The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

Yan Jiecheng took the things he bought from Zuojiazhuang and rode his bicycle out of the village to find a deserted corner to put the things in the space.

When he was approaching the yard, Yan Jiecheng took out a pig's head, a pair of pigs, and more than a hundred eggs from the space and put them into a bamboo basket tied to the back seat. This bamboo basket was not big enough for his cousin to see Yan Jiecheng's bicycle.

For him.

When I got home, the third aunt was still sitting at the door of the hospital, coaxing the two children to play. I don't know why the third aunt always likes to stay at the door of the hospital like Yan Bugui but not in front of her own house.

"Jie Cheng, why did you come back with an extra bamboo basket?"

When the third aunt saw that Yan Jiecheng came back with a bamboo basket, she walked over and looked into the bamboo basket out of habit.

"Your cousin asked you to bring this back?" the third aunt said happily.

I thought that with so many things, I should have my own share, and leave the rest to the boss, and just give the pig head to myself. After all, the boss bought the things for a wedding, and I couldn't do anything too great.

Yan Jiecheng saw the expression on the third aunt's face and knew that she had misunderstood. He quickly explained: "Mom, don't look at it. I bought these with my own money. Besides, in rural areas, my family is not allowed to raise pigs now. My cousin just wants to give them to me."

Not really."

"You bought it yourself." The third aunt said in a disappointed tone.

I was originally thinking whether to sell the pig heads I received or keep them for my own family to eat. When I heard Yan Jiecheng say that he bought these things himself, how could he divide the things now?

"When I'm done, I'll send some to you and Dad." Yan Jiecheng said to the third aunt with a smile.

He was thinking about how to say that the third aunt also helped him and his wife take care of their children for a year this year. He had already thought about making clothes for the third aunt when he made clothes for the two children.

It's appropriate to send something over. After all, the two children ate at Yanbu Gui's house. Especially in the first half of the year, Yan Bugui didn't ask them for food money. These two children made at least dozens of dollars for his family in more than half a year.

piece.

The third aunt was happy when she heard that the boss had prepared it and delivered it to her family.

"Okay, I'll help you deal with the pig waste then. It won't taste good if it's not cleaned properly."

Xiao Ziwan watched from the side as the third aunt stared at the frame. She also wanted to see what was inside, but she was not tall enough to reach it even on tiptoes. So she said, "Dad, did you bring me some candy?"

"There's no sugar, but there are eggs. I'll boil some for you later."

Yan Jiecheng couldn't do anything about her and didn't know why she always liked to eat sweets, even if she was beaten. Sweet things were what she disliked the most when she was a child.

"Ah...no sugar."

Although there were eggs to eat, Xiao Ziwan was still quite disappointed.

Yan Jiecheng: "Children cannot eat sweets regularly. If they eat too much, they will lose their teeth. It will hurt."

When Xiaozi Wan heard what Yan Jiecheng said, he was so frightened that he quickly put his little hand into his mouth and touched it. Fortunately, it was all still there.

"Mom, just watch them. I'll go back and put the things down first. When Li comes back, you can help me clean up the pigs."

After Yan Jiecheng finished speaking, he pushed the bicycle to the door of his house. He parked the bicycle, took the bamboo basket off the bicycle rack and placed it at the door.

I brought a stove out of the house, boiled water, and then disposed of the pig's head at the door. If it was in the house, the smell would be too great and I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

He took the eggs to the kitchen and took out a large washing basin and put the pig's head and pig's guts in it.

After the water boiled, Yu Li also came back, leaving Yu Li to coax the child. The third aunt had her hands free to help Yan Jiecheng clean the pig water.

Yan Jiecheng was cleaning the pig's head aside. It was actually removing the pig's hair. However, it was more troublesome to remove the hair from the pig's head because its surface was bumpy. The simplest way was to burn it with fire to burn all the pig hair on the surface and then brush it with a brush.

