The wind blowing from the north blew away the dark clouds hanging over Liang Village, and the long-lost sun finally showed a smiling face from the sky, just like the mood of the villagers of Liang Village.

With the Spring Festival approaching, the villagers who came to harvest well this year and had poor incomes also began to pack up their moods and prepare for the New Year. As for the work in the fields and the livelihood of the family, they were all left behind, and everyone was concentrating on preparing for the New Year's goods.

Every morning, Liu Rui can always hear bursts of pigs screaming from the bottom of the mountain, which is the villagers killing New Year's pigs.

In the past, when Liu Rui was young, just in the early days of reform and opening up, the farmers were full of enthusiasm, and their family income was also rising. Farmers who have extra money in hand will naturally not be satisfied with the degree of food and clothing, but have a higher pursuit.

As a result, killing pigs became the most common beautiful scenery in rural life in the eighties.

The villagers fed the fat pigs with leftovers for a whole year, with more than 200 catties, and those who are fat and strong are naturally the best objects for the pigs. After the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the villagers who kill the New Year's pig tie up the fat pig early in the morning, carry it to the stone platform, and start slaughtering.

The one-foot-long pig-killing knife stabbed into the fat pig's fat neck, and with a horizontal stroke, a stream of blood gushed out with the pig-killing knife that was drawn. At the same time, the fat pig immediately let out an earth-shattering scream, which spread almost throughout Liang Village.

Although the screams of the pig slaughter were a little harsh, the villagers were all smiling with joy on their faces.

However, with the prosperity of the market and the acceleration of commodity circulation, fresh pork can be bought at any time on the market, and the villagers have a lot less idea of killing New Year's pigs.

At the same time, the scissors gap of the commodity economy is getting bigger and bigger, making the income gap between urban and rural residents more and more obvious.

In the 80s, the living standards of many wealthy peasant households in the countryside were no different from those of the urban people, and even surpassed them. However, since the beginning of the 90s, the growth of peasants' incomes has been slow, and they have not even been able to keep up with the rise in prices, and their living standards have declined somewhat.

Killing New Year's pigs, after entering the mid-nineties, has become the memory of Liu Rui and others.

However, this year, the income of many villagers in Liang Village has increased, but they have also started to kill New Year's pigs, so there is the moving scream that Liu Rui has heard in the past few days.

When the old pigsty was dismantled this year and the pigs were sold, Liu Rui also deliberately kept a pig to be killed for the New Year. It is now the end of the lunar month, and the New Year is about to begin, and it is time to kill pigs.

"Fourth uncle, come up and help us kill pigs!" After getting up, Liu Rui immediately picked up the phone and dialed Zhang Zhenzu.

Killing the New Year pig is said lightly, if you start to do it, it is really not so simple, and you need a lot of manpower. If you don't call Zhang Zhenzu and others to help, it is not so easy for a few people in Liu Rui's family to get it.

At the same time as Liu Rui called, Zhang Guizhi began to boil a large pot of hot water, ready to wait for the pig to be dehaired for a while.

As soon as they heard that they were going to kill pigs today, the two little guys were very excited, Tongtong was holding Xiaohua all over the yard, Liu Zhi was silently following behind Liu Rui, wanting to help.

After a while, Zhang Zhenzu arrived on a motorcycle, followed by Zhang Zhenyao. Zhang Zhenyao is the noodle of Liang Village, and he is naturally familiar with killing pigs and holding banquets, but he is really not good without him today.

With the joint efforts of several people, it was easy to tie up the fat pigs in the pigsty with ropes and carry them to the stone platform next to the well.

As if sensing that the end had come, the fat pig was constantly struggling, and the mouth let out an earth-shattering scream, but none of this could save its fate.

Zhang Huaizhong sat on the chair of the osmanthus tree, basking in the sun that had just risen, squinting at the lively scene here, with a slight smile on his face. For Zhang Huaizhong, he is over seventy years old, full of children and grandchildren, and does not worry about eating and drinking, and he has no regrets in this life.

