Chapter 18: The Pig Goes into the Water
As he spoke, the motherwort soup was boiled.
Lin Yunxuan carefully poured the soup into a bowl, and then asked Zhang Qingyun to go over to his mother Li Xianglan to drink, and by the way, helped her call Caiyun to the kitchen.
It turned out that Lin Yunxuan wanted to teach Caiyun to handle live fish and cook fish soup, and she learned from Zhang Qingyun that Caiyun usually cooks a lot at home, but they rarely eat fish before, so Caiyun basically never processed live fish.
Lin Yunxuan told Caiyun the key points of handling live fish, killed the fish and showed her again, and then began to teach her how to cook fish soup.
Soon, the fish soup was cooked, Lin Yunxuan glanced out of the kitchen window, wiped the water stains on her hands and said to Caiyun: "It's not early, we have to go back first." The fish soup will be more fishy when it is cold, and your mother has only drunk the medicine for a short time, so the fish soup will be put on the stove to warm first, and then served to your mother later. Also, you should pay attention to Xiaobao's condition at night, and if she still has a fever, wet a towel with warm water to cool her down. ”
"Well, sister, I'll send you to the entrance of the village." Zhang Qingyun heard that Lin Yunxuan was leaving, and ran over and offered to send them.
"No, we can just walk this way by ourselves. I'll come back tomorrow to see Xiaobao and my aunt for a follow-up. Lin Yunxuan walked out of the kitchen after speaking, called Zhao An and left.
Zhang Qingyun stood at the door with his two younger sisters and watched Lin Yunxuan and Zhao An leave, in his eyes, Lin Yunxuan's back became bigger and bigger.
When Lin Yunxuan and the others returned to Gangtou Village, He Cuifang had already cooked dinner, and they were waiting for them to come back to start the meal.
Lin Yunxuan felt very embarrassed, and took away a laborer in the afternoon, not only did not help with the work, but also asked everyone to wait for them to eat. However, everyone has always been supportive of her saving people, but they didn't say anything, and the family went to rest after eating happily.
The next day, everyone got up before dawn and started working.
Zhao Dalin went to the next village to buy fat meat after killing the fish as usual, but when he came back this time, he brought back a lot of pigs into the water, with a pig heart, two pork belly and a pair of pig intestines, which added up to more than ten catties.
It turned out that these pigs were sent by Zhu butchers.
Zhao Dalin saw that everyone was puzzled, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't buy these pigs in the water, they were sent by Zhu Butcher, he said thank you for helping him in the past few days, he has nothing to give me, these things are not worth a few dollars, so he sent these pigs into the water to me, and I couldn't push them off and took them back." ”
He Cuifang looked at the pile of pigs going into the water, and her face was sad: "It's not that these pigs are not good in the water, but the pigs are also stained with some meat in the water, which is better than nothing." It's just that it's too difficult to clean, especially this pig's large intestine, which can't be washed clean, and it tastes so big. Didn't we make a fried fat sausage before, and the taste made me want to vomit. ”
"I heard from Zhu butcher that pigs can be washed very clean with cornmeal and salt, but it will cost more cornmeal and salt." Zhao Dalin scratched his head embarrassedly and said.
Lin Yunxuan saw He Cuifang's embarrassed look, so she put down the fish in her hand, pointed to the pile of pigs in the water with her right hand and said, "I have a way to clean them up, let's put them first, and when we finish the fish balls and fish cakes, I will deal with them." ”
Zhao Dalin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and smiled at He Cuifang like a child who had done something wrong. He Cuifang gave him an angry look, turned around and went back to work.
The Zhao family worked together like the assembly line workers, and when it was almost time, they finally made fish balls and fish cakes.
Then Zhao Dalin delivered the goods to the Zuixian Building, and Lin Yunxuan began to clean up the pigs.
She first went to the kitchen to stir up some plant ash, then put the plant ash and pig intestine in a large wooden basin, rubbed the pig intestine with her hands, and then rubbed all the dead corners one by one, and then rinsed with water, and then turned the pig intestine over, tore off the oil on the inner wall of the pig's large intestine, added some plant ash to continue to rub, rubbed it clean, and then turned it over and rinsed it clean, and finally put it in the pot to blanch it. After this treatment, the large intestine of the pig not only does not have the smell of pig manure, but also is particularly bright and white.
Lin Yunxuan used the same method to clean up the pork belly, and finally began to process the pork heart.
Pork heart is simpler to handle than pork belly in the large intestine of pig. Lin Yunxuan first rinsed the surface of the pig's heart, and then used a knife to cut it along the large blood vessels of the pig's heart, squeezing out the clotted blood in the blood vessels with her hands, and asked Zhao An to help her scoop water to wash away these blood clots. After rinsing, remove the white fascia and blood vessels in the pig's heart, and then evenly wipe a spoonful of salt and a spoonful of vinegar on the pig's heart, and then scrub it clean after standing for a quarter of an hour.
After Lin Yunxuan finished processing the pig heart, it was time to make lunch again. She decided that today's hard dishes would be contracted by these pigs. At noon, you can make a dry sausage and stir-fry pork heart, and you can stew a pork belly soup in the evening.
After setting the menu, Lin Yunxuan cut the cleaned pork heart into thin slices, then blanched the water, and then began to cook the dry sausage.
