The butcher called a helper, and several people worked together to push the flatbed truck to the North Jiangsu Tea House.

When I was in Jinling City, if someone killed the New Year's pig, they must be pulled home to kill it, so as to show that the family has harvested a lot in the past year.

In the past, when I was in the village, whoever killed the New Year pig, the surrounding neighbors would come to watch, which was the most lively event before the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Su Qing and Song Liangmin also helped push the cart, after all, it took a little effort to push such a big pig from the pig farm back to the Subei Tea House.

Finally arrived at the North Jiangsu Tea House, several men were tired and panting, and the butcher took off the melon skin hat on his head, and the white gas coming out of his head was very conspicuous.

Lin Guifen took Xiao Mu and Ah Ya to prepare things to kill pigs at home, and waited for them to come back.

Xiao Mu and Ah Ya held hands, kept looking around, and they were also very curious.

The butcher fixed the pig to a stake in the yard, took out the sharp knife pinned to his waist, sharpened it on his belt a few times, and rolled up his sleeve.

When Song Xinshu was looking excited, Lin Guifen suddenly took her hand and pulled her aside and said, "Xinshu, you are pregnant, you can't look at this kind of thing, hurry back to the house and stay!" ”

Song Xinshu said with a puzzled face: "Why can't you watch it?" "She had been looking forward to watching the pig kill for a few days, and now she was suddenly told that she couldn't, which was a pity.

"You girl, pregnant people can't see blood, what if you get hit?"

Lin Guifen pulled Song Xinshu into the house and told her that there were many examples of pregnant women in the village who were hit and gave birth to abnormal children.

In Song Xinshu's view, those are just normal atavistic phenomena and infant deformities, but in this era, they can't be explained from a scientific point of view, so they can only obediently listen to their mother's words and sit in the room and wait.

Lin Guifen was afraid that she would be bored, so she accompanied her in the house, Song Xinshu listened to the movement outside, and heard the high-pitched roar of the spotted pig, and her heart was really itchy.

After a while, there was no movement in the courtyard, only noisy voices remained, and seeing that Lin Guifen had agreed to go out, Song Xinshu ran out happily.

The butcher had already drawn his sharp knife, and Song Liangmin shoveled some soil with a shovel to cover the pig's blood that had been sprinkled on the ground.

Song Xinshu saw that Ah Ja picked up a pot of fresh pig blood and put it on the table next to it to dry, constantly steaming hot air upwards.

The butcher poured hot water on the pig, cut a small hole in the pig's hind hooves, puffed out his cheeks, and blew the hole.

The butcher's breath was even and long, the pig's skin bulged to the ground, and the pig's hair fell off in turn.

Song Xinshu saw such a scene for the first time, and watched curiously from the side, and the pig hair that did not fade was scraped off with a scraper, and after a while, the pig's hair faded, revealing the white skin.

The next thing is to disembowel, although Song Xinshu was a little scared, he was still driven by curiosity and squatted aside to watch.

But at this time, Lin Guifen appeared again and pulled Song Xinshu back, saying that this scene was too bloody and could not be watched from the sidelines.

Sometimes Song Xinshu thinks that it would be good if she wasn't pregnant, which is not allowed, and she feels that life has lost a lot of fun.

Just when Song Xinshu was sullen in the room, Su Qing pushed open the door and walked in, walked over and sat beside her.

"Can't you see that killing pigs is so unhappy?"

Song Xinshu pouted and said, "I've been looking forward to it for several days, but I didn't see it, of course I'm a little unhappy." ”

Su Qing took out a candy man as if he was playing a trick, put it in Song Xinshu's palm, and said, "I heard a shouting outside, so I went out and took a look, thinking that you like such gadgets, so I bought one." ”

Song Xinshu looked at the sugar man in his hand in surprise, it was a big tiger, although it was made of syrup, but it was also really.

She looked at the crystal clear syrup, and the soil wanted to taste what it tasted like, so she put it in her mouth and took a bite.

Seeing her doing this, Su Qing said in surprise, "Why did you eat it?" ”

Song Xinshu looked at him puzzled and said, "Didn't this sugar man buy it to eat?" ”

Su Qing couldn't help laughing, he saw that the children on the road were running around on the street with this candy man, and thought that Song Xinshu would also play with it in his hand, but he didn't expect her to ask for a bite directly.

Su Qing touched her head and said, "Of course you can eat it, this candy man bought it to eat, if you don't have enough to eat, I'll go out and buy you a few." ”

Song Xinshu heard that Su Qing was making fun of her, so he hammered him and continued to eat the sugar man in his hand, not letting her watch the pig killing, isn't it reasonable to eat a sugar man.

After an hour or so, the butcher finally dismantled the spotted pig into eight pieces, cut every part, rinsed it and put it on the large board.

