PFC Chapter 230 Chicken Sausage
Chapter 230 Chicken Sausage
One year old is eliminated amidst the sound of firecrackers.
This is Lin Xiaoman’s third New Year’s Eve here.
The limp table was replaced, the black clumping cotton wool was replaced with a snow-white cotton quilt, and the family was no longer a poor group of people who were hungry and cold. They also moved into a new house and started a workshop.
Not only did he live a better life himself, but he also provided jobs for some villagers.
Lin Dajiang's family is no longer the same as it was three years ago, and Shanglin Village is no longer the same as it was three years ago.
"Lidong, your little mouth hasn't stopped eating since noon."
Lin Lidong touched his round belly and looked at his elder sister with a wide grin on his face. "Wow, the food that mother cooks is so delicious."
After saying that, he put his fingers into his mouth and savored the taste slowly.
Lin Xiaoman pulled out his finger and wiped it, "It's dirty, we don't eat fingers."
Lin Guyu chuckled at the side, "Shame on you Lidong, you're still sucking your fingers at this age, only children suck their fingers."
Lidong tilted his head, "Am I not just a child?"
Lin Xiaoman tapped Lin Lidong's forehead and said, "No matter if you are a big kid or a small kid, you can't suck your fingers, understand?"
"Lidong, did you wash your hands after using the toilet?"
Lin Lidong covered his face and didn't wash it.
Lin Xiaoman knew at a glance that Lidong definitely hadn’t washed, and planned to scare this unclean boy.
"You didn't wash them, did you? Lidong, what if your hands were stained with feces and urine? You eat with your hands, and it's not enough to just grab the food, you also put your fingers into your mouth and lick them, isn't it..."
"Ah! I am so disgusting!"
Before Lin Xiaoman said anything, Lin Guyu couldn't stand it anymore. He stared at Lin Lidong's fingers with disgust. After a while, he thought of something and stared at Lin Lidong's mouth again, looking constipated.
Finally, he found that Lin Lidong still looked confused, and he covered his face and said, "Oh, I won't play with Lidong anymore."
"You never liked playing with me."
Lin Lidong pouted, "You love playing with Sister Miaomiao the most, and you also like playing with Goudan and the others."
"That's because you were too young to play with us, we didn't dislike you. But now it's different. You don't wash your hands after using the toilet, and you lick your fingers and put feces and urine into your mouth. We dislike you and won't play with you anymore."
Lin Lidong snorted, unhappy.
Lin Xiaoman pinched Lin Lidong's little face, it felt really good.
"Lidong, Guyu is right. You must wash your hands after using the toilet and use chopsticks to eat instead of using your hands. Sister knows that Lidong is a good child who corrects his mistakes. He will definitely change, right?"
"Yeah." Lin Lidong nodded vigorously.
Children love to hear encouraging words the most.
After Lin Xiaoman said this, Lin Lidong quickly accepted his mistake.
"Sister, I won't lick my fingers anymore. I will wash my hands thoroughly after using the toilet."
Lin Xiaoman picked up Lidong and said, "Well, you are such a good kid. Come on, I will take you to eat something delicious."
When Lin Guyu heard that there was something delicious, she jumped up and followed, "Sister, what's delicious?"
"I fried some chicken sausages. Can you guys help me taste them?"
Lin Guyu asked: "Chicken sausage? Is it as delicious as Chinese sausage?"
"They are different. Chinese sausage needs to be air-dried, but chicken sausage does not. Guyu, you will know after you try it!"
No child can refuse grilled sausage. Lin Xiaoman's eyes were smiling, and I guess the two little ones felt the same way.
Lin Xiaoman packed a chicken corn sausage for each of them. "It's freshly fried and still hot. Blow it before eating. If it tastes good, I'll give you another one."
When Lin Xiaoman saw that the two children were busy eating and not talking, he knew that the chicken sausage tasted good.
Originally, I didn’t make much, just two pounds of chicken.
Since the two little ones love it, she plans to make more.
"Sister, chicken sausage is so delicious." Lin Guyu quickly finished one, took the bowl and moved to Lin Xiaoman's feet.
"Guyu, do you still want to eat?"
"Ah."
Lin Xiaoman picked up another one for each person and said, "You can only eat two. Wash your hands after eating. Then play in the yard. Don't go out."
After she had given instructions to the two little ones, she went about processing the chicken.
Debone the chicken and chop into small pieces.
This step takes a long time. The finer the meat is chopped, the more tender and smooth the chicken sausage will be.
Lin Xiaoman practiced with two kitchen knives in his left and right hands at the same time. When he got tired, he asked Lin Jingzhe, who was reading a book, to take over.
It is said that this allows him to combine work and rest.
When the chicken is minced into the ideal shape, add sweet potato flour, cooking wine, salt, sauce, sugar, onion and ginger water, oil, and five eggs, and stir continuously in one direction.
It can be used for enema when it is stirred into a fine and sticky state.
The Lin family has ready-made enema tools, so we can just use them directly.
Use cotton thread to tie the stuffed chicken sausage into small pieces of similar length.
