Pig Killer

Chapter 137

"Mother, do it quickly, do it quickly." The cat slave urged anxiously.

"Let's prepare the filling first." Shen Hui'e washed the radish tops that Cheng Donglai picked, and blanched them in hot water to remove the vegetable smell.

The meat filling is cooked with boiled lard. Four pounds of leftover pork can be boiled with water to produce two earthenware jars full of clear lard.

Add chopped radish tops into the meat filling, add chopped onion, ginger and appropriate amount of salt.

"Mother, let me stir the meat filling." Da Chong said enthusiastically.

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e made room and said with a smile, "Keep stirring in one direction."

"Why do we have to follow one direction? Can't we change?" Li Nu looked at her with innocent eyes and said.

"You can also mix it as you like. But the stuffing will leak water easily." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "It will be difficult to wrap it."

"Oh!" The big bug nodded in understanding, "Stir in one direction."

"Come on, let's see how the dough is doing." Shen Hui'e lifted the lid of the clay pot.

"Wow..." The raccoon looked at her in disbelief and stammered, "It...it...has grown so big." He looked at her with confusion and asked, "When I first put it in, it was only half full, but now it's full." He then asked cleverly, "Is it because of the fermented dough?"

"Smart!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at her with a smile.

"With so many sides, we can make a lot, a lot." Li Nu looked at her excitedly and said.

"Silly girl!" Shen Hui'e looked at her with amusement and said, "It just expanded! The weight didn't change."

"How do we do this?" asked the raccoon, looking at her with sparkling eyes.

"Make them into big dumplings." Shen Hui'e kneaded the dough and said.

"I'll do it!" said the raccoon slave actively and enthusiastically.

"No, the skin is a bit big. Can you do it?" Shen Hui'e said worriedly.

"I'll roll the dough too." Cheng Donglai said, shaking his wet hands, "We should be able to do it together!"

"Then let's try it!" Shen Hui'e handed the clean rolling pin to the two of them.

"Mrs. Butcher, we're here. What are you going to do?" Neighbors rushed over and surrounded the meat stall.

"Just watch." Shen Hui'e kneaded the dough and pulled it into equal-sized pieces.

"If you knead the dough as hard as I do, it will become smoother and smoother." Shen Hui'e kneaded five or six pieces of dough in a row, flattened them, and took the rolling pin, "rolling them into the size of a palm."

"I know." Cheng Donglai nodded obediently.

"Auntie, can we knead the dough?" Xiaodouzi looked at her with his black eyes and said.

"Sure!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with a gentle gaze and said softly, "Go wash your hands."

"Hey!" Xiaodouzi and the others went to wash their hands, then came back and started kneading the dough.

“Why don’t you make dumplings?” Da Chong looked at the way she made the round dumplings.

"Doesn't this pork bun look good?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"It looks nice, small and exquisite." The big bug looked at her with round eyes and blinked, "Pork buns."

"Isn't that right? The pork filling is wrapped up." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark and bright eyes and said, "Keep it simple, big buns."

There is strength in numbers. Some people are kneading the dough, some are rolling the bun wrappers, and Shen Hui'e is wrapping the buns with nimble hands.

"Mother, the stuffing has been wrapped, and there is still some noodles left!" said the big tiger, pointing at the remaining noodles in the clay basin.

"This is simple. Just knead it into this shape and steam it." Shen Hui'e took the dough and kneaded it into the shape of steamed buns.

"Steam it directly?" Li Nu looked at her with her big, bright eyes and said.

"That's right, just steam it." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a smile and said, "Leave one dough as old dough, and you can continue to use it when you steam big buns next time."

Shen Hui'e placed the steamed buns and steamed buns on the lid and let them rest for a while. Only after they expanded and grew bigger did she put them into the pot.

There were three layers of steamer, and Shen Hui'e's estimate was not very accurate for the first time, so she didn't fill it up.

The water boiled over a strong fire, the steamer was emitting steam, and the meat stall was full of heat.

As time goes by, “It smells so good!”

“This is the taste of pork filling.”

“Is this steamed dumpling?”

"Big buns, they are steamed into big buns." Da Chong said to them with an innocent smile.

"Whatever the big bug says is true, big meat bun."

"As long as it's delicious."

"How can it not be delicious? It's made of pork filling and flour. It tastes good even if it's raw."

“You can tell it’s delicious just by smelling it.”

Everyone said in a hurry.

"Pig-killing lady, when is a good time?"

"It has to be steamed, everyone please be more patient."

"When will it be ready?"

Shen Hui'e raised the corners of her lips and smiled at them, "We'll have to wait."

It takes at least half an hour or forty minutes to steam.

Now I don’t have a watch, I can only estimate it, relying on my feeling. If that doesn’t work, I can make an hourglass.

But the hourglass doesn’t have transparent glass!

