Chapter 232: Boil a pot of water
Bai Lu looked at my eyes carefully, I smiled at her, she saw that I didn't have the previous dodge and shyness, and I also had the same love for her before, I couldn't help but feel a little lost, I saw her like this, thinking that it was also because of the gray powder thing before, which caused her to have a misunderstanding, and now this psychological gap also comes from me, and I can't help but feel a little guilty.
It just so happened that the beef was hard, and she might be able to take a scalpel as a weak woman, but it would have to be a man to cut the cow, so I accompanied her to handle the beef, and brought back the kind of table knife that eats steak, and I took it, and there was a lot of hair on it, and we started to heat it up, and then we scalded it, and then shaved it, and then we processed the meat on it.
In fact, if it weren't for its death, I wouldn't want to do these things at all, after all, it is particularly tedious and laborious, but since it died in front of us, it was not reduced to our plate or the meat of the mouths of those wild beasts, then in this wild, naturally whoever hunts has the first priority.
This shaving period is particularly time-consuming, and so on, we also have to learn to solve the same cow as Ding Ding, and begin to deal with the whole bison, for which Bai Lu called the spring down, Yun Wen also came to help, everyone worked together, cut the cutting, soaked in water, some of the smell is too big, we have no salt water to deal with, afraid that we can't eat, not good to handle, such as intestines, etc., I plan to leave it tomorrow to those wild howling beasts.
I specially sorted out a few wicker baskets, soaked the shaved beef in water and placed them one by one, and other internal organs were also put into it, and soon it was full of a large basket, so I was responsible for carrying it to the backyard, digging some ice cubes and stacking it on top, and then putting the whole basket into the chiseled ice pit to play the role of freezing, and there were ice cubes to cover it, which could also mask the smell and not let the birds of prey covet it.
All four baskets were sprinkled with ice cubes and put into the ice pit according to the above method, and about half of the remaining beef was still on the bison itself, but the blood in its body was empty, and the internal organs had been processed, and half of the flesh on its body was dissolved, so it no longer had much weight, so I dragged it to the backyard and put it into the ice pit in the same way to preserve its freshness.
After dealing with these, we were covered in cow blood, and we were all about to collapse, smelling the fishy smell for a long time, and the process was particularly visually stimulating, everyone found a place to vomit wildly, and they were slowing down.
After the effort has eased, under my organization, everyone plans to start working again.
"The hardest part of the work is over, let's work harder and try to get the food early, and after eating, let's have a good night's rest, okay?" I asked.
The girls nodded immediately, and now they were dependent on me again, so they seemed to be obedient.
"That's how I arranged, everyone smells of blood, I'm afraid they won't be able to eat when they smell it, so I have to trouble one person to wash the clothes and dry them as soon as possible, during this period, everyone is looking for something that can be draped on the body, covering up the shame, washing clothes, Yunwen, you do it, there are too many blood stains on the ground, welcome the spring, you go and use the earthen pot to burn some ice water and wash it, and sweep it with a wheat straw broom, so that the house is more transparent, Bai Lu is in charge of cooking, everyone is very tired, make the food earlier. As for me, I am mainly responsible for chiseling ice and boiling water for you, do you have any comments? I asked.
"No comment." The girls replied in unison.
"Brother Zhou Bo is very meticulous, he is really our good leader, without Brother Zhou Bo, I'm afraid we can't do anything." Bai Lu began to praise me again.
So, I first boiled some water in the earthen basin, washed the blood on my arms and faces, and then went to the door to pour the blood, and then we began to work, and the most important thing in all this work I arranged was to have water to carry out, so my work was the most important, I first went to fetch the wooden barrel that had been used to dig the well here, and took the sapper shovel to the backyard and digg.
After chiseling it out together, it was carried into the house, and after being placed next to the campfire for a while, it began to melt into water, and after there was water, pour some into an earthen basin for the spring season, and pour some into a stainless steel pot for Bai Lu to cook, and the last water was used for Yunwen to clean her clothes, and there was an extra trough in the stable, and the water could be poured into it to wash her clothes.
We all took off the bloody clothes again, and we had to find something to replace the clothes first, so the linen sheets, curtains and other things that we made before were all used, but they could only be used to cover up the shame, if the temperature was a problem, there was no way, but to suffer from the cold first.
In particular, I had to go to the backyard several times to dig ice in the cold wind and get a big bucket, and it would take me at least two or three minutes, so I continued to make it next to this time.
Since I need to change the water several times to wash the floor, wash the clothes, wash the vegetables, etc., my workload is also very large, not to mention that it took four or five times to reduce the water demand back and forth, and I don't have to go out again, and my body is frozen purple.
On the other hand, Yunwen soaked in water with ginger, and cleaned with soaphorn, the fishy smell and blood stains of the clothes were greatly reduced, and then the clothes were hung on the pole to dry, let the fire bake several times, presumably it would be able to dry out soon, Yingchun used the water in the earthen basin to wash the floor first, and then swept the water with a wheat straw broom to the door, three times twice, plus Yunwen washed the ginger soaphorn after washing and washing, and gradually eliminated the traces, and the taste on the ground was much lighter.
Bai Lu was more busy, washed the vegetables, sprinkled dry ingredients in the pot, put in the fungus and wild vegetable roots to taste, stewed for a while, cut a piece of beef into meat slices with a knife, fifteen or sixteen slices to say the least, and the rest was about half a palm-sized beef, found a soil plate, sprinkled with sesame oil, and fried it on top.
At the same time, the shrimp meat is chopped, smashed into a puree, kneaded into balls, and thrown into the boiling pot, and the fragrance is pervasive for a while, and the whole room is full of the rich and delicious food of that special cuisine, especially when the steak is fried in Bailu, and some more precious fennel is sprinkled, which really has a sense of immediate appearance of the restaurant.
It is not enough to boil and fry, Bai Lu is also very good at making it, so he found an earthen bowl, poured a little old mountain fruit wine, put in some ginger slices, and cut some shrimp meat, put it in it, covered it, put it next to the campfire, and let it heat up for simmering.
After everyone was busy, because it was too cold, they also lit the stove next to the bed to let the temperature near it rise, and I, Yunwen, and Yingchun finished the work in advance, so they sat on the bed together, wrapped in a cashmere quilt, Yunwen on the left, Yingchun on the right, all hugged me tightly, and the three of them hid on the bed like a ball of rice balls.
Bai Lu is better, she has always worked near the campfire, so she is not as cold as us.
I don't know if it's because she said a lot of unpleasant things to me today, seeing me hiding in bed and lazy, she not only was not displeased, but after cooking, a plate of dishes came over to us all to eat, and put it in the vacant place on the bed, only to see the pot directly brought in, there are boiled beef, shrimp balls and wild vegetables and other accessories, which can be regarded as a pot of boiled fresh, and then there is a plate of fried steak with a strong fragrance, with a strong sense of rice, and finally, it is the wine stewed shrimp, because there is ginger, the fishy smell is gone, and the wine smell is extremely strong. I got drunk before I tasted it.
There are soup spoons, chopsticks, forks, and knives, which are just how to eat, a mouthful of boiled beef, a mouthful of shrimp balls, the soup is full, melts in the mouth, and the soup tastes excellent, and the steak has to be cut with a knife, this Yun Wen is in the line, she immediately skillfully helped everyone cut it, and then put a piece of it in my mouth with a fork, which is very chewy, and the taste is naturally good.
A night's hard work in exchange for a delicious meal is worth it.
So everyone ate and chatted, gradually forgetting today's rights and wrongs, and only remembering a meal, a group of people, gathered together, divided and combined, and no one could do without anyone.