rebirth through food

Salt Pork Liver

"Father, what's the matter with you?" Father Ye was just an ordinary person, worried in his heart, his face showed a sad look, Ye Xiaofeng couldn't help worrying if something happened at home.

"It's nothing." Father Ye looked at his son and daughter and forced a smile. No matter how poor he was, he couldn't wrong the child.Before making Lan'er so thin from starvation, he already felt sorry for the child's dead mother. Now he has figured out that no matter which child it is, he must raise it well and never let them be wronged.

"Father, are you worried about food?" Ye Xiaofeng rolled his eyes and thought of the crux of the matter.

Father Ye was stunned for a moment, with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face. He is a big man, but it is really...

Seeing Father Ye's expression, Ye Xiaofeng didn't know that he had guessed right.

To say that eating is really the top priority in life, if you can't even eat enough, how can you make money to support your family.

But Ye Xiaofeng knew that Father Ye was worried about this matter, so he put his worry back in his stomach.

"Father, just relax. There won't be enough food at home, but there will be too much to eat in the future." Ye Xiaofeng smiled and played with his chopsticks, "Our business earns tens of pennies a day, and we will do more tomorrow. , earn even more, what are you afraid of?"

To say that this Roujiamo is definitely profitable, almost every three biscuits sold can earn two pennies, even if all the miscellaneous things are counted, the twenty or so biscuits have at least a dozen of pure profits.This is definitely a highly profitable industry in the village.

"Hey." Father Ye nodded. He also knew that he had indeed made a lot of money today. Usually, when he saw money, that was when the grain was paid at the end of the year.The stewards of the Qingshan faction came down to sell grain, and they sold the grain they saved from their own mouths in exchange for some living money.

If the big landlord’s family is okay, they can exchange the inexhaustible grain for a few dollars, and it will save the granary at home from becoming old grain.But their small households are different. Almost every catty of grain is saved from their mouths. If they sell for a few dollars, it means that they have to save food and money.

When Ye Xingfeng was at home, he could still help with the farm work. Now that Ye Xingfeng went to the mountains to learn his skills, there were only two teenagers left in the family, and life became even more difficult.

Fortunately, this kid Ye Xiaofeng is really smart, and he came up with such a way to let the family see money and eat meat.If he could save up a little bit, he would have saved enough money compared to the days when the Qingshan faction went down the mountain for selection.

Ye Xiaofeng didn't know about Ye's father's plan, he helped Lan'er clean up the table after dinner, and went to see his soybeans.

The beans have been left for too long. After soaking for an hour, they still haven't softened at all, but there are more air bubbles in the water.

Ye Xiaofeng reached in and pinched it, then gave up decisively and climbed onto the kang to chat with his sister.

Lan'er knew where the daily market was very well. When Ye Xiaofeng asked, Lan'er tilted her head to calculate, and told Ye Xiaofeng that it was in Caochang Village.

Ye Xiaofeng of Caochang Village had memories. It was a big village, but it was a little far away from them. It was really inconvenient to take Tang there.

Moreover, the market is far away, and there will be a lot of biscuits being made tomorrow. If you push a wooden cart, I am afraid that people will almost disperse when they arrive at the market.This kind of market is usually in the early morning, and in the morning, it basically disperses, and everyone goes home to eat and work in the field.

"What about the day after tomorrow?" Ye Xiaofeng lowered his head and thought for a while.

"The day after tomorrow is very close." Lan'er giggled, "It's in our village."

"Really?" Ye Xiaofeng cheered up. "In this case, let's not go to the market tomorrow, let's go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables!"

"Brother, what should I do with the noodles?" Lan'er mixed several catties of noodles today. Although they didn't put them on the stove because they will be used tomorrow, they will definitely be sent out tomorrow morning after one night.If sesame seed cakes are not sold tomorrow, wouldn’t these noodles be gray haired?

"What are you afraid of? Let's dig more wild vegetables tomorrow, come back and make buns, and sell them together the day after tomorrow!" Ye Xiaofeng became happier the more he thought about it, "Hurry up, sleep, we'll leave early tomorrow."

"Hey." Lan'er responded, put down the soles of her shoes in her hands, and made the bed ready to sleep.

In his sleep, Ye Xiaofeng came to the mysterious tower again without any surprise.But this time, after he memorized the few brewing methods, he went outside the tower to check around.According to the jade talisman records, although it looks like a mess at the moment, with the lifting of the seal, there will be earth-shaking changes.

Although the yard was very large, there were extremely lush plants growing everywhere. Ye Xiaofeng looked over one by one, some of which he knew, but some he had no clue about.

Suddenly saw a plant not far away, rushed over to have a look, and it was exactly as he thought, it was pepper and star anise.

But...how could these two plants grow next to each other?But after thinking about it, everything in this place is strange, not to mention that pepper and star anise grow next to each other, even if there is a durian tree next to it, he will not feel strange!

He didn't see Chinese prickly ash and star anise in reality, since there are here, why not take some out.

Ye Xiaofeng picked a lot of those red peppercorns and ripe star anise, and put them in the hem of his clothes.It can be said that this night was his happiest night.