Now I haven't seen a few granddaughters and grandchildren get married and have children, if I can last until that time, it should be a good story for the four generations to be in the same house. Today, several children and grandchildren killed New Year's pigs, and Zhang Huaizhong and the old lady were watching with joy. Even after the big fat pig was carried onto the stone platform, the piercing screams were so pleasant and beautiful.

Dumping the fat pig sideways on the stone platform, Zhang Zhenyao first washed the fat pig's chin, and then took a knife to remove all the hair on the fat pig's chin. This is also to prevent dirt from falling into the pig's blood when the knife is used.

Liu Rui, Liu Jiahong and Zhang Zhenzu worked together to hold down the big fat pig that was constantly struggling, and Liu Zhi took out a basin of water from the kitchen, and there was nothing in it.

The pig blood after killing the pig can generally be used for two purposes, one is used to make blood wang, and the other is to make pig blood sausage.

To make Xuewang, salt is added to it, and the principle of salting out is used to make the pig's blood clotted into lumps. Liu Rui has been quite familiar with it since he was a child, but he didn't understand the principle until he went to high school.

The production of pig blood sausage is just the opposite, when the pig blood has not been poured into the intestines, it is necessary to keep the pig blood in a state of non-coagulation, so as to make a delicate and delicious pig blood sausage.

Zhang Zhenyao groped with the fat pig's neck with his left hand for a while, then nodded, and began to prepare for the knife with his right hand.

"Third uncle, what are you doing here?" Liu Zhi watched Zhang Zhenyao constantly groping the neck of the fat pig, and asked with some puzzlement.

In the past, when the family often killed New Year pigs, Liu Zhi was still young and didn't understand some of them, and when he grew up, the family no longer killed New Year pigs.

"That's my uncle trying to determine the position of the trachea, and he can easily kill the pig later!" Liu Rui saw that the third uncle was already engrossed in staring at the neck of the fat pig, so he replied with a smile.

Killing pigs can be regarded as a kind of technical work, and it is not a simple matter for ordinary people to kill pigs well.

First of all, the knife must be well versed in the three flavors of 'fast, accurate, and ruthless', and it must be stabbed into the vital parts of the fat pig cleanly. The vital parts of the fat pig are in the neck, trachea, esophagus and blood vessels.

A good pig killer can make a fat pig lose a lot of blood in a few minutes, and then lose his life, if it is a raw hand, I am afraid it will take more effort to get it.

"Oh!" Liu Zhi thought about the situation of killing chickens and ducks by himself, and it seemed that this was the same reason, and nodded.

If the action is not neat enough, there will be some blood clots and bruises left in the body, which will affect the final taste.

Just as Liu Rui and the brothers were talking, Zhang Zhenyao chose a position, his right hand moved like lightning, and the shining pig-killing knife stabbed into the fat pig's neck with a 'whoosh'.

The fat pig in severe pain wanted to struggle, but its limbs were trapped tightly by the rope, and even its head was grabbed by Liu Rui's two ears and pressed to the stone platform, unable to move at all.

In desperation, the fat pig could only grin wide, screaming desperately, and the heart-rending sound almost broke through Liu Rui's eardrums.

Zhang Zhenyao pulled out the pig-killing knife, and a blood spring also gushed out, accurately falling into the big basin on the ground, red and extremely festive. As time passed, the fat pig's cry became weaker and weaker, and his body began to twitch involuntarily.

In less than ten minutes, the big fat pig, which was originally full of energy, became silent and motionless.

Liu Rui let go of the pig ears that had been caught purple by himself, and shook his hands, finally making his numb fingers feel a lot easier.

Killing pigs is not only technical work, but also individual work, when the big fat pig of more than two hundred catties is dying and struggling, the amazing power that erupts is not something that ordinary people can withstand.

If it hadn't trapped its limbs, its father and brother-in-law pressed its body, and he himself pressed the fat pig's head on the stone platform, the scene might have been indispensable.

Now, the slaughterhouse in the city has begun to operate in the form of high-voltage electric shock, which is very labor-saving and time-saving. However, in a place like Liangcun, everyone is still used to killing pigs in the most traditional way.

