Escape from the desert

Chapter 38
Jiang Yan soon understood that peasants rarely eat meat, and sometimes they will buy some pigs to feed into the water if they are really greedy. , but it is meat anyway, and the price is cheap, and it can satisfy your cravings once you eat it once in a while.

If you want to wash it clean and beautiful in color, it is best to use cornstarch and flour for repeated rubbing, but Jiang Yan is reluctant to waste it. She thinks about it and pulls out some plant ashes from the earthen stove.

Instruct the two daughters-in-law to turn the pig's large intestine over, then wash it again, rub it vigorously with plant ash, and cut off the large pieces of oil and lymph nodes inside, rub it repeatedly with plant ash, and then wash it with water. clean.

The rest of the pig's lungs and stomach are the same. After they are all washed, they are washed again with hot water. Then Jiang Yan pours some flour and rubs again, so that the color of the pig's water will be more white.

After a long time, the three people worked together to get the pigs of dozens of pounds into the water. At this time, the bone soup on the stove was almost the same. The two stoves were brought down. Jiang Yan cleaned the big iron pot. Cut some pork belly and large intestines, stir fry ginger slices in hot oil, put the cut pigs in a pot of water and stir-fry them together, put some wild vegetables and chili sauce, and a pungent aroma emerges instantly.

Jiang Yan shoveled out the stir-fried pig water, washed the large iron pot and earthen pot again, added water and boiled it, preparing to simply marinate a pig water.

"Mother... Yesterday, it was me who was wrong. I didn't take good care of Xiao Wu and let him be kidnapped and sold. Mother... don't be angry, I... I know I was wrong."

Wang Jinhua looked at her mother-in-law who was busy in the kitchen and kept silent. She thought she was trying to make her take the initiative to admit her mistake. She hesitated, her eyes turned red and filled with tears.

"Mother, I'm not right either, don't be angry, my daughter-in-law will never make mistakes again..."

Liu Xiao dreamed of this, and said with tears in her eyes. After she came to Lin's house, although she had never seen her mother-in-law lose her temper, she had seen her mother-in-law several times before. Discord and hit people!
Jiang Yan looked at the trembling and frightened appearance of the two of them, and felt distressed for a while. The toes exposed on the straw sandals of the two were all rubbed and bleeding. Although they had washed briefly, many scratches on their bodies were obvious.

Yesterday, the two had walked several times to find Xiao Wu, the village, the village, and the mountains, but they didn't know how hard it was, and they were still worried about whether she would get angry.

"I can't blame you either. In short, it's good that Xiao Wu finds it. Don't cry anymore. Hurry up and go out and prepare for dinner."

Seeing that the mother-in-law was not angry, the two daughters-in-law immediately went to serve the dishes and set the bowls and chopsticks. Wang Jinhua took out a new set of earth-colored ceramic bowls. These are the bowls and chopsticks newly bought by the mother-in-law. There are exactly ten people in the family, and a set of ten bowls is just right. one person.

"Mother, is the pig boiled in water? Don't you need to cut it smaller?"

Wang Jinhua watched her mother-in-law cut a few knives casually and then dropped the pig in the pot into the water, and asked while helping to burn wood.

"No, just cook it like this, I'm going to try to cook something new."

As Jiang Yan spoke, she took out some seasonings from her pocket and placed them on the stove.

Wang Jinhua held a half bowl of water, and asked curiously while washing, "Mother, what is this? Do you want to put it all in?"

Jiang Yan said: "These are some medicinal herbs I found on the mountain. I saw some restaurants put them in the dishes, and some are seasonings bought in the town. They smell very fragrant. This is fragrant leaf, this is star anise and licorice. . cumin... If it's done later, I'll write down the list, and then you can learn to do it."

Jiang Yan wrapped the herbs with the cloth left over from the last time the cloth bag was cut, and tied them into two little sunny dolls, one in each pot.

These materials tend to sink to the bottom if they are boiled for too long. For convenience, it is better to wrap them in cloth and cook them.

These common condiments are rarely used in food in this era. Most of them are sold in medical halls as medicinal materials. People here don’t know that they can be used as seasoning ingredients. Everything is medicine, and the price is not cheap.

Jiang Yan didn't go to the town's medical clinic, but bought them all secretly in the mall, and there were no chili peppers in this era. Even if the villagers found wild chili peppers in the mountains, they would not bring them back to eat, but use cornel instead.

Every household has some dogwoods. When Jiang Yan made chili sauce, she put a lot of dogwoods together. This is a common spicy seasoning in this era.

After putting all the ingredients, she covered the pot and simmered, and she said, "You won't go up the mountain today, bring Xiaodouzi and Xiaowu at home, and fill the fire with firewood from time to time. This pot of pigs will be simmered for an hour. ."

Wang Jinhua nodded again and again: "I know mother, I will take good care of Huo and Xiao Wu!"

Back in the main room, the whole family was sitting at the dining table. Except for Erbi and Lin Dong who couldn't get up, everyone else was waiting for Jiang Yan.

After Jiang Yan took the seat, Lin Dong also hurried back. He subconsciously stared at the dishes on the dinner table and licked his saliva before he said, "Mother, I went to find Grandpa Tie Zhu, he said he was only injured and had a drink. Just take the medicine, and if he can't cure the other things, he didn't come to see the doctor and prescribed me medicine for two days."

Grandpa Tiezhu is the mountain doctor in the village. Because his name is Lin Tiezhu, everyone calls him Grandpa Tiezhu. When he was young, he worked in a pharmacy and did not have any serious medical skills. Help take a look.

Generally, poor people in the family will prescribe medicines based on symptoms, because visiting a doctor requires money. It is estimated that because the Lin family is relatively poor and can't afford the money, they simply prescribe medicines directly, but no one comes.

Jiang Yan nodded: "Let's eat quickly, I have to go up the mountain in a while, I'll take a look at Erbi."

Jiang Yan carried a bowl of brown rice porridge with a few pieces of twice-cooked pork and some sliced ​​meat fried with mushrooms on it. She took some of the same dish, returned to the room, carefully lifted Erbi up, and leaned against the folded quilt.

"Can you sit down? I'll give you medicine, and I'll ask your cousin Dongzi to take you to the doctor after dinner."

Erbi's little head shook, and a soft voice whispered: "Thank you...Little aunt, I don't need to see the doctor, I'll just lie down for a while."

"Don't... waste money, I... I don't hurt!"

"Let's eat first."

Jiang Yan handed over the bowl, but the little guy raised his hand a few times and hoarsely grinned and put it down. Jiang Yan had to feed him little by little. When the smashed meat came into his mouth, his small swollen eyes were swollen. As soon as it lit up, the small body hurriedly shrank back.

"Little aunt... No, I don't want meat, little aunt eats it herself! Just give me a bowl of wild vegetables!"

The little aunt's family is also very poor. If he eats meat and brown rice porridge, what will the others do? The little aunt must cook for her because he is injured!Can't be wasted like this!

(End of this chapter)