Waking up early in the morning, Ye Xiaofeng was pushed awake again by Lan'er.Ye Xiaofeng grinned and looked at his clothes, but unfortunately there was not even a peppercorn on them, so he realized that even if he could see and touch the things inside, it would be delusional to bring them out, he couldn't help sighing, this night was wasted !

But being depressed, Ye Xiaofeng thought about today's arrangement, so he got up quickly, and after washing up, he went to see the soybeans he soaked yesterday.The soybeans have been soaked overnight, and the beans are plump and swollen, and can be easily crushed into two pieces with your fingers.Ye Xiaofeng fished out the beans and put them in a large wooden basin, and started cooking.

After the meal is ready, clean the big pot, put half a pot of water in it, and place the big wooden pot on the stove to steam with a grate.Father Ye went to the field today and yesterday to have a look. He didn't need to go there today, so he spontaneously stayed at home to add water to the fire.

With yesterday's leavened noodles, this morning is naturally baked sesame seed cakes.One bowl of bone mushroom soup per person, and the salted pork liver made yesterday is added to the hot sesame cakes.

The pork liver was not put into the biscuits, but cut into a plate for everyone to eat with chopsticks.

Yesterday, the father and son of the Ye family, none of them ate the pork liver and fat intestines. Although Father Ye and Lan'er thought it would be more cost-effective to sell them for money than to eat them by themselves, Ye Xiaofeng was overjoyed and still felt a little sorry family.

The pork liver has been marinated longer than last time. Although it was taken out to dry last night, it is still better than last time and has more flavor.Not only Father Ye and Lan'er thought it was very delicious, but even Ye Xiaofeng couldn't help nodding.

However, he immediately thought of the large handful of peppercorns and star anise last night. If he could really take them out, the taste of the pork liver would definitely be even better.

Ye Xiaofeng deliberately baked more sesame seed cakes, except for the ones left for Father Ye, he wrapped five or six more in paper, and wrapped them in a clean soft cloth to keep warm.He plans to go deeper today, besides getting more good things, he seems to have other things in his mind, but he just can't think of them.

The two brothers and sisters carried their baskets on their backs, told Father Ye to keep an eye on the fire, loaded up the necessary things and walked towards the mountain. It seemed that Ye Xiaofeng didn't feel as tired this time because he had walked through it once.

"Brother, shall we still dig that kind of amaranth this time?" Lan'er put down the basket, ready to start digging.

"Well, let me take a look." Ye Xiaofeng looked around. Although the road was the same as last time, but the mountain is so big, every time he goes to the place will not be exactly the same.

The last time I went into the mountain, I saw a piece of very long amaranth, but this time it was different. Although there were a lot of amaranth, it was not as much as last time.If these amaranths were dug back, it would be enough for them to eat for themselves, but not enough to sell. He also thought that this time he could open up the situation more.

Ye Xiaofeng looked around. Although they were all wild vegetables and weeds, he didn't recognize many of them, and he wasn't sure if they could be eaten or not.After all, in the world he grew up in, wild vegetables were no longer so abundant.

Ye Xiaofeng felt somewhat lost, so he found a stick and fiddled in the grass unconsciously, to see if he could find more amaranths.

Lan'er dug up all the young amaranth at the side. Although it was small, the wild vegetable tasted so good that it couldn't be wasted.Just as she was digging, she heard Ye Xiaofeng calling her excitedly, and ran over quickly.

"Brother?" Lan'er looked at Ye Xiaofeng standing there holding a wild vegetable and giggled.

"Lan'er, let's dig this wild vegetable, there are a lot of it here!" Ye Xiaofeng pushed the weeds in front of him with a stick, and sure enough, behind the knee-high weeds was an extremely lush wild vegetable.Perhaps it was because of the light rain that fell in the mountains yesterday, this piece of wild vegetables is not only tender and plump, but also the leaves are extremely clean, exuding a sense of freshness.

"Brother, what's the name of this wild vegetable?" Lan'er was also very happy to see this wild vegetable. Such a fresh and tender wild vegetable is much more tender than the amaranth that I ate buns last time.

"This is shepherd's purse. It's not only delicious with steamed buns, but also with dumplings." Ye Xiaofeng's favorite wild vegetables include this shepherd's purse.Shepherd's purse is tender and juicy, with a delicate taste. It is not only a good dish for stuffing, but also fried or boiled in a hot pot.

"Brother, what are dumplings?" Lan'er was taken aback. The buns Ye Xiaofeng made last time made her feel very miraculous.She had never seen stuffing on the bread inside the steamed bun before, and the flower pleats on the top of the steamed bun were so beautiful, and the taste was even better.

"Dumplings are also made of noodles. They can be boiled or steamed." Ye Xiaofeng was not afraid that Lan'er would get suspicious.The food in this place is very simple, the dishes are steamed and boiled, and the rice is also made into rice or rice porridge. Although the pasta is richer, there are steamed buns, pancakes, noodles, noodle soup, etc., but it is still very simple.

He didn't want his family to live a good life. It would be a good thing for every family in this poor mountain village to eat well.It is really unreasonable to guard this resource-rich green hill and still go hungry.Besides, his family will eventually get better and better. It would definitely not be a good thing if even the basic skills of planing food are kept secret.One must know that it is absolutely not unreasonable for Mu Xiu to be destroyed by Lin Feng.