"Brother-in-law, this pig must have at least two hundred and fifty six!" Zhang Zhenzu patted the fat pig's hind buttocks and said with some emotion.

This pig was originally ready to be slaughtered two months ago, but in order to kill the pig during the New Year, Liu Rui deliberately left it. After two months of careful feeding, the pig was larger than the average pig and looked like a small mountain.

"It's about the same number, but let's eat it ourselves, so we don't care about the weight!" Liu Jiahong replied with a smile on his face and a red face.

In the Liu family's plan, after the pig was killed, the four families were divided horizontally and vertically, which was simple and convenient. Since marrying Zhang Guizhi, Liu Jiahong has had a very good relationship with several brothers-in-law of his father-in-law's family, especially a series of events that have happened in the past year, which reflects the preciousness of this kind of family affection.

This time to kill the New Year's pig, Liu Jiahong naturally does not eat alone, and it is also the meaning of the question to distribute things to Zhang Zhenzu and others.

"Ash, you have to look at this basin of blood, you can't let it freeze!" Liu Rui looked at the blood basin on the ground and motioned for Liu Zhi to move aside.

Today, the Liu family is going to make pig blood sausage, naturally they can't let the pig blood coagulate, so someone has to constantly stir it on the side to prevent the pig blood from being deposited and coagulated. This task can't be handed over to the little girl, otherwise according to her out-of-the-box surname, I'm afraid that in three minutes she will throw the spoon away and run somewhere else to play. As for Liu Zhi, it reassures Liu Rui a lot, and it is naturally appropriate to give him this task.

"The water is boiling!" At this time, Zhang Guizhi, who was in the kitchen, shouted.

Liu Rui hurriedly entered the kitchen, scooped the boiling water from the cauldron into the bucket, and then brought it to the yard. Zhang Guizhi, who was behind him, immediately added cold water to the cauldron and kept it burning. Today, when killing pigs, there are a lot of times when hot water is used at home, but it can't be broken.

There is an old saying: "A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water!" ”

is talking about the situation in front of Liu Rui!

A scoop of boiling water poured on the dead pig's body, and a cloud of steaming heat came out, but the dead fat pig naturally did not react at all.

Liu Rui was in charge of watering, and Zhang Zhenyao took a sharp knife and began to shave along the place where Liu Rui watered. As soon as it is scalded by boiling water, the pores on the skin of the fat pig are relaxed, and when you scrape it with a knife, the pig hair falls off one after another, revealing the delicate pig skin.

In the past, when the commune was in the commune, Liu Rui's grandfather was basically killing pigs in the village, and Zhang Zhenyao naturally learned a lot of tricks when he followed behind. Since the old man gradually withdrew from the rivers and lakes, Zhang Zhenyao has become the knife man of Liang Village, and when any family wants to kill pigs, it is indispensable to ask him to take action.

Practice makes perfect, and the fat pig souls under Zhang Zhenyao's hands are not a hundred but seventy or eighty, so they are also familiar with picking up.

Soon, clumps of pig hair flowed down the flowing water, and the big fat pig became more and more pink, looking quite attractive.

After dehairing, after careful inspection, Zhang Zhenyao began to disembowel the fat pig with a boning knife.

First, cut off the huge pig's head and set it aside for a while. From the incision of the pig's head, it can be seen that today's pig killing is quite successful, basically there is no blood left in the body of the fat pig, and it will not affect the quality of the pork.

Zhang Huaizhong, who was next to him, nodded secretly after looking at Zhang Zhenyao's movements and the cut out pig's head.

For the older generation like Zhang Huaizhong, it is often the most gratifying thing for their children and grandchildren to inherit their craftsmanship.

Zhang Zhenyao held a sharp knife and cut it down along the stomach of the fat pig from the severed neck, easily disemboweling the fat pig.

With a bang, all the internal organs of the pig flowed out, the red one was the heart, the white one was the small intestine, and the white one was the lungs, Liu Rui could clearly distinguish them at a glance.

