PFC Chapter 105: New Year, Killing the Pig
Chapter 105: New Year, Killing the Pig
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of the year. Second uncle and second aunt, third uncle and third aunt, and brother Gu Xi all returned to their rural hometown, while brother Gu Dong had to wait until the day before the New Year to arrive home.
Tang Hua stood in the yard, thinking to herself: "Now that everyone is back, we have to get ready for this year's New Year's Eve. It has to be lively and exciting!" So, she searched for some methods of frying New Year's goods in the space and copied them down for her great aunt and eldest aunt.
Tang Hua went back home and quickly took out various ingredients from the space, including fried lotus root boxes, fried hairtail, fried crispy meat, fried radish balls, fried mushrooms, fried smile, fried hemp leaves, fried meatballs, dry fried small yellow croaker, hemp balls, fried twisted dough sticks, etc. Of course, in order to ensure the smooth frying process, she also specially prepared enough cooking oil and flour and asked her brother to help move them to the next door.
After everything was ready, Tang Hua began to call on her brothers to come and help knead the flour. Just like that, the brothers helped to knead the flour. In two large pots, the aunt and great aunt distributed the ingredients and made the shapes, then each of them started frying in a pot. Tang Hua and her two sisters were not idle either. Every time they finished a fried dish, they would hold small bowls, taste the deliciousness, and praise their brothers' craftsmanship.
"Wow, this fried lotus root box is so crispy and delicious!"
"Brother, the dough you kneaded is so elastic. The crispy meat fried by my aunt and aunt must be fragrant and crispy!"
"This fried dough twist tastes absolutely amazing, you guys are awesome!"
Hearing these words of praise, the two elders shook their heads helplessly, and the brothers' faces were filled with satisfied smiles, full of energy. After all, flattery never wears out! With such motivation, and after they had a taste of it, they worked harder and harder.
After a whole day of hard work, all the fried food was finally made. However, when they cooled down, everyone was in a dilemma: we couldn't just leave it there, right? That would be too conspicuous. At this time, Tang Hua had an idea and came up with the good idea of sealing bags.
So, she ran back home without hesitation, entered the space to look for 1000 sealed bags weighing one kilogram. After getting the bags, she hurried to the next door and put the fried goods into the bags one by one, weighing one kilogram in each bag.
Then, according to the distribution plan she had mentioned, grandma distributed five kinds of fried food, five kilograms each, to each of the three households in the Tang family; the same was true for each household in Hong Kong and Province; and on the Gu family side, each daughter-in-law was given five kinds of fried food, five kilograms each, to take back to her parents' home. Despite this, there were still a lot of fried food left.
The aunt then divided a portion of it, half a pound at a time, and gave it to the villagers who were on good terms with her; she also took out some to prepare for her sons to take to the county town to eat after the New Year when they returned to work. Finally, the rest was divided into two portions, half for each of the two families. Tang Hua thought that there was no need to do so, but the aunt thought that they did not eat together, and it would be more convenient for her to take some of the milk and snacks as snacks. Tang Hua did not refuse. She liked to have a sip of milk and a bite of snacks when she had nothing to do. It was such a pleasure.
After finishing all these, it was already dark. The family sat around the warm fire, chatting and eating the fried food they had just packed. My great-grandfather and uncle-in-law were drinking while eating. This was simply their appetizer.
"This sealed bag is a really good thing. It is convenient for storage and hygienic." said the aunt with a smile.
"Yes, and if we package it this way, everyone can just take it out and seal it again when they want to eat it," Tang Hua said proudly.
At this moment, Gu Xi seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "Huabao, do you know any methods for making dried fruits and nuts? The method of making walnuts and melon seeds into different flavors."
When Tang Hua heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he answered excitedly, "I'll go back and look for it in a book. By the way, Grandpa, why don't you get some more melon seeds and stir-fry them for us to eat."
Gu Zhonghua naturally understood what she was thinking. He smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.
That night, as soon as Tang Hua got home, she couldn't wait to get into the space. She spent a lot of effort and finally found the cooking methods of various flavors of mountain products produced in the back mountain, and copied them down one by one.
Not only that, she even painstakingly searched for a lot of completely tasteless melon seeds. After all, only in this way could she take out the delicacies in her space and enjoy them to her heart's content! She had to try to make some of each flavor.
The person who usually sleeps until noon, has become an unusually early riser these past two days because of his obsession with delicious food.
Tang Hua got up early and hurriedly called her two brothers to help her move a few sacks of tasteless nuts to the next room. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at these things and then at the production method written on the paper, and couldn't help but twitch their lips.
Huabao held her aunt's hand tightly and said coquettishly, "Aunt, let's start with the simple part! We can learn the complicated steps slowly."
Gu Qianrou dotingly pinched Huabao's chubby face and replied with a smile: "Okay, little darling, have you even prepared all the ingredients? Auntie will definitely satisfy your wish! I'll start making it later, and you, just wait patiently to enjoy the delicious food!"
After hearing this, Tang Hua's face blossomed with a smile as brilliant as a spring flower, and her beautiful eyes sparkled with anticipation and excitement. Gu Qianrou, who was standing by, gently stroked Tang Hua's little head and said in a gentle tone that she would start frying as soon as possible.
At this time, a group of daughters-in-law also came over to look at the paper. After following the steps, they found that frying this kind of nuts was much more difficult than frying them. But when they saw Tang Hua's expectant eyes, they all chose to remain silent tacitly.
After all, as long as it is something Huabao wants to eat, no matter how difficult it is, everyone is willing to try to make it. You can try making a small amount at the beginning, and when the taste is completely fine, then consider increasing the production volume. In short, everything is based on satisfying Huabao's appetite!
Tang Hua was happy now. From that day on, there were many more delicious snacks in Tang Hua's small bag, which made all the children in the village drool. They went back and asked their parents to make snacks for them. A group of parents came to Gu Qianrou's house.
After learning that the production process was very complicated and would waste a lot of oil and salt, how could it be made in a year when people could not even get enough food and oil and salt had to be purchased in limited quantities? The parents were unwilling to make it, so they all persuaded their children to give up the idea.
However, the children did not understand their parents' ideas. They only knew that they wanted to eat snacks, and seeing how delicious the snacks made by Gu Qianrou's family were, they became more determined to eat. Some children began to cry and demanded that their parents make snacks for them; some children began to go on a hunger strike to protest.
The parents felt helpless when they saw their children's reactions. Finally, in order to appease their children, some parents had to take the things to the captain's house to exchange for goods. Gu Qianrou and Tang Hua had already thought of this, so they took out some of their food and exchanged them with them. The children were finally able to eat the snacks they had been craving for and were extremely happy.