Goldfield
Chapter 81: The Secret Recipe

Right after Madam Li threw away the pig head in a panic, she suddenly felt a long object fall on her shoulder. His head and chest were also hit by something soft. Soon a pungent stench appeared, like the smell of a pigsty that had yet to be cleaned, and the smell struck his nostrils.

When he could finally see clearly what was on him, he acted as if he had stepped on a bundle of hot coals. He jumped in fright and shouted as if he was a pig being slaughtered. The words just blabbering from his mouth flowed endlessly, and he felt something explode near his ears as he continuously retreated.

“You must die, must die! I'm your oldest father's aunt, yet you dare to pelted me with such disgusting things! Do you no longer believe in the young respecting the old? If you can treat me like this, next time you will treat your grandmother like this !! I want the whole village to know how Madam Liu has taught her children !! ”

Madam Li lowered her head to look at her dirty clothes. The stench of pig shit on his body repeatedly attacked his nose and made his stomach nauseous. He almost fainted at this moment.

Xiaocao smiled sweetly at him, “Oldest Aunt, how can I not show you the respect I deserve? You said you wanted to see what was in our basket, and I was afraid your eyes weren't too good because of your age, so I ‘delivered’ the stuff in front of you so you could see it more clearly. Now that you see what it is, are you still going to say that Grandfather secretly gave us money? ”

Without waiting for Madam Li to reply, Xiaocao continued after increasing the volume of her voice, “The Oldest Aunt! There's one thing you're saying right, our family really doesn't have much money at home! Today I took my younger brother to the pier because I wanted to see the market there. I wanted to find out if I could pick up vegetables on the ground that no one else wanted or other foods like that. Uncle Wang, a butcher in town, saw that we were pathetic and gave the pig's head to us. Regarding the swine tripe and the pig's intestines, Little Shitou and I took it from the ground to see if we could eat it after it was washed clean. As long as we don't die from eating it, does it make any difference if it smells a little? It's better than starving to death. Our family is already at this point in our lives, so why would Oldest Aunt claim that our grandfather subsidized us? Do you really want our whole family dead? If my whole family starved to death or froze to death, would that make you happy? ”

After tasting the steamed buns Xiaocao had sent for her family earlier, Madam Mao's opinion of Xiaocao and the rest of her family was quite good. Beside him, he idly commented, “This is the first time I heard a sister-in-law force her entire sister-in-law's family to die in the entire Dongshan Village! Lady Li, if you really want to do this, you will be famous throughout the area! Ck, ck, ck.. Just look, the children are so hungry that they are willing to scavenge something so disgusting and smelly to try to eat! ” Madam Li's facial expression changed instantly. His son spent two more years talking about marriage and finding a wife. If word got out that she had forced her sister-in-law's family to die, who would let their daughter marry her son?

Madam Li's mouth opened and closed several times as if she wanted to say something. The usually gentle and easily persuaded Madam Fang glared at him as if she was his worst enemy. Madam Fang gently pulled Little Shitou into her arms and wiped the tears in her eyes, and said, “ Poor kids, you guys can't eat that. Quickly throw them away. If there really is nothing at home to eat, then I will lend you some catties of grains to eat. ”

Yu Hai felt a pain in his heart and a complicated expression flashed across his face. He raised his head and let the tears in his eyes slowly disappear. He glanced at Madam Li and said, “Oldest sister-in-law, I can swear to heaven that I never asked my parents to give me money. Father also never subsidized us secretly! When we separated our families, I had explained, no matter how poor we were or how difficult our lives were, even if we had to beg for food, we will never ask for anything from other family members! You have seen what is in the basket, if nothing else, please go back home !! ”

Madam Li had made a fuss, so she threw her handkerchief on the ground and left the place covered in dust from head to toe. He had to find the village idiot's wife to solve the problem for giving her bad information.

There are no secrets in a small fishing village. Soon enough, Yu Hai and his family were desperate enough to gather food that smelled like pig shit spread throughout Dongshan Village.

Yu Hai's eldest uncle, Yu Lichun, went to the main residence of the Yu Family with high fury. He shouted and yelled at Old Yu angrily, “This wife is a stepmother, so does that mean you are also a fake father as well? Thing is your own flesh and blood. You want the entire Dahai family to lose its life? Then, then you are no longer my sister !! ”

With a dark expression on his face, Old Yu called out to Madam Li to scold him profusely. She then told her youngest daughter to bring about ten kati millet and ten kati sweet potato flour for her second son's family.

Naturally, Yu Hai did not take all that. He had already said that he would not take a single shred of the Yu Family, and they were not desperate without going anywhere. Thus, in order to avoid anyone calling them hypocrites, even when Old Yu personally came to discuss the matter, he maintained his current stance on the matter.

After Yu Xiaocao used his pig head and his extremely smelly innards to scare Madam Li away, he immediately started working on cleaning and preparing the ingredients. It's time to make more stewed food.

“Uh... Xiaocao, are you sure you can use this item to make food? Don't waste your time and seasoning if it doesn't work! ” Madam Fang reminded her warmly. The other members of the Yu family had long gotten used to his ability to turn trash into treasure, so they did not say anything.

Madam Mao had actually brought a small portion of sweet potato flour and some wild herbs that she dug up today and said, “Quickly stop trying to prepare those things. Listen to your aunt and throw them out, okay? In the future, if there is nothing to eat at home, go to my place and borrow a little. Once the sweet potato is harvested, you can return what you ate! Who has no trouble now and then? Discard, discard! ” As she spoke, Madam Mao enthusiastically pulled the tripe from Xiaocao's hand and turned outside the room to throw it away.

