sinovels Chapter 1631 Wang Meilan's Happiness and Troubles (Wishing Brothers a Happy Dragon Boat Festiva
Chapter 1631 Wang Meilan's Happiness and Troubles (Wishing Brothers a Happy Dragon Boat Festiva
Chapter 1631 Wang Meilan's Happiness and Troubles (Wishing Brothers a Happy Dragon Boat Festival)
Not long after the people from Xishantun left, Lin Xiangshun came back in a Jiefang truck, bringing with him people, dogs and wild boars.
Their results today were very good. They captured a female wild boar and five yellow-haired tigers in one battle.
Because of the pig hooks, they were able to capture the animals alive.
Wang Meilan didn't want the sow, but she didn't hesitate to take the five yellow-haired pigs. Wang Meilan was just like Zhao Jun. She didn't refuse or act pretentiously when a good friend asked her for a favor. She just kept it in mind. When they have the chance, they won't be stingy.
After inviting Huang Gui and others to go into the house to rest, Wang Meilan asked Jin Xiaomei to cook hot noodle soup and boil some big goose eggs for them.
As the temperature rises, the geese raised in the Zhang family's villa begin to lay eggs.
The geese that are left to lay eggs are a special breed of geese in the Northeast, called "open-eyed geese" locally. Some people also call them chicken geese, meaning that they lay almost as many eggs as chickens.
This kind of goose can lay 170 to 180 eggs a year, which is much better than the large goose that lays 180 eggs a year.
Wang Meilan told Huang Gui and the others to stay and not leave yet, just have a simple meal for now and save space for a good meal in the evening.
Huang Gui and his companions did not refuse. At this time, outside the house, Han Dachun and his men were busy.
Wang Meilan is going to make the Three Earthly Immortals tomorrow, so some of the venison and bear paws will have to be deep-fried.
Meat-based fried vegetables are definitely harder to cook than eggplants, potatoes, etc., so deep-fry them thoroughly today and then blanch them in hot oil when you cook them tomorrow.
Two large pots were heated with soybean oil. When the oil temperature rose, one pot fried the venison and the other fried the bear paws chopped into small pieces. The frying process must be done on a low heat, otherwise the outside will burn before the inside is cooked.
When frying the meat, among the twelve cooks, one was watching the wok, two were chopping flying dragon and sand half chicken, and the rest were preparing to slaughter the pig.
It would definitely be too late to slaughter the pigs tomorrow morning, so we have to kill them all today.
At this time, the women were also busy picking mushrooms and peeling onions and garlic.
Tomorrow's main dish will be flying dragon and sand half chicken stewed with mushrooms, and the mushrooms used are dried hazel mushrooms.
After soaking the hazel mushrooms, you have to remove the roots, otherwise they will be full of dirt and sand and will be unpalatable to eat.
The fried venison and bear paws are placed in a large basin to cool, and then poured into a small jar.
Blanch the chopped flying dragon and sand half chicken, drain the water and place them in a large bowl.
The small jars and large basins were covered with curtains and placed in the yard for the time being. When the work was finished today, Zhao Jun would drive them to the Zhao family's new house.
Everything was going on in an orderly manner and no one was in a hurry, but the dogs of the Zhao and Li families were anxious.
Today, with Li Dayong, Wang Qiang and others going with us, we are not afraid of too many dogs running all over the mountain, so all the dogs of the Zhao family who can go into battle have gone into battle.
They went forward and fought two battles in a row, with the dogs risking their lives to chase and kill the boars all the way, and finally captured six wild boars alive.
But after it was over, Huang Gui and his men did not feed the dog and just withdrew their troops.
Huang Gui and his companions thought that since they had caught the pig alive, they should not kill it in the mountains. When they returned home and slaughtered the pig, the leftovers would be enough to feed the dogs.
In this way, the dogs in the two yards waited anxiously for Han Dachun and his men to slaughter the pigs.
These cooks are all good at butchering pigs. With help, they have no difficulty in removing the hair from the pigs and dividing the pork.
The pig's internal organs were kept, the pig's blood from the intestines was used to make blood sausage, and the other internal organs were put into the pot to be cooked, ready for making three kinds of stir-fried dishes and pig-killing dishes tomorrow. Seeing that the internal organs were also put into the pot, Hei Hu immediately refused to work and screamed at Han Dachun.
