In front of Chu Yue stood a wooden basin, in which was soaked a pile of pig intestines, ears, and pig skins. It was a patch of white. If a person who was more particular saw it, he would probably be disgusted, frown, and turn away.

But Chu Yue not only remained calm, but also continued to wash.

She used cold water and then added flour into the water. After the flour was dissolved into the water, the water became turbid and sticky. This flour water could absorb the dirt on the pig offal that was invisible to the naked eye.

Especially for pig intestines, just like washing clothes, they need to be rubbed in flour and water four or five times before they can be slightly cleaner.

Chu Yue had been busy for quite some time, her hands had been soaked in cold water, and her hands were red.

When Chen Fengying saw this, she felt so distressed, "Sister Chu, don't wash it, don't wash it. Look at your hands, they are all frozen red. If Captain Lu saw it, he would be so distressed. These pig offal are really hard to handle. After thinking about it, I think I should give you some pork, so I specially sent it to you."

Chu Yue had almost finished washing by this time. She shook off the moisture on her hands, and Lu Yuanbao beside her immediately handed her a towel and asked her to wipe her hands.

Chu Yue wiped her hands and said, "Sister Chen, it's really not necessary. If I wanted pork, I wouldn't have been polite to you at the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday. These pig offal just look smelly now, but when I'm done, they will all be good stuff."

Chen Fengying was holding a piece of pork in her hand, but Chu Yue refused to take it no matter how she offered it to her. The two of them kept pushing each other, which was not a good look.

She simply asked, "Sister Chu, what are you going to do? I'll help you. If you don't want pork, you have to let me do some work, otherwise I'll feel uneasy."

It was rare for Chu Yue to meet someone as warm and genuine as Chen Fengying, and she felt warm inside.

She agreed and they worked together.

Pig intestines, pig ears and the like continued to be soaked in the flour water, and Chu Yue came back to wash them.

Chu Yue also bought a large piece of pig skin, which she had simply cleaned and was about to blanch it in water. She asked Chen Fengying to help her light the stove and pull the bellows.

Such a small thing was easy for Chen Fengying.

On the stove, Chu Yue cut a whole piece of pig skin into four pieces and put them into a pot with cold water.

Also put into the pot are white wine, onion, ginger, garlic, and a few peppercorns.

These ingredients are all used to remove the fishy smell of pig skin, especially the Sichuan pepper, which has a special effect. The white wine will evaporate and dissipate the odor during the high-temperature evaporation process.

Once boiling over high heat, cover the pot and cook for eight minutes.

After eight minutes, open the lid and the pig skin will start bubbling in the boiling water.

Chu Yue took a chopstick in her hand and poked the pig skin. If the skin was soft and could be pierced through, it meant it was cooked. If not, it needed to be cooked for a while longer.

Chu Yue timed the cooking time to be just right, and the pig skin was just the right softness.

She removed the rind from the boiling water and placed it on a cutting board to let it cool.

Because of the cold weather, the pig skin began to shrink and become cold after just a short while.

The next very important step is to scrape the oil.

The part of the pig skin that Chu Yue needed was only the outermost gelatinous layer, not the white fat stuck to the inside of the skin. She needed to hold the knife sideways and cut it off little by little with the blade.

Don’t waste the cut fat. Put it in a small bowl and use it to squeeze oil when cooking later.

This step is very demanding on your knife skills. If you are not careful, you will end up cutting off the skin and meat together, which would be a waste of pork.

Chu Yue's technique was quite skillful. Her right hand holding the kitchen knife was quick and steady. She scraped off the fat without leaving any pig skin, and cleaned it up quickly.

The whole piece of pig skin already has a crystal clear feel.

But this is just the beginning.

The next step is a delicate job that requires a lot of patience - plucking pig hair.

Because the pig skin has been boiled, the surface is very sticky and the pig hair is not easy to pull out. It must be soaked in water and cleaned while pulling out the pig hair.

Chu Yue had already prepared tweezers for plucking pig hair, one for her and one for Lu Yuanbao. Because Chen Fengying was there too, she took another one.

Three people gathered around a basin filled with warm water, grabbing the pig skin and processing the pig hair bit by bit.

At this point, Chen Fengying picked up the pig skin and smelled it. The fishy smell had actually disappeared. If you didn't smell it closely, you couldn't smell it at all.

When Chu Yue dealt with the pig hair, she not only plucked it, but also used a scraper to gently clean it in the opposite direction of its growth, cleaning up all the tiny invisible hair and cutting it directly into thin filaments.

Seeing this, Chen Fengying already knew what Chu Yue was going to do.

"Ms. Chu, are you planning to make pork skin jelly?"

"Well, pig skin contains a lot of gelatin, and making pig skin jelly is delicious and nutritious."

Chu Yue was doing two things at once. Not only did she answer Chen Fengying, she also put the chopped pork skin into a large bowl.

Chen Fengying thought that the pig skin had been thoroughly cleaned at this point, but Chu Yue grabbed a handful of salt, sprinkled it into the pig skin shreds, and began to rub it dry.

Rub dry first, then rinse with warm water.

Sprinkle salt again, rub dry, and then pour warm water to wash.

Then sprinkle salt, rub dry, and then wash with warm water...

As Chen Fengying stared in amazement, Chu Yue rubbed and scrubbed back and forth four or five times.

Every time you clean it, there will still be a little bit of grease that has not been cleaned out.

Until the last time the water was poured in, with the pig skin placed in it, the water was clear and clean, without a trace of impurities.

Now, it's really done.

Chen Fengying watched Chu Yue working, her eyes wide open. Does making pig skin jelly require such meticulousness? Is it a little too clean?

In her entire life, she had never seen anyone do things so meticulously.

After cleaning the pig skin thoroughly, Chu Yue weighed it and found it weighed about three pounds.

Next, the ratio of pig skin to water is 1:2.

Three pounds of pig skin can be added with six pounds of water, which cannot fit in one basin and must be divided into two basins.

The next step is finally the last step, which is to steam it.

This step is not difficult, but it is time-consuming and requires steaming for two hours.

During this time, Chu Yue put a star anise into the pig skin water to enhance the flavor of the pig skin jelly.

Chen Fengying watched Chu Yue's entire production process and asked curiously, "Ms. Chu, if you want to make pork skin jelly, you can just boil it directly. Why do you have to go through the trouble of steaming it? It takes so much time and wastes firewood."

Chu Yue kept it a secret, "Sister Chen, steaming is better. Come back tomorrow and you'll know why."