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When Du Heng woke up the next day, he completely forgot the nightmare he had yesterday and got up early in the morning.
Today's breakfast includes fried dough sticks and tofu soup. The freshly fried dough sticks are crispy and Xuanyu can eat five or six of them in one meal!
"Cypress branches? Yes, there are a lot of them on Nanshan and Dongshan. What do you want them for?" Jing Nan was chewing the fried dough sticks carelessly. Maybe because he didn't sleep well last night, Jing Nan looked a little tired today. He was yawning while drinking soup.
Du Heng said, "Today I want to smoke bacon. I need cypress branches and sawdust. It would be even better if I had some spiritual fruit rinds and shells."
Jing Nan yawned, "Yes, come with me to get it later. Ouch... I can't do it anymore, I need to catch up on my sleep later." Before Du Heng could say anything, Feng Gui said, "Do you want to sleep at my place?"
Jing Nan nodded: "Well, go sleep over there. It's better to find a puppet to help me massage my back. I've been standing all night and my waist is broken." Feng Gui sneered: "You deserve it. I let you take on the responsibility."
Xuan Yu added a bowl of tofu soup to Du Heng: "I'll go to Nanshan to find cypress branches for you later, so don't go up." Du Heng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, thank you Xuan Yu."
Until now, he still remembered the second time he went up to Nanshan and was carried down by Xuan Yu. If he encountered a monster again, he would not only be unable to help Xuan Yu, but also become a burden to him. Thinking of this, Du Heng decided to wait for Xuan Yu to come back at home. He was relieved to leave the matter to Xuan Yu.
Feng Gui suddenly smiled at Du Heng, and Du Heng's eyes widened at the smile: "Du Heng? I have a favor to ask of you."
Du Heng was stunned: "Hmm, what's the matter?"
Feng Gui pointed to the large wooden barrel in the kitchen and said, "I smell the wine. Can I drink it? If possible, can you fill two bottles for me?"
If Feng Gui hadn't mentioned this, Du Heng would have almost forgotten about it. Since Feng Gui mentioned the wine, Du Heng quickly untied the quilt on the wooden barrel. This time, a clear smell of wine came over. This time, the smell was less sweet and more alcoholic.
After Du Heng opened the lid, the big monsters who were watching with their bowls in their hands all exclaimed "Wow!"
There was half a barrel of clear wine in the barrel, with large chunks of milky white lees floating on it. The color of the wine was no longer the milky white color seen before, but had turned slightly yellowish, so clear that one could see the bottom of the barrel.
Du Heng sniffed and said, "It should be done."
After hearing what Du Heng said, Feng Gui and Jing Nan finished the tofu soup in their bowls at the speed of light. They also used the cleaning technique to clean the thickening paste in the bowl.
Jing Nan licked the corner of his mouth: "Have a bowl, have a bowl~"
Du Heng was happy: "Okay, wait!"
Du Heng had already prepared a bamboo dustpan for collecting wine, which was made by Xuan Yu. Xuan Yu was really a good man who was indispensable at home. The bamboo dustpan he made was delicate and practical, but Du Heng was embarrassed to ask him to continue making it.
This bamboo colander has a diameter of one foot and a depth of eight inches. Press the bottom of the colander, which has been cleaned long ago, into the wooden barrel, and the wine will seep into the inside of the colander from the outside.
Du Heng scooped a full spoonful of wine with a wooden spoon, and carefully poured the wine into the bowl that Jing Nan held out: "Try it first, I don't know how much alcohol it has now, don't get drunk."
Du Heng poured a large bowl of wine into the white porcelain bowl. The wine was slightly yellow in color without any impurities. When it was poured into the bowl and shaken slightly, ripples appeared on the edge of the bowl. This was completely different from the appearance of clear water in the bowl. Although Du Heng was not very good at tasting wine, he could tell that this was wine.
A smell of alcohol came over him, and Jing Nan took a sip happily: "Hmm!! Good wine!!"
