Why is the New Year in winter, because there is no work in the farmland in winter, everyone is relatively idle, and there is enough time and mood to go shopping and stock up on New Year's goods, and wait for the New Year to eat, drink and have fun in the next few days. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although there are still more than ten days before the Chinese New Year, there are already more people rushing to the market. Not only do they buy more things, but they also sell more things. Normally, if you want to buy kelp, you can only go to a dried vegetable store, but now there are people pulling large carts and small carts to sell them. Of course, it's all dried kelp, bundled together, and there's a layer of white stuff on top.

In fact, this white thing is also a good thing, called mannitol. It's the kelp itself, not salt or whatever. It's just that the people on this side of the Sancha River can't get used to the fishy smell of seafood after all, so they all steam and cook the kelp first to get rid of the fishy smell, and then make it into a dish, which is wasted.

There are also vermicelli, which are rarely sold by people in ordinary times, and they can be put in two large rows on the street during the Chinese New Year, and they are bought for a few catties and dozens of catties. Because this thing can be kept for a long time and will not be broken, it is basically bought once during the New Year, and one time is enough to eat for a year and a half.

Vermicelli is divided into parts, and it is inevitable that a lot of them will be broken. So there will be an old lady with little feet waiting next to her, waiting for the vermicelli seller to leave, sweep the broken vermicelli on the ground, wash it and eat it - people rarely waste what they can eat these days.

Only a small part of these vermicelli sellers are made in the countryside themselves, and most of them are from the county next door, that is, the county where there is a paper mill. Their vermicelli there is famous in the neighborhood.

There is another thing that is also necessary for the New Year, and that is fish. It is the pursuit of the majority of people to have more than (fish) every year, so how can there be no fish during the New Year?

As for the others, such as couplets and so on, they are all different means. If you want to save money and buy red paper to write at home, you have to prepare it in advance. Before the year, we should stock up on vegetables and steamed buns, and ensure that we can eat them until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, and it will be officially finished on that day.

When it comes to the New Year, you don't do any work except for stringing relatives, otherwise the omen is not good, which means that you will have a hard time this year.

Pork is indispensable for every household, and even the poorest people will cut a few catties of meat, so as not to have guests and no meat to entertain people. As for the better conditions, it is a "buttocks" - that is, a pig's hind leg with half a pig's buttocks.

There are also "etiquette", things that the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law must bring when they return to their parents' house when they get married, basically every family must prepare.

Yan Fei took advantage of this opportunity to prepare to kill pigs and sell meat by himself.

Outside the gate of the cattle farm, a new pot stove was built, on which a large pot was filled with water early in the morning, and the fire was blazing in the hearth, which was boiling water waiting for the pigs to be dehaired.

In addition, there is a simple shelf, supported by three pieces of wood, and the meat will be hung for a while.

The pigs had been pulled out and placed at the door for the people who came and went to the market to see first. In fact, as soon as everyone looked at the shelf and the stove, they knew that this was going to kill pigs. This is done to prove that the pig is a healthy pig, so that everyone can buy it with confidence.

Pig killing knives, dehairing knives, pumping pumps, etc. are placed on the simple board next to it.

The pig with a rope tied to his leg and being tied to the side of the road screamed desperately, probably anticipating his imminent fate and having a bad omen. It's a pity that this is its fate, people who come and go don't sympathize with it, they all smile and point at it, and some people who want to buy meat have begun to think about what part of its body they want for a while.

A 200-pound pig is not a big pig in this era, and other people's families have 3 or 400 catties. But when it comes to the taste of meat, in fact, the taste of those big fat pigs is not good at all. Because most of the pigs have never been gelding, if they are raised for too long, the taste of the meat will have a fishy and dry taste, and it is very unpalatable.

Catching up with the market itself is a lively thing, there is a place to kill pigs, and it is normal for people passing by to stop for a while to take a look. That's what the people on the cattle farm want, and they don't come to see it, who will the pork be sold to for a while?

If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. This pig that has been raised for half a year and someone else's pig that has been raised for a year or even several years can come out at a glance. And this pig is also energetic, jumping around and trying to escape, screaming high-pitched, everyone knows that this pork will not be bad at a glance.

