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Killing a good pig, Lin Dashan specially asked Butcher Zheng to eat at his house, but Butcher Zheng shook his head and refused: "I have to go to Wangjia Village later, there are two families waiting there, I really don't have time ,Next time"

Lin Dashan knew that he didn't mean to shirk, but he really didn't have time, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He asked Gu Qiu to wrap a big red envelope, and even stuffed two pieces of good meat, saying that he would take it back and taste it.

Zheng Tuhu declined but accepted.

Next, it's my buddies' business to entertain the villagers with pig-killing dishes.Lin Yu'er, Li Jinyun, and Zhang Xiaoyun are all good at cooking, and with their help, Gu Qiu didn't worry anymore, and talked and chatted with them in the kitchen holding Bao who was awake.

"Gu Qiu, with so much meat, what do you want to do?" Jin Yun looked at the pile of pork and asked.

Gu Qiu shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm letting go of these things now, you can ask Brother Yu'er."

Lin Yu'er sighed, and said with a smile: "When you are out of confinement, you will be busy." After thinking about it, he said to Jin Yun: "Our family killed a pig today, so naturally we have to treat everyone to a good meal." Yes, put these big meats casually, cook a few more dishes, it's best to make everyone's mouths full of oil."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Since Zhang Xiaoyun came today, of course he was in charge. After hearing Lin Yuer's words, Zhang Xiaoyun let go and cooked a table of dishes openly.

Fat but not greasy braised pork is always the most popular dish on Jiangjiacun's table.Zhang Xiaoyun cut a large piece of pork belly and made a large pot full of braised pork.There is also white cut meat, fat and thin pork cut into large pieces, add onion, ginger, garlic, fennel, cooking wine, soy sauce, salt and sugar, and marinate for several hours. After marinating, cut into thin slices of meat, and add mashed garlic Soy sauce and vinegar, simple but indeed Gu Qiu's favorite.Another pot of stewed pork with cabbage and vermicelli, and two more stir-fried vegetables, it is a table of sumptuous pig-killing dishes.

The few people who came were satisfied with the food, and their mouths were full of oil. Carpenter Lin picked up a piece of fat and thin white cut meat, dipped it in soy sauce and vinegar, and stuffed it into his mouth. While eating, he turned a big sow to Lin Dashan, "Dashan, your dishes are solid enough, there is a lot of meat, and all of them are good meat."

"Hehe, I originally invited everyone to eat meat. Of course, I want you to eat your fill. Come and drink." Lin Dashan said happily, holding a wine bowl.

"You said that well. Unlike some people, either don't invite me, or show some sincerity. Yesterday Jiang Youxiang invited me to his house to eat pig-killing dishes. Tsk tsk, there are two meat dishes in total, stewed pork with cabbage vermicelli, Radish roasted pork, in addition to cabbage vermicelli, the stewed meat is dry and quiet bones, and the radish roasted meat is basically roasted radish with minced meat. I really don’t understand why he has such a face. Many people immediately Just put down your chopsticks and leave." A man on one side shook his head and said.

"Forget it, don't mention those spoilers at this time, let's eat ours." Lu Jian shook his head, and didn't even want to mention those individuals.

A 150-jin pig was slaughtered, and the Lin family planned to produce and sell it themselves. They didn’t sell even a jin of meat, except for the ones that were eaten at the pig-killing banquet just now, and the rest *[-] jin of pork was piled up. in the kitchen.

"Dashan, there is so much pork, our family can't finish it, why don't I sell some to Butcher Zheng?" Gu Qiu didn't expect that one day he would be worried because of too much meat.

"Forget it, I don't want it anymore. Don't you like to eat bacon? Except for the pig's head, trotters, and offal, the rest of the meat is reserved for the Chinese New Year, and the rest can be made into bacon and bacon, so that next year our family will I have eaten your favorite bacon for a year." Lin Dashan still decided not to sell meat.

Gu Qiu did the math, this kind of family will make at least sixty to seventy catties of bacon today, that is really a considerable amount.But Gu Qiu really likes bacon.

Every family in Gu Qiu's hometown cooks bacon every winter, and in November and February, every household will hang a few strips of sun-dried bacon on the door.

Gu Qiu’s home-made bacon does not need to be smoked. The pork is cut into strips and soaked in the marinade for several hours. If you like a stronger taste, soak it for a while;The marinade is mainly soy sauce, and a small amount of rice wine, sugar, salt, ginger and garlic are added to the soy sauce.After soaking, just hang it out to dry.

In Gu Qiu's hometown, there is basically no snow in winter, and the meat strips are very dry due to the dry and cold northwest wind in winter.Bacon dried in this way is delicious whether it is steamed or boiled. What Gu Qiu liked most when he was a child was to cut a small piece for his father when he cooked it. He always took it and ate it slowly. Sometimes there will be an indescribable sense of happiness.

However, this kind of bacon does not last as long as smoked bacon, but Gu Qiu felt that this kind of bacon was less smoky and more in line with his taste.