Jing Nan raised his hand and handed it to Feng Gui: "Try it, it's not worse than the one brewed by Jiu Zhongxian." Feng Gui took a sip from Jing Nan's bowl: "Hmm, not bad."
The wine tastes mellow and smooth when it flows from the lips and tongue to the stomach. The wine has a soft taste and a sweet taste when you taste it carefully. After drinking it, you will feel the lingering fragrance in your mouth, which does not burn your mouth or heart. The aftertaste is quite exciting.
Unlike ordinary liquor which has a spicy taste, this wine is just like Du Heng’s personality, soft but with a strong aftertaste.
Feng Gui was very satisfied: "Good wine, can you give me two bottles?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "I'm glad you don't mind." He had originally thought that if Feng Gui and the others didn't like the wine he brewed, he would keep it for cooking.
Hearing Du Heng say this, Feng Gui took out two jade bottles from his sleeves and said, "Fill them up."
Xuan Yu took a few sips of wine and put down the bowl: "I'll drink more when I come back. Now I'll go up the mountain to find cypress branches."
Du Heng waved his hand: "Be careful~"
Du Heng looked at Feng Gui and Jing Nan who were drinking from large bowls beside the dining table. It seemed that they had not finished their breakfast so quickly. Du Heng said, "I will go build a small fumigation house first. You guys eat first."
Generally, you need to find a downwind location to fumigate bacon. Every year, Du Heng's mother would find a corner in her yard to fumigate bacon. After hanging the bacon on the crossed wood, Du's mother would light a fire under the wood. When the fire was stable, she would sprinkle sawdust on it and then cover it with cypress branches.
The flames were covered by sawdust and flickered, and when they met the cypress branches, a puff of green smoke would emerge. The green smoke, with the fragrance of wood and cypress branches, curled up, and then slowly smoked the bacon above and changed its color.
After fumigation, the skin of the bacon will have a layer of black and gray smoke, but once it is washed with rice water, the golden skin and slightly transparent fat inside will be exposed. Because the fumigation smoke has temperature, the bacon is actually cooked inside after fumigation. This kind of bacon tastes fat but not greasy, whether it is used to stir-fry vegetables or steamed, it is a great delicacy.
In order to allow the smoke to fumigate the bacon to the greatest extent, Mother Du would also add some non-flammable boards next to the top wood to block it. However, Mother Du's fumigation method is still risky, that is, people need to keep an eye on it at all times.
If the fire below starts and people don't notice it in time, the flames will burn the meat above. Every year, when people are steaming bacon, the meat will burn.
In order to prevent the bacon he made with great effort from turning into roasted meat, Du Heng prepared to make a new type of fumigation furnace.
Du Heng went out of the yard and measured the wind direction. The wind was blowing from the northwest, so Du Heng found a flat ground in the southeast corner of his yard. After a soil-inducing talisman was cast, a seven-foot-high adobe house appeared on the flat ground. The house had a door frame facing east that could accommodate one person, and there was a row of air holes above the door frame.
The house is not big, five feet long, seven feet high, and only four feet wide. When you look up, you can see the criss-crossing hooks above your head, and one or two skewers of meat can be hung on each hook. In addition to the meat hanging on the roof, there is also a row of criss-crossing wire mesh about four feet above the ground, and there are hooks under the mesh.
He could put two layers of meat in a room like this, and a tall man like Du Heng could reach the corner by standing at the door with just a simple fork.
Du Heng looked at the big room with satisfaction, and his eyes fell on the wall opposite the door. There were many holes on the wall. When the smoke from the small room next door started to burn, the smoke would flow through these holes to the room where the bacon was hung.
Du Heng clapped his hands in satisfaction: "Perfect~" The world of cultivation is so good, a soil-inducing talisman can harvest a room of edible smoked bacon. If this was placed in his hometown, it would take two or three days for the prototype of the house to be completed.
Du Heng used a wood-inducing talisman to make a door on the side of the big room. He opened and closed the door, and the door and door frame fit tightly together. This way, when he was fumigating, the smoke would not escape too much, and he did not have to worry about something coming in and ruining his bacon.