Now Heihu is the boss of the Zhao family's dog gang. When he barks, the other dogs follow suit.
Zhang Yuanmin, who was well-versed in "The Art of War", knew that one should capture the leader first. He also understood Heihu's temper better. Without saying a word, he threw the meaty Haraba bone to him. Heihu picked it up, turned around and went back into the nest.
Seeing this, the other dogs were stunned. But Zhang Yuanmin and Wang Qiang did not let them get angry again, and quickly divided the bones between the dogs.
The big black pig raised in the backyard of the Zhao family was also tied to the chopping board. Zhao Jun brought back six pigs from Yongxing Brigade, but it was the only one that survived to the end with great luck.
But even so, the big black pig was unwilling to die bravely. It struggled for a long time before Li Dayong put a sack over its head.
A big black pig and five yellow-haired pigs were dismembered, with the ribs piled together and the tenderloins piled together.
Among the six pigs, only the big black pig produced fat and lard, which were cut into small pieces and put into the pan to fry.
Fresh pork was sorted and collected. After being stored in jars and basins, it was drained with cold water.
At this point, all the preparations that could be done were completed. With the concerted efforts of the twelve cooks, all the work was done.
But just as Han Dachun and his men were relieved, Zhao Jun and his men came back. On the large liberation boat that Zhao Weipeng's men brought from Huludao, there were sea fish, prawns, and kelp that Zhao Weipeng gave to Zhao Jun, vegetables and snacks that Zhao Jun bought in the city, and a large black pig that was captured from the Yongxing Brigade.
In the Zhao family’s house, Zhao Youcai muttered to himself, “spendthrift woman, spendthrift boy.”
But at this time, except for the children who went to school, all men, women and children were working in the yard, including Xing San, the old lady and Li Tongyun. This resulted in Lin Xiaobao, who was not in school and could not work, lying on the kang and listening to Zhao Youcai's complaints.
Children of this age are just learning to speak. Zhao Youcai mumbled quietly, and Lin Xiaobao followed suit. But because the voice was so soft, Zhao Youcai didn't hear it...
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"What kind of fish is this? Why does it smell so fishy?" The people from the mountains had never seen a yellow croaker before. Looking at the sea fish that came from afar, Han Dachun and his friends felt curious.
"Why don't we go back to the house and ask my master how to do it?" Han Daming suggested, but Zhao Weipeng stopped him: "Your master doesn't know how to do it either, let me teach you."
"Hey, brother." At this time, Wang Meilan called Zhao Weipeng and asked, "I see you got quite a lot of fish?"
"Ah!" Zhao Weipeng grinned and said, "Three hundred, two per table, enough for one hundred and fifty tables."
After saying this, Zhao Weipeng immediately added: "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid that there won't be enough if there are too many people, so I'll ask them to bring more for you."
"Thank you so much, brother. It's really a waste of money for you." Wang Meilan thanked Zhao Weipeng. After they exchanged a few polite words, Wang Meilan said, "Brother, Dachun and the others are here today. You three little brothers came all the way from Hebei.
I was thinking, let's put the food and drinks on the table tonight. One, let's have fun together; two, let's try the dishes first."
"That's great!" Zhao Weipeng agreed when he heard that there would be delicious food and a lot of fun. Then Wang Meilan said, "Brother, you must be tired after running all day. You don't have to cook in the evening. You can just tell Dachun and the others how to cook the fish. They can do it. And you can teach them how to cook the prawns."
"Sister-in-law, I know what you mean." Zhao Weipeng waved his fat hand and said, "I'm not tired at all today. Baoyu and Xiaochen drove the car. Well, I'll cook these two dishes tonight."
Zhao Weipeng pointed at the prawns with his fat hand and said, "Here, I'll teach them how to make braised prawns. They'll be delicious."
"Braised prawns?" Hearing what Zhao Weipeng said, Li Tongyun said in surprise and expectation: "Before I went to school, my teacher talked about this dish."
As soon as Li Tongyun finished speaking, Li Ruhai said, "Miss, if you study until you get your diploma, you will hear more."
"I'm so mad..." Li Tongyun, who was being mocked, subconsciously wanted to curse, but when he saw that the yard was full of people, Li Tongyun forced himself to take back half of the swear words.
