The soup in the pot was gurgling and fragrant, Zhou Heng first sandwiched a piece of softly stewed pork belly, and put it in his mouth with great happiness, feeling that this was really the most delicious food in the world.

Their winter stew is cut thicker, it should have a 0.5 cm thick appearance, add ingredients and stir-fry until fragrant, and then simmer slowly over low heat, the greasy inside is stewed out, and the lean meat will not stuff the teeth, and it is indescribable to eat.

Even if you eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas outside, you will still miss this taste.

And the size is not small, a bite is a mouthful, it is really called a big bite of meat.

Fragrant.

Take another sip of wine, and feel that life is really complete.

People are busy in this life, aren't they just running for the word "food and clothing". Eating is still in the front, which shows its importance.

"Come, you can eat it too, this meat is good, you can taste it too. Zhou Heng ate and greeted Jiang Xiaoxuan.

Jiang Xiaoxuan finally doesn't have to wear a mask anymore, she picked up the dishes and chopsticks, took an exaggerated deep sniff and said, "It's so fragrant." Eh, I can finally breathe normally, it's not easy!"

As soon as she returned, she felt a noticeable difference, and the difference was too obvious.

The chicken is stewed very fragrantly, and there is pork in it, so the soup is fragrant and oily, and after adding those vegetables, it is obvious that the vegetables make her more appetizing.

Spinach is planted at the gate of the courtyard, it is the kind of short variety, it grows into a lie on the ground, it will not be high for the heavenly elders, this kind of taste has a sweet taste, even the red roots in the ground, are very sweet.

This kind of freshness that is only pulled up from the ground, washed and put in the pot to be hot, no hotel can reach.

They also have a kind of skin radish here in winter, which is stewed in this soup and is simply amazing, not as watery as white radish, and has a sweet taste when eaten.

Zhou Heng stuttered meat, and Jiang Xiaoxuan ate vegetables.

From time to time, some bones and fat meat were fished out of the pot, and thrown into the bowl of the big yellow dog, so that it could also eat hot.

Seeing them eat sweetly, Zhou Heng's parents were also happy, and they couldn't help laughing.

That's probably their sense of accomplishment.

Eating and drinking here, Zhou Faqiang said to Zhou Heng over there: "Your Uncle Liu is going to kill the New Year's pig in two days, I plan to go to him to buy half a pig for the New Year, do you see enough?"

They also have a tradition of killing pigs here.

Although there are still two days to enter the wax moon, the pig can be prepared in advance, because it takes time for bacon and sausage, and it takes enough time to dry it to be delicious.

If it's too late, it may delay the New Year.

So now we are ready to start killing New Year's pigs. After all, there are so many people in the village, kill a few heads a day, and if the days are at the back, there are not many days left, so you have to hurry up.

However, because Zhou Heng's family raised a lot of pigs last year, and in the end they didn't sell them at a good price, and they were tired of serving so many pigs, so they didn't raise pigs this year, so they had to go to someone else's house to buy them.

In the past, it was necessary to kill a whole pig for the New Year, but it was generally impossible to eat it all, and it would be sold to others without killing the New Year's pig.

Otherwise, a pig of several hundred catties, if it is made into bacon or sausage, the family will eat from the first day of the new year to the month of wax, and it will also be boring.

And I usually want to eat some fresh meat, so I can't actually eat that much smoked meat.

At the beginning of this year, they didn't expect Zhou Heng to come back, and they didn't think about raising pigs, so they could only buy New Year's pigs.

Now the chickens are put on the mountain to raise, the pigsty is vacant again, next year to raise two more heads, to the New Year there will be their own New Year pork to eat, I hope next year pig raising smoothly.

Zhou Heng said: "Half a pig is not enough for the New Year? ”

Zhou Faqiang wanted to say in his heart, of course I know that half a pig is enough for the New Year, but if it is a wedding banquet, it will not be enough, I am asking this meaning, can't you hear it?

But Jiang Xiaoxuan was also here, and he was afraid that after asking, the scene would not be good-looking, so he didn't say anything. If you want to ask, it's better to ask your son privately.

Then he asked Zhou Heng: "Do you buy one sheep or half a sheep?"

The old Yang family in the village has a few sheep all the year round, and the villagers want to buy them for the New Year, of course he will sell them, sometimes tell him in advance, and then kill one, and the village will divide it when they come.

But this is expensive after all, if the village can't sell it out, he will pull it to the town to sell, and a few days before the New Year, it will also sell very well.

It's just a few sheep, it's impossible to wait for a big buyer to come and buy it, you have to figure it out yourself.

Zhou Heng thought to himself, I am still preparing to raise sheep on a large scale, and now I am going to prepare to buy sheep for the New Year.

He asked Jiang Xiaoxuan, "Do you like to eat mutton?"

"Like, what's wrong?"

Zhou Heng replied to his father: "Then let's buy a sheep for the New Year and eat more for the New Year." ”

They celebrate the New Year here, pork plus chicken, duck, goose, fish is the standard, rabbit meat, mutton, beef these are not necessarily available, but there is a more refreshing New Year.

Now Zhou Heng will definitely not be wronged on eating, try to eat better, the sheep will be whole, and then he will prepare some beef.

