rebirth through food

mushroom soup

Today's episode was not in Chen Village, so when they arrived, Butcher Chen hadn't returned yet.The three of Ye Xiaofeng and his son sat on the cart and waited, while Lan'er held the money bag and counted every penny. When the count reached the end, Ye Xiaofeng gently raised some points.

According to Ye Xiaofeng, there is no need for a girl to know astronomy first and then geography, firstly, it is not necessary, and secondly, this world does not allow it.But some basic literacy and arithmetic are necessary, at least not to be sold and help count the money.

The brothers and sisters were laughing and joking, butcher Chen came back, but it seems that his business is not very good today.

Seeing the Ye family brothers and sisters and Ye father, Chen Tuhu was taken aback.It stands to reason that this person who bought meat just yesterday would not come to buy it the next day, not to mention that he is a businessman who kills pigs and sells meat, and his vision is more vicious than ordinary people.Yesterday, I saw that the two children were not from rich people. Today, I saw Father Ye. They looked like they were dressed as their father, and it also revealed this point.

But the visitor is a visitor, and Chen Butcher is still very happy.

"Please come inside." The butcher pushed the wooden cart into the yard, and the three members of the Ye family followed, but the cart was still left outside.They are all from the folks in the village. Not only do they not pick up lost things on the road, but they can also be said to be simple and honest.

Sure enough, there was still a lot of meat on the butcher's wooden cart, much more than when they bought it last time.Ye Xiaofeng looked at the fat and thin pork belly, and his eyes were really greedy.

Looking at Ye Xiaofeng's eyes, Chen Tuhu knew that he was looking at the piece of pork belly, so he picked up the meat and showed it to Father Ye carefully, "Brother, look at this meat, it's streaky and three-layered, fat and thin, although it's not as thick as the three-finger thick one." Fat meat, but it is also a rare good meat. The business is not good today, if you come to a piece, brother, I will give you a cheaper price, how about twenty yuan a catty?"

"This..." Father Ye actually didn't bring any money with him today. He followed because he was afraid that the children would be bullied at the market. Unexpectedly, when he came up, he was called "Brother" a few times by the butcher. Neither is it sold.

"Uncle, we haven't finished eating the meat we bought yesterday." Ye Xiaofeng smiled and helped Ye's father, "But let's bring a catty of pork suet, and those pig offal, we also want them all."

"Suet..." Butcher Chen was a little disappointed. A catty of suet was only [-] cents, and there were things like getting into the water with those bones.Although it's useless to keep those things for yourself, it's always a bit uncomfortable to give them to others for nothing.

Ye Xiaofeng is not really 12 years old, so how could he not see Chen Tuhu's expression, "How about this, we want a catty of suet, and then all the offal will be ours, how about a penny per catty?"

"Okay!" Butcher Chen was also straightforward, selling a catty for a catty, and selling the bones into the water would be free money.You must know that the whole pig costs only a dozen renminbi, and the price will be much lower when the pigs are slaughtered during the Chinese New Year.Early in the morning, I sold it at a good price to make a big profit, and when I came back, I asked a few pennies to dispose of the remaining meat and made a small profit. This pig can earn tens of pennies, not counting the bones in the water.

Although it doesn't mean that a whole pig can be sold every day, the life of this butcher is much better than the life of those who are struggling to eat in the soil by relying on the sky.

Now when Ye Xiaofeng said that he bought the offal and bones for a penny and a catty, he immediately smiled and cut off a catty of suet, wrapped it in straw paper, and weighed the stick and bones.

A catty of lard suet is eighteen Wen, which is a total of sixteen catties of bones and water, which is sixteen catties of Wen.A total of 34 coins.

After Ye Xiaofeng counted the money and handed it over, there was only a pitiful penny left in the money bag.

This transaction can be regarded as satisfactory to both parties.The three members of Ye's family were so busy that they were starving early in the morning, and they made money to buy meat, and rushed home in one go.

With yesterday's leftovers and leftover soup, the family made do with it. Although they were not full, they were almost enough.

After dinner, Ye Xiaofeng went to the yard to pack up the offal, while Lan'er went to make more noodles than yesterday.

Father Ye carried the hoe to the field to weed the grass. Although it was already a little dry, but fortunately there wasn't much work in the field, so he would be back by noon.

I only did it once yesterday, and Ye Xiaofeng has become a lot more proficient in his movements today. Although there are more dives today than yesterday, it doesn't take more time than yesterday.

Lan'er reconciled a large bowl of noodles, put them on the edge of the stove, and cleaned up the mushrooms picked the day before according to Ye Xiaofeng's instructions.The mushrooms picked yesterday are still white and tender, but because the wild mushrooms have a certain amount of sediment in them, they need to be cleaned well.

Warm water and fine salt were added to soak these mushrooms in the water. Lan'er's thin hands rotated clockwise in the water until the mushrooms were spinning with the water flow, and then suddenly turned in the opposite direction. The artificial water flow smoothly The silt attached to the mushrooms is taken away.

Seeing Lan'er having fun, Ye Xiaofeng smiled and took the ax to crack the stick bone he bought today, and put it in the pot to boil.

Ye Xiaofeng didn't plan to put radishes in today's bone soup, but those white and tender mushrooms.

Lan'er washed the mushrooms several times until there was no more sand in the basin, then took them out and put them on the chopping board to cut into slices.

