Because Xiang Jin and her uncles and aunts had to go back to their parents' home in the second grade of junior high school, Xiang Jin and the others did not go to her grandmother's house in the second grade of junior high school.
But she had nothing to do at home, so Xiang Jin started to study food again, but the food she wanted to eat most now was fried chicken. It was not that she wanted to eat it, but that she wanted to make it successfully so as to ensure their future.
The fried chicken restaurant opened smoothly.
What exactly does it need to be to be successful? The fried chicken needs to be golden and crispy on the outside, and the chicken inside needs to be tender and juicy. The one we made last time was obviously a defective product, but we need to make fried chicken of this quality.
It was necessary to be precise to a specific dosage and time, so Xiang Jin began to experiment repeatedly.
"Sister, I think your chicken rice grains are already top-notch in terms of both appearance and texture. Why are you still experimenting?" Yang Zhao once again teased his sister's newly baked rice.
He put the test product into his mouth and tasted it, then he extended his thumb towards her.
Xiang Jin took a pen to record the frying time in a notebook and said, "It's not good enough!"
"Ah? It's not good enough?" Yang Zhao was surprised, and at the same time a little speechless, "Sister, your requirements are too high. Anyway, I think it's already delicious, better than any fried food I've made before.
All chickens must be delicious!”
Xiang Jinjiu said, "Food must maximize its potential."
"But we are almost running out of chicken here," Yang Zhao reminded.
Xiang Jin raised his head and looked at him, "Then can you butcher a chicken?"
Yang Zhao was surprised again and said, "Ah? They just celebrated the New Year yesterday. You are going to kill them today. Isn't it too cruel?"
Xiang Jinju said, "Every living thing in the world has its own meaning. For example, herbivores are to provide food for carnivores. Chickens, ducks and fish are born to be eaten by people, so they are slaughtered.
How can it be cruel?”
Yang Zhao knew that his sister wanted to use him as a "butcher", but he didn't want to kill the chicken, so he said, "You just climbed the Lotus Mountain yesterday and worshiped the Buddha and Bodhisattva. Buddha and Bodhisattva emphasize the equality of all living beings!"
Xiang Jinjiu said, "Buddhists also pay attention to the six realms of reincarnation. They believe that insects, reptiles, and animals are all caused by people having done heinous things in their previous lives, so they will be cast into the realm of animals in the next life.
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The so-called early death and early reincarnation means that we end their lives as early as possible in this life. Not only do we not commit evil crimes, but we also help them and reduce their pain in subsequent lives, so that they can enter the next reincarnation as soon as possible.
, so young man, you are doing good deeds, and we are saving them!"
"Just deceive me, I won't be punished by you?" Yang Zhao said.
Xiang Jin tilted him angrily, "Who tricked you?"
"It's you who fooled me," Yang Zhao lowered his eyes and murmured.
Xiang Jin took the plate in front of him and said, "Then don't eat it!"
"No, sister, are you going too far?" Yang Zhao suddenly had a bitter look on his face.
"I went too far? Why did I go too far? Every time I worked so hard to fry the chicken, you alone tried it. Xiang Lan and the others haven't eaten it yet. I just tried it every time.
, the rest went into your stomach, so don’t eat the rest, give it to them!”
"Ah, sister?" Yang Zhao drawled his voice and started to act coquettishly.
Xiang Jin raised his chin slightly, "Then tell me, will you help me slaughter this chicken today?"
"How could you do this?" Yang Zhao looked at her with a look of resentment.
Seeing the reluctant look on his face, Xiang Jin said, "Okay, okay, I understand, let's go!" After that, she went to make the remaining chicken nuggets.
Yang Zhao saw that she seemed a little angry, so he quickly changed his words and said, "Oh, okay, okay, I'll kill it, can't I kill it?"
The corners of Xiang Jin's mouth suddenly curled up. She quickly put down the chopsticks in her hands, then walked up to him, stretched out her hand and patted his shoulders twice, "Oh, that's right.
, look at how your sister, a beautiful girl like me, can pick up a kitchen knife to kill a chicken? That would be very detrimental to my image, right?
You see, you are the only boy in our family who can do this right now. Who else can do this kind of job, right?
But don’t worry, I won’t treat you badly, your sister, I will make delicious food for you when the time comes!”
"I want braised tofu fish?" Yang Zhaoshun climbed up the pole and ordered the meal.
