Chapter 222 Leisurely Preparation
In the middle of the underground storage room is a large wooden barrel filled with various meats that have been slaughtered and divided into strips and pieces.
It would be inconvenient to take so many of them out, so Suning decided to kill them on the spot.
After leaving the storage room and coming to the hill where the pigs were raised, he controlled his mental strength and picked out two pigs that were about the same size as the ones he had handed in as a mission outside.
Weighing about 200 kilograms, it is only considered lower-middle quality in the pigpen and is far from the weight for slaughter, but it is just enough.
After selecting, clean the two pigs, cut each into two large fans, and put them into the largest snake bag.
Next are beef, mutton, chicken, duck and goose. If Suning wasn't afraid of being too exaggerated, he really wanted to take more out.
However, in addition to bringing these back to the team, she also planned to pack up the New Year's goods for each family and send them out at this opportunity.
It is difficult to prepare fresh meat for mailing. Although the weather is cold and the temperature is low, it will become smelly if it is kept hidden for ten days.
After stroking her chin and thinking for a while, she decided to make it directly into smoked bacon, which not only can be preserved for a long time but also tastes good.
Just do it!
This time we have to prepare a lot of meat, but the kitchen in the courtyard is relatively small and not very convenient.
They built several fires and wooden racks in a spacious area at the foot of the mountain near the river.
She strung the meat to be smoked together with ropes, and the fire was burning from several large fruit trees that she had specially found in the orchard.
I heard that the branches and leaves of apple trees, pear trees, and hickory trees have a unique fragrance, and when used for smoking, the smoke produced is very small and the original flavor and nutrition of the food can be better preserved.
She has no shortage of fruit trees, so she can just replant the holes she dug later.
First, spread salt evenly on the meat and set it aside to marinate. After it is marinated, hang it one by one on the bamboo rack.
She stopped only when several racks were filled with pieces of meat of similar sizes. She turned around and controlled her mental power to start making cured sausages, blood tofu and other special New Year dishes that must be on the table during the Chinese New Year.
Fortunately, she was in space and had her mental power so she didn't have to do any work herself. Otherwise, the preparations alone would have taken a lot of time and energy.
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The food prepared for the Fu family was the same as that for the Zhang family, including two chickens, two ducks, two geese, two fish, two pieces of beef, two lamb legs, four pieces of pork, six sausages, and two pieces of blood tofu.
The reason why we choose even numbers is to bring good luck during the Chinese New Year.
The Zhao family and the Xiaoqiao brothers in Shanghai are very similar. Apart from Chinese sausages and blood tofu, they also have a chicken and a duck.
She also did not forget the families of Yan Ziyu and Yan Zijin who were far away in the northeast and northwest, but because of their special circumstances now, all the packages they handled had to be opened and inspected in advance so she did not dare to go too far and only prepared a small amount of cured meat.
As for those who are close to them in Gushi, it won’t be too late to send them before the New Year.
Looking at the neatly stacked hemp snake bags in the yard, Suning clapped his hands and smiled: Mission accomplished!
I was so busy in the space that I forgot the time. I glanced at my watch and found that it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon.
No wonder my stomach is growling. How can I not be hungry if I haven’t eaten anything all day?
I haven’t cooked in Taoyuan for a long time, so I ate in the space today. It was about to be dark outside after dinner.
I picked some rapeseed and green onions from the vegetable garden and took a fresh sausage that had been smoked today.
Suning was in a good mood and prepared to make himself some bamboo tube rice.
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After finishing off the intoxicating sausage bamboo tube rice and chewing on some after-meal fruits, she wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and quietly left the space when she was satisfied.
There was still no movement in this blind spot, just as it was in the morning.
He stayed there for a few seconds until his eyes adjusted to the darkness, then he calmly turned on the flashlight he had taken out from the space.
The courtyard is only separated from the dead end alley by a wall, so it is convenient to carry things back and it is not so conspicuous.
He neatly stacked the things he had prepared earlier against the corner, and then took out some old and worn-out large baskets to temporarily cover the things.
After finding nothing wrong, he ran home briskly.
