the errand.

How can this Zhao Lao Liu not understand the meaning of this?

This is the younger brother's intention to let Zhao Lao Liu a horse, not wanting to turn his face with him, since the younger brother is willing to let him go, then Zhao Lao Liu naturally has to repay the peach, he said that sending the fur gang to hand over the errand, in fact, is for his own business.

Both of them are smart people, and they just didn't tell the truth.

The poor husband was ignorant, and when he sighed at her husband's stubbornness, Luo Lian'er couldn't help but be surprised that her brother seemed to have really changed a lot, although he was also very smart before, but he would never have such a mind, and it was definitely not as good as handling this matter.

Now that she has helped her family avoid this fur errand, and has not fallen out with Zhao Lao Liu, this kind of ingenuity really makes her admire.

After explaining to her husband in detail, Zhao Scarface couldn't help but sigh, "So that's the case, why do you say that your mind is so twisted and turned, can't you say anything clearly?" ”

"Fifth brother, no matter what, thank you so much today, otherwise, your brother-in-law and I would have to go to the yamen to play the board and wear the flail after the winter."

"Brother-in-law, my sister is married to you, why should we be so polite." Luo Feng said with a smile, and then deliberately changed the topic, "I just saw that brother-in-law you hunted several kinds of prey from the mountains, there are mountain mice, bamboo chickens and hares, these are good things, I learned some cooking skills when I was digging the river, and I will do it later, so that you can taste my good skills." ”

"Hey, Xiao Wu, when you come to my sister's house as a guest, how can I still let you go to the kitchen. Besides, cooking is a woman's business. ”

"Sister, you're wrong, why can't men cook, I'll let you see what cooking skills are in a while!"

Luo Feng smiled and beckoned his little sister to go to the kitchen together, he was already a little moved when he saw those wild animals just now.

This is real game, and in later generations, even wild boars can become national protected animals, and there is no real game to buy in the vegetable market.

Even the bamboo rats are artificially bred and taste far worse.

The bamboo chicken was caught by the brother-in-law in a trap or alive, one of the two rabbits died, and it was almost dried into dried meat by the brother-in-law, and there was one that was a little brainless but still alive.

The three mountain rats, also known as bamboo rats, are all alive, and this thing is very tenacious, and a pair of front teeth are quite fierce, and gnawing on bamboo is like eating noodles.

With a spin in his head, the fate of these guys was decided in an instant.

"Stir-fried bamboo rats, stewed bamboo chickens, braised rabbits!"

Brother-in-law Scarface was smiling on the side, usually hunting wild things, unless they are dead, they are reluctant to eat by themselves, and they have to be sold for money.

But today, he put down a heavy matter in his heart, of course, he didn't care about that little game, but his brother-in-law did him a great favor.

"Little sister, bring some straw, let's roast this bamboo rat first."

Taking advantage of the little sister's efforts to get the straw, Luo Feng first took out a kitchen knife and knocked the fat bamboo rat out on the back, and then knocked it a few more times while it was dizzy, and directly knocked it to death.

After knocking it to death, he was not in a hurry to disembowel, but asked the little sister who took the straw to start the fire and boil the water first.

After the water boils, throw the bamboo rat that is still with body temperature into it and scald, take advantage of the boiling heat to scrape off the hair, and after scraping it, put it on the fire to roast.

In this way, you can not only roast the fine hairs on the skin, but also roast the skin of the bamboo rat to brown, so that the skin will be tough and fragrant after a while.

Brother-in-law Scarface squatted on the ground and watched Luo Feng's operation with interest, watching him dispose of the poor bamboo rat like water, Scarface felt that this brother-in-law was becoming more and more interesting.

After the straw was smoky, the bamboo rat, which weighed five catties, swelled up more and more, with golden skin, looking like a small roast suckling pig.

Luo Feng couldn't help but sigh, it is worthy of the era of no pollution, my brother-in-law caught three bamboo rats, each of which weighed five or six catties, and if in the future generations, it would be great to catch a wild bamboo rat weighing two or three catties, and it could be sold at a very high price.

But in this era, except for ordinary poor people, there are few people who are willing to eat this bamboo rat, and in their eyes, this bamboo rat is more unattractive than dog meat and pork.

However, Luo Feng has always liked to eat bamboo rats, bamboo rats are not gophers, bamboo rats are serious mountain goods and delicious.

"It's almost baked!"

Luo Feng could already distinguish the heat by the color of the epidermis.

If you bake it less, it will be too tender, and if you bake it more, it will be too old, which is just right at this time.

"I'll chop it."

Scarface's brother-in-law volunteered, and a stump of a camphor tree was a board, and he directly took out an axe to chop the bamboo rat.

"Chop up the chunks so you can eat meat." Luo Feng confessed.

"Holo."

Scarface held the heavy wood-splitting axe but it was as light as nothing, and with a large axe in his hand, he gently swiped the belly of the roasted swollen bamboo rat, and immediately disemboweled.

The little sister squatted on the side with great interest to watch Luo Feng roast the bamboo rat and her brother-in-law break the bamboo rat.

"When I learn it, I will also do this in the future for my mother and brother to eat!"

"Hey, you're quite bold, aren't you afraid of roasting and dissecting?"

"What are you afraid of, this is food, what is there to be afraid of." The little girl didn't think there was anything terrible at all, and she didn't think there was anything cute about bamboo rats that couldn't be eaten. In its eyes, the bamboo rat is food, delicious, and a plate of meat.

"Sister, do you have onions, ginger and garlic at home?"

"Yes."

Luo Feng didn't ask for any other seasonings, but onions, ginger and garlic are all very common things, as for what cooking wine, soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon, pepper, etc., although there are them in this era, he estimates that the Zhao family definitely doesn't have them.

And chili peppers, well, won't be introduced to China until the Ming Dynasty.

However, the meat is fresh, in fact, it does not have to be much seasoning, too many seasonings will cover up the taste of the food itself, a small amount of condiments, in order to better eat the deliciousness brought by the top ingredients.