The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 55, Stewing Goose in Iron Pot

After paying the wages of the Yan brothers, it's okay for the time being. Let's go back to the Silly Pillar House to pack up our own bedrolls.

So he closed the door of his room and walked slowly towards the middle courtyard.

Finally, when he returned to Shazhu's house, he saw that his bed and everything else had been made.

Even his clothes were hung up and daily necessities were neatly placed on the table.

"Brother Zhu, I'm embarrassed to have arranged them so neatly."

Li Weiguo couldn't believe that Si Zhu was such a sloppy person and actually helped him tidy up so neatly.

Silly Zhu rolled his eyes at him and said, "I don't even take care of my own, so I can clean it for you? Your wife will take care of it for you."

Speaking of which, he was full of resentment and his own sister didn't take care of him. Li Weiguo took care of him neatly as soon as he came. It's not fair.

Li Weiguo glared at Silly Zhu: "What do you mean by my daughter-in-law? I'm just teasing Yu Yu. Who told you not to think it's such a big deal? You fooled me, Silly Zhu, with that heckler!"

"Hmph. Anyway, it's your own fault, it's none of my business." Silly Zhu put on an air of being a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

Li Weiguo didn't talk to him anymore and waved his hand: "Okay, I won't talk to you. The rain is still light. Don't mention these things to her in the future. It will affect her study. The little girl is in doubt now. She might forget about it in the future. .”

Silly Zhu also knows not to interfere too much, and the rain is indeed still light. Who knows what will happen in the future, just let nature take its course.

So he shrugged and accepted it as acquiescence.

Looking at the clock, it was eleven o'clock and it was time to make lunch. Shazhu asked: "By the way, what should we have for lunch?"

Li Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "How about the big fat goose?"

He hasn't eaten Shazhu's cooking for a long time. He usually cooks it secretly in his own space. In addition, he hasn't eaten meat in the yard for two or three months. It shouldn't be too conspicuous if he eats it now.

"Goose stewed in an iron pot?" Silhu's eyes lit up, he was also greedy.

Although the cooks had no worries about eating and drinking, they were only full. If they wanted to eat well, that was impossible. The good things in the warehouse had nothing to do with them. If they wanted to eat well, they had to spend their own money to buy them.

A big fat goose weighs at least a dozen pounds. He, Li Weiguo and Yu Yu, there are three people in total, and they have enough to eat.

Silly Zhu's mouth watered when he thought of the smell of goose stewed in an iron pot.

He immediately urged: "Hurry up, I'll steam the steamed buns now."

"Okay, I'm going to buy groceries now." Li Weiguo nodded, picked up his satchel, and walked outside.

After leaving the yard, we went straight to the grocery store.

Of course, the grocery store didn't sell goose. He came here to buy wine.

After walking for three minutes, we arrived at the grocery store closest to home.

This is a subordinate unit of Jiaodaokou Supply and Marketing Cooperative. It only radiates to dozens of surrounding yards and is also very small in scale. The store, which is about 40 square meters, is similar to the canteen of later generations, and the variety of products is not large.

Walking to the counter, Li Weiguo stretched his neck and glanced at the shelves inside.

Hey, there are two bottles of Maotai.

So I took out a few fruit candies from my pocket, put them in the hands of the saleswoman, pointed at Moutai and said: "Sister, please help me get two bottles of Moutai."

The saleswoman lowered her head and saw that the fruit candies were pretty good and could be sweetened for the children.

Smiling, he put the candy into his pocket and said, "Okay, wait a minute." Then he turned around and went to get Maotai for him.

"Two bottles of Moutai, 11 yuan, and two tickets for Moutai." The saleswoman pushed the bottle in front of her.

I took the Moutai and took a look. Hey, the 1958 "Golden Wheel" brand Kweichow Moutai was produced last year.

Great stuff, bought it!

This thing became very popular in later generations. Li Weiguo, an ordinary citizen, had never drunk it. He happened to come across it and couldn't miss it.

Li Weiguo immediately took out the bill from his pocket and handed it to the saleswoman, then took the bill from her.

After buying Maotai, I was about to go back when I stopped. I couldn't bear to give up such a good thing. It would be such a disaster. I'd better keep it for collection and just drink it casually with Shazhu.

