butcher's cook

"Did anything happen to you today? Why did you come back so late?" He first arranged for the restaurant, and then talked with Miss Xu for a long time before Tan Ming came back. If nothing happened, he would not believe it.

"You know everything." Tan Ming asked him to sit down, "You don't want to feed the pigs, I'm going to ask the piglets for you."

"Hey, I haven't told you yet, you already know." Bai Ning was happy, "Did you ask? Where are the pigs?"

?? "Yes, today I happened to meet a pig feeder. His family has two sows, so the family has the most pigs. If anyone has a piglet at home, he probably has one."

?? "Ah, how many?"

?? "The sows in his family gave birth to piglets on the second day of this month. The two gave birth to eighteen piglets in total. He fed four by himself, ordered two to the villagers, and twelve more. "

"That's great, Brother Tan, let's repair the pigsty when we get back, and raise them all."

?? "All?" Tan Ming glanced at the little brother, and found that he was not joking, "There are so many, twelve of them need to eat a lot of food!"

?? "Don't worry about this, just leave it to me!"

?? No matter how confident Tan Ming is in his little brother, he is completely relieved at the moment, "Brother Ning, what can you do?"

?? "Anyway, there is a way, just watch and wait for a miracle to happen."

??Tan Ming looked at the confident little brother, he didn't feel any pressure at all, and he believed it if he didn't.

??Tan Ming started looking for someone to repair the pigsty when he went back. The places were all circled, and the house still had the bricks and tiles from the previous house repairs.

?? There are not many things, but enough to repair a room.

??Bai Ning has to feed twelve pigs, so the bricks and tiles are not enough. According to him, there should be as many pigsty as possible, even if there are stone slabs underneath.

??Tan Ming is a man of action. As soon as the younger brother gave an order, he obediently took someone to transport the stone slabs to him.

??Fortunately, this pigsty is not a house, it doesn't need to be very beautiful, it just needs to be able to accommodate pigs.

?? "Mingzi, why do you trust your husband so much? If you are told to move the stone slabs, you can go. He is a brother in the city, why is he thinking of feeding pigs?"

?? "I don't believe what he says, who I believe, my husband is amazing!" Tan Ming was very confident, his little brother was the most powerful in their village.

?? "I agree with this, brother Mingzi, I heard that my husband's bacon is very good, do you think he will cook some for us today?" As he spoke, the topic went away.

??When Bai Ning was making bacon and sausages, no one watched it, but Mrs. Qin watched it, and followed his method when he went back. But many people saw that the process was so complicated, it must be delicious.

??So, the news that Mrs. Tan Ming is especially good at cooking bacon has been spread.

?? "How do I know this, I have to ask your brother-in-law about this."

??Actually, Bai Ning is really cooking bacon, not only bacon, but also cured fish.

??Crafted fish is Li Po's handicraft. No one in Bai Ning's family knew how to make cured fish before, so he couldn't do it either, but Li Po has a lot of experience in making this. It is said that their former master loved fish very much. , Granny Li also learned from them.

?? Li Po and the others have a boss, and it happened very early. It turned out that Li Po and Li shopkeeper used to be servant girls of a big family. Later, the master gave them grace to redeem themselves and live on their own.

?? "This cured fish was soaked in water yesterday, and today it can be eaten directly in the pot and steamed. If the host wants to eat spicy food, you can also stir-fry it with ingredients."

?? Bai Ning has never eaten it. He heard that the original flavor is delicious, so he simply steamed it with a little shredded ginger.

?? Another earthen pot is slowly simmering with fire, which contains pig's trotters and pea sprouts.The cured pig's trotters, paired with pea sprouts that have only sprouted for three or four days, and a handful of kelp, the soup is simply amazing.

?? Li Po found that the owner is very good at eating, and also knows how to eat. There are a variety of ways to eat, and the ideas are also strange. I have to say that the taste is also unique.

?? For example, on this table today, there are six dishes on the table, only the large plate of cured pork ribs in the middle is a dried vegetable, and the rest are steamed.Steamed fish, steamed crispy meat, steamed fish cake, steamed meat cake, this is the first time her old lady knows that fish can do this at such an old age. I heard that her former master who loves fish very much may not know This way of eating.And this meat loaf, it was his first time, but it smelled very good.

?? Fish cakes and meat cakes are to be given out as New Year gifts. Bai Ning made fish cakes and meat cakes in three steamers.

??It's 25 today, and Xu Niangzi will go back to the village tomorrow, and she won't come back until the eighth day of the first lunar month, so Bai Ning wants to give them this year's gift before they go back.

?? Originally, there were no such things, but he felt that it would be a bit monotonous to just give bacon, so he simply made these foods.He also asked, and there is no such way of eating here, so it is just a fresh idea to give this.Moreover, the weather is cold, as long as you don't cover it, things can be kept for five or six days without spoiling, and you can eat them during the New Year.It can be eaten fried or steamed. It tastes good, and it is also a good gift for the New Year.But in order to make so many fish cakes and meat cakes, the group of them really worked hard.

??The food here is just right, and Tan Ming also sent stones up the mountain, "Xiaobao, I called you Uncle Tan and the others to eat."

?? He went to wash his hands with hot water.

??Tan Ming invited eight people to come back to build the pigsty, and with Tan Ming added, there were nine people, and the big round table just happened to be a table.So there are two tables for dinner, Tang Ming, these men set a table outside, he, Xiao Bao, Xiao Si, Li Po and the others set a table inside.

?? "Mingzi, your husband is well married, it's because of his skill."