Then use A Niang's embroidery needle to poke some small holes in the casing.
After that it’s easy. Boil a large pot of water, put all the prepared chicken sausages in, simmer over low heat, and after about a quarter of an hour you can take them out and drain them.
After draining, the chicken sausage can be kept for four or five days in winter.
Whether fried, deep-fried, or cooked into soup, it tastes good.
Fried or deep-fried, kids love it.
When cooked into soup, even the elderly with bad teeth can eat a few pieces.
After draining the chicken sausage, Lin Xiaoman kept one third for himself and divided the remaining two thirds into five portions.
One copy was sent to the old house, one copy was sent by Lin Jingzhe to Xie Ci'an, and one copy was sent to Li Erli's home.
Of the remaining two, one was kept for Gu Changsheng who came to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, and the other was kept for A Niang to take to the Li family when she returned home.
By the time she had finished packing everything, Li Taohua had already prepared the food for the reunion dinner.
This year has been full of disasters.
Due to the drought, the fields were barren.
The reason why Shanglin Village can survive safely is all thanks to a "Fujing" in every household.
Li Taohua worshipped various Bodhisattvas, asking them to bless the Lin family with good fortune in the coming year.
The reunion dinner was particularly sumptuous.
Spicy grilled fish, honey-glazed chicken, crispy pork, four-joy meatballs, pickled fish, sweet potato shrimp cakes, old duck and mountain mushroom casserole...
The two little foodies at home regretted it so much.
Lin Guyu murmured with regret: "There are so many delicious foods. I should have known not to eat all kinds of meatballs."
Lin Xiaoman laughed and joked, "Which little girl just waited for her mother's back to turn and then stole a meatball?"
Lin Guyu wanted to cry but had no tears. "Sister, how could I know that mother had prepared so much?"
Li Taohua tapped Lin Guyu's nose and said, "Don't worry, if you can't eat more today, I'll make it next New Year's Eve. You'll always be able to eat it."
This made Lin Guyu even sadder.
Lin Xiaoman smiled as she picked up some food for Guyu, taking a little bit of each dish. "Since you're already hungry, just eat a little bit of each. If you think the one you like is delicious, I'll make it for you tomorrow."
Li Taohua scolded with a smile: "Xiao Man, don't spoil her."
Lin Xiaoman said indifferently: "It's okay, our Guyu is so well behaved, just spoil her. And Lidong, just tell me what you like to eat, and I will make it for you. Anyway, I'm free in the first month of the year, so I have plenty of time."
We were so poor before that we couldn’t even afford to eat, but now that we’ve made money, isn’t it time to enjoy life?
Life is alive, eating and drinking are two words.
Only by eating and drinking well can you have the energy to continue thinking of ways to make money.
Lin Guyu nodded, "Sister, you are so kind."
Lin Lidong narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, "Thank you, sister."
Li Taohua also ordered some wine and had a few drinks with Lin Dajiang.
The whole family ate from dusk till the end of the evening.
Even though I ate to my heart's content, there was still a lot of food left over.
Li Taohua muttered with satisfaction, "Every year there will be more than enough, and next year will be harmonious and smooth, and we will make a fortune every day."
Lin Dajiang's alcohol tolerance is average, or even poor. After drinking two glasses, he was already 70% to 80% drunk.
He leaned on Jingzhe with squinting eyes, constantly touching his pockets, saying that he wanted to get New Year's money for a few children.
Li Taohua regretted while cleaning up the dishes, "I really deserve it. I gave you some wine even though I knew you couldn't drink much."
Lin Dajiang heard Li Taohua mumbling endlessly, and waved his hand and said, "Taohua, I'm not drunk! Hey, where's the New Year's money I prepared for Xiaoman and the others? Where did you put it?"
"Is he under the bed?" Lin Dajiang suddenly stood up and walked into the house, "I'll go look for him!"
Lin Xiaoman and Lin Jingzhe stood up to help him, but were pushed away by Lin Dajiang.
He staggered a few steps and said, "I'm not drunk. I can still walk by myself."
He staggered every three steps, and felt dizzy every two steps. Li Taohua was scared to death. "Boss, go back to your room and lie down. Don't fall down during New Year's Day!"
"I'm fine." Lin Dajiang's tongue trembled.
"You said you were fine, but I won't dare to give you wine in the future." Li Taohua ordered Lin Xiaoman and Lin Jingzhe to carry Lin Dajiang to the house, "Quick, help him in."
Lin Xiaoman thought that his father would be quiet after entering the house, but he just refused to lie down. He kept muttering about asking for New Year's money, and then muttering about wanting to stay up all night without closing his eyes.
In short, he just refused to lie down on the bed.
Lin Xiaoman glanced at Lin Jingzhe and said, "Come on, Dad is half drunk now, he's the most difficult to deal with."
Lin Dajiang was unhappy when he heard this. He looked at Lin Xiaoman and shook his head, "What do you mean drunk? You are the one who is drunk. Oh, no, why do you look like my daughter Xiaoman? Xiaoman didn't drink. You are drunk. You are not Xiaoman."