Jing Nan leaned against the gate and looked at Du Heng: "What are you doing? It's so ugly."
Du Heng was very unconvinced when Jing Nan said this: "This is a house for fumigating bacon, is it ugly?"
Du Heng looked at the house he built, and then looked at the houses around him. Even if he had a filter of his father, he had to admit: "It seems... it is indeed ugly..."
At first glance, Du Heng's adobe house looks like a house with a small tail behind it, which is indeed not very harmonious. Du Heng made excuses for himself: "It's just practical, um... it's just practical."
Anyway, once the spiritual energy is withdrawn after use, the house will turn into mud.
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Okay, stop making excuses. Didn't you say you wanted sawdust, melon peels, and fruit shells? Come with me."
Du Heng quickly followed: "Hey, okay~"
Du Heng thought Jing Nan would take him to the spiritual plant field and find some spiritual fruits from a corner. But he didn't expect Jing Nan to take Du Heng directly to his house.
Du Heng was stunned: "Hey? Jing Nan, are you going to take me to your house?"
Jing Nan looked at Du Heng suspiciously: "What are you saying? I haven't done anything against the law, but you sound like I'm selling you out."
Du Heng quickly explained: "No, no, it's just that you suddenly invited me to your house, and I was flattered."
Jing Nan chuckled, "Du Heng, your memory may not be very good. How many times have I invited you before? Can you tell me honestly?"
Du Heng was a little confused, he didn't seem to care. Suddenly he remembered that on the first day he came to the village, Jing Nan invited him to live in his house. But at that time he felt that Xuan Yu standing in front of the dilapidated little house was particularly desolate, so he didn't go.
Later? There were a few times later, just recently when Xuan Yu went out, Jing Nan even invited him.
Jing Nan staggered with his hands in his pockets. He yawned: "Alright, alright, don't show that expression. People who don't know would think I did something to you. By the way, when we get to my house, don't touch anything. I have some troublesome spiritual plants at home. If you accidentally get poisoned, Xuan Yu will beat me to death." Du Heng smiled awkwardly: "Don't worry, I promise not to touch anything."
He finally understood why he didn't dare to go to Jing Nan's house, because Jing Nan was a doctor. Du Heng felt that being a doctor was a mysterious and high-class profession, and many doctors had mysophobia.
Du Heng had a relative who was a doctor. Whenever he went to his relative's house, Du Heng didn't even dare to breathe and could only sit on the sofa. His relative would use a tape measure to measure the placement of items in his house. The house was spotless, and Du Heng felt like he was defiling the floor when he walked on it.
In Du Heng's impression, doctors are like this. And Jing Nan should be such a doctor... right?
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It didn't take long before they reached Jing Nan's door. Speaking of which, the layout of Jing Nan's house was actually similar to his own, both were designed by Jing Hong, so the interiors should be similar as well...right?
As soon as Jing Nan opened the door, Du Heng was dumbfounded. Look, what did he see? He saw an orchard! ! There was an orchard in the yard even though it was snowing outside!
Jing Nan walked to the courtyard gate and waved: "Come in, what are you looking at at the door?"
Du Heng was shocked and asked, "How come there are so many fruit trees?"
Jing Nan laughed: "As long as you want, you can have an orchard in your yard. What's so strange about that? It can be done with a formation. Don't be in a daze. Come in."
Du Heng felt like he had walked into a fantasy world. He followed Jing Nan and walked under the trees. Some trees were covered with flowers, some were covered with fruits, and some had both flowers and fruits. The courtyard was full of red and green, and there was a bluestone path under the trees that meandered into the distance.
Du Heng looked up and saw that Jing Nan's house was hidden deep in the orchard. Only the rooms and terrace on the second floor could be seen. Du Heng was amazed: "It's amazing."
Jing Nan walked to a pear tree and stopped. He saw that the tree was full of fist-sized yellow pears. Jing Nan reached out and plucked two pears from the top of the tree: "They should be ripe..." He picked up one of the pears and took a bite: "Yeah, they are ripe."
