Back at Baolinju, Han Ming, who was carrying pork, was almost dead from exhaustion. Song Zhenping was also shocked by the sudden appearance of meat.
He pulled her aside and asked for a long time. He was relieved when he heard that Han Ming had not let Han Ming see the treasure bag: "Yun'er, from now on, put the treasure bag at home when you go out. Don't let anyone see it."
Now that there are more outsiders in the family, and no matter how sympathetic we are, we still have to guard against what we should guard against.
"Brother, look, if I could use the treasure bag, how could I be so tired?" Song Liyun comforted.
Xiao An was very happy to get the chicken feathers and dried dates brought back by Hei Jin.
He hurriedly took out the potatoes he roasted specially for Heijin, which made Heijin do somersaults with joy.
This was the first time the two children had been separated for so long since they met, and it took them a while to get tired of each other.
Song Zhenping and Han Ming were busy processing the pork. It was freezing now, so there was no need to worry about the meat spoiling.
The meat strips and bones were placed directly in the courtyard, and the pig hearts and livers were all frozen.
But when handling pig intestines, Han Ming and Song Zhenping had a dispute.
Han Ming suggested sending the pig intestines to the backyard for fattening.
But Song Zhenping wanted to stay. He said it was meat, but it smelled bad.
He and Xiao An used to satisfy their craving every year by eating pig intestines that others didn't want.
After hearing what the two people said, Song Liyun realized that people in the Wu Dynasty wanted to eat pig hearts and livers, but not the intestines containing feces, because they could not be washed clean.
Even Han Ming, who was not having a good life, was unwilling to eat this kind of smelly meat.
At the end of the year, Song Zhenping and Xiao An would pick up the stinky intestines that others didn't want, boil them in water and eat them with some oily meat.
Of course, there are also people in the village who eat stinky intestines. Most people use plant ash to clean the mucus on the large intestine. Song Zhenping does the same.
Pig intestines are a good thing, and Song Liyun is reluctant to throw them away.
She asked Song Zhenping to change the cleaning method.
First add some salt, then take out the dried acorn flour and oil and rub it several times to clean it.
The pig intestines are considered clean until there is no smell at all.
Not only did Song Zhenping sigh with distress at this method of washing, but even Han Ming shook his head. The salt, oil and flour used to wash things were several times more expensive than the smelly intestines.
Here, people who need to eat pig's water can't bear to use expensive salt, oil and flour.
The next day, Zhou Xiaoqi and the others were coming to have lunch.
Song Liyun started preparing food early, and Xiao An stopped playing and sat down in front of the stove to concentrate on lighting the fire.
Song Liyun broke off the pork bones and put them into the pot last night. After stewing overnight, it became milky white bone soup.
Acorn flour is mixed with white flour and kneaded into a ball. Fatty and lean pork is minced into a filling. A large handful of leeks are cut from the greenhouse in the backyard, and a few wild eggs are added to make the filling.
She is preparing to make pork and leek dumplings.
Xiao An is now a snack foodie.
I also started to learn how to cook with Song Liyun, making steamed buns, pancakes, and making acorn tofu very well. At this time, I also made beautiful dumplings.
Song Liyun felt that he had great potential as a cook.
The siblings quickly made a lot of dumplings and then prepared the dishes.
Blanch the washed intestines in water for ten minutes, then cut into small rings.
While peeling the garlic, Xiao An watched Song Liyun make the stinky sausage.
Now it no longer smells bad, but has been washed out with fragrance.
In his mind, stinky sausage is meat. Even though he has eaten delicious chicken and pork now, he is still deeply impressed by stinky sausage.
Stir-fry the fat intestines cut into small pieces to remove the fat, then add various seasonings and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the potato pieces that have been stir-fried with a small amount of oil in advance, stir well, and finally add water and simmer slowly.
Xiao An had been staring blankly into the pot when he was frying the sausages. He didn't even move when Hei Jin came over to play with him. He bit his lip and said happily: "Sister, this is delicious!"
