Chapter 87 86: May you find more treasures on the mountain
He got up in the middle of the night and called Zhou Huaijun. The two of them secretly ran to the production team's fields to dig sweet potatoes and potatoes to eat. They were caught by their uncles who were on night patrol, but they felt sorry for them and let him go.
When the two returned home, they met their mother and husband who had come out to look for them, and the whole family hugged each other and cried.
Thinking of this, he sighed and poured the rosin into a half-empty iron pot. After boiling it until it melted, he scooped up the rosin with a spoon and poured it on the hairy areas on the pig's head.
Put the rosin in cold water and wait for it to cool down, then tear it off. The rosin peeled off the pig's head will be covered with wild boar hair, making it look like a hedgehog.
Making pig's trotters is much simpler. Roll them in the loose fragrance twice, take them out and soak them in water. Tear off the resin and the pig's trotters will become white and plump.
Grandpa Zhou and Zhou Huaijun came back and said that they were lucky as they encountered a wounded wild boar. Everyone sighed for a long time again.
At this time, Zhou's father came back with an empty basket. Seeing that he looked unhappy, the old man asked, "What's wrong? Did your sister-in-law say something sour again?"
Father Zhou shook his head. "No, I saw that the third child looked pale, skinny, and had no energy at all. I felt a little uncomfortable."
The old man frowned, "Didn't they say the gallstones had been removed? Why haven't they healed yet?"
Seeing that he was worried, Zhou's father comforted him, "Maybe he just got well a while ago and hasn't recovered yet!"
After hearing this, Zhou's mother said, "Old man, take a pig's trotter and give the belly to the third son, and ask the third sister to stew it for him to eat to nourish his body."
According to the old people in the mountains, wild boars eat wild delicacies and poisonous insects in the forest. The wild boar's stomach, which has been soaked in various wild delicacies and poisonous insects for a long time, can be regarded as the essence of the whole wild boar and has a very high medicinal value.
"Yes." Father Zhou turned to Zhou Huaijun and said, "Xiuxiang and the others are washing their stomachs by the ditch. Go get it and give it to Third Father."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaijun took a pig's trotter, put it in the vegetable basket and went out.
Yang Chunyan, Zhang Xiuxiang and Li Qiuyue were washing large intestines, small intestines and pig stomachs by the ditch.
The three of them washed the internal organs over and over again until all the feces inside were cleaned out. Then they went home and rubbed them several times with alkali and scallion leaves, then blanched them in water twice, and the odor was gone.
Zhang Xiuxiang pointed at the small intestines and said, "The small intestines are a bit bitter and not as delicious as the large intestines."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Stew the small intestine with Houttuynia cordata and mung beans to clear away internal heat. Cut the small intestine into short sections and rub them with some flour. Then cut some pickled peppers, pickled ginger and green onions and stir-fry them. It will taste much crispier."
"We'll fry it and try it when we get back."
Zhou Huaijun walked over and asked, "Xiuxiang, have you cleaned your stomach?"
Zhang Xiuxiang turned around and said, "I've washed it. Do I need to cook it tonight?"
"The old man asked me to deliver it to Third Uncle's house." "It's in the basin, take it yourself!"
Zhou Huaijun picked up the pig's stomach from the basin and walked towards Zhou Dahe's house.
The three sisters-in-law put the washed large and small intestines into a basin and brought them back home. Mother Zhou had already started stir-frying pork liver and kidney.
Zhou's mother said, "Chunyan, I have saved a piece of meat. Go to Doctor Wang's house tomorrow and deliver it to his family."
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan agreed, "Mom, cut some small intestines and stir-fry kimchi."
"Yes, you can eat it however you like."
Yang Chunyan picked up some pickled ginger and pickled peppers, went to the vegetable garden to pull up a few green onions, took out half of the small intestines, and stir-fried two large pots of them with the side dishes.
After the wild boar meat is cooked, add pickled ginger, pickled cowpea and lettuce slices to the pot.
After the food was served, Zhou Jiaming said to Yang Chunyan, "Aunt, there are mosquitoes under the table. Can I use the mosquito coils you made?"
"It's ready to use. Ask grandma where she put it."
"Oh!" Several children rushed out in a swarm, "Grandma, give us some mosquito coils."
"I'll get it for you." Zhou's mother took down a bamboo basket from the cupboard, took out mosquito coils and a mosquito coil tray, lit them up and gave them to Zhou Jiaming, "Put it away, don't burn yourself."
