No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 746 Difference
"It's just that the steel factory is busy, and Zhuzi and the others take turns going home for dinner, so I thought, why don't we spend time together." Lou Xiaomo said hurriedly.

"No, that's why we say goodbye. Zhu Zhu is not on holiday, and Jing Ru has gone back. There are so many of us, and no one can cook. Besides, there are so many families in the courtyard, and they all live in their own way. We work together, Old lady, what should Aunt Jia and the others do? Let's go our separate ways. I'll give the old lady and Aunt Jia some food, as a courtesy." Ou Mengmeng hurriedly held down Lou Xiaomo, who was overly excited. Be practical.

Lou Xiaomo thought about it, in this courtyard, the old lady, Jia Zhang, Yi Zhonghai and his wife, she was alone, and Si Zhu brother and sister, really she took Si Zhu brother and sister to celebrate the New Year with the Qin family, then it was ready, Do you want to call me old lady? If you call me old lady, should you call me Jia Zhang? If the relationship is good, it's okay; if the relationship is just like that, it's really embarrassing.

"But I want to spend time with you." Lou Xiaomo thought about it, what could he do with Yu Yu for a few days? Besides, they are from the street and must be on guard duty, so they cannot run far away. Don't worry, you won't be able to find her. In this way, she thought, it would be better to play with Bangge and the others at home.

"As you said, why can't you live here? After dinner, you won't bring rainwater to play with? Bring your radio and we'll watch the New Year together." Ou Mengmeng rolled her eyes at Lou Xiaomo, what a little fool. She just didn't eat together, and she didn't say she couldn't play together.

"Let's get down to business first. Can you list the menu first so I can start cooking?" Qin Jingru really felt that her cousin was so smart and capable outside, why was she so procrastinating on housework.

"Yes, we can't go back to our hometown, and it's certain that my aunt can't celebrate the New Year at home, so we have to survive these few days by ourselves. This is also a certainty. Then, we have to make a plan." Ou Mengmeng took out a small book , start drawing the grid.

Qin Jingru covered her face. She really felt that it would be over if she just talked about such a small matter. I still need a list, but when I look at the sticks, Xiaodang, even that fool Lou Xiaomo is watching attentively, she has no choice but to forget it, let’s just do it! Really raised by nerds, all nerds.

Ou Mengmeng bought the supplies she was assigned and the tickets for New Year supplies. As soon as she got the tickets, she hurriedly bought them. Now put them away in different categories, plus these five kilograms of meat, as well as the meat tickets for several members of their family in the past six months, they also bought meat, but it was only more than four kilograms. Considering such a big family, four kilograms Meat, according to current rules, must also be served with some bones. Then when I take it back, there is not enough meat to really make dumplings or croquettes.

Fortunately, I have a good idea, and I haven't been fooling around in the market for more than half a year. I made an agreement with someone before. Go to Dianbanggan, put it in a bag, and give money and tickets without anyone seeing it. Banggeng was brought home in a small cart. The four kilograms of meat were all high-quality pork belly, strip by strip, and the skin was still attached. The skin was minced and passed through the water. People who live well make pork skin jelly. Life If it's not good, cut it into cubes and wrap it in dumplings. It's also delicious. Therefore, this is also the reason why Ou Mengmeng was greedy when she saw the second uncle's ribs just now. She has meat and wants to order some ribs for the children to eat during the New Year.

But just thinking about it, she dared to say that if Qin Jingru had to eat her, would she give her children ribs or a big mouthful of meat? you still need to ask!

Also, one family only has five kilograms of meat, which comes from the factory in the courtyard. There is nothing like an old lady in this courtyard. She saves two taels of meat a month to buy it during the Chinese New Year. Plus the New Year's special tickets, she can't stand the lack of people, so she asks the street to help her buy it, which is only a little over three kilograms. She also buys all the other peanuts and melon seeds. that's it. Another thing is that this is a difficult period, which means that the capital can still have a bit of a festive atmosphere, but even if it is stronger, things are still extremely lacking.

Now, the Qin family has less than ten kilograms of meat. In addition, the meat rabbits she raised before have also grown. She asked Sha Zhu to help kill them, and then asked someone to help process the untanned rabbit skins. Rabbit meat can be added to the dish.

Of the four little rabbits born recently, two of them were castrated from an early age and fed slowly. For the rest, just make an agreement with the street and exchange them for tanned rabbit skins. She wanted to make wool vests for the children. The street also thought it was feasible and negotiated an exchange ratio, and then it was settled.

The only fish is a very small hairtail. That's all the meat dishes they have now. So how many days will pass is the question. "There is too much meat, so let's marinate it and make it into clear sauce!" Lou Xiaomo said hurriedly.

"I don't have that many seasonings." Ou Mengmeng shook her head. She had eaten Qingjiang Pork before. She heard that it was a palace dish and was one of the three famous meats in China along with Jinhua ham and Cantonese bacon. It is said that northerners are not used to southern ham, so they created their own clear sauce pork. Qingjiang is soy sauce. Four pounds of meat requires six pounds of soy sauce, half and half light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, and the soy sauce cannot be used like this. It also needs to be boiled with seasonings. The ingredients of each house are different. Some add onions, ginger, garlic, and some add pepper and aniseed. There is no fixed number, so each house has its own flavor. The earliest Zhangdong official version has been gone for a long time. Ou Mengmeng doesn't have so much soy sauce to soak the meat.

"Where's the salted pork?" Lou Xiaomo said hurriedly.

"Miss, we only have a few kilograms of meat, can we stop talking about it as a palace dish?" Ou Mengmeng was speechless. The salted pork was also a palace dish, using cooked salt to accentuate the meaty taste. Think about it, "I was thinking that with so much meat, it's well marinated like southerners do, so I can't eat it all, right?"

She wanted to make southern bacon, dry it in the sun, put it in the cellar, cut it into slices every few days, and fry some vegetables for the children. At least it’s a bit meaty! It is a rare fat intake.

It’s cold in the north, so things are easy to store, and you can tell from the dishes. For example, places where bacon is popular are moist and warm places. So they have various storage methods. But there are none in Beijing. The most they can do is store vegetables for winter.

The clear soybean pork and salted pork in Beijing are not dried meat. For example, the clear soybean pork is marinated seven times and eight times sun-dried. It is soaked in soy sauce for seven days and then left to dry in the sun for eight days. It is semi-dry and then steamed. When cut out, it is overflowing with sauce and oily and translucent. But in Ou Mengmeng’s view, these two are considered cold dishes and are not as user-friendly as bacon. It can be stir-fried, souped up, stir-fried to make oil, and it tastes delicious in anything.

"Dried meat is not very tasty." Lou Xiaomo was indeed a northerner and felt that the bacon in the south was too salty and not refreshing.

"But think about it, there's not much meat. To make dumplings, at least two kilograms is needed. The children haven't eaten meat for more than half a year, so I want to cook braised pork. This requires at least one kilogram of meat, right? Then..." Ou Mengmeng nodded. She is a southern soul, so she doesn't think bacon has any taste. Although she doesn't like eating it, she doesn't dislike it. And usually, Banggeng will bring back some small fish and shrimps, which are also good for stir-frying vegetables. So I also want to give my children a big piece of meat to celebrate the New Year, and don’t want them to lose their mouths.

"Stop talking, you just said that I would use so much meat to make dumplings if I have more than ten people in my family." Lou Xiaomo held down Ou Mengmeng.

"That's right, there are just a few people, how much do you want to cover?" Qin Jingru also snorted.

I felt sleepy again around seven o'clock, and then I lay down again. It was true, it seemed that after the sun passed, my whole body was much less energetic.