Liu Jiahong, who was next to him, hurriedly loaded all the internal organs with a large basin and brought them to the side of the well to start processing.

At noon today, the family will take those large intestines, pork kidneys and hearts as lunch, and as for the meat and bones, they will have to make other arrangements.

After cleaning the internal organs, Zhang Zhenyao began to wield a boning knife to remove all the bones of the fat pig. Liu Rui, who was standing next to him as an assistant, watched the sharp knives in the hands of his third uncle flying down the mountain, as if he had been given life, and he could easily remove all the bones without any effort.

At this time, Liu Rui remembered the text he had learned before, "Ku Ding Jie Niu", and the feeling of knowing it in his chest should be the current state of the third uncle, right?

Looking at the prosaic image of the third uncle, and then looking at the flexible movements and skillful skills in his hands, Liu Rui couldn't help but sigh very much. The world says that there are many folk heroes, but no one has discovered them.

In the past, when the family killed New Year's pigs, Zhang Zhenyao was also the main knifeman, and Liu Rui also saw such a skill on the side, but he didn't feel so deeply now.

Now that after a few years, seeing the amazing skills of the third uncle again, Liu Rui has more insights and more understanding of this usually taciturn third uncle.

Perhaps, everyone will have a unique shining point, but it is easy not to be discovered by others.

Pork ribs, sand bones, barrel bones and pig's feet, soon, the whole pig was clearly divided under Zhang Zhenyao's skillful hands and neatly placed on a table.

Pork belly can be used to make button meat, lean meat from the rump can be used to make barbecued pork, and the fat and lean meat can be used to stuff sausages,......。 In Liu Jiahong's heart, basically all the parts have been used accordingly, and the four families have divided this big fat pig, which is enough to make this year's Spring Festival quite moist.

The golden sunlight poured down from the sky, shining on every corner of the Liu family's compound, and also shining on the smiling faces of everyone in the Zhang and Liu families.

In the past year, although the Liu family suffered a lot of difficulties, with the joint efforts of the two families, the difficulties were quickly driven away.

As the saying goes, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain?

Liu Jiahong, who originally thought he was going to be paralyzed or sloping his feet, was miraculously cured and did not leave any sequelae, which is the biggest joy this year. In everyone's heart, health is always put first. Now that Liu Jiahong has regained his health, everyone is happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Liu Rui dropped out of school and went home was once a heart disease of the Zhang and Liu families, but Liu Rui's performance in the past half a year has impressed several uncles. originally thought that Liu Rui could support the family was already the limit, but everyone never thought that Liu Rui not only made the family's winery in order, but also made great progress in just half a year.

Today's winery has opened up the market of the county, the products are selling well, and the output of the winery has expanded to several times that of the original winery, and it has become a large gold absorber. In addition, the expansion of the winery has also led to the development of pig farms, and a pig farm with a modern taste is thriving.

Thinking of the bright future of the pig farm, which relies on the distiller's lees as the main feed, the Zhang brothers sometimes wake up laughing in their sleep. In their opinion, Liu Rui did not forget his uncles after finding a way to make a fortune, which is commendable.

Under the binding of interests, family affection becomes stronger and better.

Today's scene of killing the New Year's pig is just a microcosm of the decades-long family affection between the Zhang and Liu families!

For the situation in front of him, the most satisfied is Zhang Huaizhong, after all, his children love each other, there is no major contradiction, which is enough to make the old man feel gratified! If a few children are noisy, I'm afraid the old man will not be in such a good mood, and he won't feel that life is good, and he will want to die a long time ago.

After being busy for a while, Liu Rui stretched his waist and saw that everyone in the yard was busy, performing their duties, and he was also smiling.

After owning Shennong Space and having strong confidence in the future, Liu Rui's other biggest wish is that all the people in the family are in good health and their relatives can get along in harmony before.

For this reason, Liu Rui naturally tried his best to share the various benefits brought by Shennong Space with his family, so that they could move towards the road to prosperity.

The so-called home and everything is prosperous!

(To be continued)