latelenovela Chapter 386: Cooking Lamb Soup
Chapter 386: Cooking Lamb Soup
"Master, put on your shoes and warm yourself by the fire. Oh, and get some charcoal from the stove and put it by the door to warm your shoes."
"Okay, wife."
The cotton shoes that Yun the butcher wore were made by Zhang herself using cotton and cloth, and the soles were sewn by Zhang herself.
It is really warm and comfortable to wear. The only drawback is that it cannot get wet.
Like today, Yun the Butcher, Yun Big Brother, Yun Yiyi and others, they were walking in the snow outside and their cotton shoes got wet quickly.
Fortunately, Zhang made two new pairs of cotton shoes for everyone this year. Except for Xie Zirui, who only had two new pairs of cotton shoes, everyone else had three pairs of cotton shoes, both new and old.
If it gets wet, there are also replacements.
Just like before, Yun the Butcher also changed out of his wet cotton shoes from the morning before going out.
Butcher Yun quickly roasted his wet cotton shoes, and roasted the children's cotton shoes as well.
As soon as Yun the butcher sat down, Zhang handed him a bowl of hot water.
"Wife, I'm not cold, just my feet are a little cold. But if you sit by the fire, they'll warm up in a little while."
"Here, wife, keep this silver. Everyone bought it with silver today."
"There are also a group of people staying in the same land temple as us. They also bought ten kilograms of mutton. The price I calculated is the same as that of the villagers."
Zhang took the silver and counted it happily.
"Boss, today is a really good day. Not only do we have mutton soup to drink, but we also have money coming in."
After counting the money, Zhang put it in the carriage.
"Boss, we have made quite a lot of money from selling things along the way."
"It's all because of our children. Look at other children in the village, they are not more capable than ours. We are enjoying the blessing of our children in advance."
"Who said it wasn't?" Zhang said, laughing secretly.
"By the way, Boss, what are you going to do with the remaining mutton?"
Butcher Yun thought for a moment and said, "Wife, I want to eat fresh mutton, so I won't make it into bacon."
"I'll take two large clay pots and go to the back of the land temple to fill them with clean snow."
"Then we put the mutton in the snow so that we can preserve the mutton."
"The snow will melt in the house, right?" Zhang said hesitantly.
"It's all right, wife. I'll put the earthenware basin filled with mutton and snow at the door, and I'll move it into the house when we go to bed."
"That's fine. The meat won't go bad in such a cold day."
"No, don't worry, wife."
At this time, not only the Yun family was cooking mutton soup, but other families who bought mutton also started cooking mutton soup.
In order to prevent their children from crying, other families who did not buy the food also took out the bacon and cured fish they had stored at home and cooked them.
In short, the children were very happy to eat delicious food. Seeing the children's smiling faces, the adults who were reluctant to give up the bacon and fish at home also smiled.
Li Huailiang only bought ten kilograms of mutton, and it must be for everyone to eat together.
So, the cook put vermicelli, wild vegetables and radishes into the mutton soup, and finally made two pots of meat and vegetables, so that everyone could have a good meal.
They only knew that the Yun family's sheep were hunted in the mountains, but they didn't know that it was Yun Yiyi who hunted them. If they knew, they would probably be very surprised.
No matter what, this sheep from the Yun family brought great joy to everyone.
The Wu family knew how much each pound of mutton sold by Yun the butcher cost, so they did not refuse the three pounds of mutton that Yun the butcher gave them.
However, Old Man Wu and his wife felt bad about taking advantage of the Yun family for nothing.
Later, the two of them discussed it and asked Old Man Wu to send over a few rabbit skins.
These rabbit skins can be cut and put into children's cotton shoes, making the shoes warmer.
Similarly, Yun the Butcher and Zhang did not refuse these rabbit skins.
Firstly, the Yun family really needed these rabbit skins, and secondly, the Wu family gave them with sincerity.
When neighbors interact with each other, the relationship can only last long if there is give-and-take.
However, after this incident, the relationship between the two families became better.
After Zhang's pot of mutton soup had been cooking for more than two hours, the children began to wake up.
The children didn't feel bored either. They dug out some charcoal and Brother Yun San roasted hawthorns and sweet potatoes for everyone.
As time goes by, the flavor of the mutton soup in the big iron pot becomes richer and richer.
The pot of water that was originally full is now only half full.
"Wife, do you want to add more water to the pot?"
Zhang took a look and said, "Boss, there's no need to add water yet. The water in the pot is enough for our family to drink."
"When it's night time, we'll add more water and meat and continue cooking."
Butcher Yun nodded, "Okay, let's drink mutton soup tonight."
The children nearby also showed joy on their faces.
"Mom, we are so happy today. We can have two meals of mutton soup in a row."
"Mom, I feel like today is like a holiday. I'm so happy."
"Haha, as long as there's delicious food, we can celebrate every day."
After Yun Yiyi finished speaking, she waved her arms in a cool manner.
When others saw this, they all burst into laughter.
"We still have a lot of mutton at home. Even if we eat two meals in a row, we won't be able to eat much."
Zhang said happily.
"Boss, come and light the fire. I'll go get some pickled peppers and ginger. Cut them up and mix them with sesame oil. You can eat them with the mutton soup to relieve the greasiness."
"By the way, when the mutton soup is almost cooked, let's try the pot cakes I made a while ago. Drinking mutton soup and soaking pot cakes are the best match."
"Okay, wife. Go ahead then."
Yun the butcher was particularly conscious and started a fire.
Zhang deftly scooped out the kimchi, cut it, mixed it, and drizzled on sesame oil.
She also took out a pot cake and cut it into pieces so that it could be heated up quickly.
Zhang estimated that the mutton in the pot should be cooked after four hours of cooking.
She poked the mutton in the pot with chopsticks and it went in easily.
So Zhang took out all the mutton from the pot.
Because at that time, Zhang put the meat in a whole piece.
Therefore, now that the mutton is cooked, Zhang has to cut the mutton and offal into small pieces and pour them into the pot.
Zhang did what she said. She waited until the meat was no longer hot before she started cutting the meat and the offal.
The children stopped doing anything else and just stared at Zhang cutting the meat.
Zhang smiled and stuffed a small piece of mutton into each child's mouth.
Now the children quieted down.
While the children weren't looking, Zhang secretly stuffed a piece of mutton into Yun the butcher's mouth, and of course she didn't forget to eat a piece of mutton for herself.
The mutton was very soft and tasty. The only drawback was that there was no salt.
Because Zhang didn't put salt in the pot when she was cooking mutton soup.