Chapter 11 Prepare pickled sauerkraut and pickled bacon
After Zhu said that, she swayed her fat buttocks, and everyone close to her moved aside.
Uncle Zhao didn't look back, "Then what do you want?"
Zhu raised his head and said, "It's either a penny or let these two jars go down!"
She didn't believe that Uncle Zhao didn't want to make money from her. The donkey cart made two trips a day and only brought in dozens of pennies a day. Uncle Zhao would definitely be reluctant to part with this pennie.
In this way, Shen Yunxi's two jars can't be taken back. If they want to cook food, they can't do it without jars!
"How about this, from the Xu family, you go down, I won't take you with me!" Uncle Zhao turned around and said to Mrs. Zhu.
Mrs. Zhu didn't expect that Uncle Zhao would not take her with her. He would rather earn two pennies less for Shen Yunxi's reputation.
"I said, Old Zhao, it's not easy for you to make some money in a day, but you want to drive me out of the car?" Mrs. Zhu defended to Uncle Zhao with wide eyes.
"Xiao Mu has just given me eight cents, and he and Shen Yunxi have two cents each. I can't earn eight cents without earning two cents from you!"
As soon as Uncle Zhao's voice fell, Mrs. Zhu was dumbfounded. She didn't expect that Mu Chenglin and Shen Yunxi foolishly paid money to the jar. But it was impossible for her to go back!
She had no choice but to bite the bullet and sit down. When she saw Mr. Zhu sitting down, Uncle Zhao stretched out his hand and said, "Two cents, you can only sit if you give me the money!"
As if she had eaten a fly, Mrs. Zhu took out two pennies and gave them to Uncle Zhao.
The donkey cart then drove slowly towards Qingmu Village.
The sun is gradually setting in the west, and the donkey cart carrying people is walking slowly on the road, raising light dust.
In the fields in the distance, the gentle breeze was blowing through the undulating rice fields. The intricate houses in the fields were intertwined. From time to time, Chinese pastoral dogs jumped out, and when they saw the donkey cart, they ran away in the distance.
Shen Yunxi only felt very peaceful in her heart. How great it would be if she could always be on the road without worries, intrigues, and running around just to survive!
The donkey cart drove into the village, and Uncle Zhao kindly drove the donkey cart to the foot of the mountain. Mu Chenglin made two trips to move the jar back.
After doing all this, they carried the fat to the village chief's house.
No matter what you do in the future, you may need the help of the villagers to source the ingredients. If you have a good relationship with the village chief, the route will be more convenient.
The village chief is called Lin Shugen. He is fair and a good village chief.
When Shen Yunxi and Mu Chenglin came in, the village chief and Grandma Lin were weeding and fertilizing in the vegetable field outside the yard. Seeing them, the village chief immediately put down his work.
"Xiao Mu, what are you doing?" Lin Shugen looked at the flesh on Mu Chenglin's hand and said unhappily.
The whole village knew how the Mu family was living, so how could he still collect the meat?
"Grandpa, the village chief, we used to make some money selling candied haws on a stick. Now we don't make candied haws. We want to do something else, but we may need your help!"
"We can't ask for your help in vain, can we?"
Shen Yunxi couldn't help but stuff the meat into Lin Shugen's hand. Lin Shugen had to give the meat to Grandma Lin first, and then asked what help they needed.
"We are going to make a kind of pickles, and we need to buy some cabbage and green vegetables. I know that not many of these vegetables are grown at home, so I need the village chief's grandfather to inform me, and those who have vegetables can be sent directly to Mu's house. No matter what Whether it’s cabbage or green vegetables, it costs two cents a pound.”
"Currently, each type only costs 100 kilograms. Buy on a first-come, first-served basis. But in the future, when the pickle business is done, we will need many other vegetables!" Shen Yunxi said to the village chief.
"Okay! I will go to a few families later to ask, and I will get it for you first. If you get it from these families, don't make it public yet." Lin Shugen said to Shen Yunxi.
