After plucking the pig's hair, Lan Xiaoqing pulled Lan Erlang and stood up together: "Dad, move your neck." ”

Lan Erlang thumped his arm by the way, and then looked at Lan Xiaoqing in disappointment: "That's good?" ”

"Of course not. But Dad, I don't want to delay any longer when our raw materials and molds are ready, so let's light the lamp. ”

Generally, the only activity of the peasant family after nightfall is to go to bed, and there is rarely an oil lamp, which costs money.

But a scholar like Lan Erlang has a habit of reading at night, even if he can't eat enough and don't warm up, he can't light the lamp without oil.

But oil is not cheap, Lan Erlang was a little reluctant, but seeing his daughter's eyes full of expectation, he still silently lit the oil lamp.

In the dimly lit kitchen, Lan Xiaoqing was explaining to Lan Erlang the secret of making this crystal pigskin jelly: "Dad, the most important thing in making this dish is to fix it. There are two conditions indispensable, one is low temperature coagulation, and the other is the proportion of soup, if the proportion of soup is not suitable, then it is likely to not become a shape. ”

Lan Xiaoqing said while cutting the meat skin into 0.5 cm small dices, put it into a pot of cold water, the ratio of water to pork skin is three to one, and at the same time add rice wine, green onion and ginger, star anise, cinnamon and an appropriate amount of salt, turn to medium heat and boil for two hours after boiling.

Lan Xiaoqing was not idle in this hour, she pulled Lan Erlang to clean the bamboo tube with her. Although Lan Erlang's strength is not as good as that of ordinary croppers, his work is exquisite, and the bamboo tubes he cut out are all of average length, and the knife edge is smooth and there are no barbs.

The inside of the bamboo tube is very clean, and it is very quick to clean, and soon the fifteen or sixteen bamboo tubes are all ready.

When the soup was thick and white, Lan Xiaoqing opened the lid of the pot, and suddenly the small kitchen was full of aroma, even if the dinner was very full, the father and daughter couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Lan Xiaoqing hurriedly scooped up a little skin jelly with a spatula, and there was an obvious sticky feeling after dipping his fingers into the cold.

She sighed with satisfaction: "Alas, I really succeeded as soon as I made a move, hahaha." ”

"Success?" After Lan Xiaoqing's explanation, Lan Erlang now understands her intentions, "But didn't you say that it still needs to be fixed?" ”

"This is the next step, Dad, do you want to try it?" Lan Xiaoqing said and handed over the spatula, Lan Erlang was already attracted by the aroma, and couldn't wait to reach out and dip it a little.

"Delicious! It's delicious! Lan Erlang chewed the pig skin particles in his mouth, "I never knew that pig skin could be so delicious!" If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have eaten it, it's pigskin! ”

"That's it!" Lan Xiaoqing smiled proudly, took out the green onions, ginger, star anise and cinnamon in the skin jelly one by one, and then put the milky white skin jelly into the bamboo tube that had been prepared long ago with Lan Erlang.

Each bamboo tube is not full, which is to facilitate the use of a knife to split it and take out the pigskin jelly completely after molding. The diameter of the bamboo tube is too small, and it will not be easy to pour out the pig skin jelly at that time, so it can only be done first without a proprietary mold.

After all the skin jelly was filled, there were a total of nine bamboo tubes, which just filled the small water tank at home, because the plug was full, so the bamboo tubes did not float, and finally the water tank was covered, and the father and daughter went to sleep with anticipation.

Lan Xiaoqing slept very well for the first time this night, and she didn't hear the sound of Lan Erlang getting up at night in the next bed.

She got up to wash, Lan Erlang was making breakfast in the kitchen, Lan Erlang was excited when he saw Lan Xiaoqing: "Qingqing, you succeeded!" Pigskin jelly formed! ”