Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 102 Kill pigs and eat meat
  These days, when pigs are being killed in rural areas, people who can usually come to help, except for the butchers, are all very close.

Of course, the help will not be in vain. Although no money will be given these days, at least it will be a meal, and it will still be pork with oil and water! Most people don't have the opportunity to do such a good thing.

Liu Shengli was stunned. He didn't expect that Lu Jiansheng would agree so easily to a second-rate guy who everyone in the village wanted to stay away from.
  At first, Liu Shengli heard that Lu Jiansheng was killing pigs and couldn't help but come over to take a look. As a result, he couldn't help but get greedy and wanted to eat some meat. He didn't expect that Lu Jiansheng would agree.

however……

It seems that Jiansheng is still thinking about his old relationship!
  Since Lu Jiansheng had grown up with him by a few months, Liu Shengli stepped forward excitedly: "Thank you, Brother Jiansheng."

"We grew up together, why are you talking about this? And you are here to help."

Lu Jiansheng smiled and didn't ask any more questions.

Although Bai Ruoxi, like the people in the village, didn't like second-rate men like Liu Shengli, but seeing that her men agreed, she understood the truth and of course she wouldn't say anything she didn't agree with in person.

"Brother Jiansheng, I want to hunt with you! Can you take me with you?"

Liu Shengli knelt down, glanced at the wild boar warmly, and then said slowly,

Now Lu Jiansheng relies on hunting to buy donkeys and chickens. He knows that, and he eats hot and spicy food every day.

Moreover, the meat of Huangmaozi is tender, and it is cold in the mountains. Even a small male wild boar is covered in fat. Although the wild boar in Lu Jiansheng's hand is not big, the suet is as thick as two fingers.

"Bring it! Bring it!"

Lu Jiansheng said to Liu Shengli while shaving.

It would be great if Lu Jiansheng could take him with him. Liu Shengli didn't want to be a second-rate person. He just worked for a few cents every day and couldn't even eat meat. He was not a material for work. He would be better off sneaking around. But he felt that he had hope. Not much, after all, he can't hunt, and he doesn't have the strength like Lu Erniu.

Lu Jiansheng patted Liu Shengli on the shoulder.

Liu Shengli nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice. He didn't expect Lu Jiansheng to agree so easily.

Immediately after
  The three of them started to get busy.
  There is also a skill in shaving pig hair. Lu Erniu was famous for his ability in the brigade before. He often helped with this work in the village, so he was very skilled.

Liu Shengli is a second-rate man and always carries a knife with him.

"Okay! No problem, why should I listen to you?"

"What~"

However, Liu Shengli was not very good.
  "You have to learn a little bit about Shengli. If you want to be a hunter, you can't even kill a pig when you go hunting in the mountains, but you can't!"

Liu Shengli nodded. With Lu Jiansheng's lessons learned, he suddenly felt hopeful about his life. He stared at Lu Jiansheng's movements and learned from them. Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu worked very hard.

Although Liu Shengli is a second-rate bastard, he is not a fool.
  He also wanted to live like this, and he also wanted to hunt, but he didn't dare to go up the mountain alone.

"Then why are you still standing there? Why don't you come and shave the pig? Do you have a knife?"

"OK!"

Lu Jiansheng couldn't help but smile. He was just thinking about how to trick Liu Shengli into going hunting in the mountains, when he came to his door.

"Okay, but if you want to hunt with me, you have to listen to me in everything."

Now that he had the chance, he wanted to ask.

An adult male wild boar is not only coquettish but also a bit fishy. If you want to cook it deliciously, you need not only a lot of ingredients, but also a certain amount of craftsmanship. But with this kind of yellow-haired boar, you don’t have to worry so much.
  Although the animals in the mountains must have some earthy smell, my family bought a lot of seasonings in the county, so this problem can be easily solved.

It has to be Lu Jiansheng!
  "Brother Jiansheng, I really..."

Three people are much faster.

After a while, the wild boar was shaved off.

Lu Jiansheng quickly asked Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli to carry the wild boar to the table in the yard, and then asked Erniu to fetch a bucket of well water and clean up the wild boar.

As the wild boar was carried into the yard, the people watching the fun outside gradually dispersed.

yard.

Lu Jiansheng quickly cleaned up the wild boar, and then hung the wild boar on the door beam.

Then split it in half from the backbone, remove the tenderloin and set it aside. The tenderloin is the tenderest and most delicious when stir-fried.

“The tenderloin here is stir-fried directly with chili, it’s the best!!”

Liu Shengli remembered that he had eaten wild boar meat before, licked his mouth and reminded him quickly.

The villagers are now guarding him like a thief. He can't eat anything at all, and if he is caught, a few of them will be beaten up. Now that he sees meat, he will naturally be greedy.

"Yes, I remember that our production team has hunted wild boars before. Although each person didn't get much meat, the food we ate was delicious."

Lu Jiansheng nodded and said.

He remembered that when he was in the production team, a group of wild boars came down the mountain and destroyed a lot of food. The village hunted two of them. On that day, every household ate meat, especially the ones stir-fried with chili peppers. It had a strong taste, but it was also really delicious!

