"Aunt, he is the butcher uncle. He said that our grandfather ordered meat from him. Didn't grandpa go out to chop wood? I remember that it was you who asked grandpa to order the meat, so I brought him to see you." After saying that, she pointed to the backpack behind the man.
"So they're delivering meat. Do you have the details?" Chunxiao went back to the kitchen and got a basin.
The man put down his backpack and said, "Your place is really remote. This girl said she would take me to find my family. My goodness, she has been gone for two incense sticks. If I had known, I would have put my things down and settled the bill later."
Chunxiao went back into the house and poured him a glass of water. "My father said yesterday that someone would come to deliver something today, but I got so busy that I forgot about it. Please have a glass of water first." She smiled embarrassedly and looked at his backpack.
The man drank the water in one gulp. "Please count them. They're all here. I'm in a hurry to go back." Then he put the things in the basket into the basin one by one. "Ten pig ears, five tails, twelve hooves, and one pig's head. This basket is full and it's heavy."
This number exceeded her expectations. She hadn't expected there to be so many, so she naturally wanted more. "What's the price?"
"Yan Bingfa is your father, right? I agreed with him before. Each ear is 10 wen, the tail is 5 wen, and each hoof weighs about three or four pounds, so 30 wen each. The pig's head is more expensive, 200 wen, so the total is 685 wen. It's easy to find what you want. If you need it in the future, you can continue to come to me."
The price was cheap, so Chunxiao asked him to wait a moment while she went inside to get the silver. She gave it to the butcher and asked Shuduo to take the man out. She had some time now, so why not start braising the meat? Today was the 26th, so it was time to prepare.
She immediately washed everything with water, lit the stove, added water to the pot, and placed the pig's head in the middle to hold the pig's trotters. However, there wasn't enough space, so after five trotters, the head took up too much space. It looked like she had to split the pot into two. She poured soy sauce and one-third of the various marinade ingredients into the pot, watching the fire, stirring the pot from time to time. Soon, a fragrant aroma wafted out.
The braised pig's head and trotters must be braised thoroughly so that they taste good and are not chewy. They must be braised for at least two hours and only when they are tender can they be pierced with chopsticks.
She was burning a fire in the kitchen, and the person delivering the firewood smelled the fragrance before he even entered the yard. "Little sister, what are you doing? It smells so good."
Yan Dashan put the things in the backyard and went into the kitchen before Tian Shi. "What are you cooking? I can smell this smell before I even enter the yard. It's so tempting."
Tian came over soon.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm braising meat. The butcher sent the pig's head here. I'll make it this afternoon when I have time."
"What is braised meat?" Tian looked at the black stuff in the pot, "I didn't expect this black stuff to smell so good!" This is strange.
"It's hard to explain right now. You'll know when I finish braising it. It'll take a while to get it right."
"Okay, let's come back and try it later." The couple walked away hand in hand. Not long after, Dahe and his wife came again.
Dahe was not as honest as Dashan. He picked up the chopsticks and wanted to taste it, but Chunxia opened it with a smile, "It's not ready yet, second brother."
"Your taste is enough to make me crave it, but you won't let me eat it. You're really bullying me." Dahe laughed at the door. Zhang pinched him, "You're just greedy. My little sister said it's not good."
"How long is good?"
Chun Xiao calculated the time and said, "You can't eat it today. It will be ready when you come back tomorrow afternoon. I'll steam it then and it will taste amazing."
"Okay, okay, forget it. I can't eat it anyway. I'll think about it tomorrow."
Chunxiao's pot was not ready until 7 o'clock in the evening modern time. The whole family was craving for it but no one got to eat it. Fortunately, Zhou was lucky. She took a bite when it came out of the pot. She had never eaten such delicious meat. There was no fishy smell at all, and it was particularly tasty.
"Where did you learn this method? We've never seen it eaten this way here. Did you read this in a book?"
"Of course!" Chun Xiao was a little proud. "Nowadays, if someone doesn't understand something, I just say they read it in a book. Anyway, they don't know what book it is, so there's no way to verify it."
"You know how to cook this kind of food? Why haven't I seen you cook it before?" Zhou couldn't help but cut another piece and put it in her mouth. She was not a greedy person, but this meat tasted really good.
"It's Chinese New Year, we have to eat something different." She originally wanted to say that the seasoning was so expensive that she couldn't afford it on ordinary days, but then she thought it was better not to mention the price, for fear that her mother would nag her.
"What did you put in here? It smells really unusual."
"I put too much in. You wouldn't recognize it even if I told you." She looked into the pot. It was still early. "Mom, get a basin and take out all the pig heads. I'm going to stew the second pot."
"You've been stewing this for so long, how long will it take to make the second pot?" Upon hearing this, Zhou started to fish out the meat for her.
"We burned a lot of charcoal today, so it'll be quite late to collect it. I have to wait for the charcoal to burn anyway, so I'll just do the rest while I'm at it."
"You have so much that you have no place to put it."
"Put it in a bucket and put it in my room. The weather is cold now, so it won't go bad even if you keep it for ten days or so. Just steam it when you want to eat it." After taking the things out, Chunxiao added water to the pot, added soy sauce and marinade, and put the remaining seven trotters and tails in. There was no room for the ears as the pot was already full. Zhou concentrated on lighting the fire for her. At around 10 o'clock, Chunxiao started to collect charcoal. After the trotters were ready, she put the ears in again. This time she didn't add water. After the ears were cooked for a while, she put the eggs and tofu in.
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