He was worried that Shen Yunxi's business hadn't even started yet, and there would be trouble in the village!
First, the Shen family made a fuss about Fangzi, and other villagers who had no chance to sell vegetables would definitely be dissatisfied.
Shen Yunxi nodded gratefully. She looked at the village chief's yard. There were many vegetables growing in it, including late beans.
"Grandpa, village chief, do you sell your beans?" Shen Yunxi said, pointing to the long beans.
"Sell! Two cents a pound, whatever you want, grandpa will pick it for you!" Lin Shugen rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go to the vegetable field.
"But it sells for three pennies per catty in the market!" Shen Yunxi said, she couldn't let the village chief suffer a loss.
"Then we have to take a donkey cart to the town. The donkey cart costs four cents for a round trip. Yun Xi saved us the fare. It should be cheaper." The speaker was Grandma Lin. She heard that Shen Yunxi If you want beans, take out a basket and get ready to pick them.
Shen Yunxi looked at Mu Chenglin, who said softly, "The village chief is a nice person. If he insists, just accept it. Just be filial to him if he gets anything good in the future!"
Shen Yunxi nodded. She wanted the beans to make sour beans. The Mu family had a small jar and could probably make three or four kilograms of sour beans.
Lin Shugen and Grandma Lin picked five kilograms, and Shen Yunxi gave them ten cents. Before leaving, Grandma Lin caught up with them and gave them half of the meat.
"One pound of this meat is enough. You brought too much! The rest will be used to replenish my brother's health!" Grandma Lin stuffed the meat into a pile of beans without any explanation.
After leaving the village chief's house, Shen Yunxi suggested going to the Yang family again. In the memory of the original owner, there were a lot of wild onions and wild ginger in the Yang family's yard.
Mainly because it is inconvenient for the two uncles to move around, and Uncle Yang and Aunt Yang are relatively busy, so there are many naturally growing plants growing in the Yang family's yard.
When we arrived at Yang's house, Yang Xiaomi was cleaning the yard, and two uncles were weaving bamboo baskets. Uncle Yang and Aunt Yang probably worked outside and haven't come back yet.
"Yunxi?" Yang Xiaomi was very happy to see Shen Yunxi coming.
Chen Yunxi and Mu Chenglin greeted their two uncles. One of the two uncles had lost his left leg and the other had lost his right leg. They were both injuries left on the battlefield during a hundred years of war.
They took a lot of pension money, but they didn't spend it and wanted to leave it to their nieces and nephews.
However, the two uncles' arms had obvious muscles, so they must be quite strong, but they were inconvenient for walking. Shen Yunxi kept these characteristics in mind.
Shen Yunxi explained the purpose of her visit, and Yang Xiaomi happily took her to the courtyard. Shen Yunxi directed Mu Chenglin to dig up the wild onions and wild ginger with roots and mud.
When he walked to the door of the yard, Shen Yunxi placed a pound of fat on the ground, and then quickly walked away with Mu Chenglin.
Yang Xiaomi looked at this pound of fat and almost shed tears.
The two people walked up the mountain with full harvest.
"So the person who gave you the package at noon today is Yang Xiaomi?" Mu Chenglin asked.
"Yes, inside are her old clothes, baked cakes, and candies saved by brother Xiao Zhou!"
"Obviously you are not doing well, but you can't bear to see that others are not doing well. Yunxi, I know you have a lot of ideas in your mind. We can help them more in the future." Mu Chenglin said to Shen Yunxi.
Shen Yunxi turned around and looked at Mu Chenglin. She rarely looked directly at Mu Chenglin like this, but now she realized that this young man's eyes were so clear and pure when he wasn't pulling his face.
It's a pity that the original owner was married as a substitute and made him lose so much money, otherwise she could really become good friends with Mu Chenglin.
