Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 778 777 Did anyone notify you of the meeting?

After get off work, classmate Xiao Wang came to call Tang Zhitong to go back to the main room for dinner, but Tang Zhitong not only refused, but also drove her out on the grounds that he wanted to do his best.

The high temperature caused by the burning stove is not pleasant. If there is no one in the room, Tang Zhitong can cheat, but if there is someone in the room, he can't play.

"There are not many left. You guys eat first. I'll come over after I finish making them. You take the sugar-coated steamed buns with you. Be careful of the heat. Don't burn the back of your head when you eat them." Tang Zhitong did not let Xiao Wang go back empty-handed. He took the finished sugar-coated steamed buns with him.

"How can eating steamed buns burn the back of the head?" Student Xiao Wang asked in confusion as he took the steamed buns.

"I heard that when a man was eating a sugar cake, the syrup inside flowed down his arm. In order to avoid waste, he held up the sugar cake and licked it down. As he licked, his arm became more and more crooked, and as a result, the syrup from the sugar cake flowed out again and fell on the back of his head." Tang Zhitong has heard this story, which is hard to tell whether it is true or not, but not in this era.

"You're making up lies to deceive me again. The expression on your face when you lick me is a bit disgusting. Hurry up, or you'll miss dinner." Not only did Xiao Wang not believe what her husband said, she also frowned, thinking that her husband was joking. She rolled her eyes at him, turned her butt, and left.

It is said that a lover sees beauty in everything. Tang Zhitong felt that this made sense. There was nothing unusual about Xiao Wang's walking posture, but in his eyes, it seemed a bit swaying...

After the fire was done, Tang Zhitong cleaned up the wing room before returning to the main house with a basin of things. After leaving the wing room, he did not forget to fill the room with cold air that blew from Siberia to Anton.

With the stove here, I believe the cold and heat will offset each other, and the room will be at a pleasant temperature when I come back from dinner.

"Brother, the sugar-coated steamed buns you made are so delicious!" Fengzhi immediately expressed her approval when she saw Tang Zhitong come in.

"If it tastes good, remember the flavor. I'll make it for you when the weather gets cooler." Tang Zhitong knew that his sister asked this because she hadn't eaten enough, and her underlying meaning was to ask him if there was any more, but he gave his sister the answer she didn't want to hear.

"Oh." After hearing what her brother said, Fengzhi's face was not as eager as before, and she smacked her lips as if she was savoring the taste.

"It's good enough that she has something to eat, but she's being picky." Zhang Guifang was not very satisfied with her daughter's performance. She took the basin from her son's hand and complained with concern: "Just spoil her. If she develops the habit of being greedy, she will be disliked by her husband in the future. Come and eat."

"Hehe, okay, okay." Tang Zhitong smiled. According to the Western constellation, Fengzhi is a Taurus. Taurus has two major hobbies: gluttony and stinginess.

Tang Zhitong didn't see any stinginess in Fengzhi, but her greed was obvious.

"Hey, are we going to have sausages tonight?" It was obvious that everyone in the family had eaten before. Zhang Guifang left a small bowl for Tang Zhitong. The bowl contained half a bowl of sausages, which had been cut into thin slices.

"I've cooked some. Let Wenwen take some to your mother-in-law tomorrow along with the steamed buns." Zhang Guifang neatly placed the steamed buns her son had just made vertically in a basket to help them dissipate the heat as quickly as possible.

"You are thoughtful. When you bring lunch to Fengzhen and Fengzhi the day after tomorrow, put a few slices of sausage into the steamed buns. This way, you don't have to bring pickles." Tang Zhitong picked up a piece of sausage and put it in his mouth. He chewed it for a few times and felt his teeth were a little tired.

Because there was no fat and the sausages had been air-dried for too long, they became very chewy, with a salty and fragrant smell mixed with a hint of wild boar's fishy smell. Fortunately, these sausages were made from small wild boars with tender meat. If they were made from the big wild boar that "hit" the tree, the meat would have been inedible.

"Yes." Zhang Guifang agreed and handed her son a few more steamed buns. She was very satisfied with her son. She was satisfied with his job, the wife he found himself, and his filial piety. However, she was a little uncomfortable with her son spoiling her daughter.

"It would be better if this sausage could be 30% fat and 70% lean." Tang Zhitong took the sausage and said with a little regret.

"It's good enough that there is something to eat, but you are still picky. Did Fengzhi learn this picky habit from you?" Zhang Guifang found a breakthrough for her dissatisfaction, and she used the same words she said to her daughter on her son.

"That can't be possible. I am a cook after all. It is normal for me to offer constructive ideas for dishes. Fengzhi is just greedy." How could Tang Zhitong admit this? He replied to his mother in a serious tone.

"Brother! I can understand good and bad words!" Feng Zhi on the side was unhappy. She didn't dare to talk back to her mother, but she couldn't talk back to her brother? Anyway, her brother wouldn't hit her!