Lin Jingzhe was in a dilemma, but he couldn't tell Xiaoman that his father was drunk, so he had to lower his voice and ask Xiaoman, "Come on, Dad can't even recognize you."
"Hush! Even though Dad is drunk, his ears are fine. Brother, you just stay here and watch over Dad. I'll go out and help Mom clean up."
"Fine!"
Lin Xiaoman went to the main room and cleaned up with Li Taohua.
"Is your father asleep?"
Lin Xiaoman shook his head helplessly, "No! Daddy is not willing to sleep, he is still groping around for the New Year's money! My brother is watching inside."
"I won't give your dad a drink next time."
"Mom, it's New Year's Eve. I have nothing to do anyway. Dad can drink if he wants. Dad doesn't relax on weekdays, so today he just drank two cups."
When the mother and daughter finished packing and returned to the main room, they found Lin Dajiang sitting on the stool again.
Lin Xiaoman signaled to Lin Jingzhe with his eyes and asked him what was going on.
Lin Jingzhe pointed at Lin Dajiang and said, "Dad wants to find the New Year's money and give it to us."
Li Taohua came over, took out the red envelopes prepared in advance for the children from the low cabinet, and asked, "Where did your father find the New Year's money?"
Lin Jingzhe looked at his father with a look of self-pity, and hesitantly said, "Mom, I found it under your bed. Maybe you put it there sometime."
"Why don't I remember putting money under the bed? Could it be your father's private savings? Hey! How dare your father save private savings?"
At this moment, Lin Dajiang staggered and handed out red envelopes to the four children. He still had one left in his hand, so he gave it to Li Taohua, "Taohua, you, you have one too! Our family depends on you, so the New Year's money I gave you is the biggest, take a look?"
Li Taohua blushed and was no longer angry.
"Did you use all your private savings to give us New Year's gifts?"
Lin Dajiang answered dazedly: "Yes! Isn't my money for my wife and children? What's the point of me keeping it? Of course I'll give it all to you."
After saying that, he staggered back into his chair and dozed off leaning against the backrest.
Li Taohua added charcoal to make the charcoal fire burn more vigorously.
Lin Xiaoman went to the inner room and took out the quilt that Lidong used to wrap herself in when she was a child and covered Lin Dajiang with it.
Li Taohua distributed the red envelopes in her hand to the four children.
After receiving the New Year's money, Lidong and Guyu counted the coins for a while. Finally, they were too sleepy to bear it any longer and were stuffed into bed by Li Taohua. They fell into a deep sleep soon after.
"Well, in the end, it's just the three of us left to celebrate the New Year."
"And me." Lin Dajiang looked up.
Seeing that the boss was half-awake, Li Taohua smiled and said, "Well, there's also you. You're really something. You're still thinking about staying up all night even in this state."
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The first day of the first lunar month.
It's a sunny day.
Lin Xiaoman slept until noon. When he came out of the room, Li Taohua asked, "Xiaoman, are you awake? Come, eat the sugar dumplings quickly. Six sugar dumplings per person, this year will be auspicious and auspicious."
"Mom, where's Dad? Is he sober now?"
"You're awake. I'm going to send gifts to the old house. Didn't your third aunt quarrel with your grandma last year and they didn't even have the New Year's Eve dinner together? I didn't even give the money to your grandparents. Your father has sent the money and gifts over."
"Well, grandma must be very angry."
"Of course, your third aunt is calling your third uncle a loser, your grandma must be furious when she hears that." Li Taohua served a bowl of sugar dumplings and placed it in front of Lin Xiaoman, "Eat it while it's hot. If you don't feel full with sugar dumplings, what else do you want to eat? Mom will make it for you."
Lin Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Well, I want to eat the shredded chicken noodles made by my mother."
"Okay, wait, I'll do it right away."
"Mother, where are Guyu and Lidong?"
"Guyu, Miaomiao came to call her early in the morning. Lidong must be with your brother. She has been pestering him since early in the morning. Now Jingzhe is probably teaching Lidong to read."
Lin Xiaoman complained in his heart, it’s really amazing that Lidong learned to read on the first day of the New Year.
Lin Xiaoman slowly finished eating the sugar dumplings, and A Niang's three-color shredded chicken noodles were also ready.
The aroma of lard is mixed with the flavor of chives. The soup is the chicken soup left over from yesterday's stewed chicken. The noodle soup is topped with hand-shredded chicken and homemade pickled vegetables. You can tell it tastes great without tasting it.
Lin Xiaoman poured a little homemade sauce and finished the shredded chicken noodles in no time, even drinking up all the soup.
Just after washing the dishes, I saw my mother entertaining Gu Changsheng.
Ping An, who was standing behind Gu Changsheng, was holding New Year gifts and walking towards the main hall.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Lin Xiaoman missed the "financial sponsor" very much. She smiled and greeted him, "Brother Changsheng!"
"Xiaoman."
Gu Changsheng took out the money bag and handed it to Lin Xiaoman, "This is the income of Lin'an Tabloid for the last six months. Count it."