Chapter 18: A dispute arises
Gu Liuxi looked at a dustpan of dried fish and felt that it was a pity, if this fish was made of spices, the taste after pickling would definitely be first-class. Even in winter, stir-fry with green onions, ginger and garlic, and the fragrance can also hook out people's gluttonous insects.
"Mother, do you have spices at home?"
"Spices?" Aunt Song asked suspiciously, "Liuxi, what are the spices you are talking about?"
Gu Liuxi looked at her in surprise, "It's star anise or something, it's delicious to cook, don't you know, mother?" ”
Aunt Song smiled embarrassedly, "My mother has never heard of it, otherwise you can tell me what it looks like, and let Yu'er go to the market to buy it for you." ”
Gu Liuxi ran to ask Song Yu again, "Do you know spices, which can be used to cook dishes, or marinate bacon sausages?" ”
Song Yu was also at a loss, "Bacon? Sausage? ”
Gu Liuxi: "......"
Although the food in this place is pure and natural without additives, if there are no spices and MSG, it is not delicious.
A stove was set up in the yard, and Song Yu was processing wild boar. He first boiled the water, poured it on the pork, and then shaved it with a razor blade, a long and tedious process that made wild boars dirtier than domestic pigs and difficult to remove their hair.
After shaving the hair, Song Yu carried a bucket of well water to wash the pig's body, waited for the pig's skin to become clean, and then took a knife to cut off the pig's head and tail, hung the pig on the shelf, cut a knife from the middle, and began to divide the pork.
No one wants things like pigs' large intestines, and it tastes too good to give dogs to dogs, even if they are poor like the Song family, they will be thrown away. Gu Liuxi happened to walk over and hurriedly shouted, "Don't throw it, don't throw it!" ”
"How?" Song Yu turned his head to look at her.
"The pig's large intestine is a good thing, help me clean it up later, I'll be useful." Gu Liuxi winked at him.
Song Yu frowned, "I'll leave pork for you, you don't have to eat this thing." ”
He thought that Gu Liuxi was so greedy that he didn't even let go of the intestine full of pig manure, and made up his mind to leave two pig thighs for Gu Liuxi, and always felt that she had lost a lot of weight in the past few days since marrying into the Song family.
"Hehe, you don't understand this, this large intestine is more useful than you think."
Gu Liuxi squatted on the ground and pulled a bunch of pig organs cut by Song Yu, what kind of pig heart, pig kidney, etc., it seems that the ancients also wanted to eat these.
In this way, it is not difficult to find that the people here have never eaten fat sausages, and they have never eaten sausages, and if she can make these things into flavored snacks, she may be able to sell them for more money.
Gu Liuxi poked at the wild boar and asked casually, "How is the price of this wild boar meat calculated?" ”
Song Yu was busy cutting the wild boar meat into strips and said, "About seven cents a catty." ”
Although there is a lot of game in the mountains, there are very few that can be hunted, and even Song Yu is difficult to hunt a wild boar all year round. Wild boar meat is fat, smooth and tender, and it is more expensive than domestic pigs. Domestic pigs are generally five pounds a catty, wild boar is more expensive, and if you meet a wealthy guest, it is possible to pay a higher price.
Gu Liuxi frowned when he heard this, it is really not worth selling this wild boar like this, you must know that although the wild boar has a lot of meat, it has a long growth period, and it will take a long time to grow into more than two hundred catties. Excluding the bones and internal organs, it is estimated that the meat here will be sold for more than 1,000 yuan, but if it can be processed into lo-mei and other foods that ordinary people have never seen, the price can be doubled a few times.
But the trouble is that Gu Liuxi doesn't know if there are any marinated spices sold in the market here.
"What a pity," she sighed, "let's go out into the street together today, you leave half of the wild boar meat down, and I have other arrangements." ”
Song Yu never objected to her words, and after leaving half of the wild boar, he took her to the street the next day.
Wild boar meat is really popular, and in less than an hour, the wild boar meat in Song Yu's hand was sold out, along with pork liver, and sold for more than 700 yuan in total.
"With this silver, we can go to the pharmacy and buy some medicine for my mother." Gu Liuxi said.
The three-flavor medicine needed to treat cataracts, the snake molt has already arrived, and the cicada clothes and white chrysanthemums are still missing. Although in autumn, cicada clothes can be picked up in the mountains, and white chrysanthemums will be cheaper, but Gu Liuxi still wants to treat Aunt Song as soon as possible, if it gets more and more serious in the future, even if it is an operation, it may not be effective.
In the largest house on the street, Renji Hall, it was a busy time for people at this moment. A few pharmacy guys were shuttling around the pharmacy, and an old doctor was seeing a doctor.
Gu Liuxi turned around a few times and found that this medicine hall was very large in scale and the medicinal materials were relatively complete, so she should be able to find some of the spices she wanted here.
Like star anise, angelica, cinnamon, etc. can be used as medicinal materials, and the taste of marinade is also first-class, Gu Liuxi used to patronize a very popular old lo-mei shop, from primary school to growing up and working, he had to eat it almost once a week, and he also learned a lot of secret recipes for more than ten years. As long as she finds all the materials, not to mention 100%, at least she can restore 90% of the taste.
Song Yu didn't know what Gu Liuxi wanted to do, so he followed her around, but there were too many people in the pharmacy, and he couldn't squeeze through, so he simply stood by the door, his eyes followed Gu Liuxi closely.
At this time, there was a medicine hall guy who was holding back his belly because he was scolded by a guest, and he accidentally bumped into Song Yu when he was so busy that he was dizzy.
"Are you sick standing here? I don't know how to let people come when they see people coming! I knew that it was my fault, but when the guy saw that Song Yu was dressed in tatters, and his face was hideous and terrifying, he suddenly felt that he was a good bully, and his voice was raised, "See a doctor or buy medicine?" Gotcha, I don't think you can afford it, get out of here early and don't delay our business! ”
Song Yu's eyes drooped slightly, and he stood to the side, and the sharp-eyed guy could see at a glance that he had a problem with his legs and feet.
"Hey, I'm still a cripple for a long time, you have to pay attention to this, don't come to steal medicinal herbs!" After speaking, the guy didn't feel relieved, and muttered as he walked, "It looks really unappetizing, standing there, no one else dares to come in, that face hurts like that, I'm afraid it's not a bad thing to do too much and be retributed!" ”
Song Yu had no expression from beginning to end, and his heart was as calm as water, he had long been accustomed to other people's attitudes, as long as it didn't involve his family, no matter what kind of bad words could not stimulate him.
Song Yu's face was calm, but he didn't expect Gu Liuxi, who had been watching for a long time, to be so angry that he was about to explode, not to mention that Song Yu himself didn't do anything wrong, but there was really something wrong, and the medicine hall guy shouldn't be so humiliating.
"Hey, stop me!" Gu Liuxi called the guy menacingly.
As soon as the guy turned around, he saw a big beauty staring at him with her hands on her waist, and that little face was really like a fairy, so that people couldn't take their eyes off.
"Beauty...... Girl, you call me? In front of the beauty, the guy's tone couldn't help but lower a little.
Gu Liuxi's eyes were round, and her voice was slightly cold, "Who did you just say is ugly, and who has done too much for it?" ”
Although the guy likes beauties, he was shouted at by the beauties in front of the big guy, and his face suddenly couldn't be hanged, "What did I say wrong?" You let everyone see, is he ugly and poor? There is such a big scar on the face, at first glance, it was cut by a knife, and there is also a problem with that leg. ”