Then, Liu Wan added the prepared salt, 2 bay leaves, Sichuan pepper, and 2 star anise to the pot, stir-fried over low heat for about two minutes, turned off the heat, and waited for it to cool.

Afterwards, Liu Wan evenly spread the fried spices and salt on the front and back of the hoof.

Seeing Wu Hui watching with interest, Liu Wan told her the important steps.

"At this step, the most important thing is that the wiping process must be meticulous, the time should not be less than two minutes, and the subsequent marinating time should not be less than half an hour."

"And so many little Karakuri."

Wu Hui had seen how her mother did it before, but her mother was just working hard and would not explain the steps to her so carefully.

"Yes, okay, now that we're pickled, let's wait a little longer, take a look at the melon seeds you peeled now, are they all peeled?"

Liu Wan is a person who is very good at coordinating the use of time, and will not let time go to waste.

"Basically, there are quite a lot of melon seeds." Wu Hui showed Liu Wan the dustpan with melon seeds.

"Ha, get up in a pot and fry melon seeds. If you don't eat melon seeds during the New Year, how can you call it the New Year? Liu Wan said with a sigh of relief.

She has never fried melon seeds before, but she has a food task, and after practicing wildly in the free practice space, Liu Wan is already a master of fried melon seeds, and her skills are good, and she does not lose "foolish melon seeds".

"It's been a long time since I've eaten melon seeds." Wu Hui also became interested.

Liu Wanzhi asked Wang Lian to go to the river beach to find some sand, wash it, and take it home.

Wang Pian was puzzled and asked, "Mother, what are you doing with sand?" Still want to wash it clean? ”

"You'll understand when I use it." Liu Wan didn't explain, only took action.

Wang Lian had no choice but to go to the river to find sand and wash it with a sieve.

Liu Wan poured the sand into the pot.

Wang Lian and Wu Hui stood on the side and looked at each other, and Wang Lian exclaimed:

"Mother, what are you going to do? Can sand be made into food? ”

"It's not for food, fried melon seeds."

Liu Wan increased the heat at the bottom of the pot, first dried the wet sand, and then poured the melon seeds into the sand.

Wu Hui and Wang Lian suddenly realized that the melon seeds were fried like this.

"In fact, iron sand is the best, the heat transfer is fast and uniform, but unfortunately there is no iron sand, you can only use ordinary sand, and the effect will be worse."

After Liu Wan finished speaking, she stir-fried with a spatula from time to time.

With the intensification of firepower, the melon seeds exude a unique fragrance, and after an hour, the skin of the melon seeds is slightly burnt, Liu Wan put the sand and melon seeds in the pot, and asked Wang Lian to find a bamboo sieve, and after the sand is sifted off, there are only fried melon seeds left.

The melon seeds were fried, and the pig's trotters were also covered, Liu Wan cleaned the pig's trotters and used a muslin cloth to absorb the moisture from the epidermis again.

Then, she rolled up her hooves and tied them with cotton thread for later use. Finally, put the hoof in the pot, add water that is not more than one centimeter of the hoof, then add 3 star anise, 3 bay leaves, a little green onion, ginger and garlic, first boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer, 45 minutes out of the pot and slice.

Liu Wan first cut a small plate of bundled hooves, handed it to Wu Hui, and said:

"Xiaohui, do you taste it?"

How did Wu Hui know that this was Liu Wan's first time doing hooves binding, mainly because she was worried that she would not be used to it.

"Well, it's delicious, it's better than my mother's cooking."

Wu Hui praised this time sincerely.

Liu Wan saw that she liked to eat, but she was happy, hehe, she thought to herself, can she practice hundreds of times in the free department space, can it not be delicious?

"You watch more and learn more, young people, you can master everything quickly, and you will definitely be able to do better than me."

What Liu Wan said was all mysterious, and gave Wu Hui a positive hint psychologically, making her feel that this craft was not difficult.

In this way, when she wants to make this dish, Liu Wan will share her skills with them, and they will not think that they will be able to do hooves very suddenly.

"Excuse me, is this Aunt Liu's house?"

At this moment, Liu Wan heard someone shouting outside the courtyard, it was a strange woman's voice.

Liu Wan wiped her hands and walked outside the courtyard.

The sunlight outside was a little dazzling, and she put her hand on her forehead to make a curtain, so that she could see the other party's appearance clearly.

She is a middle-aged woman with blush and her hair oiled and shiny.

Her skin was white and tender, and she walked deliberately twisting her waist, and at first glance she knew that she was not a country woman doing farm work, and her face revealed the shrewdness of a philistine.

"I'm Liu Wan, are you looking for me? Who are you? ”

Liu Wan was very dissatisfied with the title of aunt, but she couldn't help it, she couldn't force people to call her little sister, right?

Okay, the eldest mother is the eldest mother, and your whole family is the eldest mother.

"Hehe, you are Aunt Liu, you really live up to your reputation, when I see your real body today, I know why someone will never forget you."

When the middle-aged woman spoke like this, a strange aura spread.

But Liu Wan really didn't think about those things, so although it was strange in her heart, she politely let people in.

"I don't seem to know you, what are you looking for me?" Liu Wan asked.

"Everyone calls me Aunt Cao, I live in Gukou Town, and I'm a matchmaker, I don't know if you've heard of me?"

Aunt Cao was dressed up neatly, and she was carrying a paper bag in her hand, which should be a souvenir such as cakes.

As soon as Liu Wan looked at the other party's dress, coupled with this posture of speaking in a tone and tone, she understood that this was a "senior" matchmaker.

A matchmaker with good eloquence can coax down all the finches in the sky, the number of this kind of matchmaker is small, so the scarcity is expensive, and the value is also very high, and it is said that it is a family affair, and the red envelopes are two or three times more than that of ordinary matchmakers.

Obviously, this Aunt Cao belongs to the "high-priced" matchmaker.

This kind of matchmaker comes to the door, which proves that the other party attaches great importance to this family business, and has the intention to say that it is a family matter, from another point of view, it is also a manifestation of sincerity.

But Liu Wan felt strange that there were only two sons of the right age in her family who could say kiss, and Wang Li and Wang Lian were too young to say kiss.

Could it be that who fell in love with Wang Jing? Or is there someone in the town who has taken a fancy to Wang Yi?

Liu Wan herself is also very curious, it is not uncommon for a woman to fall in love with a man and find a matchmaker to come over to say goodbye, which can only show that her son is capable and worthy of joy.

Liu Wan politely let the other party into the house and said:

"Aunt Cao, please be seated. Xiaohui, go boil some water and make tea. ”

Liu Wan took out the system gift bag Longjing tea that she was reluctant to drink, and prepared to let the senior matchmaker Aunt Cao try it.

Others are greedy for their own sons, and they must have something to deter the matchmaker.

As soon as the tea is brewed, a simple but neat house......

"Yo, Aunt Liu, your house is neatly tied, and at first glance, you are a person who can be the master of the house and loves cleanliness."

Of course, Aunt Cao is not in a hurry to say goodbye, she is here, and she must have a croaking with Liu Wan to shorten the distance between the two and warm up the scene.

She praised Liu Wan first and said a few words on the scene.

Liu Wan muttered in her heart, feeling as if this person was coming to magnify the move.

Hey? Now that the Great Zhou Kingdom is on a blind date, do you also have to look at the elders of your mother's family first?

Otherwise, why did Aunt Cao keep looking at her from beginning to end?

Liu Wan's heart was a little hairy.