Reborn in the 80s, starting with hunting in the mountains

Chapter 6 Pork Stewed Vermicelli

The forest farm is a state-owned unit with good welfare benefits.

Lin Yi's father and Li Tiezhu's father are both employees there.

One person works to support the whole family.

Lin Yi remembers that this year, the forest farm had so many holidays because of the snowstorm, heavy snow and road closures, and the mountain roads were impassable.

The reason why he was happy was because he remembered that when the forest farm workers returned home this time, after the smoke and firecrackers passed, the village would launch a hunting operation, that is, a winter hunt.

Ji Yi was still young at the time and was injured, so his father didn't take him with him at all because he thought he was a drag.

In my impression, this was also the last time the whole village went out to hunt.

Later, casual hunting was no longer allowed. With the promulgation of the Animal Protection Law, all animals in the mountains became protected animals. Shotguns were confiscated and sieges became a memory of the older generation.

Li Xiuhe went to cut the meat. The pork was stewed with vermicelli. The meat had to be processed first so that it would taste better when it was stewed.

Lin Yi was wondering how he would get on the bus heading to Dongwei this time.

No reason, just to experience the atmosphere of the last hunting ground in the Northeast.

"Brother, do you think Dad will bring us gifts when he comes back?" Lin Rourou was thinking about whether her father, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, would bring her some New Year gifts. Well, even one or two White Rabbit toffees would be enough. It can make her happy for a long time.

"I think so." Ji Yi smiled at his sister.

Every time his father comes back, he will bring some food to the family, because there is a supply and marketing cooperative at the forest farm, so shopping is much more convenient than in the village.

Moreover, the supply and marketing cooperative in the forest farm is only open to employees, and the items there are cheaper than in the county town. Anyone who works in the forest farm will go there to buy things.

In the early 80s, tree farms were still very popular.

State-owned forest farms, iron rice bowls, guaranteed harvests during droughts and floods, are good units.

Most people feel this way.

But Ji Yi knew that this was the last glory of the forest farm.

In the next few years, the efficiency of forest farms will plummet. By the late 80s and early 90s, forest farms will usher in the first wave of layoffs.

After that, it went into irreversible decline until the millennium, when the forest farm was closed down and became history.

After Lin Yi's father was laid off, their family's life was very difficult. It took several years of hard work before things improved.

However, my parents' bodies were deteriorating after years of hard work, and in the end they both passed away before they could survive the millennium.

It won't happen in this life. Lin Yi secretly vowed in his heart that he would let his family live a good life and witness the take-off and rise of China in the next few decades.

If his father saw the grand spectacle of the 08 Olympics, he would definitely be moved to tears.

The years when Lao Lin was dying happened to be the point where the Olympic bid failed. He was watching the TV, not to mention how sad he was.

It may be difficult for people born in the millennium to understand, isn’t it just an Olympics?As for being so excited and happy?

But Lin Yi can understand their parents' sense of identity and belonging to the country.

The 08 Olympic Games carries the simplest wish of more than one billion Chinese people for the rejuvenation of the great nation.

It was also after the Olympic Games that China's economy began to take off and entered an era of rapid development.

By the time Ji Yi was reborn, he had become a great country second only to the United States.

In some fields, it has even surpassed the United States and become the leader.

"Little sister, study hard and get into college. That will truly change your destiny." Lin Yi said to Lin Rourou.

Lin Rourou nodded thoughtfully.

"Brother, it smells so good. This meat is so fragrant."

After a while, a strong aroma of meat wafted out of Lin Yi's pot.Lin Rourou breathed in the scent of meat in the air greedily and couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

Ji Yi touched the little sister's head: "In the future, I will let you eat meat every meal, so don't feel bored when the time comes."

"Brother, please stop trying to make me happy. You eat meat every day. What kind of family is that? It's so rich." Lin Rourou burst out laughing.

As a little girl, the best life you can probably imagine is eating meat every meal.

"Brother, why are the pork stewed with vermicelli so fragrant?" Lin Rourou asked Lin Yi.

"Maybe it's because I haven't eaten it for a long time. It's fragrant because it's rare. If you eat it every now and then, you won't realize how fragrant it is." Lin Yi sighed with emotion.

"No, I think it's because after the vermicelli has been cooked for a long time, it is mixed with the aroma of pork. It is much better than the dry noodles before. The pork will become softer after being cooked for a long time, and together with the vermicelli The stewed pork is really fragrant, and the soup in this dish has become very thick because the vermicelli has been cooked for a long time." Lin Rourou retorted.

"Ah, yes, yes, little sister, everything you said is right." Ji Yi said to his sister dotingly.

No matter in the past life or this life, he and his little sister have a very good relationship.

The unexpected death of his little sister in his previous life was a fishbone in his life.

It seemed like he had some sudden illness.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi planned to take his family to the hospital for a check-up after making money, so that he could feel at ease.

"Brother, are we the only ones who can eat pork stewed vermicelli here?" Lin Rourou asked Lin Yi with a smile on her face.

Ji Yi shook his head: "Little sister, you are wrong about this."

Pork stewed vermicelli, most people think this is an authentic Northeastern dish, but it is not.

As one of the four major stews in the Northeast, the birthplace of this dish is actually not in the Northeast, but in Sichuan.

There is also a little story here. It is said that in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, when the famous general Xue Rengui was serving in Sichuan and Shu, he liked Sichuan food very much.

Later, Xue Rengui was sent to the Northeast by the imperial court. He also brought a lot of Sichuan cuisine to the Northeast, including pork stewed vermicelli.

Of course, the pork stewed vermicelli here in Northeast China is an adapted version.

For thousands of years, it has been integrated into the eating habits of the Northeast and has become a unique Northeastern dish.

Lin Rourou suddenly realized that there was such a thing.

"Brother, how did you know?" Lin Rourou asked curiously.

"Your brother and I know a lot about astronomy and geography." Lin Yi laughed and put it off.

Based on his experience, he really doesn't know this.

But he has integrated the knowledge and experience of the next few decades, and he knows a lot.

Not only does he know, he can also cook this dish.

After the turn of the millennium, he ran an authentic Northeastern restaurant, and his cooking skills were outstanding at the time.

But I can't show it yet.

Because there is no way to explain it.

When the meal was almost ready, Ji Yi went to call Li Tiezhu to come over for dinner.

When he and Zhu Zhu came back, Li Xiuhe walked out of the kitchen carrying a large pot of pork stewed vermicelli.

The staple food for dinner is steamed buns.

The color of this steamed bun is different from the steamed bun made from pure grains in later generations.

In the 80s, most families' steamed buns were made of cornmeal mixed with bran. The bran is the residue left after grinding rice. In later generations, this was used to feed livestock, but now it is eaten by humans.

(End of this chapter)