Seeing Li Tongyun looking at him unkindly, Li Ruhai was a little panicked. But he suddenly had an idea, pulled the bag on his chest, and smiled at Li Tongyun: "Miss, my brother bought a camera, I will take two photos for you later."
"Huh?" Li Tongyun was stunned. No matter what era, girls all love beauty and taking pictures.
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The fish has to be cooked tomorrow, but the scaling, gutting and gill removal must all be done today.
Twelve cooks cleaned up three hundred fishes, while Wang Meilan led the women and Li Ruhai to pick vegetables.
This time, Zhao Jun bought green peppers, coriander, cucumbers, celery, leeks, ginger and garlic.
Zhao Jun originally said he would not buy leeks because he could not cook them. If he wanted to make fried leeks with eggs, how many eggs would he need for more than a hundred tables?
But Li Ruhai said that leeks represent longevity, and Zhao Jun thought this had a good meaning, so he bought two baskets, planning to stir-fry the elm yellow mushrooms harvested from Xishantun.
Green peppers and cucumbers were easy to harvest, and there wasn't much celery to pick. All in all, it was just picking those two baskets of leeks and peeling that sack of garlic that was a lot of work.
The three people who escorted the seafood over were all employees of Zhao Weipeng's company. They heard that the Lingnan area was unstable, so they deliberately came here from the provincial capital.
The three of them entered the Zhao family's house and looked around. They felt that it was no different from their rural areas in Hebei. Some customs and furnishings were different, which was normal, but the conditions were just as harsh.
Therefore, they couldn't understand why their boss wanted to settle down in the mountains. Business is one thing, but why would he leave and never come back?
They say the food here is good, but no matter how good the food is, what else can you eat? Can it compare to the seafood over there?
Last year, their boss brought back some wild boar meat and shared it with them, but they felt it didn't taste as good as domestic pork.
Just now, the three of them looked around the Zhao family's courtyard and saw that the Zhao family had prepared a lot of meat. But when a family is having a good time, they don't prepare a few more dishes, right?
Zhao Weipeng first took the three people to the east room to meet the head of the family, Zhao Youcai. Looking at Zhao Youcai with his small eyes and unshaven beard, and hearing that he was injured because he was scratched by a black bear while running in the mountains, the three people felt that Zhao Youcai was very miserable.
As the old saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Going up the mountain to hunt black blind men is considered by some people as a way to make money by risking one's life, which is not as good as doing hard labor.
After some pleasantries, Zhao Jun said to Zhao Weipeng, "Uncle, let's rest at home. After that, let's go to the bathhouse, take a bath and get a haircut. Today is February 2nd."
On the second day of the second month, people shave the dragon's head.
This is a tradition. The key point is that Zhao Jun and his friends didn't get their hair cut during the first month of the lunar year, so their hair could be tied into small braids.
Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui also had an uncle, so when they heard that Zhao Jun was arranging a haircut, they wanted to go immediately.
Zhao Weipeng's three men also agreed. They set out yesterday and didn't have time to get a haircut today.
In this way, Zhao Jun personally drove the Liberation truck and took all the men in the house, including the injured Zhao Youcai, Huang Gui and others to the bathhouse.
Yong'an Forest Farm has a public bathhouse, which is not for making money but for the workers to take care of their personal hygiene.
The forest farm would give each worker four bath tickets every month, and anyone with a bath ticket could come. Wang Meilan loved cleanliness, so she would take her daughter and invite Jin Xiaomei and the others to take a bath when she had nothing to do.
Logically speaking, the Zhao family didn't have enough bath tickets. But Zhou Jianjun was in charge of logistics, and he was in charge of everything at the bathhouse, so he could just use his face to get in.
But Zhou Jianjun was still a man who cared about his reputation, and he never used his face to get things done. So, every once in a while, he would stamp a hundred or eighty bath tickets, and then send them back to Yong'an to honor his mother-in-law.
After arriving at the bathhouse, the group of people did not rush to take a bath, but instead swarmed into the hair cutting room next to the bathhouse.
The haircut shop is run by an elderly couple surnamed Jiao from Yongli Village. Today is the second day of the second month and business is busy, so their son and daughter-in-law have also come to help.
But it's quite hard for four people to take care of these twenty people, not to mention there are other customers.