So the pigs haven't been killed yet, and some people have already started asking the price.

Kuroko is in charge of answering, and since people ask, they can't let people go anymore. There are also those who can't wait to go to the market to buy things first, and they are not afraid, so the sunspot beckoned to everyone: "Even if you come, you can come whenever you want, there are dozens of pigs in the backyard, and if you don't believe it, you can go over and look at it, they are all alive, and none of them have any problems." ”

I believe this, people who often go to the market know this cattle farm, and there are many people who come to send straw to buy wine and often deal with them, basically watching the pig grow up, can you still believe it?

When there were enough people asking, Yan Fei was ready to kill the pig.

Just as he was about to make a move, he looked at Yan Chao, who was excited next to him, and asked the little guy, "Brother is going to kill this big fat pig, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I want to eat meat!" Yan Chao blushed with excitement, and he didn't see any fear at all.

The same is true of the surrounding crowd, don't you see a little red (blood)? This year, Murakami has killed a lot of pigs by himself, who hasn't seen it? Just take a look at the fun, the New Year is booming!

Seeing that he was about to make a move, Gao Ruima and Chaosunzi all came over one after another, and took the rope and surrounded the screaming pig. Yan Fei looked at it and waved his hand with a smile: "Okay, okay, just kill a pig, what are you panicking about?" Just take the basin and prepare to receive blood." ”

As he spoke, he went up and dragged the pig over with his arm, and put it on the small board, and the sunspot quickly swung the big basin downward, and the person jumped away. Yan Fei waited for him to stand away, and stabbed in and out with a knife in his other hand, and the blood flew out at once.

It's really neat.

"Liso......"

"The strength of the afterlife is ......"

"This pig killing is amazing, and the work is ......"

"Look at this craft, this later life often kills pigs......

When others saw this neatness, they were immediately full of praise.

Also, others have to help at least five or six people to kill pigs, and they have to tie up the pigs to prevent bloodletting and put half of the pigs and then get up and run away - such a situation of unprofessional pig killing in the countryside is very common, and there are those who are not well prepared, and the knife is not sharp enough, and they can't be stabbed for a long time, not to mention how much crime the pig will suffer.

Finally the knife was stabbed in, and with a confident pull-out, the pig slammed up again, bleeding all over the village—it didn't kill the point, and it was a lot, not to mention how funny.

But it is also lively, a pig in the countryside is a lot of people waiting to divide the meat, adults and children are noisy, a group of people chase the injured pig to run, the atmosphere is very warm, go home and talk about it for a long time.

Those who know heard the last sentence and helped explain: "Don't look at the age of the people, but the big boss of this cattle farm is not a pig killer......"

Everyone laughed, and some people praised: "It's really capable and omnipotent, and the big boss is also good at killing pigs......"

Yan Fei turned a deaf ear to a series of admiration and discussions, too lazy to press it with his hand, and stepped on the pig's neck with one foot, waiting for the blood to drain.

Over there, Ma Chao and the others were already ready with a pump, and when the blood was cleared, they cut out the place where the pig's trotters were, and poked the iron into it, and then one person pressed one person and began to pump.

There is also a man who takes a stick and beats it on the pig, so that the air that fills it up fills the pig's whole body, so that the pig can be dehaired for a while. In the countryside, sometimes you can't find a pump, that is, people blow it with their mouths, and the boys take turns to go up and blow it—all braggarts have seen it, but this one blows pigs, and people will see less of it in the future.

The inflated pig looked like it had gained dozens of pounds, and was carried by Yan Fei and thrown into a larger basin, several people poured boiling water on the pig, and some people began to shed their hair with a knife, and they were very busy anyway.

Then it was the division of meat, and many people came around when they saw that they were starting to lose their hair, pointing and saying where they prepared the meat. There are also disputes about the same place, so Kuroko hurriedly beckoned: "Don't worry, don't worry, you can have any place, a group of pigs in the yard are waiting for you!"

How does that sound awkward?