Chapter 38
"Just bury it in the fire and burn it."
Jiang Tangtang thought for a while and said, "But it's a waste of firewood to cook it like this. It's best to put a big pot on top, put a pot of water, add some spices, and put the beef bones in it to cook.
The cooked beef bone soup will be eaten by everyone in a while, and the remaining beef will be mixed with butter and spices to make beef sauce and put in jars to be eaten slowly on the escape route."
Just listening to Jiang Tangtang's words made Luo Taohua drool, "Mom, why don't you follow what the third brother and sister said, take down the big iron pot, clean it up, and put all the beef and beef bones in to cook?"
Iron in the Great Zhou Dynasty, known as black gold, was one of several expensive items.
The Lu family's big iron pot was also a treasure that could be passed down from generation to generation. So on their way out of the desert, the Lu family took this big iron pot with them.
Although the big iron pot was difficult to move, the Lu family had an ox cart at that time, so it wasn't too much of a hindrance if the iron pot was tied to the back of the cart.
However, I had never used a large iron pot on this journey. It was tied tightly and it would probably take some effort to remove it.
But what Su was thinking about was not whether it would be difficult to remove the iron pot, but whether she should listen to her third daughter-in-law and cook all the beef and beef bones.
If you don't cook these things, they won't last long.
If the cow's meat could be preserved, the family would be able to travel a little longer.
But if it's boiled, I'm afraid all the water in the water bladders at home will have to be emptied. What if we can't find water tomorrow?
Su Shi couldn't make up her mind and went to see Old Man Lu as a habit.
But when Old Man Lu looked at her now, he felt in a dilemma.
Finally, both elders looked at Jiang Tangtang and said, "Sanlang's wife, what do you think we should do?"
Both of them felt that Jiang Tangang was a person who had been civilized by the gods, and since the gods even took care of their sons, they would definitely treat her more preferentially. It was always right to listen to her.
Jiang Tangtang said: "Didn't I just say that? Put the big pot up and put all the beef bones in the big pot and cook it!"
"Then listen to Sanlang's wife and put all the remaining beef bones in a big pot and cook them."
As soon as Old Man Lu spoke, Brother Lu quickly got up and moved the big iron pot. Jiang Tangtang thought that he had just washed the cow's intestines with mud and hadn't washed his hands yet, so he quickly called Brother Lu, who had returned from looking for water, to move the big iron pot.
Also returning with Brother Lu were Li Shi and others.
None of them found the water source. Only Li Shi found some medicinal materials and picked them back out of habit.
At this moment, I heard that the big pot was going to be put down to cook beef, and several people came over to help.
The large iron pot had not been used for many days and was a bit rusty. Jiang Tangtang had someone scrub it with grass and then cut off a small piece of leftover butter. After the iron pot was red, he wiped it with butter.
After wiping butter on the iron pot twice, Jiang Tangtang said "Ouch!" and covered her hands with a painful expression.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Su and Zhou Qiongniang said in unison. Lu Shiyan also opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Tangtang.
"My hand was burned by the iron pot." Jiang Tangtang said with tears in his eyes.
"You tell me what you want to do in the future, and I'll do it!" Lu Shiyan stood up and walked over.
"Madam, you are so kind." Jiang Tangtang said with tears in her eyes: "Just scrub the iron pot with butter to remove the rust, then pour in water and put the beef bones in."
There was no excess water, and there was no way to clean the beef and beef bones. Fortunately, when Lu Shiyan cut them, he cut them on tree stumps. In addition, his knife skills were very good, and after cutting the beef and beef bones, he put them into the beef bones.
Pretty clean.
Of course, even if it's not clean, Jiang Tangtang can't pay so much attention to it. Who told her to travel through time in the escape story, and there was a drought!
Lu Shiyan wiped the iron pot with butter, and after removing the rust, he put water, beef, beef bones, and spices picked in the mountains into it in sequence.
Soon, the pot was boiling, with a lot of foam floating on it. Jiang Tangtang found a spatula.
