Beginning Backpack [Farming]

After the East Wing was completely settled, Shen Huaijin settled a worry, and finally got rid of the trouble of waking up early, and was able to get a good night's sleep.

It wasn't until the sun hung high that the room was brightly illuminated that he woke up leisurely and went out to wash up refreshed.The tribe has already been busy, and everyone performs their duties, trying to complete as much work as possible before the cold season comes.

Shen Huaijin was also not idle. He took the remaining coal for making glass, fired the brick kiln again, and slowly replenished the part of the blue bricks and black tiles used to build the east wing, trying to make the stock enough for him to use in the next year. When the water season comes, the remaining houses and courtyards can be built directly, saving additional time.

As soon as he put a batch of bricks on the air, he saw An and two other sub-beasts crossing the bridge carrying rattan baskets full of them.Shen Huaijin was overjoyed, and immediately guessed that it was the tribe's assignment.

Sure enough, as soon as An put down the rattan basket on his back, he told Shen Huaijin, "Jin, these are the radishes collected by the sub-beasts in the past few days. There are four baskets for you and Li."

"Is the collection started now?" Shen Huaijin asked curiously, he thought it would be a while before the off season.

An waved his hand helplessly, "Let me tell you, the weather in this hot season is too weird, and he's afraid that the coming time of the off season and the cold season will also change, so for safety's sake, our collection time is a little earlier than usual. Short paragraph."

Shen Huaijin nodded thoughtfully, "Li is right, this strange weather is really uncertain."

An glanced at the four baskets of radishes on the ground, sighed deeply, and looked sad, "Because of the dry weather, the fruit production in the field has dropped a lot, and there are not many radishes harvested this time. Not to mention taro, alas."

Shen Huaijin recalled the sweet potatoes sent some time ago, estimated the amount that other members of the tribe could distribute, and comforted: "Ann, it is inevitable to encounter bad weather. This cold season may not be too plentiful for everyone, but At least you won’t be so hungry, and if you really can’t, you can come to me to exchange for some beans and potatoes.”

"It's true. Compared with the time when I didn't have enough food and clothing, it's just a small problem now." An nodded in agreement, "By the way, Jin, your plants in the valley are irrigated by streams. The fruits they bear are really bigger and bigger than those in the wild.”

Shen Huaijin followed his line of sight, and the batch of edamame and potatoes planted after the rainy season also showed signs of turning yellow, and it was estimated that they would be ready to harvest in the off season.

Thinking of a good harvest makes people feel happy, Shen Huaijin unconsciously raised the corners of his lips, "I'll give you some more when the harvest is over."

"When the potatoes and edamame are ripe, you have to hurry up and ask me for help." An Hehe smiled, "Come on, let me help you carry the radish in first."

"No, no, no." Shen Huaijin rejected his offer, and raised her chin towards the eagerly awaited sub-beasts on the other side of the stream, "Everyone is waiting for you, Ann, hurry up and go about your own business. There are only four baskets. Carrot, I can do it myself."

An rubbed his hands together, and after hesitating for a while, he agreed, "Okay, then you should pay more attention to yourself, and I will pass first." After finishing speaking, he trotted towards the other side of the stream, and after joining the other beasts He hurriedly rushed to the next collection.

After Shen Huaijin watched them leave, she slowly turned around to pick up the carrots.

The rattan baskets specially used by the tribe to store food are huge and filled to the brim.Shen Huaijin struggled to move them one by one into the storage room. Although his body was very tired, he felt as if he had eaten honey when he saw that the storage room was full of all kinds of grain, and he was very satisfied.

Even if the weather is not good, he still has a lot of grain harvested this year.

There are fifteen baskets each of glutinous rice and non-glutinous rice, some of which have been pounded but have not had time to eat.The first batch of potatoes harvested 21 baskets, three of which were given to An, and twelve baskets were made into potato starch and vermicelli by the tribe. Basket of potato noodles and three baskets of potatoes.Fifteen baskets of the first batch of soybeans were harvested, five of which were used to brew soy sauce and make tofu in the early morning, plus various uses such as cooking, grinding soybean milk, and sprouting bean sprouts, and now there are still six baskets of edible beans and one. Baskets of beans reserved for planting.There are also a lot of peppers, ginger and garlic, and licorice powder used as seasonings.

These are not all, after all, the second batch of soybeans and potatoes will be harvested soon.

In addition to these self-grown food, the tribe actually distributed a lot.

The sweet potatoes and their processed products delivered early in the morning have been eaten for a period of time, and now there are still one basket of sweet potato starch, five baskets of sweet potatoes and fourteen baskets of vermicelli.There are still more than three baskets of dried mushrooms delivered with sweet potatoes, and four baskets of radishes have just been delivered today, and at least three to four baskets of taro are expected to be distributed in the future.

In addition, there are two baskets of dried kelp bought from merchants and various side dishes, such as sugared garlic, pickled young ginger, and pickled radish, as well as jars of brown sugar and two tanks of fermented soybean soy sauce. Impressively in sight.

