The happy little days of the Ye family

Ye Qingqing: "Dad, did you buy any big fish today?"

Yesterday's fish roe, fish intestines and fish soaked in stewed dried tofu were so delicious. The rice soaked in that fish soup shouldn't be too delicious.

"I bought it. I bought a dozen large grass carp. I'll get some things to pack." Father Ye turned around and went to the kitchen.

Ye Qingqing got on the donkey cart and planned to see if the fish were big today. Unexpectedly, he saw many ferocious-looking pig heads on the donkey cart.

"Ahhh!"

"It's Qingqing."

Mother Ye, who was still studying new styles of headbands with Mrs. Ye, heard Ye Qingqing's shout and immediately rushed to the yard, followed by Mrs. Ye who was also anxious.

Ye Mu: "Qingqing, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Ye: "Qingqing, what happened?"

Father Ye, who had just comforted his daughter, said: "It's okay, it's just that I bought some waxed pig heads in Dashan Village, and Qingqing was scared."

Mother Ye hugged her little girl distressedly.

Mrs. Ye got on the donkey cart and took a look. Inside the dark donkey cart, these ferocious-looking big pig heads were really scary.

"Why are you buying so many waxed pig heads? You can't sell them." The frightened old lady Ye glared at Father Ye.

"The bacon in Dashan Village is wild boar hunted by the villagers. The money has to be divided among the villagers. The village chief couldn't divide the money unless he sold these bacon heads, so he sold them to me cheaply."

Mrs. Ye: "How much did it cost?"

"100 coins each, seven in total, 700 coins."

Ye's father moved the fish that was placed outside, and Ye's mother took it from below and enlarged it into the wooden basin.

"You can buy half a smaller pig with this money. It's not cost-effective to have a cured pig head with too little meat."

"The braised pork head meat I made last time was very delicious. I'm going to the county to buy some goods the day after tomorrow, and I want to stop by the dock to sell the braised pork head meat."

There are many wealthy merchants on the dock. The stewards on the dock and the police officers sent by the Yamen to patrol are all willing to eat it. There is no fear that the pig head meat will not be sold.

Ye Mu: "Would you like some marinated pork? The marinated pork is cheap, and it's no worse than pork when it's done."

"It's a bit monotonous to only sell pork meat. I'll go to town to buy a pair of guts tomorrow morning."

Father Ye came back early this time and killed the fish before dark.

The dinner was even richer than last night, including stewed dried tofu with fish roe, fish intestines and fish soaking, spicy dried fish, stir-fried eggplant with string beans and stir-fried river shrimp with leeks.

After dinner, Ye Mu blanched the prepared river shrimps and then slowly roasted them in a large iron pot over low heat until the shrimp shells were crispy.

Remove the shrimp shells and you will get the shrimps. These shrimps are very fresh and sweet whether used for soup or cooking.

Father Ye and Mr. Ye are packing things to take to the town to set up a stall tomorrow.

Originally, Ye's father just wanted to buy pigs, but he thought since he was already in town, he might as well rent a small stall in the market to sell things.

There are two kinds of stall fees in the town. The stall fee in the big market is 5 cents a day, and at other times it is 2 cents a day.

Today is not a big market, there are not many people in the market, there are few vendors selling goods, and many stalls are empty.

Father Ye specially chose a location close to the pork stall. Anyone who could afford the meat would have some money.

Before setting up the stall, Father Ye deliberately went to the meat stall to buy pig meat, fearing that he would be busy and would not have time to buy it later.

"Would you like pig's trotters? A big pig's trotter weighing almost two kilograms, only costs 10 cents each."

The Ye family is also considered a big customer of the meat stall. Ye's mother is a good cook and often makes dumplings and pig's trotters that are disliked by others. Ye's father is very enthusiastic every time he comes to the stall.

"I want 4 pig trotters and pig tails." The family hasn't had braised pork for a long time.

All the pork trotters that were usually unsold were sold out. The stall owner smiled from ear to ear and gave Father Ye several large, cleanly shaved bones.

"I rented a stall next door to sell groceries. I'll put the meat I just bought first, and I'll come back to pick it up after the goods are sold." The pig's trotters smelled strong, so it was inappropriate to put them on the stall.

"Okay, no problem."

Today is not a big market. Most of the people in the market are people living in the town or villagers on the outskirts of towns such as Fujia Village, Yangjia Village and Youxia Village.

Although there are fewer people, there are also fewer vendors selling things. Father Ye's business is still good.

The pork stall owner came to Ye's father's stall to choose something when there were few people around. He asked for a lot of fabrics, two small wooden toys and a wooden hairpin. He made money from Ye's father and returned it.

When the people in the market were almost gone, Father Ye also started to pack his things and prepare to go back.

A lot of fine linen was sold today, the straw hats collected in the village also sold well, and all the small wooden toys and wooden hairpins were sold out.

Father Ye plans to go to Uncle Tang in the afternoon to buy some more wood products. He also collects some straw hats and raincoats from the village.

Father Ye went to the pork stall to get meat. The meat on the stall was almost sold out, leaving only more than a pound of lean meat and two ribs, plus a few large bones with no meat at all.

The pork boss handed the things to Father Ye and started to pack them up. He did not sell the remaining meat and took it back to eat at home.

When Ye's father returned home, Ye's mother hadn't started cooking yet. Seeing that it was still early, Ye's father hurriedly packed away the tail and Ye pig's trotters.

The pig's tail and pig's trotters are first burned off with fire, then washed twice with soil wood ash, and then washed twice with clean water before they are considered ready.

The pig lungs were reserved for making soup at night. Father Ye hung the pig lungs directly in the well and left them there.

Just clean the pig heart and liver twice. It is not difficult to clean the pork belly and pork loin. Washing the pig intestine is so sour and refreshing.

Ye's father scrubbed the pig's large intestine and pig's small intestine with plant ash before washing away the odor.

It took Father Ye a full hour to clean the sewer, and he was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist.

After lunch, Father Ye cut the pig's trotters in half and cut the waxed pig's head into two halves.

There were too many things, so Ye Mu divided the boiling water into two pots. After blanching, the water shrunk a lot, so she reluctantly put all the things in to brine.

The marinade used for braised pork is the old stew that Ye Mu has raised for a long time. This time there are a lot of things, so Ye Mu added some aniseed to it.

A waxed pig head, 4 pig trotters, 1 pig tail and a pair of water, a full pot.

There are only more than 6 kilograms of marinated pig meat left, and more than 7 kilograms of cured pig head meat. Half a pig's trotter weighs about 6 taels.

Father Ye plans to sell them at half a catty, with a portion of pig head meat costing 10 cents, a portion of pig offal costing 7 cents, and a half pig's trotters costing 8 cents.

During dinner, Ye Mu cut some of each offal to make a platter, chopped off a pig tail, and made pig lung soup.

The food has been good recently, and the little greedy cats at home have grown quite a bit, while the big greedy cats have gained some weight.

The remaining braised pork will taste better the next day if soaked in the stewed soup overnight.

Before dawn the next day, the Ye family started to get busy.

Father Ye left a pig's trotter and a small piece of pig head meat to the family, and took away the rest of the braised pork.

I also took away half the pot of braised pork soup, and was going to the pier to braise some dried tofu and dried bamboo shoots.