Fortunately, today is the first day of the big market, and many families in the village have gone out to the market, and it is winter now, otherwise Tong Yiya would feel uncomfortable with so many people watching under the big tree at the entrance of the village.
She hurried back to the courtyard carrying the backpack. She put the basket down and rested for a while before starting to sort out the things she brought back. In fact, some of the things she bought had already been smuggled into the space, otherwise this small backpack would not be enough to go to the big market in the north.
Tong Yiya sorted the things in the backpack first, then took out the space to continue sorting, putting everything in its place so that she had time to eat her lunch.
Today she went to the market and bought a few small winnowing baskets, which are very good for storing vegetables in winter. There were also some vegetable dumplings, and some fresh cabbages and radishes.
She was thinking of going to the commune to buy some meat and bones in a few days, so that she could cook some braised pork and some vermicelli with bone soup during the New Year.
After packing up her things, she rested for a while, then cleaned the yard and went to the pharmacy to get some medicinal herbs. She had to cut more herbs for preparation these days, otherwise she would have to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner when the New Year comes and would not have time to do it.
Two days later, Tong Yiya went to the commune to buy things again. This time she went out early alone and walked to the commune. She felt it was okay after she got used to it.
Normally she also runs in the space, and this round trip is just two trips for her, which is not too tiring.
When she arrived at the commune, she went to buy the meat she wanted first. She came early today, so there was still a lot of good pork left at the butcher stall. She asked for two pounds of pork, spending one yuan and forty cents and two pounds of meat tickets.
Then he took out a basket of pork fat, four ribs, a front leg with hoof, and two pounds of pork belly from the space.
She found a safe place for the meat and prepared it in the space. She also prepared some dry goods, candies, and snacks for the New Year, and would take them out when she got back to avoid having to carry them.
After she finished, she left the space, then went around the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some raw melon seeds, preparing to take them back and fry them herself. She also had some hazelnuts and pine nuts that she had picked in the mountains some time ago, as well as some chestnuts, which she would fry together. When the children came to her house during the first month of the year, she could give some to them.
She just bought some melon seeds, candies and the like from her own space, and after leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, she prepared to go back, as there was nothing else she wanted to buy at this time.
She first found a place, filled the backpack with light things, and covered it with a dark cloth to cover the inside tightly.
After she was done, she would pick up the backpack and walk back. If she came across a bumpy road, she would take a rest. She would also meet aunties from the village who came to the market. If Tong Yiya met someone familiar, she would say hello.
It was already afternoon when she got home. She took out all her things and put them on the ground, and also took out the things that had been prepared in the space.
After she got all the things, she sat on a stool beside and rested for a while. After she had rested enough, she got up to cook something for herself. Then she turned around and left the kitchen and started to take the things she bought into the kitchen one by one.
Soak the lard in water first, then cut it and boil the oil after lunch. Also, as for the pig legs, you need to burn the skin and clean it, and store the hooves and legs separately.
She took the melon seeds, cakes and candies into the house and locked them in the cabinet next to her kang.
The food was ready to be put into the pot. She washed her hands first and brought the food out. After cleaning the pot, she added a pot of water and boiled it to wash the lard and pork legs.
After that, she put some charcoal on the floor in the middle of the kitchen and ate her lunch while roasting the fire.
After lunch, she put on an apron and started to cut the lard. She first boiled the oil in the pot, then took some charcoal from the stove, roasted the pork leg carefully, then soaked it in hot water for a while and scraped it clean.
During this time, she also threw the pork skin she bought down and roasted it, and then soaked it after it was roasted. At this time, the pork legs had been soaked and could be scraped and cleaned.
She stirred the oil in the pot first, then sat down on a small stool and began to wash the pig legs and skin.
It took her an entire afternoon to boil the oil, clean the pork legs she bought, and also clean the pig skins.
After all the oil in the pot has been drained into the oil tank, sugar color is fried in the pot, water and marinade are added, the pig skin is cut into pieces, rolled up and tied with thread, and then put into the pot to marinate.
After braising the pig skin, she separated the pig's trotters from the pig's legs and threw them into the pot to braise together.
Tong Yiya buried the rest of the meat and pork knuckle in the snow by the window to freeze them.
That night she kneaded the dough, rolled some noodles for herself, cooked them, and paired them with a few vegetables, and some braised pork skin and pig's trotters, and had a delicious meal.
While eating the pork skin, she was still thinking about taking some pork skin out of the space to make some pork skin jelly during the Chinese New Year, so that she could add another dish to the New Year's Eve dinner. She could also give some as gifts to the team leader, the village chief, the accountant, and Aunt Guihua's family.
Pig skin is not expensive, but it is also considered a meat dish, so Tong Yiya can still afford it.
After dinner, I cleaned up the kitchen before going back to the house to run and exercise in the space. Then I read for an hour and then went out to rest.
There are still fourteen days until the Chinese New Year. Tong Yiya thought that she should fry all the dried fruits that need to be fried, otherwise she would have to start frying some of the things in advance in a few days, and then the kitchen stove would not be available.
So the next morning, she got up, opened the gate, prepared some food for herself, and then started preparing ingredients for stir-frying.
Wash all kinds of dried fruits, then put them into the pot and add various flavors of ingredients to cook until they are tasty. Then pick out the ingredients, drain the water, and put them in a dustpan to dry the surface moisture.
Finally, put it in a clean, oil-free iron pan and stir-fry until the water is dry. Then you can take it out of the pan, let it cool, and then put it in a bag for storage.
Tong Yiya's fried melon seeds are spiced, the pine nuts are milky, the hazelnuts are original, and the chestnuts have to be cooked when they are ready to eat. She only knows how to cook them and cannot fry them.
After preparing and bagging the dried fruits, another day had passed. She was so busy that her waist was stretched to the limit and she felt a little uncomfortable when she went to bed at night.
She didn't do anything the next day and just prepared to rest for two days, then start preparing other food for the New Year.
During her rest, she would read books at home. From time to time, she would receive patients who came to see her for consultation. The Chinese New Year was approaching, and every household in the village was infected by the atmosphere of the New Year. Everyone was in a good mood, so naturally, they would not have any physical pain. Therefore, there were not many people who came to see her for consultation and prescription during this period. Only two or three people would come here a day.
After resting for two days, she prepared to start making pork skin jelly. If she made it early and sent it over, it could be served on other people’s New Year’s dinner tables.
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