In less than two minutes, Suning, panting, had returned to the gate of the courtyard and knocked on the door.
“Crack—”
It was very fast, as if someone was waiting behind the door. The door was opened as soon as I put down my hand knocking.
The fact is that the Zhang family members were naturally worried when they saw that she had been out all day and had not returned until dark. Just as Zhang Qi was about to go out to look for her, she heard a knock on the door as soon as she reached the door.
"Ningning, you're finally back!"
Seeing her, Zhang Qi's heart, which was about to reach his lips, was pressed back into his chest. "Why did it take so long? What happened?"
"It's okay, it just takes a little longer to wait for the goods. My brother and the others have helped transport the goods to the alley over there. Come with me and ship the goods back!"
"Walk!"
After hearing about this chess piece, no one said any more nonsense. Although no one knew how she bought the things, it would be a disaster if the things were left out in the open and someone discovered them.
"Wait, big brother, there are a lot of things, let's bring the cart!"
"I'll get it from wherever you put it."
"It's covered with sackcloth in the storeroom."
"Take a good breath first, I'll drag you out right away."
Zhang Fu only heard faint voices but no one came in. Puzzled, he walked out of the main room and bumped into his son who was hurriedly running towards the storage room.
"Aqi, who are you talking to? Is Ningning back? Where is she?"
"It's Ningning who's back. She's at the door. Dad won't tell you yet. I'll go get the cart."
Seeing him waving at people with anxious eyes, Zhang Fu turned around and walked towards the gate. When he got out of the yard, he saw Weiwei leaning against the door, holding her stomach and gasping for breath.
"Ningning, what's wrong with you?"
"Godfather, I'm fine. I just ran back and got a stitch in the side. I'll be fine after a while."
After taking a close look at her little face, Zhang Fu found that she didn't look uncomfortable anywhere except for two blushes from running. He nodded with relief.
Before he could say anything else, Zhang Qi, who had returned, came out pushing a wheelbarrow with both hands.
When Zhang Fu learned that the two men were going to move things, he felt that he still had some strength left and followed them to help regardless of any persuasion.
They carried the things back and forth three times before they finally got all the things into the yard.
"Ningning, how much did you buy? What are they?"
After taking a big gulp of warm tea and feeling relieved of the dryness in his mouth, Zhang Qi turned his head to look at the person lying on the straw mat.
No one knew what was in those sacks, they were all very heavy, and after a few trips, he almost broke his old waist.
He had been holding back on asking because he was afraid of making a noise outside and causing a big commotion, but now he had to get to the bottom of it.
"Ningning, you didn't eat everything in that person's hand, did you?"
"Haha, that's about right."
Putting down the teacup in his hand, Suning walked up to the two of them and pointed at the bags of hemp snakes that were marked on each of them.
"These are what I'm going to mail. The rest, apart from the gifts I'm going to give out, are what I'm going to take back to my old house for my own use."
He untied the two nearby snake bags and continued, "Besides the rice, the rest is the meat that has been slaughtered."
"hiss--"
Looking at the snow-white rice and the whole piece of pork, Zhang Fu and Zhang Qi couldn't help but gasp at the same time.
I knew she was no ordinary person, but I didn't know her way was so extraordinary!
Whether it's this premium rice or these whole heads of fresh pork, there's no common way to get them.
"Is there any danger?"
"It won't be a problem, don't worry, godfather and brother."
"Ningning, it's good that you know this, but in the future you should try to have less dealings with them. It's better to be safe than sorry."
"Okay, I understand, big brother."
Covering his still throbbing heart, Zhang Qi's expression changed and he wailed in pretend pain, "It's over. My wife is going to bleed heavily this time."
"Humph, we already have Xiaoqiu now, so there's no need to rush. As for your wife who's nowhere to be found... you can still slowly start over and save up again!"
Is it really necessary to be so heartbreaking? And also to urge marriage in disguise?
"Hehe, this, this is just a joke to Ningning."
Zhang Qi's mouth twitched, and he wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his head, and quickly changed the subject to avoid getting into trouble, "Ningning, I'll reimburse you for whatever you spent."
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