The Era of Hard Work

On the day of the National Day, Lu Dong went to the market early in the morning to pull goods, and Du Xiaobing arrived before seven o'clock.

"Old Du, are you serious?" Lu Dong was dubious yesterday.

Du Xiaobing changed into some faded clothes, which were also Nikes, and went directly to the stall to shop for daily necessities with Lu Dong and Qiao Weiguo.

"Didn't it be agreed yesterday?" Du Xiaobing followed behind Lu Dong, "Of course I want to come."

He suddenly became intoxicated: "I've already thought about it. If I use the 50 yuan I earned with my own hands to buy a gift for Ning Xue, she will definitely be moved."

Hearing this, Qiao Weiguo touched his bald head and felt that Du Xiaobing's head was not normal.

Just as he was thinking, Jiao Shougui and Jiao Sanhei arrived.

Jiao Sanhei spread the stall and asked Qiao Weiguo, "Did you hear yesterday? Xu Liang and Fang Shu'an killed the Kunlun monk and Gu Yue monk, and Long Yunfeng was killed by Xia Suiliang..."

Qiao Weiguo said, "Wu Shengren will be on stage tonight."

"Well, Yu He is amazing! There is no opponent in eight hundred horizontal pushes, and Xuanyuan is a martial sage again! No. 1 in the world!" Jiao Sanhei suddenly changed the subject: "Wei Guo, you are from the martial arts world, who is the number one master in the martial arts world today? Is there anyone like Yu He, the sage of martial arts?"

Qiao Weiguo thought for a long time: "The number one master should be the host of Shaolin Temple."

Jiao Sanhei asked again: "Worse than Master Haideng?"

"I don't know." Qiao Weiguo said honestly, "Because no one has seen the current host make a move."

Jiao Sanhei thought of the martial arts novels he had read: "I understand, once he makes a move, it will definitely shake the world and make the ghosts and gods weep, and the situation will change color!"

Du Xiaobing looked at these two people and felt that there was something wrong with their brain circuits.

As a senior student of the School of Physical Education, he has seen Sanda players compete with traditional masters. The scene was too tragic.

Completely broke the original cognition.

martial arts? Du Xiaobing shook his head, came to the back of the stewed meat pancake truck, consciously wearing an apron and hat, picked up a kitchen knife and gestured twice.

It seems that he really wants to use his labor income to buy gifts for the goddess in his heart. Since the first person came over in the morning, Du Xiaobing has been working hard, and he has been busy until after eight o'clock in one breath.

Lu Dong greeted him and Qiao Weiguo, took Red Star's car to Quannan, first went to the West Market to buy goods, and when he came back, he went to Shilipu Niuge to pick up the ordered pigs.

When I arrived, Brother Niu was harvesting bean worms. The five-centimeter-long bean worms were plump and plump, which made people think of cooking methods such as frying, boiling, and roasting.

After paying the bill, Brother Niu came over to greet Lu Dong: "Dongzi, here you are."

Lu Dong went over, picked up a bean worm, looked at it, and asked, "Brother Niu, people in the city can eat this."

Brother Niu laughed: "Someone likes this." He asked Lu Dong, "Have you ever eaten?"

Lu Dong put down the bean worm: "When I was young, I was poor and had nothing to eat, so I had to find something delicious by myself. This food was roasted over a fire, and it was first-class."

If I eat it now, it probably won’t taste the same. It’s not that the food has changed, but that the taste has changed due to eating too many good things.

Brother Niu covered the bean worm basket and said, "Unfortunately, you won't accept the goods. This is a good time to plant bean worms and grasshoppers."

Lu Dong smiled: "We're still working together, all my meat comes from you."

Speaking of the goods, Brother Niu called Lu Dong to go with him to the house and fetch water from the big freezer.

Lu Dong came out with a big pig's head in his arms. Looking carefully, the slaughterhouse did not deal with it in a hurry, and there were a lot of fine hair left.

It's normal in this age, he said: "Brother Niu, I'm going to give away the marinated water, so it's fresh."

"Don't worry!" Brother Niu took out a bunch of heart, liver, spleen and lungs: "The pigs that were just slaughtered by the meat joint factory last night were delivered in the early morning."