Shen Hui'e felt like she was being pawed by a cat in her heart. Damn it, she had to do it herself if she wanted something.

Key materials are regional, and we do not have sufficient human, material, and financial resources.

It's just thinking about it in my mind.

Shen Hui'e looked at the sun and it seemed that she had to use a stick to observe the shadow to calculate the time.

"What can this be steamed into?"

"It must be delicious."

"How do you know it?"

"Whatever the butcher lady makes is delicious!"

You really have confidence in me, Shen Hui'e thought to herself.

With the help of neighbors, Shen Hui'e finally uncovered the truth.

"Wow……"

“It’s gotten so big.”

“Still so white.”

In fact, it’s not quite white. The buns and steamed buns are a little yellowish. Compared with today’s food, it is already very white.

"Big bun, it's worthy of being called a big bun, it's really big enough."

"Is it tasty?"

"It must be delicious. I can smell the fragrance of wheat."

"Pig-killing lady... hehe..."

"whee……"

The neighbors looked at Shen Hui'e embarrassedly, not knowing how to start.

This is flour, not free broth, nor a small bite of meat. Just take advantage of it.

Shen Hui'e's ink-black eyes looked at them, whose expressions were written all over their faces. "Free trial!" She broke the hot bun into four pieces with her left and right hands and put them in the basket.

"You're welcome, help yourself!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with a smile and said, "There's only one steamer! No more. I have to give the rest to Da Chong's grandmother and uncle!"

"That's enough. Let's just have a taste." The neighbors nodded hurriedly.

Shen Hui'e divided the big bun into four parts. This bun can really be broken into a lot of pieces, and everyone who sees it can get a portion.

"So soft!"

"I think it tastes sweet. Is it my illusion?"

"No, no, this one has no fillings. It's solid and tastes sweet."

"The stuffed ones are called big buns, and what are the solid ones called? Butcher's Wife."

"Mantoux, big white mantoux." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her crystal clear eyes.

"This big white steamed bun is delicious too."

"How did you do it? Can you teach us?"

"No problem." Shen Hui'e responded cheerfully, "You all saw me kneading the dough and wrapping it just now, so there's no need to teach me!"

"No, no, the key point is how the noodles have become so big, and how they are so soft compared to steamed buns."

"This side must have been processed, otherwise it wouldn't be like this."

Shen Hui'e smiled and said, "That's right, this dough has been fermented, so it will expand so much."

"I'll steam a pot of this fermented dough tomorrow and give it away for free. You can go home and make your own. After each steaming, keep a piece of this fermented dough that's smaller than a fist and use it over and over again." Shen Hui'e said while clenching her fists, then smiled and said, "Of course if you forget, you can borrow it from others. Just remember to return it!"

"Haha..." The neighbors laughed when they heard this.

Borrowing things is very common, salt, soy sauce, vinegar...

"Pig-killing lady, can you only use flour?"

"Of course not. Grind corn into powder and mix it with flour to steam. Steamed buns with 20 grams of flour will also work." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her jade-like eyes and said, "If you can't finish these big buns and steamed buns in one go, put them in a cool place and heat them up the next day and you can eat them. Of course, it's okay for you to eat them cold, but it's not good for your stomach."

“It can still be released!”

"Yeah! Especially in winter, it's no problem to eat it for ten days or half a month." Shen Hui'e joked, "Provided that mice don't steal it."

"Haha..." Everyone laughed when they heard this.

"Don't laugh. I'm serious. We know it tastes good, and mice know it better than us." Shen Hui'e looked at them seriously and said.

"I know. Thanks for the reminder."

"Remember to add some alkaline noodles when kneading the dough, because the dough will become a little sour after fermentation." Shen Hui'e said to them with a smile on her face.

Acid-base neutralization!

"If anyone wants to set up a steamed bun stall, we don't have to bother, we can just buy from them."

Are they all very business-minded? Shen Hui'e complained in her heart, but it was none of her business. The steamed bun stall was set up, and she saved herself the trouble and bought directly.

Shen Hui'e put the steamed buns and dumplings into a clean earthenware bowl, then into a basket, covered it with a clean linen cloth, and asked the children to deliver them to the Huang family, the Shen family, and the home of the county chief clerk.

When Da Chong and his friends came back, there was no one there.

The pot of steamed buns and steamed buns is also gone.

"We haven't eaten a single bite yet!" said the big tiger with a frustrated look on his face.

"I'll steam it tomorrow." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a pout and said with amusement, "Don't be so stingy, okay?"

"I'm not that stingy. I just want you to leave some for us!" The big tiger said with a flat mouth and aggrieved look.

"Even if you keep some, you won't be full. Let's just give it all away." Shen Hui'e scratched his straight nose with her fingers and said, "I'll have enough tomorrow."

"So what are we going to eat today?" Li Nu asked, looking at her eagerly.

"What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you." Shen Hui'e said to them with her deep and bright eyes.