Chen Shi went to invite the master who killed the pig, the master's surname was Wang, and the people in the village called him Master Wang, he had killed pigs for twenty or thirty years, and he was the most qualified pig killer, and of course the only one.

No one seems to like this profession, so as long as there is a pig slaughterer in the village, others generally do not engage in this profession, perhaps because the butcher profession needs to hunt countless lives! But the butcher is only a profession, and it is the human beings themselves who really hunt for life, and those who think they are compassionate to others are actually killing all the time, because as long as people live, they cannot avoid killing.

When you eat a bowl of rice, every grain of rice is a life, so as long as you live, as long as you still have the need to survive, you can't avoid killing. How much difference can the life of a grain of rice be from that of a pig? It's just that people have different opinions, but in fact, there is no distinction between high and low in their lives, even human beings themselves, and the life of a pig is not superior or inferior, but human beings stand at the top of the food chain.

Master Wang is sharpening his knife, as a pig slaughterer's knife, of course, he must keep it sharp at all times, so there is a very large whetstone at the door of his house, compared to the whetstone that is only the size of the palm of the hand used to sharpen kitchen knives, his whetstone is the size of a small stool. He first drenched the whetstone with water, then gently placed the pig-killing knife on it, and then pushed and pulled back and forth with his steady and powerful hand, bringing out a unique sense of rhythm, and the sound of the rattle was like a hymn before death.

Chen Shi watched very curiously as Master Wang sharpened his knife, Master Wang never saw him coming, so he had to be serious and very focused, it seemed that sharpening knives had become the most important thing in his life, sharpening knives and using knives was what he wanted to do all his life, and he only focused on this matter all his life.

As long as a person is focused, no matter what he does, he will have certain achievements and will be better than others.

Of course, Master Wang is better than others, and in Shili Eight Villages, there is no one who has such a skill as him. It is said that when he kills a pig, he can quickly kill an obese pig, which can avoid the pig's pain for a long time, and can make it free quickly.

Chen Shi has watched Master Wang kill pigs countless times, the only thing he remembers is that Master Wang never used a second knife, after stabbing the pig's neck with a knife, he stayed for a while, and then pulled out the knife and released the blood, but after thirty or forty seconds, the pig only had the qi out, absolutely no qi, it can be said that there was no room for resistance, and it was already dead.

Master Wang sharpened his knife for a while, then suddenly stopped, and then raised his head and saw Chen Shi. At first, he was slightly stunned, and he didn't seem to recognize Chen Shilai, but Chen Shi greeted him with a smile and said, "Master Wang, where is the sharpening knife?"

Master Wang nodded, touched his head and thought about it, but before he remembered Chen Shi's name, Chen Shi smiled and said, "I'm Chen Shi, Xiaoshi, remember?"

Master Wang suddenly realized and said, "Oh! Chen Shi! You have changed so much, when did you come back?"

Chen Shi said: "A few days after I came back, I didn't come out to play at home. ”

Master Wang beckoned Chen Shi to sit down in front of the door, and Chen Shi was not polite, and took out a cigarette from his arms to smoke for Master Wang. Master Wang took the cigarette, looked at it and said, "At first glance, it is a good cigarette, and you are the most promising in our village." ”

Chen Shi smiled, and Master Wang continued: "Your farm is quite big, and everyone in the village is red-eyed. ”

Of course, he was joking, Chen Shi's farm has a stake in the village, and it has a fixed dividend every year.

Chen Shi said: "It's just a small fight, and my uncle and cousin have nothing to do, so the investment point tosses it for them, but I didn't expect them to be quite capable and make a lot of scale." ”

Master Wang lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said: "Don't think I don't know, everyone knows how capable your cousin and uncle are, I heard that this farm is your attention, everything is operated by you, if it weren't for you, they would have been able to make such a large scale? ”

Chen Shi smiled and didn't answer.

Master Wang said again: "I heard that your father bought a pig, when will your family kill it?"

Chen Shi smiled: "I'm not here to invite you, the twentieth killing of the lunar month, my dad said that it was a good day." ”

Master Wang nodded and said, "I know, but it's a little late on the twentieth day of the lunar month, and you can celebrate the New Year after killing the pig." ”

The twentieth day of the lunar month is indeed a bit late, and most people kill New Year's pigs before this.

Chen Shi said: "Fortunately, my dad said that there are no good days in the past few days, so I have to wait for the twentieth day of the lunar month, and then I will trouble you to run." ”

Master Wang said: "No problem, killing pigs is originally my business, in a nearby village, even if you want to find a second person, you can't find it, don't look for me to find someone? ”

At this time, Chen Shi's status in the village is the highest, although he is young, although he is not at home all the year round, although he has no qualifications, however, no matter who knows, Chen Shi is the first person in the village, not only the old people are convinced, but even the young people who go out to work are admired.