So he turned around and said to the saleswoman: "Sister, help me get three more bottles of Red Star. I just forgot, there are many guests at home."

The saleswoman said nothing and helped him get three more bottles of Red Star.

After paying the ticket, Li Weiguo walked back with five bottles of wine.

I walked to an uninhabited corner of the alley and stored Maotai directly in Changsu Warehouse, leaving only three bottles of Red Star in my hand.

After putting away the Maotai, Li Weiguo took out a slaughtered big fat goose from the static warehouse, weighing twenty-three or four pounds, and packed it in a large sack.

Then he took some onions, ginger, garlic, and vegetables and put them all into a sack.

Everything is blocked by the sack, so you can't see anything, and you don't have to worry about others coming over to take a look. It's perfect.

He lifted the sack, put it on his shoulder, and walked back unsteadily.

Back to Shazhu's house, Shazhu had already steamed the buns.

He put the sack on the dining table and said to Silly Zhu: "Brother Zhu, I got the stuff back and I'll leave it to you. I'll just sit back and wait to eat."

"Okay, leave it to me."

There was a rich man who provided food, and Silly Zhu was eager for it. He patted his chest quickly to assure himself, then opened the sack and took out the items one by one.

Onions, cabbage, romaine lettuce, green peppers, celery, onions, ginger and garlic, there are quite a few side dishes.

Finally, there was a big fat goose weighing more than 20 pounds, which had been slaughtered.

"Good guy, this goose is really fat. It weighs more than 20 kilograms. It saves you all the effort of killing the goose. The young and old men in our yard will suffer today, hahaha." He held the big fat goose and weighed it. Silly Zhu laughed.

How can I not suffer? As soon as the smell of goose meat wafts up, I will probably not be able to eat, and the children at home will not be able to live in peace.

Silly Zhu carried the big fat goose and various vegetables, put them all on the edge of the chopping board, and began to stew the big goose in the iron pot.

Li Weiguo didn't leave, just stood beside him and watched Silly Zhu cooking.

Now that I have the opportunity, I must learn two tricks so that I can cook and eat by myself in the future without having to look for a cook everywhere.

I saw Silly Zhu putting the big fat goose on the chopping board, picking up the cleaver and chopping it. Chop the goose meat into pieces, then put it in a pot with cold water, add onions, ginger, cooking wine, and boil the water for ten minutes. Finally take it out and dry it.

I took an iron pot, cleaned it, put it on the stove to heat, poured two spoons of oil into the pot, and when the oil was hot, added the blanched goose meat, and started to stir-fry for a few minutes until the water was released.

Add bean paste, dark soy sauce, and white wine step by step, and stir-fry until red oil is produced. Then add onion, ginger, garlic, and dried chili and stir-fry until fragrant. Finally, pour an appropriate amount of boiling water into the pot, cover it, and simmer over high heat for an hour.

After an hour, open the lid, add noodles, mushrooms, salt, and secret sauce, and simmer over high heat for half an hour.

After half an hour, open the lid, add tofu skin, green pepper, and red pepper, and simmer for ten minutes.

Finally, open the lid, add MSG, chopped green onion and coriander, stir evenly, and the whole goose stew in the iron pot is done.

The goose stewed in the iron pot was ready, but a group of children gathered outside the door. Children like Yan Jiekuang, Bang Gang, Yan Jiedi, Liu Guangfu and several other children were lying by the window, stretching their necks and sucking. Angry, drooling at the same time.

Yu Yu had already been attracted by the fragrance and ran in. When she saw Li Weiguo, she was no longer shy and started sucking hard on the big iron pot.

"Yeah, it smells so good."

Seeing how greedy she was, Li Weiguo and Silly Zhu couldn't laugh or cry.

Silly Zhu patted her head: "Okay, stop sucking, and get ready to eat. Yu Yu will go get the bowls and chopsticks. Wei Guo will help me bring the steamed buns over, and I'll bring the goose meat."

The three of them acted independently. Soon, Shazhu took a vegetable basin, scooped out a basin of goose meat, and put it on the dining table. There were twenty or thirty kilograms of goose meat. It was too much to eat in one sitting. So he scooped out a basin of goose meat first. Eat.

Just as it was about to start eating, none of the children outside the door left. They all gathered around the door of Shazhu, staring directly at the pot of goose meat, and their tongues almost dripped to the ground.