Chapter 197 Grilled Intestines with Scallions and Crispy Roasted Suckling Pig
Waking up from his sleep, Lin Heng looked at Xiulan next to him for a while, then quietly got dressed and got up.
The same thing happened when Xiulan woke up. There was someone in the room and they couldn't just stay in bed.
Lin Heng added some firewood to the fireplace, and then got some charcoal and put it in the fireplace to ignite it. He was going to light a charcoal fire so that he could warm himself when Grandpa Gao woke up.
Although your bedroom is warm, it is not a good idea to let outsiders in. Both parties will feel uncomfortable.
When I opened the door to the backyard, a cold wind blew in, as if it was a monster roaring and making people afraid to go out.
I don't know if it was a little snow last night or the frost was too thick, but the sky and the earth were all white. It was like the snow falling in the garden today, but the flowers in the forest bloomed last night.
Lin Heng slept well last night and was very energetic today. He took Xiulan to exercise in the yard as usual.
Xiulan originally doubted whether this exercise was effective, but after practicing with Lin Heng for a period of time, she did discover some benefits of Tai Chi and Eight Vajra Exercises. At least her hands and feet were not as cold as before, and her body seemed to be more coordinated.
Lin Heng looked at her and smiled: "Exercise is like this, it will only be effective if you persist for a long time."
Just like those old men who exercise in the park in later generations, many people laugh at them or even don’t take them seriously, but in the end they will find that they are not even as good as an old man.
Whenever Lin Heng is at home, he will take Xiulan to exercise. He does not want to become rich but have a broken body. If he starts accumulating little by little, his physical fitness will be much better than others and he will be less susceptible to diseases.
Xiulan nodded: "It is quite useful. I almost don't have menstrual cramps anymore."
She used to have a minor problem with dysmenorrhea, but now she eats well, dresses well, and exercises every morning, so the problem is almost gone.
Lin Heng smiled at her, and the two of them practiced a set of Eight-Part Vajra Exercises face to face. When they were about to practice Tai Chi, Grandpa Gao came out of the house.
Grandpa Gao looked at the two and greeted them with a smile: "You got up really early, Lin Heng, are you practicing Tai Chi?"
Lin Heng smiled and nodded: "Yes, we exercise every morning."
Grandpa Gao was a little surprised: "You have a good habit. Don't underestimate this little exercise every morning. It is very good for your health."
Young people like Lin Heng are really rare. Most people sneer at them and only regret it when they are old and sick.
"Haha, I learned this from someone else." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Then I'll come too."
Grandpa Gao had the habit of exercising every morning. He went to the toilet and then exercised with Lin Heng after coming out.
However, he did not practice Tai Chi, but military boxing, and insisted that Lin Heng learn it as well.
After teaching him twice, Mr. Gao was surprised and asked, "Are you a martial arts genius? I taught you twice and you learned it?"
Lin Heng waved his hands repeatedly: "No, I just have a better memory."
"That's a skill." Grandpa Gao nodded. He liked Lin Heng more and more and felt that they had similar interests.
After the exercise, Lin Heng brought the burning charcoal to the main room and started to roast it. Xiulan dressed Xiaoxia and asked Lin Heng to take her with him, and she went to the kitchen to cook.
After roasting the fire for a while, Uncle Gao said, "Let's boil some water to deal with those little wild boars."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement, stood up, took the hot water and threw it into the bucket to boil water.
After the water boiled, the two threw the little wild boar in to scald it. With the tools available, it was naturally easiest to use boiling water to scald the hair.
Scald the wild boar in boiling water for a few minutes and the hair can be easily pulled out.
While the two were plucking the pig hair, Li Baiquan came over. He came to say goodbye and go back to ask someone to help carry the meat, as he couldn't carry so much by himself.
Lin Heng did not stop him, and said with a smile: "Eat your meal before leaving, uncle, Xiulan will be ready soon."
Li Baiquan waved his hand: "No need, your mother made me some pickled cabbage noodles, I'll go back now."
After saying that, he went out. Lin Heng walked the man a few steps and turned back.
Grandpa Gao looked at him and asked, "How are you going to eat this pork?"
Lin Heng had already thought about this: "Don't cut up the piglet, and don't even chop off its head. I'm going to roast it whole. As for the internal organs, let Xiulan braise them."
After finishing speaking, Lin Heng asked for Grandpa Gao's opinion again.
Grandpa Gao nodded and said, "I want to roast one whole too. You and I have the same idea."
Lin Heng quickly said, "Then let's grill one today. I grilled one before in the summer."
"Okay then." Grandpa Gao had no objection to this. He was not the kind of person who would be shy and polite.
There were five little wild boars in total for the two of them. After killing two of them, Xiulan's meal was ready.
Some guests cooked rice in the morning and fried four dishes and a soup.
