Xiang Jin and the others ordered four dishes and one soup. After eating, Yan Chen went to pay the bill, but Wang Dan insisted on fighting with them for the money.
Xiang Jin stopped him and refused, "This is my home. When you come to my home, how can you be the host and not entertain the guests, but still ask the guests to pay the bill?"
When we get to your house, you can treat us to dinner then. If you cook it for us, we won't be polite to you." She winked at Wang Dan as she said that.
Wang Dan had no choice but to give up, "Please, definitely please, I will cook it for you with my own hands when the time comes." As she said this, she became a little embarrassed, "But look at you, not only did you come to pick me up from such a long way, it also delayed you."
I didn’t tell you the time, but I still asked you to pay for the meal at the end, how embarrassing is that?”
Xiang Jin said, "Don't say that, you are my Aunt Liao's daughter-in-law, and Aunt Liao never treats us outside.
Just two days ago, we accompanied a friend of ours to your house to buy the New Year pig. Before leaving, Aunt Liao caught us not only a few chickens, ducks and geese, but also hundreds of eggs, so please
What does a simple meal mean to you?"
Wang Dan chuckled.
Yan Chen came over after paying the bill and said, "Let's go!"
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin picked up his backpack and then reminded Wang Dan, "Sister-in-law, don't leave anything behind?"
"Oh, good!"
After getting in the car, Xiang Jin said to Wang Dan, "Sister-in-law, we have to go somewhere, and we will probably be delayed for a while. Do you have any objections?"
Wang Dan quickly said, "No objection, no objection!"
Yan Chen looked at Xiang Jin, "Do you still want to go?"
Xiang Jin said, "Go, why don't you go? We're all in the city anyway. It's a good time. We seem to have quite a few sheep at home."
Yan Chen's lips curled up, "Okay, I'll listen to you!"
The two of them drove to Boss Jin's mutton soup shop. Although the shop was open at this time, an eye-catching sign was erected at the door, which stated the specific business hours of their shop.
After a few people got out of the car, they walked in. At this time, there was only one waiter in the store setting up tables, chairs, and benches, and Boss Jin seemed to be behind the counter, reading account books or doing accounting.
The waiter took the lead and said to them, "Guys, if you want to eat mutton soup, please come in the evening, we are closed at noon."
Xiang Jin said, "We know!"
Boss Jin suddenly raised his head from behind the counter, and when he saw them, he stood up from the stool and said, "Hey, Mr. Yan, Mr. Xiang, why are you here?! Please sit down, please come quickly."
Sit down!" He said and walked out from behind the counter, and then led them to a tea room nearby.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were both stunned, and then followed him. Yan Chen asked, "Do you know us?"
Wang Dan was also taken aback, but she was surprised. She didn't expect that the two young men would be honored as "General" at such a young age.
Then Boss Jin narrowed his eyes and said, "We know each other, why don't we know you? When you came to our restaurant for dinner that night, I recognized you at a glance. At that time, I originally wanted to find a chance to talk to you.
I came, but because there were a lot of customers in the store that day, I was not busy, so I didn’t talk to you.
I heard from the employees of the melon and fruit field that you, Mr. Xiang, look a lot like Mr. Ouyang, your aunt and nephew. Plus, you were with Secretary Ouyang and Manager Xia that day, so naturally I recognized Mr. Xiang.
You are.
And Manager Ouyang told me before that Mr. Yan will come back with Mr. Xiang this time, and together with Mr. Xiang, the most handsome person around him will be Mr. Yan!"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were dumbfounded after hearing his explanation.
Boss Jin poured a cup of tea for each of them, and then said, "I wonder what the reason for the two bosses coming to the store at this time is?"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen looked at each other, then Xiang Jin said, "Boss Jin is indeed a straightforward person. Since Boss Jin is straightforward, we won't make any detours with you, right?"
Then Boss Jin nodded, "Well, please tell me!"
Xiang Jin said, "Boss Ha Jin, there is an elder in our family who prefers to eat dried sheep sausage. As juniors, we want to do our best to be filial and want to make some with him.
But we can make this pork sausage, but we have never made this lamb sausage, so we don’t know the specific method of making it.
