Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

The next morning, Chen Jun got up at seven in the morning to cook.

After the family had breakfast, mother Wang Xia went to work at the steel rolling mill, and Chen Jun took Lin Yao out to purchase.

Just when passing by the central courtyard, Chen Jun found Qin Huairu standing by the sink washing a pot.

Tsk!

It seems that what I said yesterday didn't have any effect!

What Chen Jun didn't know was that Qin Huairu had tried to resist last night, but Jia Zhang only said a few words and regained control of Qin Huairu.

"Qin Huairu, do you want to rebel? Believe it or not, I will drive you back to Qinjiazhuang!"

What Qin Huairu fears most now is being driven back to Qinjiazhuang.

Especially now that I'm pregnant, if I'm sent back, not only will my parents scold me, but the villagers will also gossip about me.

After all, Qin Huairu was arrogant at the beginning. She refused to meet any young men in the village and only went on blind dates with people from the city.

Many people in Qinjiazhuang wanted to see her make a fool of herself.

If I were to be sent back, I would be laughed at by the villagers for the rest of my life.

But these have nothing to do with Chen Jun.

If Qin Huairu could have a quarrel with Jia Zhangshi, he would be happy to watch the fun. If not, it didn't matter, it wouldn't have much impact on him.

I left home at around seven and came back at around eight.

Chen Jun and his sister bought the ingredients and tin buckets needed for setting up the stall today.

Thanks to the publicity from Sha Zhu, the big mouth, many people in the courtyard knew that the two of them were setting up a stall outside.

But Chen Jun was just an apprentice of Fengdeng Tower before. Could he make money by setting up a stall in front of Fengdeng Tower?

Many people think that Chen Jun is just busying himself for no reason and will calm down once he has compensated most of his family’s money.

And Wang Xia's going out to work today further confirmed their guess.

Even Wang Xia, who had just recovered from a serious illness, went to work to earn money, which showed that the Chen family was running out of money.

Chen Jun didn't know what these aunts and sisters were thinking. He pushed the cart back home and asked Lin Yao to clean the iron bucket. He then processed the pork belly and scraped the hair off the pig skin again.

After he finished processing the pork, Lin Yao also cleaned the iron bucket.

Next comes the various seasonings and spices needed to prepare the braised meat.

Angelica dahurica, pepper, bay leaves, pepper, rock sugar, etc.

Although these spices look ordinary, it is not easy to buy them all on the market. You have to go to several places and the prices are not cheap.

The first step in making braised pork is to massage the pork with high-proof liquor.

This step can sterilize the pork and remove the fishy smell.

Then grab a handful of salt and sprinkle it on the pork belly, kneading it for a while to make it taste good.

Then pour some spices and soybean paste into the pot and marinate the pork.

This step looks easy, but the ratio of seasonings must be strictly controlled.

If you put too much, the marinated meat will be too greasy; if you put too little, the taste will be bland and the texture will be much worse.

The pork belly needs to be marinated for an hour. During this time, Chen Jun starts to prepare other ingredients, such as cleaning some pig tongue, liver, and stomach, and marinating them together with the pork belly.

Next, it’s time to prepare the soup base for stewing the meat.

Pour half a bucket of water into a tin bucket, and add appropriate amounts of rock sugar, cardamom, soy sauce, bay leaves and other seasonings according to the amount of water.

Stir evenly with a spoon and put it on the stove to heat.

After finishing all this, Chen Jun went to help Lin Yao wash and pick vegetables.

Today's menu is still twice-cooked pork, stir-fried liver and kidney, spicy shredded potatoes and Kung Pao chicken.

These ingredients are not that difficult to prepare.

When the soup base in the tin bucket boils and you can smell the aroma, the pork belly and pig tongue are almost done being marinated.

Throw them into the bucket one by one and start counting the time.

To stew the meat well, the heat is very important.

And every once in a while, you have to stir the meat in the bucket with a long spoon.

There are some tricks to stirring the meat. The strength and angle must be controlled well, otherwise the meat will easily fall apart.

This process is actually quite energy-consuming, and you have to stir it every once in a while.

Seeing how hard it was to make braised meat, Lin Yao wanted to persuade Chen Jun not to do it anymore.

But as the aroma of the stewed meat became stronger and stronger, Lin Yao swallowed the words back.

What a delicious smell!

If I put this up on a stall, wouldn't people be rushing to buy it?

With Chen Jun’s cooking skills as a third-level cook and the high-quality spices rewarded by the system, the stewed meat is even more lethal than the braised pork at the latest.

Jia Zhang, who was sitting in the yard mending shoe soles, was the first to smell the fragrance. She raised her nose and took a deep breath. She couldn't help but say, "It smells so good. Who is the wicked one who is stewing meat at this time?"

It's a little after nine in the morning, and it's still early for lunch.

Seeing this, the second aunt sighed: "Who else could it be? It must be the Chen family in the backyard."

"Brother and sister Chen Jun went out to set up a stall these days. They should be preparing ingredients in advance."

As she spoke, the second aunt couldn't help swallowing her saliva. She felt that the fragrance had already aroused the gluttony in her stomach.

Chen family?

Jia Zhang looked towards the backyard with her triangular eyes erect, and seemed to see pieces of stewed meat floating in the sky.

It dares to seduce me!

Thinking of the braised pork she didn't eat yesterday, Jia Zhang threw the insole in her hand into the basket and stood up shaking her head.

"Qin Huairu, come out quickly!"

Jia Zhang shouted and called her pregnant daughter-in-law.

The meat is stewed every day and it smells so delicious. If she doesn't get the advantage, Jia Zhang won't be able to sleep at night.

Seeing this, the second aunt asked hurriedly: "Jia Zhang, what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? Someone in the courtyard wants to destroy the hardworking and simple spirit of the working people. I don't believe that no one can control the Chen family!"

I don’t know if it’s because she has had too much contact with Yi Zhonghai, but Jia Zhang can actually say such high-sounding words!

Qin Huairu walked out of the house after hearing this, smelled the air, and guessed something in her mind.

Are you going to ask me to ask for meat again?

Just as the thought came to his mind, Jia Zhang waved her hand and said, "Come with me to the backyard. I want to criticize the Chen family!"

When the aunt in the yard heard this, she immediately knew that Jia Zhang couldn't help it and she was going to grab the meat!

No, she wants to criticize the Chen family!

Seeing this, the aunts immediately cheered her up.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you are the elder in the courtyard, you can't lose face!"

"Yes, be energetic!"

"Okay, good job!"

"Come on, let's go and take a look."

Seeing that people in the courtyard supported her so much, Jia Zhang became even more proud.

She waved her arms and strode towards the backyard.

"Come on, let's see how I criticize and educate the Chen family kid!"

At this moment, Chen Jun, who was stewing meat in the kitchen, suddenly heard a hurried knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Open the door, open it for me!"

Lin Yao put the washed vegetables into the basin, stood up and wiped the water on her apron: "Who's knocking on the door?"

Jia Zhang's voice came from outside the door: "It's me, open the door for me!"