However, Jiangjia Village is cold in winter and it always snows. Gu Qiu thinks that the method of making bacon should not work here.

Listening to Gu Qiu's words, Lin Yu'er said: "The way we make bacon here is really different from yours. When we make bacon here, we rub the strips of meat with fried pepper and salt, rub it for a while and then put it Put the meat into the porcelain basin, put the meat skin down and the meat up, layer by layer, and press the top layer with a heavy object, so that it can be marinated for ten days, during which it should be turned over every two days. After the meat is marinated, Then hang it in a ventilated place to dry until it is half dry, and finally smoke it to dry."

Gu Qiu nodded and said with a happy smile: "We can try to combine the two different methods of making cured meat. The cured meat is made according to our method, marinated with soy sauce for flavor, and then used here to make cured meat. The method is air-dried and smoked, Brother Yuer, what do you think?"

Lin Yuer clapped her hands happily, "Great, I think it sounds good. It will definitely taste better with the marinade you mentioned. Let's try it later."

Gu Qiu ordered, thinking that he could eat bacon with the taste of his hometown, Gu Qiu was also very happy, but he still said: "However, we have never made this kind of bacon before, so let's make less, make about [-] catties, and the rest Let’s do it according to the old method, so as not to do it wrong when the time comes, and waste the best pork in vain.”

Lin Yuer naturally agreed.Both of them were interested, and they did what they said.

Lin Yuer washed the pork and cut it into long strips. Gu Qiu was in charge of seasoning the bacon, then put the pork that Lin Yuer had cut into it, and rubbed it vigorously with his hands to make the pork more flavorful and tender. uniform.

The aroma of soy sauce wafted out along with Gu Qiu's kneading. Lin Yu'er smelled it and said, "The meat marinated in this way must be delicious, why don't we cook more."

Originally, Gu Qiu and Lin Yu'er agreed that this method would make a twenty-kilo catty, but later they added another ten catties of meat, and the rest would be made according to the old method.

Lin Dashan and Wang Hanwen watched them do it for a while, and then took the initiative to take over the work of washing and marinating the meat.It's winter now, the water is very cold, Wang Hanwen couldn't bear Lin Yu'er to put his hand into the cold water.Lin Dashan was even more unwilling to tire Gu Qiu who was still in confinement.

Gu Qiu and Lin Yu'er didn't argue with them either. Anyway, these things are very simple, and it doesn't matter if they leave them to them.

"I'll leave that to you. When you're done, just leave the meat there to marinate. We'll deal with it in an hour." After explaining the matter, the two went into the room to play chess.

Seeing two people entering the house, Lin Dashan asked after a while: "Hanwen, what are your plans after the Chinese New Year?"

Wang Hanwen was surprised when he heard Lin Dashan ask this question, but he had thought about this question for a long time, but he never made a decision.

Lin Dashan didn't urge him to answer, just quietly doing the work at hand, waiting for the answer slowly.

Wang Hanwen stared at the greasy raw pork in a daze. He would never do this kind of work before. It was something he could never even imagine, but since he met Lin Yuer, his world has been turned upside down.

Yu'er was the one who made him willing to change himself, let go of the gentleman he had insisted on for many years and stay away from the kitchen. For him, he could put down the sage book in his hand and wash greasy pork and vegetables with bugs.There is no doubt that Lin Yu'er is the most important person in his life and the person he is least willing to let go, but he can really choose to stay for his love and teach safely in this small village.

Wang Hanwen asked himself, and finally got the answer, no.He had to go, he was going to Hucheng, to find his father and father, if he didn't look for him, his heart would never be at peace for the rest of his life, even if he was with Lin Yu'er forever, he would not get real happiness.

But he really couldn't let go of Lin Yu'er, he wondered if Lin Yu'er was willing to wait for him, and he was also very entangled in his heart.

Wang Hanwen pressed the things in his hands unconsciously and said, "I, after the new year, I think I still plan to leave here and go to Lake City..."

"Do you want to eat tonight...?" Lin Yuer excitedly opened the door and asked, but unexpectedly heard Wang Hanwen's words to leave. Lin Yuer felt as if something was stuck in his throat suddenly, making him Can't make a sound.

Wang Hanwen heard the sound of the door opening, but he didn't dare to look up, he was afraid of seeing Lin Yuer's sad and disappointed eyes.

After a while, Lin Yu'er recovered her voice, "Do you want to eat pig's trotters tonight?"

Wang Hanwen didn't respond, Lin Dashan said dryly, "Why don't we eat lighter today. I'm a little tired of eating meat every day these days."

Lin Yu'er nodded, and walked towards the kitchen: "Okay, but I'd better stew the pig's trotters first, Gu Qiu and I both want to eat pork trotters jelly." Said, hurriedly walked to the kitchen, gave Wang Hanwen left behind a back that gradually drifted away.

The author has something to say: this is today's update, I don't know if it will be updated tomorrow