We remember that Boss Jin told us before that your people grew up eating mutton and beef when they were young, and they all have a unique cooking method for mutton and beef.
I guess you are also good at making that lamb sausage, so I wanted to come to you for advice, but I was wondering if Boss Jin would be willing to share with us the process of making this lamb sausage."
Then Boss Jin said, "Hey, I thought it was a big deal. It's just this dried sheep sausage. It's simple! If you ask me, you are asking the right person!"
As soon as winter comes, the people over there have to make that sausage just like the people here.
It’s just due to different geographical environment factors. Our area is a grassland area and only produces mutton and beef, so we use mutton to make sausages. Your place is rich in pork, so we use that pork to make sausages.”
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and then asked him to tell them about the production process. At the same time, Xiang Jin took out a pen and a notebook to take notes.
When the other party saw it, she started talking to her seriously, and then Xiang Jin asked and took notes, such as which part of the lamb to choose, what kind of seasoning to add, and what to pay attention to during the drying process.
Wait wait wait.
Xiang Jin asked carefully, and the other party answered carefully. In just half an hour, Xiang Jin clearly understood the entire process of making dried sheep sausage. They stood up and thanked each other and said goodbye. Then Xiang Jin asked them what they were doing.
It's a holiday, do you want to go back to celebrate the New Year?
The other party said that they had a holiday on the first day of the new year, but they would not go back to celebrate the New Year.
Then Xiang Jin asked when they would open for business. If it was convenient then, they would come to their place again for a mutton soup.
The other party said that they would not open again until after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Xiang Jin said with some regret, "That's such a pity. We were no longer in the city on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year."
The other party said, "It's okay. My shop will always be open here. You can come and eat anytime you want. I'll treat you then!"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen thanked him for his enthusiasm and generosity, and then Yan Chen asked him, "Can you sell that kind of raw mutton in your store? The kind that has just been slaughtered."
Xiang Jin immediately understood what Yan Chen meant, so he nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's the kind that has just been slaughtered. We don't kill sheep. If we want to make this dried sheep sausage, it's best to make it directly."
Buy some meat outside."
Boss Jin thought for a while and then nodded, "Yes, yes, come with us. Our sheep are slaughtered every day, right in the backyard."
So a few people followed him to the backyard, and then they saw a few similarly strong and sturdy men handling sheep in the backyard, and then there were several sheep that had been processed hanging on a row of shelves in the backyard.
The sheep were ready, but there were a few sheep penned in an open space not far away. The sheep looked over here from time to time, and then made some "baa baa baa" noises, probably because they saw their companions.
The death situation is very frightening.
Boss Jin pointed to a few fat sheep and said, "Those sheep have been processed. Look at the meat on your sheep. I'll let them cut it for you."
Yan Chen asked, "Are you selling the whole head?"
"A whole head?" Boss Jin was surprised for a moment, then clicked, "Okay, okay!"
Yan Chen said, "Okay, then let us take care of it."
Then Boss Jin asked them to choose, and they would sell whichever end they liked.
Then the two of them went to pick the sheep. Finally, Xiang Jin and the others picked a medium-sized sheep after consulting Boss Jin. At the same time, they asked them to slaughter a lamb leg separately, and then they asked them to weigh it.
But Boss Jin said he would not take their money and would give it to them.
Xiang Jin and the others would naturally not agree, saying that they must give money. Business is business, and favors are favors. Moreover, their sheep did not come in vain. They were all bought and shipped from the grassland. How could they be allowed to do so?
Make a losing trade.
Yan Chen said, "If one day we go to your grassland and you kill a sheep and treat us to eat, we won't be polite, but you must pay for this today."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, you have to pay! Otherwise, we would be too embarrassed to take you away like a sheep."
When Boss Jin saw that they were determined to do this, he had no choice but to give up, so he called two people to carry the sheep over and weigh it, and then cut a leg of lamb on the other sheep, and at the same time told them that the mutton
How much is it per kilogram? Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded and had no objection.
The final result of the weighing was that the sheep weighed eighty-six kilograms and the leg of lamb weighed five kilograms and six taels. Xiang Jin and the others nodded, and then he came to the conclusion with mental arithmetic. Yan Chen took out the money and directly
I paid it to Boss Jin.
