Chapter 367: Love and Mules

Xu Laifu's eyes were red by the color of the sauce.

He clenched his fists and yelled at Xu Laisheng for the first time.

"Who is forcing whom?"

How could Xu Laisheng tolerate his brother's provocation? grabbed him by the collar.

Xu Laifu no longer gave in, and the two quickly scuffled, and they didn't separate until the clan elders came.

The clan elders are naturally on the side of Xu's father and Xu's mother, but as the saying goes, it is difficult for a clean official to cut off family affairs, and the two of them in the big house are well-known people, and if this false account is not completely settled, they will continue to make trouble endlessly.

In the end, in order not to embarrass his father, Xu Laifu agreed to give money, but he had to wait for these cylinders of things to be sold.

However, Yu Shi had already decided in his heart that he couldn't sell it, so he had to take something else.

What to take? After all, the most valuable things in the family are the house and the mule.

robbed the in-laws' house, then it would be completely impossible to gain a foothold in the village. Just the mule, it's always a little old, and you can still work for a few years.

The clan elders are old and fine, saying that they can want mules, but they must sign and draw a pledge, and say that the money and accounts are cleared, and if the big house dares to use this as an excuse to come to the door to entangle in the future, they will be expelled from Xujia Village.

Mother Xu watched her eldest son press the handprint happily, from the cold of her heart, and her heart really died.

All along, no matter how hurtful the boss is, she can't bear to say no words. She always has a glimmer of hope, hoping that things will turn around, and that her eldest son will change his mind.

But today, the boss clearly knew that after pressing the handprint, the two families would be equivalent to a complete break, and he still pressed it.

Just for a mule......

Ji didn't expect that the family atmosphere of the Xu family would be so good.

Xu Laisheng's transformation is probably not just Yu's pillow style, judging from his various behaviors before marriage, he is a selfish person.

This may also have something to do with the fact that he left his parents when he was more than ten years old and went to the county seat as an apprentice. Without parents by your side to discipline and teach, it is easy to make one or two fox friends and dog friends.

And he is crooked and crooked so righteously, it can only be said that the favored one can really have no fear.

However, no matter how much preference there is, there is a time when it is finished, looking at the Xu family's parents like this, it is obviously about the same.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was a little depressing, Ji deliberately joked with Xu's mother.

"Don't be sad, auntie, aren't you just a mule? When your second son earns money, you can buy you ten or eight heads. ”

Xu Mu really laughed: "I was afraid that he would be fooled, but when I saw you, I was relieved." In the future, let Laifu follow you to do a good job, he hasn't done anything big, so you can bear with me. ”

She turned to Xu Laifu again: "How we supported your eldest brother at the beginning, how we will support you in the future." You don't have to be stressed, your father can go back to the pottery field for another two years, he is a handicraft, he doesn't need to burn the kiln, and the physical wear and tear is not so great......"

Although Xu's father can burn pottery, he has worked in the pottery field for most of his life, inhaling dust and dust all year round, and falling into the root of coughing and asthma......

"Mother......" Xu Laifu's heart was heavy, and he wanted to be speechless.

He always thought that it was because of his single-mindedness that he made his eldest brother and his family turn against each other.

With such a guilty heart, how can there be no more pressure in the heart?

But the more I try to do a good job, the more severe the blow from reality becomes.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have told Ji to give up after finishing the goods, he was really afraid of dragging down the family again......

Fortunately, Ji stopped him, but fortunately, his father and mother were still willing to support him...... Otherwise, I'm afraid he can really only be a lifelong buddy, and he will never be able to do what he wants.

Xu Laifu nodded heavily: "I will definitely cherish this opportunity and do better." ”

This promise is for parents, and it is also for seasons.

As soon as he was talking, it was noon, and the Xu family insisted on leaving, but the details were not discussed, how could Ji let him go, and he definitely wanted to keep food.

The dish was bought yesterday by someone in town to entertain the guests, but the guests didn't come, and today it finally came in handy.

Widow Xie and Ji Xuelan heard that the Ji family was coming, so they came to take a look at the time when the helpers went home for dinner at noon.

Ji asked Widow Xie to accompany Xu's father and Xu's mother, as for the Xu brothers, they originally wanted Guan Shan to accompany them, but after seeing their restrained appearance in front of Guan Shan, they gave up this plan and asked Ji Xuelan to call Hu Liang and Ji Mingfang instead.

Pulled Guan Shan into the stove room, untied the gauze in his right hand, and shook it a few times in front of him.

"See? It's almost swollen, you boil the pot, I'll make lunch, and you can't let the guests eat pickle porridge. ”

Guan Shan didn't say anything, and asked what dishes to cook in the season, and did all the work such as washing and cutting vegetables in advance, and then returned to the pot door to light a fire.

Ji thought about it for a while, and the staple food decided to make pork rib rice.

Wrap the washed and chopped pork ribs in salt, minced garlic, ginger, soy sauce from Xu Laifu, and homemade five-spice powder.

Take advantage of this gap and start stir-frying with the pot next to it.

The first dish is braised pork, which is suitable for both men and women.

I have made this dish before, but because the soy sauce is not good, I am always not satisfied with the result. Now that I have an upgraded version, I naturally want to try again.

Cut the cleaned pork belly into mahjong-sized pieces, then put the meat pieces, shallots and ginger slices into a pot of cold water and bring to a boil over high heat.

Stir-fry the blanched meat pieces into a dry pan and stir-fry over low heat until slightly yellow, forcing out the excess fat in the meat pieces, so that it tastes not greasy and mellow.

Then stir-fry the sugar color, pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and fry slowly over low heat, until the rock sugar melts little by little, the color changes from white to reddish-brown, and the sugar color is fried.

Pour in the stir-fried pieces of meat and stir-fry quickly so that the sugar color evenly envelops the meat pieces.

At this time, it is the turn of soy sauce, followed by the addition of half a tablespoon of five-spice powder.

Finally, add boiling water to cover the meat pieces, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for half an hour.

When the soup gradually thickens, add salt to enhance the flavor, stir well and simmer again.

Only after a long enough time can the fat be completely dissolved into the soup, leaving the glutinous gum to achieve the effect of fat but not greasy.

When the pork belly is simmered until crispy and the soup is about to dry up, it can be served.

Because the weather is gradually getting colder, Ji made a warm cage for insulation in the stove room, which is actually an ordinary steamer, with a thick cotton sleeve sewn inside, and the vegetables are put in it, and the lid with the same cotton sleeve is added, which will not cool too quickly.

Before putting it in, Ji took a piece, leaned over the pot, and handed it to Guan Shan: "You taste it." ”

Guan Shan paused and opened his mouth as he said.

"How? I changed to a new soy sauce, and the taste is better than before, isn't it as soft and rotten as tender tofu, but the shape is not scattered, and the flavor is subtle? ”

Guan Shan doesn't pay much attention to the desire of the tongue, and everything he eats is an expression, but Ji is very satisfied with the finished product at this time, so he wants to find someone to share it, and he didn't expect him to give any feedback, so he praised himself.

Sure enough, after Guan Shan finished eating, he just nodded calmly: "It's all delicious." ”

Ji was puzzled, she just made a dish, where did it come from?

"What you made before is delicious."

Season: "......"

It's the same as a man complimenting a woman for looking good in whatever she wears.

The perfunctory is quite perfunctory, but it doesn't prevent it from being fun.

She hummed a small tune and put the braised pork into the warm cage, and the previous pork ribs happened to be marinated and flavored.