"Can!"
"I want to eat taro roasted chicken?"
"Can!"
"Do I want to eat lotus root?" A few days before the Chinese New Year, lotus roots were being dug in Sunjiawan. Xiang Jin saw it when his mother came back, and then bought a big bag there. On New Year's Eve,
Xiang Jin selected some young lotus roots and made them a lotus root dish. Later, they all rushed to eat it. Later, they asked her to make it again, but she didn't agree because it was too troublesome.
"Can!"
Yang Zhao saw that she agreed so readily, so he continued, "I want to drink bastard soup?"
"This is not allowed!"
"ah?!"
"I can't do it! Why don't you give up?"
Yang Zhao said, "I just want to taste what that tortoise soup tastes like? You see you have three big tortoises, I think you can keep one as a pet?"
Xiang Jin said, "If you can do it, you don't have to leave any of them for me!"
"Oh, sister?!"
"Okay, okay, hurry up and kill the chickens for me. Remember, kill two more for me!"
"Ah? How many more do you want to kill?" Yang Zhao frowned, as confused as a little old man.
Xiang Jin said, "You can kill one, two, or three. Instead of causing trouble later, why not kill a few more for me at once. This will also save a lot of trouble later. Anyway, we
There are also more than twenty chickens in the chicken fence, don’t you think so?”
"Didn't you say that when Brother Chen goes back, you will bring a few more to his family and Han Che? Now you have to kill several of them in one go. When the time comes, you will come back several times to get more. You still have to kill them.
How can I give it away?" Yang Zhao bargained with her.
Xiang Jin said, "You have to have confidence in my cooking skills, and you have to believe that I can successfully make the fried chicken very quickly without using so many chickens.
Furthermore, I don’t just have to give them pheasants. I can also give them farewell, right?
Okay, okay, you go to the chicken fence and catch a few chickens, and I'll boil hot water for you!"
"How many? Three?" Yang Zhao asked while tentatively stretching out three fingers towards her.
Xiang Jin said, "How about five more?!"
"Five?! Sister, are you really rude to me?!" After Yang Zhao was surprised, he immediately looked helpless.
Xiang Jin said, "Those who are able should work harder. Let's do this. You ask my mother to kill with you. It will be faster that way."
Yang Zhao let out a long sigh, "Oh, life is so hard. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I was asked to be the executioner!"
Xiang Jin waved to him with a smile on his face, "Go, go, I'll prepare delicious food for you then!"
Yang Zhao had no choice but to accept his fate and kill the chicken.
Xiang Jin shouted to him from behind, "Keep that chicken blood for me. I'll make delicious food for you then!"
In the end, Yang Zhao and Xiang Jin slaughtered six chickens in total. After Xiang Jin got the six chickens, he first disassembled their chicken legs and wings, and then packed them in clean plastic bags.
Put it in the refrigerator to freeze, and then cut off their chicken breasts, leaving only two pieces for use, and put the rest in the refrigerator to freeze.
Looking at the chicken bones and chicken racks that were broken down by Xiang Jin, Yang Zhao's eyelids twitched uncontrollably, "Sister, you don't get any meat from these chickens that you prepared like this."
Now, what else will we have to eat then?"
Xiang Jin said, "Where is the meat? Isn't the back full of meat? You go to the field and pick some thorns and I will fry chicken for you."
Yang Zhao put his head in front of her and said expectantly, "Sister, there are so many chicken offal, why don't you make us a meal of stir-fried chicken offal with pickled peppers? I thought the one you made last time was very good.
Eat, it’s delicious!”
"Okay, then you can bring back two celery stalks later."
"No problem!" Yang Zhao turned around and ran out.
Xiang Jin cut the two pieces of chicken breast into two to three centimeter pieces, divided one piece into several thin slices, then marinated them with seasonings, and then prepared lunch.
After lunch, Xiang Jin continued the previous experiment. After trying it several times in succession, she finally got the ideal taste in her memory. Then she quickly completed each step of the experiment in her notebook.
After receiving the data, I repeated the previous steps several times, and finally figured out the exact method of making fried chicken.
She brought the results of her last few experiments to everyone to taste. After tasting them, everyone said they were delicious and tasted better than anything they had made before. A few of them asked her to make more.
Xiang Jin said, "I won't do it anymore. I have already done enough today. I have to thank you very much."
