Baiyue Cave Master

Pork stewed with vermicelli can be cooked as you like, which is an ideal life pursued by people in Northeast China at this time.

When people in Northeast China slaughter pigs for the New Year, they usually take out half of the pig and sell it to the neighbors so that everyone can have a taste of the meat.

When it came time to slaughter the New Year pig, Wang Yuanchao was too busy to handle it alone, so he naturally had to ask for help.

In these days, every household slaughters a pig for the New Year, and the village is filled with joy.

When a family slaughters a pig, the whole village comes to watch, especially the children who are more excited.

Killing the New Year pig is a technical job, so the one who usually handles the butchery is someone who has this skill.

The person Wang Yuanchao invited was also a pig butcher in the village.

Not only did this group of people do a great job, they also didn't mess things up. They cleaned up the hooves, blood, and offal neatly.

According to everyone, "you can get an extra five pounds of meat by killing them."

After the New Year pig was slaughtered, Wang Yuanchao gave the head, hooves and some offal as rewards to the butchers who came to help. They did not refuse because it was an established custom.

Wang Yuanchao solidified the blood of his own pig with salt and put it away, planning to ask his mother-in-law to make some tofu tomorrow.

They made Wang Yuanchao's favorite pig blood and tofu soup, and then threw the pig's tail and pig's bladder to the children watching and asked them to cook them and eat them.

In the Northeast, on the day of slaughtering pigs, close relatives and friends are invited to come and eat the slaughtered pig dishes, both to maintain relationships and to express congratulations.

Therefore, the relatives of the Zhang and Du families also came to Wang Yuanchao's home early to help with things.

The one helping with the cooking today is Auntie Xinghua.

She chopped the bloody neck of the freshly slaughtered pig into large pieces and cooked them.

Then cut it into large pieces and put it into the pot, add sauerkraut, water and seasonings while cooking. After the meat is tender and the vegetables are cooked, pour the stuffed blood sausage into the pot and cook.

When the dish is served, meat, sauerkraut, and blood sausage, the three-in-one pig-killing dish, has tender meat and delicious soup. It is both appetizing and satisfying, and is the most typical Northeastern dish.

Next up is the famous Northeastern dish, pork ribs stewed with pickled cabbage.

Sauerkraut is a food that eats a lot of oil. When it is stewed in a pot with spareribs,

The fat in the pork has been absorbed quite cleanly by the sauerkraut, so even though there is a little fat on top, it doesn’t taste greasy at all;

The sauerkraut with meat flavor has a unique aroma.

Not to mention the boneless meat, the lean meat stewed in the sauerkraut pot is torn into small pieces and eaten directly with soy sauce and mashed garlic, it is really a feast for the taste buds.

The main reason why everyone is happy about slaughtering the New Year pig is that they can drink big bowls of wine and eat big chunks of meat. The taste of wine and meat will make anyone feel dizzy.

After a pig-killing feast, Wang Yuanchao's family cut the remaining half of the pig, more than 100 pounds of pork, into strips and put all the meat into a large water tank on the porch to freeze.

Thaw it when you want to eat it, and it will be just like eating fresh pork.

After seeing off the relatives who came to eat the New Year pig, only Aunt Xinghua and the three sisters Zhaodi, Pandi, and Niandi were left at home.

The three sisters Zhaodi, Pandi, and Niandi loved their little brother Zizi the most.

In these days, boys are favored over girls. Families like Zhaodi, Pandi, and Niandi have been urged by their parents and neighbors and relatives to have a boy since they were born.

Now that their father has passed away and there is no boy to support the family, the three sisters now regard their aunt's little boy, Zizi, as their spiritual support.

Ever since their nephew turned one month old, the three sisters have come to play with him every day. With such concern for him, Wang Yuanchao is worried that his nephew will be spoiled by his aunts.

But the three little girls in Aunt Xinghua's family have been deeply ingrained with the idea that men are the head of the family since they were young.

Every time Wang Yuanchao tried to reason with them, they wouldn't listen.

Wang Yuanchao couldn't get angry at the little girl, so he just turned a blind eye and took the pig's head and pig's legs that the brigade had rewarded him to the kitchen.

Prepare braised pork head and pork legs for eating.

Wang Yuanchao likes braised pork head and pork leg, especially after braising, he cuts the pork head into slices.

Stir-fry ginger, garlic, onion, and chili pepper, simmer with wine, and then remove from the pan.

The taste is amazing, the pig head is fat but not greasy, and the fragrance of chili, garlic, ginger slices and braised meat are mixed together, while maintaining the original flavor of the braised pig head. It is crunchy and refreshing when you take a bite.

Since the winter, Aunt Xinghua and her family have basically eaten lunch and dinner at Wang Yuanchao's house.

On that snowy day, Wang Yuanchao's fish pond caught more than 3,000 kilograms of fish, which filled two tanks in his home. Now they are frozen, so he can eat fresh fish whenever he wants.

Zhaodi, Niandi, and Pandi, the three little girls, now like their aunt and cousin's house the most.

In addition to playing with my nephews and nieces every day, I also have endless candies and snacks to eat every day. My meals every day are rice, white flour, big fish, and big meat.

This made the three little greedy guys so happy that they were on cloud nine.

Wang Yuanchao now spends his days sitting by the stove, making tea, and eating melon seeds and peanuts.

I just took my young wife to study high school textbooks and math, physics and chemistry books together.

Although life is comfortable, one still has to have dreams. After all, after the reform and opening up in the future, Wang Yuanchao and his family want to leave the countryside and return to the city as soon as possible.

The college entrance examination is definitely the first choice. Of course, if Wang Yuanchao and his family fail to get into college,

By then, Uncle Lu must have recovered and returned to the army.

By then, with Uncle Lu's status and position, it would definitely not be difficult to rescue Wang Yuanchao's family.

But if that were the case, Wang Yuanchao's future life would lack a lot of initiative, so for Wang Yuanchao, taking the college entrance examination and returning to the city would be his first option.

As for whether my young wife and mother-in-law would follow me back to the city,

Wang Yuanchao had never thought about this problem. Women in this era all hold the concept of "marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog".

Men have the final say on important matters in the family. As long as Wang Yuanchao has made a decision, he believes that his young wife and mother-in-law will support his decision.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, this meat is so delicious.

Can Pan Di have one more piece?"

Wang Yuanchao tapped Pan Di's little nose and said with a smile:

"Pandi, of course, can eat more. The food is prepared for everyone to eat.

If Pan Di likes to eat, then eat as much as she wants.

Come, brother-in-law, pick some for Pan Di."

Wang Yuanchao looked at the three little girls, Zhaodi, Niandi, and Pandi, with dry yellow hair, pale faces, and thin bodies.

I always feel sad, but there is nothing I can do. The three little girls are now without a father, and the whole family depends on Aunt Xinghua to work in the fields to support them.

Although my mother-in-law often brings some meat from home to supplement nutrition,

Although the work points of the Red Flag Brigade are valuable and the benefits this year are good,

But that was just a drop in the bucket. The three little girls had never eaten anything good since they were young.

They are all relatives, and since Wang Yuanchao has the conditions, he naturally wants to give the three little girls a good treat.