When Yun the butcher took the basket and the pig heart to the Wu family, the Wu family had already put the pork away and packed up the clay basin and cloth that contained the meat.
"Sister-in-law, this is a piece of pig's heart that my wife asked me to bring you. She asked you to make soup for the child."
"Thank you also for cooking the pig's head for us and for giving me two extra rabbit skins."
The old woman waved her hand quickly. "Brother Yun, you are too polite. We are neighbors, and there will be many opportunities for us to interact with each other in the future."
Old Man Wu also said, "That's right, Brother Yun, don't take it to heart. Let's get along well from now on."
"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Wu and Sister-in-law, and our two families will get along more often in the future."
"Okay, Brother Wu, Sister-in-law, it's getting late. I'll go back and deal with the remaining pork and smoke it."
"By the way, sister-in-law, my child said he wants to eat meat dumplings tomorrow, so he specially picked a lot of wild celery from the mountain for it."
"If you want some, I'll bring some over later. The kids picked a lot of wild celery, enough for both our families to make dumplings."
"Besides, even if you go to the mountains specifically to look for wild celery, you might not find it."
When the old woman heard this, her mouth immediately stretched to her ears. "Okay, then I'll trouble Brother Yun to bring me some wild celery later."
"My family hasn't had dumplings in a long time, let alone dumplings stuffed with celery and meat. The kids will definitely like them."
"Okay, sister-in-law, here's your basket. I'll bring the wild celery over in a moment."
"Okay, then I'll trouble you to make another trip." Old Man Wu said politely.
"No trouble, Brother Wu."
Butcher Yun took the clay basin from his own home and turned to walk home.
"Wife, I want to give some of the wild celery to the Wu family next door. What do you think?"
Zhang was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly said, "Of course, mistress. The children have gathered quite a lot of wild celery. You can bring some over yourself."
"Okay, I'll send it over now."
So, Yun the butcher went to the Wu family next door. When he came back, he brought back a gift in the form of four salted duck eggs.
It is said that it has been marinated for a long time and oil has already come out of it.
Butcher Yun handed the salted duck eggs to Zhang, who put them away.
"Boss, leave a piece of the remaining meat for making dumplings tomorrow. Let's smoke the rest of the meat."
"Okay, do you want to marinate the meat this time?"
"Wife, just add ground spices and white wine. It will taste good when smoked."
"Okay, I'll go get the incense powder now. And pour out a bowl of white wine."
Zhang prepared the spice powder and white wine, and then began to spread them on the pork.
In fact, after removing the 30 kilograms of meat and the pig's head given to the Wu family next door, there was already a lot less meat in the basket.
It took Zhang more than 20 minutes to marinate all the meat, including the pig's offal.
"Wife, let's go to sleep for a while. I'll get up and smoke the pork in three hours.
Zhang yawned loudly, "Okay, boss, let's go to bed quickly. I'm so sleepy."
"good."
Butcher Yun and Zhang blew out the oil lamp and went to sleep.
They have been busy all day today and are already very sleepy.
It was almost midnight, and Yun the Butcher estimated that three hours had passed, so he got up and smoked all the meat.
Except for the time when he was turning the meat, Yun the Butcher would doze off against a tree.
When it was almost dawn, Yun the butcher put all the meat into baskets and moved them into the carriage.
Only then could he go to sleep peacefully.
Meat at this time is too rare to waste. Smoked meat can be stored for a long time, but if it is not smoked, it will definitely not keep well and will go bad.
Butcher Yun is a good hand at making a living, and he will definitely make sure the meat is smoked well before he feels at ease.
After a while, Zhang woke up.
After she washed up, she started to scoop and knead the dough.
After kneading the dough and setting it aside to rest, she began chopping the meat.
She took out the piece of meat that she had specially saved yesterday and carefully cut it into small pieces.
The piece of meat left over from yesterday was completely cut up, and Zhang cut out half a basin of meat.
Just then, the sky was getting brighter and the woods were becoming noisy.
Many people in the village have already gotten up and started making breakfast.
Zhang thought that she could chop the meat without being too conspicuous.
She poured the meat onto the chopping board and chopped it gently with a kitchen knife.
Chopping the meat quickly meant mincing the stuffing was slow. Furthermore, Zhang didn't dare to chop it freely.
It took Zhang almost an hour to chop all the pork filling.
She put the chopped pork filling into a clay pot.
Then, she found a wild onion and took a piece of the ginger she had bought earlier.
She originally planned to make onion and ginger water, but then thought it would take too much time.
So she chopped the wild onions and minced the ginger and put them into the meat filling.
Then, she added pepper powder, a handful of salt, and half a bowl of oil to the meat filling.
After thinking for a while, she added some more sauce to the meat filling. After adding everything, she started to stir the meat filling with chopsticks.
She didn't stop until the meat filling was mixed evenly.
She chopped the wild celery and put it in a clay pot on the side for later use.
By this time, it was already daybreak, and Big Brother Yun and Second Brother Yun had already woken up.
"Mom, shall we start making dumplings this morning?"
Zhang was rolling out the dough. "Yes, Boss. I left a lot of meat yesterday, so I made a lot of meat filling. I think it's enough to last a whole day."
"Okay, Mom, my second son and I will wash our hands and come over to help you make dumplings."
"Okay, I'll wait for you two. Otherwise, this breakfast in our house will probably become lunch."
Big Brother Yun and Second Brother Yun smiled but said nothing.
After a while, Big Brother Yun rolled out the dough, while Zhang and Second Brother Yun made dumplings. With the three of them working together, the speed of making dumplings increased noticeably.
More than half an hour later, Brother Yun San woke up in a daze.
"Mom, you are so kind. You make dumplings for us in the morning."
Zhang smiled and said, "Third brother, after you wash up, add half a pot of water to the big iron pot and light the fire, okay?"
"Coming right up, Mom."
Brother Yun San hurriedly washed up, added half a pot of water into the iron pot, and started to light the fire.
While the Yun family was busy making dumplings, the Wu family next door was also making dumplings.
"Mom, the Yun family next door is really kind. They killed a wild boar and are willing to trade it with ours."
"Yes, mother, if we save the pork we got, it will be enough for us to eat for a while."
"Haha, you're right. Mom also thinks the Yun family next door are very nice people."
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