Chapter 43: Wife Ben, Cooking Boar
"Brother Qin Shan, don't doubt it. This thing is more than that money in a large town, and maybe it can be sold at a high price! That's it." Dong Chenghu did not say anything about Linhai County, his tone was firm and he could not refute it, just wanted Qin Shan to accept thirty taels.
In the end, there was no choice but to accept it with shamelessness. With these thirty taels of silver, his wife was already there, but where was it?
It was rare for everyone to see him stupid and smile so hard that they couldn't stand up.
Hao slapped Qin Shan’s back of the head and cursed with a smile: “Erlangzi, since you are so righteous, you can just use the money to find a wife, so that I will not worry about your bachelor’s affairs all day long.”
Hao's heart was half lost because of Qin Shan. After losing thirty taels, he felt more and more unstoppable.
Qin Shan was dissatisfied with Hao calling him a bachelor, but Hao was his biological mother, so he could not talk back to Hao. He was struggling with a face that was about to wrinkle into a bun and worked hard.
After more than twenty days, everyone finally processed the ground before the heavy snow. The rest was to make some hay and then burn the hay into wood ash to make fertilizer. I believe that after a winter of heavy snow, we can start farming after spring.
Gu Shuixiu was very happy and asked Dong Chenghu to set up the trap. After a few days, she finally found a wild boar that was famine-like in the trap.
This time, the couple didn't think about selling the pig, but slaughtered it, making part of it into bacon, and part of it was cooked to make a hearty meal for everyone.
Dong Yunmei was in the first place and helped her from the backyard to the kitchen in the front yard while Zuo Qingsong was in the Dong family. This was something she had been struggling for many days before she made up her mind to come out.
Gu Shuixiu and Hao could not say quips to her, but instead had a simple smile on her face, silently encouraging her to face Zuo Qingsong bravely and face the sad past.
"Shuixiu, what can I help?" Dong Yunmei walked around the kitchen. Hao was already adding firewood under the stove. She couldn't use her. There were things on the stove, and there were things on the three stoves.
There were baskets of washed vegetables next to them. Gu Shuixiu was cleaning things that were not known as pork or something, and she had no use of her skills at all. Dong Yunmei wanted to help but didn't know what to do.
Seeing that Dong Yunmei took this rare first step, Gu Shuixiu didn't want to hurt her enthusiasm, pointed to the big pig head in the corner and said, "Sister, your aunt and you burned all the brittle hairs on the pig head, and then scraped the pig's scalp with a knife. You can follow your strength and stop if you feel tired. I will help you when I feel tired."
It turns out that Gu Shuixiu is wearing the pig intestine. The pig intestine that she passes is much more delicious than the pig intestine that she doesn’t wear.
Dong Yunmei had never had any close contact with pig heads, and she was a little scared and curious for a moment.
When she was young, Dong Yitao also came back from a pig, but her family was poor. They had to buy these preys for money. The prey she had eaten was pheasant, hare, and snake meat. Later, she went to the Wu family. As long as it was dealing with meat, Ding would not let her get involved at all, because she was afraid that she would eat or take it secretly, so she would be as careful as a thief.
Moreover, in order to support Wu Wencai, the Wu family did not have a good life. They could count the times they saw pork in a year. It was precisely because of this that the mother and daughter lived like beggars in the Wu family. They had never eaten meat and had not even eaten more than five eggs, which was even worse than beggars.
Seeing that Dong Yunmei was a little timid, Hao stood up from the stove happily and said with a smile: "Girl Mei, come here, I will get you a big red firewood. If you don't dare to do it later, just watch what my aunt did. Now that you are here, life will definitely be better. Eating meat is commonplace. If you don't know how to do this, Shuixiu will be busy in the future."
When Dong Yunmei heard this, she immediately said firmly: "Aunt, I'm not afraid. Teach me how to do it. I will help Shuixiu cook in the future."
Only then did Hao relax his eyebrows and flipped around the stove with a smile, making the flames in the stove burn more and more vigorously, almost choking on his face. Finally, he picked up two pieces of firewood that were neither thick nor thin, and led Dong Yunmei to sharpen the knife and headed towards the pig's head.
Seeing that the two of them were so energetic, Gu Shuixiu showed a slight smile on her face, lowered her head and continued to penetrate her small intestine, and then washed the pig liver and soaked it in clean water. The pig liver that had been soaked in water was more pink and tender.
The matter has been handled almost completely, so Gu Shui Xiucai went to check the progress of Dong Yunmei and Hao.
The two of them had burned all the brittle hairs of the pig's head, and even the surroundings of the pig's nose were burned completely.
The next step was to scrape off the burnt skin on the pig's head. The two of them were able to work hard and didn't feel tired at all. Gu Shuixiu couldn't help, so she cut the pig's waist and soaked it in water.
After the pig head was finished, Gu Shuixiu went to the warehouse to go to some medicinal materials bought from the pharmacy, including star anise and chili peppers, etc., all made of braised ingredients. Gu Shuixiu washed the big iron pot and poured spring water into it. After it boiled, the pig head was put in and cooked. When the pig head surface was cooked, he took out the pig head and poured out the dirty water.
Hao and Dong Yunmei looked at each other and felt ache in their hearts, and they said to themselves: This is a broth! It’s a pity to pour it like this!
Gu Shuixiu seemed to understand what the two of them were thinking, and said seriously: "The pot of water we just now was used to wash pig's heads. These wild animals live in the mountains and forests all year round, and they have dirt on them. They cannot be washed clean with simple water. The dirty water for washing pig's heads just now is not a good thing, and it cannot be called broth.
If you drink that water, if you are in poor health, you will get sick.”
Dong Yunmei suddenly realized her mind and nodded suddenly, "Luckily, I didn't say I wanted to leave that water!"
Hao thought that his meat had never been blanched like this when he thought that his family had cooked it, so he was a little scared immediately. Fortunately, it was okay now, so he would be more alert in the future.
Gu Shuixiu poured clean spring water into the pot again, then put star anise, wild garlic, ginger, poured in a lot of soy sauce and a few drops of aged vinegar, and finally put the pig's head and covered the pot.
"Okay, wait until the water boils and simmers slowly over low heat and you can eat it in the evening."
Seeing that Gu Shuixiu poured so much expensive soy sauce in one go, Hao felt so distressed that he could hardly speak.
Here, Hao's family is watching the fire, and Gu Shuixiu turns to other foods.
"Sister, you and Qingqing Youyou have been raising you for a while and your body has recovered. I will allow you to eat the same food as us tonight. You can help me soak these kelp fungus mushrooms first, and I will use it later."
The work that Gu Shuixiu gave to Dong Yunmei was all light and small jobs, which would neither make Dong Yunmei tired nor bored.
Chapter completed!