After Lu Jiansheng finished speaking, he quickly picked out the ribs one by one and handed them to Bai Ruoxi who was holding a wooden basin at the side.

"Tomorrow I will go to the countryside to see if there is any winter melon. Let's use wild boar ribs to stew the winter melon! I specially left some extra meat on top. The stewed winter melon will be delicious!"

"Ah."

Bai Ruoxi agreed and took the ribs.

"Brother Jiansheng, I have winter melons at home. I'll go get one."

Lu Erniu touched his head and said honestly.

"Uh... Erniu, don't bother."

However, before he finished speaking, Lu Erniu ran out. After a while, Lu Erniu actually came over with a winter melon in his arms.
  This kid...

Real and sincere.

At this time, after Lu Jiansheng removed the hind legs of the pig, if he was selling pork, the pig would basically be killed. When it comes to the market, whoever wants that piece can just cut it off.

However, Lu Jiansheng is not selling pork, so he will continue.

You must know that the wild boar meat can only be sold for three or four cents in the village before anyone is willing to pay for it. If the meat is sold, it is better to buy it to the county. Why should he go to the trouble of killing the pig.

When Lu Jiansheng wants to marinate the pork belly, he has to divide the pork belly into even strips according to the width of about four to five centimeters, so that the bacon can be marinated.

Smoked bacon is actually similar and needs to be cut into long strips of about a few centimeters.

Soon after the meat was cut,

Bai Ruoxi took two small dumplings and started making Jiangning ham. Lu Jiansheng and the others were not from that place, so naturally they couldn't help. Moreover, Lu Jiansheng also took Lu Erniu and the others to marinate the pork belly.

Lu Jiansheng carried out the jar from the main room where he used to make pickles.

Bai Ruoxi found this jar yesterday. It was washed very clean and can be used immediately.

Lu Jiansheng asked the two of them to work together, apply salt to the wild boar meat, rub it once, and then put it layer by layer into the jar.

This was very simple. After Lu Jiansheng explained it to Lu Erniu and Shengli, he turned around and went to the kitchen to watch his daughter-in-law making ham.

The two little guys are mumbling their little mouths!
  A pair of cute little hands slapped the pork hard.

Lu Jiansheng glanced at the two little guys who were working hard. These two little guys wanted to help Bai Ruoxi with the work, and they even raised the chairs over so that they could stand tall and get on the stove. pork.

"Dad, why are you here? Tangtang is working!"

"Dad, isn't Xixi awesome!"

As soon as the two little guys saw him coming, they asked in a sweet voice.

"Awesome, both of you are awesome"

"But look at your faces, they all look like kittens."

Lu Jiansheng brought a towel and wiped their little faces.

Then I watched Bai Ruoxi making Jiangning ham for two minutes. However, isn't this the same process as him curing bacon?
  First, apply salt evenly to the pig's hind legs, and then rub it vigorously to let the salt penetrate into the meat and squeeze out the blood in the meat.

The only difference is that Jiangning ham requires several more salting steps. It needs to be salted twice, three times or even four times.

Then, the last step is also different. One is to store it in a jar, and the other is to hang it to dry.

It’s true that something cannot be explained thoroughly. Once it is explained thoroughly, there is nothing strange about it.

In fact, whether it is Jiangning ham, bacon, or bacon, in essence,

All to better preserve meat in the era before refrigerators.

However, with the development of society, everyone suddenly discovered that the meat preserved in this way tasted unique.

Therefore, whether it is bacon, Jiangning ham, or bacon, the curing process gradually becomes complicated.

This complexity is actually to make the taste more delicious.

Lu Jiansheng's house was very busy, and it was even more lively in Kaoshantun. He went back late yesterday, and they had just killed a pig today!
  The other seven people who participated in the hunt shared half of the four pigs, and each of the other households received more than ten kilograms of wild boar meat.

Especially the old sows, whose meat was three fingers thick, made the old women in the village so happy that they all carried the meat home with smiles on their faces to cook.

Lu Jiansheng worked until around 11 or 12 noon before finishing all the pork.

Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli did a lot of work.

Lu Jiansheng left Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli to have dinner at home, and neither of them refused.

After Bai Ruoxi marinated the ham, she stewed a large pot of pork ribs and stewed winter melon, which was full of fragrant pork ribs and tenderloins.

Bai Ruoxi also cooked two dishes, fried venison! There is also a portion of cabbage stir-fried in lard.
  That’s three dishes together.

Then another big pot of rice was simmered.

Bai Ruoxi knew Lu Jiansheng's appetite and had heard that Lu Erniu could eat it, so she simmered a large pot of polished rice.

Fragrant and white rice,

There is also a table of meat dishes,

Normally, Lu Erniu and Liu Shengli couldn't even eat whole grains. They looked at the table of food and swallowed their saliva.

"Don't think my sister-in-law's cooking is not delicious. Thank you for your help this time. But time is tight, so I made these few dishes for you to eat together."

Bai Ruoxi said politely.

"Sister-in-law, we are just helping each other, and this is not just a make-shift! This is quite a make-shift!"

Liu Shengli said.

"Yeah, brother Shengli is right. Sister-in-law, your cooking smells really good. I could smell it outside just now."

Lu Erniu said honestly.

(End of this chapter)