farm concubine

Chapter 52
It was almost noon when we got home, Li Wanqing helped make lunch, and Li Rulin helped the workers with something so that the progress could be faster.

After lunch, Li Wanqing started packing the pig's feet and ears that she had bought.

Seeing that Li Wanqing first drenched with hot water, then slowly scraped it with bamboo sticks, and then grilled it with charcoal fire, Lin Shuirou was very distressed when Li Wanqing was sweating on his tired forehead in the cold weather.

"Qing'er, you have put so much thought into it. If we are the only ones eating tonight, it would be a waste of effort, why don't we do it."

"Mother, I'm almost done, and there is only one last step left. Don't worry if anyone gives up. I guarantee that they will still want to eat after eating."

After roasting the last pig's foot, Li Wanqing went to the yard and called Li Rulin to help chop the pig's foot. The bones of the pig's foot were hard and she didn't have the strength.

According to what Li Wanqing said, Li Rulin chopped the pig's feet that had been roasted clean into small pieces.

In front of the pot, Li Wanqing put the pig ears with roasted pig hairs into boiling water to blanch the blood to remove the blood, then put them into the soy sauce water prepared with water, soy sauce, and sugar, and then put the water in the pot Bring to a boil on the stove, then put on a small fire and cook slowly.

Her wish was to make stewed pig ears, but unfortunately time was tight, she didn't have time to prepare the spices, so she could only make whole soy sauce pig ears, but in this world that doesn't pay much attention to food, her soy sauce pig ears should be can be welcomed.

The newly built temporary kitchen has two stoves, and Li Wanqing is not free to cook the pig ears. He pours the pig feet chopped by Li Rulin into the red-hot pot and stir-fries them. Stir-fry sugar, cooking wine and soy sauce, and finally put in the water that has not covered the pig's feet, cover the pot, bring to a boil on high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer slowly.

Li Wanqing misses the stewed pig's knuckle from her previous life the most. If it had soybeans or peanuts, the taste would be richer, but the braised pig's knuckle is also delicious.

Smelling the smell of meat wafting from the thatched shed, the villagers who were working in the yard swallowed their saliva, and they all asked Li Rulin what was delicious, so delicious?
Thinking of the cheapness of the pig's feet and the free pig's ears, Li Rulin smiled embarrassedly: "It's not a valuable thing. If the child likes to be trimmed, let her be trimmed. If everyone thinks it is delicious, everyone will eat more tonight." Eat something."

Several people laughed loudly: "Of course, working for you not only pays high wages, but also eats delicious food. We have made money, don't you think?"

Everyone who was asked agreed: "Yes."

I heard that there will be more food in the evening, and everyone is working hard.

After the pig's ears were boiled, Li Wanqing poked them out with chopsticks and put them in a bamboo basket to cool, then cut them into slices, sprinkled with chopped green onions, filled two big bowls, and called Li Muchen to send a bowl to Deng's old house. Shi beat the tooth sacrifice.

On the way, Li Muchen ate a slice and almost swallowed his tongue: "The food my sister cooks is really getting better and better."

Thinking that he could hurry home and eat pig ears, Li Muchen quickened his pace and walked towards the old house. Li Muchen walked all the way, and the fragrance wafted all the way. Those who were curious all went out to ask Li Muchen what was delicious.

"Pig ears." After leaving these three words, Li Muchen left.

Li Wanqing sent a bowl to Aunt Fu's family. After all, their family moved here and got a lot of help from Aunt Fu's family.

Looking at the yellow-edged and white-meat pig ears sprinkled with green scallions, which were delicious and delicious, Aunt Fu held back her saliva and smiled politely, "Your family doesn't even have enough to eat, so why are you sending them to my house?"

"Aunt Fu, I still have enough food at home, you can try."

"Okay." Aunt Fu also hoped for this thing, thinking that she could also add meat dishes to the children in the family, found a big bowl, poured the pig's ears into it, and washed the empty bowl before returning it to the waiter. Li Wanqing on the side.

"What are you made of? It's so fragrant?" Aunt Fu asked curiously when she saw the braised pig's ears for the first time.

"It's a pig's ear, it's worthless." Li Wanqing said with a smile.

