"There’s nothing to bring her." Tian Shulan helped to lift the big basin. She didn’t stay long and left with the cart.
Jiang Xinyu looked at the large basin full of pig offal and laughed, showing her teeth.
She quickly went to the main room and took out all the basins. First, she set aside the pig liver. In another basin, she placed the pig heart and stomach, and the pig lungs were also placed separately in a basin.
Only the large and small intestines were left in the big basin. She took out a bucket of water to clean the four things she had just separated.
The weather right now wasn’t too concerning for spoilage, but there was no place to store them, so she collected them into the space.
Then she took out flour and baking soda to scrub the large and small intestines. This task is actually quite disgusting, but Jiang Xinyu had done it often in her previous life, so she was only slightly uncomfortable.
She washed them five tis in total, using three buckets of water, and finally soaked them in vinegar and clean water.
These offals will be stewed in the coming days. She really couldn’t wait any longer.
After washing, she washed her hands with soap three tis and sniffed them; there was no sll left.
Thinking about the at that could be sold, she imdiately moved swiftly.
At this mont, she felt even embarrassed by herself. Truly, she wasn’t the least bit reserved.
By this ti, there were only a few left in line for at. Jiang Xinyu squeezed in front of the at stand and saw that only the front shoulder was left.
But she didn’t mind; as a child, she could only eat this kind of at, and it was fine, as long as the lymph was cleaned properly.
"Girl, you arrived just in ti, but what’s left is only the neck at. The village chief told earlier, fifty cents a pound for you."
"Alright, thanks, uncle. I’ll wait until you’re done."
"Oh, right, girl, do you want pig blood? Everyone is reluctant to spend money on it."
"Those two basins, no one wants them?"
"That’s right, one yuan per basin."
"Okay, I’ll take them. Uncle, let send them back first. I’ll return the basins once I’ve emptied them, alright?"
"Okay. Xiangzi, help your sister take them ho."
"Sure, Dad."
A little dark-skinned boy around ten years old ca over, grinning.
The two of them carried a basin each and took them directly back ho.
Xiangzi helped to set them on the stove. "Sis, I’m heading out."
"Wait a sec, I have sothing tasty." Jiang Xinyu went inside to grab a few pieces of fruit candy and handed them to him.
"Ha-ha, this is great, Sis. You can reach out to if you need anything."
"Alright. Let’s head out together."
Jiang Xinyu waited on the side for more than twenty minutes; all the at was divided.
"Girl, there’s still two jins and six liang left. You can just give a yuan and three cents for it. Including the pig offal and the two basins of pig blood, give nine yuan and three cents altogether."
Jiang Xinyu took out the money and handed it to Zheng Huicheng. "Uncle, count it."
"No need, people with knowledge won’t make mistakes."
She looked at the clean pig bones set aside. "Uncle, these bones?"
"I almost forgot since you didn’t ntion it. Two cents a pound, there’s about forty pounds here. You can just give eight mao if you want them."
"I’ll take them, all of them. I can make soup with them."
Xiangzi didn’t need any instruction and followed Jiang Xinyu with the basin in hand.
"Let’s carry them together."
"Sis, no need. It’s just this little bit."
Jiang Xinyu didn’t quite believe him, with his thin arms and legs.
In the end, they both carried them together back ho.
This year, when the village slaughtered pigs, the biggest beneficiary was Jiang Xinyu. Although to outsiders, it seed like she didn’t get much, only Jiang Xinyu herself knew she had made a profit.
The at on the spine couldn’t be stripped off.
The pig offal cost only three yuan per set, just like getting it for free.
"Xiangzi, can I borrow your dad’s knife?"
"Sis, what do you want to do?"
"Chop these bones."
"Why didn’t you say so earlier? Let’s carry them back, and my dad will chop them for you. But if you want to borrow the knife, it’s impossible. My dad treasures his knife dearly."
They carried them back to the field again. "Dad, wait a mont. My sister wants you to help chop them."
"Uncle, please help us."
"No problem. Just tell how you want them chopped."
Jiang Xinyu watched him easily chop the spine into small pieces and split the thigh bones in half.
"Sis, look how easily my dad chops. If it were you, you couldn’t have done it."
Jiang Xinyu was quite envious. "Yes, indeed, uncle sure is strong."
After bringing them back, Jiang Xinyu called Xiangzi over and cut off a piece of pig lung.
"Xiangzi. Take this to Auntie, and let her make a dish for Uncle to enjoy with his drink."
"Sis, you’re so generous. Nowadays, who else would send out food?"
"Take it. I feel Uncle is quite good to ."
Xiangzi giggled and ran off with the bowl. In no ti, he returned the bowl.
Looking at the ti, it was getting late, and Jiang Xinyu hurried to fetch water. Because the well was deep, the water wasn’t cold. She filled a vat full of water by the ti it was dark.
That night, she enjoyed half a lunchbox of rice, eating braised pork and mixed cabbage hearts.
The house was warm, lying in bed thinking about starting to stew the offal tomorrow.
She felt she should start stewing the at first. Since it’s all at flavor, it’s pretty much the sa, just sooner than later. Today, she told Tian Shulan she’d invite her for a al in town, so even if she stewed early, it wouldn’t matter what others said.
A night without dreams, the next day after breakfast, she boiled water, stacked firewood, and went to the Kong Family.
"Is the director at ho?"
"Xinyu? Do you need sothing?"
"Auntie, here’s the thing. I’m stewing at today and don’t have any spices. I wonder if you have any?"
"Yes, we do. I’ll go get so for you."
Jiang Xinyu left the Kong Family and went to the neighbor’s house again.
"Auntie, I want to stew at, but I don’t have any peppercorns. Do you have any?"
"Sure, wait a minute. They’re picked from the mountains."
There was a reason Jiang Xinyu visited these two families; it was like notifying them.
At ho, she was alone, taking out a large piece of pork from the space, washing it clean, and cutting it up.
She took out all the stainless steel basins from the space, eventually filling three big basins with braised pork.
After storing them in the space, she started stewing the ribs.
Finally, she had so ti to rest. It was already afternoon, and just slling the aroma from the pot had filled her; she had no appetite, so she only ate a piece of bread and a can of Eight Treasures porridge.
Soone knocked on the door, "Auntie, co in and sit for a while?"
"No, I’m just here to tell you that tonight my brother and the others will co over to exchange for yams. As for how to exchange, you can discuss it yourselves."
"Alright, thank you, auntie."
"No problem, you carry on." Zhang Cuihong tried to ignore the at aroma; it was too tempting.
Once the ribs were cooked, Jiang Xinyu cut shredded cabbage and put it into the broth, making herself a bowl of noodles.
Maybe because she hadn’t had noodles for a long ti, they tasted particularly delicious.
She burned a lot of firewood today, so Jiang Xinyu was worried about the kang mat catching fire, and she rolled it up directly.
Then she went to the cellar and put away more than four hundred jins of yams.
Tonight, people will co to exchange, so she must prepare them in advance to avoid any trouble later.
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