vrcanaries Chapter 433: Braised Duck with Wine
Chapter 433: Braised Duck with Wine
Zhou Guo said: "I really didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, try it yourself."
Li looked at her suspiciously, then glanced at the cake in her hand and tried to take a small bite.
"How's it going? Is it delicious?"
“It’s not worse than the one in town, right?”
Everyone looked at her.
Li took another bite and looked at the pie in her hand in surprise, "I didn't do anything special. I just seasoned it like the stuffing for steamed buns. I put all the seasonings at home into the meat. So this is what the meat pie tastes like. I think it tastes better than that one!"
After saying that, he thought for a while and said, "It must be because of the seasonings. I have a lot of seasonings at home, so the meat filling is naturally delicious. The seasonings are so expensive, and this pancake has meat and these ingredients. How much do I have to sell it for to make back my investment? I think it's better to forget it. I can make it for my family to eat, but if I really make it, I won't be able to make back my investment."
Everyone just said that, but no one thought that they would actually sell it outside.
Zhou Guo didn't say anything either. The most important thing now was the busy farming season. Everything else had to be put aside until after this busy period was over.
After dinner, Zhou Xing and Li packed up the food they brought to the fields. It was very easy to pack up, and the big parts were already wrapped.
Zhou Guo took out the two ducks sleeping in the chicken coop and covered them with a backpack to prevent them from running around. He could catch them and cook them when he came back at noon.
These two ducks will eat one at noon and one at night. We can start eating the badger tomorrow. The badger is big and has a lot of meat. It will be enough for the next three or four days.
Zhou Gu and others spread out the wheat that they had harvested last night.
After everything was packed, the family set off.
It’s the same people from yesterday, still doing the same work, and the same big sun.
However, what is better today than yesterday is that after daybreak, when I am hungry and tired, I have meat patties to eat in addition to rice cakes. The weather is hot and the meat patties are still warm after being stored for so long, so I can eat them without heating them.
Zhou Guo picked one up and took a big bite. He held the gourd in his right hand and tilted his head back to take a big gulp of water. He didn't care even if he was sweating all over. Although the wind was hot, it was worth it to have such a good thing to eat, no matter how hard or tiring it was.
These wheats will become meat patties, noodles, steamed buns, dumplings, and steamed buns in her hands in the future...
Even the old man was in much better spirits than yesterday, and he worked much more efficiently than yesterday.
Seeing that their progress was obviously different from yesterday, the others couldn't help but say, "Guoguo's mother, what did you give them to eat yesterday? Why are they so fast today? If you didn't know, you would think there was gold in your fields."
Li smiled and said, "What else can we eat? Noodles. It's my fault. I brought some rice cakes out yesterday. They were not oily and everyone was complaining about being hungry. I made some pancakes today and it's much better."
"So it's pancakes. I have to try it when I get home. Look at these at home. They just got a little bit of sun, but they act like they've suffered some terrible punishment. Last year at this time, we were still walking in such a hot sun every day. We walked for most of the day. We were not allowed to rest at that time. We had to keep going even if we couldn't walk anymore. That was really difficult. I think you have all forgotten!"
I'm talking about my own family.
But not all the people living on this piece of land belong to those few families. When they heard this, they remembered this time last year. If you have experienced that feeling once in your lifetime, you will never think about it again even if you are beaten to death.
Zhou Cheng stood up and said with lingering fear: "That's right, you said it was so difficult back then, how did we get through it? If you want me to walk again now, I can't do it even if I'm beaten to death."
Wang Fugui, who was in another field, didn't even raise his head. He said with a smile: "When that time really comes, you will find that you can still move. Things have come to you, and you have to accept them even if you don't want to. This is nothing in order to survive."
No one said anything, but they all agreed when they thought about it. Yes, when things really happen, these things that seem like big things now will pass by gritting their teeth and persevering.
Zhou Guo ate four pancakes and three rice cakes in one breath, drank half a gourd of water, rested for a while and went back to the fields. She was going to bundle up the harvested wheat and transport it back. If she waited any longer, the two trucks would be empty and would be borrowed by various families in the village.
She was like a brick, moving around everywhere.
He was busy all the time, bundling wheat, transporting wheat, harvesting wheat, and picking wheat ears. His clothes were wet and dry, and his hair, which was wearing a straw hat, was soaked by sweat over and over again, and it never dried out in a whole day.
Ever since she started practicing, she has become particularly afraid of heat. The longer she practices, the more afraid she becomes of heat. She thinks that by this winter, she won't even need to wear a cloak when she goes out.
The others in the field looked at him and couldn't help but say during dinner, "You guys keep complaining about being tired and exposed to the sun. Look at Zhou Guo. She's so young, only nine years old, but she does all kinds of work. She never rests once she's in the field. She's always busy. You guys are so old, why can't you compare with her? It's ok if you can't compare with her in other aspects, but you can't compare with her in farm work? Are you that bad? She had never been to the field before this year!"
Each family took the opportunity to scold their own children, whether they should or not, and the effect was quite good. In the second half of the afternoon, the children from each family were like they were in a boxing ring, competing with each other. They said, "When you take a break, I will take a break. If you don't take a break, I won't take a break either." Some of them were working while you were taking a break.
The adults couldn’t even call him, “Come over here and rest for a while, drink some water, and eat something.”
No one cares when I say this.
The elders of each family had a headache. They caught the man and said angrily: "Are you deaf or blind? Didn't you hear me calling you? You are like a piece of wood every day. I told you to work harder, but this is how you make me angry? Forget it, forget it. Look at you, you are so useless, just like me..."
Zhou Guo couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
The others laughed too. This was a rare moment of leisure during the busy and tiring farming season.
……
Because we had to kill ducks today, we went back a little early.
As soon as she got home, she took the two ducks out from under the basket, and Zhou Xing went to boil water without stopping.
Both ducks need to be processed so that we can prepare dinner in the evening.
While she was killing the duck, Zhou, Su and the other two squatted nearby, watching and waiting with big bowls in their hands.
Duck blood is a good thing, but it should be saved and not wasted.
The duck feathers need to be kept. When there are enough of those fine down, you can make a down jacket.
Chop the meat into pieces, add slices of ginger, garlic and peppercorns, sauté until fragrant. Add the duck pieces and stir-fry over high heat until all the water is dry. Add a little wine to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor. Add soy sauce and stir-fry over high heat. Add a ladle of water to cover the duck, then cover and stew!
After half an hour, add the chopped taro, add salt, cover the lid and continue stewing.
This taro doesn't absorb salt easily. If you add salt into it earlier, it will taste salty when you eat it.
After finishing all this, she clapped her hands and sighed. The environment really trained her. She could cook even such a big dish, and also braised pork and roast suckling pig...
The main thing is that her family members are not picky and they think everything she cooks is delicious. As a result, her cooking skills have gradually improved!