Alas, there is still an atmosphere at home, this has not yet entered the lunar month, and they are all discussing the New Year.

At this time last year, he was still busy every day, working overtime every day.

Foreign customers placed orders before New Year's Day, and then went back for Christmas and New Year, leaving a bunch of orders, he needs to follow up.

And many factories are preparing for annual leave, orders are not easy to arrange, to each factory to say good things, begging them to delay a few days of vacation, more goods to come out, busy really dark.

Now, he sat comfortably in front of the stove, eating the stewed meat, sipping his home-brewed wine, and planning the New Year.

While eating and drinking, someone outside the courtyard was shouting: "Has Zhou Heng come back?"

It's the people of the village.

Zhou Faqiang hurriedly responded: "I'm back, I'm back." And hurried out to open the door.

It was getting dark, and the gate was closed.

When I opened the courtyard door, there were two people standing outside, from the village, all dressed thickly and thickly, and even covered their hats and ears. At this point in time, it is the time when the temperature drops, and it is cold enough.

Zhou Faqiang was giving in and invited them into the house to roast the fire, and two more people came outside.

Now he didn't have to close the courtyard door first, just open it and close it when they were gone.

They are all from this village, and when they came in, they went to the fire house, and when they saw Zhou Heng who was eating, they all asked him with a smile: "Zhou Heng came back from the capital, when did he come back? I didn't see you during the day." ”

In rural areas, this is a greeting phrase, not "gossip".

They are all the elders in the village, and it is not appropriate for Zhou Heng to sit and continue to eat, so he wants to stand up and say hello to people.

Before he moved his buttocks, his shoulder was pressed: "You continue to eat, don't worry about us, we just come to see you." ”

So Zhou Heng continued to sit down and replied to them: "Well, yes, it was Duanyang who came back just now to pick me up, the road back is so dark, his skills are good." Uncle, have you eaten? Come and have some more drinks with me?"

"No, no, we just put down the bowl at home, and we don't eat it. You eat it yourself. ”

"Yes, at this point in time, it must be dark. It would be nice to install street lights all the way in a big city. Several people echoed him.

Before I got to the point, there were people coming outside one after another, all dressed in thick clothes.

Anyway, the courtyard door was open now, and they heard the voices inside outside, so they came in directly.

Actually, they didn't come for anything, it was entirely because they saw Zhou Heng on TV last night, this was the first time in the village, and it was a supreme honor, so they came to take a look and congratulate them verbally, after all, it was a big deal.

It's a bit like someone in the village who is sick and hospitalized, and they will also carry things to visit.

In other words, if someone's child in the village is going to join the army, they will go to visit it like this.

Anyway, there is a big thing in the village, and other families will not be indifferent, this is a matter of love.

It stands to reason that in the village, the elders generally talk to the seniors, they are peers, and there is no distinction between high and low - so few seniors take the initiative to talk to the juniors about something.

This is that when Zhou Heng just returned to the village, there were some big and small things at home, and his father came forward to talk to people, contracting land, asking for some small workers, etc., all of which were like this.

Because they are of the same generation, it is easier to speak, Zhou Heng rarely talks to others by himself, because the seniority is not equal, others will feel that they are looked down upon.

And now, almost all of these older generations have gathered here, and they are all here to visit Zhou Heng, a young man of the lower generation.

If you pay attention to the glory of the village, this is really an honor.

Although Zhou Heng didn't pay much attention to these, after all, others came to give him face, so of course he had to answer well. So, while eating, he responded to them.

It was the first time that the people in the village had been on the news program of the provincial television station, which was really a great event. Their faces were beaming with joy.

Zhou Heng saw that this was an opportunity to promote himself, so he also told them that the second-generation chicken received a big order at the exhibition, so he was interviewed and could be on TV.

He also further explained to people - this means that our second-generation chickens have already been sold before they start, and there is no need to worry about sales, so the villagers do not have to worry about not being able to do it themselves, and they will not lose money for contracting mountains and building chicken coops.

After such an explanation, sure enough, those who had decided to follow the dry breeding, or who had already started to build chicken coops, were very happy and interested.

And there were some hesitants before, but now I also took a reassuring pill, and directly said that I would also follow the raising, and those who didn't plan to participate also moved their minds.

After finishing business, it's time for small talk.

Zhou Faqiang was afraid that his son would be too busy talking while eating, so he hurriedly came over to answer and led these people to the side of the roasting fire.

The son is so angry, he, who is a father, is so happy that he doesn't know what to say, and he is happy all night.

Jiang Xiaoxuan didn't care at first, eating her own, but then more and more people came to talk to Zhou Heng, and all of them looked a little flattering, she felt so strange.

When everyone was taken over there, she asked Zhou Heng in a low voice, "What are they here for?"

Zhou Heng also whispered to her: "They think I'm on TV, and I'm out of breath, so they came to congratulate me." ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan couldn't help but smile secretly and said, "Boss Zhou has become a celebrity in the whole village!

also quietly gave him a thumbs up and teased him.

Zhou Heng accepted it calmly and was not hit at all.

Zhou Heng and Jiang Xiaoxuan were eating here, and after eating, Li Yunlian took the bowl away, saying that they were tired, and did not let them clean up the table and let them rest.