butcher's cook

??Tan Ming set off just after dawn. In order to satisfy Bai Ning's appetite, he went across the river to buy sheep.

??Roasted whole lamb, still have to be killed fresh, then marinated for an hour, and then roasted on the fire, the taste is absolutely superb.

??Bai Ning asked Granny Li to prepare the seasoning at home, and he went to chop a bamboo.There is a kind of bamboo in the mountain behind them, it is less than three centimeters, but it is extremely hard, and it is just right for skewering lamb.

??Get ready, he simply took the etiquette and went to Uncle Tan's house.

??There is no etiquette for the Mid-Autumn Festival here. Some are also given by married women to their natal families. Like their uncle-nephew relationship, they also give mooncakes. It doesn’t have to be as formal as New Year’s.

??Sister-in-law Yu is both there. Although the restaurant will have business on the fifteenth day, after all, there are very few people eating out, and they all eat at home, so the two sisters-in-law asked for leave to stay at home.

??Bai Ning went over, and everyone was busy killing chickens and ducks.

"Brother Ning, you are here." Mrs. Yu was so busy that she didn't even raise her head, but Mrs. Qin noticed the two bamboo poles in his hand and asked him what they were for.

"Okay, what are you doing with the two bamboo poles? Mingzi hasn't come down yet? And what's in that basket, shallots? Garlic? Coriander? Ginger? What is this?"

?? Bai Ning let her take the basket, "Good stuff, they are all spices. I asked Tan Ming to buy sheep."

"What are you buying sheep for? Don't you have enough milk?" After saying that, Qin reached out to hug Xiao Tuantuan, "Xiao Tuantuan, it's been a long time since I saw you."

?? Xiao Tuantuan doesn't recognize anyone, and laughs at anyone who hugs him, especially if he knows him, he even teases him even if he squints his eyes.

Sister-in-law Yu was a little envious, "I didn't see this just yesterday. I haven't seen it for a long time. I have to look at it twice when I look back. It looks the same every day. I'm afraid it will look like nothing in a few days." Can not remember."

??Bai Ning helped sister-in-law Yu pluck the chicken feathers, "Sister-in-law didn't go back today?"

"I'm back, I came back early in the morning, and then I came again." Sister-in-law Yu put down her things and came back. Her mother didn't keep her for lunch. Sheep, I remember."

??Bai Ning smiled, "It's really you."

?? "No, I've grown up so much, I haven't eaten a roasted whole lamb yet. By the way, is Ning Ge'er's roasted whole lamb delicious?"

?? "It's delicious if you make it delicious. It won't make any difference. Look, I've taken all the spices away."

?? Listening to the muttering, Qin finally understood what was wrong.How did he say that the two daughters-in-law came back after putting down their things today, and they didn't even eat at their mother's house, so that's what happened.

"Okay, let me tell you why you two came back all of a sudden? It turns out there is a little secret behind your back!" Then she felt that this roasted whole lamb, just by its name, was a whole lamb.

?? "This whole sheep, how expensive is that?"

??Sister-in-law Yu disagrees with this statement. She has been working outside for a long time, and she feels that she has seen the world. Look at the people on the street, when we go to restaurants every day, we only eat sheep, and it’s not every day!"

?? Hearing the words, Bai Ning felt that his sister-in-law was very open-minded. Life was nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation, and that was for this.

?? Qin glared at the eldest daughter-in-law, but didn't say anything.Mrs. Yu was stared at by Mrs. Qin, she didn't care at all.

??When she entered the room, Sister-in-Law Yu curled her lips and winked at Bai Ning quietly, "It's because I'm upset."

??"What?"

?? "I don't know, just leave her alone, just leave her alone for two days."

?? The corners of Bai Ning's mouth twitched. He thought that the Qin family was harmonious in the village, but he didn't expect it to be like this in private.

"By the way, I went back and asked about your pear seedlings. There are about forty pear seedlings. Do you want more?"

"Yes, why don't you?" Bai Ning was overjoyed. Sister-in-law Yu didn't mention it earlier. He thought it was a trivial matter, but he didn't expect a surprise later.

?? "You said, he really raised seedlings?"

??Sister-in-law Yu gave him a blank look, "Didn't you say that the price can be set freely? Who doesn't want to earn money? They said, thirty copper coins and one seedling, do you want it?"

"Yes, thirty cents a plant, not too expensive."

?? "Okay, when are you going to get it back? I'm afraid that the family will use tricks. You don't know. The old woman in that family is difficult to deal with!"

