Chapter 268 Never Been Taken Seriously
"The boss killed a pig and gave each of us nearly a pound of pork leg meat." Li Dani took the vegetables out of the basket and placed them on a flat place under the shade of the tree.
She opened the gauze covering another basket to reveal the cornmeal pancakes inside.
Such food would be great for any farmer's family!
Feng Da and Feng Er swallowed their saliva, wiped their hands on the hem of their clothes again and again, and then reached out to take the pancakes and chopsticks.
Li Dani arranged her own food and brought it to Hong Daniu's family of three next to her.
Among the four families, only Hong Daniu's family did not even have a woman. They were good at doing housework such as washing clothes and cleaning, but they were really bad at cooking.
In the past, they just had to make do with a bite to eat, but it was inconvenient to do farm work during the busy farming season. First, the busy farming season was very hard and tiring. Who would want to boil water and cook after returning home?
Secondly, it was already tiring and physically demanding, and they had to eat something good to supplement it. It would be a pity to make the ingredients taste bad.
The Hong family has only three people. If one person is left alone to cook, there will be even less work to do. So after discussion, they provide their own ingredients and share with the Feng family during the busy farming season.
Hong Mancang's eyes widened when he saw the dishes served.
They saw the boss slaughtering the pig in the morning, but the boss gave them a large piece of pork fat yesterday, and the boss's pig was going to be exchanged with the villagers for skirt mushrooms and bamboo mushrooms, so they didn't think about pork at all.
Hong Mancang swallowed his saliva and asked, "Why does the boss still have pork for us? Isn't it going to be exchanged for mushrooms?"
Feng Da, who was eating a pancake and a vegetable, said happily, "It's still good meat! The meat on the pig leg is old and chewy."
Although fat meat is the best, the people in the village are not stupid. Who doesn't want to exchange for fat? These lean meats are probably left by the boss with hard work, otherwise they will be exchanged.
Hong Mancang quickly picked up a large piece of vegetables and put it in his mouth. The pork tasted chewy and delicious!
The pork was really delicious!
"I heard from the men in the village that the boss is very honest. He doesn't exchange pig offal and pig bones. He keeps them for himself."
Li Dani sighed: "Yes, I also heard from the women that the boss doesn't even exchange ribs and pig trotters. He said that there are too many bones and they are heavy. It's not worth it to exchange them."
Hong Manku, who was holding a pancake, said vaguely: "In fact, it's okay to give us ribs and bones. We can make soup and stew them. It's okay to have some fat! It's great for the boss to keep these real meat dishes for his own snacks."
"The boss has many young ladies and young men. They are at the age of growing up and loving to eat meat. If they give it to us, will the young men and young women eat pig offal and big bones while we servants eat pork legs?" Feng Er continued.
I always feel that there is something wrong, no distinction between superiors and subordinates?
When Li Dani heard about the young lady and the young master, she quickly told him about Fan Zhaodi and reminded him, "There will be one more young lady in the future."
Except for her, all the other families in the two families came to the mountain early to dig soil. They were different from the people in the village. The people in the village were free and could watch the fun if they wanted, or not work or work late if they wanted. They were the servants of the boss and were supported by the boss. Of course, they had to work hard when they needed to work.
In addition, they were not familiar with Fan Qian's family, so when they passed by in the morning and heard the crying in his yard, they did not go to join in the fun to see what was going on.
All came directly to the mountain to dig soil.
At this moment, when Li Dani said it, they realized that the quarrel in Fan Qian's family in the morning was related to the boss!
They had no problem with Zhaodi, and they all agreed with the decision made by the boss, but they hated the boss's family very much!
Hong Daniu sighed, worried: "The boss has another child to raise, I wonder if he has left any pork for me?"
"Pig offal has a strong smell, only poor people will buy it to save money, I don't know how the boss got used to it."
"The boss's family is really not arrogant or impatient. Look at their children who can read and write, and can go up the mountain and work in the fields. They are not squeamish at all, and the same is true for eating."
They can obviously eat pork legs at home and give them offal and bones, but they would rather eat worse...
Shuiqing didn't think the food was bad at all!
Which of the pig intestines, pig stomachs, pig kidneys, and ribs in the mall is not more expensive than pork? Even several times more!
The ribs and pig bones in Guangning Prefecture are so clean that only a little bit of meat residue is left, but the meat on the ribs in the mall is as heavy as the bones, just to make the meat sell at the price of ribs.
Father Hu has been a butcher for decades, and bone removal has become a habit. Even though he always reminds himself that this is his daughter's own pig, and it is also for his family to eat, so he doesn't need to remove it too clean, but he can barely remove the ribs, and the big bones are still removed cleanly.
Fortunately, his daughter doesn't care much, and he is slightly relieved.
Shuiqing really doesn't care. If she wants to eat pork, can't she just leave the pork? It's not like other families can't make the decision.
And the family has never felt that the food is bad, and now they have become loyal fans of braised large intestines, stir-fried kidneys, pork belly and yam soup, pork belly and chicken, braised spare ribs, sweet and sour spare ribs, fish head and big bone soup...!
Today is the first meal that Zhaodi officially joined, and the ingredients are rich, so Shuiqing took the opportunity to celebrate.
The pig head, pig intestines, pig tails, and pig trotters are braised in a pot, and they can be directly cut into plates. It is simple and practical, without adulteration, and everyone enjoys it.
Stir-fry kidney with green pepper, garlic sprouts and a spoonful of homemade chili sauce. It goes great with rice.
The ribs are coated with flour paste and fried until golden and crispy, and then a sweet and sour sauce is made to make sweet and sour ribs, which children especially like to eat.
After the pig's stomach is blanched, it is stewed with yam and placed on a small red clay stove over charcoal fire. Before serving, a handful of wolfberries are sprinkled on the table. The soup is milky white and rich, and it is paired with red beans. It is delicious, beautiful and nutritious.
There is no fathead fish today, and other fish heads are too small to be suitable for stewing soup, so tender small green vegetables are put into the big bone soup.
A few meat main dishes are done, and the remaining side dishes are much simpler, mostly vegetarian dishes, and what is available in the vegetable garden is eaten.
China's greenhouse technology is very mature, and there are all kinds of vegetables all year round, regardless of the season. Shuiqing used to live in the city and buy whatever she wants to eat. She ate too many off-season dishes and forgot which dishes were available in which season. After coming here, the most eaten are seasonal dishes.
Shuiqing likes it very much. Vegetables that grow naturally under the sun and rain are delicious, and the meals cooked on a wood stove are even more fragrant.
Others were extremely satisfied.
Even Ling Ran and Bai Ziqian, who were well-educated and had good family backgrounds, felt that the delicacies from the restaurants outside could not compare to the food prepared by Aunt Shuiqing!
Fan Zhaodi felt that she had never been valued so much since she could remember.