Chapter 106: August Festival
Yang saw Xu's resignation, and made a straight face: "Where did you get the money?" The money for repairing the pigsty has been emptied, and there has been more meat recently, where can you go to have money? Besides, your money is your money, and this is a little bit of my heart for my in-laws. ”
After saying this, Yang glanced at Zhang Sijiu again: "You also buy something and go to the grave of your uncle and grandfather, in previous years, your father and mother went, but now ...... Ask your second uncle to accompany you in advance. ”
After speaking, she sighed, and somehow thought of an old saying: hemp rope is broken in fine places, and bad luck only looks for miserable people.
Zhang Sijiu's mother originally had a brother, but she didn't wait to marry her daughter-in-law, she even connected her father and mother, ate unclean things, vomited and diarrhea, and went without three days.
At that time, their family still helped take care of the funeral.
Zhang Sijiu has always wondered why he doesn't have an uncle and aunt here, what else does he not understand when he hears this?
She remained silent: "Hmm. The second uncle will accompany me for a trip then. The little pumpkin is too small, let's take her there in two years. ”
Zhang Xiaoshan also responded, turned his head and instructed Xu: "Then you remember to buy things." ”
Yang nodded. Then he talked about how the family spent the August Festival, and finally talked about buying moon cakes.
Yes, there have been mooncakes this year, but there are not many patterns.
Zhang Sijiu's heart moved: moon cakes......
Then she died: as soon as I heard it, I knew it was very profitable, but unfortunately I didn't.
For a while, Zhang Sijiu actually felt a little heartache and couldn't breathe - missing out on a lot of money! A lot of money!
The family talked about how to spend the August Festival, but in fact, the August Festival is still more than half a month.
The Xu family obviously had no money, so the matter of drying the grain was directly handed over to the Yang family and Zhang Sijiu, and they began to think about how to make money.
Although Zhang Sijiu didn't know how to make moon cakes, he thought of another way to make money, which was also related to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, a day of family reunion.
What do you do when you get together? It's nothing more than drinking water, eating melon seeds, cooking and eating, and cleaning up the table.
Usually at this time, it is often the time when people are most willing to spend money: moon cakes, melons and fruits, snacks, chicken, duck and fish -
Zhang Sijiu even remembered that even in the hospital ward, as long as his life was in danger, the patient's family would make the meal as rich as possible on this day, and bring moon cakes and melons and fruits to eat. Sometimes they would be stuffed with a little bit of a medical staff.
Therefore, Zhang Sijiu feels that it is the best time to quit lo-mei at this time.
What is broiled? Braised meat, braised fat sausages, braised chicken, braised duck, and all kinds of duck intestines, duck hearts, duck feet, chicken feet, pork ribs, pig ears -
As long as the pot is big enough, anything can be marinated!
Even if the meat dish is tired, you can also marinade the dish!
Lotus root, kelp, egg, bean skin –
Zhang Sijiu mentioned it to Xu, Xu hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and patted the board: "Let's try it tomorrow!" ”
She even used the little money given by the Yang family.
It can be seen that the Xu family really has no money.
Zhang Sijiu had it in his hand and gave it to Xu, but Xu didn't want to move, so he saved it.
Anyway, the day after deciding to sell the braised eggs, Zhang Sijiu and Xu went to the county seat to sell braised eggs, and after selling the braised eggs, they went to buy meat.
These days, chicken paws, duck paws, and other bits and pieces are not easy to buy.
When people buy ducks and chickens, they directly buy a whole one and go, except for duck feathers and duck blood, the others are to be taken away.
Therefore, Zhang Sijiu and Xu only bought a chicken and a duck, and they didn't let the family help kill them, so they just took them alive.
Then, the two went straight to the pork shop.
There are many things that can be selected in the pork shop: pig heart, pig liver, pig lung, pig intestine, pig trotters, pig tail and pig ears, pig face, pork ribs, pork belly -
After Xu asked the price, he bargained again, and then gritted his teeth and bought pig heart, liver, lungs, intestine and trotters, tail and ears, plus a pork rib, and a pork belly.
That's it, more than half of the cost has been gone.
Among them, the pork belly with fat is the most expensive.
As for the pigs, it's cheaper.
The two baskets brought by Xu were almost not enough.
In the end, Xu Shi had a heavy basket in one hand, Zhang Sijiu had a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right hand, and hurried home.
Then there's the hustle and bustle – the pig is cheaper to get into the water, but it's the most troublesome to deal with.
Especially the large intestine of pigs.
Zhang Sijiu washed the ashes with grass and wood ash three times before he felt that the taste was almost gone, and then kneaded it with warm water several times to make sure it was clean, and then sent it to blanch.
As for the pig's trotters and pig ears, they should also be carefully cleaned, one is the trouble of shaving, and the other is that the pig's ears are not washed well, they will smell, and they need to be carefully cleaned of the pig's ear holes.
With these jobs alone, Zhang Sijiu and Xu were busy all afternoon.
Yang looked at the busy and tired appearance of the two, didn't say anything, and took the initiative to contract the cooking.
Even Komatsu Xiaobai honestly put ducks, fed chickens and ducks, and helped to light the fire and watch the pot.
As for Zhang Xiaoshan: He went to the Yamen to report today.
After all, he was also afraid of long nights and dreams on this errand to the Yamen, so as soon as the autumn harvest was over, he remembered this matter.
After lunch, Zhang Sijiu and Xu Shi set up a big pot and began to boil braised soup - this pot is still a newly bought pot.
Iron, the skin is a little thinner, but it's really big, and it can put a seven or eight-year-old child directly into it, which is not as big as a squeeze.
Xu also specially used adobe bricks for this cauldron, and made a simple stove in the shed where pig food was cooked.
The braised soup is boiled separately to bring out the flavor before the ingredients are put into the marinade.
Before that, Zhang Sijiu first threw the fat chicken and pork belly, and four big stick bones to boil.
Braised pork, you still have to have a meaty aroma.
Chicken broth mixed with bone broth has its own natural flavor and oil. It is the most suitable for pre-halogen. This can make other lo-mei that has no oil and water absorb some oil, and the taste is more delicious.
After boiling for half an hour, Zhang Sijiu took out the pork belly first, and then the chicken was also fished out, and the remaining bone sticks were boiled all the time.
It wasn't until the strong fragrance came out that she asked Xu to get other things down in batches.
The braised soup is always more fragrant the more you boil.
Especially when it is bubbling, the smell is even more durable, and the fragrance is far away.
Komatsu Xiaobai couldn't move half a step at all, and Qi brushed around the edge of the pot and swallowed mouthfuls of saliva.
When Xu saw this scene, he scolded angrily: "Get out, one by one!" It's not like I won't give it to you for a while! ”
was scolding, and someone shouted at the door: "Second sister-in-law Xu, are you not at home?" ”
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Really, when boiling the braised soup, it really smells like it drops my nose. I can't help but want to eat.
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