?? Just finished speaking for a while, Tan Ming came back with the sheep on his back.

?? "What are you talking about? I heard it outside the yard."

?? "Lizishu, why are you so fast?"

?? "The old sheepman was killed before dawn. When I arrived, he was already disposing of the water."

??Bai Ning took a look and found that this is quite fat, estimated to weigh more than 30 kilograms. This kind of roasted lamb is the best to eat.

?? Bai Ning directed the marinating of the sheep, and started to set up the grill again.

??No one has done it before, Bai Ning is the only one with experience, with his half-baked skills, he barely built a grill.

?? Qin picked up half a basket of carbon and came out, "Brother Ning, do you think this is enough?"

"Use it first, has the sheep been marinated for an hour?"

??"almost."

?? "Come and tie it up and start baking."

??Actually, roasting mutton requires a bit of skill, and there is a considerable demand for the control of the heat and the time of roasting.

?? It took almost two hours, and the sheep was almost cooked.Poor timing, perfect missed lunch.

??Everyone was looking forward to this lamb, so they ate a little for lunch, and then the lobby brother directly moved a table over, and everyone gathered around to watch the roast lamb.

??Especially a few children, a few pairs of eyes staring at the mutton, almost drooling.

?? "Third Uncle, when will mutton be ready?"

"Don't panic, wait, let's see your third uncle's craftsmanship today." Tan Ming said this with high spirits, as if he had great confidence in himself.

?? "Is this meat cooked?" The big brother is worthy of being the father of his son, two of them have the same virtue.

?? But no one laughed at him today, and everyone else had the same thoughts.This mutton is marinated with a lot of spices, and when it is roasted on a high fire, there will be bursts of fragrance wafting out along with the sizzling aroma of oil.

?? "The surface is ripe, why don't you cut some off and try?"

?? I don't know who proposed the idea, but it got everyone's unanimous approval.

"Okay." Tan Ming took a knife and cut off the thick top, but the knife was not fast enough.

?? "Oh, I should have brought the knife I used to butcher the pig." The big hall brother was very annoyed.

"Uncle Tan, here it is." Xiao Bao found a dagger out of nowhere and handed it to Tan Ming.

??Tan Ming took it and remembered, "Where did you get this knife?"

?? "Daddy gave it." Xiaobao gave the pot to his father without hesitation.

"Oh." The people around him breathed a sigh of relief.

??Tan Ming tried it out, "This knife is quite fast, almost like a piece of paper. Even the knife for cutting meat is not as fast."

??The Tan family members know how fast the meat-cutting knife is. How fast is this knife?

??Bai Ning came out of the room, met everyone's meaningful gazes, and asked puzzledly, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

?? "Brother Ning, Xiaobao is still young, and the knife is so sharp? How can you give it to Xiaobao?"

??Bai Ning was puzzled, "What knife?"

?? "It's the knife in Mingzi's hand. Look, Dolly, if you accidentally cut it, it will be a bloody hole! Listen to me, don't let Xiaobao hold this knife."

??Bai Ning vaguely understood that his feelings were the fault of him again.But he has to continue to carry this pot, "I gave it to him when I entered the house just now, let him hold it for me for a while?"

?? "That's it, next time this kind of twelve is better for adults!"

?? In a word, this little treasure is too small.Holding a knife, hurting others or yourself is a bad thing.

??Bai Ning nodded, "I won't give it to him next time."

??Secretly, Bai Ning glared at Xiaobao, and signaled: I'll deal with you later.

??Xiao Bao is not afraid of his father at all, and reaches out to eat the mutton.

?? "Oh, Daddy, it smells so good."

??It is indeed very fragrant. It is the first time for everyone to eat a roasted whole lamb.

?? It wasn't all eaten, Bai Ning put a leg on for Granny Li and the others to send it up.

??The rest of the main bone, Qin kept it, and said that it would be stewed in soup at night.

?? "This sheep is good, how much is this sheep?" Qin thought, everyone likes to eat it, do you want to eat it once in the Chinese New Year?

?? "This one is bigger, one or two dollars."

?? Bai Ning didn't want the rest of the sheep, so Qin said to use those sheep bones to make soup at night, so that they can go down for dinner at night.

?? Sheep head let him bring back.

"How is it? Does your arm hurt?"

?? "It hurts, give me a massage."

??The sheep is roasted by Tan Ming and the big brother. It's really not tired.

??Bai Ningxin thought it was true, and really pressed him, "How about this strength?"