"Don't worry! I will never forget anyone who helped me, Shen Yunxi!" Shen Yunxi patted his chest and said.
Of course, she will not let go of anyone who has harmed the original owner!
After coming back, Mu Chenglin transplanted wild onions and ginger into the soil, then took a pound of beans and made braised beans with meat. He made soup with big bone sticks, added some mushrooms, and steamed some white rice.
Shen Yunxi learned from the app how to pickle sour beans, washed the beans, and then put them in the yard to dry.
After doing all this, Shen Yunxi took out the things they purchased in the town.
First, he gave Mu Chengjin pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Mu Chengjin was sweeping the floor, his little face was covered with dust. When he saw the familiar items, he smiled very happily.
"Mom, my sister-in-law bought me a pen, so I can practice calligraphy again!" Mu Chengjin said happily to his mother, holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
With tears in her eyes, Mother Mu nodded to her youngest son and touched his head, "We'll see again later. Let's clean up the yard first."
Mu Chengjin nodded, and then put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone back in his room with great care.
Mother Mu put down her work and said, "Yunxi, has Alin bought some cloth for you?"
"I bought it!" Shen Yunxi took out the cloth and handed it to Mu Mu, "I have to work hard for you to make clothes for me!"
Mother Mu touched the fabric with a look of pity on her face. A girl of her age should dress up well.
"Mom, when we make money in the future, not only will I wear beautiful clothes, but our whole family will wear beautiful clothes."
Shen Yunxi's words made Mu Mu laugh, "Okay, I'm just waiting to wear beautiful clothes!"
After eating, Mu Chenglin and Shen Yunxi put the beans and ingredients into a small jar at home, and then sealed the jar.
After doing this, the two of them took a rest after a tiring day.
Shen Yunxi saw Mu Chenglin boil the four kilograms of fat meat into lard and add a little bit of it when cooking.
She was thinking in her mind about how to introduce the concept of vegetable oil.
If it were brought up all at once, it would be really scary!
This requires finding a very good opportunity.
Early the next morning, Shen Yunxi and Mu Chenglin went up the mountain to transplant peppers and pick Sichuan peppercorns. Shen Yunxi also found a field of wild garlic, picked part of it, and transplanted some.
Mu Chenglin said that there are a lot of these wild garlics in the mountains, and you can go up to the mountains and pick them anytime you want.
The transplant was almost done, and when he was about to go back, Mu Chenglin found a few footprints on the ground, and his face looked a little solemn.
"What's wrong?" Shen Yunxi asked.
"It looks like a wild boar!" Mu Chenglin protected Shen Yunxi behind him and looked around.
"Shouldn't wild boars all live in the mountains? Why do they appear here?" Mu Chenglin told Shen Yunxi about the layout of the mountains, so he knew something about it.
"It seems that he was injured. He was probably chased by a large animal and escaped here. Be careful!" Mu Chenglin followed the footprints and protected Shen Yunxi with one hand while slowly moving forward.
Today he was here to transplant peppers, so he didn't bring any hunting tools.
"It seems that the place ahead is where you set a trap!" Shen Yunxi was protected in Mu Chenglin's arms and did not feel scared at all.
Mu Chenglin let go of Shen Yunxi and walked forward little by little. Sure enough, a wild boar weighing about 100 pounds was lying here. Its legs were bloody and there were obvious bite marks. Now it fell into the trap again, and the trap was The rabbits and pheasants inside are all buzzing!
Mu Chenglin guessed that when wild boars were captured by large prey in the mountains, the little wild boar escaped under the protection of the big wild boar and fled here in one breath. He was hungry and went down to eat the rabbits and pheasants when he saw them in the trap. , and ended up being trapped in a trap.
But wild boars are very destructive. If they come later, the trap will be completely destroyed, and then the wild boars will rush out.
Now! It’s just a pile of walking pork, waiting to be cooked at night!
Mu Chenglin pulled off the cane, tied up the wild boar, took out the knife from his waist and stabbed the wild boar in the neck.