Song Liyun's heart moved, and she remembered the "Encyclopedia of Survival Guidelines" she had slept in in her own space. It was rich in content, including cooking and food processing processes.
After this period of observation, Xiao An was not stupid, but severe malnutrition since childhood still affected his physical and intellectual development.
Sometimes your thinking is normal, but more often you are insensitive to external reactions, or too sensitive, which results in your inability to communicate with others normally.
Now he can still hide in the courtyard and rely on others to survive, but he cannot continue like this for the rest of his life.
Song Liyun can now understand the love of her parents.
As parents, we have deep love and deep concern, and we will always think about our children's lives many years from now.
Song Zhenping is willing to take care of Xiao An, and Song Liyun is also willing to take care of Xiao An, but life is too long, and things can happen.
If Xiao An learns to cook, no matter what situation he encounters in the future, he will not be hungry.
It’s easy to learn. Xiao An doesn’t need to learn to be a chef or learn about delicacies from mountains and seas. He just needs to know how to collect and process some of the most basic food raw materials.
For example, the deastringency of acorns, the cleaning and processing of fat intestines, etc. The garbage that others do not want can be turned into delicious food through skillful rejuvenation.
While the fat sausage potatoes were slowly simmering in the pot, Song Liyun explained to him the key points of cooking the fat sausage.
Compared with the previous communication where everything needed to be repeated several times, Xiao An listened particularly attentively this time. He even pointed at the potatoes in the sausage and asked: "This, fried in oil?"
"Yes, fry it in oil first, just watch it change color, and then stew it so it won't become too rotten or soft."
Xiao An frowned tightly, struggling to digest the information, and kept repeating what Song Liyun said over and over again, without changing a word, as if it was engraved in his mind: "First, use oil... to change the color...
Too soft.”
If he wanted to invite Zhou Xiaoqi and the others to dinner, Song Liyun couldn't just serve sausages on the table, in case someone had taboos about this food, and it wasn't embarrassing.
Several ribs were chopped into small pieces and blanched. Xiao An stood on the stool behind the stove and, under Song Liyun's guidance, picked them up with a fishnet and dried them.
This is preparation for making sweet and sour pork ribs.
Outside the door, Han Ming had already made several trips to bring back the acorns he had left by the river yesterday.
Everyone in Baolin Curie was busy, even Hei Jin was adding firewood to the stove and was covered in ashes.
But it also burned acorns, potatoes and peanuts in the fire to eat.
At almost noon, a few people walked out of the guard barracks.
Zhou Xiaoqi and Lin Xiaoqi each led two sergeants with whom they were close friends out.
Wang Qi, who had a relationship with Song Liyun, was among them.
At this time, he was talking to Zhou Xiaoqi: "Brother Zhou, let me go if you switch to defense tomorrow. Xiaomi's stomach is not feeling well yet, so let him rest for one more day."
Although Ruijinguan is located deep in the mountains, it has learned from the past. Since its construction, the gate has been guarded every day.
Zhou Xiaoqi patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, let Xiaomi work for you one more day later."
Wang Qi smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes: "No, no, no, if Brother Zhou can bring me out, I will be satisfied and don't ask for anything else."
Zhou Xiaoqi smiled and said no more.
This Wang Qi is a new member of his staff. He is smart and enthusiastic, and is very popular in the team.
The military discipline of the guard station is strict and it is not easy to go out and ask for leave, but it frustrated him.
Zhou Xiaoqi took him out for a walk when he had the chance.
Several people did not go directly to Baolinju, but turned to the town.
Last time, Song Dekui brought him here to find the way, but the military pay was not paid, so the two people who were cash-strapped had to eat that meal in vain, and they felt really sorry.
This time, Lin Xiaoqi and Zhou Xiaoqi planned to buy gifts for the Song brothers and sisters before they came. They also showed up in town to support the Song family.