The matter of the chicken farm was in a hurry and lived for several days, and then it was over. The fat man's team expanded again, and the two old Li Tou were recruited at the same time to be in charge of the chicken coop and the goose coop, for which the total cost of the fat man's monthly expenses to the three old men became fifteen yuan.

Because there are more than a hundred geese, the original prepared feed is a bit insufficient. Geese are big animals, and a hundred geese together eat more than a thousand chicks.

In winter, the mountains are covered by heavy snow in these months, and there is no food at all, so they all have to rely on feeding, which is also the reason why farmers rarely raise winter poultry.

However, the fat man also has his own calculations: the whole winter is four months, need feed, and the other eight months are worry-free, the water is full of small fish and shrimp, and the grass is full of insects and grasshoppers, basically no need to feed.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of fodder in the countryside, and after buying a large number of grain, bran, wheat, bran, and bud rice, enough grain was hoarded, and the fat man was born again.

The life in the countryside in winter is actually the most freehand, and the old saying is called "cat winter". There is no farm work, and it is freezing outside, and the pee will immediately freeze into an ice lump, which is not stupid, so they all hide in the house and talk nonsense.

Get together to play poker and play cards. Solitaire is also called leaf card, which is basically similar to mahjong. It's just that there are one hundred and eight generals of the Water Margin painted on it, adults play cards, and children look at the paintings, each with its own place.

The people of the mountain are simple, so there are very few gamblers, and the most popular push pai gow in the countryside is also extinct here, as for the mahjong that was later popular in the land of China, it was even more rare at that time, not to mention the backer, even if the county town did not have a few pairs.

People who have a lot of free time have a good time a day.

This kind of life is the most suitable for the fat man, not to mention the activities he has been looking forward to to killing pigs one after another.

There are two major events to look forward to in winter: marrying a girl and a daughter-in-law and killing a pig. In previous years, the days were not too lenient, and the pigs raised by themselves were sold to the purchasing station in exchange for two money to make up for the day.

This year catches up with the harvest year, every family has a little surplus money in hand, sitting on the kang head and summing it up: kill the pigs, sell half of them, and eat the remaining half for their own food, and have a fat year.

So after the freeze, the people in the village sharpened their knives, but no one dared to use the knife, they were all waiting for the captain's house, and nothing could be done on the kang across the pot.

Early in the morning, as soon as the fat man finished eating, the second girl ran over: "Fat uncle, my family killed pigs today, and grandpa told you to eat pork." After saying that, he swallowed his saliva.

How could the fat man miss such a big event, and just followed Erya directly.

There is a case in the courtyard of Captain Li's house, Wang Sanpao is struggling there with a pig-killing knife, and he is the knife operator when he kills pigs in the village.

"The fat man is here, are you the main knife today?" Wang Sancang snorted haha.

"I eat meat, this white knife goes in, and the red knife comes out, it's still the third uncle's expert. The fat man followed suit.

"Catch pigs. Captain Li gave an order, and the four stick guys went straight to the pigsty. To say that the fat pig of Captain Li's family is really good, it was caught last winter, and it belongs to the next year, and it has grown to more than 200 catties.

Maybe it also sensed that the situation was a little abnormal today, and hummed vigorously in the circle. The four men went up and put it down, and one of them pinched one leg and carried the pig to the board.

The fat pig opened its big mouth and howled in its throat, and the sound spread throughout the entire backing mountain, and many families pondered: Find Wang Sancang tomorrow to use the knife, and we will also kill.

The fat man understood why he compared the unpleasant sound to killing a pig, but his ears quickly cleared. I saw a flash of the pig-killing knife in Wang Sanpai's hand, which did not enter the pig's neck, and the howl stopped abruptly.

Wang Sanpao pulled out the knife, and the big fat man next to him had already prepared a big basin, and the bright red pig's blood flowed most of the basin. Wang Sanpao took a wicker stick and stirred it in the basin.

Pig blood will be poured into the blood sausage for a while, mixed with some water, plus green onion and ginger, salty salt, and then chop some fat oil, with the large intestine and small intestine, it is definitely a main dish on the pig killing banquet.

Then he began to shed his hair, poured boiling water on the pig, scraped it with an iron plate, and after a while, the big pig became white and fat.