?? "Aren't you talking nonsense? If his husband is not good at craftsmanship, how can he open a big restaurant in the county? If you want me to say, Ming Ziming is better."

?? "It's true, this is a proper marriage with a gold ingot."

??…

??Tan Ming just smiled and said nothing. When his father and his father and mother just died, what did the village say? The aggressiveness of the aunt may be even worse.

??But the people who said these words were not the uncles on the table. Although they didn't get close to him because of those messages, they never said anything to slander him.

??So he is willing to invite them when he has something to do.

?? After lunch, I packed up my things.Bai Ning started to make rice cracker candies.

??The method of rice cracker candy is simple. The materials were prepared yesterday, and today it is only necessary to make it well.

??Because there are previous successful precedents, it is very simple to make now, and it is more hand-feeling.Stir-fry the rice crackers, stir-fry the syrup, add rice and peanuts, and set the shape in the pot.

??The difference from the previous ones this time is that he did not cut all the rice crackers into small pieces, but cut them into large pieces, separated by a knife edge in the middle, but some parts were still connected. .But it doesn't hinder eating. If someone wants to eat it, just break off a piece.

??The reason for doing this is to make the seam better, Bai Ning thought about it.Rice Krispies are not easy to preserve, mainly because of poor moisture-proof function. If the whole piece of Rice Krispies is sealed with oiled paper, as long as the oiled paper is not removed, the Rice Krispies should be able to be stored for a few days.

??As soon as the rice cracker candy cooled down, Bai Ning immediately sealed it with oiled paper.Then take out the red paper and prepare to seal the red seal.

??The bacon is said to be three catties, but in fact there is no accurate number.Although Tan Ming's hands are relatively accurate, he said that a knife of meat is only one and a half catties. If it is three catties, two yuan is enough.For sausages, take eight pieces. Originally, three catties of bacon is considered nine pieces. Bai Ning felt that the number eight was better, so he took eight pieces.

?? There are also drinks, which were prepared before, so I can paste them now.

?? Fish cakes and meat cakes are a family of two, one catty, two is two catties.

??Paste everything with red paper and put it on the donkey cart.

?? "Be careful, don't break the wine jar, put some clothes in the middle."

??The gift was sent from Uncle Tan's family, and then from Niangzi's family. It was impossible for Uncle Xu's family, Bai Ning, to personally deliver it, and the same was true for Third Aunt's family.There are people in their family who work in restaurants, so if you give them something, Cousin Xu and Third Uncle can take it back.

??The rest of the family are visiting relatives. Master Dong is different. He has to be special, a bit of a backer. Although the backer is a bit small, it is not a mountain anyway.

??So, the things were delivered by Bai Ning himself.

??Things are on the table for those officials.

??Two pieces of bacon, eight-section sausage, a piece of fish cake, a piece of meat cake, a jar of red wine, and two packets of rice cracker candies.

?? This is a gift from relatives. When I arrived at Mr. Dong's place, everything else remained the same, except for an extra 100 taels of silver notes.

?? Mrs. Dong has received gifts from Tan Ming and the others several times. If she has a good impression of Tan Ming and the others when it comes to gifts during the New Year and holidays, then the jar of wine that Bai Ning gave behind is I was surprised.

??Her man is a teacher, and although the county magistrate gives a lot of monthly money, it is still a bit stretched to raise a large family, and sometimes even uses her dowry.

?? But as the children in the family grow up, more and more places need to use the winnings.

?? This made her feel a little sad. At this time, Tan Ming's family appeared in her sight.

?? Originally, she didn't pay attention to such a poor boy, although this man's father had helped her husband.But after all, this is just a countryman, and he is still a butcher who abandons his pen and "takes a knife", which is a bit unworthy in her eyes.But who let others live up to it?Married a brother who can make money.

??Originally, she paid more attention to the bank notes delivered every time, but last time she gave a jar of wine.She was a little unhappy at first, but the person who brought it said the preciousness and benefits of this wine.At first, Madam Dong thought it was an exaggeration, but she had gained a firm foothold in the county, so she started to fool her.

?? But at Mrs. Dong's age, wrinkles had already begun to appear on her face, and she was getting old day by day. Although she was a little skeptical about the wine, she still paid attention to it.

?? However, the effect of this wine was beyond her expectation.

??Since drinking this wine, Mrs. Dong found that her sleep began to improve.Because she was getting old and had to worry about the life of the whole family, she couldn't sleep well for a long time, and she was restless all day long.But after drinking that wine for half a month, she could obviously feel that the quality of sleep was much better, and her complexion also began to improve a lot.

?? Mrs. Dong began to believe that what was said there was true.

??So I am not so unhappy about the fact that there is no money coming over there.Although Yinzi is very good, how can I become young, beautiful and happy?

??Drinking until the twelfth lunar month, Mrs. Dong drank it carefully, and the wine would run out.

?? Just when Mrs. Dong was thinking about whether to go over and ask if there was any wine over there, the annual gift here was delivered.

?? Mrs. Dong didn't care about anything else on the New Year's ceremony, but stood up when she heard that there was wine.

?? "Who sent this gift? Has anyone left?"

?? "The husband of the Tan family sent it over, but not yet."

?? "Come on, take me to meet him."

?? This is the first time I have seen Madam Dong. Madam Dong is not young. She looks about forty years old, but she looks very good. I guess she is living a good life.

"You are Tan Ming's husband?"

?? "Meet Mrs. Dong."

?? "You're welcome, please sit down, Xiangyun, why don't you serve tea soon? Remember to bring the master's Longjing tea."

?? "The servant girl is going now."