Chapter 12: The neighboring village cooks meat with soy sauce, and I can smell the fragrance even after walking ten miles
In the kitchen, Deng Shirong was preparing the ointment water. He dissolved the ointment with an appropriate amount of clean water and then added an appropriate amount of raw salt.
After preparing the ointment, Deng Shirong said to his eldest daughter, "Ah Zhen, you can light the fire now!"
Deng Yunzhen responded and sat in front of the stove to start making a fire.
When the pot was heated, Deng Shirong put a little lard into the pot. After the lard melted, he put the cooked pork in and stir-fried it.
This is half fat and half lean pork, so it has a lot of fat. Deng Shirong asked his eldest daughter to control the heat, and then stir-fried it calmly.
Soon, the lard in the fat was slowly forced out. Deng Shirong saw that it was almost done, so he ordered, "Ah Zhen, you can increase the firepower."
Deng Yunzhen responded and stuffed a handful of dry weeds into the stove. They were extremely flammable firewood, and a big fire started in the stove instantly.
In the kitchen, Deng Yuntai and his brothers and sisters all knew that the most critical step of frying the garlic until it turned brown was coming, so they all stretched their necks and watched their father do it.
Deng Shirong held the spatula in his right hand and the prepared soy sauce in his left hand. Seeing that the oil temperature in the pot was high enough, he poured the soy sauce along the edge of the pot.
Hiss…
The moment the ointment water was poured on, a strong fragrance came to the nose.
To know how strong this aroma is, you can get a glimpse of it from a local folk song. There are two lines in this folk song: "In the next village, people cook meat with soy sauce. I can smell the fragrance even if I walk ten miles. Now I am here, and I am intoxicated by the soy sauce fragrance again."
This soy sauce is the city paste.
Using lard water to stir-fry pork is really a perfect match. Although it is not as exaggerated as sung in folk songs that the fragrance can be smelled ten miles away, but when the lard water is poured in and mixed with the pork and lard, the moment the lard fragrance is stimulated, the fragrance can really drift far away.
After pouring the paste water in, Deng Shirong quickly stir-fried it a few times and then took it out of the pan and put it on a plate.
If you want the yellow fried pork to taste good, the most important thing is to grasp the timing. When pouring the paste water, the oil temperature must be high, so that the aroma of the paste can be thoroughly stimulated.
In addition, after pouring the vegetable paste water, stir-fry quickly for a few times and then remove from the pan immediately, because if you stir-fry for too long, the vegetable paste will stick to the pan and the taste will not be so good.
After putting the pork on a plate, Deng Shirong scooped a ladle of water from the water tank into the pot, then smiled at his children whose noses kept twitching, "Okay, don't just stand there, it's time to eat!"
Deng Yunzhen said with admiration, "Dad, your cooking skills are amazing. I've made fried pork several times before, but none of them are as delicious as yours this time."
Deng Shirong walked towards the dining table and said with a smile: "The most critical step in making yellow fried pork is the last step of pouring the sesame paste. First, the oil temperature must be high, and second, stir the sesame paste evenly before removing from the pan. As long as these two points are done well, the taste will generally be good."
Deng Yuntai asked, "Dad, would you like something to drink?"
Deng Shirong shook his head and said, "Forget it. I have to go to Sham Shui Tin Village to do some work, so I won't drink."
At this time, Yunsong, Yunhua and Yunheng were so hungry that they wanted to eat the meat right away, but families in this era were not as unruly as in later generations. Especially when eating meat, the number of pieces per person was set, and you couldn't eat as much as you wanted.
Of course, then again, this rule is also related to the poor living conditions of that era. For example, most families in later generations had no shortage of meat, so they could eat it however they wanted.
"Okay, stop looking and eat!"
After getting their father's permission, the six siblings picked up their chopsticks and reached for the plate of pork in unison.
After that, no one spoke, including Deng Yuntai, who was busy eating. The aroma of the pork made them almost swallow their tongues. Who had time to talk? Deng Shirong also tasted a piece of pork. It must be said that the taste was really amazing. It is very difficult to eat such delicious pork in the future.
On the one hand, most pork in later generations was raised on feed, and the quality of the meat is definitely not as good as that of today's farm pigs.
On the other hand, it is related to the Shi Gao. The Shi Gao made nowadays uses the best materials, and the technology of making Shi Gao is also good. When the person who sells Shi Gao dies, it will be his son's turn to take over, and the Shi Gao he makes will not be as good as his father's.
Soon, the large plate of pork was finished by the father and his seven sons. The last person drank a bowl of pork and loofah soup. After putting down the bowls, everyone touched their stomachs with great satisfaction.
Deng Shirong was not as full as his children. He went to the front hall, smoked two cigarettes, and then slowly walked towards Sham Shui Tin Village.
Originally, the production teams had endless work to do all year round. At this time of year in previous years, members of each production team had to do this and that and would never stop.
However, this year is different. Most people have already known that they will divide the fields and work on their own after harvesting the rice. The team leader no longer organizes the members to do this or that, so the members of each production team have a rare few days of rest.
Because Deng Shirong was walking in a strolling posture to digest his food, it was more than half an hour later when he arrived at Sham Shui Tin Village.
Guan Dewei and his family knew that Deng Shirong would come in the morning, so they waited at home.
After the two sides met and greeted each other, Guan Yongying handed over the cigarette pipe and matches and said, "Jiu Gong, light the cigarette pipe first."
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Deng Shirong smiled and said yes, then he took the cigarette and gulped down two cigarettes.
After finishing his cigarette, Deng Shirong started talking about business: "Cousin, the man's family not only agreed to the conditions your family proposed, but also increased the price by an additional 400 yuan."
Guan Dewei's family was shocked when they heard this!
Actively increasing one's own worth has completely refreshed the three perspectives of their family.
This is 400 yuan. Even if it is Guan Dewu who works at the supply and marketing cooperative, he would have to work for almost a year and a half without eating or drinking to earn this much money.
After being shocked, Guan Dewei, who knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch, quickly calmed down and asked, "Uncle Jiu, I wonder what the conditions are for the man's family to do this?"
Deng Shirong explained: "Everyone has already known that our Bangjie Brigade is going to divide the land and work on their own after the harvest. The man's family's purpose is very simple, they just want to marry your Yongying back as soon as possible so that the man's family can get an extra piece of land.
Of course, if you do this, your family will get one less piece of land, so the man’s family took the initiative to increase the value of the body by 400 yuan as a little compensation to your family.”
After hearing this, the Guan family suddenly realized.
Guan Dewei and his wife looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.
400 yuan is indeed a huge sum of money in this era, but rural people have always valued land the most. Unless they have to, no one is willing to exchange land for money.
Now, the division of land and individual work are imminent. At this critical juncture, if we let our daughter marry off, the loss will be very heavy.
(End of this chapter)