However, even though she said that, her family was still not entirely at ease.
The main reason is that pig trotters in those days weren't as clean as they are in later years when they were first bought; they were covered in hair, and you had to clean the hair yourself.
But you can't just pluck these hairs directly, because you simply can't pull them out.
Su He remembered watching TV before, and how in the countryside, when pigs were slaughtered, hot water was poured over them, making it easy to shave off the hair.
I thought the process would be the same when it came to pig's trotters, but it turns out it's not like that at all!
Grandma Su said that plucking the hair that way can only remove the surface hair. Some of the hair on the edges and corners cannot be scraped off at all. Moreover, there is not much meat on the pig's trotters, and it is relatively firm, so the hair is not easy to scrape off. So, other methods must be used.
Then she saw Grandma Su go to the scrap yard and buy a rain boot that had fallen to the bottom, cut it into strips, and then light one side with a match.
Because the rain boots are made of plastic, they melt when heated and drip down...
Grandma Su let it drip directly onto the pig's trotter, and slowly, the corners and edges of the pig's trotter were filled with the melted plastic.
After waiting a while, the plastic cooled down and hardened.
Then tear it down again, and the lint will stick off.
Su He was completely stunned when she first saw this move!
Goodness, isn't this exactly the principle behind peel-off face masks?
I remember using this method to remove blackheads before.
However, this one is much stronger, since it can even pluck out such thick and stiff hairs.
Wow, this works amazing!
Pig trotters plucked using this method are completely clean, with not a single hair visible on the edges or corners.
This is a godsend for people with OCD!
Su He became interested when she first saw Grandma Su making it and wanted to try it herself.
She didn't know until she tried it that it was actually not easy. She misjudged the situation right away and dripped molten plastic onto her pants, ruining a pair of pants...
After that, it either drips thick or thin.
It's wasteful to let it drip too much, since even buying discarded rain boots from a recycling center isn't cheap, and plastic is scarce these days.
But if the drops are too thin, there's no way to pluck the hairs off.
So this is really a technical job.
Therefore, when Grandma Su heard that Su He wanted to do it, she immediately refused.
Finally, the task was handed over to Lin Jingyan, the most skillful person in the family.
Compared to Su He, who was strong and rough, Lin Jingyan, as a mechanical engineer, was indeed much more meticulous.
In fact, he was the one who did all the mending and patching of their clothes in private.
It's not that Su He didn't want to do it; she could do it, but her skills were just average. Her needles were particularly large, and the loose threads were very noticeable when she finished.
So when Lin Jingyan saw it, he assigned the task to her. However, this was all done in private, and her family didn't know anything about it, only assuming that she had done it.
Of course, this was just Su He's own opinion. In fact, her family had known for a long time. After all, when Su He was busy, it was Lin Jingyan who sewed and mended the children's clothes.
Grandma Su knew her granddaughter's situation, and felt a little embarrassed. Sometimes she would offer to help, but she was old and couldn't see clearly when holding the needle, so Lin Jingyan did it most of the time.
Later, after Lin's mother and her family moved in, they met them. However, to them, there was nothing shameful about their son doing these things, since it was a matter between the couple, so they didn't plan to help.
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