??Tan Ming originally just wanted to tease the little brother, but Bai Ning didn't expect that Bai Ning's skills were quite good, so he closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

?? Bai Ning hasn't looked at Tan Ming seriously for a long time, and Tan Ming has never spent such a leisurely time.Looking at the tiredness on the man's face, Bai Ning felt very distressed. He has been busy with things in the mountains for the past year, or repairing the pigsty. He didn't take a good rest when he was free, and went to harvest for Uncle Tan's family.

?? I really don't have any free time. The black and blue under my eyes are all coming out, and my whole body is much older.

?? "Why don't you buy two more people and let them look at the mountains. Look, you have wrinkles."

??Tan Ming took his hand off, "How old am I? How come I've reached the point of buying someone. Besides, it's all uncle's. If I buy someone to look at, what do others think?"

??"Can……"

"Brother Ning, we live here, we are from Yunling Village." He comforted, "It's almost over, there are still two months left, and the mountain will be basically healed. Once the miscellaneous trees are removed, we will plant Fruit tree, I just saw the oranges you planted yesterday, and they are less than a year old, and I think they are more than two feet long."

??Tan Ming said grapefruit.

?? "Then have you seen my walnuts and chestnuts?"

??Tan Ming nodded, "Your walnut grows taller, so it's a little shorter than me. If it had leaves, it would be even taller than me. It can be transplanted!"

"Yes, those fruit trees can be picked, but unfortunately there are only these kinds." Bai Ning did some calculations, including walnuts, chestnuts, grapes, a few yellow peaches, transplanted pear trees, grapefruits.

??After speaking for half a month, Grandpa Xu came.

??He brought a small basket of oranges to Bai Ning, "Would you like to try it?"

??Bai Ning believed it was true, so he actually peeled one and ate it, and his face immediately wrinkled into a ball.

"Hiss, grandpa, where did these oranges come from? They are so sour."

?? "The oranges from your grandpa's house are not ripe right now. If it weren't for your grandfather's quick hands, he wouldn't be able to grab these. Don't you grow oranges? This orange is sweet."

??Bai Ning thought, how sweet are such sour oranges?

?? I heard Grandpa Xu say, "This one will be sweet when it's ripe, but it's not sweet now."

??Bai Ning understands, it is probably because the oranges of my grandfather were taken away before they were ripe, and it was his grandfather who snatched them.

??Look at the orange peel, it is a little yellow, but not completely yellow.

?? I wonder if this kind of seed can germinate?

?? Bai Ning directly gave birth to one, and it really germinated.

?? He knew that Grandpa Xu would not lie to him, so he was very grateful to Grandpa Xu.

?? "You go back quickly, I have been playing with your second aunt for two days, I have to go back!" Grandpa Xu waved his hand.

?? "Grandpa, come and stay with me for two days!"

?? "I can't hold it anymore. Your uncle and your eldest cousin have both gone to this hard labor. I don't feel relieved that your grandma and the others are the only ones at home."

??Bai Ning was very surprised, "Uncle and the others also went? Can't they be paid for with money?"

??Bai Ning knew about hard labor.

?? Today is still peaceful, only hard labor and no military service.The hard labor is five days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people from every household are drawn out to do hard labor for one month a year.The number of people is also determined according to the number of males in the family. For example, if there are two males in a family who are over 15 but under 55 years old, one must go. If there are more than three males in the family who are over 15 and under 55 years old, Then you need to go to two.

??Grandpa Xu’s family, Grandpa Xu has already passed 55, and cousin Xu’s second cousin just passed [-] in the first half of the year, so there are exactly three of them, so we have to go to two at a time.

?? But there is a way to solve things like hard labor, that is

??Grandpa Xu sighed. Although the family has some money, it is not a wealthy family. Besides, they just sent the third child to school. This child is a bit talented, and he needs money to study.

?? "Everyone is serving in the military. It is impossible to use money to offset it every year. Your uncles have also gone up. It's okay."

?? "Then where are uncles and the others serving? I'll go and have a look later."

?? "It's a coincidence. It's okay this time. The pier is being repaired, and the distance is relatively close."

??Bai Ning went to see it once and came back, feeling uncomfortable.But he had no other choice, this was stipulated by the imperial court, if he didn't want to go, it was fine, and each person would be given two taels of silver.Bai Ning wanted to give it, but Uncle Xu didn't want it. He had been doing it for several days, but Bai Ning gave the silver, and it was hard to find someone to replace it for a while. The key point was that he did it for nothing for so many days.