Then he threw another pear to Du Heng: "Usually you prepare the food for me to taste, this time you want to try my spiritual fruit?"
Du Heng took the heavy pear and said with a smile, "Do you always pick the spiritual fruits you give me from this yard?"
Jing Nan shook his head: "Yes, but there were not many ripe spiritual fruits before. After a while, there will be more fruits that can be eaten."
Du Heng took a bite of the pear, and the sweet juice burst in his mouth. The juice that he didn't have time to swallow slid down the corners of his lips. Du Heng wiped the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and he smacked his lips: "So sweet! This pear is delicious."
Jing Nan gave a thumbs up and smiled, "You are very knowledgeable. This is the snow jade pear that Feng Gui brought from the Snow Jade Fox Tribe. This is the first time it has borne fruit. You are lucky to have encountered ripe fruits on your first visit. Take some away later."
Du Heng said happily: "Okay, thank you Jing Nan."
Jing Nan said, "Look around my yard for any melons and fruits you can use. Pick whatever you need. There won't be any danger in the yard this way. Just be careful of your steps and avoid any spiritual plants I've set up formations around."
Du Heng looked down and saw that there was indeed a formation flashing red light under the surrounding fruit trees. The formation drew red circles, and there were one or two spiritual plants in each circle.
Du Heng responded: "Okay!"
Jing Nan walked ahead while chewing a pear: "I'll find you a backpack. By the way, do you want to use these fruits to smoke bacon? Or roast them directly over the fire?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "No, just use the peel. Wouldn't it be a waste to roast the flesh inside?"
Jing Nan nodded thoughtfully: "That's right..."
Jingnan's orchard was very large. Du Heng could see hundreds of fruit trees at a glance. Some of them were so large that they blocked out the sun. But strangely, they could not be seen from outside the yard.
Jing Nan explained, "Is there a formation in the yard? Actually, it was your Xuan Yu who helped to build this formation. When your cultivation reaches a certain level, you can also build an orchard in the yard. You are better at growing delicious fruits than me, and the fruits you grow will definitely be better than those in my yard."
Du Heng was actually encouraged. Just for the sake of this big orchard, he decided to practice hard!
Du Heng originally thought that the hundred-acre spiritual plant garden in the valley was all that Jing Nan had planted. However, when he arrived at Jing Nan's house, he found that the hundred-acre spiritual plant garden was not as good as a corner here.
Du Heng followed Jing Nan through the bluestone path to his house. Jing Nan's house was very similar to Du Heng's, and also had a porch. However, this was a symmetrical house type, with Du Heng's terrace on the east and Jing Nan's on the west. Du Heng's kitchen was located below his terrace, so Jing Nan's house had a west-facing room on the first floor, but this room was used by Jing Nan to store sundries.
Starting from the corridor, Du Heng saw countless backpacks, each of which was filled with spiritual plants. The backpacks were stacked on top of the backpacks, and the baskets were placed on top of the baskets. Jing Nan's house looked dirty. How could it be compared to the cleanliness of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner?
Jing Nan walked to the eaves of the corridor and kicked the basket that was blocking the road away: "Hmm...it seems...it's here, right?"
Du Heng stretched his neck and stopped eating the pear: "What are you looking for?"
Jing Nan scratched his head openly: "Aren't you talking about fruit peels? In the fall, I collected some oranges and the like, and I threw the peeled skins here. But it seems a little hard to find..."
Du Heng had cold sweat on his forehead: "Don't worry, just take your time to look for it."
Jing Nan picked up a basket, turned it upside down and shook it, and the green and yellow spiritual plants in the basket scattered all over the ground. Jing Nan muttered: "Did I lose it? No way, I'm not that diligent..."
Du Heng looked through the window at Jing Nan's room, and saw that everything he saw was filled with spiritual plants. If you didn't know better, you would think you were in a hay shed. Jing Nan's house was filled with the fragrance of hay...ah, the fragrance of spiritual plants. Standing under the eaves and sniffing, Du Heng felt that his mind was more open.