Song Liangmin took the usual money and handed it to the butcher, and then brought some pastries from the store to him, and the New Year was to be happy.

The butcher happily accepted the money, and he was naturally very happy to meet such a generous person who did not bargain.

Xiao Mu looked at a pile of white meat piled on the board, and said to Lin Guifen with a little surprise: "Mother, so much pork, can our family finish it?" ”

Lin Guifen looked at so much meat, and her heart was also happy, and said: "When the time comes, cut these pieces of meat and freeze them, let's eat them slowly, and we won't have to worry about no meat in the first month, these big bones can just make soup for your third sister, and she is just the time to replenish her body." ”

When it was time for dinner, a large bowl of pork bone soup was placed in front of Song Xinshu, and everyone tacitly accepted that this was for her body, and no one moved the bowl of soup.

Lin Guifen asked Song Xinshu to drink all the soup, and after she drank it, her belly was round.

After returning to the room at night, Song Xinshu took out the account book, there were always some accounts that were not clear at the end of the year, and she had to calculate several times to avoid any mistakes or omissions.

After Su Qing closed the door in the hall downstairs, he went upstairs and saw Song Xinshu still lighting a candle and writing something on the table, so he walked over and said, "Lady, the candle is dim at night, beware of burning your eyes." ”

Song Xinshu pulled Su Qing to sit down beside him and said, "Husband, you see, we have earned twenty taels of silver this year, but this year we have also added a lot of things to our family, and next year, or the year after, we can save enough money to open a store in the capital!" ”

Su Qing said in surprise: "You want to open a store in the capital?" ”

"That's right, I've been doing it in Jinling City for a long time, but there is no development after all, if I open a store in the capital, I will definitely make more money!"

Although this idea is good, Su Qing always has a lot of worries in his heart, he said: "But if you open a store in the capital, you will definitely be more busy, it is better to be idle here, and Jinling City is also very close to the capital, if you want to go to the capital to play, I can take you there at any time." ”

Song Xinshu shook his head and said: "But there will be more money in the capital, our child will be born in the future, I think he will be more confident, so I want to make more money." ”

Su Qing didn't understand why she was so obsessed with the capital, but Song Xinshu understood in her heart that it was probably a problem in modern times, and she felt that her children could not be inferior, and they had to live under the roots of the imperial city since they were young, she didn't have such a chance, but her children still had a chance.

Su Qing stroked her back and said, "Lady, I always feel that you are very anxious, we will talk about the future later, you work hard like this, and your spirit will not be good." ”

Seeing that Song Xinshu's brows were still slightly furrowed, Su Qing took her in his arms and said, "I think it's good to live with you wherever you live, and it's still very clean here." ”

Song Xinshu didn't understand what she was thinking now, but she decided to listen to Su Qing's words obediently, and she also felt a little powerless during this time.

She didn't want to think about these things anymore, so let's finish the year first.

At this time, a few "cooing" sounds of pigeons suddenly sounded outside the window, and Song Xinshu asked strangely: "Will there be pigeons at this time?" ”

"Maybe it's a nest nearby." Su Qing stroked her long hair and said. "You're tired today, so let's go to bed early."

Song Xinshu also felt very tired today, so he went to bed and slept peacefully, Su Qing had been waiting for her by the bedside, and after she fell asleep, Su Qing extinguished the candle on the table, and then gently opened the door.

He walked out of the room lightly, closed the door, and quickly walked out of the room, and sure enough, a figure was already waiting behind the room.

Su Qing walked over quickly and whispered, "Ning Ji, how is the situation outside?" ”

Ning Ji looked around, and after making sure that it was safe, he pulled Su Qing into the shadows and said, "Now there is a clue provided by an informant that the orphan of the previous dynasty has returned to Jinling City, but he has not found where it is, there are too many eyeliners around him, and we can't always catch him." ”

"I've always felt that there was a suspicious person in Jinling City, but I couldn't be sure."

Ning Ji said: "The emperor has already issued an order, saying that it must be found before the year, otherwise, our army will not be guaranteed, General Zheng has done his best." ”

Su Qing listened to Ning Ji's words, and his heart suddenly cooled, where is the orphan of the previous dynasty so easy to find, this month, according to the clues of the informant, they have searched almost all the places around the capital, but they have fought with him several times, and they haven't even seen his face clearly.

The chances of finding him a few years ago are really slim......

But the emperor has already ordered, and they can only do it desperately, otherwise after this army disappears, he will never have a chance to redress his father's grievances......

"Now the latest news is that he is in Jinling City, he was in the capital before, maybe he has something about the capital, these days are approaching the end of the year, there are more people who come out to buy things, you must keep your eyes open, there must be no omission!"