Chapter 153: Killing Pigs [Supplement 5]
At this time, Qiao Jiayue and Qiao Hongyuan were in the completed underground passage.
After more than half a year of work by the digging robots, the underground passage network of the Gaoshan Brigade was successfully established.
With the basement of the house as the center, it radiates out to the surroundings, and you can go to the Takayama Brigade to the east by the small lake on the side of the road to the commune, and to the north to the Changshan Brigade.
And the inside of the hill behind their house was almost hollowed out.
And this underground passage network, there are countless exits and entrances, Qiao Jiayue dares to say that if there is another tunnel battle, it will definitely make those little devils come and go.
"Second brother, what do you want to plant?" Qiao Jiayue asked, this underground passage network, no more than five people will know about it.
If there are few people who know, then there will not be many things that can be planted, after all, there is not enough labor.
"You search for plants, what is cheap and easy to care for, let's buy some and plant them first. "Qiao Hongyuan doesn't plan to plant any more fungi, it is too troublesome to configure the culture material, and there are requirements for humidity and temperature.
Qiao Jiayue thought about it, entered a few keywords in the mall, and finally found a category, crypt plants.
"Second brother, look at these. Qiao Jiayue adjusted the lower screen to make it visible to others.
A list of unfamiliar patterns and names dazzled the brother and sister, and when they turned to the back, both of them looked numb.
Strange plants can't be taken out of the outside world at all.
Just when Qiao Jiayue almost gave up, she found one, the crypt red strawberry.
She stared at the picture repeatedly, and finally gritted her teeth and bought a packet of seeds, only then did she read the instructions clearly.
"Crypt red strawberry, climbing vine berries growing in underground burrows, shade-loving, vine leaves milky white, heart-shaped fruits, light red, low sweetness, average taste, medium yield, suitable for processing dried fruits, jams, etc. ”
Qiao Jiayue told the introduction of the red strawberry in the crypt, and Qiao Hongyuan almost didn't hesitate, "Then plant it, if it can be successful, we will build a dryer in the cave in the back mountain." ”
Crypt Red Strawberries need five digits of stars, but fortunately, there are a lot of seeds in a pack, or it's really distressing.
The siblings began to get busy, bringing dirt from the ground, distributing fertilizer, and setting up drainage channels.
When they came out of the passage and patted the dirt on their bodies, they saw Qiao's mother holding a letter in her hand, crying and laughing.
The brother and sister were startled and hurriedly stepped forward to ask about the situation, only to learn that they had received a letter from their aunt.
"Your aunt said that the fast-growing wild vegetables grew well, and even in the winter, they did not wither, saving many people. Mother Qiao handed a letter from the most recent date to the two children.
Bai Yushan's letter is written simply, and the handwriting is a little sloppy, which shows that she is a person with a relatively impatient personality.
"A-Niang, these letters have been going on for a long time, why did we only receive them now?" Qiao Hongyuan frowned, could it be that something went wrong?
Qiao's mother's face was a little unnatural, and she didn't want to hide it from the child, "These letters were brought back by your Uncle Cai Ming, and they were found by his friends at the post office, and they were hidden." ”
"What?" Qiao Jiayue exclaimed, "Did someone deliberately target our family?"
Qiao Hongyuan's dark eyes stared at Qiao's mother tightly, hoping to get a positive answer.
"I discussed it with your father, but the letter was not opened, and we don't know why it was hidden, so we can only ask Cai Ming's friends to help us pay attention to it. ”
"Then we owe this favor. Qiao Hongyuan also knew that these letters had been taken away, and he would not be able to find out the initiator for a while, "Won't our four teams kill pigs tomorrow?" Abba bought a few more pieces of meat for Uncle Cai Ming as a thank you gift. ”
Qiao Jiayue's package has a lot of good things, but she can't take it out.
The people who run around Cai Ming have never seen these things, they have been cats in the mountains, where did they come from?
She silently wrote down this matter, and she would have the opportunity to repay Cai Ming in the future.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, before dawn, the canteen of the fourth team opened early and began to light a fire to boil water.
The pig killer sharpened his knife on the whetstone, and other members of the club came one after another, and long benches, wooden planks, ropes, wooden basins and other utensils were prepared one by one.
Their local custom is to kill pigs facing east before the sun rises, and although I don't know what this is, everyone has been doing it all the time.
The sky was getting brighter, and several pots of hot water had been boiled, and the big fat pig was driven over by a group of members.
The big fat pig seemed to know that his time of death had come, and hummed and refused to move his steps.
However, in the end, it was ready to press on the bench, and the terrible cry resounded through most of the brigade, and those members who had planned to come to see the excitement immediately spread their legs and ran.
The white knife went in and the red knife came out, and the hot pig blood flowed into the basin, and the onlookers on the side applauded.
The members of the fourth team held their heads high and were very proud. Look, it's still their captain who is amazing, for their sake, before the end of the year, they can eat pork.
Qiao's mother thought that this scene was too bloody and did not let the four children watch it, for fear that they would leave a shadow.
The big fat pig was quickly dehaired, disemboweled, and finally weighed, and it was more than 320 catties.
The pig hair that has faded has also been carefully cleaned up by the women of the fourth team, and the supply and marketing cooperatives have purchased the pig hair, and the price is not low.
I haven't seen such a fat pig for many years, everyone is talking, Qiao Liu'an, as a pig herd of the fourth team, proudly raised his head and accepted everyone's praise.
Because of his and Qi'an's good performance, almost no one will talk about their ingredients now.
When he was working to record centimeters, Qiao Xiangyang would not deliberately make less marks, and he did not deduct when distributing grain.
He is very grateful to Qiao's father, all the changes in the four teams started when Qiao's father became the captain.
Even if they are not good, they are not discriminated against, they are not restricted from moving, and they are really lucky compared to what happened to people with bad composition in other brigades.
The alpine brigade does not have the habit of filling blood sausages, and the pig-killing vegetables are boiled together with pig blood, fatty meat and sauerkraut.
However, this time, Qiao's father did not plan to cook the pig dish, but directly divided the meat.
After dividing the meat, the remaining pork members of the fourth team will buy it first, and when the people of the fourth team have bought it, if the other three teams want it, the price will be the same as that of the members of the fourth team, and the price will not increase.
There is no need for meat tickets, and the price is lower than that of the commune, so of course the members are happy, although the fat and oil are gone, but the lean meat and bones are also meat!
Because the pig was killed relatively early, Lu Aijun couldn't come over so early, so Qiao's father bought pig's trotters, ribs, leg meat, etc., most of which were prepared for Cai Ming.
In the end, there was a pig's head, some internal organs and pig blood left, Cai Ming got up late, came over to take a look, and wrapped the rest round.
These things that don't have any fat meat, the members feel that they are not affordable, but Cai Ming doesn't think that these are rare in the city, as long as they are handled well, the taste is not bad.
Cai Ming helped to send back the meat and bones he bought, and Qiao's father had to stay to deal with the aftermath, reconcile the account books with Qiao Xiangyang, and at the same time thank the pig killer, and he was not idle.