??The yamen servants at the county government knew Bai Ning, and seeing that these people knew Bai Ning, they didn't make things difficult for them.

??Bai Ning went back and asked his sister-in-law to take the pear tree and transplant it.

?? 46 pear saplings, [-] Wen per tree, more than [-] tael of silver.

??The owner of the house is not afraid of Bai Ning and the others planting pears. This pear tree has been fruiting for five years. After five years, who knows what will happen?Silver is still a good thing to hold now.

??September will soon be halfway through, and the temperature will drop rapidly. Bai Ning estimates that the temperature will reach ten degrees!This made him a little unbearable. The Mid-Autumn Festival is still estimated to be more than 20 degrees, and he can get through with one piece of clothing. He needs to wear two or three.

??Bai Ning sneezed and tightened his clothes.

?? "Grandma Li, why is it so cold today?"

?? Li Po is older than Bai Ning, so she puts on all the cotton clothes.

?? "The old lady just came here."

?? "Are you ready to ask Brother Chang to make the cotton coat for Mr. Zhang?" Mr. Zhang has to go further south, and it is not so cold at home, so he didn't bring a very thick cotton coat. It's cold here.

?? "Okay, I'll send it later."

?? Li Po quietly approached Bai Ning, "Boss, when are we going to kill the pig? I saw the pig yesterday, and it is estimated that it weighs two hundred catties. It is bigger than last year's two ends. Will you fill it with sausage this year?"

?? "Irrigation."

?? "There is no rush to kill pigs. It's only September and a half, and there are still three months before the Chinese New Year." Bai Ning finished, "No, I have to go and see my watermelons. The temperature has dropped so badly, my Will the watermelon go bad? I don’t know if I can eat it.”

?? "It can be eaten."

??Bai Ning suddenly looked like you, Po Li, and Po Li was startled to realize that she had made a mistake.

?? Bai Ning was suspicious, "Grandma Li, did you just say that watermelons are edible?"

Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Granny Li simply said, "The last time you went to the county, Master Xiaobao secretly picked two of them back. The insides are just red, but they are not very familiar. They should be familiar by now."

??Bai Ning was so angry that everyone ate his feelings, but he was the only one who didn't have any.

??"Humph!"

??Bai Ning turned around and went to the county.

?? He wants to do something big.

??He wants to make canned watermelon. He has been thinking about making canned watermelon for a long time. He was thinking about it when he transplanted yellow peaches.At first it was because of the price of sugar, and later because of the problem of mud seals.After these days of unremitting efforts, he finally thought of a way - that is Lafeng.

??In fact, there is an easier method, that is, when the porcelain kiln makes the jars, it is made into screw patterns. At this time, there is no rubber sheet, and he doesn't know if it can be done.

?? He went to the owner of the porcelain kiln, and the owner said that this is quite difficult. He is still experimenting recently, but there is no result yet.

??Bai Ning will take a look this time.

??Unexpectedly, there is really good news here in the porcelain kiln.

??Bai Ning looked at the porcelain jar in his hand. Let’s call it a porcelain jar. It’s only half a foot high and about fifteen centimeters in diameter. The thread inside is actually a pipe thread.

"Boss Bai, what do you think of this jar?"

?? "It's pretty good. It doesn't leak when it's filled with water." The owner of the porcelain kiln said proudly.

??Bai Ning tried it, and it really did not leak.

?? "How much do you think this jar is suitable for?"

??The jar is not big, but the owner of the porcelain kiln asks for a pretty high price, "Twenty cents a piece."

?? "I want more, you can give me a cheaper price. At present, I only need three hundred... No, five hundred. But next year or even after that, all the canned food that my family buys will come to your house to order."

?? "If this is the case, I can give you two coins each. This jar is not easy to make, even if I can't make many in a day."

?? "I need it for at least half a month, please hurry up."

??Bai Ning solved a problem, went to the restaurant, and asked if there was any news about the beeswax he bought.

?? "I didn't receive much, only three or four catties, but I heard that someone harvested a brood of wild honey. I heard that there were a lot of them. Do you want to go and have a look?"

?? Bai Ning had an idea in his heart, the ones he bought were still not as good as those he had, so why not feed the bees by himself.

??He will soon have a fruit forest, and his seal can produce honey and beeswax, and the fruit trees will also be pollinated by the seal.

??作者有话要说：感谢在2020-11-2621:53:00~2020-11-2723:51:32期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

??Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: Yan Aier 5 bottles;

?? Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!