Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 8: Pheasant Stewed in Iron Pot

The reason why it smelled so good was because he gave me enough cooking oil, and he had used up all the remaining cooking oil in the house.

Big oil is the oil refined from pig fat. This kind of oil has a unique fragrance, especially when used for cooking, it is particularly fragrant.

This lard is from the half pound of pork belly that my brother-in-law and his family brought over before the New Year.

Although Liu Xueting has always been reluctant to eat it and only put a little bit in every dish, but after so much time has passed, there is not much left.

Some people think pheasant is very delicious and fragrant, while others think it is too woody and has a strong earthy smell.

In fact, wild game generally has an earthy smell, but if you think the earthy smell is too strong and too woody, it is largely because of the wrong cooking method. According to the Northeastern method of cooking pheasant, it is stewed in an iron pot.
Stew the pheasant meat until it is tasty, and you don’t need to add too many ingredients. The stewed pheasant will have a strong fragrance, and the meat will not be dry at all.

First, fry the pheasant in a pan until it is fragrant, then add water and potato cubes until the pheasant is stewed.
Add cabbage as an ingredient and stew them together. This is also a traditional iron pot stew from Northeast China.

At this time, four-year-old Sini suddenly rushed to Liu Xueting and complained, "Mom, Dad has finished cooking all the rice and vegetables for our family!

"really?"

Liu Xueting lowered her head and asked.

"Ok!"

Si Ni nodded heavily.

Chen Weidong, who was standing by, was touched by her serious look.

However, Liu Xueting couldn't help but frowned after hearing her daughter's words:
"Weidong, there's only a little rice left at home. If you cook it all, what will the children eat tomorrow?"

"Xue Ting, I will sell the badger tomorrow, and our family will have money to buy rice and vegetables. Don't worry, I know what I am doing. I will make sure the children have a good meal today."

Chen Weidong quickly explained.

Hearing this, Liu Xueting's brows relaxed. What she was most worried about was the children.

After a while, when the pheasant was cooked, Chen Weidong opened the lid of the pot, and instantly a rich aroma wafted out, and the soup was golden yellow.

The little ones who were watching the fun on the side were almost drooling with greed, as they hadn't eaten meat for a long time.

After being held by Chen Weidong, Wu Ni became much bolder. When faced with the temptation of food,

He actually came over panting, and with his two little hands leaning against the stove, he looked at it eagerly!
"Mom, it smells so good! Wu Ni, I want to eat it~"

Chen Weidong's heart softened. He looked at Wu Ni and her daughters who were staring at him eagerly and said softly, "I'll give you food when Daddy makes it."

"it is good!"

Wu Ni answered in a baby voice.

"Okay, everyone go wash your hands and eat!!"

Chen Weidong gave instructions to the children.

With Liu Xueting around and Wu Ni not being beaten, the younger children began to show their childish nature, quarreling, fighting, crying, and the kitchen suddenly became lively.

Only Dani and Erni were still a little scared when they saw Chen Weidong. Even with Liu Xueting around, they didn't dare to act recklessly.
Chen Weidong was not in a hurry to repair his relationship with the children, as there was still a long time to come.

As long as you are truly kind to them, the children will definitely feel it.

A family of eight sat at the table.

A large pot of pheasant stew.

"Weidong, there's such a big pot of meat, why don't you bring some over to our parents? Today..."

Liu Xueting suddenly said at this time.

"Forget it! You know my mom's temper. She'll ask you all sorts of questions later. Just eat!"

Chen Weidong shook his head, and then served each of the little ones a bowl of meat.

When it was Liu Xueting's turn, she quickly shook her head and said, "Weidong, you and the children eat, I'll just drink some soup!" Of course Chen Weidong refused, but before he could say anything,
Sanni and Sini, who were sitting next to Liu Xueting, urged her in a baby voice, "Mom, eat quickly, it smells so good!"

"Dad made this, it's delicious!" Several little ones also nodded.

"Eat quickly, this is a big pot of meat. Eat more, I will let you live a good life in the future."

Chen Weidong took the opportunity to serve a bowl of meat in front of her.

"Who can eat meat every day? I just hope my children can have enough to eat!"

Liu Xue Tingxi's heart trembled slightly, she took a bite and it was so delicious!

Finished the meal quickly,

I have to say that the pheasant soup and chicken are very fragrant. The only pity is that there are too few seasonings, and it lacks a lot of soul.

However, seeing his daughters' greasy faces after eating, Chen Weidong was happy from the bottom of his heart.

Especially since his six daughters are all relatively young, he and his daughters became much closer during the meal.

Looking at the dishes and pots that had been used up, the eldest daughter was very discerning and directly took on the task of washing the dishes and pots. Chen Weidong couldn't help but praise her, "My eldest daughter is still sensible!"

When the eldest daughter heard this, she didn't say much, but she was still a child after all, so she was very happy in her heart, because her father rarely praised her! What daughter doesn't want to be praised by her father?

After a while, it was getting dark.

Liu Xueting and Chen Weidong hurried to boil water and give the little ones a bath.

These days people in the countryside go to bed early, especially since there is no electricity or lights, and there aren’t even kerosene lamps at home.

Liu Ni had fallen asleep by now, and Chen Weidong took the opportunity to hold her in his arms. Looking at her pink and tender little face, my heart melted.
It was not until this moment that he realized Xiaoliu was so cute and adorable that he couldn't help but pout and kiss her little face.

then.

Liu Xueting gave the other little ones a bath one by one. After they played around for a while, they all prepared to go to bed.

The whole family slept on a big kang.

Chen Weidong had been in the mountains for a whole day and was already exhausted. He lay down on the kang and fell asleep soon.

Nothing in the night

The next day, Chen Weidong woke up early in the morning before dawn.

He put on his clothes quietly, then went to the main room, put his gun on his back and tied his legs.

He went out carrying a shovel, a sack and other tools.

We had only been walking for a while when it was dawn.

Soon, Chen Weidong came to the place where he had discovered the badger hole before based on his memory.

Found the badger hole.

Chen Weidong did not act immediately, but looked around with the hole as the center. You know, badgers usually have several holes. If one hole is moved, the hog badger will escape from other places.

After searching for another ten minutes, Chen Weidong indeed found four more holes in the surrounding area.

The best way to catch badgers is to smoke them.

Especially since Chen Weidong was alone, if he just dug directly, and the badgers in the hole all rushed out, it would be easy for one or two of them to escape.

After some thought, Chen Weidong decided to block the three holes and leave two holes intentionally.

Bring smoke in from one hole, and then place a pocket at the last hole. When the smoke comes in, the badger in the hole will crawl into the pocket by itself.

(End of this chapter)