As soon as the pig-killing knife in Wang Sancannon's hand turned, the head and tail of the pig's trotters came down, and then from the neck all the way down, and the entire pig's internal organs were all revealed.

"Yes, it's four fingers. "When killing pigs in rural areas, they all use "a few fingers fat" to measure fat and thin, that is, after the fingers are closed, the thickness of the fat part, the fattest is called a slap fat.

The fat man stretched out his finger to compare, and summed it up in his heart: in the original era, they were basically fattening pigs, and they were slaughtered in three or four months, at most two fingers.

Wang Sanpao took out the oil from the heart, liver, lungs, and lungs, and then dealt with the intestines, and the rest was to remove the bones. I saw his pig-killing knife flying up and down, and the fat man was dazzled, and after a while, the pork was divided.

Pull down a few loin chops and take them to the house to cook, cut the meat into small pieces, put it in the warehouse and freeze it, and the work outside is finished.

The fat man and the others entered the house, only to see a few women cutting sauerkraut by the pot table, clicking several large pots. The pot is boiling fatty meat, heart and liver and a few big bone sticks, put some green onions, ginger, garlic and peppercorns, and a layer of oil beads floats on it, and the aroma of meat has been exuded.

The fat man sniffed it, and couldn't help but sigh a little: It turns out that the pork is still so fragrant.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that this pig has a long growth cycle, a lot of exercise every day, and the wild vegetables on the mountain and the grain in the field are not less, and the meat quality is of course different.

The meat is cooked until it is medium-rare, and then the sauerkraut begins. After the sauerkraut has been grunting for two hours, after the blood sausage is filled, both ends are tied with thread, and slowly put into the pot.

While boiling over low heat, I pricked it a few times with a thin needle to release the air inside, so as not to burst the intestines.

Tables have already been placed in the house, one for each of the east and west rooms, and there is a rare "side stand" on the ground, which is a table that can be put together when not in use.

Captain Li counted his fingers last night, which guests need to be invited today, one is a few respected elders, and the other is relatives and friends.

These people also came one after another, and when they entered the house, they all said that it was fragrant, and then they went into the house to chat. There are cigarette baskets on the kang, some roll paper cigarettes, and some smoke eye bags. The fat man scattered around the front door, and then sat there and chatted along.

"Open the rice-" Aunt Li shouted, and everyone immediately took their places, a large pot of stewed sauerkraut came up first, then a plate of blood sausage, a plate of white meat, a plate of heart and liver, and a big bowl of garlic.

The white meat is dipped in garlic paste, and the sauerkraut collects the blood sausage, which is the authentic and original pig-killing dish.

The fat man sat on the kang, his index finger moved, picked up a piece of blood sausage, trembled, and put it in his mouth, which was fragrant and tender, and he couldn't help but chirp.

"Eat meat, eat meat. "Captain Li is busy with a big man, and he is full of energy. At that time, there was not much meat all year round, and it was rare to eat a meal of pork.

Picking up a large piece of meat and filling it into his mouth, the fat man couldn't help but praise, fat but not greasy, and the meat was fragrant, which was definitely something he couldn't taste in his original era.

Soon the plate on the table was empty, but it was fine, just eat and fill, and by the end of the meal, the plate was still full.

The fat man wiped the beads of sweat from his head, and then served a bowl of hot sauerkraut soup to relieve the oiliness. At this time, I heard a crisp voice coming from the outhouse: "I'm out of school." ”

Soon Kiki poked his little head out of the door, made a face at the fat man, and went up to the Westinghouse to eat. The habits of the countryside are that the east is big and the west is small, the elders live in the east house, and the west house is where Captain Li's son lives.

The fat man couldn't sit still, and Captain Li haha: "Stop sitting there and eat, I would have told Teacher Xiaoyu a long time ago." ”

The fat man said twice, and then continued to concentrate on eating meat. After calculating in his heart, he ate a plate of his own.

The rhythm of the chopsticks slowly put down, and everyone began to drink openly, cup after cup, and the fat man finally fainted.

As soon as the table is placed, the big wine is drunk, the little knock is chattering, and there is no trouble.

(There is a power outage today, in the Internet café, the update is a little late, hehe)