Towards the end of the day, Mrs. Liu and Zhang Erlang came back with a donkey cart full of things.

Because of the extra cash, Liu bought two stones of brown rice, one stone of round-grained rice, and dozens of catties of wheat flour and corn flour, etc., and bought fifty catties of fat pork and three catties of bones.Thirty fish.

In addition, according to Chen Nianguan's request, Liu bought another two sets of pig offal and brought them back in a bucket.

In this era, pig offal is very cheap, ten cents a catty. Although it is difficult to deal with, improper cleaning often has a stench that cannot be removed, but people who cannot afford meat will rush to buy it..

If you can't eat meat, it's good to satisfy your cravings. Adding spicy ginger and scallions is also a rare delicacy.

So if you don't go early or let the butcher stay on purpose, it doesn't mean that you can buy pigs if you buy them.

When Yuan was in the Chen family, he often ate this kind of pork offal and meat dishes.

Mrs. Liu didn't understand why Chen Nianguan would buy such hard-to-wash, taste-to-cook food when he could eat meat now.

In fact, Chen Nianguan thought the weather was good, so he thought he could make some preserved meat as a food reserve for the winter.

Lamei is just a general concept, and Lamei and Layue are two different things.

Because this era is the same as the ancient times that Chen Nianguan knew, there is no way to store meat for a long time, so all kinds of sauces, salts, and smoked methods are used to process meat. Lamei is also a kind of meat food.The way to deal with it.

Bacon has a history of nearly 2,000 years. It is recorded in the "Book of Changes": "The ene is in the sun and the fire is in the fire, so it is called bacon."

Therefore, cured meat does not have to be made in the twelfth lunar month. Broadly speaking, meat that is marinated and then dried or grilled in the sun is called cured meat.

In Chen Nianguan's modern living habits, every year at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, he can start preparing for making preserved meat.

Because this kind of cured meat cannot be exposed to the sun, nor can it be blown by strong winds, and the dry and cold or humid air after the twelfth lunar month will not work.

It should be made in a season when the sun is not shining, the wind is not strong, and it is not too cold.

Chen Nianguan observed and noticed that these days are just right.

Bacon, sausage, cured fish, and some cured chicken can be made later.

Both bacon and cured fish are simple. After cleaning, put on the prepared sauce and marinate, hang it in the air and wait for it to dry slowly.

A few bamboo poles can be set up on the open space behind the main room to form a production area.

The trouble is making the salami.

Forty catties of pork take out the lean meat and fat meat according to the proportion, slice and chop, add white wine, salt, pepper, sugar and other ingredients, stir well, put it aside and marinate, the most troublesome process comes: toClean the casing, that is, take the pig powder sausage.

Chen Nianguan found pig liver, pig lung, pig kidney, pig large intestine, pig small intestine, and pig belly from a bucket of stinky pig offal. The remaining dirty water was thrown away by Liu.

Pick out the ones that are easy to wash, put the ones that are not easy to wash in the wooden basin, move them to the well, and put the flour, salt and ginger foam to wash them in turn. After a while, she regrets it.

If had known earlier, should have waited until cousins were around to make the cured meat, and would have left it to them.

Chen Nianguan saw Zhang Yulang in the west wing poking his head out of the window to have a look, obviously disgusted with the smell from the basin in front of him, and closed the window with a sullen face.

Chen Nianguan just...

Very angry!Obviously he is a guy, why is it that she is doing this guy's job instead of instigating Zhang Erlang to do it?

Chen Nianguan flipped through Byakugan, he was so disgusted, he wouldn't eat it when her braised pig went into the water tomorrow!

When Mrs. Liu came back after pouring out the dirty water, she saw that the flour and salt were precious things, and this prodigal girl Wan Wan used them to wash the pig into the water, and immediately...

Very angry!Hurry up and help Chen Nianguan clean up the two sets of pigs in the water, so that she won't waste money!

Chen Nianguan then selected two sets of pig small intestines that had been cleaned.

She only picks pig-fun sausages for the sausage casings, so the rectum and bitter intestines are removed, and the fat on the outside of the pig-fun sausages is removed, and they are put in the house to dry, and they can be brewed tomorrow.

Early the next morning, it was indeed a cool and breezy day.

