Seeing Xu's refusal, Mrs. Yang made a serious face: "Where did you get the money? I have spent all the money to repair the pig pen, and I have been buying a lot of meat recently. Where can you get money? Besides, your money is your money.

, this is my thoughts for my in-laws."

After saying this, Yang glanced at Zhang Sijiu again: "You should also buy something and go to the graves of your uncle and grandpa. In the past, it was your parents who went there, but now...ask your second uncle to accompany you in advance.

Let’s go there.”

After saying that, she sighed, and somehow she thought of an old saying: Hemp ropes are only cut at the thinnest places, and bad luck only finds the poor.

Zhang Sijiu's mother originally had a brother, but before she could get a wife, she and her father and mother ate unclean food and suffered from vomiting and diarrhea in less than three days.

At that time, their family helped with the funeral arrangements.

Zhang Sijiu has always wondered why he doesn't have an aunt or uncle here. Now that he hears this, what else doesn't he understand?

She said calmly: "Yeah. Then my second uncle will go with me for a trip. Little Pumpkin is too small. I'll take her there again in two years."

Zhang Xiaoshan also responded and turned to tell Mrs. Xu: "Then remember to buy the things."

Ms. Yang nodded. Then she talked about how her family would celebrate the August Festival, and finally they talked about buying mooncakes.

Yes, there are mooncakes these days, but there are not many varieties.

Zhang Sijiu's heart moved: Moon cake...

Then she gave up: I knew it was very profitable as soon as I heard it, but it’s a pity that I don’t know how to do it.

For a moment, Zhang Sijiu felt so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe - he had missed a lot of money! A lot of money!

The family happily finished talking about how to celebrate the August Festival, but in fact, there is still more than half a month before the August Festival.

Apparently, Mrs. Xu was really out of money, so she left the matter of drying millet directly to Mrs. Yang and Zhang Sijiu, and she began to think about how to make money.

Although Zhang Sijiu didn't know how to make mooncakes, he thought of another way to make money, which was also related to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a lively day for family reunions.

What do people do when they gather together? It’s just drinking water, eating sunflower seeds, cooking and eating, and clearing the table.

Usually this time is when people are most willing to spend money: moon cakes, fruits, snacks, chicken, duck and fish——

Zhang Sijiu even remembered that even in the hospital ward, as long as the patient's life was in danger, the patient's family would make as rich a meal as possible on this day and bring moon cakes and fruits to eat. Sometimes

We will also give some to their medical staff.

Therefore, Zhang Sijiu feels that this is the best time to launch braised food.

What to braise? Braised pork, braised pork intestines, braised chicken, braised duck, as well as various duck intestines, duck hearts, duck feet, chicken feet, ribs, pig ears——

As long as the pot is big enough, everything can be stewed!

Even if you are tired of meat dishes, you can also have braised dishes!

Lotus root, kelp, eggs, bean curd——

Zhang Sijiu mentioned it to Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and made a decision: "Let's try it tomorrow!"

She even used the little money given by Yang.

It can be seen that Mrs. Xu is really out of money.

Zhang Sijiu had some in his hands and gave them to Xu, but Xu didn't want to move them and kept them all.

Anyway, the day after they decided to make braised meat and sell it, Zhang Sijiu and Xu went to the county town to sell braised eggs. After selling the braised eggs, they went to buy meat.

These days, it’s hard to buy chicken feet, duck feet and other odds and ends.

When people buy ducks or chickens, they just buy a whole one and take it away. Except for duck feathers and duck blood, everything else has to be taken away.

Therefore, Zhang Sijiu and Mrs. Xu only bought a chicken and a duck and took them away alive without asking anyone to help them kill them.

Then, the two of them went straight to the pork shop.

There are many things for people to choose from in the pork shop: pig heart, pig liver, pig lung, pig intestine, pig trotters, pig tail, pig ears, pig face, pork ribs, pork belly——

Mrs. Xu asked about the price and then haggled for a while, then she gritted her teeth and bought pig heart, liver, lungs, large intestine, pig trotters, pig tail and pig ears, plus a fan of ribs and a strip of pork belly.

That's it, more than half of the capital has been spent.

Among them, the fatty pork belly is the most expensive.

As for pigs in the water, they are quite cheap.

The two baskets Xu brought were almost not enough.

Finally, Mrs. Xu hurried home with a heavy basket in one hand, Zhang Sijiu with a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right hand.

Then there is a busy job - pigs are cheap, but the most troublesome to deal with.

Especially pig intestines.

Zhang Sijiu washed it with plant ash three times before he felt that the smell was almost gone. Then he rubbed it with warm water several times to make sure it was clean before sending it to blanch.

As for the pig's trotters and pig's ears, they also need to be cleaned carefully. One is that shaving is troublesome, and the other is that the pig's ears will smell if they are not washed well. You need to carefully clean the pig's ear holes.

Just doing these tasks alone kept Zhang Sijiu and Xu busy for the whole noon.

Seeing the two of them busy and tired, Yang took the initiative to do the cooking without saying anything.

Even Xiaosong and Xiaobai kept the ducks, fed the chickens and ducks, and helped to light the fire and look after the pots.

As for Zhang Xiaoshan: He reported to the Yamen today.

After all, he was also afraid of long nights and dreams about this errand to go to the Yamen, so he remembered this matter as soon as he finished the autumn harvest.

After lunch, Zhang Sijiu and Mrs. Xu set up a large pot and began to make stewed soup - this pot was specially bought for them.

It's made of iron, and the skin is a little thin, but it's really big. It can fit a seven or eight-year-old child directly into it, and it's not that big.

Mrs. Xu also used mud bricks specifically for this large pot and built a simple stove in the shed for cooking pig food.

The stewed soup is simmered separately first to get the flavor, and then the ingredients are added to the stew.

Before that, Zhang Sijiu cooked the plump chicken, pork belly, and four big stick bones.

When it comes to braised pork, it still needs to be meaty.

Chicken broth mixed with bone broth has its own natural aroma and oil. It is the most suitable to marinate first. This can make other braised dishes without oil and water absorb some oil and taste more delicious.

It simmered for half an hour, during which Zhang Sijiu took out the pork belly first, then the chicken, and kept cooking the remaining bones and sticks.

It wasn't until a strong aroma came out that she asked Mrs. Xu to marinate other things in batches.

Braised soup always becomes more fragrant the longer it simmers.

Especially when it is bubbling, the smell lasts for a long time and spreads far and wide.

Xiaosong and Xiaobai could no longer move even half a step, and they gathered around the pot and swallowed mouthfuls of saliva.

When Mrs. Xu saw this scene, she scolded angrily: "Gungun, you all look so worthless! It's not like I won't give you food for a while!"
Chapter completed!