Chapter 69: Jar Meat
After returning to the Youth League Home, Ning Xiyue finished the dinner that Chen Yetu had left for her and started to prepare the meat with salt, pepper and spices. There was fresh meat in her backpack, and she planned to keep all the wild boar meat and make it into bacon, wind-blown meat, braised meat, jar meat and other meats that can be preserved for a long time.
She sent some to her parents, some to her eldest brother, some to her second brother, and she could keep some for herself. With this whole head of pork, no one would dare to question her if she could cook meat every day.
The wooden basin was too small to hold a whole pig, so Ning Xiyue hurried to exchange it for two extra-large wooden basins from Old Man Chen, the kind that could hold a whole pig, and also exchanged it for two medium-sized wooden basins and a half-new large ceramic jar that the old man gave her as a favor.
Ning Xiyue looked at the big pot full of pork and felt satisfied. She rolled up her sleeves and got to work sorting the meat into categories.
After Chen Yechu hung up the clothes, he saw Ning Xiyue preparing meat in the yard. He walked over and said, "Xiyue, let me help you. You will be busy for a long time alone."
"I'll help you too, let's do it faster." Liu Yao came over, rolled up her sleeves and began to imitate Ning Xiyue in applying salt and pepper to the meat.
Ning Xiyue smiled at them: "Okay, thank you."
Wu Guifang and Wang Fenglan also came over to help. After all, they were benefiting from Ning Xiyue today, so it would be unreasonable for them not to help.
Ever since Chen Yetu told him about his bad breath, Xia Zhipeng has been unusually silent, and went back to his room like an emo, questioning his life.
Seeing that their hands were covered in grease, Wang Mengmeng didn't want to help, so she turned around and went back to the house, pretending she didn't see anything.
Helping is a favor, not helping is your duty. Ning Xiyue didn’t care at all and let her be. This way she would have one less person to thank.
As the eldest brother, Zhao Jianshe certainly understood these interpersonal relationships very well, so he stayed in the yard to help out.
As for Ning Xiaoxiao and Wu Zhigang, they hadn't been seen since they came back.
What surprised Ning Xiyue was that the only outsider in the true and false story, gay Wang Jiandong, actually came to help her.
He and Liu Yao, the two chatterboxes, immediately livened up the atmosphere. Comrade Wang Jiandong's words were quite humorous and witty, making everyone laugh. Chen Yetu even smiled many times. They happily chatted about interesting things from all over the world while working on their tasks, which was very exciting.
Seeing that everyone was helping her, Ning Xiyue simply stood up and cut the pork fat and the fat left for refining oil into large chunks.
"I'm going to use the big kitchen to make oil. I'll treat you to spicy oil residue later."
Wang Fenglan smiled cheerfully: "That's great, today we can not only get your meat, but also eat your fat residue."
Yu Zhiyu, who was a few steps late for taking a shower, was worried about not being able to find a place to use his skills. He was afraid that he would leave a bad impression of being ungrateful on Chen Yetu. When he heard that Ning Xiyue was going to refine oil, he hurried over.
"Ning Zhiqing, let me help you light the fire."
Ning Xiyue's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. I was complaining in my heart: My dear male protagonist, what are you trying to do? Instead of going closer to the female protagonist, you are trying to kill her and inherit her pork?
Ning Xiyue, who didn't want to get involved in the emotional dispute between the male and female protagonists, refused with a death smile: "No, it's easy to get dirty when making a fire. You just came out of the shower, so it's not suitable for you to make a fire. Go take Liu Yao's place and code the meat with salt."
After Ning Xiyue refused, she looked at Liu Yao who was sitting next to Chen Yechu and asked, "Yaoyao, I see you are good at making fire, can you help me make fire?"
Liu Yao patted the salt on her hands. She was very happy to hear Ning Xiyue's words: "Okay, I'll light the fire. I'm very good at it."
Liu Yao happily followed Ning Xiyue to the kitchen. Ning Xiyue opened the kitchen door wide, not wanting to miss the excitement outside.
When Yu Zhiyu saw the person sitting next to Chen Yechu, he felt happy. He who is close to the water tower will get the moon first.
"Comrade Chen Yetu, can you teach me how to apply it?" Yu Zhiyu asked Chen Yetu sincerely.
Ning Xiyue who was watching the show: Not bad, not bad, it was worth it that she found a good seat for Yu Zhiyu.
“I teach…”
Wang Jiandong, who was sitting next to Yu Zhiyu, was about to say that he was here to teach, but was interrupted by Wu Guifang, who saw through the situation.
"Jiandong, tell us about any interesting things you have encountered in the past."
Wang Jiandong's attention was immediately drawn to Wu Guifang, and he began to continue telling them interesting stories.
Yu Zhiyu successfully received Chen Yechu's patient explanation.
While Liu Yao was making a fire, Ning Xiyue lay at the kitchen door and watched the movements in the yard with great satisfaction.
Liu Yao lit the fire and was about to ask Ning Xiyue for some praise, but when she looked up, she saw someone lying on the kitchen door and asked curiously:
"Xiyue, what are you doing standing there? I've already started the fire. You can come over and wash the pot and make some oil."
“Here I come.”
Ning Xiyue put away the playful smile on her face and began to refine the oil seriously. As the oil was refined, the fragrance also came out.
Liu Yao was so tempted by the aroma that her appetite was aroused.
"It smells so good, Xiyue. I didn't expect the wild boar meat oil to smell so good. Stir-frying vegetables with the oil residue must be delicious."
"We can eat the oil residue after the oil is refined."
Not to mention she was a little greedy.
After the oil was refined, all the oil residue was scooped up by Ning Xiyue, filling a whole antimony basin.
The pot was full of refined lard, and Ning Xiyue took this opportunity to put the prepared pork belly into the pot to cook.
Liu Yao looked at Ning Xiyue curiously, puzzled: "Xiyue, what are you doing?"
Ning Xiyue used a spatula to stir the meat in the pan and answered:
"I'm making jar meat, which means deep-frying the pork belly until the skin is golden brown. After the meat is free of moisture, it is placed in an oil tank and stored with lard. It can be preserved for a long time, and the meat tastes very fragrant. It is delicious when stir-fried with pickles or other dishes."
Liu Yao admired him very much: "Wow, you are really amazing, you can even make jar meat, can you teach me?"
"I also learned it from my mother. The jar meat she made was delicious. I was greedy, so I tried to make it myself while I had some meat."
Ning Xiyue said proudly:
"If you want to learn, just watch me carefully. If you can't remember, you can come to me and copy my notes. My mother compiled a recipe book for me with detailed steps."
Yunmu's love was something she wanted everyone to know without reservation.
Next, Ning Xiyue flipped the meat in the pot and explained it to Liu Yao. Liu Yao listened carefully and took a notebook from the house to take notes.
After the meat was fried, Ning Xiyue used a colander to hang the meat up and spooned the oil into her own ceramic bowl.
"Okay, wait until it's cool before filling it up. Remember to wait until the meat and oil are cold before filling the jars, otherwise the jars will burst. Put the meat first and then pour the oil when filling the jars."
"Okay, I've got it." Liu Yao nodded and took notes quickly.
Ning Xiyue covered the meat with white gauze and said, "Come on, let's go out and do other things first. The meat and oil are too hot now. Let's put them in the dish after they cool down."
The two left the kitchen and continued to work in the yard.
After a while, Ning Xiaoxiao, who had been missing, finally appeared and walked stealthily towards the public kitchen.
Ning Xiyue, who had been keeping an eye on the kitchen, stood up and followed after seeing this.
She wanted to see what Ning Xiaoxiao was going to do!
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