sinovels Chapter 1504: New Year 1: Roasted Roe Deer Stuffed with Sausage
Chapter 1504: New Year 1: Roasted Roe Deer Stuffed with Sausage
Chapter 1504: Roasted Roe Deer and Sausage Stuffing on the First Day of the New Year
Today is the first day of the new year. It is not the day for married girls to return to their parents' home, nor is it the time to visit relatives and friends.
Most of the people gathered at Zhao's house were chatting, eating melon seeds and watching TV in the east room.
I was watching the Spring Festival Gala again. It was broadcast live last night and replayed today.
Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu and Ma Yang were outside setting off firecrackers. Li Ruhai should have been there too, but the storytelling and crosstalk at yesterday's party had a great impact on him, so the kid stayed in front of the TV early this morning to watch the replay.
Zhao Jun and his four companions were having a lot of fun with firecrackers outside. The dog food bowl that was damaged by the explosion yesterday for Hei Hu was blown up countless times again. Now there was a big hole in the bottom and it could no longer be repaired.
After breaking the dog bowl, the four men set their sights on the wheelbarrow in the backyard of the village.
The firecrackers these days are really powerful.
The cart was turned upside down with the firecrackers placed underneath. When the fuse was lit, the cart flew up half a meter.
The rising firecracker was still caught by the falling cart, and when it exploded for the second time, it directly flipped the cart over.
Seeing that it was past ten o'clock, Zhao Jun gave the remaining firecrackers to Ma Yang, and reminded him to stay away from the firewood pile and the ice when playing, not to hurt others or himself, and to always pay attention to safety.
Then, Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu went to Wang Qiang's house and tied a roe deer from the backyard and took it home.
The roe deer entered the yard. Zhao Jun carried firewood to light the stove outside the house. Zhang Yuanmin went to press water, and Li Baoyu hung the roe deer upside down.
At this time, Wang Meilan came out of the house, but was persuaded by Zhao Jun to go back. The three brothers killed the roe deer without anyone else's help. But the roe deer died painfully after its neck was cut and blood was drained. It was not as good as the pain of being hammered by Wang Meilan.
After boiling water, Zhao Jun removed the roe deer's hair and gutted it to take out the lantern hanging. Under the expectant eyes of Heihu and other dogs, Zhao Jun only kept the roe deer's intestines and gave the rest of the internal organs to the dogs.
Although it wasn't much, the dogs in both hospitals got a taste of it.
The roe deer intestines, which had been washed clean with hot water, were brought into the house along with four roe deer legs. The head of the remaining roe deer was chopped off, and the skin and flesh were cut open at the spine, neck, and ribs with a knife.
At this time, Zhang Yuanmin came out with two large bowls filled with soy sauce, salt and white wine.
Spread the seasoning on both the inside and outside of the roe deer, then prop up the whole roe deer with a welded iron rack and send it to the oven in the west yard to roast.
This oven was designed and built by Zhang Yuanmin. It is made of red bricks from top to bottom, with an oven on top and a wood-burning stove on the bottom.
The oven also has a door, which is made of a large iron plate. Two handles are welded on the iron plate, which is very convenient to open and close with gloves on.
When a bundle of firewood in the stove below burned out, the residual heat was enough to bake the roe deer in the sealed oven.
This roe deer is not big. After removing the hair and removing the head, internal organs and limbs, the remaining meat and bones weigh about 20 kilograms.
This way of roasting, the fire is not too fast, so it won't burn. But if you want to roast it thoroughly and cooked, it will take at least an hour.
After putting the firewood in the fire, Zhao Jun and his two companions went into the house. In addition to the New Year's Eve dinner yesterday, there were only two meals during the New Year. Today, in addition to breakfast, there was another meal at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
It’s not even half past eleven yet, but Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei and others are already busy.
The door of the west room of the Zhao family was closed, and one could hear the sound of "clang clang" coming from the room continuously.
Zhao Jun went over and pushed the door open. The room looked like a cafeteria or a restaurant kitchen.
On the hardwood table against the wall and the kang table on the kang, Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, Zhao Ling, Lin Xue, and Xu Chunyan were each holding a basswood chopping board, chopping meat.
The meat includes meat cut from roe deer legs and pork forelegs.
Zhao Jun took a look and then stepped out, closing the door. He closed the door to this room because he didn't want to disturb the TV watching in the east room.
Zhao Jun turned around and walked towards the east room, and saw two basins on the stove.
Both basins contain roe deer intestines, and the small basin contains the intestines contributed by the roe deer that had just been killed.
In the large basin, there is slowly thawing frozen roe deer intestines.
Two days before the New Year, the Zhao family father and son took turns leading people, dogs, and cars to the mountains to hunt roe deer.
A total of 25 roe deer were caught in those two days, of which 10 were dead and 15 were alive.
The intestines of the dead roe deer were kept as requested by Wang Meilan, saying that they would be made into sausages.
I was busy before the New Year and had no time to spare. Since there was nothing to do during the New Year, Wang Meilan took people to make sausages.