Everyone present was astonished, especially Boss Jin, who had a dumbfounded expression on his face, "Oh my, your level of settling accounts is simply too good, isn't it?"
Xiang Jin smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, it's just simple mental arithmetic. Many people can do it."
Yan Chen said, "Boss Jin, please ask someone to cut up the sheep for us. In addition, find a bag to pack the leg of lamb that was cut separately before."
Boss Jin nodded and then ordered people to do it.
After a while, the two employees divided the sheep for them and packed it for them in several large red plastic bags. Yan Chen asked them to help them move it to the car, and several people did so. At the same time, Jin
The boss also sent them out of the shop.
After Xiang Jin and the others drove away, Boss Jin hurried to the counter to get a calculator and pressed it. Finally, he found that the amount calculated by his calculator was exactly the same as the number Yan Chen and Xiang Jin just said. He was surprised.
Incredible.
Then an employee next to him saw it and said, "Boss, what's wrong? Didn't they pay us enough?"
Boss Jin immediately came to his senses and said, "Go, go, don't talk nonsense, why haven't they paid me enough? It's enough, just right!"
The employee said, "Then why did you come over and click on the calculator right away, looking like you couldn't wait?"
Boss Jin said, "Why am I worried that people don't pay me enough? I'm trying to prove their mental calculation ability."
"Then what are the results you got?" the employee asked again.
Then Boss Jin said, "Of course it's exactly the same! Oh, it's true that he is a top student from Peking University and Fudan University. No wonder he can do so well in business at such a young age! Just the speed of calculating accounts is faster than that of ordinary people."
How many times faster!"
"What? Boss, did you say that the young couple just now were students from Peking University and Fudan University?" The employee was immediately surprised.
Boss Jin said, "Isn't that right? Moreover, he is the actual person in charge of Fruit and Vegetables this morning."
"Ah? So the fruits and vegetables this morning belong to them? What about Manager Ouyang and the others?" the employee asked again.
Then Boss Jin said, "Business Loan Manager!"
"Ah? Is Manager Ouyang still their wage earner?"
"Oh, okay, okay, you go and do your work, and inform them to slaughter another sheep!" Boss Jin then waved to the employee, who immediately turned around and headed towards the kitchen.
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Seeing Wang Dan looking around outside the window, Xiang Jin said, "Sister-in-law, it takes about three hours to get from our city to my hometown."
"Ah? Then won't it be dark when you come back later?" Wang Dan suddenly became a little worried and a little apologetic at the same time.
Xiang Jin said, "No, it's only twelve o'clock now, and it will only be around three o'clock when I send you home. We will go back to the fruit field by then. From our hometown to the fruit field, it will only be one or two o'clock."
It’s like an hour.”
"Oh, that's good. I was worried that you would be in the dark when you came back!" Wang Dan nodded, feeling relieved, and then asked, "Hey, Xiang Jin, do you all grow greenhouse vegetables here?
?”
Xiang Jinjiu said, "No, it's just regional planting. Some places are growing vegetables in greenhouses, some are developing aquaculture, and some are developing fruit trees, such as growing fruits, and some are planting
Medicinal materials, like what your family now mainly
It is to develop animal husbandry. In the past, vegetables were grown in greenhouses there, but then more and more people planted them in other places. Greenhouse vegetables grown in your place were not very popular. Later, the government decided to develop animal husbandry in your place based on the actual local conditions.
It’s done.”
Wang Dan nodded, "Well, I heard it from my aunt."
Xiang Jin then told her, "Aunt Liao is very capable. She raises hundreds of chickens, hundreds of ducks, dozens of geese, and twelve pigs at home, eight of which
A big fat pig and four little piglets, your family picks up hundreds of chickens, ducks and goose eggs every day."
Wang Dan said, "How tiring will it be to raise so much? Xiangyang and I called her before and told her to raise less so as not to tire herself out, but she just didn't listen."
Xiang Jin said, "Aunt Liao is one who is used to working hard and can't rest idle; the other is that she is also very strong and doesn't like to lag behind others in everything."
Wang Dan nodded again, "Well, I heard Xiang Yang say that his father died early, so he and his sister were raised by their aunt. A woman had to raise two children in such a difficult era.
