Chapter 76 Preparing Pickled Pork Belly and Stewed Pig's Trotters
"Huh?"
Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin raised their doubts at the same time.
They didn't understand how coming to buy meat could help him so much.
"The dry pot seafood stew started to be sold in the store the day before yesterday. It has become famous and people don't like braised pork anymore. Isn't the demand for pork reduced?"
"Yesterday I asked Xiao Li to go to the slaughterhouse so that we wouldn't have to keep too much meat today, but Xiao Li refused and didn't go to the slaughterhouse."
Hu Laosan explained to the two of them while waving the spatula.
The result of this incident was that no one was interested in buying seven or eight pounds of top-quality pork belly and two large pig's trotters.
It is not difficult to deal with, but I am afraid that once this problem is opened, it will be difficult to refuse neighbors when they ask me to help buy meat in the future.
Hearing this, Yu Zhile remembered Xiao Li.
The last time she came to teach him how to cook, he wasn't there either. Maybe he had already thought about quitting.
"Brother Hu San, are you looking for apprentices?" Yu Zhile asked.
She wanted to get some opportunities for her friends.
"What? Are you coming? If you come, I will be your apprentice." Hu Laosan joked.
As he spoke, another dry pot seafood stew came out of the pot and was handed to the food pick-up window by him.
Yu Zhile smiled helplessly.
"Recruit, recruit, recruit, and recruit two people." Hu Laosan turned around and thought he saw his daughter, and hurriedly responded, "But this time I have to personally examine them."
"Are there any strict conditions?" Yu Zhile asked.
Hu Laosan paused, thought for a few seconds, and replied, "As long as you can arrive on time at 5:30 in the morning, we will recruit you in the next few days."
"Okay, can I recommend a few people to give it a try?" Yu Zhile asked.
Hu Laosan readily agreed and asked her to bring people over in two days.
At this time, Hu Shuang walked into the kitchen with a sleepy look on his face and said, "Dad, I'm hungry."
"Wait a minute, I'll make it for you right away." Hu Laosan didn't even turn his head and waved the spatula faster.
Hu Shuang's eyes fell on Yu Zhile and he instantly perked up and greeted her enthusiastically.
"I remember you. You are the one who set up the stall with Lele." She looked at Zhang Wenxin, "Hello, I am Hu Shuang."
Zhang Wenxin introduced herself and extended her hand to shake hands.
The three of them sat on small benches and chatted, and soon became familiar with each other.
During this period, Hu Shuang mentioned that Hu Laosan had asked someone to bring back several books on ship maintenance from the provincial capital, and she would study them for a few hours after get off work.
"You're awesome! From now on, we'll rely on you if our women's ocean-going team's ship breaks down." Zhang Wenxin put his arm around her shoulders.
Hu Shuang was pleasantly surprised and said, "You have a women's ocean-going team? I also want to go out to sea with the ship."
"Not yet." Zhang Wenxin touched her nose, "But tonight is a big gathering of future members of our women's ocean-going team. Do you want to come?"
"Yes, can I bring my best friend with me?" Hu Shuang was as excited as a primary school student raising his hand to answer a question.
Zhang Wenxin responded: "Of course, just bring one vegetable each when you come."
Then she explained the reason to Hu Shuang.
"So it's your village that allows girls to propose separation!" Hu Shuang raised his voice.
This has been a hot topic in the factory recently. Every time it is mentioned, there is an argument. She and Lan Yuanyuan are on the supporting side.
Zhang Wenxin described the whole incident to her in vivid detail, and she was fascinated.
After more than ten minutes, Hu Laosan finally got a chance and interrupted their conversation.
He sold the meat to Yu Zhile at the market price, and regarded the pig's trotters as employee benefits for the next two months. He rounded off the decimals and finally only collected five yuan.
Hu Shuang invited them to have dinner and asked them many details about going to the sea. She was very interested.
"At five o'clock in the afternoon, bring Yuanyuan with you to go fishing." Yu Zhile invited her directly.
Hu Shuang immediately nodded in agreement.
After dinner, Yu Zhile and his friend went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a large bag of carbon before riding back to the village.
After returning to the courtyard, Yu Yue and his friends finished their meal.
Yu Yue said: "Dad and Brother Zhou said they would bring two friends home for dinner tonight, so let's go get the meat now."
"Okay." Yu Zhile replied and walked towards the kitchen carrying the meat.
Chen Zhao followed closely behind her, asking a hundred thousand questions.
Yu Zhile answered them one by one and told him that the meat and pig's trotters that had been seasoned in advance would be more fragrant.
Wash the pork belly, cut it into thin slices, add onion, garlic, cooking wine, sugar, cumin powder, chili powder, etc. and marinate.
"Add sugar to enhance the flavor." Chen Zhao answered quickly.
Yu Zhile smiled and said, "Yes, for pig's trotters, stew them first and then roast them."
At the same time, Zhang Wenxin added soy sauce, oyster sauce and soybean paste seasoning according to her recipe.
Yu Zhile first scraped off the hair on the surface of the pig's trotter with a knife, then chopped it into pieces, poured it into boiling water with onion, ginger and cooking wine, cooked it, and then took it out and washed it.
"Fry rock sugar with sugar color." She sprinkled a handful of crushed rock sugar into the hot oil.
While stir-frying, the sugar cubes melt and turn into a sauce-colored liquid, and the sugar aroma spreads all around.
She put the pig's trotters into the pot and stir-fried until the pig skin was stained with a light sauce color. She then added the spices and sauce and stir-fried evenly.
Chen Zhao helped by adding boiling water to cover the pig's trotters.