Xiaocao started sweating from anxiety! This was the method of making money that he used to destroy his brain. If they were to dispose of the ingredients, then how could he sell more food stewed with copper coins one serving tomorrow? He has promised people at the docks!

Madam Mao glanced at her feet, suddenly realizing something, and said, “Ah! So it's supposed to be used for feet uh. no wonder! If it can really fix your feet, then no matter how smelly it is, you just have to endure it! Okay, I'll bring home sweet potato flour, but you can keep wild herbs in order to make soup tonight. Xiaocao, if you want to collect more wild herbs tomorrow, find me, I know a place where there are many shepherd bags around! ”

Xiaocao promised Madam Mao who was cold from the outside and was not home right now. Let me help you prepare these things! ”

When Xiaocao saw that there was no way he could persuade the older woman, he washed the innards and cut them into pieces. He instructed Madam Fang to flip it over and use coarse salt to scrub it all over. This helps to eliminate the odor left behind and excess fat. Madam Fang did not act as if she thought it was disgusting and rolled up her sleeves and was busy.

Yu Xiaocao then taught Xiaolian how to prepare and clean pig tripe. He prepared the head of the pig himself. The first step is to let the pig's head soak in clean water for some time, rub the dirt outside, and remove the feathers until completely clean. Next, it should be boiled in a pot for about fifteen minutes and checked if there is still hair left on the head. At this stage, a coarse brush is used to vigorously scrub the entire surface until it is completely clean.

Yu Hai actually volunteered to do the job of rubbing the pig's head. Before his leg was injured, all the villagers would ask him to help whenever they slaughtered the pigs. The reason is two. On the one hand, he was strong and had a lot of strength. On the other hand, he had learned how to slaughter a pig himself and actually knew how to handle the fur on the animal. When Yu Xiaocao saw that he was as good as him, he could give him the task in relief.

After making sure the pig's head was clean, it was time to split it and pull out its innards. This job was naturally also given to Yu Hai. On the side, Xiaocao pointed out where she needed to cut and clean up any trash, such as ears, corners of the eyes, lymph nodes, and nasal polyps. Then, the brain is carefully removed and placed in a bowl for later use. It can be used to make soup for the whole family to eat!

Yu Hai took the bone from the pig's head with a smoothed motion and divided it into five to six parts. The bone piece is then put in cold water and washed carefully to remove dirt and blood stains. This will prevent the strange taste from seeping into the cup of boiled pig heads, which can ruin the entire pan.

After that, Yu Xiaocao took over. He took the cleaned pig's head and put it in boiling water. After boiling it for about twenty minutes, he took it out again and washed it clean. Then he took the boiled pork and put it in a new pot with clean water along with the bones from his head. The combination is boiled, and he removes the foam that appears until it is about half cooked. Then, he put his meat into the braising sauce he boiled yesterday and let it slowly until the meat was tender and tender. In addition, the meat is also incorporated into the main sauce in order to add flavor.

As the pork head meat boiled slowly, the rich aroma of the meat gradually spread from the courtyard to the open. Even the home of the Qian Family, which was about two hundred meters away, had been enveloped by the savory scent of the hot boiled pigs. Qian Wu was on the cleaning rod of the courtyard as she inhaled its smell deeply. He managed to swallow his saliva with great difficulty and said, “The smell is so good! Mom, did you kiss her too? It's not New Year's, nor is it a holiday, which family cooks meat now? ”

Madam Mao also kissed her and thought of the neighbors in the area. Other than the Hunter Zhao family at the foot of the mountain, who often ate meat because they were good at hunting, there was only the Madam Fang family, who did not match him, who could probably be the source of his smell. Could it be that Madam Fang had a guest come and they slaughtered a chicken for them? But it seems wrong. It does not smell like chicken. As for the Xiaocao family, Madam Mao actually jumped over them. They were so poor that they usually could not eat enough, how could they possibly have extra money to buy meat?

“You're greedy! Next time your elder brother comes back for a break, I will buy some meat and boil it for you two to eat! Where the hell are you going? Be more obedient and do not make your mother lose face by going to the Zhou Family! ” Hunter Zhao lives a bit far away from them, so it is highly unlikely that the aroma of their cooking will be smelled here. So, there is only one family whose smell can come from.

In fact, there was no truly great conflict between Madam Mao and the Zhou Family. Only one family raised ducks while the other raised chickens, and the Qian Family ducks and duck eggs were not as popular as the Zhou Family chickens. Moreover, the head of the Zhou Family liked to peddle goods during the growing season and made a lot of money from it. Madam Mao felt that it was a little unfair, and she had never learned how to speak her words. After several meetings, the relationship between the two families slowly cooled and separated.

Qian Wu threw the stick he had in his hand, ran out of the gate, and said, “I won't go to Older Brother Wenhua's house, I want to find Little Shitou to play. ”

When Qian Wu arrived at the gate of the Yu Family residence, she discovered that the smell of meat was stronger here. Even the red-boiled pork that her mother made during the New Year did not smell as pleasant and tempting as this. He inhaled a deep breath of air through his nose and set foot into the courtyard.

“Little Shitou, can you smell this? It smells so good !! ” Qian Wu shouted as soon as she entered the residence.

Little Shitou ran out of the kitchen and grinned, “Sister Xiaowu, your nose is good! The pork head meat just finished boiling and you ran. Come, Come, Come, Come! My second brother will cut a piece of hot boiled pork head meat and let you satisfy your desires! ”

“Wow! So the smell of meat actually comes from your family ah !! What happened today for your family to make meat to eat? ” Qian Wu almost drooled out of her mouth and into her jacket. He used the back of his hand to wipe his mouth but his legs did not move at all.