"What are you guys playing?"
Hearing the commotion, Sun Mu'en, supported by Caiju, curiously came over to investigate.
Just as I was about to get a better look at the situation, a live chicken rushed towards me!
Caiju was startled, and Sun Mu'en closed his eyes in fright.
When he opened his eyes, he found Ruan Yi standing in front of him. He took a step back, smiled, and said, "It's alright!"
Sun Mu'en was so frightened that her heart was pounding.
Ruan Meng reminded Caiju to help Sun Mu'en back to rest so as not to get her clothes dirty.
After leaving the house, Caiju asked worriedly:
"Miss, are you alright?"
Sun Mu'en patted his chest, shook his head, and then ordered, "Call a few guards to help!"
Seeing the commotion at the Ruan family's residence, Sun Chengen shook his head speechlessly.
The chicken that flew out of the yard was eventually caught by the guards.
The second brother felt ashamed and took the initiative to wash the small fish that had been knocked over.
Once everything was in order, the third brother swiftly wielded his knife, caught the most frantic chicken, duck, and goose, killed one, and then the chicken in the bamboo basket settled down!
Ruan Meng was right. Although her third brother didn't like studying, he was indeed very talented at cooking.
The old hen is bled, scalded and plucked, and its internal organs and meat are clearly separated.
Although Ruan Meng had never taught him how to kill ducks and geese, the third son handled it very well.
Ruan Meng nodded in satisfaction, washed the bamboo shoots, and asked her third brother to help cut them into pieces. The third brother's knife skills had improved again.
Ruan Meng placed the duck meat and duck feet in a large earthenware pot, preparing to slowly simmer the duck soup, while setting the bamboo shoots aside.
While waiting, Ruan Meng cleaned and processed the internal organs of chickens, ducks, and geese, and chopped millet peppers for later use.
In a separate pot, pour in rapeseed oil and fry the small fish until they become dried fish. Place them in a bamboo basket to drain the oil.
Ruan Meng served a plate of food for her second brother, third brother, A Yuan, and Xiao Kai to enjoy.
"Wow! It smells delicious!"
Wow! So crispy!
......
The group exclaimed in admiration, saying that no salt was needed; the unique sweetness of the sea fish was fully brought out, making it incredibly delicious.
When the oil basket was almost full, Ruan Meng filled a jar and asked A Yuan to take it back to Sun Mu'en as a snack.
Ruan Meng explained, "Your young lady doesn't get enough exercise, which is bad for her bones. Let her eat some of these dried fish whenever she has free time; it'll be good for her health!"
A-Yuan gratefully took it away.
Ruan Meng fried two more pots and put them in four portions on plates. She asked her second brother to take one portion to her eldest brother, and asked her second brother to deliver the other three portions to the Song, Fan, and Feng families, reminding the elderly and children several times.
Although the three families also go beachcombing, they can't afford oil on a regular basis, so pan-frying small fish and deep-frying them don't taste quite the same.
The remaining two plates were served by Ruan Meng and placed outside for her second brother, third brother, Xiao Kai, A Yuan, and others, while she herself ate and played with them.
Looking at the goose meat next to her, Ruan Meng found the braising liquid from last time, prepared the braising sauce again, and put the goose meat and eggs in it to cook.
Ji Qing roughly knew that the Ruan family had many members and patients to take care of, so he sent as many as two hundred eggs.
Ruan Meng had thrown in twenty eggs, and the guard who had helped catch the chickens earlier asked A Yuan over the courtyard wall what he was eating, saying he was drooling with envy...
Ruan Meng threw in another thirty eggs.
Wash some of the wild mushrooms and set them aside for later use.
While waiting, Ruan Meng asked her third brother to help her slice the wild hawthorns, place them on a large winnowing basket, and send them to the second-floor platform to dry.
The washed prickly pears were spread out on a winnowing basket and left to dry in the backyard. They dried quickly.
Ruan Meng took out a ceramic jar, scooped out half of the honey from her home, poured it into the jar, and then poured in the crushed prickly pear juice, completely soaking it in the honey.
Ruan Meng scooped out a little, mixed it with spring water, and drank it. It was sweet and sour, and the taste was indeed wonderful.
Ruan Meng made a bowl of soup for her brother, sister-in-law, Xiao Kai, and A Yuan, and they all praised it.
Ruan Meng handed one of the jars to A Yuan, asking him to give it to Sun Mu'en so that Sun Mu'en could have a drink whenever he had time.
A-Yuan gratefully took it away.
When the duck soup was almost done, Ruan Meng first threw in a plate of bamboo shoot slices, adding fresh duck soup with wild bamboo shoots.
Once the bamboo shoots and duck meat are cooked, Ruan Meng takes them out and then pours in the remaining bamboo shoots and duck meat, continuing to stew.
The freshest and mildest dish, duck soup with wild bamboo shoots, was reserved for Sun Mu'en and his elder brother.
For the rest of the people, the duck soup with a thicker layer of fat has a richer aroma.
Once the eggs were cooked in the braising pot, Ruan Meng instructed the third son to take them out, gently crack them, and put them back in so that the braising broth could absorb the flavor.
Ruan Meng stir-fried duck intestines, gizzards, and hearts with millet peppers, and also stir-fried duck intestines separately.
Just before we were about to eat, the second son returned after delivering dried fish, but his expression seemed a little off.
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