The little wild boar was very strong. Mu Chenglin pulled the cane with one hand and almost got carried away by it. He immediately adjusted his posture and continued to attack the wild boar's neck.
Shen Yunxi looked on with fear, but her small body couldn't help much in the past!
After all, it was an injured little wild boar. Mu Chenglin quickly subdued it. Mu Chenglin carried the wild boar, and Shen Yunxi carried the basket on his back. They followed Mu Chenglin home with some difficulty.
Mu Chenglin was carrying the little wild boar, which really shocked Mu Mu and Mu Chengjin. Mu Mu would not let Mu Chenglin touch such a ferocious and gregarious prey.
In the past, even if he went to the deep mountains, Mu Chenglin could only find lone baby buffaloes, deer and lambs.
Wild boars live in groups, are extremely destructive, and are easily injured. Mu Chenglin told them the origin of this wild boar, and the two of them looked better.
Mu Chenglin was going to boil water to kill the pigs, but Shen Yunxi couldn't help much, so he planted the transplanted peppers and other things into the yard bit by bit.
There were vegetables sent by the villagers in the yard, including thirty kilograms of cabbage and green vegetables each. Shen Yunxi was going to wash the vegetables but was stopped by her mother.
"I've been busy for a long time. Let's take a break. Let's do it together later!" Mother Mu wiped the sweat from Shen Yunxi's face and said distressedly.
"Mom, I'm not tired. Brother Mu has to kill pigs and make sauerkraut together. We can't leave everything to him." Although Mu Chenglin is a strong man, he can also be tired!
If he collapses from exhaustion, who will accompany her to complete her money-making plan?
Mu's mother nodded happily, and Mu Chengjin naturally joined the ranks of making sauerkraut.
Shen Yunxi directed everyone to wash the whole green vegetables and then dry them one by one to control the moisture.
For cabbage, lightly clean the withered yellow leaves and put them in the yard to dry for a day or two.
After finishing these things, Shen Yunxi also cleaned and dried the peppers picked from the mountains, the wild garlic and wild ginger.
Mu Mu and Mu Chengjin were a little puzzled. Shen Yunxi explained that this was because no raw water should be used in the process of pickling sauerkraut, and sauerkraut is not a pickle.
Mu Mu and Mu Chengjin nodded somewhat understandingly, and now everything Shen Yunxi said was right.
After the three people finished doing this, Mu Chenglin also disassembled the wild boar.
The skinned and internalized pork was left with almost sixty kilograms of pork bones. Mu Chenglin used to ask Shen Yunxi how to eat the pork.
Shen Yunxi thought for a while and decided to stew a pot of pork belly and pork chops to make soup. She distributed some to the village chief and several other families in the Yang family who were preparing to deliver food.
The rest she has to prepare for bacon!
"Bacon?" Mu Chenglin heard this name for the first time.
Shen Yunxi nodded, "Yes, the bacon not only tastes different, but can also be eaten for a long time."
Mu Chenglin had no doubts, "Okay, wait, I'll do it if you ask! But before that, let's make lunch first!"
"Mom, Ah Jin, Yun Xi, you guys take a rest first, I'll make lunch!" After saying that, Mu Chenglin drove the three of them back to their respective rooms without any explanation.
Shen Yunxi couldn't wait to go back to her room because she wanted to find out how to make bacon and whether she had enough ingredients at home.
There are many ways to make bacon on the app, but in the end you either need to smoke it or you need soy sauce.
She didn't want to use smoke because Shen Yunxi found it troublesome, but she hadn't made the soy sauce yet, and the meat would already have maggots by the time it was made.
Forget it, let’s use smoked meat. The smoked meat also has a unique flavor, and there are probably many people who like it.
After deciding on a plan, Shen Yunxi chose a video with a relatively simple method, watched it over and over again, and kept the steps in mind. This chapter has been completed!