In Heilongjiang Province, one of the specialties is red sausage and air-dried sausage.
When you make your own sausages at home, you usually steam them after stuffing.
But the Zhao family planned to roast the stuffed sausages like those old brands did.
The grilled sausage tastes fresh. These people are tired of eating big fish and big meat, so they want to change their taste.
When Zhao Jun entered the east room, he heard Li Baoyu talking about Li Ruhai, saying, "Look at his performance, and then look at your performance on stage. You think it's pretty good."
After saying this, Li Baoyu glanced at Li Ruhai.
Hearing what his eldest brother said, Li Dayong quite agreed. On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, the forest farm held a work summary meeting in the morning, a lunch in the cafeteria at noon, and a party in the afternoon.
After the party, when taking the commuter bus home, someone told Li Dayong that they felt the party was boring without Li Ruhai.
The person who said this was given a cold look by Li Dayong. That was the time when they were having fun, and Li Dayong felt ashamed.
The disdain in Li Baoyu's eyes did not hurt the grown-up Li Ruhai. Li Ruhai glanced at Zhao Jun who came into the room, and then said to Li Baoyu: "Isn't it our eldest brother who allowed me to perform on stage?"
Li Baoyu was stunned by Li Ruhai's question, and then he heard Li Ruhai ask: "Why, our eldest brother's concession is not right?"
Li Baoyu was a little flustered when Zhao Jun was involved. He also glanced at Zhao Jun and hurriedly questioned Li Ruhai, "Did our eldest brother tell you to beep, Little Bajie?"
Li Baoyu's words made everyone laugh, but everyone was laughing at him rather than Li Ruhai.
Li Baoyu, who was furious, grabbed Li Ruhai, who was laughing the loudest, and then strangled Li Ruhai's neck with his arm.
"Alright, alright, I give in." Li Ruhai pushed Li Baoyu's arm twice like coaxing a child and said, "Let me go, I won't say anything about you anymore."
After hearing what he said, Li Baoyu pushed him away.
Zhao Jun sat sideways on the edge of the kang and saw Zhao Youcai holding the fat little black dog in his arms. The fat little dog was in Zhao Youcai's arms, looking into the eyes of the little lynx, with the noses of the dog and the lynx almost touching.
But they were friendly enough and didn't show their teeth or cause any disputes.
Seeing Zhao Jun sitting down, the little lynx turned around, tilted its head and rubbed Zhao Jun's arm with its ears.
Before Zhao Jun could respond, a pair of small hands quickly took the little lynx away.
“Hahaha…” Zhao Hong hugged the little lynx in her arms, and then rubbed the back of the little lynx’s head and neck with her face. The little lynx let out a soft “ow” and was pinched on the face by Li Xiaoqiao again.
"Look at this chubby face." Li Xiaoqiao, with bulging cheeks, described the little lynx like this, while Li Tongyun next to him touched the little lynx's ears and then scratched its chin.
"Of course he's not fat." The old lady continued, peeling peanut shells with both hands, "He eats good food every day. He's had enough roe deer meat these past two days."
Maybe it was because of her old age, the old lady's hands shook and one of the four peanut kernels fell out.
In the past, if the peanut kernels fell on the ground, the old lady would have to find them, pick them up and put them in her mouth.
But now, the peanut kernels fell on the kang, but the old lady didn't even look for them.
People of this age will not forget hard work just because their conditions have improved.
The old lady didn't pick it up because a "little black hand" stretched out from under the table and pushed the peanut kernels towards herself.
Then, a flat head with round ears popped out, tilted its head, stuck out its tongue and licked the peanut kernel into its mouth.
Zhao Jun glanced at the little black bear who had found the bargain, then turned to look at the small bowl on the table against the wall.
There were a few pieces of roe deer meat in a small bowl. The room was heated by a kang and a fire wall, and the heat and dryness made the surface of the roe deer meat a little dry.
"Oh my god!" Zhao Jun took the small bowl and looked at the little lynx in surprise, saying, "You don't even want to eat roe deer meat?"
The little lynx didn't understand such complicated words, but when it saw Zhao Jun looking at it, it tried to struggle out of Zhao Hong's arms.
"Your mother is just doing nonsense." Zhao Youcai continued, "Just nonsense."
It’s really not Wang Meilan’s fault. During the days when the four families slaughtered pigs, the fat from the pigs was used to make lard.
Last year, people still ate the oil sticks when they boiled oil. Children would fight for them if they sprinkled some salt on them. But this year, no one touched them.
Most of the fried oil sticks from Zhao Jun's family were sent to the East Court by Wang Meilan. She fed the remaining two pieces to the little black bear, who was grinning with delight.
Generally, when animals grin, it means they are beautiful and happy.
Seeing this, Zhao Hong took the oil shuttle and fed it to the little lynx.
The little lynx is different from the little black bear. The black bear is an omnivore, while the lynx is a pure carnivore.
From the time they are one month old, lynx cubs will not eat cooked food.
