Chapter 12: Cooking
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As a person who has also read several alternate historical novels, Li Anran will not be so stupid as to go directly to those historical celebrities, such as Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong.
In Li Anran's view, the kind of historical celebrities whose IQ is not as good as the protagonist and will only be played by the protagonist will only appear in novels. In reality, everyone is a human spirit.
It's not surprising to think about it, to be able to follow Li Shimin to this point, even if a few of those generals are as stupid as they seem, and the really stupid ones are already dead.
The most important thing is that in Li Anran's view, if he has no background, and he has no strength, how can he get into the eyes of those historical celebrities?
And even if you rely on modern knowledge and ability, you can really get into the eyes of others, but when that time comes, will you be able to get rid of the fate of being at the mercy of others?
Li Anran remembers a time-traveling novel that also describes the Tang Dynasty, in which the protagonist is very hard-working, obviously doing a lot for the Tang Dynasty, but being cheated everywhere.
As Li Er and Li Shimin under His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was pitted by Li Er, and those civil and military generals who seemed to have a really good relationship on weekdays also cheated him, and the pit was so miserable.
If it weren't for the fact that the protagonist has an immortal aura, coupled with the many arrangements given by the author as the creator god, this would have been killed a long time ago.
As for whether it would be too unfounded to worry about it so much, or even invisibly suffer from persecution paranoia, Li Anran didn't dare to take chances.
Compared with appearing in a high-profile position in front of those historical celebrities who sold you and maybe gave him money, Li Anran still felt that it was safer for him to keep a low profile.
Otherwise, when he was just outside to collect medicine, he would not have pretended to know nothing after he had already noticed that someone was peeping at him not far away.
After Li Anran recalled and wrote down Rendan's prescription, and thought about the matter of medicine and selling medicine and wrote it down, the slaughter outside had already been completed.
Under Zhao Qingshan's arrangement, every household in the village was given three catties of wild boar. The injured Zhao Erbao was given three catties more, and the rest was left to the Zhao brothers.
Listening to the deliberately amplified shouting outside, Li Anran, who was picking up herbs in the room, couldn't help but smile, knowing that most of these words were said to himself.
In fact, Li Anran was not surprised by the arrangement of dividing meat. If the village did send people to help carry the wild boar out of the mountain, the meat was nothing.
But the problem is that if you divide more and less, and if you divide more, the credit of the Zhao brothers will be wiped out invisibly. After all, the pig did fall to its death, not to its death.
It is precisely because of this that I deliberately said that sentence before. Otherwise, with the momentum just now, it would definitely not be only fifty catties of meat that was divided.
"Zhao Er, there's a lot of meat left." After picking up the herbs, Li Anran took advantage of the fact that it was quiet outside, and then Shi Shiran walked out of the hall and said with a smile.
"It's just that there is too much meat, and if you can't eat it, it will go bad." Zhao Er, who didn't expect to leave so many wild boar meat this time, was both happy and a little embarrassed in his heart.
Happily, there is more meat, not only can you eat it yourself, but you can also sell it for money. The reason for the embarrassment is that it is summer now, and this meat can easily spoil if it is not eaten.
In the past, I caught game in the mountains, and the village could digest some of it. But the meat was just divided, and with the living conditions of Zhaojia Village, no one would buy it at this time.
"It's okay, if you can't finish eating, you can marinate it into salted meat, or you can make bacon like yesterday's smoked dried fish, if you can order the seasoning completely, the taste is much better than raw meat."
"It can also be made into bacon, and the price can be sold more. Don't waste any of this. As long as the food is good, it is no worse than meat, and it has a different taste. ”
After looking at most of the remaining wild boars, Li Anran, who had skyrocketed in food, was embarrassed to continue to eat for nothing, but deliberately said a few ways to deal with meat.
"Dao...... Real people, but we can't get it, can we ......?"
Zhao Er was still thinking about whether to go back and borrow an ox cart and sell all the meat that could not be eaten in the county. When I heard this, I immediately had a look of anticipation on my face.
Zhao Da, who hadn't had time to leave on the side, just came out of the backyard after watching the cow, and his heart was full of joy after hearing this, after all, the smoked dried fish yesterday was really delicious.