Grandpa Gao and Lin Heng both have a special liking for stir-fried cabbage and fern root noodles. They are not very interested in meat because they have eaten it frequently in the mountains in the past half month.
While eating the cold bracken root noodles, Grandpa Gao praised: "Xiao Lin, you have a really good life. Your wife's cooking skills are really good."
Lin Heng smiled and responded: "Haha, I am lucky to have married such a good wife."
Xiulan felt embarrassed and just smiled shyly without saying anything.
After dinner, Lin Heng asked Xiulan to prepare the marinade and the meat, while he and Grandpa Gao continued to deal with the remaining four piglets.
As the workload was a bit heavy, Lin Heng went to call his father and mother to come together.
He and Grandpa Gao dealt with the pig hair, while Lin's father and mother were responsible for dealing with the internal organs.
"You guys were really amazing this time going up the mountain. The harvest is more and more shocking the more I look at it." Mother Lin sighed as she looked at the large amount of meat on the chairman's chest.
She had only seen this scene of pork piled up like a mountain in her dreams, and she never expected that it would come true one day.
Father Lin's face was also full of joy and shock. The results of hunting this winter far exceeded his expectations.
Grandpa Gao grinned and said, "If it weren't for the fact that the antelope hadn't been tracked, these wouldn't be a big deal. Each of those things weighs five or six hundred kilograms."
Lin Heng said with regret: "What a pity! If we track them down, they might be a group of antelopes."
Grandpa Gao looked at him and said, "You can look around recently. In winter, takins move to lower altitudes to hibernate. You might be able to see one."
"good."
Lin Heng nodded. He had the same idea.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, the five adults had finally processed all the pork, removing all the pig hair and cleaning the internal organs.
When Grandpa Gao saw Lin Heng dividing things, he immediately stopped him and said, "Just stew all of these, why are you dividing them?"
Lin Heng shook his head: "We have to share it. I can't let you suffer any loss."
Grandpa Gao looked accusing and said, "What are you talking about? I can't finish all the food I want. If you really want to divide it up like this, I'll go back now and won't play at your house anymore."
Seeing Grandpa Gao like this, Lin Heng smiled helplessly and had to agree not to separate for the time being.
Grandpa Gao grinned and said, "That's right, let's start roasting the suckling pig."
"good."
Lin Heng first took some of the internal organs and asked Xiulan to braise them, then he got half a basket of charcoal and poured it on the ground in the yard and lit it. He tied the suckling pig to a bamboo pole and started roasting it directly on the charcoal fire.
Grandpa Gao was very interested in this and tried to bake it himself.
Lin Heng got a ceramic stove to burn charcoal, put up a wire mesh, cut the pig intestine into sections, dug up some green onions, threaded them through the intestines, and placed them on the wire mesh to roast.
After a while, the strong fragrance began to spread.
Father Lin didn't know what Lin Heng was doing at first, but when the aroma came out, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Your grilled large intestine looks quite fragrant."
Lin Heng grinned: "This is called grilled large intestine with green onions. It's delicious."
As he spoke, he took out the batch of roasted large intestines, cut them into small pieces, put them in a bowl and handed them to his parents and Grandpa Gao.
He used pig's large intestine, which was very tender and could be eaten simply by roasting it.
A few people ate it out of curiosity. The taste of large intestine and green onion burst in the mouth at the same time. In addition to the taste, the chewy texture of the large intestine is even more memorable. It is the type that becomes more fragrant the more you chew it.
"You know what, it's really good." Father Lin said in surprise.
Grandpa Gao added some barbecue seasoning and said, "It tastes absolutely amazing with a little chili."
"Then I'll roast some more, there's still plenty." Lin Heng said with a smile.
This time, Lin's mother came over and helped him thread the large intestine. It was obvious that she was also amazed by the grilled large intestine with green onions.
Xiaoxia was playing in the yard, and when she saw them eating, she ran over to eat. Lin Heng didn't dare to give her this, so he grilled two vegetables for her.
Xiaoxia cleverly discovered that what she ate was different from what the adults ate, so she pointed at the large intestine and said in a baby voice, "I'll eat this!"
"Here you go." Lin Heng could only hand her a small piece of roasted green onion and a little bit of large intestine.
"puff!"
After eating just two bites, Xiaoxia vomited out her large intestine with a "pu" sound, and ate the green onions with relish.
"I'll eat this dad~"
Xiaoxia said while eating.
"Okay." Lin Heng grinned. He knew that this was because the scallions became sweet after being roasted.
After the large intestines were grilled, Lin Heng not only distributed them to everyone, but also cut a bowl and took it into the kitchen to share with Xiulan.
Xiulan was busy making braised dishes in the kitchen and had not gone out yet. Her forehead was covered with sweat from having been in the kitchen all the time.
Lin Heng picked up a piece of grilled large intestine with green onions and fed it to her, saying, "I grilled it, try it!"
