My Courtyard Refuge

Sixteen Chinese New Year

Xu Dong persisted and said: “Anyway, the truck has a freezing function, and the meat doesn’t have to be afraid of spoiling.Just do it slowly. ”

Xu Ma’s eyes lit up after hearing this, as if she had made up her mind.

“There is too much pork, and it is too troublesome to make air-dried meat. Let’s make it into bacon, which is easier to make.”

Xu Dong immediately nodded and agreed, “Mom, do what you say.”

Curing bacon requires a large earthenware vat. Xu Dong was afraid that his mother would regret it, so he didn’t bother to eat lunch, so he kicked the accelerator and went out.

Finally, after many inquiries, I bought ten large water tanks at the Flower, Bird, Fish and Insect Market, and after spending high shipping costs, I moved all the water tanks into the courtyard.

With the big water tank in place, the whole family started making bacon.

The ingredients for making bacon are very simple, only salt and pepper are needed. Xu Dong went to the farmer’s market and bought all the sea salt and pepper from the merchant.

Then it was time to divide the meat. Xu Dong still overestimated himself. Cutting frozen meat with a chainsaw was not only dangerous, but also difficult to operate.

In the end, he had no choice but to drive the car to find a small meat workshop, and spent 5,000 yuan to break down all the pork into the required meat strips.

Back home, Madam Xu complained again, this is buying a water tank, paying someone to cut the meat, plus the gas money for driving, it’s all like this, and I still earn a dime!

When the qi returns to the qi, the bacon should still be made, otherwise the loss will be even greater.

Mother Xu is a veteran at making bacon, and she makes it every year at home.

The method is really simple, first stir-fry the sea salt and pepper to make a marinade;

Then put the meat strips into the marinade, and rub the marinade on the surface of the meat with your hands;

Then put the meat strips into a large water tank, arrange them neatly, cover with plastic wrap, and marinate for a week;

Finally, take out the meat strips, hang them in a ventilated place, and wait for them to dry slowly.

By the time the load of meat is processed, it will be the third day of the Lunar New Year.

To be honest, Xu Dong felt a little regretful. Because of these meats, the whole family did not have a good New Year, and the New Year’s Eve dinner was just a few home-cooked dishes, which had no taste of the New Year.

In fact, there is no shortage of meat in the warehouse in the basement. The sealed bacon, jerky and ham are enough for the whole family to eat even after the expiration date.

Xu Dong himself has purely developed a collection habit, wanting to move all good things home, coupled with fear and anxiety about the future, that’s why he is so tossing around.

Fortunately, he also conducted self-reflection in time and readjusted his mentality. From this aspect, at least it was not useless.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, in order to ease the family atmosphere, and it was also the last trip before the catastrophe, Xu Dong drove the whole family around and almost visited Yanjing City.

The Chinese New Year atmosphere in the big capital is much better than that in Luyang. There are endless temple fairs, and there are all kinds of special snacks, which are also mouth-watering.

last Stand.

The family came to Shijinglong Ski Resort. It is only three days before the opening of the Winter Olympics, and the enthusiasm of the whole people for skiing is at its peak.

It took Xu Dong a lot of effort to get three tickets, and the father and daughter had a good time.

There is a high possibility that this is probably the last time the three of them played in the snow in their lives.

As for Mama Xu, Papa Xu and Yang Lina, because they had to take care of the triplets and they were not interested in skiing, they simply stayed in the hotel to rest.

After skiing, it was not safe to drive at night, so everyone stayed in a hotel for one night.

Early the next morning, Xu Dong drove home in his car.

It’s not that I don’t want to play for a few more days, but that my sister called last night to inform her that she will arrive in Yanjing at noon.

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When the camera turned, Xu Ting was chatting with her husband on the high-speed train from Luyang to Yanjing, with a pair of children and Xu Jingyi sitting beside her.

Yanjing is holding the Winter Olympics, and the whole family can just take advantage of the excitement to travel.

“I’m talking about Lao Ma, do you think my parents are used to living in Yanjing?”

Xu Ting’s husband’s surname is Ma, and his name is Ma Jie. A pair of children are named Ma Xu and Ma Lingling respectively.

Ma Jie complained secretly: “Where there is money is heaven, and everywhere without money is hell.”

But you can’t say this, otherwise, with Xu Ting’s temper, she won’t be able to go to bed for a month.

“You should get used to it. I heard that the courtyard house is down-to-earth and good for the health of the elderly.” Ma Jie replied quite well.

Xu Ting thought for a while and then sighed: “The winter in the north is still too cold, and I don’t know what Dongzi is thinking. Shanghai and Beijing are no worse than Yanjing, and they are closer to home.”

“Maybe it’s necessary for work!”

“But I heard from my dad that Xu Dong doesn’t have a job at all now, and he’s wandering around all day long, without going home all day.” Xu Ting shook her head and said, a little worried that her brother would learn bad things if he had money.

“Didn’t you say that you opened a convenience store? I heard that dozens of them will be opened this year?”

Xu Ting rolled her eyes, sneered and said:

“Don’t listen to my mother’s bragging, she still has dozens of stores open, and this one has managed to make some money. According to my father, if you want to open a chain convenience store, you might as well go to sleep. In the dream Everything.”

Ma Lingling couldn’t help giving a “puchi” smile, and Xu Jingyi also covered her mouth and said with a smile: “Grandpa is quite trendy, he even knows Internet buzzwords.”

“The convenience store is very busy, the old man is short-sighted all day long.Frequency, it’s strange if you don’t know. Didn’t I shoot a short video for the convenience store before, and even called me specifically to like and share it. ”

Xu Jingyi laughed even more happily, “Haha, I also liked that short video, I thought it was my uncle who shot it, what ‘local chicken and duck, delicious food’, I laughed so hard.”

All of a sudden, everyone seemed to have been poked at the point of laughter, and they couldn’t stop laughing.

After laughing enough, Xu Ting rubbed her sore cheeks and continued to “reveal the secret”:

“To be honest, the old man’s convenience store doesn’t make much money at all, but now your grandma is the one who makes the most money in the family.”

“Isn’t grandma going to help take care of the children? Why do you still have time to work?” Xu Jingyi asked curiously.

“It’s not a formal job, it’s selling air-dried chicken and duck. It can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, which is higher than your uncle’s salary!”

“Just say what you say, why do you take me with you!” After all, in front of the children, Ma Jie couldn’t hold back his face.

“Humph……”

Xu Ting didn’t say anything, and quickly changed the subject: “I don’t know if Dabao and the three of them have learned to walk?”

“Cough…he’s almost 16 months old, he should be able to walk.”

Xu Ting shook her head, “It’s not necessarily true. The triplets are weaker than normal babies. Dabao and the others weighed less than three pounds when they were born, so they must have developed later.”

“Now that technology is so advanced, there shouldn’t be a big problem.”

“That’s good.”

Chatting and chatting, Yanjing will arrive soon.

When the five people walked out of the station exit, Xu Dong had been waiting for a while.

“Ma Lingling, Ma Xu, uncle is here.”

After receiving five people, Xu Dong suggested to have a meal at a nearby restaurant before going back, but Xu Ting insisted on going back to eat.

According to the old lady, everyone was not very hungry when they came out with snacks.