Growing up is indeed not an easy task, and you can imagine the hardships Auntie has put in, so I admire Auntie very much."
Xiang Jin also nodded, "Well, I also admire Aunt Liao very much!"
As we talked along the way, we arrived at Aunt Liao's house. Aunt Liao's brother-in-law, mother-in-law, and nephew's wife were also there, presumably all here to meet the future new wife.
Aunt Liao and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were naturally very affectionate and happy when they met. They were very happy to see the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatting happily. Xiang Jin and the others did not bother them, but stood aside and waited for them to talk for a while before Yan Chen said
A leg of lamb was handed to Aunt Liao, "Aunt Liao, I brought you a leg of lamb. Take it and try it."
Aunt Liao was a little surprised when she saw the fresh leg of lamb she handed over, "Oh, why did you bring this to me? Did you kill the lamb?"
Wang Dan said, "No, they bought this when they were in the city just now."
Xiang Jin said, "We wanted to make some mutton sausages, so we bought a lamb from the owner of the mutton soup shop."
Aunt Liao nodded, then stretched out her hand to take the leg of lamb, "Oh, look, this is costing you again."
Xiang Jin said, "Nothing! Then Aunt Liao, are we going back?"
"What are you waiting for?"
"Xiang Jin, wait a minute, I brought something for you!"
Aunt Liao, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law called them at the same time.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen stopped and stood there waiting.
Aunt Liao, her natal wife and nephew's wife went into the house and carried out several baskets of chickens, ducks and goose eggs. Her natal mother also carried two cured chickens and ducks.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were also surprised. Xiang Jin said, "Aunt Liao, what are you doing? We haven't eaten so many chicken and duck eggs that we brought to us the day before yesterday?"
Aunt Liao said, "Listen to me, I didn't get these eggs for you. I will get you some more on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. I got these eggs specifically for Xiao Chen."
You may have to go back to the provincial capital on the fourth or fifth day of the Lunar New Year. I was busy at that time and couldn't bring it to you. Xiaochen, take this back to your grandparents and aunts to eat. To be honest, you didn't see anything in the provincial capital.
Yes, I couldn’t eat anything, but it’s really hard to buy authentic farm-grown eggs.
You see, many eggs nowadays are produced by feed chickens. When others collect them, they are obviously feed eggs, but they insist on claiming that they are local eggs. Then they don’t even recognize them. Is the price paid too high? They bought fake eggs.
of free-range eggs.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the egg collectors are not allowed to come. You see, our family has to pick up hundreds of eggs every day at least. They are piled up there and we can’t even eat them all. They also take up space. These days
I asked my natal family to pick them up. My sister also raised hundreds of chickens and ducks at home, and she ate endless eggs every day. My natal family only raised cows and sheep, so I asked them to pick them up.
Go back and eat some.
You guys are taking these back to make room for me. I picked up these eggs from the nest early this morning and put them away so that you wouldn’t have to go back so far to catch live chickens and ducks, so I
I just brought you two cured chickens and cured ducks, so you don’t have to worry about getting your car dirty when the time comes, your Uncle Tao will still come by then, right?”
Yan Chen nodded, "Yes, yes, he will pick us up in the third grade of junior high school."
Aunt Liao nodded, "That's good, that's good!"
Yan Chen reached out and took the basket of eggs from her hand, "Thank you Aunt Liao!"
"Oh, you're welcome, you're welcome, they're not valuable things. These are the only things we can get in our rural areas, and we really can't get anything else," Aunt Liao said.
Xiang Jin also helped take the two cured chickens and ducks from Aunt Liao's mother's hand, and then joked, "You said they are not valuable, but they are really not easy to buy in the city.
So if it’s not valuable, how can it be worthless? This is called having a price but no market!”
Aunt Liao and the other girls laughed heartily, and Aunt Liao said, "You are a child who knows how to talk. Every time you say something, it warms people's hearts."
"Where is that? Tell the truth," Xiang Jin put the chicken and duck into the trunk, while Aunt Liao's brother-in-law and nephew's wife directly lifted the egg basket in their hands and put it away.
