Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 473 Ham
Thinking about it this way, Zhang Yu suddenly felt that he was living a good life now.

"Xiaoyu, what are you thinking about?" The voice of the old butler called back Zhang Yu's wandering mind.

"No, I didn't think about anything, I just felt that these days are hard to come by."

"Yeah! Life is good now, so it's better for people to be content!" The old housekeeper sighed, and then felt that it was not good to discuss this with young people, so he immediately changed the topic: "Xiaoyu, are you hungry? Right? I'm going to cook."

"Let me go." Xiang Yun stood in front of the old housekeeper. She had already figured it out. Those so-called family members were not worthy of her sorrow. Letting them see her live well was the real "reward" for those people. .

When the old butler saw her coming back in good spirits, he didn't stop her. It's better to be busy with work, and she won't think about those bad things anymore.

At this time, Zhang Yu also took the things he brought from the bicycle and put them on the table. After Zhang Yu visited many times, Xiang Yun already knew his temper, so he never postponed his gift.

After leaving Xie's house, the couple also encountered some things and saved a lot of good things, but because they felt that the limelight was not right, they hid the things a few years ago.

The two of them have no children in this life, and they did not expect to meet Xiao Yu, a good boy. They had already made up their minds to leave those things to Zhang Yu, so for the things that Zhang Yu brought over every time, It is no longer blocked.

Xiang Yun saw the ham in the things Zhang Yu brought over, and immediately revealed a look of surprise.

When it comes to cooking other dishes, Xiangyun dare not say how delicious her cooking is, but cooking dishes about ham is definitely something she can handle.

All of this should be blamed on the previous Xie family. When she first entered Xie's house, she recognized an old nanny as her godmother. That old nanny gained a foothold in Xie's house by relying on her good cooking skills.

She learned nothing else from her godmother, except how to handle ham, and what Zhang Yu brought today happened to be an old ham.

Looking at the old ham, Xiangyun showed a joyful expression, and she said to Zhang Yu: "Grandpa loves the taste of ham. When he was young, he always liked to go to the kitchen and pester my godmother. Let her use ham to cook, every time I help the godmother, and I also learned a good skill without knowing it, speaking of it, I have the skills I have today, and I have to thank you for taking care of grandpa."

Thinking of the days in Xie's house, Xiangyun couldn't help sighing, Xie's family is such a good person, they never beat and scold the servants at will, how could such a thing happen to them, but fortunately, Thankfully, the family is fine.

"You know, grandpa has been greedy for a long time, but it's a pity that the recession has not happened in the past two years. I have searched several places, but I can't find any one that sells ham.

It's rare to come across such an old ham today, so I'm going to show off. "

Seeing Lie Xinxi, Xiangyun couldn't wait to show Zhang Yu and the others his skills.

Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Then I will wait to taste Grandma Xiangyun's craftsmanship."

Speaking of this old ham, there is still some history. It was a coincidence that time, he went out to purchase with Wu Chuan one time, because there was a small problem with that batch of supplies, so they stayed in the guest house for two days.

That time when I went out for a stroll, I happened to meet a certain rich local family who moved their family, and left the things that could not be taken away from the house to the housekeeper at home, as a reward for letting him look after the house.

But the housekeeper was not a foolish and loyal person. Seeing that the master's family had run away, he was also worried that he had been helping the evildoers for so many years, and those dirty things he had done for the master's family would be found out, so he also wanted to run away.

It's just that he didn't have wishful thinking about going abroad like the master's family, but he just wanted to find a place where no one knew him and settle down.

Before running away, I contacted many people in private, and wanted to exchange all the things that can be sold here into gold and silver in the future.

When Zhang Yu was wandering around, he wandered around the house for some reason, and then he was dragged in as a buyer in a daze.

After walking around, Zhang Yu didn't like anything else, except for the three old hams hanging in the warehouse next to the kitchen.

This thing was not a rare thing at the time, and you could still buy it if you searched hard. The few people who came to "digg out" the house still didn't like these things, and they didn't fight with him.

The butler has seen a lot, and he has been picking things from the master's house for so many years. Only the old ham was not worth mentioning to him, but he felt that it would affect his escape, so he sold it to Zhang Yu at a low price along with the remaining ingredients in the warehouse.

After Zhang Yu took over the ham, he saw that the people who came to "dig out" the house were a little angry, and they looked like they would fight if they disagreed with each other. He ran away with the ham he bought.

As for what happened after that, he didn't know a little bit.

He doesn't know how to handle ham, so after he bought it, he kept it in the static space. When he came to visit the old housekeeper and his wife this time, he thought of Grandma Xiangyun's good craftsmanship, and thought she should be able to handle ham, so he just found it. come out.

Xiang Yun looked at the ham on the table and admired a little: "I can tell it's Jinhua ham at this glance. Look at how well the ham is repaired. It's almost like a lute."

Xiangyun stood up the ham and introduced it to Zhang Yu and the old housekeeper standing beside him.

Seeing the confusion on the old housekeeper's face, Xiangyun couldn't help laughing: "You love eating ham all your life, don't you still not know what Jinhua ham is?"

"I can't tell the difference. Besides, aren't they all ham? What's the difference? This one looks a little better. Let me tell you, ham should be delicious."

The old butler was a little unconvinced by his wife's joke, and retorted softly.

"That's not the same, Jinhua ham is the originator of all kinds of ham, and it existed in Tang and Song Dynasties.

In the early days, this Jinhua ham was a tribute, and ordinary people could not eat it. "

Seeing the dissatisfaction on the old housekeeper's face, Xiangyun patiently explained: "Jinhua ham mainly uses the hind legs of the fine-bred pig 'Two-headed Black' produced in Jinhua. The lean meat of Jinhua ham marinated through various procedures is salty and sweet, and the fat meat is fragrant but not greasy, you will know when I cut it open in a while."

Seeing the old housekeeper's inconsiderate appearance, Xiangyun shook his head helplessly, and decided to prove it with the truth.

(End of this chapter)