After Chen Nianguan delivered the 20 catties of rice noodles from Fuxing Building, he first hung strips of marinated lean meat and 20 pieces of fish on a bamboo rack behind the house to dry, and then started to stuff the sausages.

After the intestines are brewed, they are tied into even lengths with thin ropes pulled from corn husks, and hung on the bamboo poles behind the house as well.

It was the first time for Mrs. Liu to cook cured meat with her daughter. Seeing so much meat hanging on the bamboo pole, she seemed a little worried: "Wan Wan, is the meat treated in this way really delicious?"

"Delicious! Ma'am, when did you see that the food I made was not delicious?"

Liu Shi thought, that's true, so she felt relieved.

Chen Nianguan was very satisfied looking at the meat, and felt that forty catties was still too little.

It’s almost two months before Maodong, and there is New Year’s Eve. The cured meat I make is so delicious, can I sell it?

Planning in his mind, Chen Nianguan went back to the front yard to dispose of the remaining pigs into the water.

Because it has been dealt with, it will be much more convenient for Chen Nianguan to get up.

Chen Nianguan intentionally boiled the base material on an earthen stove in the yard, put in pork bones, boiled on high heat, added ginger and green onions, then turned to low heat to make soup, filtered the bone dregs, and then poured the pot of clear soup intoIn the pot, wrap the cleaned and soaked spices with gauze and put them in.

Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan, pour the sugar into the pan to melt, then put it into the soup, add salt, white wine, and some chili peppers, cook for an hour, and it will be brine.

The pigs are soaked in boiling water, picked up and washed, and then put into brine and simmered over low heat.

After cooking for about half an hour, add spices or cornel as appropriate.

When the smell of stewed incense wafted in the courtyard, the closed windows of the west wing were pushed open, Zhang Erlang poked his head out to look around, and caught a glimpse of Chen Nianguan who was sitting next to Sifang Terrace and guarding the stove.

Chen Nianguan glanced at him, thinking of how disgusted he was when he dealt with the pigs into the water yesterday, he raised his head proudly.

You know it smells good, right?You will be hungry for a while.

Mrs. Liu was carrying the sewn quilt to the west chamber, smelling the fragrance, she couldn't help swallowing, and Xuan Xuan even threw herself on Chen Nianguan's lap, asking expectantly.: "Sister, when shall we start eating?"

Xuan Xuan now knows that her sister will definitely have delicious food when she goes out, so she always has to be a little darling in front of Chen Nianguan.

"Hurry up!"

Zhang Erlang took over the well-stitched cotton padded clothes and the newly made bedding, with an unnatural blush on his face: "This is really troublesome Mrs. Chen and Miss Chen Si!"

"No trouble, anyway, you are also a buddy of our Chen family. You can't be cold when you work for our Chen family, can you?" Since Liu Shi learned that Zhang Erlang was teaching Gu Xuan Xuan to read and write, her attitude towards him was different.Much improved.

Her husband, Chen Ming, is a scholar, and the Liu family has always had more affection for scholars than others.

The children of other families wanted their husbands to read and write, and Shu Xiu started with at least one tael of silver. Now Zhang Erlang doesn't take any money and returns them to work. He is indeed a friend of Master Ming Hai with a very good heart.

In Liu's heart, she simply regarded Zhang Erlang as a distinguished guest. When Chen Nianguan brought back cotton cloth and cotton, he said that he was making clothes and bedding for Zhang Erlang.Also be serious.

Mrs. Liu was about to ask Zhang Erlang Xuan Xuan if she was studying well, but Zhang Yulang had already entered the wing room with a cotton coat and bedding.

Zhang Erlang put those sets of cotton clothes and bedding on the bed, looked at them for a long time, and stroked them solemnly.

Miss Chen Si rescued herself because she had a kind heart and good cooking skills. This needlework is still so good, yes, it's really good!

Zhang Erlang saw that Mrs. Liu had gone outside, closed the door, picked up one of the cotton coats, put them on, and tried to see if they fit.

Miss Chen Si didn't measure herself when she made the clothes, she made them according to the size of her green shirt.

It seems that it is a bit too big, but it just so happens that you can wear an extra piece of clothing inside to keep warm!

Miss Chen Si is really thoughtful.

Satisfied, Zhang Erlang walked to the door wearing a new cotton coat. He was a little timid when he pushed the door to go out, but finally he closed his eyes and mustered up the courage to go out.

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