Other villages only slaughter pigs for the Lunar New Year, but Canglang Village slaughters pigs every day, and two pigs are slaughtered at a time.
Jiang Hexi arrived at the shallow waters port before dawn, waiting for the butcher to butcher the two pigs into eight pieces before she would coordinate and distribute them, making sure everything was arranged clearly.
She kept a clear record of how many kilograms of large intestine were paired with how many kilograms of meat; she also decided how many kilograms of ribs and pork belly were produced from two pigs, and how many were used to make preserved meat; the braised pig heads and trotters had to be weighed and signed off by her before they could be delivered and taken away.
Chu Yang supervised the entire process of making sausages, and the older women had a clear division of labor among themselves.
After the large intestines are washed in shallow water, they are taken to the prefabricated workshop and cleaned thoroughly with a high-pressure water gun.
After the pork is marinated with various sauces, it is chopped in a blender, then stuffed into pig intestines by hand, tied into knots to make sections of sausage, and then placed in a drying area to dry.
Yu Xiangwan arranged Huang Niangao's work in a very orderly manner.
After soaking the millet overnight, it is put into a wooden bucket, placed in a large iron pot and steamed over water. Finally, it is poured into a coarse pottery container, and the millet balls are manually pounded with a wooden mallet until they are soft, glutinous and smooth. Then, they are scooped onto a workbench and pressed into shape.
Two weeks later, the first batch of sausages was dried and ready.
Jiang Hexi finished work at the stall early and bought two strings of sausages to take home, just to be the first to taste this fresh sausage.
Before she even entered the door, she was blocked on the path by the gate. The assistant director stood at a distance to keep watch. Unfortunately, in order to sneak away with two strings of sausages, she had already sent the PD who was filming her away.
"Gossip Girl, what a coincidence, what are you doing here?"
"Stop pretending, I'm here to ambush you on the road."
Just as Chai Fei was about to extort money from her sausages, she hurriedly interrupted:
"If you're going to block me, at least find a secluded corner. How could you put a security camera hanging on a utility pole right in front of the door? Didn't you see it?"
Chai Fei followed the direction she was pointing and saw the camera. Speechless, he decided to go all the way and reach out to her.
Seeing her attitude, Jiang Hexi knew that the sausages were definitely doomed.
She voluntarily handed over a string of sausages: "Gossip Girl, as the behind-the-scenes investment tycoon, I would have given you the sausages without you even having to tell me."
Chai Fei glanced at the other string of sausages in her hand and said coldly, "Give it to me."
Jiang Hexi tried to back away, but Chai Fei swiftly snatched it away.
She stood weak and helpless on the path, watching the two men arrogantly walk away. She was as pitiful as could be.
Director Chen, who witnessed the entire process from his interview vehicle, raised his hand and rubbed his face hard, then silently turned his head to look at the director next to him.
The director, understanding the implication, said, "Director, we've already cut off this surveillance video."
Yan Jie didn't return from the shore of Sanxi Lake until it was dark.
As soon as he entered, he saw Jiang Hexi sitting on the sofa, looking sullen. He walked over and heard Chu Yang complaining beside her:
"Gossip Girl is getting more and more outrageous. She blocked the door and robbed you, taking all your things and leaving you with nothing."
"What did Chai Fei steal from you?" Yan Jie pressed, his voice urgent.
"Two strings of sausages."
Jiang Hexi looked up at him with a mournful expression. "Those were two pieces of pork belly that I secretly cut off. I asked Chu Yang to marinate and dry them in secret. They were just dried when I brought them back and the gossip sister blocked the door and snatched them away."
"Only two strings were hung out to dry?"
"Just two."
"I'll pay for two strings of Canglang Village sausages for you tomorrow."
"You think you can just buy Canglang Village sausages whenever you want?"
Jiang Hexi shook off her previous dejection, and her voice became loud and clear:
"The online pre-orders are almost booked until the end of the year. Do you think it's because I can't afford sausages? It's because we simply can't buy them!"
"Wouldn't that mean our own people wouldn't be able to enjoy preserved meats and other New Year's delicacies?"
"So I'm going to slaughter three pigs tomorrow, and I'll keep one pig's worth of New Year's goods for my own family."
Yan Jie nodded approvingly at her, then asked, "What are you having for dinner?"
"Pancakes made in an iron pot, pork stew with vermicelli."
Jiang Hexi became dejected again as she spoke, "I kept the pickled cabbage I was going to give as gifts during the Lunar New Year, and now there's only one jar left."
Yan Jie exclaimed in surprise, "How come there's only one vat left?"
“It’s freezing cold outside, and there are no vegetables in the fields, so my family eats my pickled cabbage every day. The whole vat is gone just like that.”
"What about the other tank?"
Jiang Hexi was so frustrated that she couldn't speak for a moment. Chu Yang, sitting beside her, sighed and said:
“Gossip Girl comes over every few days to steal cabbages. Before long, she even took the whole earthenware water vat. She helped us so much on the show, we can’t just not give her a vat of cabbages.”
Yan Jie glanced back at the cameraman behind him, avoided the live broadcast camera, and called Chu Yang aside to talk.
[This gossip girl is actually abusing her position as the director's wife! Director Chen, what do you have to say for yourself?]
[Although two strings of sausages and a jar of pickled cabbage aren't worth much money, and it's fine to take them, why not let the public see what happened? There wasn't a single shot!]
[It's obvious that Director Chen is protecting Gossip Girl, and even more obvious is that Yama (the King of Hell) is intentionally exposing this matter. Otherwise, given his personality, would he bother to get to the bottom of something as trivial as food?]
[I'm really curious, what kind of sausage and pickled cabbage were they that made Chai Fei so shameless, resorting to extortion against Xi Mei, insisting on taking advantage of her?]
[XiMei's Choice, those who know, know.]
In winter, every household in Canglang Village eats hot pot.
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