noffsinger Chapter 121 Rose, the Queen of Flowers
Chapter 121 Rose, the Queen of Flowers
Hua Ran no longer paid attention to Little White Bear and Xiao Ai, but focused on watching her parents pickle ham.
In her previous life, she saw an old man pickling vegetables in the countryside and roughly knew the process.
When the pig is freshly slaughtered and the pork is still hot, add salt to kill the moisture and force out the blood so that it will not smell bad during pickling.
The white pigs are very big, with one hind leg weighing 100 pounds. Spread the salt evenly on the pig legs, and then repeatedly force the blood out of the meat.
Don't rub too hard when kneading, or the bones will be broken, which will make it difficult to marinate later.
There were more than 100 pig hind legs, and her father certainly could not finish the work alone, so the stronger superpower warriors took over and spent 2 hours finally draining the blood clots from all the hams.
Then we start to pickle the ham.
Only low-salt ham can ensure that the meat remains soft after being stored for two or three years.
If you put too much salt, the meat will become hard, and if you put too little salt, the meat will become smelly, so you have to control the amount of salt.
One pound of ham contains seven cents of salt. If we convert it this way, 100 pounds of pork hind legs will require seven pounds of salt.
It took another hour to pickle more than 100 hams. After air-drying, only about 100 kilograms of the 70 kilograms of hams should be left.
Huazhou specially cleared out an empty room and hung all the pickled hams there.
My daughter told me that this ham will be ready for eating next year and it is very delicious.
He had never eaten it before, but since his daughter liked it, he was happy to take some trouble.
Ling Xiao was very interested in this way of processing pork, so he sent the method to the people of the Thirteenth Army to see if they were interested in making it.
This kid Zhou Sheng neither went on a mission nor returned to the Emperor Star. He was just idle on the Simu Star.
After seeing the message sent by the Major General, I knew that the things invented by the Star Lord’s wife had to be done. How could I miss it? What if it turned out to be a good thing?
He was completely impressed by Hua Ran's abilities, and following her was the right thing to do.
It was already 7 o'clock in the evening when the ham was marinated, and the Hua family quickly started cooking.
Ling Xiao was not one to eat for free, so he handed over a black phoenix chicken.
After seeing Ling Xiao many times, Huazhou was able to reluctantly let go. He took the black phoenix chicken, slaughtered it, opened it and took out the internal organs, and found that the chicken was not small.
After asking his wife's request, he chopped the chicken into pieces, prepared some seasonings, and handed it to Yun Junru.
The black-phoenix chicken is very rare and is especially suitable for women to recuperate in the cold season. It is a blessing for the wife and children at home.
He then took out the steaks, marinated them, and put them on the grill to start grilling.
Barbecue is the best way for superpower warriors to fill themselves up.
Seeing that her parents didn't need her in the kitchen, Hua Ran sat in the living room and played with the little white bear with peace of mind.
Ling Xiao took a look and went straight to Lou Huaran's room to handle some military affairs.
The Thirteenth Army discovered that the mysterious force behind the Star Slave incident was causing trouble.
They set their sights on the third-level remote planets in the Qinglan Galaxy, and many planets became their targets.
Luo Kuan's troops attacked and disrupted the opponent's plans several times, but unfortunately, they were never able to catch the real big fish.
So far, the biggest gain is that Luo Yan’s aunt was arrested.
At this moment, Luo Kuan was leading the Thirteenth Army back to Simu Star.
The light from the computer shone on Ling Xiao's gloomy face, making him look particularly cold and ruthless.
He knew that the forces behind the scenes had become increasingly unscrupulous, with no signs of slowing down.
This situation made him very worried and angry.
"These guys really don't know how to live or die!"
There was a glimmer of anger and disdain in Ling Xiao's eyes.
He was well aware of these people's greed and ignorance, but he could not understand why they were so cruel.
He took a deep breath, calmed down, and thought about how to deal with the situation.
He absolutely could not let them set their sights on Hua Ran. He had to take the initiative, collect more useful information, and identify friends and foes.
Ling Xiao urgently started an online meeting to discuss how to deal with this mysterious force.
Everyone expressed their opinions at the meeting.
Su Jin, who was far away on the Imperial Star, reminded: "Major General, should we talk to His Majesty the Emperor in person about this matter?"
Ling Xiao was silent for a moment. Should he talk to his father? He hoped that the royal family was not involved, otherwise...
Yun Junru's cooking skills were as good as ever. The tempting aroma of delicious food wafted from the kitchen. Hua Ran took a deep breath and ran upstairs to call Ling Xiao to eat.
Ling Xiao agreed, logged off decisively, and went downstairs with Hua Ran to eat.
Hua Ran couldn't help but glance at Ling Xiao. She felt that something was not right with his face, so she decided to go home and ask him after dinner.
The stewed chicken was made with mushrooms, which made it look delicious and fragrant. She picked up a piece of chicken for Ling Xiao, and also picked up some vegetables for her parents and brother.
Ling Xiao felt warm in his heart and started to eat seriously, no longer thinking about those things.
After Ling Xiao and Hua Ran finished their meal, they prepared to return to the Half Moon Bay Island. Before they left, their parents stuffed them with a lot of food.
Hua Ran saw that they were rare pearl rice and plump-grain corn, all of which were spiritual food collected from the wild. She accepted them without hesitation.
Ling Xiao frowned and wanted to say that it was not necessary to take it, that he could support her, but after thinking about it, he kept his mouth shut.
Hua Ran saw the unused planting space and asked casually, "Mom, are you going to plant during the cold wave?"
Due to the cold wave, many people are unable to go out. After closing their houses, many women choose to use the cultivated space on their balconies to grow spiritual food to supplement their family income.
Yun Junru looked at the planting space her husband had prepared and shook her head. She was not good at planting, so it would be more cost-effective to extract more energy liquid.
As for cleaning up the planting space, I was thinking of planting some flowers, which would make the house look better.
"Forget it. I don't have a good affinity for plants. Your Aunt Guan grows them every year. I gave her all the seeds I had."
"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot something important. I went to your aunt Guan's house this morning, and she said that she had planted a flower that looked like what you needed, and asked you to come visit her when you have time."
Hua Ran was very excited when she heard this. Could it be the rose or the peony?
After saying goodbye to his family, he and Ling Xiao went to Su Zhen's house.
When Hua Ran came, only Su Quanzong, Guan Shenglan and Guan's eldest brother were at home.
Suzhen and Sutai are still in the White Bear Safe Zone.
Hua Ran slapped her forehead and said she had forgotten something. It turned out that she had thrown Su Tai into the White Bear Safe Zone.
The Su family’s house is also very large, just two streets away from the Hua family.
Guan Shenglan was very enthusiastic about Hua Ran's arrival, and quickly took her to see the flowers she planted. One of the flowers happened to bloom today.
Hua Ran was very surprised when she saw it. The rose, the queen of flowers, had no changes. The pink flowers were very beautiful.
"Aunt Guan, these are the roses I wanted."
"Oh, that's good. This is a seedling I bought from the underground trading area. I took good care of it. It just bloomed, so I thought it might be what you need."