Xiao Ziwan stood by and watched Yan Jiecheng burning pig hair with big eyes, wrinkled his nose, and an unpleasant smell filled the air.

"Go and play, I'll get it on you later." Yu Li reminded her when she saw the boy Wan leaning too forward.

"I don't, I want to watch daddy roast the pig's head."

"What's so good about this? Go and play with your brother. Look at your brother and then at you. You look a little bit like a girl."

Xiao Ziyang was sitting on the toy car and reading a book about little people. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to come, but he was scared when he saw the pig’s head.

Yan Jiecheng burned the pig hair clean and used a brush to vigorously brush the blackened areas on the surface of the pig's head.

After brushing, I washed it with water and then split it in half with an ax and put it in the pot. The pot was a bit small and the whole thing couldn't fit in. I originally had a big pot at home, but it was used to make steel during the steel-making operation.

, but it turned out that the steel was not made into a big iron pot and I didn't return it. I don't know if it was secreted by these grandsons.

Place the pig's head and add the peppercorns, aniseed, green onions, ginger, salt and other seasonings. Cover the pot and leave it alone. The pig's head will need to be stewed for at least two or three hours.

While the pig head was being stewed, I took the pig offal that Third Aunt had cleaned and stewed it.

After the stew was done, half of it was given to the third aunt, and she was asked to take it back and keep it for Lao Xi and the others to eat. They also fried a plate of peanuts and asked the third aunt to call Lao Xi and the others to eat together later.

The third aunt heard that Yan Jiecheng asked them to come home for dinner, and happily returned home with a pot of pigs in the water.

"I said, Lao Yang, what are you doing and not cooking at home?" The third uncle saw the third aunt coming back and opened his mouth to ask.

"Didn't I help Jiecheng clean up the pigs? Look, I brought back half of it." As she said this, the third aunt carried the basin and moved towards Yan Bugui.

"Oh, where does this mean that there is so much water?"

"Didn't he go to Zuojiazhuang today to visit his cousin? He was just in time to kill pigs in the village to buy some." The third aunt explained what Yan Jiecheng had told her and told Yan Bugui again.

"This kid has a conscience, and he still knows how to give us half." Yan Bugui said with a smile, smelling the fragrance emanating from the basin.

Third aunt: "I got this from helping the boss deal with the sewer. It has nothing to do with you."

"Hey, what's yours is mine. We can still tell the difference so clearly."

"Dad, let's eat this tonight." Yan Jiedi said while drooling.

"Your brother said he would eat it later in his room. Let's save the food in this pot for the Chinese New Year."

Yan Jiekuang: "Isn't it the Chinese New Year now?"

"I said you can eat whenever you want. There is so much nonsense. Hurry up and pack up and go to the big house to eat." After finishing speaking, the third aunt put the basin in the kitchen and locked it specially for fear of being eaten by thieves in the yard.

Yan Jiedai: "If we go, why don't we call my second brother?"

Yan Bugui looked at the lights in Yan Jiefang's house and said to Yan Jiekuang: "Go and call your second brother over. It won't look good if we don't call him when we are eating together."

Just as Yan Jiecheng put all the food on the table, Yan Bugui walked in slowly with a large family.

"Dad, please sit down and stop looking." Yu Li greeted.

Yan Jiecheng took out a bottle of Fenjiu from the cabinet and poured a glass for Yan Bugui.

"Jie Cheng, if you're living a good life now that you're drinking Fenjiu, it's not like I'm still drinking Erguotou." Yan Bugui complained to Yan Jiecheng, which meant that he couldn't get Yan Jiecheng to give him two bottles.

One bottle is fine too.

Yan Jiecheng said without thinking: "Okay, I'll get you a bottle when you finish eating and leave. Don't be too dissatisfied. I don't drink it very often. I only have these two bottles at home."

Yan Bugui heard that he only had two bottles, so he sat down without saying anything, picked up the wine glass and drank with Yan Jiecheng, fearing that he would lose money if he drank less.