Chapter 101 Pork, Cabbage, and Vermicelli Stew
Once it's stewed until very soft and tender, it's served in a special bowl for the mother wolf.
It won't cool down quickly, so I take it outside and wait a few minutes before bringing it back in; it will then be warm.
Stir it a few times with chopsticks and serve it to the mother wolf.
The mother wolf didn't open her eyes when she saw me coming; she seemed to be extremely tired.
I gently patted the mother wolf, signaling her to eat something.
The mother wolf weakly propped herself up and ate the noodles in large mouthfuls. It seemed that she had indeed expended a lot of energy, and her spirits were much better after eating the noodles.
Seeing that the mother wolf was alright, I yawned and went back to the east room to continue sleeping.
Little Gua is very curious and kept peeking out the door. I gave it two slaps on the forehead, and it obediently went back to its bed to sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, the sun was shining brightly. Although we had enough firewood at home, I still wanted to go out for some exercise and gather more firewood.
They loaded up their wheelbarrow, took their axe, saw, and other tools, and went to the mountain to chop firewood.
All branches of different thicknesses were trimmed to the same length and neatly stacked on the cart.
Little Di, Little Gua, and Little San and Little Si all came along and had a great time rolling around in the dry grass.
In just one morning, the cart was completely full.
It's quite warm today, and with the strenuous exercise, I sweated a lot.
Riding on that enthusiasm, I pushed the stroller home.
When I got home, the heated kang bed from the morning was still warm, and with the heat from the sun outside, the house was a bit too hot.
Taking this opportunity to let the air in the room get some fresh, I opened the window, and the cool breeze from outside slowly entered the room.
I wasn't in a hurry to cook, so I sat on the steps picking burrs and other unfamiliar grass thorns off my pants.
Just as we finished picking most of them and were about to go home, Xiao Di came limping over.
Grab its raised little paw and flip it over; there's a burr stuck between its two little paw pads.
I picked the cocklebur for Xiaodi, and saw that it was covered with all kinds of thorns.
It looked like there was plenty to pick. I let the little groundhog sit obediently on the steps and patiently picked off its thorns. I gathered up a small pile of thorns on the ground before I finally cleaned the groundhog.
The third and fourth mistresses were making a ruckus in the distance when the fourth mistress rushed over and lay down directly on the pile of thorny bushes.
I screamed and yanked Xiao Si up hard. Besides the grass thorns that were already stuck to its body, the pile of grass on the ground was now covered with them.
I had no choice but to remove the thorns from this troublemaker again, secretly vowing as I did so that I would never take them out again.
My eyes were getting blurry from looking so much, but I finally managed to get the dog out.
I tapped my numb legs and went back inside to start making lunch.
Thinking that the salted eggs should be ready, I decided to try them today.
But we can't just eat salted eggs, so let's stew some vegetables at the bottom of the pot first.
I took a large cabbage and, as usual, peeled off the wilted outer layer.
If you can't finish a Chinese cabbage in one meal, cut it in half, then into small pieces, and wash it clean in water.
Peel and chop two potatoes, then slice a small piece of meat into thin slices.
The stove fire was burning brightly. After adding oil, the sliced meat was added and quickly stir-fried with a spatula.
Once the meat slices are fragrant, add the cabbage and potatoes and stir-fry together.
A small bowl of cabbage began to shrink as it was gradually stir-fried, eventually becoming limp and lying at the bottom of the pot along with potato and meat slices.
Add all the seasonings, pour in enough water to cover the vegetables, cover the pot, and simmer for a while.
First, rinse the rice, then take three salted eggs out of the jar with your bare hands and wash them clean with water.
After finishing these steps, the vegetables in the pot were boiling. Add a large handful of glass noodles and place them in a steamer.
Place the rice and salted eggs together in a steamer, then cover the pot with the lid.
A bowl of rice and two side dishes are quickly cooked in one pot.
While waiting for the food to cook, we cleaned up by sweeping the firewood from the stove pit together and putting it into the stove.
Wash a rag and wipe the stove, worktop, cabinets, etc. clean.
Once everything was ready, the aroma of stewed cabbage, pork belly, and glass noodles wafted out.
As usual, I took out the salted eggs and rice first.
Then stir-fry vigorously with a spatula a few times, and then serve the stew.
The owner still eats first, and the puppy eats later. When the owner is eating, it's the puppy's time to train its willpower.
The stew was cooked over a high heat today, and some of the cabbage and potatoes have already developed charred edges, but I quite like the charred aroma.
The cabbage and potatoes were very soft and tender, with the aroma of pork, and tasted oily and fragrant.
The glass noodles were stewed until they were very sticky and chewy. It was so satisfying to slurp up a big mouthful of them with a chopstick.
I soaked the egg in cold water for a while, and now it's not hot to the touch.
One end of the egg is hollow. Gently crack open the hollow end, clean the edges, and gently scoop it out with chopsticks.
As soon as the chopsticks broke the boundary between the egg white and yolk, orange-red oil oozed out, glistening and almost spilling outside the egg.
Quickly use chopsticks to scoop out some egg white and yolk and put them in your mouth, making room so that the butter doesn't spill out of the eggshell.
The first bite of salted egg yolk was a taste I hadn't had in a long time.
The egg yolk was soft and fluffy, bursting with a rich, oily aroma that lingered not only on my tongue but also reached my palate and nasal cavity.
I couldn't wait to eat more salted eggs. I first ate a mouthful of rice, then put a mouthful of egg white in my mouth. The egg white wasn't too salty, it was very chewy, and it went very well with the rice.
After eating all the egg white, only the yolk remained.
You swallow the egg yolk whole, chewing it slowly. It's the most precious part; you almost feel reluctant to swallow it whole.
I ate two salted eggs during the meal. I could have eaten a third, but I felt that eating too much salt was unhealthy.
By this time, the little melon had already plunged three thousand feet down the ground, leaving a small puddle of water on the floor. I then began to prepare dog food.
Today's dog food is very simple to make: just put all the leftover rice and vegetables together and stir.
After mixing, the mixture was distributed, with the four dogs receiving the majority and the remainder left for the mother wolf.
The mother wolf is in good spirits today; it seems that having her postpartum confinement here is much better than having it on the mountain.
Sang Biao is really clever. He's comfortable staying with me, so he thought of bringing the mother wolf here too.
I went to the kitchen and chopped the freshly picked wilted vegetable leaves into small pieces. I then mixed them with cornmeal and bran, and soaked them in the water used to wash the pot to make pig feed, or more accurately, pig and chicken feed.
The chickens and pigs in my family eat the same food.
By the time the whole family had finished eating, it was getting dark.
I don't go out after dark unless it's something important.
I worked up a sweat chopping wood today, so I'm going to take a hot shower.
After washing up, I put on some thin thermal underwear, closed the door to the east room, and prepared not to go out again.
The temperature was normal this winter, so there was no need to add extra honeycomb briquettes to the stove.
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