The big pig let out a miserable cry, and its neck was strangled halfway, and the sound stopped abruptly. The professional pig butcher Cao Ada killed the pig neatly, gutted it, replaced the big knife with a smaller one, and the knife seemed to be alive in his hand, separating the things in the pig's stomach one by one.
This job can't be done so meticulously without ten or eight years of practice.
The pig's offal was collected in a large basin, a full basin, and the pig's offal was separated one by one and collected in the large basin.
"Boy, uncle is leaving soon. Zhilan is still helping me watch the stall. I'll let him come over." After killing the pig, Cao Ada was going to go back to sell the pork. His brother was still helping to watch the pork stall. If his mother knew about it, she would blame him again.
He just saw that there were several unfamiliar men here. Cao Silang did not lie to him. Cao Ada was very satisfied with the man with a big beard. He looked at him frequently. He thought he should find a man like this for his Zhilan.
"Thank you, uncle, for making such a trip." Cao Xiangnan noticed Cao Ada's eyes and thought of the good things he had done. Ahem... If he was not mistaken, Wang Dahu and Liu Baishu seemed to be a couple? The two men looked at each other with a wrong look.
But if Wang Dahu couldn't do it, Wang Dahu should have many brothers, so at most he could just ask someone who could do it.
You have to give a red envelope when you ask someone to kill a pig, and Cao Xiangnan gave Cao Ada a red envelope.
Cao Ada didn't refuse, he took it with his hand, whispered a few words to Cao Xiangnan, said hello, and left with his big knife.
"..." Cao Xiangnan.
The pig was killed and the marinated meat was made in the old house, and Cao Xiangnan didn't want Qi Wanfeng to come over, the scarlet all over the ground looked very bloody. Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian also had things to do at home, and they were busy making lunch for everyone.
The morning is the time for children to study. They are forbidden to run out of the yard to play outside. Even if they hear noises outside, the little ones dare not run out. They sit on the bench and concentrate on writing big characters.
When Cao Ada returned to the pork stall, his brother was cutting pork with a big knife. If it were another father, he would definitely look unbearable, but Cao Ada was pleased.
Sure enough, his brother inherited this good skill from his father!
"...Hurry up." Cao Ada muttered a few words in his brother's ear, urging him to go quickly, as if he was late. "Dad, then I will go, and this stall will be handed over to you." After hearing his father's grumbling, Cao Zhilan took off the white cloth on his chest and let him hang it around his father's neck, with a faint joy on his face.
Looking back, Cao Zhilan did not forget to call her friends to come over.
Everyone in the small courtyard started to get busy. Before making the marinated food, the pork had to be washed and dried first.
Cao Xiangnan directed everyone to work. The washed and dried sausage casings had to be soaked for half an hour, and they would be used when making marinated sausage later. The pork had to be processed first, and then marinated before proceeding. For a pig, washing and cutting, and then chopping the meat were all big projects. Fortunately, they had a lot of people, and each of them was capable. After the work was divided, everyone was busy with their tasks in an orderly manner.
"Silang, I brought this guy to help you. His name is Qingzhu. Although he is small, he is stronger than me." The tall Cao Zhilan brought a boy who was a head shorter than him, thin and small, with an ordinary appearance. Both of them were middle-aged boys in Caojia Village who had not yet found a husband. The two became close friends.
The two grinned at him, and Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but smile.
The two men standing together were really two extremes, one tall and one short, one strong and one weak. Cao Xiangnan would not judge people by their appearance, and said, "Okay, come and help with the work when you come. We are short of manpower now."
"... Have lunch here, finish processing the meat as soon as possible, and go back early." Cao Xiangnan roughly explained the rules to the two men, and when they nodded and said that there was no problem, he let them go over to help.
Before coming here, Cao Qingzhu knew that Cao Jia Silang had thirty big bucks. He didn't believe it at first, but now that Cao Jia Silang said it himself, he pinched himself, it was really true. There was also a lunch. There was no lunch in his family. There was only a bowl of porridge in the morning and evening every day. He had a little food in the morning and now he was hungry again.
"Yeah, I didn't lie to you." When Cao Zhilan had such a good thing, the first person she thought of was her friend.
"Yeah, Zhilan, thank you." Cao Qingzhu said.
Later, it really proved what Cao Zhilan said. The skinny boy could easily lift half a pig with one hand. Cao Zhilan's knife skills were 70% of his father's. The knife was very flexible in his hand, and the meat strips he cut were of uniform size, as if they were measured with a ruler.
"First, cut the skin off the meat. Yes, separate the skin."
"Use a straw rope to pass through here."
"Apply salt on the meat. Like me, not too much or too little. Apply it evenly."
These steps should be done step by step. The meat suitable for making bacon should be cut out first, and the meat suitable for making bacon should be made into bacon. Cao Xiangnan directed everyone to work. Every two people were responsible for a part. A pig was separated and reduced little by little.