The bone soup was boiled slowly, and Ye Xiaofeng put the pork liver into the water to cook until cooked. The longer the pork liver was soaked in salt water, the more flavorful it would be. It's a pity that he hasn't seen condiments such as star anise pepper, otherwise the taste of the pork liver would be very strong. better.

The pork liver was cooked quickly, Ye Xiaofeng cleaned the pot and put a bowl of water on it.That piece of lard oil will be boiled out today, and there is only a thin layer in the lard tank at home.

Pork suet was cut into small diamond-shaped pieces and put into the water, while Lan'er was in charge of burning the fires on the stoves on both sides.

The water gradually boiled dry, and the lard suet in the pot began to produce oil. Lan'er pulled out a few sticks from the fire and turned the fire down.The pot on the other side was already boiling, Ye Xiaofeng ran over to skim off the foam, and poured the sliced ​​mushrooms that Lan'er had cut into it.Mushrooms are not afraid of cooking, and the taste will come out after cooking for a long time.

It would be fine if the bone soup continued to cook, Ye Xiaofeng simply put on the grate, put the washed brown rice on it and steamed it together.

After covering the pot, Ye Xiaofeng hurried to look at the lard.There is so much fat in suet that it quickly turns to oil.And the pork suet has turned into thin slices at this time, frying up and down in the oil.At this time, the whole outhouse was filled with the smell of burnt pork, Lan Er swallowed secretly while lighting the fire.

The last time I boiled lard was two months ago. Let alone pork on weekdays, I only put a small spoonful of lard at a time, and sometimes no oil was added.After finally boiling the lard once, some oil residue was fried, and the whole family used it to cook vegetables. They ate six meals for three days, but poor Lan'er didn't even eat a mouthful of oil residue.

Ye Xiaofeng used a strainer to scoop up the fried, burnt and crispy oil residue into a bowl to control the oil, and poured the remaining oil into the small jar of lard after cooling down in the pan.

He didn't intend to keep this bowl of oily residue. Tonight, let's have fried vegetables with oily residue. It's good to eat it all in one meal, and it will satisfy Lan'er's hunger.

With the residual oil at the bottom of the pot, Ye Xiaofeng sliced ​​the meat he bought yesterday until it was half-cooked. The weather is not cold anymore, unless the meat is marinated, it won't last for a few days.But cooked meat is different. If it is smooth and cooked, add more salt, and it can be kept for several days.

Leave some slices of meat, put in the minced green onion, ginger and garlic to saute until fragrant, add the sliced ​​cucumber and stir-fry over high heat.Spoon on a spoonful of lard again and fry a few handfuls of green vegetables. When it is almost cooked, put the oil residue and sprinkle fine salt out of the pan.

The two dishes were just out of the pot, and Father Ye had already entered the yard with a hoe on his shoulder.However, the brown rice in the pot is not yet cooked. This kind of rice is already rough and hard, and it takes time and fire to cook.

"Father is back." The siblings stood up, one helping to pat the soil, and the other fetching water for Father Ye to wash his hands.Seeing such a sensible pair of sons and daughters, Father Ye seemed to have a lot less sorrow that had been on his face all year round.

After washing his hands, Father Ye got on the kang, Lan'er set the kang table, and arranged the dishes and chopsticks.Two meat dishes were placed on the table, and even Father Ye swallowed unconsciously.How could this kind of meat and vegetables be eaten often in the past, but now not only do they eat it, but they are also rich. There is a hare hanging in the shed to dry.

Ye Xiaofeng poked the brown rice with chopsticks a few times, and the rice was already steamed soft and sticky, so he put the pot of steamed rice on the kang table with a dry cloth.

Lan'er reached out to help serve the meal, but was stopped by Ye Xiaofeng.

"Let's drink the soup first." Ordinary people are used to eating the soup first, but Ye Xiaofeng knew that drinking the soup first would be beneficial.

A little salt was added to the mushroom soup, and Ye Xiaofeng served three bowls, each with a lot of mushrooms.

Father Ye blew on it a few times and then took a sip, the delicious fungus unique to mushrooms immediately filled his mouth.

"It's delicious, this soup is so delicious." He had never tasted such a delicious soup, and he didn't expect that there would be such a delicious thing in this world, and he would drink it.

Ye Xiaofeng lowered his head and took a sip, reminding Lan'er not to burn it.The taste of this mushroom soup was about the same as he thought.These are not those special fungi, but some common wild mushrooms, but no matter what kind of mushroom it is, people here have never eaten it, so they naturally think it is a rare delicacy.Moreover, this soup is still made from bone broth, so it is naturally more delicious and fragrant.

"Father, I want to bring this soup with me tomorrow, and put on a small table and a few benches. Our soup costs a penny, and the biscuits also cost a penny, but if you buy two biscuits, you can get a bowl of soup."

"Isn't this penny too expensive? We can't be mercenary..." Father Ye was a little worried.He was an honest and responsible farmer, and he didn't see money at all.Now seeing that making noodles and making soup can be turned into money, I can't bear it psychologically.

How could Ye Xiaofeng not know this, but he secretly laughed in his heart, but his face was serious. "This soup can also be drunk for free. You only need to buy two meat biscuits for two yuan, and you can drink it. Wouldn't it be a good thing for us to bake more biscuits and bring more soup tomorrow so that others can try it too?"

"Okay, I'll do as you said." Father Ye nodded, but he heard that the soup would sell for money tomorrow, so he refused to drink a second bowl of this soup, so he filled half a bowl of brown rice and ate it.