From time to time, people would come to the mill to borrow the stone mill. Since there were so many people there, no one went to the side room and nothing was kept there.
Once you have thought it through, execute it.
"My daughter, watch over the fire for us while Mommy cleans the meat."
"Don't worry, I'll watch it." He promised, patting his chest.
Liang Qi carried the pieces of meat to the secret room, where there happened to be a wooden rack. He placed the meat on it one by one.
We need to take the time to refine so much meat into oil and put it into the vat. Otherwise, it will be okay if left like this during the winter, but it will all go bad in the summer.
Liang Qi locked the door of the side room directly.
The aroma of meat that could not be locked up in the kitchen drifted out, filling the entire yard with the aroma. It was so tempting that it slowly drifted towards the village. Some villagers were already eating, and the greedy children at home were shouting for meat.
"It's so annoying. Eating meat makes the smell of meat spread all over the village. Humph!" The woman was so angry that her nose almost became crooked.
All I could feel was jealousy. In this village, the family that could eat meat was a wealthy one, and ordinary people couldn't afford it.
Only during the Chinese New Year would every family be willing to take out the meat allocated by the team. The commune only allocated a few ounces of meat, which could only be saved until the New Year and then eaten up for the first meal on New Year's Eve.
Some people can't bear to give it up, so they can only turn it into lard residue. They only scoop out a little bit each time they eat it, and stir-fry it with potato strips with a little meat flavor. It will also be a delicious meal.
"Mom, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat." The child rolled on the ground and cried.
"What are you eating? How about I give you my meat? You only know how to eat meat. Why don't you see that your family is so poor and you can't afford it?" A woman cursed at the street.
She was holding a stick and preparing to beat the child, but when the child saw his mother holding the stick, he was so scared that he quickly turned over and ran away.
The woman cursed, "You little bastard, you don't work hard all day and just ask your mother for food."
Others, holding their rice bowls, stood on the embankment of their homes and ate corn porridge while enjoying the aroma.
Some people came out specifically to see which family was eating meat. What a spendthrift! The whole village was filled with the fragrance. There must be a lot of meat. How could such a small amount of meat produce such a strong fragrance?
He put the keys in his pocket and went into the kitchen. There was a piece of high-quality pork belly weighing about three pounds on the chopping board. Liang Qi had specially left it for Aunt Agui.
"Mom, we're ready. Can we give some food to Grandma Agui as well?" the child asked anxiously.
"Okay, my daughter is really thoughtful. How can you be so cute? Mommy likes you so much." Liang Qi picked up her daughter and held her in her arms, and kissed the child on the forehead.
The child leaned shyly and obediently in my arms.
"Mom, I like you so much too." As he said that, he hugged Liang Qi's neck with his two little hands and buried his head in her neck.
"Yes, my dear daughter," Liang Qi held the child in her arms and added some fire to the stove with one hand, allowing the meat in the pot to cook slowly.
Liang Qi sat on a small board holding her child and told the child stories from Journey to the West. It was also during these days that she remembered to tell the child stories and also teach him some simple pinyin.
The child is old enough to go to school. There is a primary school in the village, and all the children in the village go to school.
But the tuition for this semester is also four dollars and fifty cents. She hasn't even seen the monthly living allowance yet? Did she miss it because she was busy? If she had time tomorrow, she would go to town and see what was going on. After all, it wasn't like Liu was going to break his promise, right?
The crackling sound of burning wood in the stove woke her up from her thoughts, and the soup in the pot was bubbling and boiling.
"Mom, I'm hungry!" the daughter cried in her arms.
"It's almost done. Sit down and let mom check if the meat is cooked." Liang Qi put the child on the stool.
Let’s start cooking first. I opened the lid of the pot, picked up the chopsticks, and poked the meat a few times. The meat was almost done.
I found a tattered basin that was barely usable, scooped out the meat piece by piece, and put it in it.
Put the pork broth in a clay pot and add two spoonfuls of it when cooking so that the dish has a meaty flavor.
The child kept circling around the stove, wanting to eat meat, so Liang Qi found an iron porcelain bowl and cut the child's pig tail into pieces and put them in it.
"Here, the tail you've been longing for," Liang Qi put three large pieces of ribs into the bowl.
I also cut some pork liver.
"Thank you, Mom." The child held the bowl and swallowed his saliva, and cutely reached out to wipe his mouth.
Liang Qi's heart melted when she saw it. How could it be so cute?
"You're welcome. You can sit here and eat. Mom will make some pork dishes for us." Liang Qi settled the child down.
"Mom, eat!" He then stretched out his hand with all his strength, determined to feed his mother with all his strength.
Liang Qi immediately lowered her head, tightened her tongue and said hurriedly: "It's delicious! My daughter, you eat first, mom will cook, and we will have meat in our house in the future."
"Yes, I'll listen to mom." The child gnawed the pork obediently. Although he ate quickly, he didn't gobble it up. Instead, he looked a bit noble and elegant, biting the meat in his hand happily.
This made Liang Qi a little curious. Liu Zhenhe was the kind of hypocritical and pretentious gentleman, but the child was naturally gentlemanly and seemed to have a bit of nobility.
Liang Qi didn't think much about it and just glanced away.
Liang Qi was concentrating on chewing the pig's tail stuffed in his daughter's mouth. There is an old saying that eating pig's tail will make hair grow faster.
She prepared a pork and radish noodle dish for the child.
There aren't any good dishes at home, so we can only have a hodgepodge.
There was no dry food, so I could only make some pot stickers with cornmeal. I happened to have some radish, which I had dug from the field earlier.
Cut into strips, blanch in boiling water, take out and squeeze out the water. If you can't finish it, you are afraid it will go bad, so you dry it in the sun. It is not very crisp, but it is just right for making meat dishes.
After cleaning the pot, Liang Qi forgot to make fermented noodles at noon, so he could only boil some unleavened noodles to eat. He couldn't make too much. It tasted better when it was hot, but it tasted terrible when it was cold.
I scooped a bowl of cornmeal, stirred it with boiling water from the thermos, kneaded it a few times, and then formed it into balls of the same size.
Liang Qi put a few handfuls of firewood into the stove and pulled the bellows to blow air.
"Mom, let me help you." The child ate quickly and watched his mother doing this and that.
"Do you want to eat more? Mom will get you a few pieces." Liang Qi squatted down and looked at the fire in the stove.
"I haven't finished eating, save these for mom." Then he handed it to Liang Qi.
Looking at the ribs, the child couldn’t bear to eat them, so he left the good ones for his mother.
"We have meat at home, you can eat as much as you want. This is what your mother gives you. There is still a lot in the bowl." Liang Qi really felt sorry for the child.
How could they bear to abandon such a sensible child? Men are really not good things. They are only useful for a short time.
"I'm done eating. I'll light the fire."
The child said he didn't want to eat anything, so he sat on a small stool and helped Liang Qi light the fire and cook.
Liang Qi felt a mixture of bitterness, discomfort, and warmth in his heart, and it was hard to describe the feeling for the moment.
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