"Hey, you were just thanking me for making you a sugar-coated steamed bun. It's only been a short while and you already dislike me?" Tang Zhitong took a bite of the steamed bun and started chatting with Feng Zhi.

The best way to defeat foodies is not to reason with them, but to describe the food to them: "You are still young, and you have never eaten sausages with fat and lean meat. Let me tell you, this sausage has 30% fat, and after drying, it is steamed like this! Hey~ take a bite while it is hot, wow, do you know what it means to have a mouth full of oil?"

"The fat from the pork exploded in my mouth. If I bite it too quickly, the fat might even splash outside. I can eat six sausages and steamed buns straight out of the pot at once!"

After hearing this, Fengzhi did not refute at all. She just felt her mouth watering and kept swallowing her saliva.

"You make it sound like you've eaten sausages made from fatty meat." Zhang Guifang didn't believe her son. She was no stranger to sausages. When the old lady was alive, she had made them several times at home, but they always used lean meat and would pick out any meat with a bit of fat.

"Hehe." Tang Zhitong smiled and did not refute.

What Zhang Guifang knew, Tang Zhitong naturally also knew. What was passed down from the old lady was not only the technique of cooking pig heads, but also the recipe for making sausages.

It’s just that pig heads and offal are cheap meat and are easy to buy. You can buy one and sell one at a time without losing money.

Making sausages requires meat, and the entire process from meat selection and seasoning to air-drying takes at least a month, which requires a relatively high amount of capital.

So the Tang family initially just helped those in need with processing and earned some processing fees, instead of doing this business.

Tang Zhitong knew that the recipe passed down in his family, in addition to the spices, also had requirements for the meat. The best sausages had to be made with lean meat, and even if some fat was added, it could not exceed 10%.

The sausages processed by Tang Wenbang are obviously a family heirloom, and taste the same as those made by his old lady in the past.

Tang Zhitong had indeed eaten sausages with a lot of fat, but not in this era.

Three parts fat and seven parts lean. After stuffing, dry in the shade for about ten days. At this time, the sausage will retain a certain amount of moisture. After steaming, the meat will not be dry, and the taste is several levels better than the old recipe.

The specific method is not difficult, it is just a bit troublesome.

Pork hind leg or front leg is preferred, pork belly is also acceptable.

Remove the fascia from the meat, and cut the fat and lean meat into dices separately. Because the lean meat will shrink after drying in the shade, the lean meat should be larger and the fat should be smaller than the lean meat when cutting into dices.

Cut the meat into cubes and put them into a bowl. Add salt, spices, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce and mix well. After marinating for one hour, you can fill the casings. Add salt, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce according to personal taste. For example, for 5 catties of raw meat, 50 grams of salt, 25 grams of light soy sauce and 150 grams of dark soy sauce are enough.

As for the spices, Tang Zhitong decided to make a decision that went against his ancestors and announced the secret recipe to his book friends.

香料一般为八种，分别是花椒面4克、丁香3克、砂仁3克、桂皮3克、大茴3克、豆蔻1克、甘草1克、莳萝子10克。

Dill seeds are the soul, and it is best to half-crush them. Other spices should be crushed and used. If it is really difficult to mix them, you can use five-spice powder instead.

Before the sausage stuffer was invented, a funnel-like device was used to prop up the casing and then a small wooden stick was used to poke the diced meat inside.

With a sausage stuffer, this job becomes much simpler. You just need to pay attention to the coordination of your hands and eyes and tie a knot every ten centimeters or so.

After stuffing, use a toothpick to poke a few small holes in the casing when drying in the shade to facilitate exhaust.

After dinner, the couple returned to the room. Thanks to the cheating device, the room was not hot and suitable for doing some exercise, but Tang Zhitong had just finished his meal, so the exercise had to wait a while.

Student Xiao Wang took out the Sherlock Holmes series of books, one for her husband and one for herself.

There is no radio or entertainment at home now. I can't turn into Teddy Bear all the time, so learning is still necessary.

Reading some serious extracurricular books is very helpful in broadening your horizons. The young couple finished reading a book some time ago and did not forget to discuss the details of solving the case.

Tang Zhitong is very worried about Xiao Wang's eagerness to learn. If she turns into a female detective, how will she cheat in the future?

Fortunately, Xiao Wang did not doubt her husband's intention. After absent-mindedly reading an extracurricular book for half an hour, she turned around and began to mix water in the basin, intending to work hard to create the next generation of successors...

Saturday, May 4, sunny.

Classmate Wang went to Chunshu Hutong early in the morning with the steamed buns, sausages and clothes bought for Jingmin that his mother-in-law had packed. Tang Zhitong did not go with them, but went to the Women's Federation after lunch.