Several people looked at the lingering incense and sniffed, "It smells like stale mugwort. Aunt Yao is amazing. She can even make incense."
"Your aunt said that her old man taught her to do it. You should study hard and learn medicine in the future. You will be able to do anything you learn."
Zhou Jiaming said with a bitter face, "Studying is not fun at all. Zhou Chenglong from our class has gone home to herd sheep."
Zhou's mother raised her hand and gave him a slap on the face. "You are a shepherd boy and you want to become a dragon. I think you are more like a sheep commander."
"It's not me!"
Zhou Jiaming covered his head and followed his mother back to the main room. He placed mosquito coils in the corner and soon the buzzing sound of mosquitoes disappeared.
The children were very curious and after eating a few bites of food they ran over to take a look!
The younger ones all thought that fried small intestines tasted good, but Mr. Zhou and his mother thought it was too tiring to chew.
Zhou Jiakang frowned and said, "Grandma, wild boar meat is not as delicious as pork. It takes a long time to chew it and it won't be chewed."
Zhou Jialiang nodded, "Yeah! There's still a smell, a bit stinky!"
Zhou Huairong sneered, "You're still dissatisfied with eating meat? If I starve you for three days, even shit will taste delicious!"
Zhao Huifang rolled her eyes at the two of them and said, "If your father and aunt hadn't bought some meat for you these past two days, all the meat on the table would have been snatched up by you guys."
When the children thought about the time they ate beef, they all laughed foolishly.
After eating, the family felt that pork was better than domestic pork. Wild boar meat still had a fishy smell even though so much pickled ginger was used, and the meat was a bit hard and not as tender as domestic pork.
After dinner, Zhou's father and Zhou Huairong went to deliver pork to Secretary Xu and Zhou Yiding's home.
Yang Chunyan and a few others cleaned the pig's head, put it in a big pot and cooked it with spices.
Mother Zhou picked up the pig lungs and said, "Stew them tonight and stew them with some radishes tomorrow morning."
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Yes, cut the pig intestine in half and braise it and cook it with lettuce, it will be delicious too."
Zhang Xiuxiang said happily: "During this period, the family has been eating a lot of greasy and meaty food, and the children's faces have become red."
Zhou's mother sighed, "It's rare to see greasy food throughout the year. The kids are weak and their faces are yellow."
"Mom, we're back." Zhou Huairong walked into the kitchen carrying a basket of vegetables. "Secretary Xu agreed to lend the team's brick kiln to our family."
Zhou's mother rubbed her hands happily, "This saves a lot of trouble. After peeling the bark, we can pick up the yellow mud."
"Guilan, take out the pig's brain and meat and worship the mountain god." Zhou's father shouted in the yard.
"Here we come!" Everyone carried the eight-immortals table to the yard, put out incense, candles, paper money, pig heads, pork, and white wine, and began to worship the gods.
Mother Zhou worshipped the gods while chanting something, first thanking the mountain god for his protection, then praying to the mountain god and the land god to bless the children to walk smoothly in the mountains, and praying to the ancestors of the Zhou family to bless the family to be smooth, and hope that the children can find more good treasures when they go up the mountain!
After everyone paid their respects, Zhou's mother took the pig's head back and put it back into the pot to continue braising. At this time, the call of a cuckoo was heard outside the courtyard wall.
Zhou Huaian looked at Zhou Huaishan, "Third brother, go out and take a look, maybe Erchun and the others are here."
"You come here but instead of calling the door, you're pretending to be birds outside. You guys are the only ones with so many tricks." Zhou Huaishan said as he walked towards the gate of the courtyard.
Zhou Huaijun asked, "Youngest, did you pretend to be a bird when you went to Erchun's house?"
Zhou Huaian laughed at himself: "We are all unwelcome idiots. Just like our family, every time Erchun and his friends come, I give them a cold look. Who dares to come?"
As they were talking, Zhou Huaishan came in with Xu Erchun and He Dakuan, carrying buckets of water. "Youngest, Erchun brought some eels. Please help him take Ning An to sell them tomorrow."
Zhou Huaian lifted up his leg wrapped in hemostatic medicine to show them, "I'll have my third brother push me up and walk tomorrow."
Xu Erchun looked at Zhou Huaishan, "Is it convenient for you, Third Brother?"
(End of this chapter)
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