He subconsciously wanted to stop Zheng Qianqian.
He still regards his little brother as a man, and Zheng Qianqian is no exception.
But the next second, Zheng Qianqian started crying: "Uuuuuuu, Brother Zhu, you don't know, I regretted it just now. If I had known that my family's business would not be able to continue, then I would definitely not have bought it before. There are so many clothes and rouge and gouache, I will definitely save the money, so that I won’t be as panicked as before..."
He really wanted to cry just now, but what's the use of crying? His sister-in-law and brother Ting were helpless. It would be too ignorant for him to cry again.
Although there was no crying on his face, he was crying and scared to death in his heart.
If the family's business really disappears, what should his family do?
Li Qiao: "..."
He stopped.
Forget it, Zheng Qianqian is still a child.
Tao Zhu has always regarded Zheng Qianqian as his younger brother. Seeing this, he patted Zheng Qianqian's back gently: "Don't cry, Li Qiao is awesome, believe him."
"Yeah, brother Qiao is the most powerful. He can definitely achieve whatever he says."
Zheng Qianqian wiped her tears, let go of Tao Zhu and turned to look at Li Qiao: "Brother Qiao, you are my brother! Sit down quickly and I will pour you some honey water."
"We're not thirsty, so let's talk about bacon and sausages first."
Tao Zhu signaled that he didn't have to work.
Zhao Ting smiled and said: "Brother Qian, go and take out the preserves. I'll pour the honey water."
Needless to say, he was delighted.
What is survival from desperate situations? This is the situation at hand.
"I'm going to get the preserves!"
Zheng Qianqian rushed into the room, her whole body seemed to have endless strength.
Shi Ju was also overjoyed and didn't know what to say: "The big bones are almost cooked. I'll go get a basin out."
Tao Zhu saw that Zhao Ting and Shi Ju were about to enter the kitchen and was about to stop them, but Li Qiao suddenly said: "Brother Ting, what are you going to do with this pig head?"
"Pig head?"
Zhao Ting looked at the half-washed pig head. Although he didn't understand why Li Qiao asked like this, he answered directly: "These days, I cut it up and stew it."
This is also what ordinary people do.
"I know a way to braise pig heads. If you believe me and Brother Zhu, Brother Zhu and I can braise it now." Li Qiao said.
He wants to eat pig head meat...
He couldn't remember it until he saw the big pig's head, but now that he saw it, he suddenly wanted to eat braised pork head meat that was soft and mixed with chili oil.
"Of course I believe you and Brother Zhu!"
When Zhao Ting heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed: "This is too troublesome for you. You sit down first. My sister-in-law and I will be able to clean this pig's head very quickly."
"It's no trouble. If it weren't for Uncle Zheng, I wouldn't be able to stand in front of you now." Li Qiao said with a smile.
"Stop being polite, Li Qiao, you sit down, Chuntao and I will help."
Tao Zhu saw that Zhao Ting wanted to be polite again, so he spoke first.
"No, Brother Zhu, you go back and get the ingredients. Just ask Chuntao to help." Li Qiao told Tao Zhu the ingredients needed to braise the pig head and asked him to go home and get it.
Of course he wasn't idle either.
He wanted to know what meat the Zheng family had now.
Pig intestines are needed to make sausages. I wonder if the Zheng family has these today.
When making bacon, fat and lean ones are best.
"My father took the pig to town. Apart from the pig's head, the only thing left at home was more than ten kilograms of lean meat from the front and back legs."
Zhao Ting said.
Nowadays, people like to eat fat meat. Lean meat does not sell as fast as fat meat. In addition, there are competitors, so Butcher Zheng did not bring these lean meats, but asked Zhao Ting, Zheng Qianqian, and Shi Ju to make them. Ripe food.
"Lean meat... um, that's fine too. You can make pork meatballs."
Li Qiao said.
Anyway, I can’t make bacon right away, and there are no fat and thin ones at the moment, so I might as well not make bacon for the time being.
He has personally experienced the popularity of hot pot meatballs. Now that he has changed time and space, he is not sure whether hot pot meatballs can reproduce the glory of his previous life.
But one thing he can be sure of: as long as he makes pork meatballs, he can definitely sell them and make money.
Of course, lean meat can also be used to make pork jerky, meat floss, etc.
But he currently wants to eat pork meatballs, so these lean meats will be made into pork meatballs.
He described the taste and preparation of pork meatballs to Zhao Ting and Shi Ju. Zhao Ting and Shi Ju nodded their heads in anticipation.
Listening to this description, it is not inferior to bacon and sausage at all.
So, the soldiers were divided into two groups. Li Qiao and Li Chuntao made pork meatballs.
At this time, there are no wall breakers, electric meat grinders and other tools. If you want to make pork meatballs, you have to chop the pork into small pieces. This is a laborious task and cannot be done by Li Chuntao. Li Qiao does it himself.
