Chapter 16: Dividing the Meat
This wild boar weighs eight or nine hundred catties, and even according to Chen Xu's estimates, the weight converted into later generations is nearly two hundred kilograms, which is definitely a big guy.
And according to several middle-aged villagers who went up the mountain to help carry the wild boar, Chen Xu was also quite happy and afraid at this time.
Wild boars live in a family-like group, this is an adult boar, maybe he was foraging near the cave, but suddenly a big python came and was ready to steal the little wild boar in the cave, and then started a life-and-death fight with the big wild boar, from the cave to the bottom, the final result was that both were killed, and then Chen Xu picked up a big leak.
However, Chen Xu was lucky, when he went, the sow may have run away with the little piglets in fright, but in a hurry, the two youngest ones were also caught from the cave by the villagers who went up the mountain, and they were still tied to the small yard of Chen Xu's house at this time.
But what should we do with the big boar and a big snake in front of me?
All the villagers set their eyes on Chen Xu.
This era is no longer the era of primitive communes, private ownership has long replaced the common relationship, that is to say, the big boar and the big snake are Chen Xu's private trophies, but according to the tradition of the village, the villagers can still get a part, after all, everyone has contributed, just to get the two beasts down the mountain, more than ten people spent more than an hour.
"Uncle Ma, how do you think it should be distributed?" Chen Xu turned his head and asked Uncle Ma, the eldest in the village.
Chen Xu didn't know anything about the customs and habits of the Qin Dynasty, and he didn't have much desire for food.
He has already understood the situation in the village in the past few days, and he can only describe it in one word, that is, poverty, if he has to use a few more words, it is poverty and poverty.
Basically, every household is almost the same, there is no so-called furniture at all, except for the clay pot used for cooking, many of the bowls for eating are still stone bowls or simply a bamboo tube, chopsticks are thin bamboo sticks or branches, labor tools are mainly by hand, except for one or two bronze hoes in every household, even knives and axes are not complete.
The people of the Qin Dynasty were so poor that Chen Xudu never expected.
"The skin of the mountain must be peeled off intact, and after the nitrate is made, it can be sold at a good price in the market town or even the county seat, and basically the family does not have to worry about eating and drinking for a year." Uncle Ma thought for a moment and said.
"What about the serpent and the mountain meat?" Chen Xu nodded and asked.
"Snake meat is delicate, and it is difficult to catch, such a large one is very rare, it should be able to sell for a lot of money in the market town, and there is no oil meat, it will not be divided, the fat and fat of the mountain are added together according to the population of each family, one and a half catties for men, one catty for women, half a catty for children, and the girl is only divided into internal organs, if you feel that it is not enough, you can exchange it for wheat shu, one stone for five catties of meat, you can wait until the wheat shu is harvested and then compensate to Xiaoxu's family......"
Uncle Ma is still very prestigious in the village, and he is also the oldest man, and this distribution method seems to be a conventional habit, so after Uncle Ma finished speaking, no one expressed dissatisfaction and opposition, but they were all nodding.
"Xiao Xu, I have no problem with my assignment like this, right?" After Uncle Ma finished speaking, he looked at Chen Xu.
Chen Xu secretly estimated it and said: "Uncle is no problem with the distribution, but I want to add it!" ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Chen Xu thought it was no problem, then everyone would be able to eat the fat meat that had not been seen for a long time today, as soon as they thought of the fragrant fat meat gurgling in the jar, everyone's throats involuntarily began to stir, and the children began to swallow their saliva in large gulps.
Many children in this village have never eaten this kind of big fat meat, and adults don't eat it once in a few years.
Chen Xu looked around and said loudly: "But today's meat, whether adults or men or women, each person is one and a half catties, and children are both men and women, and the pig's head and internal organs are distributed separately, and if you want more, you can exchange them according to the way the uncle just now......"
"Xiao Xu, this will break the rules!" Before Chen Xu finished his words, Uncle Ma hurriedly reminded him in a low voice.
It's not that Chen Xu is angry for changing his distribution rules, but after Chen Xu distributes it like this, it will be difficult for other people in the village to get prey in the future.
The so-called rules are what everyone should follow.
The rules of the convention cannot be changed casually, once it is broken once, it is not good to continue, which time will the villagers follow the rules in the future?
There is also the difference between men and women, the old and the young, the ability to work is not the same, regardless of the difference in the unified distribution of quantity will also cause a bad impact, people's hearts are separated from the belly, everyone thinks differently, many times it seems to be good but often causes very bad results.
"Don't worry, uncle, I still have something to ask for help this time!"
Chen Xu nodded and then said loudly, "These prey are actually not mine, but I found it, today to distribute more meat to everyone, I still have something to ask you to help, the first is that my family is going to repair the house, everyone knows, I cut down the trees for a few days, they are still falling on the hillside, I need someone to help me carry them back, and there is also the need for manpower to build a house, these extra meat distributions are even for everyone's wages, and the second is that the remaining meat needs to be sold in the market town, and it also needs someone to help carry it over, Of course, we won't let everyone work in vain, and depending on the sales, we may also share some meat or coins......"
When Chen Xu spoke, the villagers all whispered, of course, they were full of excitement and joy for Chen Xu's distribution.
According to the tradition of the village, Chen Xu's family wants to repair the house, even if they don't give wages and meat, everyone will still go to help when they say hello, and go to the market town to sell meat, although it is a little far, the road is a little difficult, but it only takes an hour or two to go back and forth, which is simply not a matter for rural people in this primitive state.
The meat is Chen Xu's, since he wants to distribute it like this, and the reason is sufficient, everyone will not object again.
Then, under the command of Uncle Ma, several men and a group of half-grown men in the village began to sharpen their knives, and set up a wooden frame by the river beach, hung the wild boar, and then skinned and disemboweled.
Five or six men worked around for half an hour to peel off the pigskin, and then arranged for a few women to take it for preliminary treatment, scraping off the fat on it, rubbing it repeatedly with plant ash, and finally using bamboo poles to dry, but it took several days.
After the internal organs were dug up, they were also thrown to a group of women to be cleaned and sorted by the river, and the pig's head and pork legs were cut off and placed aside, and the oil, fat, lean meat, ribs, backbone and other parts were also divided according to the fat and thin conditions and placed in different baskets.
As for the big snake, it was directly wrapped around a long bamboo pole by two villagers and tied up, and then it was directly carried to the market town to buy it.