Du Heng looked toward the west window of Jingnan's house and saw a tall pile of hay inside. Above the hay, there was a big gray bird building a nest.
Du Heng sighed. After Xuan Yu, Jing Nan’s image as a big boss also collapsed.
Of the three people in the village, the only one who still maintains his master image is Xiaoxiao's uncle Feng Gui. But Feng Gui has always been a big monster, and Du Heng knew it the day he met Xuan Yu. Feng Gui's image will never collapse! Absolutely not! !
Jing Nan was still searching hard. The spiritual plants around him were piled up in a pile, and Jing Nan was covered with spiritual plant debris. Finally, Jing Nan successfully fished out a basket: "Found it! I said I wasn't that diligent~"
Du Heng was sweating profusely. He should have thought of this long ago. Jing Nan was so casual that he didn't look like a cautious and serious person. In fact, before Jing Nan took out the basket, Du Heng didn't have much hope. The orange peels eaten in autumn were piled in the basket like this. They should have been moldy and rotten a long time ago, right?
As a result, when Du Heng stuck his head out, he saw Jing Nan holding a basket full of golden orange peels in his hands.
Jing Nan smiled and said, "This is the orange left after I used it as medicine. This kind of orange has better medicinal effect when the skin is green. I didn't use the remaining bad fruits. Later, when they grew ripe, I found that they were quite delicious. Next year, I will save one for you to taste."
Du Heng said gratefully: "Thank you Jingnan." With this half frame of orange peels, at least Du Heng's first batch of bacon can be fumigated.
Jing Nan said, "There are some grapefruits on the tree over there, do you want some?"
Pomelo? Du Heng's eyes lit up: "Yes! Put the pomelo peel on the cypress branches and steam it. The smoke will have the fragrance of pomelo, and the smoked bacon will taste good."
Jing Nan picked up a clean backpack and put it on his back. He walked outside the porch and shook himself: "Come, follow me."
Du Heng happily carried half a box of orange peels on his back and followed Jing Nan. Jing Nan walked a few hundred meters to the west. Du Heng thought it should be several hundred meters because he also climbed over a small hill.
A few hundred meters away, there are five pomelo trees connected together, with scattered pomeloes hanging on the trees. Each pomelo is bigger than Du Heng’s head!
Du Heng's eyes lit up: "What a big grapefruit!"
Jing Nan turned around and said quietly, "They look big, but they are actually unpalatable. The flesh is small and the skin is thick, with lots of sour seeds. Even Xiaoxiao doesn't like to eat them. I wanted to get rid of these trees, but there is a kind of elixir that requires the bark of such pomelo trees, so I had no choice but to keep them."
Du Heng smiled and said, "That's because you haven't found the right method. Just wait and see, I'll make you some grapefruit tea. I guarantee you'll like it."
Jing Nan looked Du Heng up and down and asked, "Is it really edible?" Du Heng said with certainty, "It is edible. Just believe me."
Jing Nan stood under the tree, and with a whirl of spiritual energy in his hands, five grapefruits from the tree fell to the ground. Du Heng picked up a grapefruit and patted it. Wow, it was so heavy. This grapefruit looks good!
Jing Nan said, "Put it on the ground first, and I'll have the puppet carry it back for you later. Then you can see if there are any more fruits to pick."
After hearing what Jing Nan said, Du Heng immediately became interested. He took off the backpack, and the two walked along the bluestone path under the fruit trees.
Just as Jing Nan said, Du Heng came at the wrong time. Although there was a formation in the courtyard, not many fruit trees were ripe. After a while, a lot of fruit should be ripe. Du Heng began to look forward to it. There were too many fruit trees in Jing Nan's yard. There were also some spiritual fruits that he didn't recognize. Du Heng felt that he had discovered a treasure.
Jing Nan yawned and said, "I'm going to Feng Gui's house to catch up on some sleep later, so don't save any lunch for me."
Du Heng nodded, but he immediately became confused: "Why do you want to go to Feng Gui's house to sleep? You can sleep at my house, too."