"Sugar, salt, ginger, scallion and cooking wine, simmer on low heat for two hours." Yu Zhile took out the firewood.
At this time, the air was already filled with the aroma of sauce.
When it was time to go to work, the job of watching the fire fell on Yu Yue and Yu Chi.
Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin first soaked the wild pepper, then went up the mountain to cut a bamboo and started to cut bamboo sticks.
As time passed, the aroma of the stewed pig's trotters became stronger and stronger, and the bamboo sticks in front of the two people piled up into a small hill.
When he lifted the lid of the pot, the rich aroma of sauce came towards Yu Zhile.
She pulled out the burnt firewood and poked it with chopsticks, which easily penetrated into the meat.
At this time, there were sounds of laughter coming from outside the yard, and the agreed time had arrived.
When the door opened, everyone was seen wearing their best clothes and carrying a large basket on their arms.
“I brought potatoes.”
"eggplant."
"Little cabbage."
…
Everyone walked into the yard with smiles on their faces and began to show off what they had brought.
Everyone didn't discuss it beforehand, but after they checked it together, they found that there was no duplication.
"There are two more friends who want to go fishing with us, but they haven't arrived yet." Yu Zhile asked everyone to sit for a while.
Zhang Haimei is a person who can't sit still. She said, "We have to deal with seafood after we come back from fishing. Why don't we wash the vegetables first?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the others began to divide the work and cooperate, some fetched water, some carried the wooden basins.
Yu Zhile and Zhang Wenxin were in charge of processing the vegetables into appropriate sizes.
There is strength in numbers, and everyone got the work done while chatting and laughing.
After the work was finished, there were more than a dozen pots of food on the ground, which looked quite spectacular.
Coincidentally, when the last bucket of water completely seeped into the mud, the bicycle bell rang.
"Sorry, we got off the road at the beginning and are a little late." Hu Shuang braked suddenly to stop the car, and quickly pulled Lan Yuanyuan inside.
Lan Yuanyuan was still wearing her blue work clothes, her hair was a little messy, and her face was flushed.
Everyone looked at them curiously, and Yu Zhile asked everyone to introduce themselves in turn.
After a brief acquaintance, she gave Hu Shuang and Lan Yuanyuan each a small backpack.
Others consciously picked up their vegetable baskets and prepared to leave.
Yu Zhile took out the bamboo sticks soaked in water, turned around and told Yu Yue to string the vegetables into skewers.
"Let's go!" Zhang Wenxin raised his arms and shouted.
Twenty people filed out and walked towards the sea in unison.
There is a short distance between Yu's backyard and the beach, where you can feel the cool sea breeze, making it a great place for a beach barbecue.
"Let's have a barbecue here tonight." Yu Zhile drew an arc with his hand in the air.
She described the long table, the makeshift barbecue stove, and the arrangement of the chairs in great detail, which filled everyone with anticipation.
We continued walking forward and stepped onto the beach.
"This feeling is really wonderful. This is probably what it feels like to be trapped in the clouds." Lan Yuanyuan's eyes widened in shock and she kept fiddling with the fine sand with her feet.
Along the way, she whispered about her feelings.
Everyone pricked up their ears and listened, secretly sighing in their hearts that the city people spoke so nicely.
Near the tide line, the group spread out horizontally, each going to the beach with their best friend.
Lan Yuanyuan liked to follow Yu Zhile, learning to pick up shellfish from her and occasionally asking questions in a low voice.
The audience in the live broadcast room liked her very much and kept sending comments and throwing gifts to express their love.
Hu Shuang and Zhang Wenxin teamed up and had a very pleasant conversation.
After the tide receded, they arrived in time and could basically pick up small seafood just by walking two steps.
"Starfish, scallops, and clams, these are all edible." Yu Zhile introduced to Lan Yuanyuan.
Lan Yuanyuan smiled shyly and put all the seafood she pointed out into the small backpack.
As they strolled around, they came to a reef area, and Yu Zhile introduced her to oysters, abalone, etc. that grew attached to the rock walls.
In a reef pit, Lan Yuanyuan discovered a nest of abalone. She was so surprised that she quickly grabbed Yu Zhile's hand.
"What good luck." Yu Zhile said with a smile.
As the two were busy picking up the items, a surprised shout was heard not far away.
People gathered there from all directions and saw all kinds of fresh seafood under a tattered fishing net.
The first person to discover this place was Yu Mengjun, and her process of dividing the family was the most difficult of all.
"Wow, how come you are so lucky? Let me have some." Hu Shuang ran over, opened his mouth in surprise, and rubbed his head against her arm without any hesitation.
Yu Mengjun cried with joy. This was the second happiest moment in her life.
"This is what Grandma Zhang said: after bad times come good times." Zhang Haimei picked her up and spun her around twice.
Everyone was very happy for her and their faces were filled with smiles.
"Three, two, one, start! Let's see who can pick up the most seafood!" Zhang Wenxin suddenly shouted, and the atmosphere inexplicably became passionate.
Yu Zhile was amused by her, and so were the others.
Half an hour later, everyone returned with a full load.
The group was happily planning on having a barbecue dinner tonight, but when they opened the back door they heard some noise coming from the front yard.
A shrill male voice stood out.
"Are you Yu Zhile's brother? Why are you so rude? I've already told you that we are her classmates, but you still won't let us in. Hurry up and pour us some tea and water."
"She did it on purpose, didn't she? Can't stand seeing her old classmate doing well?"
Then, Chen Zhao said angrily: "I already said my sister is not at home, how can I know if you are liars? You dozen of you look sharp-nosed and monkey-faced, and you don't look like good people. Why should I let you in?"
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