Riding the wind of rebirth

But the problem is that Brother Dayong knows Zhou Zhi's alcohol tolerance. He thinks it is only natural to fight side by side with Zhou Zhi to meet the challenge of the Yi uncles and aunts. Moreover, he knows Zhou Zhi's alcohol tolerance, which makes Zhou Zhi, who has been pretending to be drunk, unable to continue.

Fortunately, there is an old saying that goes "When you meet a good friend, a thousand cups are not enough", which can explain the sudden increase in their alcohol tolerance. However, four punches are no match for many hands, and the two brothers did not last until half the game before they were completely drunk.

Zhou Zhi had no memory of how he returned to bed that night. When he woke up, it was already past ten in the morning.

Brother Dayong was still snoring loudly, and Zhou Zhi ignored him. He rubbed his eyes and walked around the rooms. Then he walked to the kitchen and asked Gillette, "Where are they?"

"Liangzhi and Renzhong went to the county to pick up goods. Today, another batch of teaching materials and books will be delivered." Gillette said, "Dad and the kids took the guests to the mountains to pick mushrooms."

"Hei Long is not here. I guess they went up the mountain." Zhou Zhi said, "How about I boil the lard in the freezer? Frying mushrooms requires a pan anyway."

Gillette Abi smiled and said, "It's great to have a big freezer. How about we take the lead this year and raise pigs?"

"I think I saw pigs running around on the way here from Mud Mountain." Zhou Zhi asked, "It seems like they are raised in the same way as sheep. Auntie, do you know what kind of pigs they are?"

"It must be pure black, with all the wrinkles on the big pig's face, right?"

"Yes, yes, that kind of pig seems to be tougher and better."

"It must be the Yanan pig," said Gilletabi. "That pig is pure black and can be raised in the mountains. If you give it enough food, it will be big and have a lot of meat."

"Yanan Black Pig..." Zhou Zhi remembered the name: "But our village is full of precious fruit seedlings now, so it's not possible to raise them freely anymore, right?"

Gillette Abi smiled and said, "They can be raised freely or in a pen. Even in the past, they had to be locked up when fattening them, so that they wouldn't run around the mountain and lose their fat."

"It's actually good to lose some weight. Being too fat is boring."

Jilie Abi shook his head: "That's you Han people, right? We Yi people don't even think that pigs are fat."

This may be true. Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "It's only in recent years that the Han people have started to dislike pigs being too fat. I guess you will also dislike it in a few years."

"Really? Then I'll be waiting." Gillette thought Zhou Zhi was talking in his sleep, and joked with a smile: "Don't dream of eating fried cabbage with oil residue when the time comes."

"That was Renzhong's joke. It has nothing to do with me." Zhou Zhi said as he took out two pieces of pork fat from the freezer and started to clean and chop them into pieces to make oil. "Renzhong is really good. He only talks about eating meat in his dreams. I still admire him for that."

"You are all good kids." Gillette nodded seriously, "You are much better than those arrogant cadres who came here before."

"Is this pig a Yanan pig?" Zhou Zhi asked, "The one in the freezer."

"It's a hybrid." Gillette said, "You can tell by the amount of oil. It's a hybrid raised in captivity. It weighs about 400 kilograms!"

"I asked Renzhong to kill a pig and freeze it, but he really didn't save me a penny." Zhou Zhi joked, "I remember now, mushrooms are a lean vegetable, so we need to buy a fatter pig." Gillette Abi laughed as if he heard a joke, "Elbow, what you said is so funny. Do you mean I bought a pig just to eat mushrooms? Hahahaha..."

The two men kept talking while working. Soon, the big pot was filled with lard and started to cook.

Boiling lard is simple, but there are a few tips. First, the size of the oil block should be appropriate, two or three centimeters square is best. Make sure that when the added water is boiled dry and the oil starts to come out, the water content in the oil block is just right, so that it is not easy to explode.

Secondly, use low heat throughout the process and stir gently to allow the water vapor to be discharged in time, which can also avoid explosion of the pan.

Finally, don’t over-fry. Adding peppercorns, soybeans and salt near the end of frying can allow the oil to be preserved longer and will not easily go bad.

Even Gillette Abi admires Zhouzhi's method of frying lard, and he is even more impressed by the way they handle the oil residue.

Chop the oil residue into pieces and stir-fry with bean paste and wheat paste. Add water after it is fragrant. Add the Yi people's water-soaked dried vegetables and stir-fry again and simmer until the sauce is rich in aroma and the sauce is thickened to form a thick layer of oil on the surface. Then you can put it into a large bowl and slowly consume it as the "sauerkraut" for daily cooking, mixing rice, and making pancakes.

This kind of臊子 is especially popular among children. During the busy days when the mountain dragon was being repaired on the mountain, Wu Renzhong, who was in charge of cooking, was lazy and steamed a big pot of zongzi rice and asked the children to mix the臊子 with the rice. The rest was to boil vegetables in plain water, dip them in mortar-baked pepper sauce, and eat with cold rice soup, which was enough for one meal.

It was unexpectedly well received, and didn't make Zhou Zhi mad.

  As revenge, Zhou Zhi saved some oil residue to stir-fry cabbage. Everyone would definitely make fun of him when they saw this dish. He deserved it!

By the time Brother Dayong got up, everyone else had also come down from the mountain. Now is the peak season for mushrooms. The pine forest on the back mountain of Lianhe Township is very vast, and there is a large piece of continuous native forest on the slope. There are so many mushrooms there that they can only be described as covering the mountains and fields.

In addition, the distance from the county town and the autonomous prefecture is too far and the purchasing power is limited, which leads to the fact that people here are basically only interested in Matsutake mushrooms and do not like other types very much.

In fact, Zhou Zhi secretly complained in his heart that the reason why the Yi fellow villagers in Lianhe Township prefer Matsutake mushrooms is just like the people of Jiachuan back then only liked river grouper and catfish. These things do not consume much oil, and they are very delicious after being steamed, poured with soy sauce, and then drizzled with a small spoonful of cooked oil to moisten it.

The rest of the mushrooms are just like other fish, or eels and loaches. It’s not that they are not delicious, but they require too much cooking oil, which makes them unaffordable.

However, Zhou Zhi's arrival changed this situation. He had already started the mushroom deep processing industry before Dayong and Zhou Liuniang Food Group arrived.

But it couldn't even be called a workshop. He and Gillette Abi just heated up the vegetable oil, turned off the heat to let it cool down, then kept the heat on low. They cut a large number of mushrooms into shreds and threw them into the oil pan, then slowly fried the mushrooms into dried mushrooms with a softness similar to that of Zhang Fei's beef.

Then the dried mushrooms and the boiled mushroom oil were packed into large transfer barrels, and every once in a while they were taken to the state to be delivered to Feng Xueshan.

Within half a year, the aromatic substances in the dried mushrooms will continue to seep into the oil. This oil is particularly fragrant, and the dried mushrooms are also particularly fragrant. Adding some to noodles or dishes can directly elevate the food to a higher level.

There are too many mushrooms in the mountains, but the kids usually pick them in moderation. This time there were two foreigners, and as expected, we had a big harvest.

This is the result after the kids completely abandoned the "strange bacteria" in the Shanwaizhou Binhe Market. (End of this chapter)