pastoral fragrance

Chapter 105
"Isn't that right? When Mei Xiang was born, the four children in the family were all very young, but they had to eat whatever they opened their mouths, and there was less labor in the family. I really didn't know how to get through those days. What I drank was not corny. , those polished rice are all going to the town to exchange for money, how can I eat myself? At the end of the year, the pigs that were raised with great difficulty, I just kept five catties, and sold the rest. The five catties of pork You have to eat it for a year. If you want to get a little muddy, use pork to marinate oil, and sprinkle the remaining oil shuttle into the glutinous rice paste. The clothes at home are not patched one after another. The big baby’s old clothes are changed to small I put it on for my second baby, and then I gave it to my third baby, and then I gave it to my youngest daughter. When this baby grows up day by day, he can also help with making things, and the life of the family will be better." Thinking of that time He Xiangniang frowned.But now the hard days are finally over, the children in the family are grown up, and they can do some things within their capabilities. Although these days are still very poor, compared with the hard days in the past, it is simply not the same level of.

The two aunts and sisters-in-law were talking about the hard times in the past, and even provoked the old lady who was warming up in the main room. "Speaking of the hard times, how can we compare with our time? I still remember that year the grain was eaten by locusts, and everyone's harvest was not good. Even the grass roots on the slope were dug up and eaten. Some were so hungry that they poured mud into their mouths. If they planed thorns and snakes, they would just put them in their mouths and eat them. I still remember that there was a dilapidated family in our village, It was a difficult day. I went to steal grain from the landlord’s house in our village and was caught on the spot. As a result, the landlord had his mouth sewn up with a needle, and he starved to death.” The old lady lamented that today’s I don't know how many times better the days are than before.Unexpectedly, life when I was old was much better than when I was young, and the old lady was very lucky.

The girls who were lighting the fire in front of the stove laughed together, He Xiangniang and the others felt that life was hard back then, but the life of the older generation was more bitter.

Qiu Lin also laughed, and they probably wouldn't know that after hundreds of years, life would be even easier, and it would be even more difficult than it is now.Even farmers living in the countryside have the money to repair small bungalows.

"I used to hear from my mother that when the imperial court fought wars, the people were in dire straits. Those with better labor were taken to fight, and the rest belonged to women, children, children, or old men. The things grown were not enough. Eat it by yourself, sometimes even the dead have to eat it?" Hua Shi shuddered all over when he said this.

"I've heard about this. Fortunately, we are now in a peaceful and prosperous age. Otherwise, wouldn't it be bad luck for the common people if there was a war?" He Xiangniang was very grateful that she was born at a time. Famine year or something, can make people have a headache.

This Luoshui village is a place far away from the emperor, and I don't know how many roads there are from the imperial city, it is probably very far away.Anyway, since Qiulin came here, no one has ever talked about the court affairs.

It's just that when I signed the document with the Qingfenglou Shaodong's family that day, I saw that the document said Yunqi was 36 years old, and I didn't know which dynasty it was, who the emperor was or something.

Anyway, that thing didn't care about her business, so it went with it.Farmers like them can't control that much.

You and I were nagging each other, with expressions of sometimes sadness and sometimes gratification on their faces. After a while, the two aunts and sisters-in-law brought this topic to the marriage of the children at home.

"He Xiang will be 15 years old this year, she's not too young." Hua Shi suddenly glanced at He Xiang who was burning the fire, seeing that she looks upright, she is very cute.

He Xiangniang also took a look at He Xiang, feeling suspicious and said that the eldest son's marriage has not yet been settled, why did the sister-in-law ask about He Xiang?Didn't someone in the village already inquire with her?However, there are many people talking in this stove room, so she can't say much, so she just nodded and didn't answer.But I also thought in my heart that this daughter should be released to her in-law's house when she grows up.If you stay here, don't you stay as an enemy?It seems that He Xiang's marriage should be taken care of, so don't miss the good ones.The family has also earned more than ten taels of silver this year, and it seems that they need to earn more.The eldest son gets married, the eldest daughter gets married, and the younger son goes to school, so why don't they ask for money?

Seeing that the sister-in-law didn't answer, Mrs. Hua also knew that there were a lot of people in the stove house, and the girls didn't know if they would go around to show off after hearing this, so they kept their mouths shut in a timely manner.

"Hurry up, the sand liver is cooked, I can even smell the aroma, if you continue to burn it, it will become mushy." Xu Ming, who was kicked out by He Xiang, rushed in with a few children as big as him, and rushed in towards He Xiang. Xiang howled.