"Sister Xiaoqin, the trial report has been written. Please review it later." Tang Zhitong handed the report he wrote at school to Miao Xiaoqin and planned to go to the escort department later.

"There must be no problem with what you wrote. I'll pass it on to the relevant unit later." Miao Xiaoqin didn't read it immediately after taking it. Instead, she turned around and took out a bunch of iron things from the corner: "Here, the foot buckles made according to your requirements."

"Wow! So fast? I thought it would take at least a week." Tang Zhitong hurriedly took it. Two sets of leg buckles and two pairs of leg straps were not light in weight.

"The thing you invented is made for the workers to use, so you must work overtime to make it progress. You can see if it is suitable. If not, I will ask the craftsmen to modify it." Miao Xiaoqin replied with a smile.

"Thank you, Sister Xiaoqin. This is something I came up with on the spur of the moment, but I don't know if it's useful or not. I'll ask someone to try it out first, and then I'll make targeted adjustments based on actual usage experience." Tang Zhitong was very satisfied with the thing in his hand. Not only did he make the iron thing, he even kept the ropes and buckles in mind. Now he could give it directly to Gu Yong and Ding Jianhui to try out, which would save him a lot of effort.

"Okay, come to me anytime if you have any problems." Miao Xiaoqin looked very easy to talk to.

"Okay! Then I'll deliver it to the person as soon as possible." Tang Zhitong looked at his watch. Time was very tight. He had to pedal two laps quickly, otherwise he would not be able to return to the escort department today to deal with the backlog of work.

Although the post office has restrictions on sending food, the foot buckles can still be mailed. However, for safety reasons, Tang Zhitong chose to make the trip in person.

Firstly, the iron stuff is heavy and the postage is expensive. Secondly, the iron stuff is worth a little money. If Miao Xiaoqin happens to meet a deliveryman as undisciplined as Zhang Yuan, all her work will be in vain.

The telephone office was not far away, and Tang Zhitong made a lot of noise along the way. When he saw Gu Yong, he was teased by him: "Hey, you're going to change your career and become a peddler?"

"Bah, I'd rather give up a bright future than do that?" Tang Zhitong understood what Gu Yong meant. Nowadays, peddlers walking the streets all have their own unique "hidden weapons" to sell, such as the "Eight Bu Yu".

"Hey, what is this?" Gu Yong looked at the iron thing that Tang Zhitong handed to him, and couldn't figure out what it was used for.

"Didn't you say a while ago that you wanted to improve the pole climbing tools? I sent them to you." Tang Zhitong smiled. It was normal that Gu Yong didn't recognize them.

The first pair of foot buckles in New China were handmade by Zhang Kejing of Zibo Power Supply Station in the second half of this year. However, he is not a professional fitter, and his work was inevitably a bit rough because he used a small hammer to hammer away at it.

It was improved while being tested, and it was not until 64 that the first drawing was finalized, and it was not until 73 that it came to light, and it was not until 74 that the water and electricity department approved it and promoted it nationwide.

This was a bit too slow for Tang Zhitong.

The foot buckle in front of me does look weird. Tang Zhitong provided a mature design drawing, but he forgot to mark that it had to be a hollow tube, so the craftsmen made it solid instead.

This is reasonable. Everything is improved step by step, and actual users should be given some space to make suggestions. However, it is hard for Gu Yong and Ding Jianhui to climb up and down with a heavy iron block weighing more than ten pounds hanging on each foot. It is tiring just thinking about it.

"Wow! You are so efficient. You have figured it out in just a few days?" Upon hearing what Tang Zhitong said, Gu Yong couldn't wait to try it on on the spot.

"Come here, I'll tell you how to use it." Although Tang Zhitong had never actually tried it, he was a master of theory after all, so he was more than capable of giving guidance to Gu Yong, a "newbie".

"Brother Yong, just try it, don't climb too high. How much weight can this foot buckle bear? The metal fatigue and other things have not been verified. Be sure to wear a safety belt when using it." Although the foot buckle is a solid iron thing, Tang Zhitong still said what he should say, which is equivalent to the exemption clause in the contract.

"Yeah. You know what, it's very useful." Gu Yong was still excited about it and didn't mind the weight at all. He quickly climbed up two meters along the electric pole in the bureau.

"There is definitely room for improvement. It depends on Brother Yong's suggestions on how to improve it in the future." Gu Yong did not bring a safety rope, and Tang Zhitong held him from below with his arms outstretched the whole time, fearing that the child would accidentally fall headfirst.

"Not bad, not bad." Gu Yong was very satisfied with the anklets. He didn't know if he took it to heart. After coming down, while untying the anklets, he asked without thinking, "Did anyone notify you of the meeting?"

"The conference? Didn't it just end? I'm not a national representative, so I'm not eligible to attend." Tang Zhitong was stunned, not understanding what Gu Yong meant.

(End of this chapter)