On the other side, Zhao Ting and Shi Ju quickly cleaned the pig's head.
At this time Tao Zhu also came back.
So open the brine.
After putting the pig head into the pot, Zheng Qianqian was responsible for lighting the fire, while Tao Zhu, Zhao Ting, and Shi Ju helped make the pork meatballs.
Zhao Ting, Li Chuntao, and Shi Ju were all weak, while Tao Zhu was stronger, but Li Qiao couldn't bear to have Tao Zhu chop the meat by himself, so he asked Zhao Ting and others to take turns.
The preparation of pork meatballs is very simple. Chop the pork into fine pieces as much as possible, then add salt, sugar, Li Qiao's homemade five-spice powder, and yeast and stir.
In fact, baking soda should be added. Baking soda is alkaline and can make the meatballs elastic. But there is no baking soda here, so Li Qiao added a little yeast to replace the baking soda.
Of course, you can also use ice water to make the meatballs springy, but there is no ice water at this time - Li Qiao didn't use saltpeter to make ice today, so he used yeast instead.
Then add the onion, ginger water and sweet potato starch in batches and stir in the same direction until the meat is pureed. Then squeeze the meat into round balls and cook them in the pot.
The whole process, except for the cumbersome process of chopping and stirring the meat, is very simple.
So, soon, the pork meatballs came out of the pan.
"Come on, let's all have a taste."
Li Qiao took the cooked pork balls into a bowl and motioned to Tao Zhu and others to taste them.
It was the first time for Tao Zhu and the others to eat this kind of pork meatballs. When they took a bite, their mouths were filled with the delicious flavor of pork, and they were also a little chewy.
The texture was different from the pork they had eaten before, but it was delicious.
“It doesn’t taste like pork, but it’s delicious.”
Zheng Qianqian likes the taste very much.
"It will taste better if paired with the chili oil made by Brother Zhu." Li Qiao said.
The pork meatballs were quite successful, but they tasted strong to him and he missed the chili oil made by Tao Zhu.
Tao Zhu smiled when he heard this: "Then I'll go back and get the chili oil now."
"Brother Zhu, why don't you make some now? You don't need to make another trip. I have all the seasonings at home." Zhao Ting said.
Just now Li Qiao said that pork head can be served cold with chili oil. In that case, why not let Tao Zhu make a bowl on the spot.
"Then make some now." Li Qiao said.
Chili oil is easy to make. Just add seasonings and pour hot oil on it, and it will be ready in less than a quarter of an hour.
So, Tao Zhu made a bowl of chili oil that was delicious even when mixed with the soles of shoes. It was the most fragrant right after it was made, and even the aroma of the meat in the pot couldn't cover up the aroma.
Zheng Qianqian smelled it vigorously, and saliva suddenly appeared in her mouth: "It smells so good, I want to dip it in the steamed buns."
He didn't like chili peppers, but he didn't hate them either, but smelling the rich spicy aroma made him drool.
"I'll try too."
Zhao Ting also said.
Just by smelling it, you can tell it's the same flavor. No wonder Li Qiao likes it.
Shi Ju couldn't help but take half a piece of steamed bun. It tasted so delicious that she wanted to eat it too.
When she actually took the steamed bun dipped in chili oil into her mouth, Zheng Qianqian opened her eyes wide: "It's delicious, it's delicious!"
"You can't go wrong with what Li Qiao likes." Zhao Ting said and looked at Li Qiao: "The pork hasn't been marinated yet, why not try it with the big bone meat? Use this chili oil to cool the big bone meat. It will definitely taste good. .”
"Can."
Li Qiao nodded.
So, I took out a few big bones, tore off the meat on them and put them in a basin, then added the seasonings and served them cold.
Tao Zhu's craftsmanship is beyond praise. Even if he doesn't add chili oil and just mixes it with cold sauce, the taste is very appealing.
After adding the chili oil, Zheng Qianqian started to drool again, which was even more exciting.
"It's absolutely amazing, it's really amazing. If I bring this pot of meat to the town tomorrow, I can attract people to come over to me without my father telling me!"
"Now I hope my father will come back soon so that he can taste this pot of meat."
"Yes, I hope dad can come back soon."
Zhao Ting thought of Butcher Zheng's gloomy look, and couldn't wait to let Butcher Zheng know the good news.
Li Qiao smiled and said: "It won't take more than an hour and a half..."
At this moment, the door of Zheng's house was pushed open, and someone walked in: "Xiaoju, come out quickly and bring the meat down."
Um?
Listening to this voice, it was Zheng Qianqian's eldest brother Zheng Qi.
"Why did my guy come back?" Shi Ju quickly put down his chopsticks.
"Why is eldest brother back at this time?"
