Chapter 158 Oil Refining

Of the pork, Liu Yinyin only planned to keep a few pounds of fresh pork for herself, and keep about a hundred pounds to give away.

The rest are pickled into salted meat and sauced meat.

I no longer exchanged other supplies with the villagers. In a bad year, few families would be willing to exchange them for meat.

But, having so much pork at home is indeed a bit of an eye-opener.

Liu Yinyin discussed with Gu Cheng and decided to send 20 kilograms of pork to the canteen so that they could provide a side dish for the villagers in the evening.

There are hundreds of households in the village, and it is definitely not possible to deliver the gifts to each one of them.

After working for a whole afternoon, I pickled half of the wild boar's salted meat and half of its braised meat.

From the other wild boar, 20 kilograms of pork meat were given to the village canteen, and 50 kilograms were given to the Liu family.

The people from the Liu family followed them up the mountain, digging traps and moving wild boars, so they should have been given a share of the wild boars.

And...the Gu family also needs to send some pork over. However, Gu Cheng doesn't have time to go to the Gu family today, so he can only send them some salted meat when he is free.

There were two wild boars, with about 150 pounds of pork meat left, two pieces of pork fat, two large pig heads, and eight pig trotters.

There was also a large basin filled with pig offal.

There is so much offal that we cannot even eat it all.

Moreover, after working for an entire afternoon, Liu Yinyin didn't want to make brined pork anymore. It was not suitable to make brined pork in this weather as it would not last long.

It might make people hate you if I say it out loud, but to be honest, looking at so much pork, Liu Yinyin really had a headache.

well!

This is such a sweet trouble.

After thinking about it, she kept a piece of pig liver for herself and gave the rest of the pig offal to Jiang Cuihua to deal with, and let the Liu family and relatives in the village share it.

Pig heads and pig trotters are difficult to pickle, so.

Liu Yinyin kept one of the eight pig's trotters for dinner that night, gave four to Liu Ersao to help her produce milk, and gave the remaining three to the village chief's daughter-in-law.

Two pig heads, one for the Liu family, and one...sent to the canteen along with twenty pounds of pork.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Yinyin's family got a big wild boar, and she ate the pork, so she should let everyone drink some meat soup, otherwise someone would get conjunctivitis again.

Liu Yinyin was not afraid of trouble, but she did not trade pork with the villagers. She only donated some pork to the canteen so that others would have nothing to say.

Jiang Cuihua felt a little distressed: "Don't give your second sister-in-law pig's trotters, she won't have milk after eating them."

It’s not like she hadn’t cooked pig’s trotter soup for her second daughter-in-law before, but it had no effect at all.

Liu Yinyin was stunned for a moment: "...Then give her some nourishment."

We can’t give all these pig’s trotters to the village chief’s house, right?

Moreover, although Liu Ersao is not breastfeeding, she is still in confinement after giving birth. Eating some pig's trotters as a tonic is always good for her health.

"It's such a blessing for her to have a sister-in-law like you." Jiang Cuihua said with emotion.

The daughter-in-law was a filial child and was very kind to the couple. Her brothers and sisters-in-law also benefited from her.

Liu Yinyin said shyly: "...Second sister-in-law also helped me a lot in the past."

Not only did he help her sell mountain products from her mother's home, he also brought a lot of Gu Yanyan to her.

Liu Yinyin gets along well with all her sisters-in-law.

Jiang Cuihua was naturally happy in her heart, and stopped saying anything to spoil her mood. She focused her attention on the pork again.

"What should we do with the remaining pork? Should we continue to pickle it?" Jiang Cuihua looked at the basin of pork. There was still more than 100 kilograms of it.

If it is not pickled, it can only be kept for one or two days at most and cannot be eaten up.

Liu Yinyin shook her head and calculated, "We still have a few pounds of honey at home, and the remaining pork...smear the pork with honey and put it in a cool place to dry."

This method can also be used to store pork, and the meat will be more delicious.

But few villagers use this method. It's not that they don't know, but pork and honey are both precious things.

Most people can't save even a few kilograms, so there's no need for this method.

Honey, in particular, is a rare commodity in the eyes of the villagers.

Jiang Cuihua nodded: "If the honey is not enough, go and exchange some with your third sister-in-law."

Huang Xiaoyue was not short of honey. Last year was a bad year and not many people wanted to exchange honey. Liu Yinyin knew that Huang Laizi still had a lot of honey at home.

Changing a few pounds is not a problem.

After taking the honey out of the vat, Jiang Cuihua and Liu Yinyin, mother and daughter, continued to clean the pork.

It was getting late, so Gu Cheng and the Liu brothers went to the mountain to check the traps.

They were busy until the evening when they finally finished cleaning the pork. Liu Yinyin was so tired that her back and waist ached.

"Mom, shall we have dinner here tonight?" Jiang Cuihua had also been busy with her for the entire afternoon.

Jiang Cuihua used soap to wash off the grease on her hands, waved her hand and said, "No need, I have to go home to cook. Don't cook for your brothers, let them go home to eat."

The meal at home tonight was also good, and she would eat the same at home.

After cleaning the yard, Liu Yinyin went to cook dinner.

There is not much wild boar fat, so Liu Yinyin did not give the two pieces of pig fat to Jiang Cuihua this time, but kept them for herself to make oil.

Vegetables fried with lard are quite fragrant.

If the Liu family is short of oil, she can go back to Ma Xiaolian and exchange some soybean oil for them.

There were two loads of pork fat, weighing only five or six pounds, and Liu Yinyin refined all of it.

Gu Yanyan was also at home at this time, sitting on a small stool next to the stove.

He is short and can't see what's in the pot.

But smelling the fragrant lard, Gu Yanyan couldn't help licking the corner of his mouth, and his saliva was almost flowing out.

"Mom..." Gu Yanyan tilted his head back, staring at Liu Yinyin with his round eyes.

Liu Yinyin ignored him. The lard had been refined and a jar of lard was obtained, weighing about three or four pounds.

There is also a big bowl of pork lard.

Liu Yinyin tasted one and found the pork lard residue very fragrant.

Seeing Gu Yanyan looking at her pitifully, Liu Yinyin picked out a small piece for him.

There is no way. Lard residue is high in calories and the kid is too young. Eating too much will cause sore throat.

Gu Yanyan ate a piece of oil residue like a baby. At the end, he licked his fingers with a hint of unsatisfaction, pouted his lips and muttered: "Mom, I want more..."

The pork lard smells so good that he wants to eat more.

Liu Yinyin said cruelly: "You can't eat anymore, or you'll have a stomachache."

Gu Yanyan: “Yes!”

Liu Yinyin simply ignored him and put the lard in the cupboard.

Liu Yinyin left two pounds of fresh pork, a pig's trotter and a piece of pig's liver.

I wanted to cook more dishes in the evening to entertain Jiang Cuihua and the Liu brothers, but they were not at home for dinner.

There are only three of us at home, and we can't eat much food.

Liu Yinyin was tired after being busy for so long and planned to have a simple meal in the evening.

I made a dish of braised pork and mixed it with some wild vegetables.

Hang the pig's trotters and liver in the well so that they can be eaten tomorrow.

There is also instant noodles at home, so the children won’t be hungry.

Not knowing when Gu Cheng would come back, Liu Yinyin cooked two bowls of noodles and had dinner with Gu Yanyan.