Xiulan likes eating large intestines in the first place, and she likes grilled large intestines with green onions even more because of the aroma of green onions. After taking a bite, her beautiful eyes lit up.
"It's delicious. This is all mine."
Xiulan smiled slyly, snatched Lin Heng's bowl, fed him one piece, and then drove him away, keeping the delicacy for herself.
Lin Heng was not angry but very happy. He wiped his wife's sweat with a towel, went out and roasted some more to share with everyone.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, Grandpa Gao finally finished roasting the suckling pig. He was also a patient man, and he roasted the little suckling pig into a golden color.
Unlike the last time, this time Lin Heng brushed the suckling pig with white vinegar and made it into a crispy roast suckling pig.
Grandpa Gao pointed at the roast suckling pig and asked with a smile: "Isn't my roast good?"
Lin Heng and others all gave a thumbs up.
Lin Heng smiled and said, "It's more than good. You can open a store with it."
Father Lin also praised: "Grandpa is too patient. I can't roast such a good-looking pig."
Xiaoxia sniffed and said crisply: "It looks good, smells good~ What a big pig~"
Grandpa Gao was very satisfied with the praise from everyone. He couldn't stop smiling and waved his hand, saying, "Then let's go inside and eat. It gets cold very quickly in this winter."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded with a smile. Xiulan had also braised the meat in the room, so it was perfect for them to eat together.
I went next door to call my elder brother and sister-in-law, and Caiyun just happened to come back.
Lin Heng chopped up the roasted suckling pig and placed it on a plate in the middle of the table. This little wild boar only weighed a dozen pounds and was definitely no more than three months old, so the meat was very tender.
Surrounding the roast suckling pig were Xiulan’s braised pig offal, including small intestines, pig’s feet, pig’s liver, and three cold dishes.
Father Lin smiled and said, "This is really more abundant than the Chinese New Year."
Lin Heng grinned and said, "Eat it quickly, it will get cold soon."
As he said this, he first picked up some crispy roast suckling pig for everyone. The crispy pig skin tasted extremely crispy and fragrant, and the meat inside was fragrant and tender, not greasy or dry at all.
Dip it in a little barbecue sauce and eat it together. It is so delicious that you want to swallow it with your tongue.
Caiyun's mouth was shiny from eating. She looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Second brother, how did you make this? It's even more delicious than last time."
There were many curious people sitting there, as it was the first time for everyone to eat this crispy pork.
Lin Heng did not hide anything and replied with a smile: "Just brush some white vinegar on the pig skin."
"So that's how it is..."
Several people seemed to be suddenly enlightened.
"Come on, let's drink!" Lin Heng raised his glass and said with a smile.
The food was so delicious that no one drank much and just focused on eating.
After taking a sip of wine, Xiulan picked up a piece of sliced small intestine for Lin Heng.
Xiulan is good at frying sugar color, so the color of the meat she braised is very bright, a beautiful orange-red color.
The taste is amazing, with a strong aroma of the stew. Dipping it in a little vinegar soup gives you a full sense of happiness.
Boom boom boom!!
Everyone was enjoying the meal when suddenly someone knocked on the gate of the courtyard.
"I'll go and take a look."
Lin Heng stood up, opened the half-open door of the main hall and walked into the yard.
When he opened the front gate, he saw that the person standing outside was Wang Jin, a beekeeper in the village. Looking at this familiar square face, Lin Heng still remembered the guy's mean look when he asked him to help collect bees this year.
Therefore, his attitude was very calm: "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
Wang Jin glanced at Lin Heng, smiled and said, "My light bulb is burnt out. Do you have any extra ones? I'll buy one."
Lin Heng nodded and said, "Yes, 80 cents each."
Wang Jin's face hardened: "Wasn't it seven cents before?"
"That's because there are so many people. The village secretary asked me to give a preferential price. The price in town is only 80 cents."
Lin Heng said indifferently that he didn't care about a penny, but he didn't want to give concessions to someone he didn't like.
Wang Jin gritted his teeth, glanced at Lin Heng with some displeasure, took out eighty cents and said, "Then I'll buy one."
Lin Heng looked at the money and nodded, "Wait, I'll go in and get it for you."
Lin Heng turned and went into the house to get the light bulb. There were indeed quite a few light bulbs and wires left in his house.
Seeing Lin Heng enter the house, Wang Jin, who had never been to Lin Heng's yard, also followed him in.
Looking at the smooth bluestone floor tiles and the snow-white plaster walls, his eyes were filled with envy and jealousy.
He was a poor boy half a year ago, how come he is so rich now?
When he glanced at the large pole of pork hanging under the eaves, his eyes widened immediately: "Why... why is there so much meat!!"
He felt like he was dreaming for a moment. The scene he saw was so unreal. How could there be three or four pig heads hanging?
(End of this chapter)
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