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After they packed up the chickens, ducks and goose eggs, Wang Dan came to them with two more things in his hands, "What I have is not valuable at all. It's just some handmade fabrics from our place. I heard my aunt say, Yan Chen, you
I prefer painting, here it is
The rolled one is a hand-made three-dimensional woven painting, which was woven by our embroiderers over there. Although it is not made by any famous artist, it is good because it can be regarded as a handicraft. You can use it to frame and hang it.
Use it as a decoration at home.”
Yan Chen nodded, glanced at the rolled weaving painting, and said sincerely, "Thank you!"
Wang Dan smiled slightly, "No thanks," and then looked at Xiang Jin, "Xiang Jin, I originally wanted to buy you a set of our ethnic clothes as a gift, but I don't know your specific height.
and your body shape, so I knitted this shawl for you with my own hands. I’m clumsy and can’t knit well, so don’t mind it. It can also be used as a scarf.”
"Where are you, sister-in-law, you are so polite," Xiang Jin smiled happily and took the thing in her hand, unfolded it, and tried it on her shoulder. Then she
He turned around playfully in front of everyone, and then asked, "Does it look good?"
Everyone showed a look of surprise and nodded and said it looks good. Aunt Liao's brother-in-law said, "Girl Jin, you have fair skin, which is most suitable for such a bright color. It looks good, it really looks good!"
"
Aunt Liao's nephew and daughter-in-law also said, "Also, Jin Yatou, you are tall, have a good figure and temperament, and look good in everything you wear!"
Aunt Liao and her mother also nodded with a smile on her face.
Aunt Liao said, "We, Girl Jin, have been beautiful since childhood, and they have become even more beautiful when we grow up."
Xiang Jin tilted his head to look at Yan Chen, and Yan Chen said with a doting look on his face, "Miss Xiang, we look good no matter what we wear!"
Xiang Jin said, "Everyone of you has praised me to the heavens. My sister-in-law is amazing. Look how capable she is. She knitted such a beautiful shawl and gave it to me. Sister-in-law, why are you so awesome?
?Look at your dexterity, it’s just like machine knitting, it took you a lot of time, right?”
Wang Dan said, "It didn't take me much time, just more than a month or two. The main reason is that I usually have to go to work and only go home when I have a rest. This is woven on the loom in our home."
Yes, the girls here have been able to weave since they were young, so it doesn’t really matter, as long as you like it! Next time I have a chance, I will knit two more for you."
Xiang Jin waved her hand, "No, no, this is too troublesome. This one will be fine. Sister-in-law, I like it very much. Thank you for your gift." After saying that, she went to give Wang Dan a big hug, and then
Then he said to everyone, "Auntie, mother-in-law, and sisters-in-law, are we going back?"
Everyone nodded to them, then waved goodbye, opened the door to Jin and Yan Chen and got in the car. Aunt Liao said, "Slow down on the road?"
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin stuck his head out and waved to everyone again.
Rolling up the car window, Xiang Jin said, "Since you're driving, let's go home and look at your painting." As she said that, she looked through her shawl, "Oh, it's so well knitted.
It’s so good, so beautiful, you can’t even find a thread!”
Seeing her admiring the shawl, Yan Chen asked, "Do you like it that much?"
Xiang Jin said, "I like it. I like these things with ethnic characteristics the most. Look at how beautiful the color combination is. It is bright and full of vitality and vitality! And it is also purely handmade. I will give it to you
It is said that this is much more humane than something woven by a cold machine.
I didn’t expect Brother Xiangyang’s daughter-in-law to have such abilities. Well, let me tell you, even if Sister-in-law Wang Dan stops working in the future, she can just open a handmade fabrics shop."
Yan Chen nodded, "Yes, indeed!"
"Let's just cut up the mutton and marinate it when we go back later. We'll do the enema tomorrow afternoon," Xiang Jin then started talking to him about business.
Yan Chen said, "Okay, I'll listen to you! But do you have all the condiments at home?"
Xiang Jin said, "Then when we pass by the county vegetable market later, we can buy some there?"
"Okay! But do you have the casings?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, but Boss Jin said that it is the same with pig intestines. Let's just buy some pig intestines when we go to the vegetable market tomorrow."
"Okay! But do you have to remember?"
