Chapter 38 Special Talents
"Can."
In an instant, Bai Chen and the others thought of the painful experience of their faces becoming dry and cracked last winter, and their eyes suddenly lit up.
“Will it help with frostbite?”
Yi Chichi, "...you all have frostbite?"
"have."
Bai Chen and the others wanted to cry because they got frostbite early.
The winter in Northeast China is really cold. Water turns into ice as soon as it drops. Everything can be frozen.
The first winter they arrived, their ears were frozen and their hands and feet got frostbite.
It was such a painful feeling.
"No, the ointment won't work. Although it's effective, it's useless for frostbite. I can make you a frostbite ointment separately."
"Let's discuss it."
They bought the lard together and no one could make the decision individually.
So, after a tangled and struggling discussion, Bai Chen and his team decided to eat less lard to treat frostbite.
"I'll give you half. Is that enough?"
"enough!"
This time it was really enough, half of it was about three or four pounds.
A lot of lard can be produced.
Bai Chen and his friends didn't buy the pork fat from An Hao, but from another store.
That family had a large quantity, so they managed to grab a large piece of pork fat, weighing nearly seven or eight pounds.
Because no tickets are required, the prices are higher than those in state-owned food stores.
2.5 per kilogram.
Yi Chichi was given about three and a half kilograms, and Yi Chichi paid four dollars and forty cents.
They helped to make lard because she had never made lard before and neither had the original owner.
Zhang Lanxiang was afraid that the original owner would steal some, so she would buy meat and lard herself every time, and lock the lard residue in a cupboard.
Therefore, Yi Chichi, who had no relevant experience and was worried about ruining the lard, chose to seek external help.
Bai Chen and the others did not refuse and even invited her to have dinner together in the evening.
Yi Chichi agreed, went back to the house to get her rations, and contributed a few large bones that had little meat on them, and then started to share the meat with Wang Nan and the others.
Qi Yang and his friends bought the meat and didn't need her to share it.
Zhou Qiuyu also stocked up two kilograms of meat for himself.
Wang Nan and her friends didn't have enough money, so each of them asked for two pounds of meat and a smoked chicken, and she kept the rest for herself.
I didn’t know how to handle it, so I sought external help again.
As a result, Bai Chen and others told her that Wu Yongfei was good at processing meat and she could ask him for help.
Yi Chichi looked towards him. The man with his big teeth grinned like the silly son of a landlord with a smug look on his face.
"I can help, but I won't help for nothing."
"nature."
Yi Chichi didn't think of asking him to work for nothing, "What do you want?"
"I want 10 cents for processing fee."
It costs the money for two sesame seed buns and a cup of soy milk, but there’s nothing we can do because the temperature isn’t high enough to freeze the meat.
Neither can she.
So, spend when you should and save when you should.
"Give!"
She took a dime and handed it over, and asked, "What are you going to do with it?"
"Smoked meat, bacon, marinated meat, etc., which one do you want?"
"I can do anything."
Then, Wu Yongfei chose to make smoked meat for her.
But when he saw the meat, he changed his mind and said, "It's too lean. It won't taste good as smoked meat. I'll make you meat sauce."
"……good."
This is still a fickle boy.
"You prepare the ingredients yourself."
“What ingredients do you want?”
"Onion, ginger, garlic, oil, salt, etc. If you think the meat sauce alone is too monotonous, you can add some mushrooms or something like that."
Yi Chichi, "...I don't have any mushrooms."
"I have."
Wu Yongfei's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, "I can give you some if you want."
"want."
Then she bought three cents worth of mushrooms.
"I'll make dinner for you after dinner."
"good."
As the two men were negotiating, the aroma of meat wafted over.
It was too tempting, and the two of them couldn't resist their greed and ran into the kitchen. They gathered around the stove with Wang Nan and others to watch Bai Chen boil lard.
Large chunks of lard shrunk severely and turned brown, rolling around in the oil.
Ten minutes later, the crispy lard residue came out of the pot. Bai Chen scooped up the oil in the pot with a spoon and poured it into a yellow enamel jar.
"Each of you just need to taste the lard. I'll cook first."
After handing over the oil residue and the main oil tank, Bai Chen started to busy himself with cooking.
The bones that Yi Chichi contributed were chopped with an axe, then rinsed, added water and put into the pot to cook.
I steamed a pot of steamed corn bread and cooked two bowls of rice.
The vegetables were not stir-fried. After the bones and shanks were stewed until almost done, radish, beans, sauerkraut and oil residue were added.
The beans were dried by Wang Nan and his family in the summer, and the sauerkraut was made by them after consulting Aunt Ma and her family. It took a long time, and the sour smell goes straight to the top of my head.
That was such a thrill.
But the finished product was sour and appetizing and especially delicious. Yi Chichi, who had always eaten light food to protect his stomach, suddenly tasted this heavy-flavored dish, and his appetite instantly increased, and he almost ate too much.
"happy!"
Zhang Yunhao, who had eaten so much that his belly was round, burped contentedly, "Today is the only time I had a full meal in almost a year."
Bai Chen and the others sighed, everyone is like that.
"It's mainly because there's plenty of oil and water today."
If there was less oil and water, it would be impossible to eat so comfortably.
"If I could eat such meals every day, my life would be worth it."
Qi Yang sighed, and Yi Chichi smiled, "There will be such a day."
Once the vegetable basket project is officially launched, the Chinese people's dining tables will naturally become richer.
After eating and drinking, everyone sat together and chatted. While chatting, Bai Chen told a piece of gossip.
"I heard that the Corps has started recruiting special talents again."
Yi Chichi asked, "The Corps is still recruiting people?"
"Yes, but only special talents."
Yi hesitated to make a comment and lost interest.
The scope of special talents is wide, and it is difficult to evaluate this thing. Someone can give it a try. After all, the legion has a salary.
No one has anything to do with them.
Qi Yang didn't think so. He looked at Yi Chichi and said, "I think you can give it a try."
"ah???"
These words really shocked Yi Chichi. Before she could ask, Wang Nan and the others nodded and said that she could indeed try it.
Yi Chichi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How did you know that I'm a special talent?"
When it comes to embroidery, she can do it.
But she doesn't think the Corps lacks embroiderers.
"You can make medicine and process medicinal materials."
The words are concise and to the point.
Yi Chichi thought it made sense, but——
"Does the Corps want to work?"
"want."
Not only do you have to work, you also have to open up new land.
"Has any educated youth ever successfully signed up before?"
Bai Chen and the others looked at each other, thought about it seriously, and found that there really wasn’t one.
So he shook his head.
Yi Chichi spread his hands and said, "Look, even if I apply, I may not be selected."
Bai Chen sighed, "The Corps is just like the forest farm. Not only do the educated youth want to go in, but the locals also want to go in..."
Shaking his head, he said helplessly, "Forget it, just like Yi Chichi said, even if we really sign up it won't be our turn, so let's just stay in Kaoshantun."
"The recommended places for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University will be announced in the spring. I wonder if Kaoshantun can get one this year."
When Wang Nan said this, Bai Chen and the others' eyes lit up, but then quickly dimmed.
(End of this chapter)
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