Pig Killer

"It's getting dark now. I'll go after dinner." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her clear eyes and said, "I'll send you to your grandmother."

Ever since she was scolded by Shen Changsheng, she would leave her children at the Huang or Shen family whenever she went to the countryside to collect pigs.

The Xiong brothers' coming to cause trouble made her more determined to do what she wanted. She thought it was too dangerous for the children to be left alone at home.

"Okay!" the brother and sister said in unison. They were very well behaved and didn't let their mother worry.

After the mother and her two daughters had eaten and drunk their fill, they left the house without even having time to wash the clay pots and earthenware bowls.

Shen Hui'e watched them enter the Huang family's home and shouted at the top of her voice, "Grandma, we are here."

"Why are you so late today?" Huang's mother looked at them in surprise.

"My uncle brought us a big iron pot today and also built a stove." Da Chong said with his hands dancing.

Huang's mother raised her eyes and looked at Shen Hui'e who was standing outside the fence and said, "Go quickly! I'm watching them!"

"Thank you for your help." Shen Hui'e said to Huang's mother with gentle eyes.

"Why are you being so polite to me? This is my grandson." Huang's mother smiled and watched her turn and leave before asking, "Have you eaten?"

"We just had some pork offal porridge." Li Nu said, patting his bulging belly.

"Just eat enough." Huang's mother looked at them gently and said.

"Where are Brother Yuanji and the others?" asked the big tiger, looking around.

"They're playing football! The little toys your mother made are very popular." Huang's mother said with a smile on her face, "In the threshing ground, you guys go!"

"Hey!" The big tiger brother and sister responded crisply, turned around and ran towards the threshing ground.

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After two days of sun exposure, the stove is dry and can be used.

Shen Hui'e first heated the pan with pork fat, then rubbed the iron pan with oil until it was shiny.

"Mother, why are you doing this?" Li Nu asked curiously, voicing the question in the minds of the onlookers.

"This will prevent the iron from rusting!" Shen Hui'e said to her with eyes as gentle as jade.

"Mother, what are you going to do?" the big tiger asked, looking at her eagerly.

"Braised pork!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with a smile and said, "It tastes good when cooked in a big iron pot."

Shen Hui'e first drained the pig and washed the pig's head with hot water. She then used pig fat to squeeze out lard, added a handful of Sichuan peppercorns, and added onions, ginger, and garlic. The sizzling sound was particularly pleasant, and the aroma was stir-fried.

"What a nice smell!" The onlookers sniffed.

“It smells so good!”

"I never knew onions, ginger and garlic smelled so good."

"Most of our green onions and garlic are eaten raw or dipped in sauce."

"These onions, ginger and garlic can also remove fishy smells." Shen Hui'e put the washed pig head and offal into the big iron pot!

Soy sauce was added for coloring. Shen Hui'e regretfully complained in her heart: You can't make sugar color without sugar, and there is no chili to add flavor.

Shen Hui'e looked at the onlookers with intoxicated expressions. For today's crude cooking, this is already a high-end dish.

Shen Hui'e held the salt jar, put in some salt, stir-fried it evenly, then picked up the wooden bucket and poured clean water into it, submerging the pig's head, trotters, tail and offal.

Add firewood and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat.

Gulp, gurgle...the soup in the big iron pot is boiling and the aroma is overflowing.

“It doesn’t seem to have such a strong fishy smell.”

"Look, the butcher put a bunch of peppercorns in the pot. There are so many onions, ginger and garlic that the fishy smell is covered up."

"It's a waste of firewood."

"Where do we have the time?"

"The most important thing is that we don't have an iron pot."

"That's easy! I use real ingredients, and everyone can see it, so just sell it back home and eat it! It's so easy!"

"how much is it?"

"We are all neighbors, I dare not charge too much." Shen Hui'e looked at them with curved eyebrows and said, "The materials are here! At least let me earn some hard-earned money!"

"Madam Pig Butcher, please name your price!" everyone said.

Shen Hui'e did the math for them and realized that in the end they had only earned hard-earned money.

Everyone can do the math and say, "This price is really not high."

After they were cooked, Shen Hui'e took them out and chopped them into small pieces.

"Everyone, please try it first." Shen Hui'e said generously.

"Why is this so embarrassing?"

"It's the first day of opening. Thank you for your patience. I'll give you a free sample." Shen Hui'e said loudly, and then smiled, "If you don't eat it, I will." She twisted a piece of meat and put it in her mouth. She looked at them with sparkling eyes and said, "It's delicious."

"Let me eat too." Da Chong and Li Nu followed suit and grabbed the pieces of meat and started eating.

"Then we won't be polite to the pig-killing lady."

"Queue up!" Shen Hui'e shouted, chopping the meat. "One piece for each person!"

"This piece is not enough! It's gone before I can even taste it."

"That's right, I haven't tasted the flavor yet!"

"Please come early tomorrow." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and bright eyes.

"Mrs. Pig-killer, can we take this broth away?" someone asked cleverly.

"It's very salty. Drinking too much is not good for you." Shen Hui'e was stunned when she heard this, and then said.

"We add water, or stew vegetables or make porridge, it will definitely taste good."

"Yes! Yes! Look at the oil spots floating on it."

"It smells so good!"

"How much does it cost?"

"What are you selling? They are all from our neighbors. Can I see them off? Just the small clay pot we use to cook porridge at home, will that be ok? A pot that is too big won't do, as others will be drinking from it!" Shen Hui'e said generously. The broth can be reused, but it seems that forget it now.

Reusing marinade is potentially harmful and it will go bad easily as the weather gets hotter.

If anything goes wrong, her small business can't afford it.

"OK, no problem."

"First come, first served, while stocks last." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her jade-like eyes.

"Then I will go home and get the clay pot now."

As soon as these words were spoken, most of the people surrounding the meat stall left.

"Mother, shouldn't we leave some for later?" said the tiger, glancing at the big iron pot.

"Don't keep any! Give them all away. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Shen Hui'e said as she bent down slightly and looked at them.

"Then what shall we eat?" Li Nu bit his lips lightly and looked up at her.

"Fish balls stewed in an iron pot." Shen Hui'e said to them with her sparkling eyes.

"This one is delicious too." The big bug looked at her with his bright black eyes.

"Where are the fish?" Li Nu blinked his big, bright eyes and asked her.

"The fish are coming." Cheng Donglai and his friends came over pushing a wheelbarrow with two large baskets of fish on it.

"Look, here it is." Shen Hui'e turned her head slightly to look at Cheng Donglai and the others and said, "Thank you." She reached out and took the backpack off the wheelbarrow.