V1.Chapter 24

It is not a small project to make pork belly from half a pig, and they need to prepare a lot of things.

"Before putting in the marinade, the meat has to be marinated. It's cold, so I'm afraid it will have to be marinated until midnight," said the uncle.

"And salt, we don't have that much salt in our house," Yu Song said.

"The spices are not enough." Yu Feng had learned a little craft from his father and knew that the sauce needed a lot of spices.

"I said." Jiang Shi, who had been silent all the time, said, "Do I have to kill the pig first?"

Everyone: "..."

Pig slaughtering is a technical job. The only butcher in Lotus Village was conscripted together with Awan’s father back then. There is also a butcher in the village next door. Unfortunately, he accompanied his mother-in-law back to her parents’ home two days ago, and she has not returned yet. .

"Why don't I go find Shuanzi?" Yu Song said. Shuanzi was the son of a butcher in the village, and he was the same age as Yu Song.

Yu Feng shook his head and said, "How old was Shuanzi at that time? He was just passing a bucket to his father. That's called killing a pig with him? I think we should drag the pig to the town and kill him."

The uncle said disapprovingly: "Every time you go, you don't need to spend money. If the meat quality is delayed on the road, it will not be fresh enough. You have to kill it on the spot and pickle it on the spot."

The three of them went to Yu Wan's house while talking.

There was a dim light in Yu Wan's house, and it was Yu Wan who opened the door one step earlier.

Yu Song grinned and said, "What can we do? Is it possible that we can kill ourselves?"

The uncle looked up to the sky and sighed: "It seems that now, I have to kill myself."

As soon as the voice fell, a muffled groan came from the backyard.

A few people looked at each other in confusion, and went to the backyard to take a look, but it was Yu Wan who stifled the pig down with a stick. Then, she grabbed the pig's front and rear hooves, threw it on the bench, and pressed it with one hand. Stop, the other hand quickly picked up the knife.

The pig was "exceeded" by Yu Wan before it could even suffer.

The father and son were dumbfounded and swallowed together.

The year that the girl disappeared, I'm afraid she was not kidnapped to kill pigs...

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

In order to make the most delicious marinated vegetables, the uncle needs to cook the highest quality marinade, Yu Wan also needs to cook the finest salt, and the Yu brothers went to town at the fastest speed and bought all the Required seasonings, side dishes and rock sugar.

The ten catties of salt Yu Wan bought will only be less than six catties after purification, so she asked the eldest and second brothers to buy an additional bucket of salt and soybeans for cooking the salt.

Yu Wan gave the boiled salt to her uncle.

The uncle started to marinate the pork, and kept half of the Chinese New Year's half to make it saltier, while the one that was used to make the braised pork was slightly lighter.

The great aunt also came to help.

The family hadn't been so busy for a long time. The aunt looked at the yard full of meat and couldn't believe it was true.

"You take it and hang it, and hang it in a ventilated place." The uncle pointed to the meat in the wooden barrel.

These are kept at home for Chinese New Year.

"I know!" The aunt went in full spirit.

Yu Wan's kitchen is too small to make so much braised pork.

Jiang's family was left to take care of the two young children, and Yu Wan and her father and son went to the old house with a meat load.

This night, the aroma of the braised pork in the old house filled most of the village, and the villagers were in a commotion!

All the braised pork was done in the second half of the night. At first, the three brothers and sisters were worried that the uncle would not be able to survive, but the uncle became more and more energetic. In the end, he was even more energetic than the three of them.

"Awan, try this." The uncle cut a piece of the most tender pork belly with sauce and handed it to Yu Wan.

The color of the sauce meat is crystal clear, the meat is full, and the fragrant taste blooms in layers on the taste buds. It is fat but not greasy.

"How?" The uncle asked with a smile.

"Delicious!" Yu Wan said without hesitation.

The uncle cut another big piece for her.

The two brothers were too greedy, so Baba came over.

The uncle also cut two slices for the two of them.

The two of them looked at the braised pork the size of a fingernail in front of them, and then looked at the big man Yu Wan couldn't fit in the bowl, and the corners of their mouths were twitching to the point of having a stroke...

"Uncle, don't you make these pork belly?" Yu Wan asked, looking at the meat on the stove that was not in the pot.

The uncle smiled and said: "This is the next five flowers, the sauce is not the best, and the crispy meat is the best."

Xiawuhua is a piece of meat on the pork belly. It is evenly fat and thin, and is most suitable for the taste that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

When the uncle prepared a large plate of crispy meat, the fourth watch also arrived.

It snowed heavily in the middle of the night, leaving a thick layer of snow on the road.

A few people packed up, hired the ox cart from the village, stepped on the snow, and went crunching.

Although it is a small market, it is not worse than a big market due to the approaching of the New Year, but because of the snow, everyone arrives a little later than before.

Yu Wan found out that the booth fee has risen, which means that their vegetable prices will also rise.

This is not a bad thing.

Yu Wan rented two stalls in one go, one to sell braised vegetables and the other to sell game.

The uncle had inconvenience in his legs and feet, so Yu Wan took a stool and let him sit down. There were not many customers at the moment, so she and her two brothers were busy.

Yu Wan's crucian carp and winter bamboo shoots sold a little fame, and after a while, repeat customers came over.

"Girl, it's you again. How is the fish today? Is it new?" A fat old lady asked with a smile.

"Aunt Wu." Yu Wan greeted politely, squatted down, and picked up a fat big crucian carp with her bare hands. The crucian carp shook its head and swayed its tail, very fresh, "Aren't you worried about the fish I'm selling? It's cold and the lake is frozen. Stay, this is the last batch of fish, we won't sell it this year after it's sold out."

Upon hearing this, the fat auntie decisively asked for five!

On the other side, the stove was also set up, the uncle slowly heated the marinade, and an attractive marinade slowly spread out.

The fat auntie then looked at the booth next to Yu Wan: "Is this yours too?"

Yu Wan nodded: "Yeah, I just made the pot this morning. My uncle is very good at craftsmanship. If you don't believe me, try it."

Yu Wan cut a piece of pork belly that was fat and thin and handed it to the fat auntie.

The fat auntie stuffed the hot pork belly into her mouth, chewed it carefully, and instantly widened her eyes: "Ouch! Why is it so delicious! Give me a pound!"

Yu Wan asked, "Do you want pork belly? Or half a catty of pork belly, half a catty thin? The price is about the same."

"How much is a pound?" the fat aunt asked.

Yu Wan said: "It costs thirty-five wen to sell to others. You are a repeat customer, and this is your first business today. I will charge you thirty wen."

"It's so expensive?" The fat auntie was shocked.

To be honest, it is indeed expensive, but apart from the labor cost, they use snow salt at home. The cost of salt alone is much higher than that of its peers. This price was specially lowered to open up the market.

"Your stuff is more expensive than others!" The fat aunt complained.

Yu Wan said: "The workmanship is different, the cost of the ingredients is different, and the price is naturally different. You are someone who has seen the world, so you can taste whether it tastes good or not."

Suddenly, the top hat was buckled, and the fat aunt was speechless. Although there was some pain, she was not short of a few coins. After hesitating, she bought it: "You can give me something else."

"My braised pork skin is also good." Yu Wan cut half a roll of shiny pork skin for her, "Did you bring a bowl? I'll bring you some sauce back home. My sauce is not salty, so you can mix braised pork or stir-fry vegetables. And bubble rice, it's delicious no matter how you cook it."

The uncle sat aside to collect the money, listening to Yu Wan say "my family's" one by one, smiling until his mouth was grinning to the bottom of his ears.

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