Chapter 35: Making Soap
At noon the next day, Chen Xiuyun brought back the pig's pancreas from the town, which was left by the pig that had been killed this morning.
Chen Xiuyun not only brought back the pig pancreas, but also bought some pigs to go into the water and come back, this thing is cheap, but it is not so easy to clean up.
Xiao Hei was spreading joy in the courtyard, and Jiang Xinyu was handling pig pancreas in the house, this thing can't be left overnight, otherwise it will be useless to make soap.
Remove the fascia on the pancreas and the oil on the surface, then cut it into small pieces, then put it in a stone basin and pound it vigorously, and then add alkaline noodles, and then use plant ash without alkaline noodles, she grinded some powdered white sugar and sprinkled it in.
Jiang Xinyu pounded and pounded the mixture, and after a while, she replaced Jiang Yuzhu, who was watching curiously on the side.
Chen Xiuyun was handling the pigs in the courtyard, and at the same time, she was guarding the door, afraid that others would see what was going on in the house.
The sisters changed one by one, and the mixture was pounded into a viscous paste, Jiang Xinyu felt that it was not yet hot, so she kept pounding it, and before it was done, Chen Yi, who sent the mold, came.
He made the things himself, and he did not bother him with simple carpentry, and he carved the shape of a three-petaled flower at the bottom of the mold.
Chen Yi didn't stay long and left, Jiang Xinyu continued to hammer and hammer, and for more than ten minutes, stirred with chopsticks, saw that it was strong, and stopped, cut out a small piece in the basin, put it in the mold, and then pressed the porcelain, and then flattened the other end with a small wooden board.
The mold sent by Chen Yi is rectangular, a total of five, one can be cut out of almost ten pieces, and it is convenient for her to cut it after it is formed, and there is a three-petal flower Peugeot at the same distance.
Jiang Xinyu's arm is tired, and when she finishes it, she will put it away and dry it in the shade, and she will be able to demold it tomorrow and dry it for about 20 days.
Chen Xiuyun saw the soap that was taken off the next day and felt quite presentable.
Jiang Xinyu begged her to get some pig pancreas back every day, even if it was a pair of pig pancreas to give the pig killer a penny.
She made up her mind to do this business, she thought about the price of a piece of soap, she sold it for two cents, and cut 37 pieces of pancreas for drying, if all of them were sold, they could be sold for 7.4 yuan.
Chen Xiuyun didn't know if the soap made by her daughter was useful, but just looking at the model was not bad, Jiang Xinyu asked her to continue to make pig pancreas back, she still went, and spent two cents the next day to get back three pairs of pig pancreas.
Every penny in the first year is money, and two cents is an extra income for the pig killer, and there is no reason why he should not sell it.
Although Chen Xiuyun wrapped up the pig pancreas, she was still quite eye-catching when she went to the town for a few days, and after these three pairs of pig pancreas, Chen Xiuyun rested for a day.
And the soap that Jiang Xinyu's house is drying has reached ninety.
In a flash, it was the day when the village killed the New Year's pigs, and the atmosphere of the New Year was getting stronger and stronger.
The pigs raised in the brigade are collective, and the widow Wang raises pigs well, and each has more than 200 catties.
But there are more than 200 people in the brigade, and there is not much to get from the family.
Before dawn, Jiang Xinyu was still lying on the bed when she heard the screams of pigs. Today, most people will get up early to see this excitement.
As long as Jiang Xinyu wakes up when she sleeps, it is not easy to fall asleep again, so she simply gets up and goes to see the excitement of watching a movie in the team.
When she was brushing her teeth, she saw Chen Xiuyun coming back with a bowl of pig blood, the weather was cold, and there was still hot steaming on it, but it was very fresh.
The two girls wanted to go out to see the excitement, and Chen Xiuyun didn't stop them, and they had to wait for a while to divide the meat, and the pigs didn't kill Lisuo.
The liveliness of the countryside is really pitiful, and the half-grown children come to join in the excitement of killing pigs before dawn, Jiang Xinyu feels that watching the killing of pigs, gluttony definitely accounts for a large part of the reason.
After today, there will be meat to eat at home.
Some families are reluctant to cut meat once a year, either because they don't have a meat ticket, or they are reluctant. And this time ago, the pork distribution may be the only way for some people to get meat.
There are many strong laborers in the family, and the daughter-in-law of the deputy captain has been divided into more than ten catties, and other people's eyes are hot.
The sky was completely bright, Jiang Yuzhu and Li Xiuhua were talking, Jiang Xinyu went home and asked Comrade Chen Xiuyun to come and get the pork.
When she returned to the courtyard, she saw that Widow Wang was in the courtyard, and Jiang Xinyu certainly didn't miss the grass and pig pancreas.
As a pig expert in the brigade, Widow Wang will be rewarded when she divides the meat, not to mention the pig pancreas that no one eats. Chen Yi mentioned it to her, saying that Chen Xiuyun's family wanted to feed the dogs, and Widow Wang remembered it.
When Chen Xiuyun went to receive the meat in the basin, Jiang Xinyu poured hot water for the pig, and when she took the basin to the pigsty, she found that the little pig did not react, and the clear and stupid eyes looked dull, Jiang Xinyu remembered the scream of the pig before dawn, and then looked at this little pig baby a little sympathetic. Was this pig baby frightened by the miserable sound of the same kind?
The little pig baby left her mother at a young age, although she was in the same team, she never saw her again after leaving, and there should be no pig in the pig killed today, after all, the sow is still very important.
Jiang Xinyu looked at the pig baby, which was one size bigger than before, and said in a coaxing tone: "Eat well and grow up quickly." "Then it's time to get out of the pot.
Xiao Hei is a pig snatcher, humming and chirping to get into the circle to eat pig food, the pig baby probably felt the threat from Xiao Hei to grab food, after all, he still ate quickly.
When Jiang Xinyu was about to cook the sweet potato porridge, Chen Xiuyun came back with less than seven catties of meat.
Although Jiang Jianmin is gone, this year's pork brigade still counts him as a share. Just now, Chen Xiuyun had a little unpleasant trouble with Mrs. Li when she was taking pork.
Seeing that Chen Xiuyun's face was not good-looking, Jiang Xinyu asked what was wrong.
Chen Xiuyun sighed and said: "This year's meat is too thin, there is not much oil and water, and I can't practice much oil." ”
These days, everyone prefers to have fatty meat, because there is oil and water!
But Jiang Xinyu looked at the meat in the basin and was very happy, there were a total of four pieces of meat with belt meat of different sizes, except for one that looked particularly fat, the rest looked really thin, but two of the fat and thin pork belly looked good, and it was definitely delicious to make braised pork.
In the morning, there was no fish or meat, and I ate "stir-fried" cabbage and sweet potato porridge.
After the mother and daughter finished eating, Jiang Xinyu began to process the pig pancreas, and Chen Xiuyun was about to start refining oil.
Today, every household has started refining oil, and all the children are waiting in front of the pot stove to eat the crispy and crispy lard residue. The smell of pork wafting through the village is gluttonous.
Jiang Xinyu also ate a lot of lard residue when she was working, and she said that it was really fragrant.
When she and Jiang Yuzhu finished their work alternately, fifty-six pig pancreatic soaps were freshly baked again.
The soap was in her mother's house, and the more than a hundred newspapers under the bed looked spectacular.
Jiang Xinyu was a little discouraged after calculating how much money could be sold for more than 100 soaps.