Chapter 124 Eucommia waist
On the morning of the fifth day of February, Chu Hong was woken up by her elder sister: "Aren't you going to town? Hurry up and have breakfast."
Secretary Song also specially left a new bicycle for Chu Hong to ride: "Go early and come back early, don't wander around in places you shouldn't go."
Wu Xiu reminded her: "Remember to buy some star anise, cinnamon and other spices, and also some rice wine."
Grain is precious nowadays and very few people make their own wine, so they can only buy it from supply and marketing cooperatives.
"Got it." Chu Hong ate a bowl of corn soup and rode away on her bike.
It is already February, and it is getting a bit warm when the weather is clear and sunny.
But now the main work is hoeing, plowing, preparing the land and applying fertilizer.
We have to wait until the end of February when the temperature rises before we can plant vegetables such as eggplant and beans.
Early rice has to be sown and raised at the end of February of the lunar calendar, transplanted in early March, and harvested in late May. Late rice is then transplanted and harvested in mid-August.
So the fields are not very busy now, and more people are still busy working at the reservoir.
Of course, not many people go to the town now, so Chu Hong didn't meet anyone on the way.
She first went to the meat stall near the slaughterhouse and saw a pig leg. Unfortunately, she didn't have the meat ticket, so she could only look away with difficulty and look at the wooden barrel next to the chopping board, where there were a lot of pig intestines, pig hearts, pig lungs and the like.
Nowadays, when people buy meat, buying half a pound is considered a lot. Many people buy three or five ounces of meat to take home to taste.
It’s not that people are reluctant to give it up, it’s that there are no meat coupons.
Chu Hong also saw several people buying pig livers. When it was her turn, Chu Hong asked with a smile, "Master, how much are the offal in the barrel?"
The man who collected the money looked up at her and said, "Take all of them for 1.2 cents per pound. If you only pick some, it will be 1.5 cents per pound."
Chu Hong immediately said, "I want them all."
The butcher was a little surprised: "There are nearly 20 kilograms, you want them all?"
Although it is difficult for people to eat pork nowadays, they still don’t like to eat pig offal.
Everyone thinks that pig offal is inferior food and cannot be considered real meat.
Moreover, it is too troublesome to clean, but if it is not cleaned thoroughly, it will have a strange smell that makes people unable to swallow.
Only the chefs in state-owned restaurants have good cooking skills and can make pig offal taste good.
If no one buys it, they will send it to state-owned restaurants.
Chu Hong nodded: "Everyone in my family likes to eat it, I want it all."
He pointed at the bones on the chopping board and said, "Can you sell me all the bones too? Someone in the village broke his leg, and the doctor told him to drink more bone soup, so he asked me to bring some."
Nowadays, the skills of butchers are very good, and there is no meat on the bones.
Nowadays, people don’t know the benefits of bone soup. They think that bones are heavy and have no meat, and are the least popular part of the pig.
So they all agreed readily.
As the chef weighed the food, he muttered, "Does this bone soup really work?"
His companion immediately said, "That's for sure. If he doesn't listen to the doctor, will he listen to you?"
Chu Hong put all the pig offal into a big basket, tied it to the back seat, and then went to find Chu Dan.
Chu Dan has moved to Uncle He's house, and Chu Hong also knows the address.
The old couple of the He family were able to walk slowly for a while, holding on to the wall.
Anyway, their house is not far from their eldest son's house, so they might as well invite the eldest son and his family to come over for dinner, and have their pregnant daughter come back to her parents' house for dinner as well. It's really a relief to have Chu Dan around.
Chu Hong asked several people before she found Grandpa He's house.
Chu Hong was deeply envious of the two-story blue brick and tile house with a small courtyard, a water pressurized well inside, a stone table and stone benches on the side, and several pots of flowers and plants.
Only their own family can fill their stomachs, but others have already lived a refined life.
How come people are so aware of each other?
Grandma He was very happy to see Chu Hong: "I heard that you are getting married. I have some candies and peanuts here. You can take them away later."
Chu Hong was embarrassed to ask for something for free, so she declined, "Thank you, grandma, but I've already bought them. Can you keep them for yourself?"
Grandpa He had already come out of the chest of drawers carrying two cloth bags, and said in a particularly overbearing manner: "You cannot refuse a gift from an elder. You are not allowed to refuse it."
Grandma He smiled and said, "Good boy, take it. This is a small gift from us."
Since they gave it to her sincerely, Chu Hong could only accept it and said, "Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."
Chu Dan was also very happy to see her second sister coming. She pulled her aside and asked, "Didn't you tell me to go home on the seventh day of the first lunar month? Why did you come to pick me up today?"
She obviously misunderstood and thought Chu Hong was here to take her back.
Chu Hong said, "I want you to buy some free-ticket pork offal, pork bones, and pig feet tomorrow, so that we can have some extra dishes on the eighth day of the new year."
He took out a handful of loose change from his pocket and handed it to her: "This way I don't have to get up early, just come and get it tomorrow."
Chu Dan pushed the money back: "Aunt He paid me a salary, I have money."
When Grandpa He heard Chu Hong's words, he came over and asked, "Do you know how to cook pig offal? Then can you make pork kidneys?"
Chu Dan also reacted and said, "Grandpa and grandma have poor bone quality. The doctor said that drinking some Eucommia ulmoides pork kidney soup can improve the symptoms of sore waist and knees."
"Moreover, the Chinese medicinal herb Eucommia can also replenish qi and blood, and strengthen tendons and bones."
Chu Dan said this and sighed: "It's a pity that my cooking skills are not good. Grandpa and grandma don't want to eat anymore after just a few meals."
This is both Chinese medicine and pork kidney, and the taste is really not good. The old couple would rather drink fish soup.
But this prescription was given by a very famous old Chinese doctor, who is now staying at home and is unwilling to see the patient unless we have a good relationship with him.
Chu Hong actually knew a way to eat it, and said with a smile: "Eucommia ulmoides plus pork kidney can promote bone health and prevent osteoporosis. It is indeed good for our grandparents to eat it."
"I've also heard that you can put Eucommia slices into pork loin, wet it with straw paper, wrap the pork loin in several layers, and slowly grill it in wood ash to make it more fragrant."
This is really a coincidence. Grandma Song had back pain a few days ago, and Grandma Jia specially made Eucommia pork kidney after checking on her own grandmother.
Chu Hong also went to watch and found that it was not easy to control the heat and that one had to be particularly patient to avoid burnt outside and undercooked inside.
But she still ate some, and it tasted really delicious and not fishy at all.
Now that the old couple of the He family gave her so many things, she could take this opportunity to return the favor: "Grandpa He and Grandma He will have a taste of my cooking tomorrow."
Of course, Chu Hong was just saying it nicely. She didn't dare to do it herself because she couldn't control the amount, so she had to ask Grandma Jia to do it again.
Grandpa He smiled when he heard this: "That's great, I'll be waiting for your good stuff."
Chu Hong didn't stay long and went home soon.
She returned with a full load today. The basket in the front was filled with milk candies, peanuts, and some specially given Eucommia ulmoides, and the big basket in the back was filled with pig offal.
When she got home, she soaked the pig offal in a wooden barrel, washed her hands, and then put the peanuts and sugar in her room.
It was at this time that Chu Hong realized that there were at least two kilograms of milk candy, two kilograms of hard candy, and the peanuts were mixed with dried longan, dried lotus seeds and red dates.
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