Lu Dong smiled and said, "Brother Niu is righteous."

This time, the boiled water was not for sale, but for eating for oneself and giving away to others for a taste. Lu Dong didn't want much, so he just hung it up.

In Quannan, a hanging pig is put into the water, basically including the pig's head, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, hooves, intestines, stomach, tail and so on.

The pig's head is divided into gills, ears, arched mouth and mouth strip.

Due to the different customs and eating habits of different places, the specific scope of pig launching is also very different.

For example, Shandong cuisine has a famous stir-fried kidney flower, so the kidney here is a single-sale item, and it is rarely included in the ranks of the water.

In addition to hanging it into the water, Lu Dong also bought some well-made large plastic lunch boxes in the market, and put food on it, at least it looks like that.

When the things are delivered to the home, put them in the freezer first, and Hu Chunlan will devote a day to cooking them tomorrow.

It was already afternoon when Lu Dong returned to the University City, so there was no need to worry about Qiao Weiguo, and there was nothing serious about Du Xiaobing.

After all, he is a sportsman, except for the soreness of his wrists, everything else is fine.

After five o'clock, Lu Chun came over again in plain clothes.

Lu Dong asked, "Any clues?"

"No." Lu Chun said: "In the afternoon, a worker at the innovation port construction site called the police and lost a bag, but nothing valuable."

Lu Dong was curious: "Is this another group of people, or is it a shot to change places?"

Lu Chun shook his head: "I don't have any clues yet. The market is a crowded place. Let's try here first." He then said to Lu Dong, "I'm going to Quannan for a temporary mission in two days, so I can't contact the outside world."

Going back at night, the market has been calm.

In the early morning of the 2nd, just after dinner, Lu Dong started to get busy, assisting Hu Chunlan to deal with the pigs that came in yesterday.

This time is not more than ten years later, butchers or slaughterhouses are not so finely processed, and the raw water bought in the market must undergo secondary treatment before it is put into the pot.

Because there are only four hangings, and no special preparations have been made, traditional methods are used to deal with it.

The tradition of boiled water in Lujia Village can be traced back a hundred years ago. There are many people in the village who are good at cooking water, but Cheng Lifeng is the only one in the village who really makes a living by using water.

Hu Chunlan learned this cooking skill from Grandma Lu Dong, and then made some changes based on her accumulated experience.

Some changes can kill a traditional dish, and some changes can make the flavor go further.

Hu Chunlan belongs to the latter.

Due to family conditions, this was the most rare delicacy that Lv Dong had when he was a child. Since he was in his early tenth year, he has learned to assist Hu Chunlan in handling live pigs.

In the final analysis, when I was a child, my stomach lacked oil and water, and I was greedy.

It was an era when a family stewed chicken and swallowed saliva all over the street.

Four big pig heads were placed neatly on the table, and the large iron pot was boiling hot water. In the fire stove below, the soldering iron, fire hooks and thick steel bars were burning red, waiting for someone to use them at any time.

On the pig's head and trotters, there are a lot of fine hairs that are not easy to deal with, so a second hair removal is necessary.

Lu Dong wrapped the steel bar with coarse cloth, picked it up and waited for a while to cool down, then came to a big pig's head, adjusted the angle, and inserted it directly into the nostrils of the arched mouth, and the burnt smell immediately wafted.

The steel rods are constantly stirred in the pig's nostrils, trying to remove all the hair.

After poking both nostrils, put the steel bar back into the stove fire, and replace the soldering iron.

Next, use a soldering iron to dehair the pig's head.

Where the soldering iron is not easy to set, there is also a red-hot fire hook.

In this way, the hair removal efficiency is relatively low, and the scorched area must be scraped again afterwards.

But this is the traditional practice of Lujia Village.

Rosin and bitumen are quick and easy to remove, people here have known for a long time, and even used bitumen many years ago.

Cheng Lifeng's father, who has passed away, realized the poisonous side effects of asphalt, and almost single-handedly corrected the whole village's practice.

In the village, except for Cheng Lifeng, who was in the offal business, the others either ate their own boiled offal or gave it away to relatives and friends, so naturally they would not use it.