Zhao Hong was also a naughty child. When the little lynx refused to eat, she forced a piece of it into its mouth. When the little lynx ate the piece, its eyes suddenly became round, and then it grabbed Zhao Hong's arm to ask for the oil shuttle.
After eating a few pieces of oil sticks, the little guy became greedy.
After Zhao Jun found out, he strictly ordered that the little lynx should not be fed with oil shuttles. Although he no longer expected the little lynx to go into the mountains for hunting, wouldn't it be fun to take it out to catch pheasants or rabbits in the fields?
Seeing that Zhao Jun didn't say anything, Zhao Youcai touched the fat black dog in his arms and said, "We have to give those three puppies away, otherwise how good would this litter be?"
Zhao Youcai gets angry when he mentions this. When Xiao Xiong gave birth to her puppies, Ma Ling, Wang Qiang and the others all wanted them, but Zhao Youcai refused to give them to them. As a result, Huang Gui took the three away.
Zhao Jun's mouth twitched, he didn't say anything, but he remembered something. He had promised Wei Lai that he would give him a half-grown puppy.
"Brother." Zhao Jun looked at Zhang Yuanmin and asked, "Go to Yongfu and see if they have any half-grown puppies there?"
"No." Zhang Yuanmin shook his head and said, "There are not many serious dog hunters around our forest farm."
"Tsk!" Zhao Jun smacked his lips and said, "What should we do then?"
As he spoke, Zhao Jun looked out the window and said, "There are only two puppies at home."
"Go to the side!" Zhao Youcai reacted quickly and immediately looked up and said to Zhao Jun, "Don't worry about my son-in-law."
"Haha..." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "If that doesn't work, I can go find that Du Baotou and ask him to buy me a few dogs in Lingnan."
"That's fine, brother." Li Baoyu said, "Just spend some money. We have a lot of things to do at home next year, and no one can take that bastard away with him."
"Yeah." Zhao Jun responded. As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ruhai asked Zhao Jun, "Brother, what is the topic of our meeting tonight?"
"It's about arranging the work for the new year." When Zhao Jun said this, Li Baoyu nudged Li Ruhai and asked, "What do you mean by a meeting?"
"Ah?" Li Ruhai was startled, and then he heard Li Baoyu say: "Did they say I'd bring you along? We're having a meeting!"
"What are you talking about?" Li Ruhai's face darkened, and he said, "Didn't I negotiate the deal for the first trip to Hebei?"
After hearing what Li Ruhai said, Li Baoyu remained silent.
This is true. The business of all the villages in Yong'an Forest District is really handled by Li Ruhai.
In terms of contribution, Li Ruhai is definitely the top contributor. Thirty or forty years later, any boss in a company would have to support such a salesperson.
As for Li Ruhai, not only did he not receive any commission from the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce, he also had to pay for the travel expenses of hiring Wang Fu's sled and the food expenses of buying bald cakes out of his own pocket.
"Li Er is good at this." It was Xing San who spoke up for Li Ruhai. He pointed at Li Ruhai and said, "It's just that you are young and can't run away from the mountains. How about I take you to the mountains in the spring to meet those old mountain dogs?"
"Come on, Third Master." Zhao Jun heard this and hurriedly stopped Xing San and said, "Now our reputation has spread. If they spread the word, they will come here on their own when they want to sell things next year."
"Brother!" Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Ruhai hurriedly said, "Then you can't just abandon the donkey after it has done its work."
"No, Ruhai." Zhao Jun hurriedly comforted Li Ruhai and said, "When have we ever had a meeting without you?"
After saying this, Zhao Jun advised Li Ruhai: "Whatever the case, just don't tell anyone about our secrets."
"That's impossible!" Li Ruhai waved his hand and said, "Wouldn't that make me a fool?"
After Li Ruhai finished speaking, he noticed that everyone around him was looking at him with strange eyes.
"I really won't tell you!" Li Ruhai said, "I've changed it now!"
But even though he said this, the people around him still looked at him with doubts in their eyes.
"Ruhai!" Zhao Jun raised his hand, pressed it down towards Li Ruhai, and said, "Brother, I believe in you. Our Ruhai rarely runs away now!"
"That's right!" Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Jun gratefully. Among these people, only Zhao Jun believed him.
"My son is different now." Li Dayong suddenly spoke. After attracting everyone's attention, Li Dayong smiled and said, "He even wears different clothes."
Everyone laughed, and the old lady also said: "Our Ruhai can stay at home now. During the first few days of the New Year, he can help us with the work at home."
"Yes!" Hearing the old lady testifying for him, Li Ruhai nodded heavily.
"Yeah!" Seeing the wind direction change, Li Xiaoqiao said crisply: "My brother is not going out to talk nonsense now... No..."
Halfway through his words, Li Xiaoqiao quickly changed the subject: "I won't go out and talk nonsense anymore!"
"Haha..." Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Li Ruhai rolled his eyes at Li Xiaoqiao.
Yesterday’s chapter had only 2,000 words, and I owe 2,000 words. I will make up a chapter of 4,000 words tomorrow at noon!
(End of this chapter)