Chapter 136 Braised Pig's Head
Before the Chinese New Year, Wang Yuanchao's family received good news. Zhang Yuanyuan's menstruation had stopped for a month, and now she was retching from time to time every day.
The experienced widow Du quickly concluded that Zhang Yuanyuan was pregnant.
However, the entire Northeast is now blocked by heavy snow, and Wang Yuanchao has no way to take Zhang Yuanyuan to the hospital in the city for examination. Fortunately, there has been no change in Zhang Yuanyuan after she became pregnant. Except for her larger appetite, everything else is normal.
This made Widow Du extremely envious. When she was pregnant, she vomited a lot from the beginning of her pregnancy until she gave birth to Zhang Yuanyuan.
As for Zhang Yuanyuan, she seemed as if nothing had happened. She ate with great relish and had no reaction at all.
Someone cooks the meals and washes the clothes. From time to time, you can sleep when you want to and get up when you want to.
Comparing yourself with others will only make you feel pissed. How could Widow Du, who had worked so hard to get pregnant, not feel jealous? But since she was the one who doted on her own daughter, Widow Du could only take care of all the housework at home so that Zhang Yuanyuan could take better care of her pregnancy.
Wang Yuanchao is relatively calm about the new member joining the family, because he can take care of the child without any pressure. In addition, he does not need to worry too much because his mother-in-law is taking care of the family.
The only thing that made Wang Yuanchao sad was that he was a young man, strong and healthy, full of passion and energy every day, but he had no place to vent his anger every day.
It would be fine if he had not tasted meat yet, but now Wang Yuanchao is used to eating big fish and meat every day, and suddenly he has to be a monk for several months. Who can bear this?
In the past life, social competition was fierce and life pressure was high. Many young people believed that their children and grandchildren would have their own blessings, and they would enjoy their own happiness without having children.
I don't want to have children at all, and I care less and less about bloodline inheritance.
The importance that this era places on bloodline inheritance is simply not something that young people in previous lives could understand.
In this era, a woman who cannot give birth to a child is like an old hen that does not lay eggs, and will be blamed and despised by everyone around her.
Being stabbed in the spine every day is just the lightest punishment; the spit could drown her to death.
Zhang Yuanyuan has been married for such a long time but still hasn't gotten pregnant. I don't know how much pressure she is under.
Now that she is suddenly pregnant, Zhang Yuanyuan has a beaming smile on her face every day, she is so happy.
People of this era value having many children. The more children a family has, the more prosperous it is. The country also encourages people to have more children. For a time, the two women in Wang Yuanchao's family felt that their life was getting more and more promising. They were full of energy every day and walked around the house with a breeze.
Looking at his lively young wife sitting on the sofa, Wang Yuanchao handed her a glass of spiritual spring water and said:
"Come on, wife, if you are pregnant, drink less tea and more water. Also, it's cold outside today, so you can't go out for a walk, okay?"
Zhang Yuanyuan was in a really good mood recently. Hearing her husband's caring words, she smiled and said, "Okay, sir, I will be careful."
Wang Yuanchao looked at his beautiful daughter-in-law and nodded, feeling angry. After a while, he sighed and thought to himself:
"Oh, forget it. Children are the bond of emotion and the continuation of life. The development of society cannot be separated from children.
My wife likes this child so much, I have to take care of her feelings.
It’s okay to feel uncomfortable every day, it’s only for this period of time anyway.”
However, due to the times, children of this generation are generally more sensible, and their requirements are not as high as those of parents in the previous life. At that time, as long as they don't starve their children and send them to school, they can raise the children in the village as they should.
In any case, Wang Yuanchao will never spoil his children in his life. A child raised in this way will easily become a giant baby and a ungrateful person.
As a wealthy man, Wang Yuanchao actually doesn't care whether his future children are filial or not, because Wang Yuanchao has many choices in this life. If a child is filial, Wang Yuanchao will take more care of him, and if a child is not filial, Wang Yuanchao will let him fend for himself. In this life, Wang Yuanchao will not devote all his energy and good things to his children just for the sake of bloodline inheritance or bloodline continuation.
The first thing he thinks about is to live a good life, and when he has spare energy, he can take care of the people he loves. Wang Yuanchao thinks this is good enough.
After all, Wang Yuanchao's roots are still those of a sophisticated egoist cultivated in the materialistic era of his previous life. He has absolutely no spirit of devoting himself to anyone or anything.
"Yuan Chao, shall we have stewed pig's feet for lunch today? We haven't eaten the pair of pig's feet we got during the Chinese New Year yet."
Wang Yuanchao thought for a moment and said, "Mom, you didn't eat the pig's head and feet, did you?"
"Yes, they are all pickled in a big water vat."
"How about this, I have thirteen spices at home, I'll make a pot of marinade later and stew the pig's head and pig's feet, we'll eat braised pig's head and pig's feet today."
"Ah... OK, then I'll light the stove for you."
Wang Yuanchao stood up, hugged his mother-in-law and pushed her to the edge of the sofa. After he made her sit down, he said, "I can go and stew the stew myself. The kitchen is cold now, so there's no need to waste two people there.
You warm yourself up in the room and chat with Yuanyuan, I'll do it."
After that, Wang Yuanchao came to the kitchen and first put the pickled pig heads and pig feet in the large water tank into the static space.
Then take out a fresh pig's head and a pair of fresh pig's feet from the still space.
Wang Yuanchao first poured a pot of water into a large iron pot, then lit the stove, put the pig's feet and pig's head into the stove one by one, and used an open flame to burn the hair off the pig's feet and pig's head.
Then use hot water in a large iron pot and use a knife to scrape off the dirt on the pig's feet and head, and then wash them clean.
Wang Yuanchao refilled the large iron pot with cold water, put the pig's head and pig's feet into the large iron pot and blanched them while cutting a large piece of ginger, a handful of chili pepper, two scallions, three cloves of garlic, an onion, and then used star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves and thirteen other spices to make a sachet. Then he used the small stove next to him to add oil and put the ginger slices, chili pepper, scallions, garlic, and onion slices into the pot, and added moldy beans, soy sauce, white wine, and chili powder. After frying them until fragrant, he took out the blanched pig's head and pig's feet and put them back into the large iron pot.
Add cold water to a large iron pot to cover the pig's head, then put the fried ingredients and thirteen spices into the large iron pot, add salt, cover the pot, and start braising the pig's head and pig's feet.
While the pig's head and trotters were being braised, Wang Yuanchao cooked a pot of rice on a small stove. He started cooking in two pots at the same time, very quickly.
In the cold winter in Northeast China, it is a pleasure to sit next to the stove and add firewood to it. The winter here is too cold, even Wang Yuanchao, who possesses traditional martial arts skills, finds it a little too cold.
After the pig's head and trotters have been braised for an hour, they are taken out and placed in a ceramic basin. The rice is taken out and placed on the coffee table next to the sofa. Lunch is officially served.
(End of this chapter)
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