Xiang Jin said, "Don't worry, you remember. I will make a list on paper when I get back later, and list everything I want to buy tomorrow on that list. After we go to the vegetable market tomorrow, we will follow the instructions
That’s the order on the list to buy, and it’ll be quick when the time comes!”
"Okay, you can arrange this!"
"Will you be able to put all the things in this car tomorrow? There will be more than a hundred kilograms of pork, dozens of kilograms of tofu, and how many chickens and ducks?"
Yan Chen said, "It can fit. Today our sheep weighs eighty or ninety pounds. Just now Aunt Liao took so many things. Look, it's not even full yet. Don't worry, it can fit."
, no problem at all, the trunk can fit two pigs."
Xiang Jin said, "Then let's ask the pork seller to cut the pork for us tomorrow, otherwise it won't be easy for us to take it back and cut it ourselves.
First of all, our knives are not as fast as their knives. Secondly, if we cut it ourselves, it is difficult to be sure of the accuracy. Like their long-term meat sellers, the cut pieces are often almost the same, and at most they are just added on top.
A fraction."
Yan Chen said, "Yes, indeed!"
It was close to six o'clock when Xiang Jin and the others returned home. It was already dark at this time, and no one was picking vegetables in the fruit and vegetable fields. However, they met the last truck pulling the fruit and vegetables on their way back.
There are trucks selling fruits and vegetables, but the trucks are not big, only about five tons, and the license plate is from the urban area.
When they returned home, everyone at home was already cooking. Except for the three female compatriots who were busy in the kitchen, several male compatriots came out of the house.
Ouyang Bo was the first to speak, "Hey, why are you back just now? Shouldn't we be picking up people at ten o'clock?"
Xiang Jin said, "When we receive someone, we still have to take them to have a meal. They have been in the car for so long without getting a bite of hot food, so we must do our best to be landlords. After the meal is over,
We went to Boss Jin, who sells mutton soup, and bought a prepared sheep. We plan to make some mutton sausages. Come and move the things. Aunt Liao brought several baskets of chickens and duck eggs to Yan Chen and his family today.
There are some bacon chickens and ducks.
I will also process and cut the mutton later and marinate it. It will be given to the employees for the New Year’s Party at noon tomorrow, and I will start stuffing the sausage directly tomorrow afternoon.”
"Oh oh oh," everyone hurried over to move things into the house.
Xiang Jin said, "Move the mutton directly to the kitchen," then Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen, "You will find out how many employees we have with Grandpa Zeng and the others later. We can follow the instructions tomorrow.
When people come to buy things, finances must also be taken into account, right?”
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"
Xiang Jin turned around and went to the kitchen.
As soon as she entered, Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "Why did you buy a sheep? If you want to eat mutton, we have it at home."
Xiang Jin said, "The Chinese New Year will be the day after tomorrow. You are quite busy these days. Many vegetable vendors have to stock up. Who of you has time to kill?
Besides, no one in our family knows how to kill a sheep. That one knife can't kill it cleanly and neatly. It has to be followed by several more cuts. That's cruel. In this case, we won't hurt the sheep and just go straight to it.
Just buy ready-made ones.
And the breed of this sheep is different from the one we raise at home. This one is a sheep, a sheep from the grassland. The meat of this one will be fatter, while the one we raise is a goat."
Grandma Xiang Jin and Grandma Mo both laughed.
Xiang Jin said, "Auntie, when you've finished your work, come and do me a favor. I want to stuff some sausages with these muttons, so I have to cut them out and marinate them tonight for tomorrow afternoon."
When the time comes, I will just start the irrigation."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother laughed and said, "Why did you suddenly think of stuffing mutton sausage?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yan Chen said that his grandpa likes this mutton sausage better, so he asked me to help him drink some. When he goes back, he will bring some to his grandpa."
Grandma Mo nodded, "Oh yes, Xiao Chen's grandfather prefers to eat mutton sausages. In the past, conditions were limited, and we didn't see mutton being sold anywhere here, so I would only bring it to him every year.
Got some pork sausage.”
"Oh, that's it!" Her grandma nodded.
Xiang Jin and her aunt nodded, "Okay, I'll help you later. Alas, do you know how to season this mutton sausage? Don't make it taste so strong when the time comes?"