"My dear, it's amazing that you can make pig's ears so delicious." Aunt Fu exclaimed.

Li Wanqing smiled and didn't answer, and went home with an empty bowl.

In order not to run out of vegetables, Li Wanqing didn't send the braised pork knuckles to the old house. She planned that if everyone thought it was delicious tonight, she would go to the town to buy pig horns and pig ears tomorrow, and then buy some stewed pork knuckles. Spices are made into lo-mei, and they are sold in nearby villages by bullock carts in their free time, and sold in towns on market days.

In the evening, when the workers washed their hands and came to the table, they were amazed when they saw the pig ears and braised pig feet that they had never seen before, especially the layer of transparent oil under the braised pig feet, which made them feel astonished. My mouth is watering, although their vegetables can sell some money this year, but the family's economy is still not comparable to that of Li Wanqing's family, and they usually don't want to put more oil in their cooking.

Usually there are two tables, Li Rulin and six workers sit at the same table, and Lin Shuirou takes Li Wanqing and his siblings at the same table.

"Sister, it's delicious." Li Muchen gnawed on the pig's feet, and did not forget to praise his sister.

Li Wanqing only likes to eat pig's trotters, so now she is holding pig's trotters. Hearing Li Muchen's compliment, she just smiled and said, "Eat more if it tastes good." Laughing that I know how to advertise.

Lin Shuirou didn't say anything, but she kept stuffing pig ears into her mouth, which showed that she also thought the two dishes were delicious.

After washing up in the evening, Li Wanqing announced to her family that she was going to sell lo-mei, because after eating the pig ears and feet tonight, the whole family agreed. The pig ears and feet are not expensive, but it takes a lot of work to make. A little bit, the most important thing is that it is delicious, and it sells for a few pennies and a tablespoon, and it can also add a dish to the family. I feel rich.

"They even brought home the leftover oil tonight. I think there is something to do." Li Rulin was the first to express his opinion. He was sitting at a table with the villagers who came to work, and everyone was full of food. Oil, at the end of the meal, some people took home the leftover oil in a bowl, saying it was used for cooking.

"Then let's do it this way, go shopping in the town tomorrow morning, and sell it the morning after tomorrow." Li Wanqing made a final decision.

The next day, the three of them drove the ox cart to the town and swept away the pig's feet and ears from the meat stalls in the town. After lunch, Li Wanqing boiled the spices bought back into brine.

After cleaning the pig's ears and feet, cut them into pieces and put them in. The pig's ears are put in whole.

The six people working in the yard were all working hard, smelling the smell of meat that was even more fragrant than yesterday.

During the meal, Li Rulin followed Li Wanqing's plan and told the six people that their family is now selling braised pig ears and braised pig's feet for five yuan a tablespoon. Everyone has eaten it and found it delicious and inexpensive. Money can get a big spoonful, that is, the big bowls they use to serve vegetables now. They think it is affordable, and they all bought a big spoonful to take home. Of course, the bowl is from Li Wanqing's family, anyway, they will come to cook tomorrow Live, just come back when the time comes.

With those six people doing publicity, someone came to the door early the next morning and said they wanted to buy braised pig's feet. Before they went out, half of their braised pig's feet were sold, and some pig ears were also sold.

Lin Shuirou and Li Wanqing went out to sell the lo mei. Li Rulin and his son stayed at home to help. The house has reached the final stage, and the beams will be erected in three days.

Before noon, Lin Shuirou and his wife came back. Looking at the empty wooden barrel, Li Rulin asked in surprise, "They are all sold out?"

"En." Lin Shuirou said with a smile, it seems that she must have made a lot of money.

It wasn't long before the whole family was happy, when they saw Mrs. Ma bring Xiao Ma to the door with a gloomy face.

"Mother, sister-in-law, why are you here?" Seeing the sudden visit of her natal family, Lin Shuirou asked in surprise.

Mrs. Ma walked into the yard, found a stool and sat down, glared at Lin Shuiju and said, "Do you still know that I am your mother? I thought you would not recognize me as a mother after you get married?"

Looking at the gloomy Ma Shi and the gloating Ma Shi, Li Wanqing's intuition told her that their family was going to be in trouble again.

(End of this chapter)