If you can process the wild boar that can't be eaten, not only can it be put for a long time, but it will be sold in the county, and the price will be better than selling wild boar.
"Don't worry, I still have to live in your house for a while, and the amount of food is so large, I can't just eat and not work, so I naturally have to exert some effort to avoid being contaminated with cause and effect."
After taking off the robe, Li Anran didn't care so much about his identity as a qi refiner, but he didn't forget to find a reasonable excuse for his behavior.
"I can't do it! It is the blessing of my family to serve real people, and it is too late for me to be happy, but I dare not let real people live. Zhao Er, who waved his hand again and again, shook his head and said.
Seeing that the Zhao family brothers all had such an attitude, knowing that his identity as a pure Yang real person had played a role, Li Anran did not mention the matter of work at the moment.
Instead, he took over the command and began to instruct Zhao Er, Zhao Er's mother-in-law, and Zhao Da, who had just finished dividing the meat and had not had time to leave, to get busy.
To say that the rural conditions in the Tang Dynasty are indeed very poor, but relying on the mountains and water, some basic ingredients and spices are not lacking, and the only problem is that they are not complete.
Things like star anise and cinnamon, which were used as spices in later generations, are now only sold as medicinal herbs in pharmacies, and no one knows how to use them.
Li Anran wanted Zhao Er to get some back, but considering that he hadn't been able to make money until now, it was okay to eat white food, so it was really difficult to open this mouth.
And Zhaojia Village is not close to the county seat, I haven't seen that the people who went to ask for a doctor before haven't been able to come back, even if people are willing to buy it, they can't use it now.
Fortunately, although the types of spices are not complete, there are also incomplete practices. And when I went into the mountains to collect medicine before, I happened to find a few wild pepper trees.
Although it is not yet the time to pick peppercorns, it is a good time to eat pepper leaves. Whether it's used for seasoning or cooking directly, it's pretty good.
At Li Anran's request, it didn't take long for Zhao Er to remove all the bones on most of the remaining wild boars.
According to Li Anran's original idea, even if you want to stew soup, you have to use meat and bones. But in this day and age, meat and bones are far less popular than meat.
The unique Li Anran did not chop these bones, especially those leg bones, which are commonly known as tube bones, into half, but put them whole into the pot.
Although it takes more time to stew in this way than chopping the bones well, it is better to keep the bone marrow intact, and after the soup is stewed, knock open the bone and suck it, which is called a beauty.
Compared with the big bone soup, Li Anran, who coveted this natural purebred wild boar meat more, instructed Zhao Da to cut those wild boar meat into the right size.
The fattest pork belly is cut into mahjong pieces. After washing off the blood water, soak it in water with pepper leaves, but it can remove the fishy smell and enhance the fragrance.
The meat on the front and back legs is cut into two types, one with more fat and less skin, and the other with only a little fat on the surface.
Of these two types of meat, the former is intended to be used for bacon, bacon, and bacon. The latter is prepared to be marinated and then roasted the next day.
For this reason, after Zhao Da set up the two bonfires in Lu, he also built a boxy oven with yellow mud and stones with simple tools according to Li Anran's request.
The main reason why it took so much effort to make this oven is that the bacon and bacon have been made for a long time, and the bacon is not as good as the taste.
And once the oven is built, it can not only be used to roast the barbecued pork that Li Anran is good at, but the first pot of gold after crossing can be earned by pointing to this thing.
After the meat was cut, Zhao Er also joined in the work of building the oven. As for Mrs. Zhao, who came with the little ones, she was busy with her concubine.
As for the little ones, they are not idle, except for the youngest son of the Zhao family, those who pick vegetables, those who watch the fire, are doing what they can.
Feeling the harmonious and warm atmosphere between the two families, he just lived with his grandfather Li Guizhen when he was a child, and Li Anran, who had never experienced it, was both happy and envious.
At this moment, Li Anran suddenly found that Zhao Qingshan was rushing here from the direction of Zhao Erbao's house with a middle-aged man who was obviously dressed as a doctor.