Xiang Jin dug out the mutton she wanted from the bags and threw it into a large stainless steel basin on the chopping board.
He told us how to prepare the ingredients, and I even took special notes.
I will follow the steps he said later, and when we go to the city to sell ingredients tomorrow morning, we will buy some casings there."
Her aunt nodded, "Okay, then you can rest assured."
Grandma Mo smiled at Xiang Jin and her grandmother, "Girl Jin, she always does things more safely."
Xiang Jin's grandmother could not deny it, "Yes, this child has always been careful."
After a while, Xiang Jin and her aunt came over and said, "Daughter, tell me, what do you want aunt to do?"
Xiang Jin said, "Auntie, please clean the sheep's head for me with the clean water first, wash it twice more, and then cut it into pieces as big as when we usually fill them with pork sausages. I'm going to
Then cut some meat from it, and we'll fill it with more when the time comes, and you'll also have a taste of the mutton sausage."
"Oh, okay," her aunt responded.
Just as Xiang Jin and her aunt and nephew were cutting meat, Han Che ran in and said, "Xiang Jin, let me help you." After saying that, he went to wash his hands in the sink, and then stood next to Xiang Jin.
In front of his aunt, "Auntie, let me cut it. You go to the side to have a rest first."
Xiang Jin's aunt was stunned when she saw it, "Hey, how can this happen? No, no, you go play, we can come here."
Xiang Jin said, "Auntie, just let him come. Their family owns a Chinese restaurant. The main purpose of his coming here is to learn how to stuff mutton sausage. When he learns it later, he can stuff it directly in their restaurant."
Sold in restaurants."
Han Che said a little embarrassedly, "Hey, do you know better than to say it?"
Xiang Jin asked, "What does this mean? You are not an outsider?"
Several elders laughed, and Xiang Jin and her aunt quickly gave up their position and let Han Che do the operation. Han Che looked at the size of Xiang Jin and his aunt and nephew's cutting, and then started cutting too.
Xiang Jin's aunt said to Xiang Jin, "Xiao Jin, how about I cut it, and you go prepare the seasoning."
Xiang Jin put down the kitchen knife in his hand, "That's okay, okay, then you cut it and I'll prepare the seasonings."
Han Che raised his head and looked at Xiang Jin, "Are you going to tell me the seasonings and quantities involved in it when the time comes?"
Xiang Jin said, "Don't worry, I will still give you a recipe when the time comes. The specific operation steps and the amount of ingredients will be written clearly for you. It's clear and I won't hide anything!"
"OK!"
The two grandmothers had prepared the meal, and Xiang Jin and the others had just cut the meat and prepared the condiments. Xiang Jin said to Han Che, "It will take a while to marinate the meat, so we'd better eat the rice first."
Let’s pickle it again, and I’ll tell you the pickling steps when the time comes.”
Han Che nodded, "Okay!"
After dinner, a few young people took the initiative to take over the kitchen chores such as washing pots and dishes, so that the elders did not have to work anymore. However, when it came to marinating the mutton, the two grandmothers and Xiang Jin and her aunts
Still came to take a look.
Xiang Jin put a seasoning into the meat and explained to them the function and significance of the seasoning, such as which seasoning was used to remove the fishy smell, which seasoning was used to remove the odor, which seasoning was used to enhance the freshness, and which seasoning was used to enhance the freshness.
One ingredient is also antiseptic...
Everyone listened carefully and memorized it in their minds, and then asked some small questions from time to time, and Xiang Jin explained and answered them one by one.
After spending more than half an hour, Xiang Jin and the others marinated a large pot of mutton, covered it with a small dustpan, and then everyone returned to the living room together.
Xiang Jin asked Yan Chen, "How is it going? Have you finished the statistics?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay, here is the list. Take a look at it. Is there anything else you need to add?" He handed a piece of paper to Xiang Jin.
Xiang Jin took it and unfolded it, and then saw that there were forty-three employees on it. Then Xiang Jin looked at a few elders and asked, "How many people are there in our melon orchard now?"
Grandpa Zeng nodded, "Well, I was too busy, so I asked them to call some of their reliable family members and relatives to come over, and then a few dozen people were added."