Hu Chunlan soaked the internal organs in cold water, and took a knife to shave the pig's head: "Let's eat it by ourselves, and give it to others to try it out, so we have to deal with it properly."

Lu Dong tortured the pig's head with a branding iron again, and said, "I originally wanted to buy a gas spray gun and burn it directly with fire. I searched the market for a long time, but I didn't see any for sale."

He used to go to the slaughterhouse because he bought goods from a copycat fried chicken shop. At that time, he handled them very finely, like small fine hairs, and sprayed them with the flame of a natural gas spray gun, and the effect was excellent.

"It's no trouble to just hang it all over the water." Hu Chunlan cut off the pig's ear with a knife, "There's no need to spend that unreasonable money."

She was skillful, cut off her ears and cut her mouth: "Stupid methods are safe and non-toxic."

Lu Dong nodded, there are not many things, if you really want to stew a lot, you must use other methods.

Hu Chunlan cut off the pig and said: "The orchard will expire soon. I have been thinking for the past two days. Cheng Lifeng's shop will close on August 15th when it is sold out. There is no stewed business in our village. Why don't we open a shop? "

The business in Lu Dong University City is booming, and Hu Chunlan has also moved his mind.

In the economy and society, people's minds have changed. Some people have seen the benefits of doing business, and some ideas will break through the original conservativeness.

In July, when Lu Dong caught leeches and cicadas and sold them, Hu Chunlan repeatedly told them to hide them, thinking they would be a joke.

Later, I felt that this job was good, and I gradually relaxed my mind.

When I went to Lu Dong to do business in the university town, I began to support him vigorously.

Now, get ready to roll up your sleeves and get out there yourself.

Lu Dong persuaded: "Mom, this work is tiring! Just help me cook the stewed pork, and play poker in the old street at other times..."

"No matter how tiring you are, can you be as tired as serving the twenty-odd-acre orchard?" Hu Chunlan directly interrupted Lu Dong's words: "Without the orchard, there will be only two acres of land on the southern slope. It's not because of idleness."

Without waiting for Lu Dong to answer, she continued, "I'm only forty-three years old. When will I end my free time! When people are idle, they tend to get sick..."

Married early in the early years.

"Why are you sick? Mom, let's not talk about this." Lu Dong thought for a while and said, "When the orchard in the field is done and the weather cools down, come and help me. We also have a caretaker in the University City."

Hu Chunlan said, "Aren't you both in business?"

Lu Dong thought carefully: "Let's not make stewed meat for now, the university town is not suitable at this stage. I'll think about a business that can make money."

Hu Chunlan's focus is to earn money so that he can find a wife: "That's fine."

After beautifying the pig's head, after Hu Chunlan cut off the ears and mouth, Lu Dong brought an ax sterilized in boiling water and began to chop the pig's head with the axe.

This picture is a bit scary.

It is not easy to cook the whole pig's head in the pot. The pig's head meat is a test of heat, and it will not taste good if it is cooked.

Lu Dong was strong, the ax was heavy enough, and it had been specially sharpened, so the second senior brother's head would bloom within a few blows.

After finishing the heavy work that required strength, Hu Chunlan could handle the rest, and her aunt Li Min also came to help, and Lu Dong rode the Jialing cart to the University City.

It took a lot of time to process the pigs into the water, and Lu Dong finished two trips, which was much later than before.

Not only did Qiao Weiguo and Du Xiaobing arrive, but there was also a customer waiting to buy braised pork biscuits.

The big crown was parked on the sidewalk, and Qian Rui sat at the folding table talking to Zhao Juanjuan. Since he came here every morning, Qian Rui knew Zhao Juanjuan very well.

"Little boss, here are some pancakes!" Qian Rui waved at Lu Dong.

Lu Dong dressed neatly, washed his hands and made stewed pork pancakes, and asked, "Why is the time changed today?"

Qian Rui smiled and said, "The construction site has a meeting at eight o'clock."

After talking to Lu Dong, Qian Rui started chatting with Zhao Juanjuan.

Lu Dong didn't stay in the market too long, and went home to help Hu Chunlan marinate the water. Even with a big pot and stove, he was busy all day.