The next day on the third day of the lunar month, Aunt Liao came early in the morning to invite their family to have lunch at her house. She said that Yan Chen was going back on the fifth day of the lunar month. After his cousin Zeng Haoze sent him back, he went back to the army directly from them, so
She wanted to treat everyone to a meal today to celebrate the New Year, so Xiang Jin and the others were originally scheduled to go to her grandparents' house to pay New Year's greetings today.
The plan couldn't come true, so Xiang Jin asked her mother to call her grandparents quickly, so that they would prepare a large table of dishes and it would be bad if they didn't go back. In addition,
By the way, they asked her grandparents to come to their house tomorrow, and their family would also treat everyone to a rice ball to celebrate the new year.
His mother hurriedly responded with "Alas, alas, alas", and then hurriedly called her grandparents.
Xiang Jin asked Aunt Liao, "Aunt, how many guests are there today? Do you want us to help?"
"Oh, okay, Auntie will look great with your help. To tell you the truth, Auntie is really afraid that she won't be able to cook the meal today!" Auntie Liao agreed cheerfully.
Xiang Jin nodded, and then said that they would go there immediately after breakfast.
Aunt Liao nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go back and pick some vegetables first."
Xiang Jin said, "Auntie, just pick whatever vegetables you need from our fields, you're welcome!"
"I'm afraid, I'll go to your place to pick some tomatoes and eggplants, and also a handful of peppers."
"Okay!" Xiang Jin turned around and found a basket for her and handed it to her.
After breakfast, Xiang Jin left the mess in the kitchen to her mother to clean up, and she went directly to Aunt Liao's house.
Seeing the ingredients that Aunt Liao brought out, Xiang Jin rolled up her sleeves and discussed the side dishes with Aunt Liao.
At about nine o'clock, Grandma Mo also came, and they had more manpower to cook. Xiang Jin was responsible for cooking all the dishes for noon today, while Aunt Liao and Grandma Mo were responsible for helping others, such as washing, chopping, and peeling vegetables.
Garlic and onions.
"Auntie, Haoze is sending Xiaochen back. Will he stay in the provincial capital for two days?" There were more people, so the topic suddenly got changed.
Grandma Mo said, "I have to stay, but it may not be that long. At most, I can only stay for one night to visit the elders, and then he will leave. He also wants to go back and stay with his parents for two days.
Then it’s almost time to return to the team.”
Aunt Liao nodded, "That's what soldiers are like. It's not very convenient to come back for a family visit or something. The same goes for our Xiangyang family."
"Yes, that's why it's not easy. Like our Haoze family, their grandfather and I didn't see him again for more than four years, and we don't know when he will come back next time," he said.
Grandma Mo just sighed here, and then asked Aunt Liao, "Will your family and son-in-law come back with their children today?"
Aunt Liao just sighed, "They actually said they wanted to come back to see me that day, but I blocked them."
"What's wrong?" Grandma Mo's hand was licking the green onions.
Aunt Liao said, "Their milk production probably only lasted a few days."
Grandma Mo was very surprised, "Then the old lady has always had a strong body, why is it so serious?"
Aunt Liao said, "She had always been very healthy before, but she couldn't stand it as she got older and her body's resistance was weak. After a heavy snowfall a few days ago, the old lady caught a cold, and then she kept saying that her body was hot and cold.
Even the medicine she took didn't have any effect. She couldn't stand up in the early twenties of the twelfth lunar month, and then she gradually became unable to speak. It is said that she stopped drinking rice a few days ago.
How long can this person survive without eating?
Recently, all their relatives have come to visit. Her parents are so busy. You said that this old lady suddenly couldn't breathe. Aren't her parents even busier? So I told them not to come back.
Now, I’m helping out with some things at home. You said I eat well, sleep well, and don’t have any physical problems. Will they come back and see me again?”
Grandma Mo nodded, "This is true!"
"Hey, Grandma Mo, you will have dinner at our house tomorrow at noon. Let me tell you first," Xiang Jin then changed the subject.
"Ah? I'm going to your house tomorrow? I also said that our family will have a reunion tomorrow," Grandma Mo was surprised at first, and then became a little confused.
Xiang Jin suggested, "How about we forget about the meal at your place tomorrow night?"
"In the evening?" Grandma Mo hesitated, then nodded, "Okay, then the meal will be arranged at our place tomorrow night. Will you all come then?"