Mrs. Wang obviously didn't believe her words.
"How can we use so much meat just to eat a meal? It requires a whole pig?"
As she spoke, she tried to open her old eyes wide and carefully looked at the pork on the carriage. The more she looked at it, the more it looked like a whole head.
The pig's head and tail, as well as its four limbs and trotters are still there. There are various kinds of water in the wooden basin on the side.
Xie Yanzhi knew that the older generation was more frugal, and was afraid that she wouldn't believe Li Yuan's words, so he helped explain.
"Old lady, I did buy this meat. We'll cut it into one or two pounds of fat and thin meat and make it for eating later. In addition, Yuan Niang also said that she would use a few pounds to make meat sauce for the opening of the stall tomorrow.
As for the meat and bones, she wants to make soup. As for the other things, she wanted to stew them later and try selling them at the stall tomorrow. For the rest, I want to ask her to help me make bacon and sausage. "
As he said that, seeing that Mrs. Wang was not unhappy, he continued: "When it is done, 10% will be counted as her wages. Of course, the meat she wants now will also be counted as part of her wages. She really didn’t spend any money, not even a penny!”
Wang Can, who had just walked out of the kitchen, and Li Duo, who was chopping firewood, looked at him sideways after hearing this.
As far as they knew, Xie Xiucai ate out all year round and never cooked at home.
He bought a whole pig to make sausage and bacon. How dare he open the fire himself?
Xianggui thought so, neither of them asked.
I even thought that maybe one day Xie Xiucai would like to eat bacon and sausage, and it would not be impossible to go to a restaurant to help him make some!
Mrs. Wang, on the other hand, didn't think much about it, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard what was going on.
People here prefer to make sausages and bacon in the middle and late winter months. Although it is early winter, the temperature is about the same as in previous winter months.
If you do it now, that's fine.
"Mother Yuan, please take a rest first. The sausages and bacon we are going to make will be put aside for now. After your noodle stall opens tomorrow, I will bring your aunt and third aunt over to help you marinate them first."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Xie Yanzhi again and asked, "Master Xiu Cai, I can still buy so much meat this afternoon. I wonder if there is any left?"
It was a rare trip to the city, and if there were any left, she wanted to buy some.
Without Xie Yanzhi's reply, Li Yuan said: "Nai, there are only a few meat stalls in the city, and they usually sell out by noon. Today it happened to be a coincidence, we went directly to the butcher's house.
As a result, he saw that the family with whom he ordered the meat broke the contract and found someone else to buy it.
The butcher's family had a son who was born prematurely and needed to see a doctor and take medicine all year round. This pig was smashed into his hand, which made him, a grown man, red-eyed.
Brother Xie was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see it, so he paid for it. "
The focus of Mrs. Wang was that the person who had agreed to buy the pig actually broke the contract, and she said angrily: "Why is there such a person, who has already made an appointment and then doesn't want it? Isn't this just a joke? It's already afternoon, how can I sell it to someone?"
Li Yuan sighed: "No! That butcher and I were in the same family five hundred years ago, and both of them were named Wang.
In order to make more money, he would go a long way to collect pigs, which was a full hundred cents cheaper than selling them in bulk. It turned out that the man had booked two houses at the same time and deliberately tried to trouble him. "
While Mrs. Wang lamented that the world was evil and people's hearts were not as old as they should be, she quickly helped move the meat that had been cut into strips into the kitchen.
Wang Can on the side also stepped forward to help, not daring to let Xie Yanzhi touch him.
Seeing that Xie Yanzhi was about to bend down, she hurriedly shouted: "Xie Xiucai, don't touch it. Just go into the house directly. Don't touch it!"
Xie Yanzhi: "..."
Although he knew he was unlucky, it was actually okay to help carry two pieces of meat, right?
Li Duo knew that Xie Yanzhi was famous for his bad luck, but he didn't have a certain understanding of it.
Looking at Wang Can's posture, I felt that she was making a fuss.
Men are inherently stronger when it comes to moving things, so if Xie Xiucai is asked to carry some, nothing will happen.
One of his arms is still hanging, and he only has one hand left. How many pieces of meat can he carry?
He thought so, but he didn't say anything. He just threw down the chopped wood, got up and came over to take all the meat back to the kitchen, and then continued to chop wood.
This day's dinner was served by Li Yuan personally at Xie Yanzhi's request.
Since there was a lot of meat and Li Yuan had bought some soybeans before, she made a braised pork dish, a soybean-braised pork trotters, a refreshing pickled radish dish and a kelp and pork ribs soup.
Kelp is called kelp in Liuyun County. Li Yuan bought it in the afternoon at the North and South grocery stores in the county.
The refreshing radish is the first to be made using radishes brought from the old house.
After all, this dish takes a long time.
It takes half an hour to cut the radish into thin slices and add salt and sugar to kill the water.
After she carried everyone on her back, she added the oyster sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and other seasonings that she had sneaked out from the space. Then she poured hot oil on it and mixed it evenly. She had to wait for another half an hour.
Fortunately, the stove in Xie Yanzhi's home has three openings, and they are all connected, so it is quick to cook. It does not have to be like a pot with only one pot, where you have to take turns and wait for a long time.
Xie Yanzhi has been looking forward to it since Li Yuan entered the kitchen, hoping to know the reason for his change of fortune soon.
Unexpectedly, after looking forward and looking forward to it, finally after Li Yuan and Wang Can called for dinner, Li Duo suddenly came back from outside, holding a small jar of wine in his hand.
"Thank you, Xiucai. Good wine goes with good food. Would you like a sip?"
Xie Yanzhi: "..."
As the host, the guests have brought their own drinks, so can he say no?
On this day, Xie Yanzhi failed to do so.
He was a light drinker, but after drinking two cups of Qian Qian, he was so drunk that he didn't know what night it was, and he didn't even eat a few bites of meat.
Li Duo didn't expect this to be the case, and looked at Mrs. Wang dumbfounded.
Mrs. Wang never expected that Xie Yanzhi could drink almost as much as a glass of wine.
Seeing the eldest grandson's look for help, he thought for a moment and then said: "Duozi, Mr. Xiucai is injured in his hand and has difficulty moving. He is so drunk now. We will go back later. It is not good to leave him alone at home.
In this case, you stay here tonight, and I will go talk to Miaomiao. Also, Yuan Niang has the radish bone soup that has just been stewed in one pot, and the other is braised pork in the pot. You can watch it and put out the fire when it is almost done. "
"Why are you going back? It's going to be dark soon."
"I can drive the bullock cart, so you don't have to worry about going back. Just be alert at night and don't let the rice, noodles and meat be stolen."
Those added up are worth a lot of money.
There are less than three months left before the Chinese New Year. Some people have dirty hands and feet and just want to steal things from other people's homes.
"Okay, please pay attention to that breast!"
Since it was still early to have dinner, even though the sun had already set, Mrs. Wang didn't feel much cold because the oxcart was still in the city.
After leaving the city, when the north wind blew, she felt a chill hit her face, and even her cheeks felt a little stinging.
Li Yuan and Wang Can tightened their clothes and glanced at each other subconsciously.
After seeing the worry in the other person's eyes, he looked away.
The unaware Mrs. Wang put her hand to her mouth and breathed, "This year is indeed colder than in previous years. Winter has just begun, and it's almost the middle of winter in previous years."
