Chapter 213: Pork Jerky

Liu Yinyin felt a little guilty and whispered, "Dad has gone to work."

Not sure when Gu Cheng would come back, Liu Yinyin couldn't lie to the child and said that Gu Cheng would be back in a few days.

So, I could only tell him that Gu Cheng had gone to work.

Fortunately, Gu Yanyan did not cry. He climbed down from the bed and went to the fireplace to find some roasted sweet potatoes to eat.

There was firewood burning in the fireplace. Before taking a nap, Liu Yinyin threw a few sweet potatoes into the fireplace.

When the sweet potatoes are cooked, take them out and place them on a plate next to the fireplace.

Just grab one when you want to eat it, it's still hot.

In the evening, Jiang Cuihua came again and asked Liu Yinyin: "Do you want me to come over to accompany you in the evening?"

The news that Gu Cheng had left had almost spread throughout the village.

There's nothing wrong with it, I'm just afraid that someone will see that Gu Cheng is not at home and have bad intentions, just like last time, and want to do something sneaky.

Even if Gu Cheng didn't say anything, they were still worried about their daughter living here alone with the child.

Liu Yinyin couldn't help but twitch her lips: "...Mom, it's really not necessary."

Who would come so far to steal things in such a cold day? Besides, it's freezing outside and no one dares to wander around outside at night.

Jiang Cuihua thought about it and said, "If there is anything, let Xiao Huang come to us."

The little yellow dog at home has been well taken care of and trained to be very obedient, and is a good helper in guarding the house.

After Jiang Cuihua left, Liu Yinyin closed the door and went to the kitchen to cook dinner.

The only advantage of Gu Cheng not being at home is that it makes it easier for Liu Yinyin to smuggle things out of the system.

There were only two people at home, and Liu Yinyin bought a pound of bamboo shrimps and a cucumber from the system.

In the evening, I made a dish of stir-fried cucumber with shrimp and a dish of garlic and oil millet.

For the staple food, Liu Yinyin had mixed noodle steamed buns, while Gu Yanyan had noodles.

While eating, Gu Yanyan was a little absent-minded.

You know, the little guy used to be the most active when eating, but now he behaves like this, which is obviously abnormal.

Liu Yinyin picked up a shrimp and put it in his bowl, then said to him, "Eat quickly."

Gu Yanyan grabbed a small spoon and scooped the noodles in the bowl. He looked up at Liu Yinyin and asked, "Mom...where's Dad?"

The young man asked this question for the whole afternoon.

Liu Yinyin said the same thing: "Didn't I tell you that Dad has gone to work?"

Gu Yanyan turned his head to look at the door and said in a baby voice, "It's... dark, Dad... come back."

On weekdays, Gu Cheng would be back before dark.

Liu Yinyin didn't care whether Gu Yanyan could understand or not, and patiently explained: "Dad went to work in another city. He won't be back until he finishes his work, which may take many days."

Gu Yanyan tilted his head and thought for a while, then realized that Gu Cheng would not be going home tonight.

He didn't eat his meal properly. When Liu Yinyin fed him noodles, he spit them out immediately.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Okay, if he doesn’t want to eat, then don’t eat. If he is hungry at night, just make him a cup of milk powder.

What else can we do?

It was impossible for Liu Yinyin to take him to see Gu Cheng. The little guy would have to slowly get used to the days when his father was not at home.

However, she underestimated Gu Yanyan's feelings for Gu Cheng.

The next day, after the young man got up, he looked for Gu Cheng everywhere, but he didn't see him after searching for the whole day.

I cried most of the night.

Liu Yinyin felt so distressed watching this, and was afraid that he would feel insecure, so she had no choice but to stay with Gu Yanyan every step of the way.

Fortunately, after a few days, the little guy calmed down and stopped making a fuss all the time.

Although she knew that it was unlikely that thieves would visit her home, for safety reasons, Liu Yinyin would walk around the neighborhood every day to check if there were any traces of strangers.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened and everything is fine at home.

That day, Liu Yinyin heard that a family in the village was going to kill a pig, so she packed up twenty kilograms of cornmeal and twenty eggs.

I carried the basket to that family's house and exchanged it for pork.

Originally, there were still more than two months before the Chinese New Year, so now was not a good time to kill pigs.

But this family really had nothing to feed the pigs.

There was no food to be found in the mountains, so we had to grit our teeth and kill the pigs. Otherwise, the pigs would become hungry and thin, which would be even more of a loss.

Liu Yinyin exchanged for eight pounds of pork, a piece of pork liver, a pig ear, and a pig heart.

If she wasn’t afraid of being too conspicuous, Liu Yinyin would have wanted to buy more.

Anyway, the weather is cold, and the pork will not go bad if it is frozen outside for a month or two.

Liu Yinyin came here with Huang Xiaoyue to exchange for pork.

The Liu family exchanged two kilograms of pork, and Huang Xiaoyue also exchanged two kilograms out of her own pocket. She was going back to Shuangxi Village in the afternoon. The pork was to be exchanged for Huang Laizi to eat.

On the way back, Huang Xiaoyue happily told Liu Yinyin: "My father said that in a month or so, the sweet potatoes from the back mountain can be harvested."

The sweet potatoes planted on the mountain are now ready to be picked and cooked with sweet potato leaves. Huang Xiaoyue added: "I'll bring you some sweet potato leaves when you come back in the afternoon."

Anyway, his father couldn't finish it all by himself, and Huang Laizi only raised one pig, so he could be considered to have a good meal these days.

After all, other families can't afford sweet potato vines to feed pigs this month.

Liu Yinyin said, "I'll pick some vegetables later. Can you take them to your father?"

Huang Laizi was alone and had enough of the sweet potatoes from the hill behind him, so he didn't grow any vegetables at home.

Huang Xiaoyue smiled and said, "Okay."

A few days ago, in order to entertain Liu Yinyin's family, Jiang Cuihua picked all the ripe vegetables in the house and exchanged them for pork and flour.

Therefore, the Liu family has no vegetables to pick these days.

Huang Xiaoyue really wanted to bring some vegetables for Huang Laizi to eat, so she didn't bother to be polite with Liu Yinyin.

Liu Yinyin returned home and picked a handful of rapeseed and spinach for Huang Xiaoyue.

A handful of vegetables weighs more than one kilogram, and one person, Huang Laizi, can eat two or three meals of it.

The eight pounds of pork I got in return was more than enough to eat.

However, Liu Yinyin wanted to make some pork jerky and send it to Gu Cheng.

After thinking about it, she smuggled five pounds of tenderloin out of the system.

There wasn’t much snow during the past few days, so the weather was suitable for making jerky.

Liu Yinyin did what she said and washed five pounds of fish and cut them into strips.

Making pork jerky is actually quite simple, it just requires a lot of seasonings, and marinating the pork is also the most critical step.

But Liu Yinyin has a system, and she can buy anything she needs from the system.

Marinate the pork strips with various spices overnight, take them out and dry them the next day, which will take about three or four days.

Afterwards, steam and air-dry the dried pork strips.

Liu Yinyin marinated pork strips in two flavors, spicy and spiced.

By the time the pork jerky was almost ready, twelve days had passed since Gu Cheng left.

That day, Liu Yinyin had just put the dried pork into the bag when there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Is it Comrade Liu Yinyin?"