Jing Nan smiled obscenely: "Of course it's because Feng Gui's bed is special. I can feel refreshed after sleeping for a while."
Du Heng thought of the shrill woman's cry last night. He looked in the direction of Jing Nan's house and said, "Jing Nan, that Jing Hong..."
Jing Nan said: "What can happen? She won't die. But her meridians have just been reconnected, so she can only lie down."
Du Heng sighed: "Jingnan, have you given your room to Jinghong?"
Jing Nan looked at Du Heng strangely: "What nonsense are you talking about? She, a woman, slept in my room? Will I be ashamed if I tell others about it?"
Du Heng was a little confused: "Hey? Where is she sleeping?" Jing Nan was even more puzzled: "Didn't you just see her?"
Du Heng was puzzled: "No..." When did he see Jinghong?
Jing Nan kindly reminded: "The bird in the west room."
Du Heng was petrified, and it turned out that Jing Hong was the big gray bird? ? Du Heng almost cried out, where was the girl from yesterday? How did the girl turn into a bird?
Jing Nan patted Du Heng's shoulder and said, "What's that expression? Are you so shocked to see the demon form of a demon cultivator? Don't you see Xiao Xiao's demon form every day?"
Du Heng wanted to cry but had no tears: "Xiaoxiao is different..."
Du Heng, feeling distraught, followed Jing Nan out of the house again, carrying a backpack on his back. Jing Nan yawned in front of him and said, "I won't take you home. I'm going to sleep on Feng Gui's bed first."
Du Heng was shocked, and he even walked unsteadily: "Oh, go to sleep..."
Fenggui's female historian opened the door for Jingnan, who yawned and said, "Go get two people to help Du Heng carry the pomelo to Xuanyu's yard."
The leading lady nodded, and then two identical puppets came out from behind and walked towards Jingnan's house.
Du Heng was still immersed in the disillusionment of his good girl turning into a bird. When he saw Xuan Yu, he felt very aggrieved: "Xuan Yu, let me tell you, the girl I saw yesterday turned out to be a bird!"
Xuan Yu couldn't understand Du Heng's collapse. He was very calm: "Don't you like birds?"
Hugging Xiaoxiao every day, isn't this love?
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Du Heng was devastated: "Why is there such a big difference between the demon cultivator's human form and his true form?"
Xuan Yu blinked and changed the subject: "I...brought back some cypress branches from Nanshan Mountain. Do you want to see them?"
Du Heng's train of thought was diverted: "Hey? Let me see."
Xuan Yu's backpack was filled with dark green cypress branches, which were covered with cypress fruits the size of little fingers. Du Heng flipped through the basket, and a scent of cypress wafted out.
Du Heng was very satisfied: "Very good! Thank you Xuanyu."
Xuan Yu said: "There is a formation in the backpack. I don't know if what I picked is enough for you. If not, I will pick more."
Du Heng nodded hurriedly: "That's enough."
Xuan Yu said slowly: "I'll go deal with the casings. Didn't you say you wanted to make sausages today?"
Du Heng had completely forgotten about the heavy matter of his sister turning into a bird. He nodded and said, "Okay, okay. You go and deal with the casings. I'll hang up the bacon and then come deal with the meat."
Du Heng and Xuan Yu worked separately. The intestines of Shan Gao were dirty and smelly to handle, but Xuan Yu didn't even frown while handling them.
He moved a stool and sat outside the yard, watching Du Heng making a fire: "Do you need my help?"
The first batch of bacon that was dried yesterday has been hung in the small house by Du Heng. Du Heng used a piece of burning blood-sucking vine to ignite the wood. When the flame of the wood burned, he sprinkled sawdust on it.
Hearing Xuan Yu say this, Du Heng smiled and said, "I also want to ask you if you need my help. Is it a bit troublesome for you to deal with the intestines?"
Xuan Yu said seriously: "It is a bit disgusting, but there is nothing we can do about it."
Du Heng picked up a handful of cypress branches and stuffed them into the small room. White smoke immediately came out from between the branches, and a smoky smell wafted out.
