After that, the next step is to wait for the fragrant pancreas gel to set.
While they were busy, the villagers had almost finished preparing the pork. The smelly skin was removed, and the fat from the pig's belly and other large pieces of fat were piled together, ready to be boiled into lard in Jiang Huaixu's large iron pot.
After sitting for too long, Jiang Huaixu wanted to stand up but was stopped by someone.
"Xu Jie'er, I heard from Yuan'er that you can make fragrant soap. Are these the ones?" Qiao Sanniang asked.
"Yes, Aunt Qiao, it's just made, and you have to wait for a while." Jiang Huaixu handed a piece to Qiao Sanniang and asked her to take a look.
Qiao Sanniang leaned in to smell it, and there was still a fishy smell but also a fragrance of osmanthus.
"Aunt Qiao, I just tried it. You can actually make bubbles with this when you clean your hands!" Jiang Wei tried to sell it. "Little sister said the more bubbles you make, the more dust will be washed away. If you think it's not fragrant enough, just rub in some more pollen."
Qiao Sanniang was persuaded by Jiang Wei's words. She showed the two the contents of her basket and said, "I brought some pollen from several different kinds of flowers mixed together. Do you think it's okay?"
"Okay, okay." Jiang Huaixu nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, then you can give Auntie two pieces. I'll give you all the dried osmanthus flowers, wild chrysanthemums, and mugwort in this basket, as well as some sugar."
"Auntie, I'll pick up three pieces for you. Lard and pig pancreas are readily available. I wouldn't want to take advantage of you! Let's keep these for a while before using them..."
After sending the contented Qiao Sanniang away, the women who had heard the noise gathered together, especially Zheng Wangshi, who shouted at the top of her voice: "Xu girl, leave a few more pieces for your aunt!"
"There are many more, don't worry, auntie!"
After she finished her roar, she said to Jiang Fu and Liu Ye'er, "Cousin, Afu, you two just watch here. I'll go see how to roast the wild boar."
After receiving affirmative responses from the two, Jiang Huaixu walked confidently to the piglet he had chosen. This suckling pig was really a little too big.
She held her waist and watched for a while, and finally cut the piglet into eight pieces and roasted them piece by piece to make them more flavorful.
Jiang Erlang had already learned Jiang Huaixu's barbecue skills, so the two worked together to prepare the barbecue.
It was already completely dark when everyone was eating Jiang Huaixu's roast pork.
The six tied-up bandits' stomachs rumbled as they smelled the aroma of stewed pork, roasted pork, and steamed dry food.
I've eaten pork before, but the aroma was never this tempting.
While the others were dejected, Qiao San's eyes were rolling around. Silver light flashed from time to time on his hands tied behind his back, and his small movements hidden in the shadows were very concealed.
Futuan, having eaten and drunk his fill, lay on the tree and stretched his front paws lazily. [Host, this foolish human wants to run away.]
[Your host is also human, so remove the adjective in front.]
Jiang Huaixu took a bite of the fragrant, spicy and crispy barbecue, then ate a mouthful of dry rice, and sighed in her heart, this is how people should live. Thinking of this, she drank another sip of the milky white crucian carp soup.
Jiang Erlang caught the crucian carp from the creek. It was not too big and was just the right size for making soup.
[I've handed the person over to you. I haven't finished eating yet.]
Fu Tuan snorted in dissatisfaction. He strongly suspected that the host allowed it to appear in order to better command it.
【Leave a piece of braised pork for me.】
After getting the host's answer, Fu Tuan jumped down from the tree.
The last bit of the hemp rope was cut. Qiao San looked around nervously. When he found that no one was paying attention to him, he quickly threw the rope on his body to the ground, bent down and hid behind a cart. His nervous breathing became heavier.
Suddenly, two startlingly bright eyes flashed past in front of him, followed by a shrill cry from his mouth. He jumped three feet high, waving his whole body to try to shake off the thing wrapped around his head, but the thing on his head was like a dog-skin plaster and could not be shaken off. Only when someone grabbed him again was he able to see the light of day again.
The villagers were furious at Qiao San's attempt to escape, so they put a sack on him and kicked him several times until he stopped moving.
This scene made Qiao Da and others who were hoping for a lucky break completely lose their fighting spirit. This group of people plus the mountain cat made people wonder if they were a group of people disguised as refugees.
Fu Tuan walked up to Jiang Huaixu with his tail raised, rubbed his head against Jiang Huaixu's hand, and took a piece of braised pork and ran away when he was not paying attention.
"Fu Tuan, come here, I'll treat you to meat!"
"Futuan is so powerful, it knew that person was going to escape?"
"Futuanzi is the most intelligent cat I have ever seen."
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For a time, the villagers praised Fu Tuan highly and wanted to feed him.
These days they discovered that Futuan was pickier than humans. He would not eat anything thrown on the ground, would not eat anything that was dirty, would not eat raw meat after having eaten cooked food... In short, he was not like a normal mountain cat.
Futuan, who was not a normal mountain cat, licked his lips after eating the braised pork, and in order to avoid being bullied by the group of children, he jumped back into the tree.
After dinner, Jiang Huaixu used coarse cloth to build a simple place for bathing.
Just as he was about to go in with the hot water bucket and the scented soap, he was stopped by someone.
"Little sister, how about I give you a bath?"
"Ah?" Jiang Huaixu, who had never had such experience, was embarrassed. She couldn't imagine how much dirt she could rub off her body.
"Come, come, come." Jiang Huaixu was dragged in by Jiang Wei.
After taking a shower, Jiang Huaixu felt completely exhausted. She felt like a piece of pork lying on a chopping board, with the skin almost rubbed off.
However, after she came out, the fragrance on her body instantly attracted many young girls and wives to come and smell it.
"Oh my god, does soap smell this good?"
Jiang Huaixu, who secretly added the osmanthus-scented shower gel from the mall, said: "...I bought some perfumed ointment in Yaozhou City before. The perfumed ointment will also be quite fragrant if you add some dried pollen to it."
"No wonder!"
"No, my baby has to be washed too. If I don't wash him now, I won't be able to tell what he looks like!"
"Yes, yes. While there's water and soap, you can just cover it with a cloth and wash it. It's very convenient."
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After Qian Xiuzhu finished her work, she grabbed the children in the house and rinsed them in water one by one, rubbing them clean.
The washed children faced each other, poking this and touching that, all of them were very excited, as if they were getting to know each other all over again.
Unfortunately, before I could fully recognize it, I was wrapped in clothes by the adults and taken back to wring out my hair.
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