Originally, He Xiang was still immersed in shyness and distress, but when he saw Xu Ming entered the room, he was worried that he had no place to vent, so he immediately howled back, "It's not big or small, what does it look like if you keep your eyes on it. Didn't see There are a few older sisters here, and I don't know how to call for someone." Although He Xiang was arguing, she also used the tongs to pull out the sand liver wrapped in vegetable leaves from the fire.After peeling off the layer of burnt vegetable leaves on the skin surface, the sand liver that had turned dark red inside was exposed, and the corners and corners were burnt a little.As soon as the vegetable leaves are removed, there is a strong fragrance.

Several children greedily inhaled the fragrance.

He Xiang laughed, "Look at how greedy you all are, I'll mark it out for you." He Xiang put the burnt sand liver on the cutting board, and then divided a whole sand liver into several pieces.There are quite a few dolls in this room, and I don't know if there are enough of them.

Qiulin also ate this food when she was a child, but after she moved to the city, she never ate it again.This thing is actually not the most delicious thing, but the familiar smell makes me feel very comfortable.It's a pity that there are too many dolls in the room, and the ones allotted are just a small one.

Immediately afterwards, one person carried a basin into the room, and a strong smell of blood permeated the kitchen.The pot was full of pig blood, which was red.This will be the main feature of the pig-killing soup later.

The blood solidified together after a while. After He Xiangniang scooped the water and washed it twice, she took a kitchen knife and cut the Xuewangzi into strips, and put them in a clean basin for soup.

"Sister, what shall we cook today?" Mrs. Hua asked He Xiangniang while cutting the vegetables.

He Xiangniang swept over the stove one by one, "Today, the pig slaughter is naturally mainly pork. Make fried shredded pork with fungus, shredded fish-flavored pork, stewed pork ribs with lotus root, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and fried fat with salted vegetables." Meat, boiled cabbage, bean sprouts and blood, sweet and sour carp, right?"

Huashi was cutting vegetables, "Enough is enough, there are already enough vegetables."

After the pig butcher in the yard killed the pig, he cut another piece of meat, which weighed about twenty catties. This meat was left by Mei Xiang's family to eat.The rest of the meat was to be hauled to the town to be sold to butchers that afternoon.

Carrying the twenty catties of meat into the stove, He Xiangniang quickly cut off the meat to be eaten today with a knife, and gave it to Hua Shi to cut it.Each cut shredded meat and half fat and thin meat slices, and put them on a plate for later use.

The rest of the meat was rubbed with salt and put into basins.After the meat is soaked in salt water, it can be hung on the beam above the stove, and it will become smoked bacon.

Immediately afterwards, another person came in, carrying a pig into the water.This thing has an unpleasant smell, butchers don't accept it, but after all, it's something from a pig, so it's not worth throwing it away like this.Even the small intestines of pigs can be used as casings for sausage stuffing. Aren't these things cleaner than those?

Although it's a bit outrageous to take it out to entertain people, it's not the same to keep it at home and amplify the taste.

He Xiangniang also sprinkled the pig heart and liver with salt and put it in another basin.This thing can't be put together with meat, lest the meat also get this taste.

"Actually, according to me, the smell of this pig is amplified when it is put into the water. After rubbing it with wine, you can still smell the smell. It tastes no worse than pork!" Hua babbled at the side.

Although this pig is not well received by people, but in this rural area where people eat and drink less, no one would throw it away.After all, it’s something from a pig. It’s also meat, and you don’t even see the fishy smell of meat on weekdays. This thing can somewhat relieve your gluttony!It's better to eat something than to drink glutinous rice paste and eat green vegetable leaves every day.Only with a little bit of meat will you have the strength to work.

"Yeah, it's just that it's not as good as a greeting. It's better to keep this food for yourself. If my sister-in-law likes it, take some back and serve it to my brother."

"Didn't our family just kill a pig a while ago? I cut some pork liver and used it to cook soup. I put more ginger, onion and garlic, and two Seven Sisters (common name for a kind of hot pepper), The pork liver is powdered again, rub some salt in it, the taste is not to mention how delicious. This thing is still eaten. The taste is not inferior to pork." Hua recalled that it was crispy and crispy. The tender pork liver is drooling, and the pork liver is usually marinated and left to eat when the moon is barren.Once this thing is put, the water inside will gradually lose. Even if it is soaked in water for a day, it will still taste hard, shriveled, and taste like wax.This stuff is still fresh and delicious.

"Really, why don't we make something to try today?" He Xiangniang was also moved by the words, and turned her head to ask Hua.

Hua nodded, "Of course, I will make it later, and you can just watch me make it. Cook the pork liver and Xuewang together. You don't need to cook this thing too much. It's just a piece of food. It’s tender, it won’t taste good when it’s old.” She also likes to cook, so she tried it like this, but she didn’t expect that the pork livers she made were much more delicious than the pork livers she ate before, and the soup was even more delicious Can't stop talking!

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