"Boss, I need 10 pounds of spare ribs, leg bones, dragon bones, and fan bones. Please help me chop them into small pieces."
"Okay!" The butcher waved his hand, and the knife cut the bone in an instant.
Zhang Siyu took out her mobile phone, scanned the code and paid 1,288 yuan.
She bought so many bones, naturally to stock up. Today she received a call from her brother-in-law and aunt, who agreed to let her three nephews come over to celebrate the New Year.
Five years ago, her sister died of complications during childbirth, leaving behind three nephews. Fortunately, her brother-in-law and her aunt, her sister's mother-in-law, were very kind and raised the nephews very well.
This year, my nephew suggested that he spend the New Year with her. My brother-in-law and aunt discussed it for a few days and finally agreed. They called her before the New Year.
So in order to welcome the arrival of her nephews, she drove out in her pickup truck right after breakfast to stock up on groceries...
After the boss finished chopping the bones, Zhang Siyu asked for 20 kilograms each of pork belly, front leg meat, and tenderloin.
She also took possession of two fresh pig stomachs and several pounds of large and small intestines on the stall.
The total cost was more than 1,700 yuan. Zhang Siyu bargained with the boss and got a price of 26 yuan, and finally paid 1,700 yuan.
Oh, and I need to buy lard...
8 yuan per pound, more expensive than usual. But if you need it, you still have to buy it.
Zhang Siyu stared at the lard on the pickup truck, which she had spent over 500 yuan on, and fell into deep thought.
I don't know why, but I suddenly felt an overwhelming hunger, as if I hadn't eaten meat or oil in a long time. I was so hungry that I even wanted to close the butcher's stall...
Zhang Siyu suppressed the inexplicable desire in her heart and returned to the vegetable market again. She bought 30 kilograms of mutton and 30 kilograms of beef, and ordered two chickens and two ducks.
Mutton costs more than 50 yuan per pound, and beef costs more than 40 yuan per pound. These two items alone cost nearly 3,000 yuan.
But in the end, everything had to be eaten, so Zhang Siyu scanned the code quickly without feeling sorry at all.
Passing by a braised meat shop, she bought five pounds of salt-baked chicken feet. She also bought two large boxes of braised beef, pork head, cold-mixed pig ears, and salt-baked chicken wings.
You can eat it with rice or as a snack.
While waiting for the boxes to be packed, Zhang Siyu noticed two cured geese hanging in the window of the braised food shop. They looked very good in appearance and color.
Thinking of the delicious cured goose meat she had eaten as a child, Zhang Siyu decisively asked the boss to help her wrap it up.
"Okay, beautiful lady, the total is 852.8. I'll round it off for you, so 850 will be fine."
"Okay, thank you." Zhang Siyu took out her mobile phone and scanned the code to pay.
When cooking the cured goose meat, add some dried radish or something and stir-fry it, or add some garlic sprouts or something like that, it will definitely taste good...
"Boss, please give me a bag." There was a meatball shop next to her, so Zhang Siyu didn't go far away. She took the big bag the boss gave her and directly scooped out more than 30 kilograms of mixed meatballs, then took 5 meat rolls, and spent another 634.08 yuan.
These are delicious no matter how you cook them, and are especially good for hot pot. They are also easy to store, so you can buy some more.
As the thought flashed through her mind, Zhang Siyu asked the boss for another 20 kilograms of beef balls and 10 kilograms of fried tofu...
That should be about right. After all, we still have to consider the capacity of the refrigerator.
Zhang Siyu carried more than 100 kilograms of things back to the car, and then took out two white plastic buckets from the passenger seat.
She came here mainly to buy some wine. There was a woman selling dry goods in the market who also sold wine, and her wine was quite good.
"Auntie, I want a barrel of rice wine and a barrel of white wine." Zhang Siyu handed the two white plastic barrels that had been prepared long ago to the proprietress.
One bucket is 5 liters, and two buckets are 10 liters. It's enough to drink for a long time.
"good."
The one who brought the pot was a regular customer. The proprietress took the money and poured the wine promptly. Then she gave Zhang Siyu two salted duck eggs.
"Thank you, Madam." Zhang Siyu put the two salted duck eggs in her pocket and returned to the car.
The next destination was the farmers' market, in the other direction, not far from her home.
Zhang Siyu didn't hesitate and simply went home, carried the things upstairs and put them in the refrigerator.
Fortunately, the refrigerator at home is big enough, 400 liters, which can hold a lot of fruits, vegetables and meat.
If that doesn't fit, there's a small refrigerator.
Because the house was renovated and a large refrigerator was installed, the small refrigerator was put aside. However, it was not broken, so she didn't want to throw it away, so she kept it in the corner of the house to store some things at room temperature.
But it seems the large refrigerator is sufficient for now. I asked the boss to chop the meat into small pieces so it doesn't take up so much space...
Zhang Siyu packed the fresh meat and put it in the freezer, and put some of the meatballs in the temperature-controlled room, just enough to fit them all.
As for the braised chicken feet, they could only be put in the refrigerator for the time being. She put the two cured geese on the balcony which was full of cured fish, cured meat and cured ribs.
The preserved foods above were all packed by her aunt this year.
Over the years, the old lady has always taken good care of her, and every year she would stuff her car with local specialties as if they were free.
Not only cured fish, cured meat, cured chicken, cured duck, cured sausage and cured ribs.
Dried chilies, dried beans, dried cucumber peels, dried eggplants, dried sweet potatoes, dried melon peels, whatever was available at home, they all tried their best to give her.
Seeing that she likes to chop chili peppers, she would send her several large jars every year. If she didn't accept them, she would be very unhappy...
Looking at the string of cured foods on the balcony, Zhang Siyu felt infinite emotion.
Although they're not family, they're better than family. If only her sister were still alive...
But all this is just wishful thinking. Cherish the people around her, so she should continue to stock up!
Zhang Siyu calmed herself down, cleaned up the garbage in the house, and then drove to the nearby wholesale farmers' market.
Bones are suitable for stewing yam, radish, and corn. Zhang Siyu made a rough selection and bought 20 kilograms of them.
Lamb stewed with white radish is a must-have for the family during the Chinese New Year, so she specially bought 20 kilograms more.
There was indeed a bit of surplus after buying so much for a few people, but she was worried about being unable to go out suddenly, so she decided to buy more to save trouble.
Zhang Siyu searched around and bought all the ingredients including onions, ginger, garlic, celery, chili peppers, and garlic sprouts.
No need for cilantro. No one in her family likes the smell. Especially her sister, who can't bear it at all. She says it smells like a dead spider...
After buying the ingredients, Zhang Siyu picked out some common vegetables such as eggplant, beans, loofah, tomatoes, etc., also about three or four pounds.
Because potatoes are durable, she bought 20 kilograms.
The chicken and potato stew was delicious. She had just cleaned out the refrigerator and discovered she still had two free-range chickens from her hometown. Adding the two new chickens she had bought would provide enough for several meals...
Zhang Siyu carried some things and picked a few bunches of fresh vegetables in front of the vegetable stall.
She also picked up two more heads of Chinese cabbage and Chinese lettuce. These two types of vegetables are particularly durable and can be stockpiled.
After choosing for a while, Zhang Siyu put a big pumpkin and a big winter melon into the car.
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