These foods are placed in the storage room and the cellar according to the degree of durability and the order of eating. Even so, the storage room is also full, which makes people feel safe.

Shen Huaijin closed the door of the storage room, like a squirrel packing winter food, and even walked briskly.

He carefully puts the dried bricks from the previous batch into the kiln for firing.Crimson flames emerged from the top of the kiln and fluttered in the wind. After Shen Huaijin sealed the kiln, the tribe's hunting team also returned with their prey.

As the waning season approaches, the beasts also feel it, and eat a lot of food to survive the cold and long cold season, so they all become fat and strong.After the prey is peeled and cut in half, the exposed meat has clear texture and light red color. It can be seen that the flavor must be excellent after cooking.

Shen Huaijin was also delighted to see Lie Xin. He had thought about marinating a ham early in the morning, but at that time the weather was too hot and it was not convenient to store it, so he put the matter on hold until now.

He stood in a place specially used for food distribution on the square, looked at the different types and parts of animal meat in front of him, and said without hesitation: "Yin, give me two hind legs of the big-eared beast."

"Okay." The voice responded neatly, and said again: "Jin, according to the number of prey you catch, you can still pick some animal meat to go."

Shen Huaijin opened her eyes slightly, and said in surprise, "Did you catch so many prey today?"

After a brief cleaning, Li Xinbu walked over and said in a deep voice, "Yes, there have been more prey these two days."

Yin smiled, "But it's still good enough to catch more prey."

"That's it." Shen Huaijin pondered, "Then give me some rib meat and half a rib."

"Row!"

Li suggested: "We can't finish eating these meats at once, and it's a pity if they go bad. Didn't you say you wanted to dry some preserved fruits a few days ago, do you want to exchange these for berries?"

"No need." Shen Huaijin lifted the heavy hind legs of the big-eared beast, with a smile on his face, "I have a new method to try."

Now that he said that, Li didn't say any more, and the two returned to the other side of the stream with a lot of meat, big and small.

Because the evening was approaching, both of them were a little hungry, so Shen Huaijin first stewed the ribs and radishes, and then dealt with the two hind legs of the big-eared beast.

The animal's hind legs are very fresh, with thin skin and thin feet, and clean hair.After cleansing, Shen Huaijin first cut off the fat on both sides of the fresh legs with a sharp long knife, making it a beautiful and neat shape of bamboo leaves.

He was also reluctant to throw away the fat, so he put it aside and prepared to boil it into animal oil.The meat of the big-eared beast is plump, and the boiled animal oil is the most mellow.

Li fetched two large pots, put a bamboo frame on the bottom of the pots and put them aside, and Shen Huaijin also began to salt the animal legs in batches.

In order to marinate the meat and prevent the leg meat from deteriorating, the salt should be applied three times in total.The amount of salt used for the first time should account for about one-fifth of the total amount of salt. The two people rub coarse white salt grains on the animal legs, paying special attention to those parts with thick skin.

After the kneading was complete, Shen Huaijin and Li You respectively spread the processed fresh legs in two large basins with the skin facing down, and put them in a cool and ventilated place, waiting for the next salt supplement.

The rib meat on the side was what Shen Huaijin planned to use to marinate bacon.

He took the remaining coarse salt and put it together with the licorice powder to fry until fragrant, then rubbed the surface of the uniformly thick meat strips with coarse salt with residual temperature to make it full of flavor, and then put the meat strips with salt grains on the surface. The rib meat is put into a tank that has been scalded with hot water and dried, and sprinkled with the remaining salt, then pressed with a clean heavy object, and then the mouth of the tank is covered.

Because he had harvested a lot of coarse salt just now, Shen Huaijin was very refreshed, and he pickled two wild birds by the way. He used two chopsticks to spread the inside of the wild birds, propped the bodies of the birds almost into a plane, and hung them on the ceiling of the work shed. Under the eaves, so that it can fully expose to sunlight and breeze.

In the past two days, Shen Huaijin could already see that the salt particles on the surface of the animal's legs had completely melted away, and some blood had accumulated in the basin.He asked Li to lift the thick animal legs first, pour out the bloody water in the basin, and then put it back for the second salt supplement.This time, the amount of salt used is a bit more, accounting for about one-half of the total amount of salt. As usual, it is carefully kneaded, and special attention is paid to the thickness of the fat and the skin.

Naturally, the rib meat in the vat also came out of water. Shen Huaijin turned the meat upside down and continued to press it with a heavy object. After waiting for four or five days, he took out the meat and hung it under the eaves of the work shed to let it fully soak in the oil. .

About two days later, Shen Huaijin made the third salt supplement and used up all the salt.

The salt on the animal's legs gradually melted and seeped in. Shen Huaijin estimated that under such weather, it would take seven or eight days at most to complete the marinating. At that time, it could be hung in a ventilated and dry place like the rib meat, and let the two animal legs Well seasoned.

If stored properly, after a year, you will get a beautiful rose-red ham.

作者有话要说：感谢在2021-03-1103:08:12~2021-03-1221:00:03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 the irrigation nutrient solution: 3 bottles of Jingxi; 5201 bottle of dcm[-];

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