She cut all the cleaned pig intestines into two or three centimeter-long segments, and then threw them all into the pot to dry stir-fry, and the sections of the pig's large intestine were slightly charred and shiny. She poured all the rice wine left in the wine jar at home, and now the fishy smell of the pig's large intestine was completely gone, replaced by a rich meat aroma. There were no green and red peppers and onions, so Lin Yunxuan had to cut some green onions and throw them into the pot to stir-fry, stir-fry until cooked, sprinkle salt and get out of the pot.
Zhao Yun'er had already smelled the fragrance in the hall, and before the dishes came out of the pot, she had already rushed to the kitchen and stood on the side of the stove staring at the pot.
Zhao An helped light the fire next to the stove, and he also swallowed hard.
After the dry sausage is cooked, Lin Yunxuan takes advantage of the heat of the pot, puts the green onions, ginger and garlic into the pot and stir-fries, and then pours the blanched pork heart into thin slices into the pot and stir-fry quickly, after a while, add a little salt and soy sauce and stir-fry, and then put in the green onion and stir-fry well.
After the two hard dishes were ready, the whole kitchen was filled with the smell of meat.
He Cuifang and Zhao Dalin, who had delivered the goods, also smelled the fragrance in the hall, and they couldn't believe it at first, until Zhao An brought the two fragrant dishes to the table, and then they believed that Lin Yunxuan not only cleaned up the pig and made it delicious.
It's time to eat!
Zhao An couldn't wait to put a piece of fat sausage in his mouth and chewed it twice, so delicious that he almost bit his tongue, quickly swallowed it and then said happily: "The fried fat sausage made by my sister is delicious, much more delicious than what we used to eat, everyone try it." ”
He Cuifang listened, and hurriedly picked up a piece of fat intestine and put it in his mouth. Sure enough, there is no smell, but there is a smell of meat. She looked happy and exclaimed, "Xuan'er, how did you do it?" This fat sausage is so delicious. ”
"I used a small method to get rid of the smell of the pig's large intestine, and it tasted natural without peculiar smell." After Lin Yunxuan finished smiling, she also picked up a piece of fat intestine and tasted it. Without onions and green and red peppers, the taste is a little worse, but it is suitable for satisfying cravings.
Zhao Dalin and Zhao Yun'er couldn't even talk after eating, although their food has been much better than before recently, and it has not been long since they last ate braised pork, but when they smell such a fragrant fat sausage, they can't control their gluttony.
"Mother, sister, don't talk about it, eat the vegetables quickly, otherwise the dishes will be eaten by my father and sister." Zhao An urged them while chewing on the fat intestines.
When Zhao Dalin and Zhao Yun'er heard that they were named, they couldn't help but stop and raise their heads to look at each other, and when they saw each other's mouths full of oil, they laughed.
Lin Yunxuan and the three of them were also amused when they saw this scene, and they stretched out their chopsticks one after another. In this way, the five people swept away all the dishes on the table, and all of them were satisfied.
"Sister, Hiccup, these dishes you make are so delicious, do you have to sell them in Zuixian Building? Hiccup~" Zhao An said while burping, "If the Drunken Immortal Building doesn't have to be sold, Hiccup, can we sell it again for money?" ”
When Lin Yunxuan heard it, yes, she forgot about this stubble, this is a good idea, she can talk to Shopkeeper Li next time.
"Xiao An, you reminded me, next time I'll ask Shopkeeper Li. It seems that our family Xiao An is becoming more and more business-minded. Lin Yunxuan gave Zhao An a thumbs up.
Zhao An didn't understand what the "mind" in Lin Yunxuan's words meant, but he saw Lin Yunxuan give him a thumbs up, guessing that it was to praise him, and grinned.
"But I have another plan." After Lin Yunxuan finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Zhao Dalin. "Uncle, you buy two pig hearts with Zhu Butcher tomorrow, and come back with two pig intestines, and at the same time ask Zhu Butcher how many pigs he will kill every day, and if we want each pig's pig into the water, how can he sell it."
"Good. But Xuan'er, can we eat so many pigs? Zhao Dalin agreed to Lin Yunxuan's request, hesitated, and still said the question in his heart.
Lin Yunxuan smiled slyly: "You'll know tomorrow." “
When everyone saw Lin Yunxuan selling Guan Zi again, although they were very curious and wanted to know the answer immediately, they also knew what Lin Yunxuan didn't want to say, they had no way to force her to say it, so they had to hope that time would pass quickly, and they could know the answer as soon as possible.
After explaining the matter, Lin Yunxuan said to He Cuifang while packing up the medicine box: "Aunt Fang, there are still a lot of fried fat sausages in the kitchen, let Zhao An send some to Aunt Zhang for them to taste." I'm going to go to Zhangjia Village now. ”
"Okay, recently, it was your Aunt Zhang who helped Zhang Luo buy eggs in the village, and thanked her with such delicious fat intestines, your Aunt Zhang will definitely be very happy." He Cuifang replied while cleaning up the table.
"Okay, then I'm out, I'll be back later to help collect the fish cages." Lin Yunxuan carried the medicine box on her back, carried a basket, and went out after explaining to He Cuifang.
"Doesn't Xiao An have to go with you?" He Cuifang asked after him.
"No, I know the way. Xiao An will stay at home and help. Lin Yunxuan waved her hand and left without looking back.