Chen Shi said: "It's rude not to come in person, you are a person who does good things for the village, of course you have to respect you." ”

Master Wang has always helped the villagers kill pigs without receiving any benefits, which is equivalent to volunteering, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he has helped the village do great things and do good things.

He laughed and said, "I'm a pig killer, why don't I kill pigs? ”

Master Wang's children are working outside and have not yet returned. Before coming, Chen Shi had already inquired.

Chen Shidao: "Everyone has their own fate, I just have a little luck, if I have the ability, I also want to do more good things for the village, help the people in the village, my cousin followed me, now I am a contractor, and I have set up a large construction team, and many young people in the village follow him, which is also a choice for the brothers in the village." ”

Master Wang's children also followed their cousins, and he said: "That kid in my family also followed them, but he was more wild, and he couldn't save money in his hands. ”

Chen Shi smiled: "Young people, it's normal to love to play and make trouble, I also love to play, and I can't save money." ”

Master Wang shook his hand and said, "If you can't save money, who else in the village can save money? Maybe you have too much money and have nowhere to spend it." ”

Chen Shi said: "Master Wang said that he was laughing, but I do have an idea. ”

Master Wang was curious: "What is the idea? If you can make my kid feel at ease, let him work honestly, and save some money to marry a daughter-in-law, I will thank you for a lifetime." ”

Chen Shidao: "You let him come back, work in the farm, I give him a salary is not low, compared to the outside, although it is not as good, but here you can save a lot, no living expenses, no accommodation fees, less expenses, there is no place to spend money, if you can't do it, you will pay the salary directly to you, let you give him a little pocket money every month, and then you can marry him a daughter-in-law." ”

When Master Wang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said: "This is a good idea, just do it, but whether you can keep him is two different things, if he insists on going outside, I will have no tricks." ”

There is no way to do this, people don't want you to tie him up, so he is just a suggestion, the key is to see Master Wang's son.

After chatting with Master Wang for a few more words, Chen Shi said goodbye, he still had to ask other people to help, just their family couldn't get it, even if they could, they couldn't help but invite people. Although this is a personal debt, if your family kills a pig and does not ask someone to help, it is unreasonable. Others will say that you are hiding from killing pigs at home, because you don't want to share it with the villagers.

It is a custom to kill a pig and invite a neighbor, and the custom is the most difficult to change, even if you have more money and want to change the custom, it is not an overnight thing, so he has to continue to ask people for help.

Of course, the people who invited him were the closest neighbors, and they also had the same surname as him, most of them were uncles and cousins, so there was no need to go out of their way to invite, just say it when passing by their door, and someone would naturally come to help at that time.

He passed by the door of a cousin's house and saw his sister-in-law busy feeding the pigs, so he shouted, "Sister-in-law, is my brother at home?"

The sister-in-law said: "No, I'm busy working in the field, do you have something to do with him?" ”

Chen Shi said: "No need, my family killed pigs on the twentieth day of the month, please ask him to help." ”

The sister-in-law said, "Okay, I'll tell him when he comes back." ”

Chen Shi said: "When the time comes, my sister-in-law will also come, and the whole family will come to sit." ”

The sister-in-law said yes, and then asked Chen Shi to sit at home, but Chen Shi refused and said that he would ask others to help and left.

I passed by my uncle, cousin, grandfather and other houses, and informed them one by one, and then returned home.

When he got home, he was not idle, and his father beckoned him to help make the stove together.

The conditions in the countryside are simple, of course, there are no professional pig killing tools, so you have to get a stove and boil a large pot of water, otherwise, you can't remove the pig hair.

This stove should also be particular, because it is a disposable stove, so you don't need to cut how high, the second is to dig out, the stove is on a small soil step, and you can fill it after use.

After digging out the stove shape, it is necessary to fix the shape with stones and bricks, because it is easy to collapse if it is mud alone. After the stove is ready, he has to find some firewood, his house has not lived for a long time, so there is no firewood at home, he has to go to the mountains to pick up some dead branches and broken wood, if it is wet, it is not good, because it is difficult to burn, it is best to find dry ones, by the way to find the branches and leaves of the bacon back.

Bacon is particular, can not use firewood casually, not any firewood can be used, it is best to use chili pepper or sesame crispy straw, so that the smoked bacon will have a fragrance, will have the unique taste of bacon.