I don't know what the barbershops in the city are like these days, but the barbershops in the forest area don't have a hair washing process. If they meet people with flat hair like Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu, they just use a manual clipper to trim it. If they meet people with long hair like Jie Zhong, they just trim it a few times.
After the haircut, they went into the bathhouse. Only Zhao Youcai was afraid that the wound would get wet, so he washed his hair while squatting by the pool and left it at that.
Men take showers quickly, and this trip was mainly delayed by a haircut. Zhao Jun and his friends left home at 3pm, and it was almost 7pm when they got home.
The days were getting longer and longer, and it was dark when he got home. Seeing that there was no big lantern hanging on the gate, Jie Chen jumped out of the trunk and ran into the house.
Zhao Weipeng got out of the car and hurried into the house to show off his cooking skills.
After the steamed yellow croaker was placed on a plate, it was topped with shredded ginger and green onion, and then taken outside to be steamed. This was simple, and then Zhao Weipeng showed Han Dachun and others how to braise prawns in oil.
Start by removing the shrimp thread and wait for the braised prawns to come out of the pot. Then the yellow croaker outside can be served.
Boss Zhao was asked to go into the house to rest. At this time, Han Dachun took over the spatula. He skillfully brushed the pot and slowed down the oil. When the oil surface was slightly smoking, Han Dachun put the venison, bear paws and lynx meat that had been fried in advance in the basin into the oil pan.
With a sizzling sound, various pieces of meat quickly floated up, and the surface of the meat appeared burnt red.
Han Dachun felt the cooking time was right, so he used a colander to scoop them out, then drained out the oil until only a little bit of it was left, added chopped green onions and minced garlic, and then drizzled with soy sauce and added salt.
As half a bucket of cold water was put into the pot, Han Dachun asked Han Daming to add firewood.
Although the meat and bear paws were simmered with salt in advance, they were still not salty enough. To make this dish tasty, you need to add starch, and thickening requires high heat and bright starch.
Han Daming stuffed a bundle of branches into the stove, and there was a crackling sound, and the juice in the pot instantly boiled.
At this time, add water starch in a circle along the edge of the pot. After a circle, look for bubbles in the pot and add some water starch there.
As the soup became thicker, Han Dachun put the freshly taken out meat pieces and bear paws into the pan, stir-fried them, took them out and put them on a plate.
"The three delicacies from the earth are here!" As soon as the dish was brought to the east room, Zhao Weipeng's three servants were stunned. Why was it different from the three delicacies from the earth that they usually ate?
Soon after, the Feilong and Shaban chicken stewed with mushrooms cooked by the Li family next door were also served.
Some people say that the dragon meat among the dragon meat in the sky and the donkey meat on the ground is the flying dragon meat.
The most delicacy in the forest area is the elm yellow mushroom, which has been fried with leeks and served on the table.
Yellow oxalis and leek are a perfect match and are definitely the king of vegetarian dishes in forest areas.
As for the delicious meat in the mountains, the best birds are flying dragons and the best beasts are small squirrels. The donkey meat that Wang Meilan had been thinking about was a domestic animal.
As the dishes were served, Zhao Weipeng's three waiters couldn't help pursing their lips, while Wang Meilan frowned.
Wang Meilan was a little troubled at this time, but her trouble was happiness.
The trouble with happiness is that originally we ordered twelve dishes, but now sixteen have been served.
It would be possible to reduce four dishes, but Wang Meilan had difficulty making decisions at this time and was reluctant to reduce any of them.
"Son." Wang Meilan stopped Zhao Jun who was going to the warehouse to get Maotai liquor and whispered to him, "How about serving sixteen dishes tomorrow?"
The day before yesterday, when I was closing the goose cage, I accidentally pinched off a piece of flesh from the tip of my right index finger. It didn't interfere with anything else, but it interfered with typing...
The updates have been completed in the past two days. On the evening of the 27th, they said that they would start to make up for the overdue updates on the 28th. Although the updates are slow and late, including this chapter, there are a total of 6 chapters.
The guaranteed chapters for 28/29/30 are given out, and the other three chapters are supplementary.
Then, after finishing this chapter, I will have made up for all the updates for this month. I will update as usual in the evening. I wish my brothers a happy Dragon Boat Festival!
Update tonight, the wedding will be held
(End of this chapter)