This time she didn't let Lu Shiyan do anything. Instead, she took the spatula and slowly skimmed off the foam on it.
"Husband, can you help me find some more spices and bring them back? Especially the little red fruit that Dr. Li and the others found. When you see it, can you help me pick some more and bring them back?"
She also discovered that among the medicinal materials Li Shi picked, there were actually chili peppers.
That is the soul of beef sauce!
Lu Shiyan was about to agree when he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the grass. He frowned slightly and said, "We'll go later."
Jiang Tangtang smelled the aroma emanating from the cauldron, nodded consciously and said, "I didn't think carefully. I'll wait until my husband eats the beef."
Lu Shiyan didn't explain either. He sat aside and closed his eyes again.
After Jiang Tangtang skimmed off the foam, he covered the big pot and simmered it slowly. As time went by, the spices in the pot began to react with the beef bones, and even the lid couldn't hide the aroma of the beef.
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The sisters-in-law of the Fang family didn't care about the quarrel they had just had with Lu Cuilan, and said shamelessly: "Cuilan, your mother-in-law killed cattle, so why didn't she ask you to go back and eat the meat?"
"Although they came out to escape, the Lu family is too rude, isn't it? Her family didn't even say a word, which is too stingy." Fang Junmu, the third eldest son of the Fang family, said angrily.
Lu Cuihua also had resentment towards her natal family.
But when she and her daughter were in danger, none of the brothers and sisters-in-law of the Fang family went to help save her. They did not comfort her when she lost her money, and kept asking her why she hid her private house.
What does it have to do with them whether she hides her private house or not? The money is all her hard-earned money from working as a lowly in a wealthy family.
Why should she be handed over to the public school for everyone to spend?
How dare they question her?
Now she still wants to eat her mother's beef, where does her face come from?
Anyway, the quarrel had already broken down, so Lu Cuihua no longer maintained the false peace on the surface, and mocked unceremoniously: "It's a courtesy to kill the New Year pig in the countryside and invite relatives to drink the pig-killing wine.
In the village, my parents’ family invited you several times before. Have you ever invited my parents back? Why should they treat you to food now?
The meat produced during the famine years is not just meat. A mouthful of meat produced during the famine years is worth a human life. Where do you come from with such shameless talk and white teeth that you want to eat my mother's beef?"
"We didn't kill the New Year pig, how can we invite it?" Fang Junmu looked matter-of-factly, and turned to Fang Mulin and said: "You don't care about your wife, we are just fighting for her, saying that her mother-in-law doesn't value her, why?
On the contrary, the one who scolded the Fang family is here, isn’t he?”
Fang Mulin swallowed his saliva and said, "Cuilan, why don't you go back to your parents' home again? How old is Mingming? How long have you been eating dry food? You see he's so hungry that he only has a piece of skin left, so you can bear with him
Hungry?"
Fang Mingming also argued: "Mom, I want to eat meat, please bring me the meat."
Of course Lu Cuilan also wanted to go back to her parents' house to eat beef, but she didn't want people like the Fang family to take advantage of her, so she took her son's hand and called Fang Peiru again, planning to take her two children back to eat and drink shamelessly when she suddenly
A burst of chaotic footsteps was heard.
Fang Junmu was startled. When he figured out what was going on, he immediately gloated: "The Lu family are so stingy that they wouldn't even give us a single cow bone to chew. They deserve to be robbed by the refugees."
Fang Senlin, the eldest son of the Fang family, said to his younger brothers: "Let's go and help."
Fang Junmu was always timid and fearful, so he winced and said, "I won't go. Those grandsons of the Lu family are very stingy and deserve to be robbed."
Fang Senlin glanced at her with hatred and whispered: "Are you stupid? Who asked you to really help? Don't you know how to act according to the situation? Grab a few pieces of beef and eat it back? Anyway, they were robbed by refugees.
It’s better to give cheap things to the refugees than to us.”
Fang Junmu pointed his big finger at his eldest brother. His eldest brother was still the smartest.
Chapter completed!