Chapter 166 Stay for Dinner
"Hey, Brother Liu, don't pack all the ribs!"
Seeing Brother Liu stuff all the ribs into a bag at once, I quickly stopped him and pulled out a few more.
"I'm thinking of stewing some pork ribs later."
He muttered to himself as he placed a few ribs on the cutting board.
Only beef and some frozen vegetables remained in the large freezer.
Move all the beef to one freezer, and put all the pork and frozen vegetables in another freezer.
The container was perfectly full, and I was very satisfied that I suddenly had a whole pig's worth of fresh meat.
Brother Liu and Taozi went outside to kill a chicken, while Sister Liu and I prepared the ingredients in the kitchen.
While chatting about various things, they washed all the vegetables and sorted them into bowls.
There are quite a few dishes to cook, so preparing them in advance will prevent you from being overwhelmed later.
The base elder was sitting on the sofa in the east room, playing with my four dogs and Tiedan.
This old man really loves animals; he even said he'd give him a dog. I don't know why Xiao Di has never gotten pregnant again.
I suspect that the attack on her stomach by the assailant last time damaged her uterus.
My poor little land, I must take better care of it from now on.
Thinking of Xiaodi, my hands slowed down.
"What's wrong, girl?"
Aunt Liu noticed that I wasn't feeling well and asked me with concern.
"My dog isn't having puppies anymore, I'm afraid she'll get sick."
"That's normal. As long as it can eat properly, it's fine."
As they chatted, all the vegetables were processed, and Brother Liu and Taozi carried the prepared chicken and rabbit into the house.
"Once you're all taken care of, come inside and rest. I'll get you some water."
A kettle of water was boiled and placed on the ground table along with tea leaves. Brother Liu and the base elder sat at the table and drank tea.
"It's been so long since I've had tea, it smells so good."
Brother Liu kept smacking his lips as he drank.
"I'll give you a pack when I leave, and I'll give you all a pack too."
There's still plenty of tea at home, so I can accept each person taking one pack.
"Look at you, so useless. Sigh."
Sister-in-law Liu couldn't bear to see Brother Liu like this, and sighed in anger.
I smiled and pushed Aunt Liu toward the kitchen, and Taozi followed.
"Sis, is there anything else I can do?"
Ever since I rejected his confession, Taozi has changed his way of addressing me from "sister" to "elder sister," which sounds much better to me.
"You should go and rest too. Liu Sao and I are enough."
There weren't many peaches left in the refrigerator, and I was a little reluctant to use them, so I put a plate of chilled plums on it and had Taozi bring them inside.
As Aunt Liu tended the fire, she smiled and said to me, "I'll do the chores for you, so you can do the cooking and let me taste your skills."
"Okay, sister-in-law."
Start preparing the stir-fry.
Aunt Liu helped chop the rabbit, chicken, and ribs into small pieces, and cut the other vegetables according to my request.
Marinate the rabbit meat with cooking wine, ginger, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and pepper.
Bring water to a boil in a pot, then add the pork ribs and chicken in turn to blanch them. After blanching, remove them with a slotted spoon.
Heat oil in a large pot, sauté scallions, ginger, garlic, and soybean paste until fragrant, then add the blanched pork ribs and continue to stir-fry. When the ribs are almost cooked, add green beans and potatoes, water, and appropriate seasonings. Cover the pot and start simmering.
There were so many people today that the rice cooker wasn't enough to cook all the rice. So I rinsed the rice in a stainless steel bowl, placed a steamer basket on top of the iron pot used for stewing pork ribs, steamed the rice on top, and then threw in three cleaned potatoes to steam together.
Liu Sao also started cooking on the small stove next to them.
Pour oil into a wok, stir-fry the scallions, ginger, and garlic until fragrant, then add the chicken and stir-fry until fragrant. Pour the chicken into a clay pot, add mushrooms, water, and seasonings, cover, and simmer on a small stove.
The ribs and chicken were simmered, while another small stove was used for stir-frying vegetables.
By this time, the rabbit meat should be almost marinated. Pour more oil into the wok and fry the rabbit meat.
Fry until golden brown, then remove and fry again until thoroughly cooked.
Pour the oil from the pan into a small bowl and save it for later.
Add dried chili pepper segments, garlic slices, Sichuan peppercorns, and ginger back to the wok and stir-fry until fragrant.
Add the fried meat, stir-fry for a few seconds, then add chili powder, barbecue seasoning, a little salt and sugar, and mix well.
Finally, add a generous amount of chopped green onions and white sesame seeds, stir-fry evenly, and serve.
A huge plate of spicy rabbit meat filled the entire room with an enticing spicy aroma.
The weather is hot now, so the rabbit meat won't cool down quickly after cooking. I didn't cover it with a lid because I was afraid that if it was kept too long, the texture would be bad.
Take a piece of fresh pork and cut it into slices. Stir-fry the pork with celery and then stir-fry the pork with chili peppers.
By this time, the potatoes in the pot are almost steamed. Take the potatoes out and mash them into mashed potatoes with a spoon.
Add a small amount of sugar, milk powder, and some water to the mashed potatoes, stir until it becomes a paste, and use a spoon to shape it into a volcano.
Scoop out a large spoonful of peach jam and dilute it with some water.
The thick peach jam, poured from top to bottom onto the potato volcano, looks absolutely beautiful.
Cut the watermelon in half and scoop out pieces one by one with a spoon, piling them up on a large plate.
Smash the cucumber with a knife, cut it into small pieces, add some garlic and chopped green onions, and mix to make a refreshing and delicious cucumber salad.
After all the ribs and chicken were cooked and stewed until tender, it was time to eat.
Carrying a bowl and chopsticks, I walked towards the east room. As soon as I entered, a stuffy heat hit me, and the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) was burning hot to the touch.
"Oh dear, it's so hot in this room, how can you still stay here? Hurry up and come out."
It was too hot inside to eat, so I directed Taozi to put the table in the entryway between the east room and the breeding room.
With both the front and back doors open, a draft blows through, dissipating all the heat from the kitchen and making the entryway room quite cool.
"Eat! Eat!"
I called out for dinner, and one enormous dish after another was brought to the table.
Each dish was served on a huge plate or in a huge bowl, and Brother Liu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
Brother Liu was practically drooling onto the table, but he was still concerned about me: "Tell me the truth, are you done with this?"
I chuckled and found five large cups. I then divided all the frozen ice cubes from the refrigerator evenly into the five cups.
He took out the rose jam, cherry jam, and peach jam he had stocked up on and asked everyone what they wanted to drink.
In the end, Brother Liu and Taozi wanted cherry jam, while Sister Liu, the base manager, and I wanted rose jam.
Five people, each with a super-iced large cup of fruit tea, and then it was time to officially start the meal.
Five people sat at the table, while four dogs and a cat sat on the floor. The small entryway seemed a bit crowded, but it didn't dampen our spirits.
"Ah~ That feels great!"
Brother Liu is always the mood-maker; he takes a big gulp of cherry fruit tea and his face is full of blissful expression.
This was the first time I had eaten with the base elder. He was not the refined person I had imagined. The base elder's eating habits were no less than Brother Liu's.
The pork ribs were stewed until tender and delicious.
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