Xuan Yu sniffed the smell: "It's a bit special."
Du Heng laughed and said, "Many people can't get used to the smell of bacon, but I think it tastes good." Xuan Yu said seriously, "It must be delicious if you cook it."
Du Heng covered the wood with a layer of cypress branches: "Next we will slowly fumigate it. It should be ready by tomorrow."
Xuan Yu said: "Then don't we have to watch it at night?"
Du Heng looked at the sky and said, "When it's night, we basically don't have to worry about it. As long as there are no small animals causing damage, there will be no problem."
When the green smoke from the fumigation room began to slowly and steadily emerge outside, Du Heng stood up.
He said to Xuan Yu, "Let me take care of the casings. Can you help me cut some lean and fatty mountain meat? No skin required. Cut it into slices for me. No need to chop it up. I'll season it later."
Xuan Yu responded: "Okay..."
At this time, Xiaoxiao ran out of the yard in panic, jumping and dancing: "Chirp, chirp! Chirp!!"
Xuan Yu's face changed when he heard this. He stood up from the stool abruptly, then suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and cleaned the dirt off his hands.
Seeing Xuan Yu running to the kitchen in a hurry, Du Heng also ran in: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
In the kitchen, Feng Gui fell on the dining table and half of the wine in front of him spilled.
Xuan Yu sighed helplessly: "Drunk."
Du Heng: ... Feng Gui was actually drunk? How much did he drink?
Du Heng suspiciously lifted the lid of the wine barrel, only to see that only half of the original wine was left in the barrel. Feng Gui really had a huge capacity!
According to Du Heng's judgment: "Feng Gui drank at least five kilograms..."
Xuan Yu sighed, and dragged Feng Gui towards the living room: "This guy has been drinking for a long time, and he is careless."
Du Heng looked at Feng Gui with some distress: "Xuan Yu, hold him, don't drag him..."
Xuan Yu dragged Feng Gui very rudely, like he was carrying a mop. Feng Gui blushed and hummed: "Another... one bowl..."
Xuan Yu dragged Feng Gui to the room where he used to sleep. He threw Feng Gui to the ground and said, "He may not wake up today."
Du Heng took down a quilt from upstairs and covered Feng Gui with it: "Why don't you move upstairs? There's a bed upstairs."
Xuan Yu said calmly: "Feng Gui is not used to sleeping in other people's beds, nor does he like others to sleep in his bed."
Du Heng glanced at Xuan Yu and said, "Jing Nan is sleeping on Feng Gui's bed now. How do you explain it?"
Xuan Yu said calmly, "Jing Nan is an exception. In short, Feng Gui cannot sleep in our bed."
Feng Gui turned over and wrapped himself in the quilt. Du Heng wanted to cry when he saw him like this. Such a handsome man ended up lying dead on the ground. It was so tragic.
Xuan Yu pulled a blanket and threw it on Feng Gui's head. He said to Du Heng calmly, "Let's go and cut the meat."
Du Heng looked at Feng Gui with regret. The scene of a drunk beauty was really beautiful, but the blanket covered Feng Gui's head, so Du Heng could only leave with regret.
Xiaoxiao was peeking out of the door, and Xuanyu said to him, "Your uncle is drunk."
Xiaoxiao didn't know what he was thinking of, his eyes lit up: "Chirp?"
Xuan Yu said: "Jing Nan is asleep too, so no one will take care of you today."
Xiaoxiao laughed when he heard that. He squinted his eyes and made a series of whooshing sounds.
Without Jing Nan and Feng Gui to interrupt, Du Heng and Xuan Yu cooperated very well. Du Heng quickly cleaned out a complete casing. The so-called casing refers to the outermost layer of the small intestine, and not all intestines can be used to make sausages.
The cleaned casing is slightly transparent, with only a thin layer of membrane, but when it is pulled open it is very long, as long as from the kitchen door to the yard door.
Xuan Yu looked at the thin casing and said, "Yunyanlou also has intestines, but they are not like this. Their intestines are stuffed with meat and boiled in water."
Du Heng blinked: "Is it delicious?"
