Chapter 422 Blood Sausage
Later, the two of them said they wanted to raise the fence, but they never had the time. Not everything in life can be accomplished step by step as planned.
Just like the fried melon and bean paste, it was two days before the New Year by the time the soybeans were successfully fermented. During this period, no watermelons matured and turned red. The temperature this winter was somewhat different from what the two had expected, and the watermelons that had already swelled a little also stopped growing due to the temperature.
The two of them picked the watermelon and cut it open with an experimental attitude, and found that the flesh inside was still white.
The fermented soybeans can only be made into black bean sauce.
The watermelon vines would probably gradually wither, so while they were still fresh, the two men pulled off the vines and threw them into the pigsty to feed the pigs, and at the same time dragged out the pigs that were to be slaughtered.
Zhao Yeqing held the basin and placed it under the simple table made of long benches for slaughtering pigs. The white knife went in and the red knife came out, and warm blood flowed into the basin.
The blood sausage we made in the past two years was not enough and it was gone after just a few meals. We have to make more this year.
Since I was a child, the blood sausage made in my hometown has no meat. It only has glutinous rice mixed with pig blood. It is stuffed into the casing, cooked, and then hung over the stove to dry.
Another reason why I make it less is that I can’t bear to use the pig intestines. If the small intestines are used as sausage casings, I can’t eat them alone.
The pig blood for making blood sausage must be freshly released and has not yet been seasoned and coagulated. Mu Xi's technique in cutting pork is very skillful. After cutting it in a few strokes and putting it in a basin, he went to prepare the casings needed for Zhao Yeqing to stuff the blood sausage.
They only get to eat the freshest pig-killing dish once a year. As long as it's a pig-killing meal, the two of them don't have to worry about what to cook in the evening.
After handing the cleaned small intestine to Zhao Yeqing, he still had to deal with the blood and dirt at the pig-slaughtering scene.
The warm farm pork is sweet and not fishy. It is delicious whether boiled in water. Cut the pork into pieces, boil the meat in water, and then you can start eating.
The blood sausage can be eaten after it is cooked. The leftovers can be hung in the drying room to dry.
The blood sausage cut into round slices is placed on a small white porcelain plate. The red pig blood is wrapped around the greasy white and crystal glutinous rice. The tough casing on the outside not only serves the purpose of wrapping but also increases the taste.
The meal was ready and the bloody smell in the yard had faded. Mu Xi walked out of the gate and called Da Huang to drive back the cattle and sheep outside the yard and lock them up in the barn.
Dahuang and the others had been absent-minded for a long time, and the cattle and sheep were not so alert, but these dogs were very smart and had already smelled the bloody smell drifting in the wind.
Entering the yard, the long-lost sweet aroma of pork hit them again. After handing the cattle and sheep to Mu Xi, several dogs ran into the kitchen. Xiaohua, who was in the front, still had crystal liquid in her mouth.
The aroma drifted farther and farther away. After the meal, the two of them worried that something would get close. Who knows what the aroma mixed with the smell of blood would attract.
The weather is getting colder now and there are not many mosquitoes. After dinner, I sat on the balcony on the second floor. I moved a small table with a computer on it. The computer was not playing any movies, but only showing real-time surveillance footage.
The moon was still halfway up and the moonlight was not bright. This period of time was the darkest except for the time before dawn. Even if you were sitting on the balcony on the second floor and could see outside the wooden fence in the distance, it was still dim and unclear.
In the past, there was no slaughter of pigs, so there was no smell of blood. But now it has never been quiet outside the fence at night, let alone tonight.
Sure enough, not long after the lights in the yard on the first floor went out, the shadows of a weasel and a fox appeared in the picture.
Normally this season is the time for animals to hibernate, but the temperature is neither too high nor too low, so it doesn’t matter whether they sleep or not.
However, the raccoon dog that often comes to beg for food has not been seen recently.
These small and medium-sized carnivores cannot compare to the large beasts in the mountains and forests. Most of their food source depends on the carrion left over from hunting by the beasts. They will move as soon as they smell blood.
The fence, which was raised to more than three meters, was worn flat and had no leverage points for animals to climb up, unless they had high jumping ability or sharp claws and could barely jump in.
After confirming the excitement of tonight, the two of them stopped hesitating and turned on the light switches hanging around the fence.
The long fence was lit up by lights, and the sudden brightness startled the animals, who turned and ran, including some that had just jumped into the yard, and they jumped and crawled out in a hurry.
The lights near the fence were not turned off all night. The animals, who had been greedy all night, wandered around for most of the night and finally left unwillingly.
I don't know if they were consciously guarding the house or if it was because the weather was just right, but there were two dogs sleeping on the haystack in the front yard. If some brave animals ran in, they would raise their heads alertly.
The gurgling sound in the throat is very intimidating in the quiet night.
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Zhao Yeqing woke up early in the morning. Today is New Year's Eve, so he has to get up early to put up the Spring Festival couplets.
Spring Festival couplets are written and dried one day in advance. Every year there are new expectations but also the old original intentions.
First couplet: "A year of good fortune comes with spring"
Second line: "Colorful clouds roll in from all seasons"
Horizontal banner: "All the best"
In the past, during the Chinese New Year, the most popular couplets at the stalls at the market were those praying for wealth, as everyone hoped that their family would be able to attract wealth and fortune in the coming year.
Maybe it's because I grew up with the elderly, and the elderly of the two families are forest rangers who do not value material things, so there have never been couplets praying for wealth on the doors of their houses, but always for blessings and peace.
However, she always puts up fortune-attracting couplets at the door of the house she rents in the city, or simply puts the upper and lower couplets in a very cheerful way, "Hahahahahahaha" and "Hehehehehehe", and a horizontal banner - "Hehehaha".
This year's couplets were still written by Zhao Yeqing. Compared with the upper and lower couplets with only four words when he first moved to Caodi due to his poor skills, the calligraphy now has obviously made a qualitative leap.
At least they are all positive.
She was very satisfied, and snorted at Mu Xi who was smiling beside her: "What are you laughing at? It's not easy to write every word correctly in a couplet. You are not as good as me in this matter."
Mu Xi was caught laughing secretly, and he raised the white flag to defend himself: "No, I just saw that you wrote well and smiled knowingly."
Not wanting to pay attention to him, Zhao Yeqing stuffed the Spring Festival couplets into his hands and said, "Go ahead and put them up. It would be a waste if you don't use your height to put up Spring Festival couplets."
This couplet is posted outside the gate of the courtyard, praying for colorful clouds in all seasons, that is, good weather and distinct four seasons.
It’s not that the situation is bad now, but Zhao Yeqing always feels that only when the four seasons return to normal can everything be back on track.
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