It was okay to teach others to do these things, but he had to do the marinating and mixing of the ingredients himself. These spices were ground into powder, and the original state could not be seen. Cao Xiangnan was not worried about who had learned it. If these ingredients were not used well, it would be difficult to make the same thing.
Rice wine has many uses. It is indispensable for marinating meat to cover up the smell of meat. Fortunately, he had made rice wine before. Now he makes wine every day at home. The wine is sealed in a jar. There are many orders from Yipinzhai. When the time comes, they will be sent there.
Cao Xiangnan plans to make several flavors of sausage and pork, so that he can also meet the needs of people who like to eat different flavors. These things are not made for his family to eat, but they will be sold later.
Half a day has passed in such a busy time.
"Lunch is ready, everyone stop and come to eat." The meal over there was ready, and Sun Bailian came over and called everyone to eat "Okay, everyone put away the things in your hands, let's go over to have lunch first." Cao Xiangnan shouted.
"Auntie." Sun Bailian came over to see his auntie. He asked, "Are you tired?"
"It's okay. How can I be tired with such a small job?" Sun's auntie's attitude towards this brother has softened a lot now. He often heard his husband talk about the man his brother married. Among the three men married by his brothers, Cao Gang is the most capable one. Not only did he build a big tiled house with green bricks, but he is also the village chief of their Caojia Village.
What his husband said is right. His brother married a good man and his husband loves him. It's good. I don't know how many people around him envy him. Some things can be put down, so let them go. I feel much more relaxed.
After cleaning up this place and locking the gate of the yard, everyone went over there to have lunch together.
Lunch was simple, with porridge, rice noodles, and wo wo tou made of coarse grains and noodles. There were also fried vegetables and meat on the table, and a large bowl of fried eggs, all placed on the table one by one, and each portion was sufficient. There were more than a dozen children at home eating lunch every day, and the children's tastes had to be considered. In addition, everyone came to work today, so there were a few more adults than usual.
The dining table was spliced, and when there were more people, the table was extended at the back so that everyone could sit down and eat.
"Everyone, eat as much as you want. Even if you are full, there is a portion for everyone." Qi Wanfeng saw that there were a few more guests at home today, and he was afraid that they would be shy and embarrassed, so he said to everyone with a smile.
Cao Zhilan grinned like a fool. His family always had their grandma cooking, but the food was not as good as that of Cao Silang's family. Fortunately, he and his father were not picky eaters. They would eat whatever their grandma cooked.
He had come to Cao Silang's place to eat several times, and he particularly liked the food at Cao Silang's house. It tasted really good.
In front of him was a big bowl of rice noodles with a few pieces of meat in the bowl. Cao Zhilan gave all of it to Qingzhu, "You eat it." His family often ate meat, but he didn't like meat very much. He knew that Qingzhu's family was poor and didn't have much meat to eat, so he gave all the meat to Qingzhu.
Speaking of Cao Qingzhu, he was only eleven or twelve years old when his father died. His mother was so sick that she would faint in the field when working in the fields. He also had two younger brothers. He had to take care of his mother and raise the two younger ones by himself. He did all the housework at home, but he never had the chance to eat delicious food.
His family was poor, and his two younger brothers were of marriageable age, but no one was willing to marry them to their family. His mother was also a troublesome person. She had been lying on the field for so many years and had been taken care of by her eldest brother. She didn't remember the kindness of her eldest brother at all. She was always worried about the two younger ones. Even though her eldest brother was so old, he still wanted him to help with housework at home so that he could save some betrothal money for the two younger ones and marry off his two younger brothers. Qingzhu was also a generous person, working diligently and without any complaints.
Cao Qingzhu saw the extra meat in the bowl, took a look, and buried his head in eating.
"Mom, I want eggs." The eggs were too far away, and her hands were not long enough.
"Here." Qi Wanfeng picked up a chopstick of eggs for the child and put it in his bowl. Seeing the child buried his head in eating porridge, he smiled and asked, "Do you want anything else?"
"I have eggs." So no.
Everyone ate very quickly, and the food on the table was gone very quickly.
Fortunately, he knew that there were many people eating at home today, and many of the men who ate at his home had big appetites. Qi Wanfeng was not a stingy person, and he prepared a lot of food, so everyone could eat their fill after one meal.
After eating a big bowl of rice noodles and a bowl of wo wo tou, and drinking the last bit of soup in the bowl, Cao Qingzhu felt full. He had forgotten how long it had been since he had eaten so full. He also ate several pieces of meat. Even when there was some meat at home during the New Year or other festivals, that little bit of meat could not enter his mouth, and his mouth still had the aroma of meat.
Cao Zhilan squeezed her eyes at Cao Qingzhu, meaning that I didn't lie to you.
This fake brother completely forgot that his parents had told him to come here to find a man. He only cared about working and eating. "After eating, everyone take a rest here. We will go over there in half an hour." After dinner, Cao Xiangnan did not immediately ask everyone to go over there to work. He asked everyone to sit in the living room and take a rest.
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