Xuan Yu said delicately, "It smells a bit fishy, but many cultivators like that smell."
Some demon cultivators even came to Lingxi Town just for this stinky intestine, which Xuan Yu couldn't understand.
Du Heng smiled and said, "Don't worry, the sausage I made won't have a fishy smell."
The reason why it smells fishy is that the intestines and meat are not seasoned well. Du Heng is very experienced in seasoning.
The large wooden basin was filled with slices of meat cut into even thicknesses, which were generally 30% fat and 70% cooked. Shan Gao had much more lean meat than the pigs raised at home, and Du Heng was worried that Shan Gao meat would taste strange at first. But when he ate Shan Gao meat for the first time, he knew he was overthinking it.
Although the mountain jellyfish are monsters, they are also wild animals that absorb the essence of the sun and the moon and run in the mountains. Their meat is rich in spiritual energy. They don't have the strange smell of pigs raised in human society.
Du Heng poured the bright red pepper into the meat slices. In addition to the pepper, Du Heng also added pepper powder, pepper powder, salt, sugar, and white wine...
Xuan Yu couldn't help but sneeze: "What a strong smell."
Du Heng smiled and said, "This is what Sichuan-style sausage tastes like. Please go out for a moment and come back when I have mixed it."
Xuan Yu shook his head: "It's okay, it smells pretty good when I smell it carefully."
Du Heng suddenly remembered something. He raised his head and blinked: "Xuan Yu, can't you eat spicy food?"
Until now, Du Heng is still unsure which flavor Xuan Yu prefers. If Xuan Yu can't eat spicy food, he will make less spicy sausages.
Xuan Yu said seriously: "I can eat it. I like everything you cook."
Du Heng smiled relaxedly: "That's good. I'll make two flavors of sausages, one sweet and one spicy. Try it and see which one you like. If you like it, I'll make more next time."
The marinated meat was dipped in red chili powder. Du Heng sniffed it and was very satisfied: "Feng Gui will definitely be satisfied with this level of spiciness."
Xuan Yu added faintly, "I am also very satisfied."
Du Heng laughed: "Come on, let's stuff the meat into the casings together."
It is said that the small intestine of a pig can hold the meat of a whole pig. Du Heng has never actually done it, but he knows that the casing can really hold a lot of meat. But you have to be very careful when stuffing the meat in. If you use too much force, the meat will break through the casing and slip out, and if you use too little force, the meat will not be stuffed evenly.
In Du Heng's hometown, the process of stuffing meat is replaced by machines. A large pot of meat can be stuffed in a sausage machine in minutes. But here, Du Heng can only use the most primitive method - stuffing by hand.
One end of the casing is very soft, so it is quite difficult to stuff the meat in. However, when Du Heng was a child, he saw his mother stuffing the meat using the traditional method.
Du Heng found a thin bamboo tube, which was thinner than the casing and about ten inches long. Du Heng put the casing on the outside of the bamboo tube, tied a knot at the other end of the casing, and then put the casing upwards on the bamboo tube.
The bamboo tube had been carefully polished and felt very smooth. The hard bamboo tube was much easier to stuff meat into than the soft casing. Du Heng easily stuffed a few pieces of meat into the bamboo tube. He used a thinner wooden stick to poke the meat at one end, and the meat slid easily into the casing at the back.
As more and more meat is stuffed in, the casing slides down from the outside of the bamboo tube in an orderly manner.
Du Heng was very satisfied: "Look, although the old method takes a little longer, it still works!"
Xuan Yu stood by and studied it for a moment: "Can I try this?" Du Heng handed the bamboo tube to Xuan Yu: "Yes, but you have to be careful, don't stuff too much in at once, otherwise..."
Before Du Heng finished speaking, he saw Xuan Yu's hand waved out a shadow as if he was consecrating. A flash of spiritual light appeared in his hand, and the meat slices in the wooden basin jumped into the wooden barrel one by one as if they had consciousness. Then the small wooden stick that was used to poke the meat was also controlled by the spiritual energy.
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