Xiang Jin nodded, then continued to look down, and then saw that Yan Chen had listed all the things she told him in the car this afternoon that she would buy tomorrow, as if nothing was left behind.
So she nodded and said, "Yeah, sure, it's quite detailed. Let's go shopping according to this tomorrow morning.
Brother, and Han Che, you two have to get up early tomorrow and go to the market with us to buy things. Then when you come back, you go to Miyun Reservoir to buy some fish and shrimp, and I will prepare lunch at home."
Both of them nodded, indicating that it was okay.
Following Xiang Jin, she looked at her aunt and said, "Aunt, tomorrow you will pay us two thousand yuan in cash. Tomorrow's group year and the annual gifts for employees will all be paid out of our company's account. By then
If there is more refund and less compensation, there will be no need to keep personal accounts for this, let the finance side handle the accounting.
Including those industries in our provincial capital, all benefits given to employees during holidays are paid directly from the account, and our bosses do not pay privately."
"Oh, okay, we can save this!"
Then Xiang Jin looked at several elders and asked, "Are there many picking orders for tomorrow?"
Grandpa Zeng said, "It may be similar to today's, but there won't be many mushrooms to pick tomorrow, because those mushrooms have been picked in the past few days, and the rest are just some very small mushrooms.
In winter, the growth rate of mushrooms is slow, and it will probably take about a week before they can be picked again. By then, it may be around the fifth or sixth day of the lunar month. Tomorrow I will mainly pick some vegetables, but these can be picked relatively quickly.
It doesn’t take much time, I guess one morning plus half of the afternoon will be enough.”
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked, "Are there any orders the day after tomorrow?"
Her grandfather said, "There is no such thing as the day after tomorrow, and the Chinese New Year will be the day after tomorrow. Everyone will have a family reunion dinner at home, so we will have a holiday starting from tomorrow afternoon, and then we will not officially go to work until the sixth day of the lunar month."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then let's see which of you prepare lunch with me at noon tomorrow. I'm afraid I'll be too busy by myself."
Grandma Mo and Grandma Xiang Jin said they could do it, and Xiang Jin agreed, "Okay, since tomorrow won't be a heavy workload, then both grandmas will come with me. We will kill and fillet fish tomorrow."
I also need help with cutting meat.
I plan to prepare ten dishes for everyone tomorrow. After all, everyone has seen their hard work over the past year and everyone is very dedicated to their duties. We can't treat others badly, but we should try our best to make the meals as decent as possible for everyone.
"
Everyone in the family just nodded and said yes, yes.
Then Xiang Jin said to the two grandmas, "Because tomorrow is limited, I have to go with them to the county town to buy ingredients, so I will ask the two grandmas to cook the sausage and fat sausage at home first to save money."
There wasn't enough pot when I got it.
The other thing is to kill that fish again. Tomorrow, our family members may have to sit at six or seven seats, so we will kill seven of each kind of fish, mainly bass, grass carp or herring, not carp.
Kill it, that one needs to be made into squirrel mandarin fish to be delicious, but I don’t have enough time. First, I have to change the knife, coat it with flour, put it in a pan for frying, and finally the syrup will be stained, which is very troublesome!"
Both grandmas nodded and said "Okay!"
Finally, Xiang Jin looked at Ouyang Bo and Han Che, "Oh, by the way, how much fish paste and fish roe did you use when you marinated the fish?"
The two shook their heads and said there wasn't much. Ouyang Bo said, "A fish only has two fish bubbles. Although we pickled hundreds of kilograms of fish, there are only about a hundred fish bubbles at most.
It’s not much cooked, and this season is not the breeding season for fish, so basically there are no fish eggs.”
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, forget it, let's keep the fish bubbles for us to eat later." Then Xiang Jin looked at the two grandmothers again, "Then let's try some pork liver then?"
"
The two grandmothers looked at each other and laughed. Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "We made the pork liver and gave it to the dogs to eat."
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, forget it! I have more than a dozen dishes here, which is enough. Grandma, you should cook some deboned meat then, and we'll make a stir-fry later."
"Oh, that's good!"
After everything was arranged, everyone lined up to wash up.